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May 29, 2017

NBC5
— Illinois Democrats Short on Votes to Pass Tax Hike
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-democrats-short-on-votes-to-pass-tax-hike-report-425049144.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Bruce Rauner has already expressed opposition to an income tax hike, saying that he will not consider any type of hike unless it is accompanied by a freeze on property taxes in the state. . .Republicans responded to those statements, saying that Democrats have no interest in forging any bipartisan consensus on a bill. “Democrats are not interested in bipartisan support on what we should be doing with taxes,” State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R – Wheaton) said.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House Dems dissect budget, tax hike; budget director vows Rauner veto – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-dems-dissect-budget-tax-hike-budget-director-vows-rauner-veto/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House Democrats divided on whether to pass tax hike Rauner vows to veto – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-met-0529-20170528-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Scam artists target immigrant communities, promising legal status for cash – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigration-notary-fraud-met-20170529-story.html
— Why Trump is right about terrorists being ‘losers’ – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes view everyone as being losers.  Concerning me, they stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc.  Concerning me, they stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-terrorists-losers-20170528-column.html
— Democrats must start thinking about their theme for the day after Trump – Ron Grossman  (DIERSEN: For Democrats, their theme will always be “blame everything that is bad on those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-democrats-need-to-remember-20170528-story.html
— Film by Neuqua alum part of Hollywood film festival – Suzanne Baker  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to promote anxiety in their targets.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-neuqua-alum-directs-film-st-0528-20170527-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A short film directed by a former Naperville resident will premier next month at one of the most popular independent film festivals in southern California. The six-minute film “Reach” by 2012 Neuqua Valley alumna Kelsey Sante will be shown June 7 at the TCL “Grauman’s” Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as part of Dances With Films festival. In its 20th year, the festival, which runs June 1-11, draws with more than 20,000 people each year. “Reach” explores the story of Hannah, a young woman who suffers from panic attacks due to an anxiety disorder. “Like so many of us who suffer from a mental illness, Hannah doesn’t know how to reach out to the people around her and she feels that her illness is a burden on her friends,” Sante said.)

 

WTTW
— Without a Budget, ‘That’s It’: Weekend State Budget Update – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/28/without-budget-s-it-weekend-state-budget-update

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— All options remain on table as budget talks continue – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/all-options-remain-on-table-as-budget-talks-continue
— Odds against Springfield casino after amendment blocked – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/odds-against-springfield-casino-after-amendment-blocked
— U of Illinois trustees’ retreat to address free speech – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose free speech. They want to manipulate/dominate all forms of communication.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/u-of-illinois-trustees-retreat-to-address-free-speech

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— There’s nothing popular about a tax hike, Illinois Dems – Rich Miller  (DIERSEN: What about those a) who have paid little or no income tax, b) who are paying little or no income tax, and/or c) who are on track to paying little of no income tax for the rest of their lives?  What about those who want those who earn more money to pay more taxes?)
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-there-s-nothing-popular-about-a-tax-hike-illinois/article_dc7efadb-1467-53db-98d8-1f10d24ded3c.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rep. Ives blasts House Dems, says Illinoisans don’t want massive tax hike – Dan McCaleb and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rep-ives-blasts-house-dems-says-illinoisans-don-t-want/article_bd2fb1bc-43eb-11e7-a5f4-1b7d2251064e.html
— Illinois House appropriations committees discuss Senate spending plan – Greg Bishop, Cole Lauterbach and Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-appropriations-committees-discuss-senate-spending-plan/article_43944244-43d9-11e7-9993-6b245e343307.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Special Memorial Day thanks to military draftees killed in action – Dennis Byrne  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/05/special-memorial-day-thanks-to-military-draftees-killed-in-action/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On this Memorial Day, here is a special recognition of men who were conscripted into the military and who were killed in action. Volunteering for hazardous military duty and paying for it with your life deserves the highest praise. But what about those men who were drafted, who had no choice and who were killed? Today, memories of the draft have faded and the reality of Selective Service are absent in the lives of so many Americans. It is hard for today’s generations, mainly post-Baby Boomer, to know what it is like for government to order you into combat. For notification to report to a certain military installation on a certain date to be inducted into the Army. To be hauled off to basic training, to be told how to meet your responsibility to kill people. To be transported to front lines where people are dying. To either fire your weapon and fight, or be court marshaled. Failure to report for your military draft would result in imprisonment or fines and immediate induction. Today, the governing principle is that “It’s my body and no one can tell me what to do with it.” That’s mostly the mantra of the abortion industry and women’s rights advocates. But the philosophy certain has successfully seeped into today’s package of taken-for-granted men’s rights. A draft is simply inconceivable in today’s culture of extreme individualism. Today’s generations have no concept of what life was like when you had to plan for at least two years of military service. No “gap” year allowed. Avoiding the draft has a major concern, as important if not more so, than picking a college or a career. College deferments, which ultimately would run out. Getting married, but that deferment disappeared as the Vietnam War grew hotter. Teaching or certain other occupations. Using a connection to find  a slot in a high-demand reserve unit. In the Vietnam War, draftees accounted for 30.4 percent, or 17,725 combat deaths. Some 1.9 million men were drafted from 1964 to 1973.  In World War II, 61.2 percent of military men, or 11,5 million men, were draftees. While a large number of men were volunteers, in a manner of speaking, they also in reality were inductees. The draft, as designed, encouraged young men to “volunteer” for other branches of the service than the Army. “Volunteer” service in the Navy or Air Force was at least a year longer, but the chances of getting maimed or killed in combat were less. The draft always has been controversial, less so in time of national emergency such as World War II. But barring the most extraordinary crisis, today’s culture has killed all possibility of it returning (even though men today are still required to register for selective service). By the way, the stereotype of the Vietnam veteran is way off base. The image of the poorly educated, reluctant, drugged out and minority Vietnam soldier needs to be changed according to  Fact vs. Fiction. Check it out.)

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Memorial Day; ‘yea’ or ‘nae’ for those who do their military service? – Gregory Tejeda  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/05/memorial-day-yea-or-nae-for-those-who.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I never served in any branch of the military; that fact doesn’t make me the least bit unique. There are many who for whatever reason manage to avoid a stint in the Army or any other military organization, and certainly don’t think our lives are any less complete as a result. OF COURSE, THERE also are those in our society who made a point of enlisting the first chance they got, and wind up thinking of their time in uniform and being among those who “serve their country” as the high point of their lives! Some even come away with thinking their military record entitles them to prime treatment for the remainder of their lives. We have a serious schism in our society; often viewing various issues quite differently. And not just a matter of whether we think Donald Trump is a “great American” or a “pompous fool” totally unfit to be carrying the title of Commander-in-Chief of our nation’s military! That split includes how essential we think it is that one have a military service record as part of their permanent record, or how much “lip service” they pay to the concept — I attended a Catholic mass that included a musical tribute to the armed services in its choir’s Sunday program; and while many were eager to support the idea, only a tiny minority of the congregation admitted to actually having served. Which gets down to the essence of the direction we think our society ought to be headed. THERE ARE THOSE people who will say that one reason, if not the primary reason, that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were unfit to be president is because they never served in the military (and in the case of Clinton used many of the legal maneuvers people of that era engaged in to avoid a call-up to active duty). Some of an older generation remember back to the military draft, and think that forcing people of various economic and social classes to interact helped ease the societal split that now exists. Although others, including those who managed to avoid military service, would argue that the very concept of having done a stretch in the military puts a person into a mindset that makes them too narrow and unfit to address the serious problems confronting our nation, and our world. Perhaps we all ought to be engaged in something more than blind faith in forcing esoteric concepts of what one wants to define as patriotism by a trip out to the cemetery to pay tribute to someone who was unfortunate to have lost their life during their military service. SOME OF US like to talk about the “ultimate sacrifice” those young men made, I’m sure many of them could have contributed something equally worthwhile to society had they had a chance at a long- and full-life. While many of those who these days do enlist in the military often do so because their options in life are limited; and that military stretch may be their best option for preparing for an adult life. I remember in my own case, my mother would have been appalled if I had seriously talked about enlisting. I remember when Army recruiters sniffed around me when I was 16 and in high school, she gave them the cold shoulder. In my case, that probably was a wise direction. I did make the most of a college education, and it stirred me in the right direction toward what I wanted to do (yes, I actually figured out as far back as age 13 that I wanted to be a reporter-type person). I resisted the Army’s marketing pleas to “be all you can be.” WHILE I HAD cousins who did stints of military service, and it helped them come up with the funds to pay for future education options they took on or taught them some skills used later in life. It worked out well for them, and I’m sure for many of the individuals who have done military service. My point in stating all this is that I’m not about to hold it over anybody’s head that I didn’t have to use the military to get ahead in life. Meaning I’m not about to defer to those who want to act as though the fact that they did a stretch in uniform somehow makes them superior. I actually find such an attitude to be arrogant and unfit for anyone to have in our society. Particularly because it places a view that one can claim superiority for doing something that may well have been their only realistic option in life. And on this Memorial Day when we pay tribute to the contributions of military personnel throughout our history, perhaps I should even throw in that having such an attitude perhaps even qualifies as un-American!)

 

FOX NEWS
— New lawsuit accuses imprisoned former House Speaker Hastert of sex assault – AP
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/28/new-lawsuit-accuses-imprisoned-former-house-speaker-hastert-sex-assault.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Newt Gingrich says he has a plan to solve Trump’s problems with leakers: Throw them in jail – Justin Haskins  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of being a leaker.  They blame me for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/28/newt-gingrich-says-he-has-a-plan-to-solve-trumps-problems-with-leakers-throw-them-in-jail/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump: The Gateway Degenerate.”  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am immoral because I am not a member of a church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church.  Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my aforesaid critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote a) dependency on government and/or on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, and f) even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/opinion/donald-trump-greg-gianforte.html
— We All Have Pre-existing Conditions – ELISABETH ROSENTHAL  (DIERSEN: Since 1948, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have known that my father fought type 1 diabetes since he was 14 years old.  Since 1969, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have known that my father died suddenly in 1969 of heart failure.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/opinion/pre-existing-conditions-health-care-bill.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— How we fail veterans with mental illness – Tom Suozzi  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not anti-Trump, you are mentally ill.)
http://nypost.com/2017/05/28/how-we-fail-veterans-with-mental-illness/

 

USA TODAY
— New lawsuit says former speaker Dennis Hastert sexually assaulted fourth grader – AP
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/29/new-lawsuit-says-former-speaker-dennis-hastert-sexually-assaulted-fourth-grader/102281996/
— Memorial Day: Don’t wait for someone else to serve – Marjorie K. Eastman  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/26/memorial-day-dont-wait-someone-else-serve-military-column/102145774/
— Greg Gianforte’s assault on a journalist is an assault on all Americans – Alicia Shepard  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) side with Gianforte and b) blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are professional scapegoaters.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/25/greg-gianforte-assault-hurts-all-americans-alicia-shepard-column/102144360/

 

DAYTON DAILY NEWS
— Many veterans still struggle to find work – Barrie Barber  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not avoided the draft, I never would have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 when I was 19, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, f) buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, g) buy a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976, h) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, i) get married in 1978, j) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton, a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, and a new Chevy Chevette in 1978, k) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, l) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, m) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, n) become a licensed CPA in 1981, o) have a new home built in 1984, p) etc.)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/employment/many-veterans-still-struggle-find-work/gyeGQ6Zan35RoCjaVT6FoJ/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— House Democrats Meet, Discuss Potential Tax Increase  Illinois House review began Sunday of a $37 budget plan that includes $5.4 billion in income and sales tax increases. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-05-28/illinois-house-taking-a-crack-at-budget

 

GUARDIAN
— JFK at 100: Trump comparisons fuel nostalgia for ‘Camelot’  The 35th US president’s legacy remains questionable, but his latest successor’s travails makes many yearn for a more eloquent leader – David Smith  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/jfk-100-john-f-kennedy-donald-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Apart from a shared mastery of television, Trump is, in many respects, the anti-Kennedy. The 70-year-old Republican, who had no political experience, was the oldest person ever elected US president. Kennedy, a 43-year-old Democrat who had served in the House and the Senate, was the youngest. At the 100-day mark, Trump’s public approval rating was 41%. Kennedy’s was 83%. Trump was granted five draft deferments during the Vietnam war; Kennedy received military honors for saving the lives of crewmates when their torpedo boat was struck by a Japanese destroyer during the second world war. Trump infamously does not read books, gives disjointed speeches and has claimed: “You have to be wealthy in order to be great.” Kennedy was fond of referencing ancient Greeks and Shakespeare, won a Pulitzer prize for the book Profiles in Courage, and once declared: “This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”)

May 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New accuser sues Dennis Hastert, alleging sexual abuse – Marwa Eltagouri (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in government/politics who knew about Hastert’s horrific problems, but nevertheless promoted him?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-met-20170527-story.html
— ICE agents eat breakfast, compliment chef, then arrest 3 workers at Michigan restaurant – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-michigan-restaurant-immigration-arrests-20170525-story.html
— America’s most-beloved workplace advice columnist humbly signs off – Rex Huppke  (DIERSEN: It would have been great if Huppke had written an article about how employees should respond when they are forced by their Democrat superiors and supervisors to help them get rid of employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that is, to help them implement Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-0528-biz-20170525-column.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: How college summers were spent tells a lot about people – Mary Schmich  (DIERSEN: How did you spend your college summers? I spent the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969 working for the Park Forest Post Office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-summer-before-college-mary-schmich-0528-20170526-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Montana ‘body slam’ candidate’s victory shows perils of early voting – Sean Trende
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/montana-body-slam-candidates-victory-shows-perils-of-early-voting/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Flawed Enforcement Officers – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak  (DIERSEN: Who paints you as being flawed?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me as being flawed.  They stress that I am no longer the  TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that very few have come to my defense.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/officers-who-left-chicago-police-department-under-a-cloud-find-cop-jobs-in-suburbs-elsewhere-the-watchdogs/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170527/constable-mom-worried-about-deportation-backs-out-of-helping-nephew
— How to restore American self-reliance – George Will  (DIERSEN: How has America changed from when you were in your teens and in your 20s?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170528/how-to-restore-american-self-reliance
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Adolescents spending scores of hours a week on screen time with their devices acquire “a zombielike passivity” that saps their “agency.” This makes them susceptible to perpetual adolescence, and ill-suited to the velocity of life in an accelerating world of shorter job durations and the necessity of perpetual learning. In this world, Sasse warns, “college graduates will change not only jobs but industries an average of three times by age thirty.” Childhood obesity has increased 500 percent in five decades. For “the most medicated generation of youth in history,” sales of ADHD drugs have increased 8 percent a year since 2010. Research shows that teenage texters exhibit addictive, sleep-depriving behaviors akin to those of habit-denying addictive gamblers. Teenagers clutching their devices “are spending nearly two-thirds of their waking hours with their eyes tied down and bodies stationary.” Five million Americans, many of them low-skilled young men, play 45 hours of video games per week.)

 

ABC7
— Half of 8th grade class from New Jersey refuses to pose with Speaker Ryan – N.J. Burkett  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans a) use children as cannon fodder and b) promote hatred of Republicans.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/half-of-nj-8th-grade-class-refuses-to-pose-with-speaker-ryan/2046837/

 

CBS2
— Workers’ Compensation Bill Passes Senate, But Not In The Clear – Dave Dahl
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/27/workers-compensation-bill-passes-senate-but-not-in-the-clear/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Poll numbers down, Rauner has work to do in next election – Ed Tibbetts  (DIERSEN: To get reelected, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who want Rauner to lose will advise Rauner to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  They will advise Rauner to promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/poll-numbers-down-rauner-has-work-to-do-in-next/article_f7bc0942-ffd9-56ce-992b-3129c8569cf4.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The greatest divide? – Julie Wurth  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, of organizations, of companies, of governments, and of countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-28/greatest-divide.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Say ‘no’ to Springfield casino – Anita Bedell, Executive Drector, Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170527/letter-say-no-to-springfield-casino
(FROM THE LETTER: According to the State Journal-Register, a developer, who also is a lobbyist who owns video gambling parlors and a medical marijuana dispensary, wants to put a casino in downtown Springfield. A casino is different from other businesses because of the social problems and costs gambling creates. Gambling comes with high costs of addiction, bankruptcy, crime, family problems and suicide. Springfield has more video gambling machines than any place in Illinois. Area residents have lost over $100 million in the 576 gambling machines. In April, area residents gambled away over $2.5 million. Sangamon County has the equivalent of a casino with 1,027 gambling machines. Adding a casino will increase problems for individuals, families and the community. The poor, minorities and the addicted will especially be negatively impacted. Gambling interests overestimate the amount of revenue projected and don’t include any costs in the calculation. According to definitive academic studies, the socioeconomic costs of casinos are $3 or more for every $1 in benefit. Over 75 percent of the revenue at casinos comes from slot/video gambling machines like the ones already operating here. Fewer workers are required, and they have a higher rate of gambling addiction than the general population. Rep. Tim Butler has filed an amendment to include a Springfield casino in the massive gambling expansion bill the Senate passed. Transparency is needed for this important public policy issue, not working behind closed doors out of the public view. Call the mayor, city council, and state legislators to voice your concerns.)
— TRAGIC: Springfield Black Chamber endorses downtown casino
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170527/local-business-notes-springfield-black-chamber-endorses-downtown-casino
— It’s time for the Illinois House to put the people first – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois. Those Democrats put those who vote for Democrats ahead of the “the people.”  Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats put those who vote for Democrats ahead of “the people.”)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170527/our-view-its-time-for-illinois-house-to-put-people-first
— Big retirement payouts tiny part of big pension mess – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170527/big-retirement-payouts-tiny-part-of-big-pension-mess
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ budget mess is the stepchild of Illinois’ pension mess, and nothing incites more steam-from-the-ears fury than the volume of six-figure annual retirement payouts — topped by one at $581,000 — pledged to former public workers. . .Just 4 percent of all beneficiaries this year are in line for pension paydays exceeding $100,000, with the biggest checks largely going to former school administrators as well as doctors and dentists at public teaching hospitals. Payments for the overwhelming majority of pensioners, most of whom don’t qualify for Social Security, are far more modest. The median pension in 2017 for retired suburban and downstate teachers stands at $52,016, the analysis shows, while the median for general state workers is $28,946. For university workers, the median pension stands at $26,101, while for non-public safety municipal workers outside of Chicago, it is $9,064.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois lawmakers pass workers’ compensation measures – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/05/27/illinois-lawmakers-pass-workers-compensation-measures/atqn90s/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Work Comp Reform Really Reform? – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=244964#.WSquAhFSRZI

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tillerson declines to host Ramadan reception  A State Department tradition since 1999 – ELISE LABOTT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/tillerson-declines-to-host-ramadan-reception/724271181
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump supporters.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/biden-2016-election-tapped-into-our-darkest-emotions/724262054

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Congressman Davis: Trump budget must deal with mandatory federal spending – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/congressman-davis-trump-budget-must-deal-with-mandatory-federal-spending/article_f1e9b03e-4250-11e7-aa15-5fb2d3f326c9.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Sexual Violence Victims in Chicago’s Deadliest Neighborhoods Carrying Trauma on Top of Gun Crime – SAFIA SAMEE ALI
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sexual-violence-victims-chicago-s-deadliest-neighborhoods-carrying-trauma-top-n752331

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow over their success in making “older women” stoners.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/business/retirement/retiring-older-women-marijuana-entrepreneurs.html
— Can Anyone Be Truly ‘Independent’ In Today’s Polarized Politics? – BEVERLY GAGE  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who falsely claim to be Republican because they really are Independents, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/can-anyone-be-truly-independent-in-todays-polarized-politics.html
— DIERSENB HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps treasonously a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/is-it-possible-to-resist-deportation-in-trumps-america.html
— Paid Family Leave Is What Liberals Want, Right? – MICHAEL KINSLEY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because I have never had dependents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/opinion/sunday/paid-family-leave-is-what-liberals-want-right.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “the Welfare State Shouldn’t Be the Enemy.” The easier it is to get welfare, the less motivated that you are to become and remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/opinion/sunday/for-trump-and-gop-the-welfare-state-shouldnt-be-the-enemy.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Dennis Hastert faces another sex assault accuser ahead of prison release – Nicole Hensley  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in government/politics who knew about Hastert’s horrific problems, but nevertheless promoted him?)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dennis-hastert-faces-sex-assault-accuser-article-1.3201872

 

DENVER CHANNEL
— Survey finds business owners more optimistic in Denver than nation on a whole (DIERSEN: Who does not want you to be optimistic about your future?  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups do NOT want me to be optimistic about my future: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics-unplugged/survey-finds-business-owners-more-optimistic-in-denver-than-nation-on-a-whole

 

USA TODAY
— Why many Europeans love Obama and loathe Trump – Oren Dorell  (DIERSEN: “Many Europeans” a) love those like Obama who put Europe ahead of America and b) loathe those like Trump who put America first.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/25/europe-reacts-president-trump-barack-obama/102154952/

 

THE GUARDIAN
— The very culture of drugs is addictive – Barbara Ellen
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/28/the-very-culture-of-drugs-is-addictive

May 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— State budget impasse continues as legislative session nears end – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-budget-impasse-continues-as-legislative-session-nears-end/2031168/
— McDonald’s workers demand higher pay in Oak Brook – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mcdonalds-workers-demand-higher-pay-in-oak-brook/2030499/
— Family sues Naperville high school, police after student’s suicide – Liz Nagy
http://abc7chicago.com/news/naperville-student-commits-suicide-after-school-discipline-family-says/2032422/

 

NBC5
— 23 Million More Uninsured With GOP Health Bill, Analysts Say  Trump and Republicans celebrated House passage of the bill earlier this month – Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/AHCA-Health-Care-Overhaul-CBO-Score-424048234.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Urges A Focus On Governor Rauner To Fund CPS, Resolve Budget – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/24/emanuel-rauner-cps-budget/

 

WGN TV
— The bill is due: CPS owes staggering amount on teachers’ pension fund – BEN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/24/the-bill-is-due-cps-owes-staggering-amount-on-teachers-pension-fund/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump’s budget plan includes cuts to food assistance programs – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/256601399-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans go on the attack after Democrats’ tax vote – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-met-0525-20170524-story.html
— The Pritzker property tax ‘Oops!’ — An embarrassing twist in the race for Illinois governor – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-pritzker-taxes-madigan-rauner-berrios-edit-0524-20170524-story.html
— Family of Naperville teen who committed suicide sues school, police – Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-naperville-north-suicide-lawsuit-20170524-story.html
— Chicago in epicenter of charter school teacher contract disputes – Diane Rado and Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-charter-school-strike-20170529-story.html
— Chicago-based Cars.com to stop advertising on Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Should I publish a list of all my critics/opponents, a list of all their operatives, and a list of all their dupes?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-sean-hannity-sponsors-20170524-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, Hannity sent a steady stream of tweets that targeted Media Matters for America, the liberal lobbyists who a day earlier had posted a list of his show’s advertisers on its web site. Targeting a show’s advertisers is a potent line of attack in television; the swift abandonment of Bill O’Reilly’s advertisers last month after the revelation of settlements paid to women to quiet harassment charges was widely considered a factor in his firing by Fox. Media Matters is “targeting my advertisers to silence my voice,” Hannity tweeted. “They hope to get me fired. Rush (Limbaugh), O’Reilly, (Glenn) Beck, (Don) Imus and now me.” He posted a series of links to articles about Media Matters’ funding, and ties to figures reviled by many conservatives, like George Soros and Bill Clinton. Media Matters denied that it was mounting a pressure campaign focusing on Hannity’s advertisers. The organization’s president Angelo Carusone said he hadn’t spoken to any sponsors. He said he wanted advertisers to be aware of Hannity’s “volatility” as part of a general Media Matters campaign to get them to think about advertising on Fox; Media Matters hasn’t posted a list of sponsors for any other specific show. Saying there’s no boycott campaign may be a distinction without a difference, however. Media Matters listed on its website more than 150 companies that had run commercials on “Hannity” in May, ranging from Lexus to Reddi-wip to Comedy Central. Hannity tweeted Wednesday that he’d spoken to several of his advertisers and they said they’d been “inundated” with emails urging them to stop running commercials on his show. Cars.com said in a statement that its decision to advertise on a show doesn’t mean it agrees or disagrees with its content. “We don’t have the ability to influence content at the time we make our advertising purchase,” the company said. “In this case, we’ve been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity.” The company did not make clear when it made that decision or what about Hannity’s content influenced its executives. A company representative did not immediately return a call seeking comment. By alerting his supporters about the list of advertisers, Hannity has played into his critics’ hands, Carusone said. “He has demonstrated that he’s totally volatile and out of control,” he said. “Hannity has done more to create pressure for his advertisers than I have.” Carusone suggested that Hannity is “acting out of fear and anxiety over the future of Fox News by preying on the fears and anxieties of his audience.” “We’re not running a campaign to get him fired right now,” he said.)
— Illinois dismisses three football players arrested in dormitory incident
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-illinois-dismisses-three-football-players-spt-0525-20170524-story.html
— McDonald’s shareholder meeting brings roar of protests but few surprises – Samantha Bomkamp
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-mcdonalds-annual-meeting-0525-biz-20170524-story.html
— Zillow looks to crowdsourcing to improve ‘Zestimates’ – Mary Ellen Podmolik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-zillow-zestimates-competition-0525-biz-20170524-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s budget: A slow boat to disaster.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-budget-disaster-chapman-perspec-20170524-story.html
— Illinois Democrats condemn Republican health care plan again after new estimates emerge – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-congress-illinois-health-care-cbo-met-0524-20170524-story.html
— New gun range rules approved by City Council – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-gun-ranges-met-0525-story.html
— African-American aldermen praise, remind Emanuel on black hiring issue – John Byrne  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-black-aldermen-rahm-emanuel-praise-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote pot.  If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-sessions-mandatory-minimum-sentences-edit-0525-md-20170524-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— $3 million program would help police, fire, paramedics buy city homes – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who work in your municipality say that they do not live in your municipality because it is too expensive?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/3-million-program-would-help-police-fire-paramedics-buy-city-homes/
— Trump-Ryan health care bill creates 23 million losers – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have financial, health, and/or other problems.  To motivate their operatives and their dupes to hate me, my critics/opponents stress to them that because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I have subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance for life.  We pay only $5,763 a year for coverage that they would have to pay $23,051 a year for.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-ryan-health-care-bill-creates-23-million-losers/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Unacceptable – Citizens must again press lawmakers for budget – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170524/editorial-unacceptable—citizens-must-again-press-lawmakers-for-budget
— Lawsuit claims ‘excessive’ questioning led to Naperville North student’s death – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170524/lawsuit-claims-x2018excessivex2019-questioning-led-to-naperville-north-studentx2019s-death–
— Kane County agrees to severance package for ex-employee who accused Lauzen of harassment – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170524/kane-county-agrees-to-severance-package-for-ex-employee-who-accused-lauzen-of-harassment

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois budget spotlight shifts to Madigan – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170524/BLOGS02/170529950/illinois-budget-spotlight-shifts-to-madigan
— Health insurers stiffed by budgetless Illinois take plea to federal court – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170524/NEWS03/170529960/health-insurers-take-state-of-illinois-to-federal-court

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— OUTSTANDING: County cops against loosening pot laws  Pending bills would legalize pot sales of 28 grams or fewer – CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/05/18/county-cops-against-loosening-pot-laws/aioe6o1/

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Casino bills taking billions from state – John Kindt
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/109816/commentary-casino-bills-taking-billions-from-state

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Must Be Nice – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.journal-topics.com/opinion/article_45919aee-40c1-11e7-8685-0b3488464c30.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Property taxes a matter of locale – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-24/tom-kacich-property-taxes-matter-locale.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— House Republican Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, Who’s Against Tax Increases Sponsors Bill That Would Increase Taxes – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/house-republican-whos-against-tax-increases-sponsors-bill-that-would-increase-taxes-05-24-2017

 

WJBD RADIO
— McCarter Votes ‘No’ on Tax Increases  McCarter Says Taxpayers Are Being Punished for a Problem They Didn’t Create  (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion punishes those who did not create the problem.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/05/24/mccarter-votes-no-on-tax-increases

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage -Glaser & Sapyta – Parties reported that this case has settled – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/05/college-of-dupage-glaser-sapyta-parties-reported-that-this-case-has-settled/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP unleashes robocalls in wake of Senate tax hike vote
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/24/ilgop-unleashes-robocalls-in-wake-of-senate-tax-hike-vote/
— It’s not 4.95 percent, it’s 5.81 percent for the rest of this year
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/24/its-not-495-percent-its-581-percent-for-the-rest-of-this-year/

 

COMSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— QUESTIONING ‘DIVERSITY’ IS THE NEW BLASPHEMY  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/24/questioning-diversity-is-the-new-blasphemy/

 

GOPUSA
— Sanctuary Cities Defined by DOJ
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24777
— North Carolina teen not sorry for ‘Build the wall’ quote that caused school to pull yearbook
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24814

 

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY REPORT
— Despite Record Reporting Bias, Trump’s Base Remains Solid – John and Andy Schlafly
http://www.pseagles.com/Despite_Record_Reporting_Bias,_Trump%E2%80%99s_Base_Remains_Solid

 

DAILY CALLER
— Members Of Manchester Attacker’s Mosque Knew He Had A Problem – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/24/manchester-bomber-showed-multiple-red-flags-traveled-to-syria-and-libya/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with terrorists.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/24/sen-murphy-trumps-rhetoric-makes-us-vulnerable-to-terrorism-video/

 

USA TODAY
— How liberal cities, states are trying to thwart Trump’s border wall – Rafael Carranza and Gustavo Solis
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/24/trumps-border-wall-targeted-liberal-cities-states/344281001/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— White House Taps Civil Service Reform Veteran to Lead OPM – Katherine McIntire Peters  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be conservative and/or claim to be Republican BUT WHO SIDE WITH THE DEMOCRATS WHO WASTED MY CAREER IN THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT AND FORCED ME TO TAKE THEIR EARLY RETIREMENT “OFFER” IN 1997 WHEN I WAS 49 YEARS OLD? The aforesaid have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/05/white-house-taps-civil-service-reform-veteran-lead-opm/138112/

May 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chris Kennedy gubernatorial campaign persists as Pritzker garners support – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chris-kennedy-gubernatorial-campaign-persists-as-pritzker-garners-support/2028140/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Senate Approves Income Tax Hike  The measure passed 32-26 a little more than a week ahead of the May 31 budget deadline. – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-senate-approves-income-tax-hike-423929014.html
— Students Have Become ‘Collateral Damage’ in State Budget Battle  “With what’s going on, it’s scary,” says student – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Students-Have-Become-collateral-Damage-in-State-Budget-Battle-423765474.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Signals He’ll OK Budget Deal For ‘Lasting’ Property Tax Freeze – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/23/rauner-signals-hell-ok-budget-deal-for-lasting-property-tax-freeze/

 

WGN TV
— Trump budget: More for the military, less for the poor – AP
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/23/trump-budget-more-for-the-military-less-for-the-poor/

 

CLTV
— Cook County sheriff Tom Dart says half of county jail’s population should not be there  (DIERSEN: What percent should be in jail in the foreign county that they are a citizen of?)
http://cltv.com/2017/05/22/cook-county-sheriff-says-half-of-county-jails-population-should-not-be-there/#new_tab

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate Dems pass ‘compromise’ budget plan – as Rauner draws line in sand – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-dems-try-to-go-it-alone-on-budget-again/
— Budget: Unacceptable, yes. Pathetic, too – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/unacceptable-yes-pathetic-too/
— Ald. O’Shea proposes crackdown on massage parlors – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ald-oshea-proposes-crackdown-on-massage-parlors/
— Sponsors pull out of NY Puerto Rican parade over Oscar Lopez Rivera – AP  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sponsors-pull-out-of-ny-puerto-rican-parade-over-oscar-lopez-rivera/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/always-bet-on-the-taxpayer-to-gamble/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Karen Lewis finds J.B. Pritzker’s progressive credentials ‘hilarious’ – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have lots of progressive credentials.  They promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-karen-lewis-j-b-pritzker-0524-chicago-inc-20170523-story.html
— Why do voters continue to fall for candidate commercials? – Paul Sassone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/news/ct-ppn-column-sassone-tl-0601-20170523-story.html
— CTU says members have no confidence in schools chief Claypool – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-karen-lewis-chicago-teachers-confidence-vote-met-20170523-story.html
— Bad press? Sometimes Trump begs for it – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the press serves as an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-page-trump-obama-media-perspec-0524-jm-20170523-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ryan says Trump budget favors taxpayers – AP  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who pay little or no taxes voted for Democrats.  Those who vote for Democrats want to tax the rich, that is, to tax Republicans.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239923/
— Sergeant seeks Republican nod for Kane County sheriff post – Susan Sarkauskas  (DIERSEN: What offices will be on the ballot in your precinct next year?  Which Republicans are running for those offices?  Which Republicans does Rauner want to run?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170522/sergeant-seeks-republican-nod-for-kane-county-sheriff-post
— Trump budget: More for the military, less for the poor – AP  (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239924/
— Could Wheaton Park District help save Loretto Convent historic building? – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170523/could-wheaton-park-district-help-save-historic-building
— Illinois House Democrats propose college grant program – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239928/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Senate OKs $5.4 billion Dem tax-hike plan – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/BLOGS02/170529975/senate-oks-5-4-billion-dem-tax-hike-plan
— Here’s what you probably don’t know about Illinois pensions – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/NEWS02/170529966/heres-what-you-probably-dont-know-about-illinois-pensions
— Why this Illinois equal pay act is unwarranted – JESSICA CAUSGROVE  (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, your past/present salary a) is public record and b) is presumed to be 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50+% higher than it should be/had been. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, in today’s dollars, GAO paid me $122,991/year. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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 33.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/OPINION/170529978/why-this-illinois-equal-pay-act-is-unwarranted
— Next month’s electricity price hike is just the start – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/NEWS11/170529964/next-months-electricity-price-hike-is-just-the-start

 

WTTW
— Illinois Agency Awarded Controversial Counter-Extremism Grant – Alex Ruppenthal
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/23/illinois-agency-awarded-controversial-counter-extremism-grant

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sounding the Alarm: Unacceptable – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170523/sounding-alarm-unacceptable
— Budget showdown: Senate Dems approve $5B tax increase
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170523/budget-showdown-senate-dems-approve-5b-tax-increase

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Roskam Tells Trump: Dump Your Tweeting – TODD SWESSELL
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_0a9ea530-3fef-11e7-a0e5-13a02cd1b7ef.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Democrats treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/chicago-seeks-to-assure-immigrants-theyre-welcome-in-city-05-22-2017

 

WREX
— Illinois Senate approves tax hike, $37B budget plan – AP
http://www.wrex.com/story/35496863/the-latest-senate-dems-float-less-severe-budget-cuts

 

WJBC
— LaHood critical of Trump’s proposed cuts to education, agriculture – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/05/23/lahood-critical-of-trumps-proposed-cuts-to-education-agriculture/

 

MADISON RECORD
— Metro East schools to get total of $14.4M less per year under state Senate funding proposal; Rauner vows to veto bill
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511118689-metro-east-schools-to-get-total-of-14-4m-less-per-year-under-state-senate-funding-proposal-rauner-vows-to-veto-bill

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Will Illinois Ever Solve Its Pension Problem?  Almost four years after the first try, pension reforms seems politically realistic—and perhaps legally as well. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2017/Will-Illinois-Ever-Get-Pension-Reform/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Teachers Pension fund paid out $1.5 billion in ’16, earned $7.8 million  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO as a GS-13 Step 10, in 2016, I would have paid $8,609 into the Civil Service Retirement System instead of getting $50,856 out of it.)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511118108-chicago-teachers-pension-fund-paid-out-1-5-billion-in-16-earned-7-8-million#new_tab

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ economic weakness results in nation’s highest black unemployment rate – Michael Lucci
https://files.illinoispolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Black-Unemployment-FINAL.pdf

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Poll: More jobless Illinoisans have stopped looking for work than in other states – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers in Illinois do not to hire those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), those whose ancestors have been in America for along time, current or former government employees, etc.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/poll-more-jobless-illinoisans-have-stopped-looking-for-work-than/article_84ca80b4-3f03-11e7-93e9-9b4fea85827d.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Ives pre-files for Senate tax hike sponsorship
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/23/rep-ives-pre-files-for-senate-tax-hike-sponsorship/
— Radogno responds – Madigan responds – ILGOP responds, blames Madigan *** Senate passes tax hike bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/23/senate-passes-tax-hike-bill/

 

BREITBART
— AP Hires Leftist Activist as Freelancer to Sneak Into Closed Press NH GOP Event to Attack KellyAnne Conway – PENNY STARR  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant,  and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who do not want me to know about their events or their other activities, b) who do not want me to promote their events or their other activities, c) who do not want me to attend their events, and d) who do not want me to report on their events or their other activities.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/22/reporter-attends-and-falsely-reports-on-closed-press-gop-fundraiser/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A freelancer for the Associated Press has drawn the ire of the GOP in New Hampshire after working her way into a “closed press” fundraiser last week and then falsely reporting on the event–all after it turns out that the so-called “reporter” is actually a hardcore leftwing activist. Following the fundraiser, the Associated Press published a short story without a byline that was “grossly inaccurate,” NHGOP adviser Patrick Hynes told local television outlet WMUR-9. “President Donald Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway has told supporters in New Hampshire they should ‘just ignore’ his critics and the incessant chatter about the scandals dogging him,” the “reporter,” later learned to be Melanie Plenda, wrote for the AP. The report also said about 150 attended, and attendees were “largely friendly” to Conway, but “some people in attendance withheld applause when Conway let loose with snarky comments about Democrat Hillary Clinton.” “The Associated Press in New Hampshire appears to be engaged in leftwing activism rather than journalism,” Hynes told Breitbart News. “And Melanie Plenda is a leftwing activist not a journalist.” “They conspired to sneak this leftwing activist into an event for which they were not credentialed and deliberately misreported on the attendance and the enthusiasm with which Kellyanne Conway was greeted,” Hynes said. “Republicans across the country should be aware that the AP cannot be trusted to be fair and balanced,” Hynes said. Breitbart News has obtained a screenshot of Plenda’s Facebook page from Nov. 10, 2016–just days after Donald Trump won the presidential election–that shows her making an explicit call to action against the then-incoming Trump administration.)
— OUTSTANDING: Expert: Mandatory E-Verify ‘Is Coming’ – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/23/expert-mandatory-e-verify-coming/

 

GOPUSA
— Lecture: Chelsea Clinton Warns of Sexism, Racism, Islamophobia in Trump’s America  (DIERSEN: Democrats want everyone in America to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24772
— Number of girls and women at risk of genital mutilation triples in U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24748

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/is-it-possible-to-resist-deportation-in-trumps-america.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump’s budget helps the rich at the expense of the poor – Max Ehrenfreund  (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/23/how-trumps-budget-helps-the-rich-at-the-expense-of-the-poor/
— Trump proposes dramatic changes to federal government, slashing safety net programs that affect up to a fifth of Americans – Damian Paletta (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/23/trump-proposes-dramatic-changes-to-federal-government-slashing-safety-net-programs-that-affect-up-to-a-fifth-of-americans/
— Trump called terrorists ‘losers’ — the same insult he has thrown at CNN, Ted Cruz and many others – Callum Borchers  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always been a loser.  Should I write a book about them?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/23/trump-called-terrorists-losers-the-same-insult-he-has-thrown-at-cnn-ted-cruz-and-many-others/
— On track for Public Service Loan Forgiveness? Good news, you’re not in danger from Trump’s budget. – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (DIERSEN: Back when I was young, it was a positive to be able to say that you worked yourself through college.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/23/on-track-for-public-service-loan-forgiveness-good-news-youre-not-in-danger-from-trumps-budget/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Budget Bites Deeply Into Programs Benefiting His Voters – Erik Wasson , Steven T. Dennis, and John McCormick  (DIERSEN: The more financial, health, and/or other problems that you have, the more likely that you vote for Democrats.  In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, what percent of voters who have financial, health, and/or other problems voted for Trump?  Because many, if not most, if not virtually all voters have financial, health, and/or other problems and because Trump got so few votes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, they obviously voted for Clinton.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-23/trump-seeks-3-6-trillion-in-spending-cuts-to-reshape-government
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump made an impassioned plea for support from minority voters during his election campaign by asking them, “What do you have to lose?” On Tuesday, they got an answer, as did many of the rural, poor and working-class voters who propelled him into office. In his fiscal 2018 budget proposal, Trump asked Congress for $3.6 trillion in spending cuts that would mean steep reductions in food stamps, Medicaid health insurance payments, disability benefits, low-income housing assistance and block grants that fund meals-on-wheels for the elderly. The plan found little favor in Congress, even among Republican lawmakers from districts and states that gave Trump wide margins in the November election, and it had Democrats talking about a deal on spending that would exclude the White House.)
— Rep. Roskam Sees Tax Reform Passing This Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2017-05-23/rep-roskam-sees-tax-reform-passing-this-year-video

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— COLA trumps pay raise? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: One reason why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old was that Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions were adjusted for inflation with COLAs.  However, the CSRS COLAs that I have received have been far less than inflation.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/05/cola-trumps-pay-raise/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Trump budget to carve $4B from federal employee retirement – Carten Cordell
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/trump-budget-to-carve-4b-from-federal-employee-retirement

 

FED WEEK
— Trump Budget Proposal Would Cost Federal Employees, Retirees Big Bucks
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/trump-budget-proposal-cost-federal-employees-retirees-big-bucks/

 

FED SMITH
— 2018 Budget Proposes Eliminating COLAs, Increasing Retirement Contributions – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: One reason why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old was that Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions were adjusted for inflation with COLAs.  However, the CSRS COLAs that I have received have been far less than inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/23/2018-budget-proposes-eliminating-colas-increasing-retirement-contributions/

 

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
— Trump budget cuts civil service pay, jobs, and benefits to line CEO pockets, union says  Budget delivers huge tax breaks to CEOs and wealthy on backs of federal workers
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trump-budget-cuts-civil-service-pay-jobs-and-benefits-to-line-ceo-pockets-union-says-300462668.html

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Trump Resistance movement takes aim at McDonald’s today
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-resistance-movement-takes-aim-at-mcdonalds-today/

May 22 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Durbin Pens Letter To Jeff Sessions Asking for Chicago Resources  In a letter sent to Sessions, Durbin asked that the attorney general answer questions regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s commitment to resources for Chicago and gave him a deadline of June 2 to respond. – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/durbin-letter-sessions-chicago-resources-423715634.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: As the Democrat Party’s stranglehold on the Chicago area tightens, more and more and more people are on food stamps.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/22/president-donald-trump-food-stamps-cuts-greater-chicago-food-depository/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House adopts a Chicago tradition — backroom secrecy – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/white-house-adopts-a-chicago-tradition-backroom-secrecy/
— Roskam calls proposed cuts to Great Lakes project ‘a serious error’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/roskam-calls-proposed-cuts-to-great-lakes-project-a-serious-error/
— Board of Ed to consider $215M more in borrowing for next school year – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/board-of-ed-to-consider-215m-more-in-borrowing-for-next-school-year/
— Red-light cameras reap suburbs millions: Sun-Times/ABC7 special report – Dan Mihalopoulos and Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/red-light-cameras-reap-millions-for-chicago-suburbs-safespeed-the-watchdogs-abc7/
— Frank Mautino hides in ‘cone of silence’ from campaign fund questions – Madeleine Doubek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/frank-mautino-hides-in-cone-of-silence-from-campaign-fund-questions/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/match-your-acts-with-your-words-on-islam-mr-president/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers should focus not just on taxes but on major spending reforms – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-civic-budget-illinois-rauner-edit-0523-md-20170522-story.html
— Tollway committee advances $25 million study of Illinois 53 extension – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-tollway-committee-approves-25million-study-route-53-20170522-story.html
— Northwest Side development reignites interest in program aimed at preventing white flight – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-northwest-side-housing-program-met-20170522-story.html
— Ford falls behind. But never give up on American ingenuity. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-ford-motors-ceo-tesla-edit-jm-20170522-story.html
— Chicago school board to consider up to $500 million more long-term borrowing – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-bond-plan-met-20170522-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— College of DuPage celebrates 50th commencement
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170522/college-of-dupage-celebrates-50th-commencement
— Suburban home prices up, sale times decrease
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170522/report-suburban-home-prices-up-sale-times-decrease
— Former Daily Herald executive editor Doubek lands with Better Government Association – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170522/feder-former-daily-herald-executive-editor-doubek-lands-with-better-government-association

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Class-action suit aims to halt Zestimates in Illinois – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170522/CRED0701/170529993/class-action-suit-aims-to-halt-zestimates-in-illinois

 

WGN RADIO
— The Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/22/17): Proof of media’s lopsided coverage of President Trump, IL school funding problems, and Kasso’s hot dogs – JEFF CARLIN
http://wgnradio.com/2017/05/22/the-chicago-way-wjohn-kass-052217-proof-of-medias-lopsided-coverage-of-president-trump-il-school-funding-problems-and-kassos-hot-dogs/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Developer Stone pushing for casino in downtown Springfield – Mary Hansen  (DIERSEN: To promote gambling in Springfield is to promote the destruction of Springfield.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170522/developer-stone-pushing-for-casino-in-downtown-springfield

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Sounding the Alarm: Entrenched politics require real reforms in Illinois – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170522/sounding-alarm-entrenched-politics-require-real-reforms-in-illinois

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners and anti-Trumps say “Rauner attacks social safety net in Illinois, Trump takes it National.”
http://thetelegraph.com/news/102527/rauner-attacks-social-safety-net-in-illinois-trump-takes-it-national

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Biss: flat tax in Illinois unfair – Bill Knight  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20170522/bill-knight-biss-flat-tax-in-illinois-unfair

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrats who run Chicago put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/chicago-seeks-to-assure-immigrants-theyre-welcome-in-city-05-22-2017

 

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— ProPublica Illinois Builds News Staff with Three Noted Journalists – Cynthia Gordy
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/propublica-illinois-builds-news-staff-with-three-noted-journalists

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wehrli derides election board for not pursuing Mautino probe – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511117456-wehrli-derides-election-board-for-not-pursuing-mautino-probe
— Roskam cites Obamacare costs, limits in voting for change – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511115608-roskam-cites-obamacare-costs-limits-in-voting-for-change

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Madigan can’t see property tax reality from his pedestal, Steffen argues
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511115894-madigan-can-t-see-property-tax-reality-from-his-pedestal-steffen-argues
— Rock Island County voter numbers are solid, clerk contends  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? If so, how much deadwood is there in the voter role for your precinct?)
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511116082-rock-island-county-voter-numbers-are-solid-clerk-contends

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Rauner says end run around Madigan only way forward for Illinois – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511117397-rauner-says-end-run-around-madigan-only-way-forward-for-illinois
— College costs already outrageous without hiring ‘hack’ to regurgitate words, Pat Hughes says – Karen Kidd
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511112683-college-costs-already-outrageous-without-hiring-hack-to-regurgitate-words-pundit-says

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— APPLE IS NEARLY 40% MORE VALUABLE THAN THE CITY OF CHICAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/apple-is-nearly-40-more-valuable-than-the-city-of-chicago.html
— WELL-CONNECTED STATE LOBBYIST PUSHES FOR CAPITAL CITY CASINO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/well-connected-state-lobbyist-pushes-for-capital-city-casino.html

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS, NBC Go to Bat for Illegals Against ‘Evil’ ‘Injustice’ of Trump WH; Hail Liberal Churches – Curtis Houck
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2017/05/22/cbs-nbc-go-bat-illegals-against-evil-injustice-trump-wh-hail

 

GOPUSA
— Blinded by their own ignorance about Islam
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24610
— Pence tells Notre Dame grads to rely on ‘integrity and values’ as dozens of snowflakes walk out
http://www.gopusa.com/pence-tells-notre-dame-grads-to-rely-on-integrity-and-values-as-dozens-of-snowflakes-walk-out/
— Religious defense planned in Detroit genital mutilation case
http://www.gopusa.com/religious-defense-planned-in-detroit-genital-mutilation-case/

 

BREITBART
— CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Blasts Silencing of Conservatives on Campuses in Commencement Address – TOM CICCOTTA
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/05/22/cnns-fareed-zakaria-blasts-silencing-of-conservatives-on-campuses-in-commencement-address/
— Zuckerberg’s Open Borders Group: Enforcing Immigration Law ‘Hurts Public Safety’ – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/22/zuckerbergs-open-borders-group-enforcing-immigration-law-hurts-public-safety/
— Coulter: If Trump Does Not Keep His Promises in 2018, GOP Will Be Wiped Out, Dems Will Impeach – PAM KEY
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/05/22/coulter-trump-not-keep-promises-2018-gop-will-wiped-dems-will-impeach/
— Clint Eastwood Warns Political Correctness ‘Killing’ Country: ‘We’ve Lost Our Sense of Humor’ – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/22/clinton-eastwood-political-correctness-is-ruining-america/
— Sweden: Men of Foreign Origin Responsible for 90 Per Cent of Shootings – VIRGINIA HALE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/22/sweden-foreign-origin-90-shootings/

 

THE BLAZE
— First they tore down Confederate monuments. Next they’ll come for the Founders. – Matt Walsh  (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats a) blame you for past discrimination against minorities and against women, b) say that you benefited from past discrimination against minorities and against women, c) want you to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, and d) want to get rid of you.)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-first-they-tore-down-confederate-monuments-next-theyll-come-for-the-founders/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The art of the Trump take-down – Cheryl K. Chumley  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that they can take down any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that they want to.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/20/art-trump-take-down/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— LGBT TEACHER CALLED OUT FOR ‘BULLYING’ STUDENTS  School told fix it or lawyers ‘will take further action to prevent irreparable harm to our clients’ – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/lgbt-teacher-called-out-for-bullying-students/

 

USA TODAY
— UNACCEOTABLE: More than 600K foreigners overstayed visas in 2016 – Alan Gomez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/22/more-than-600k-foreigners-overstayed-visas-2016-department-of-homeland-security-report/102006956/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrats who run Chicago step up their efforts to get rid of individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-05-22/chicago-seeks-to-assure-immigrants-theyre-welcome-in-city

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— For Democrats in California, a generational shift pulls the party left, with danger and opportunity ahead – Cathleen Decker  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run California banish individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-democrats-analysis-20170522-story.html

 

LAVOZ DE ANZA NEWS
— Students learn about dangers of marijuana – Kunal Mehta
http://lavozdeanza.com/news/2017/05/22/students-learn-about-dangers-of-marijuana/

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.
https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-budget-cut-federal-pensions

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Ford CEO Mark Fields Pocketed $60 Million in 3 Years—While the Company’s Stock Plunged – Rob Wile
http://time.com/money/4788160/ford-ceo-pay-mark-fields-jim-hackett/

 

FED SMITH
— Shrinking the Workforce at EPA – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: The first employees that will be gotten rid of will be those who are non-Democrat, older, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/22/shrinking-workforce-epa/

 

INDEPENDENT
— UK workers do not feel rich unless they earn at least £370,000 a year, finds study  Early in their career – defined as up to five years’ experience –  employees need to earn ‘as little as’ £93,000 annually to feel wealthy – Zlata Rodionova  (DIERSEN: Because the cost of living is so high in DuPage County, you need to earn lots more money to feel rich.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-workers-rich-feel-370000-a-year-wealthy-british-employees-income-emolument-a7748776.html

May 21 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In 2018, which Republican candidates are going to run for federal, state, and county offices in DuPage County?  Who does Rauner want to run for Attorney General, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Treasurer?  I urge all of them to have an entry in Wheaton’s 2017 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-31882733113  So far, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee and James Mendrick for DuPage County Sheriff have entries.  Since I moved to Wheaton in 1978, I have encouraged Republican candidates and elected officials to have entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades.  This year, for the 12th year in a row, I will be seeking donations from Republicans so that “DuPage Republicans” can again be one of the two $2,500 “Star” sponsors and again sponsor the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums parade entries.  According to the Wheaton Park District which organizes the July 3 fireworks and July 4 parade, being a $2,500 “Star” sponsor includes: “Media Print Advertisements, Social Media Promotion, Website Preference, Email Blasts, Event Posters/Flyers, Press Release, 10×10 Booth on July 3, Inclusion in Announcements on July 3, Premium Seating at Graf Park for July 3 Fireworks, Event Sponsor Banners,” and more.  Outstandingly, again this year Tim Whelan will coordinate Republican use of the 10×10 booth at the fireworks.  This year again, I will hand deliver flyers to the residences and businesses on the parade route that will list the Republican entries in the parade and the Republicans who helped sponsor entries. So far, outstandingly, Roger Claar has contributed $500, Chris Nybo has pledged $250, and Peter Breen, Grant Eckhoff, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Tim Whelan, and others have pledged $100.  Last year, outstandingly, Chris Nybo contributed $250; Liam Brennan, Dave Diersen, and Phil Suess contributed $150; and Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Fred Bucholz, Mike Connelly, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives, Rich Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Mark Kirk, Brian Krajewski, Robert Lyon, James Mendrick, Deanne Mazzochi, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Tim Whelan, and Jim Zay contributed $100. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Governor candidate Kennedy coming to Montgomery
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-kennedy-yorkville-st-0521-20170519-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote LGBTQ activity, the more that Democrats and RINOs glorify you and praise you.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chuck-hyde-sidetrack-chicago-gay-bar-boystown-institution-dead-55-halsted-street-fort-lauderdale/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Senate budget actions uneven, but worth reflection – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170520/editorial-senate-budget-actions-uneven-but-worth-reflection

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Legislative theaters offer wildly different productions in Springfield – Andy Shaw
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170520/andy-shaw-legislative-theaters-offer-wildly-different-productions-in-springfield
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170520/pride-parade-brings-positive-energy-to-downtown-springfield
— Sounding the Alarm: Illinois needs changes to income, sales taxes – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats always a) want Republicans to pay higher taxes and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrats cannot afford to pay higher taxes.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170520/sounding-alarm-illinois-needs-changes-to-income-sales-taxes

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Humiliation reigns in Springfield – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, about candidates, about elected officials, about party leaders, about major donors, about political consultants, about etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who humiliate me and those like me who support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-views-humiliation-reigns-in-springfield/article_ab68d596-eb70-5364-973c-35ebba562bc4.html
— Traditional milestones are no longer – GARY ROTSTEIN  (DIERSEN: What are/were your milestones?  How successful are/were you in meeting them?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always attributed the success that I have had in meeting my milestones a) to my being born with a silver spoon in my mouth and my having always being privileged, b) to my being a healthy White male, c) to my avoiding the draft, d) to my being overpaid by the federal government, e) to my getting married, and f) to our giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
http://herald-review.com/lifestyles/family/traditional-milestones-are-no-longer/article_ec26b99f-2e68-58ee-86e1-cd0b66b46b7a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This postponement of the age of marriage by young people compared to prior decades — partly spurred by improved educational and economic status in their 20s for women such as Jeffery — is just one of many long-term trends highlighted by national statistics in a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. The April report, “The Changing Economics and Demographics of Young Adulthood: 1975-2016,” puts numbers to some often-discussed aspects of today’s millennial generation — ones that may inspire either frustration, sympathy or nodding approval from their baby boomer parents, who themselves often broke with their parents’ traditions. Examining census and other survey data about the 18-to-34 age group, the report notes: — The percentage of women ages 20-24 who are married fell from 57 percent in 1976 to 17 percent in 2014, while those with a child fell from 31 percent to 25 percent. It is thus more common for a 25-year-old woman to be a mother than a wife. — About one of three 18-to-34-year-olds relies on parents’ financial help, and a similar proportion live in their parents’ homes. The percentage living independently fell from 51 percent in 2005 to 41 percent in 2015. — The economic situation of young men has plummeted, with 41 percent of those ages 25-34 earning less than $30,000 annually, compared to just 25 percent who were below that inflation-adjusted threshold in 1975. The status of women has spiked, meanwhile, as only 14 percent in that age group are homemakers now compared to 43 percent in 1975. Despite economic gains compared to young men, however, their earnings still trail those of males. — Sharing a home with an unmarried partner has been the fastest-growing living arrangement over the past four decades, used by 12 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds in 2016 compared to less than 1 percent in 1975. The age group’s most common living arrangement, however, is living with parents, which has overtaken living with a spouse. The report pointed out how today’s millennials generally fail to reach benchmarks of adult independence by an age that most of society considers ideal. A 2012 survey of the U.S. population, for instance, found 21 was deemed the ideal age of financial independence from parents, but only 29 percent of 21-year-olds currently achieve that. And 22 was the consensus as the ideal age of obtaining full-time employment, but only 37 percent have such jobs by that age. Similarly, wide gaps show up for getting married and becoming a parent. Putting together four yardsticks by which someone might fully embrace adulthood — a job, marriage, parenthood and living apart from parents — nearly half of 25-to-34-year-olds could claim all of those in 1975, but fewer than one-fourth could in 2016, according to the report.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Have we hit bottom yet? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170520/statehouse-insider-have-we-hit-bottom-yet

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rival gubernatorial campaigns take no prisoners in war of words – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-21/jim-dey-rival-gubernatorial-campaigns-take-no-prisoners-war-words.html
— County ‘poor farm’ preceded nursing home – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-21/tom-kacich-county-poor-farm-preceded-nursing-home.html

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Vote Fraud Warning: Over 7 Million Voters Registered to Vote in More Than One State – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/05/20/vote-fraud-warning-7-million-voters-registered-vote-one-state/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Donald Trump looking to scrap Student Loan Forgiveness Program – SHEANNE AGUILA
http://www.christianpost.com/news/donald-trump-looking-to-scrap-student-loan-forgiveness-program-184227/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— MINNESOTA RETREATS FROM BAN ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION  Refugee advocates say bill is ‘overly harsh’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/minnesota-retreats-from-ban-on-female-genital-mutilation/

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump reportedly ‘furious’ at Fox News star: ‘Trump gets angry every time he sees those stories’ – Justin Haskins  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are furious that I include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they do nor like.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/20/trump-reportedly-furious-at-fox-news-star-trump-gets-angry-every-time-he-sees-those-stories/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Net Neutrality Supporters Want to ‘Ban Drudge’ – Elizabeth Harrington  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in Illinois have wanted to ban me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that might come to my defense. Consequently, very few have come to my defense.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/net-neutrality-supporters-want-ban-drudge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Alt-left advocates for net neutrality, who say they want a “free and open internet,” want to ban the Drudge Report. Members of the alt-left who have been tied to violent protests in the past picketed outside the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in protest of Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to reverse net neutrality rules. The FCC will vote to undo the Obama era Title II rule that classified Internet service providers as utilities, subjecting them to more federal regulation. Protesters covering their faces held signs that read “Ban Drudge,” with a no symbol over the Drudge Report, the highly trafficked news website run by Matt Drudge. Other protesters held signs to ban other news websites, including Breitbart and InfoWars. Organizers of the campaign “Protect Our Internet” are connected to PopularResistance.org, which features several members of the antifascist (antifa) campaign. Protect Our Internet claims its mission is to “keep the internet vibrant, free and equal.” The campaign also claims net neutrality rules are “protecting our freedom to use the internet!” A report released this week found that net neutrality regulations lead to higher internet prices for consumers and less innovation.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “No One in the White House Likes Or Respects Trump.” Of course, according to anti-Diersens, no one likes or respects a) me, b) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, c) what I do as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, or d) what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc.)
http://freebeacon.com/blog/no-one-white-house-likes-respects-trump/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Woodward: Reporters ‘binge drinking the anti-Trump Kool-Aid’ – Eddie Scarry
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/woodward-reporters-binge-drinking-the-anti-trump-kool-aid/article/2623582

 

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups are angry that Trump is holding them back: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/voting-criminal-justice-donald-trump

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “trouble swirls at home.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-saudi-arabia-trip-middle-east-europe-comey-russia/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “Donald Trump, Establishment Sellout.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/opinion/donald-trump-establishment-sellout.html
— We Aren’t Built to Live in the Moment – MARTIN E. P. SELIGMAN and JOHN TIERNEY
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/sunday/why-the-future-is-always-on-your-mind.html

 

MIDDLETOWN PRESS
— Returning veterans have special financial needs – Joseph Matthews (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at veterans that IF I HAD NOT AVOIDED THE DRAFT, I would a) NOT have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48; job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 33; b) NOT have been able to buy a new Corvette when I was 23, c) NOT have been able to buy a new town home when I was 24, a studio condo in downtown Chicago when I was 25, a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago when I was 27, a home in Wheaton when I was 29, or build a new home in Wheaton when I was 35; d) NOT have been able to get married when I was 29; e) NOT have been able to buy collector cars when I was 40 and 45; and e) NOT have been able to etc.)
http://www.middletownpress.com/opinion/20170520/market-matters-returning-veterans-have-special-financial-needs

 

FREDERICKSBURG
— Is college worth the expense? Yes, it is – Rafiq Dossani  (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, a) Firestone Stores would NOT have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business classes, IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination in 1979, GAO would NOT have offered me a job in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986. If I had not earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, the Democrats who ran GAO would have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” sooner than they did.)
http://www.fredericksburg.com/opinion/columns/column-is-college-worth-the-expense-yes-it-is/article_5880bd6f-86a2-5c98-b54e-f14764aaf5c4.html

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Newsmax promotes pot in America. If your promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.
https://pro.dailyreckoning.today/p/TEK_secretpot2_0217/LTEKT566/

May 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lisa Madigan, Illinois’ incomplete attorney general – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-madigan-corruption-lisa-michael-attorney-general-edit-jm-20170518-story.html
— Media fair to Trump? Harvard says no. – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-trump-media-coverage-harvard-kass-0521-20170519-column.html
— Pritzker, Rauner spar after Democrat pledges $1 million to black-owned bank – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-bank-deposit-met-0520-20170521-story.html
— Helping the ‘most broken’ of Southland’s homeless – Donna Vickroy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-vickroy-homeless-bridges-st-0522-20170515-story.html
— College prep courses not preparing kids for college – Diane Rado
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-high-school-courses-met-20170519-story.html
— Don’t underestimate Donald Trump – Ronald A. Klain
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-impeachment-survive-20170519-story.html
— Former public works director suing Evanston, city officials, alleging racial discrimination – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-tl-0504-20170519-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Evanston public works director Suzette Robinson is suing the city and several city officials for what the lawsuit alleges was “discrimination on the basis of race, harassment and [a] racially hostile work environment, and for retaliation.” However, Evanston’s city manager, who was named as one of the defendants in the suit, said Suzette Robinson’s race played no part in the decision to eliminate her job. “I deny Ms. Robinson’s claims in this lawsuit that race or retaliation had any role in my decision-making,” said Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz. In the complaint, filed May 27, 2016, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Robinson asks for $75,000 in compensation, plus attorney’s fees and punitive damages. She names Bobkiewicz, the City of Evanston, city attorney W. Grant Farrar and human resources manager Jennifer Lin as defendants. According to the lawsuit, Robinson was public works director for Evanston from March 2010 until August 2015. The suit said that she was one of “three African-American employees at the department director level reporting directly to Bobkiewicz.” The complaint reads that Robinson’s position was eliminated, “effective immediately,” in August 2015 after Bobkiewicz stated “that the city planned to combine public works and utilities into one department named the public works agency.” But the lawsuit says the City Council did not approve the “proposed reorganization” until September 2015. Robinson alleges that Bobkiewicz “discriminated against her on the basis of race” and “retaliated against her” “for filing complaints about racial discrimination,” according to court documents.)
— TRAGIC: Third gambling cafe OK’d in Oswego – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-oswego-gambling-st-0521-20170519-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police superintendent defends use of secret watch list – Mick Dumke, Frank Main, and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-superintendent-defends-use-of-secret-watch-list/
— Opponents stand firm against Rauner’s ‘flexible’ options for elderly – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/opponents-stand-firm-against-rauners-flexible-options-for-elderly/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois punished by market as budget deadline nears – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170520/illinois-punished-by-market-as-budget-deadline-nears

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Illinois should learn from California – FRITZ KAEGI
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170519/OPINION/170519836/illinois-could-learn-from-california-re-taxes-and-workers-comp

 

WSIL TV
— Rauner, Democrats accuse each other of peddling fake news – Brandon Richard  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of “spreading fake news.” Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35473849/rauner-democrats-accuse-each-other-of-peddling-fake-news

 

FOX ILLINOIS & NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Lawmakers and Rauner Accuse Each Other of Spreading Fake News – Rachel Droze  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of “spreading fake news.” Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lawmakers-rauner-accuse-each-other-of-spreading-fake-news-05-20-2017
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/lawmakers-rauner-accuse-each-other-of-spreading-fake-news

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner administration denies it planted false info about school funding reform – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of planting false information. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170519/rauner-administration-denies-it-planted-false-info-about-school-funding-reform
— Bill to honor Barack Obama’s birthday headed to governor – Brian Robbins  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  From what I see, Obama and his supporters what to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170519/bill-to-honor-barack-obamas-birthday-headed-to-governor
— State of Illinois’ unpaid CWLP bills piling up again – Mary Hansen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170519/state-of-illinois-unpaid-cwlp-bills-piling-up-again

 

SOUTHERN
— Despite setback, Illinois still planning to roll out Secure Choice retirement savings plan – STEPHANIE ESTERS
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/despite-setback-illinois-still-planning-to-roll-out-secure-choice/article_80927ada-de87-5996-a6e7-d6cbbe0bb1dc.html

 

ALTON NEWS
— Bill Sponsor Mad At Support – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=244388#.WSBA5WjyuM8

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Manar Says Gov’s Office Dialed Up The Wrong Numbers – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/manar-says-govs-office-dialed-wrong-numbers#stream/0

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Twenty-two Will County schools lose, seven win in state Senate funding revamp
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511096862-twenty-two-will-county-schools-lose-seven-win-in-state-senate-funding-revamp

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Thirty-nine DuPage County school districts lose, three win in state Senate funding revamp
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096864-thirty-nine-dupage-county-school-districts-lose-three-win-in-state-senate-funding-revamp

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Democratic lawmaker says politics behind Republican’s support of his tax fraud bill – Cole Lauterbach and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/democratic-lawmaker-says-politics-behind-republican-s-support-of-his/article_1ca4ee24-3cc0-11e7-a753-a72bab15f9cc.html
— Rauner says tax credit program expiring another sign of inaction at statehouse – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-says-tax-credit-program-expiring-another-sign-of-inaction/article_a4377b4a-3cd9-11e7-9169-9b7b9be6f4af.html
— Democrats seek investigation into ‘leak’ of information Rauner says has been public for a year – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) focus on keeping me in the dark and b) falsely and slanderously accused me of leaking information.  I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/democrats-seek-investigation-into-leak-of-information-rauner-says-has/article_55eb1608-3cc6-11e7-aa5e-47dde0a11292.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CULLERTON BILL TAKES WRONG APPROACH TO ILLINOIS PENSION REFORM – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/cullerton-bill-takes-wrong-approach-to-illinois-pension-reform/

 

FOX NEWS
— Gingrich Slams NYT, WaPo Reports as ‘Garbage’ Intended to ‘Smear’ Trump
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/19/newt-gingrich-slams-nyt-wapo-reports-garbage-intended-smear-trump
— Minnesota yearbook: Behead Trump – Todd Starnes
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/19/minnesota-yearbook-behead-trump.html

 

BREITBART
— Former NBA Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hints That He Thinks Donald Trump Would Have Approved of Slavery – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/05/19/former-nba-star-kareem-abdul-jabbar-hints-thinks-donald-trump-approved-slavery/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Is Not the Real Target; You Are – Timothy Daughtry
https://townhall.com/columnists/timothydaughtry/2017/05/19/trump-is-not-the-real-target-you-are-n2329201

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rahm’s latest plan to stave off Chicago financial collapse under fire – from Dems – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/rahms_latest_plan_to_stave_off_chicago_financial_collapse_under_fire__from_dems.html

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— Church Sign Blames 9/11 On ’19 Muslim Immigrants’ – Michael Allen
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/church-sign-blames-9/11-19-muslim-immigrants

 

CHURCH MILITANT
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: DEPAUL UNIVERSITY MAKES STUDENTS PAY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS’ EDUCATIONS – Rodney Pelletier
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-university-makes-students-pay-for-illegal-aliens-educations

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Conservative Force Behind Speeches Roiling College Campuses – STEPHANIE SAUL  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, schools crank out hate-filled “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/us/college-conservative-speeches.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  “Let’s give it up for the racists that are hosting this event!” someone yelled, and the crowd roared, foot-stomping in unison, then breaking into song: Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” One member of the audience held up a sign, “Queers Against Islamaphobia.” Another unfurled a banner: “Muslims Welcome. Fascists Get Out.” Close to 200 students kept up the noise for more than an hour in a University at Buffalo lecture hall on May 1, mostly drowning out the evening’s featured speaker, Robert Spencer, a conservative author and blogger who espouses a dark view of Islam. The event appeared to follow a familiar script, in which a large contingent of liberals muzzles a provocative speaker invited by a small conservative student club. But the propelling force behind the event — and a number of recent heat-seeking speeches on college campuses — was a national conservative group that is well funded, highly organized and on a mission, in its words, to “restore sanity at your school.” The group, the Young America’s Foundation, had paid Mr. Spencer’s $2,000 fee, trained the student leader who organized the event and provided literature for distribution. Other than the possibility of outside interference, little had been left to chance. The speeches are a part of the group’s mission of grooming future conservative leaders — Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Stephen Miller, a White House adviser, are among its alumni — and its long list of donors has included the television game show host Pat Sajak, the novelist Tom Clancy, the billionaire brothers David H. and Charles G. Koch, and the Amway billionaires Richard and Helen Devos, who gave $10 million to endow the Reagan Ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., which the foundation runs as a preserve. (Their daughter-in-law, Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, is not a donor, the group says.) Over the past two years, armed with a $16 million infusion from the estate of an orthodontist in California, Robert Ruhe, the organization has doubled its programming, including campus speeches. In 2016 that meant 111 speakers on 77 campuses. On the group’s website, it boasted of “dispatching” 31 speakers to colleges last month alone. In that time, the speakers have gotten edgier, more in-your-face and sometimes even meanspirited. Among them is Ann Coulter, whose canceled speech last month at the University of California, Berkeley, led the foundation, which was covering most of her $20,000 fee, to sue the college, arguing that it had violated the First Amendment in its failure to provide a suitable time and place for the event. The resulting clashes on university campuses, including protests and efforts to block speeches, have raised free speech questions. And at Berkeley, even liberals who oppose Ms. Coulter’s viewpoints said her speech should have been allowed to proceed. In the meantime, protesters have questioned whether such events are cynically intended to provoke reactions. “It’s part of a larger systematic and extremely well-funded effort to disrupt public universities and create tension among student groups on campus,” said Alexandra Prince, a doctoral student at Buffalo who circulated a petition to block Mr. Spencer.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Ailes blasts Ailes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/roger-ailes-fox-news-wrecked-conservatism.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Blind Spot in a Sharing Economy: Tax Collection  Some gig-economy workers are using a loophole to cheat Uncle Sam; others are bewildered by tax requirements – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-blind-spot-in-a-sharing-economy-tax-collection-1495186206

 

NEW YORK POST
— Times Square maniac told cops he was high on pot, PCP during rampage – Rebecca Rosenberg, Tina Moore and Stephanie Pagones
http://nypost.com/2017/05/19/times-square-maniac-told-cops-he-was-high-on-pot-pcp-during-rampage/

 

DENVER POST
— Trump’s budget calls for hits on federal employee retirement programs – JOE DAVIDSON  (DIERSEN: One reason why federal pay, benefits, and pensions should be more generous is compensate federal employees and federal retirees for being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned for being federal employees and for being federal retirees.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of federal employees and of federal retirees.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/18/donald-trump-budget-federal-employee-retirement-programs/

 

REASON
— New ‘Social Justice’ Math Class Teaches Kids That Math Is Evil, Dehumanizing  “Mathematics… have been used to trick indigenous peoples out of land and property.” – Robby Soave
http://reason.com/blog/2017/05/16/new-social-justice-math-class-teaches-ki

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump’s 2018 Budget Reportedly Targets Federal Retirement Programs – Erich Wagne  (DIERSEN: One reason why federal pay, benefits, and pensions should be more generous is compensate federal employees and federal retirees for being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned for being federal employees and for being federal retirees.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of federal employees and of federal retirees.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/05/trumps-2018-budget-reportedly-targets-federal-retirement-programs/138014/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The proposed cuts to retirement benefits sparked swift condemnation by Democrats and groups representing federal workers and retirees. Richard Thissen, national president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, called the proposal an “egregious attack on federal service and seniors” and “unconscionable.”  “The president purports to defend government annuities like Social Security and then proposes to eliminate cost-of-living adjustments for some and limit COLAs for those already retired and living on fixed incomes,” Thissen said. “It is beyond insulting. It is downright mean. Simultaneously promoting tax cuts and forcing a tax on just federal employees, through an increase in retirement contributions, is the height of hypocrisy.” J. David Cox, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees blasted the plan as something that “defies reason.” “The American people knows what’s fair, and raiding the already-modest retirement benefits of the people who inspect our food and lock up dangerous criminals is beyond the pale,” Cox said. “These proposals portray an astounding misplacement of priorities that the American public should not soon forget.” And Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said cuts to federal retirement benefits will hurt the government’s ability to attract workers capable of fulfilling the missions of various federal agencies. “The biggest losers from President Trump’s draconian cuts to federal employee pay and benefits will be the American people who count on dedicated federal employees to care for our veterans, maintain our national parks, and process Social Security checks each and every day,” Connolly said. “Cuts of this magnitude will make it impossible to recruit and retain the qualified workforce we need to meet our nation’s challenges.”)

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Congress should be more aggressive in tracking down agency inefficiencies, GAO says – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run GAO wasted my GAO career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/management/2017/05/congress-should-be-more-aggressive-in-tracking-down-agency-inefficiencies-gao-says/

May 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Mayor announces $389 million borrowing plan to finish CPS school year, pay pensions – Jessica D’Onofrio and Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/education/mayor-announces-$389-million-borrowing-plan-to-finish-cps-school-year-pay-pensions/2011849/
— What has become of 50 vacant CPS schools closed in 2014? – Paul Meincke
http://abc7chicago.com/education/what-has-become-of-50-vacant-cps-schools-/2009886/

 

NBC5
— Emanuel Unveils Plan to Keep Chicago Schools Open Through End of School Year  Twice in the last two weeks, briefings on the mayor’s funding plan have been postponed – Lauren Petty
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Aldermen-to-Be-Briefed-on-Mayors-Plan-to-Keep-CPS-Open-423142484.html

 

CBS2
— Lawmakers Vote To Eliminate Statute Of Limitations On Child Sex Crimes – Mike Krauser
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/19/lawmakers-vote-to-eliminate-statute-of-limitations-on-child-sex-crimes/
— Governor Rauner Said He Is Trying To Bring More Companies, Jobs To Illinois – Craig Dellimore,
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/19/rauner-companies-jobs-illinois/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Obama’s birthday could be commemorated in Illinois – Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-barack-obama-day-illinois-met-0520-20170519-story.html
— Illinois seeks to join Obamacare lawsuit, save payments to insurers – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-obamacare-lawsuit-0520-biz-20170519-story.html
— Emanuel unveils latest CPS money-borrowing plan for district already $9 billion in debt – Hal Dardick and Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-cps-borrowing-met-0520-20170519-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Roger Ailes saw liberal bias that mainstream media won’t admit – Steve Huntley
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/roger-ailes-saw-liberal-bias-that-mainstream-media-never-admit/
— Under fire, Emanuel defends ‘payday loan’ plan to borrow $389M for CPS – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuels-short-term-cps-borrowing-under-fire/
— Former federal employee charged with shooting of Amtrak conductor – Jeff Mayes
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/wisconsin-man-charged-with-shooting-of-amtrak-conductor/
— Ban circus elephants in all of Illinois – Jodie Wiederkehr
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/ban-circus-elephants-in-all-of-illinois/
— Are Illinois Democrats making a federal case out of funding flap? – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/are-illinois-democrats-making-a-federal-case-out-of-funding-flap/
— Taxpayers paid for weekend resort getaway for recorder of deeds, staff – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/taxpayers-paid-weekend-resort-getaway-karen-yarbrough-cook-county-recorder-deeds-the-watchdogs/
— Old Chicago ways dying out, but stay on zombie patrol – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/old-chicago-ways-dying-out-but-stay-on-zombie-patrol/
— Why Illinois dares not say goodbye to landline phones – Julie Vahling, Abraham Scarr and Bryan McDaniel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/why-illinois-dares-not-say-goodbye-to-landline-phones/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kim lands Vernon Township job after losing Mundelein mayor’s race – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170519/kim-lands-vernon-township-job-after-losing-mundelein-mayorx2019s-race
— Goat slaughter sours Kane County panel’s view on couple keeping animals – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170519/goat-slaughter-sours-kane-county-panelx2019s-view-on-couple-keeping-animals
— Trump attorney didn’t want him to sign financial disclosure – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170519/news/305199935/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker makes $1 million deposit in Chicago’s last black-owned bank – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170519/NEWS02/170519815/pritzker-makes-1-million-deposit-in-chicagos-last-black-owned-bank
— Illinois Legislature votes to honor Obama’s birthday – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170519/NEWS02/170519825/illinois-legislature-votes-to-honor-obamas-birthday
— Dems have Rauner where they want him on budget. Except for this – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170519/NEWS02/170519807/illinois-dems-have-rauner-where-they-want-him-on-budget-except-for

 

DNA INFO
— ‘Racism’ Painted On U. of C. Frat House After Cinco De Mayo Party – Sam Cholke
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170518/hyde-park/racism-painted-on-u-of-c-frat-house-after-controversial-5-de-mayo-party
— Gavin McInnes, Conservative Pundit, Banned By DePaul – Ted Cox
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170519/lincoln-park/gavin-mcinnes-conservative-pundit-banned-by-depaul

 

SPRINGFIELD STATRE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner administration denies it leaked false info about school funding reform – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) focus on keeping me in the dark and b) falsely and slanderously accused me of leaking information.  I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170519/rauner-administration-denies-it-leaked-false-info-about-school-funding-reform
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Senate Democrats today jumped the shark,” said Rauner spokeswoman Eleni Demertzis. “One cannot leak something that is on a public web site. Their false and outrageous accusations have been disproven, and they should apologize for manufacturing blatantly false accusations.”)

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democratic State Sen. Andy Manar of Bunker Hill is accusing Gov. Bruce Rauner of trying to kill his school-funding legislation. – DUSTY RHODES
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/state-senator-cries-foul-over-education-funding-story

 

WAND
— IL Senate Democrats call for investigation into Rauner administration
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35471981/il-senate-democrats-call-for-investigation-into-rauner-administration

 

WSIL TV
— Trump supporters blame leaks, conspiracy for his woes – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35465369/trump-supporters-blame-leaks-conspiracy-for-his-woes

 

CHICAGO READER
— The Nasty Women Art Show, an important first step for female artists in the Trump era  Three-hundred fifty artists and 1,700 people managed to raise $30,000 for Planned Parenthood. – Anne Bouleanu
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/nasty-women-art-show-susan-messer-mcbride/Content?oid=26526815

 

KANKAKEE TIMES
— State Senator Andy Manar attacks Kankakee Times for publishing school funding numbers – Michael McGrady
http://kankakeetimes.com/stories/511117814-state-senator-attacks-kankakee-times-for-publishing-school-funding-numbers

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OUTRAGEOUS: ILLINOIS CONSIDERS ADDING MORE CASINOS TO HELP FILL BUDGET GAP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/illinois-considers-adding-more-casinos-to-help-fill-budget-gap.html
— REPUBLICANS CALL ON AG MADIGAN TO ENFORCE BALANCED BUDGET REQUIREMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/republicans-call-on-ag-madigan-to-enforce-balanced-budget-requirement.html
— THORNER: KOCH BROTHERS’ MONEY FUNDS PRO-CON CON AGENDA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/thorner-koch-brothers-money-funds-pro-con-con-agenda.html

 

CAPITIOL FAX
— Rauner demands apology *** Senate Dems make formal request for IG probe, but Proft issues flat-out denial
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/19/senate-dems-make-formal-request-for-ig-probe-but-proft-issues-flat-out-denial/
— ILGOP doubles down – Pritzker says ILGOP “twisting” words – ILGOP accuses Pritzker of praising tax hike plan *** Dueling press releases
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/19/dueling-press-releases-6/
— Manar: Violation of the law – Dems to request inspector general probe – LIVE Video – SDems plan press conference – Manar claims documents were “doctored” before release *** Government-leaked fake news?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/19/government-leaked-fake-news/

 

GOPUSA
— GOP Politicians Spineless Amid Fake News Russian ‘Collusion’ Scandal – Howie Carr
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24626

 

DAILY CALLER
— Sick: Liberal Journalists Celebrate The Death Of Fox News Founder Roger Ailes – DEREK HUNTER
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/liberal-journalists-celebrate-the-death-of-fox-news-founder-roger-ailes/
— Judge Placed On Leave When Officials Discover She’s Not A US Citizen – WILL RACKE
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/judge-placed-on-leave-when-officials-discover-shes-not-a-us-citizen/
— Trump: ‘Walls Work, Just Ask Israel’ – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/trump-walls-work-just-ask-israel/

 

BREITBART
— Study: Media Coverage of Trump’s First 100 Days Set ‘New Standard For Negativity’ – ADAM SHAW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/19/study-93-percent-cnn-nbcs-trump-coverage-negative/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Bethune-Cookman students turn their backs on Betsy DeVos during her commencement speech – Joy Resmovits  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.)
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-bethune-students-turned-their-backs-on-1494443321-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— Cairo: Historic Illinois town tilts toward extinction amid public housing crisis – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/19/housing-crisis-decimates-cairo-illinois/101858928/

 

THE DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ activists complain that they are getting less preference under Trump.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/19/how-the-trump-effect-is-endangering-lgbt-people-worldwide

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Senate panel passes improper federal bonuses bill – Terry Wing
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2017/05/senate-panel-passes-improper-federal-bonuses-bill/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed the Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act. The bill would prohibit paying bonuses for five years to federal employees who are suspended, removed from their position or sentenced to jail time. It would also require the employee to repay any bonuses awarded for any year in which an adverse finding is made. The bill now goes to the full Senate for a vote.)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Purported Trump budget doc zeroes out federal employee benefits – Carten Cordell
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/purported-trump-budget-doc-zeroes-out-federal-employee-benefits

 

FED WEEK
— Trump Budget to Seek Cuts in Retirement Benefits
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/trump-budget-seek-cuts-retirement-benefits/

May 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump: Russian probe ‘witch hunt’—‘even my enemies’ say ‘no collusion’ – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-zero-russia-collusion-whole-thing-has-been-a-witch-hunt/
— Before Fox News took on the left, Roger Ailes took on Sen. Paul Simon – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/before-fox-news-took-on-the-left-roger-ailes-took-on-sen-paul-simon/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump blasts Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/insisting-that-you-are-the-best-is-part-of-being-the-worst/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roger Ailes has died, but his scourge will live for decades – Erik Wemple  (DIERSEN: I had the honor of leading a group that succeeded in 2002 in forcing Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other western suburbs.  Fox News Channel employees in Chicago told me that Ailes was fully aware of my efforts and fully supported my efforts.  Of course, to this day, members of the following groups in Wheaton vehemently hate me for bringing Fox News Channel to Wheaton on cable: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-roger-ailes-fox-news-legacy-20170518-story.html
— The U. of I. shuns a Nobel-winning scientist James Watson – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-speech-watson-ilinois-genome-dna-edit-0519-jm-20170518-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage official Darlene Ruscitti calls for dissolving regional school board – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170518/news/170518744/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF AILES: Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV juggernaut Fox News, is dead at 77 – Marc Fisher
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170518/roger-ailes-architect-of-conservative-tv-juggernaut-fox-news-is-dead-at-77

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois punished by bond market as deadline nears amid fighting – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170518/NEWS02/170519834/illinois-punished-by-bond-market-as-deadline-nears-amid-fighting
— Is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane? – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170519/ISSUE11/170519829/illinois-budget-talks-stalled-due-to-lack-of-negotiating-skills

 

WLS AM
— Casino For Chicago? – Bill Cameron  (DIERSEN: To promote gambling in Chicago is to promote the destruction of Chicago.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/05/19/casino-for-chicago/

 

WTTW
— Who’s Who of Illinois CEOs Call for $8 Billion Revenue Hike – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/18/who-s-who-illinois-ceos-call-8-billion-revenue-hike

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Study shows Illinois lost 150,000 millennials from 2011 to 2014  IRS data shows Texas, Colorado among states gaining in millennials – Aarik Woods
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/study-shows-illinois-lost-150000-millennials-from-2011-to-2014/716633497

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— Illinois Senate delays votes on sticky ‘grand bargain’ bills – Doug Finke
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20170518/illinois-senate-delays-votes-on-sticky-grand-bargain-bills

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Judge denies Schock attorneys’ request for access to grand jury transcripts – Jaymee Toler
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/judge-denies-schock-attorneys-request-for-access-to-grand-jury-transcripts/716633605

 

WSIL TV
— Trump heads overseas, turmoil in his wake – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35468395/trump-heads-overseas-turmoil-in-his-wake

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In addition to criminals, members of the following groups disapprove of Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/blogs/real-time/2017/05/17/sheriff-david-a-clarke-jr-s-departure-good-department-and-milwaukee-county/328652001/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Illinois gubernatorial candidates call for Trump’s impeachment – Jonah Dylan
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/05/18/city/illinois-gubernatorial-candidates-call-for-trumps-impeachment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But some Democrats have sought to dampen the calls for impeachment.  U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) publicly opposed those who have called for the president’s impeachment, asking “the base” to stick to “an orderly process.” “This is a marathon, it’s not a sprint,” Durbin said, according to Politico. “We have an orderly process in our government. We’re going to follow it. They don’t like to hear it, but I think that’s the facts.”)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Nearly 11 percent of homes in DuPage “seriously underwater” on their mortgages
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511117504-report-nearly-11-percent-of-homes-in-dupage-seriously-underwater-on-their-mortgages

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, lone ‘no’ vote on homestead exemptions for various groups says it’s not reform Illinois needs – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lone-no-vote-on-homestead-exemptions-for-various-groups-says/article_58aa7f88-3b49-11e7-bdac-ebcf3363264f.html
— U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, opposing federal efforts to tax municipal bonds – Cole Lauterbach
https://ilnews.org/news/economy/suburban-congressman-opposing-federal-efforts-to-tax-municipal-bonds/article_f2da9576-3bd9-11e7-9b40-ab218e04e4ad.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Media-Democratic Party Suicide Pact – Patricia McCarthy
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/7565/#.WR2BiWAfVW4.facebook

 

THE BLAZE
— ICE announces drastic increase in immigration arrests in Trump’s first 100 days – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/18/ice-announces-drastic-increase-in-immigration-arrests-in-trumps-first-100-days/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Wealthy Socialist Bernie Sanders AGAIN Fails To File Senate Ethics Financial Disclosures On Time – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/wealthy-socialist-bernie-sanders-again-fails-to-file-senate-ethics-financial-disclosures-on-time/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Final Obama travel tab: $100 million – Paul Bedard
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/final-obama-travel-tab-100-million/article/2623399

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump supporters in Illinois weigh in on latest controversies – DEAN REYNOLDS
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-supporters-dixon-illinois-blast-critics/

 

CNN
— Driver charged with murder in Times Square crash – Rob Frehse and Ray Sanchez
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/us/new-york-times-square-driver-charged/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rojas, 26, of the Bronx, tested positive for PCP and told police that God made him do it, a law enforcement source told CNN.
The suspect, who suffered from “psychological issues,” told police he expected officers to shoot him, according to the source. Rojas has been arrested twice in New York — in 2015 and 2008 — for drunken driving, New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Cairo: Their Public Housing at the End of Its Life, Residents Ask: What Now? – MONICA DAVEY
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/cairo-public-housing-hud-poverty.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Roger Ailes, Who Built Fox News Into an Empire, Dies at 77  Mr. Ailes exerted wide influence on American politics with his conservative Fox News, only to be undone by sexual harassment allegations. – CLYDE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/business/media/roger-ailes-dead.html
— An anti-Ailes demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Ailes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/business/media/roger-ailes-jim-rutenberg.html
— An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/trump-white-house-staff.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A City (Washington, DC) Hungry for News Approaches Indigestion – Katie Rogers  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to get all your government and political news and commentary FROM THEM AND ONLY FROM THEM.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/washington-trump-mania.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s budget calls for hits on federal employee retirement programs – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: COLAs are far less than inflation, especially for retirees.  I should write a book a) about all the reasons why my $50,856 Civil Service is not higher than it is and b) about my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors who took the lead in wasting my federal career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  Of course, they would all say that they simply did what Democrat politicians wanted them to do.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/18/trumps-budget-calls-for-hits-on-federal-employee-retirement-programs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But in real terms, the civilian increase would be less than it looks if proposed hits on retirement benefits are adopted. Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget would: . . . Cut the COLA for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) employees by 0.5 percent from what the formula would allowed . . . The thought of Trump’s assault on federal retirement programs becoming law enrages federal employee leaders.  National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association President Richard Thissen called Trump’s plan “beyond insulting. It is downright mean. Simultaneously promoting tax cuts and forcing a tax on just federal employees, through in an increase in retirement contributions, is the height of hypocrisy.”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Texas’ New Sanctuary-City Law Under Attack  Pushback comes days after Republican governor signed one of nation’s toughest immigration laws – Dan Frosch  (DIERSEN: When will Rauner outlaw sanctuary cities in Illinois?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-new-sanctuary-city-law-under-attack-1495121892
— Colin Kaepernick Is a Victim of His Own Supporters  What team owner would risk being vilified as racist if things don’t go well for the quarterback – Jason Whitlock
https://www.wsj.com/articles/colin-kaepernick-is-a-victim-of-his-own-supporters-1495148971
— Roger Ailes  A master of the TV medium who understood America. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/roger-ailes-1495150646
— Roger Ailes, Former Fox News Chief, Dies at 77  Ailes left network last year amid sexual-harassment controversy – Joe Flint
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-fox-news-chief-roger-ailes-dies-1495112318
— How Roger Ailes’ Death Affects Lawsuits  Several women have joined suits against Fox News or its former chief amid allegations of sexual harassment – Nicole Hong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-roger-ailess-death-affects-lawsuits-1495150048

 

USA TODAY
— At Fox News, Roger Ailes’ real gift shined – David Mastio
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/18/roger-ailes-remembered-as-genius-but-really-story-teller-column/101827064/
— Bill O’Reilly: Roger Ailes endured hatred ‘and it killed him. That is the truth.’ – Bill O’Reilly  (DIERSEN: I had the honor of leading a group that succeeded in 2002 in forcing Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other western suburbs.  Fox News Channel employees in Chicago told me that Ailes was fully aware of my efforts and fully supported my efforts.  Of course, to this day, members of the following groups in Wheaton vehemently hate me for bringing Fox News Channel to Wheaton on cable: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/18/bill-oreilly-it-was-a-privilege-to-know-roger-ailes-column/101846434/
— The FBI is no place for pols  Pick a younger Robert Mueller, not an older politician, to fill James Comey’s shoes – Editorial  (DIERSEN: To some extent, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/18/fbi-director-no-politician-editorials-debates/101798996/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Lieberman, in particular, should raise eyebrows. At 75, he is hardly of an age one would expect to start on what is normally a 10-year term. He has no federal law enforcement experience. He is a former state attorney general, but those jobs are much more political than their federal counterparts and don’t generally involve a lot of criminal prosecution.)

 

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you got elected or appointed as a Republican, and if you are not going to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, you should resign immediately. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/shocker-republican-governors-are-helping-lgbt-victories-and-protecting-our-youth

May 18 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Rauner Willing To Back Chicago Casino, But Only With Grand Bargain On Budget – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: If you promote gambling in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/18/bruce-rauner-chicago-casino-state-budget-grand-bargain/

 

NBC5
— Frustrations Remain High as Illinois Budget Impasse Continues – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-blames-no-change-mode-legislature-as-budget-impasse-continues-423054934.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fox News founder Roger Ailes died after fall at home caused bleeding on brain: officials – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-roger-ailes-obit-20170518-story.html
— Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago wants Illinois income tax hike, spending cuts to fix state finances – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-civic-committee-budget-proposal-met-20170518-story.html
— Emanuel’s short-term CPS fix? More borrowing – Juan Perez Jr., Bill Ruthhart and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-school-funding-met-0519-20170518-story.html
— Lawmakers question delay in replacing controversial lottery manager – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-illinois-house-lottery-hearing-met-20170518-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— With help of Hastert victim, sex-abuse bill on way to becoming law – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/with-help-of-hastert-victim-sex-abuse-law-on-way-to-passage/amp/
— A warehouse of questions about wasteful state spending – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/a-warehouse-of-questions-about-wasteful-state-spending/
— Pritzker’s Gold Coast mansion not the only problem with property taxes – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzkers-gold-coast-mansion-not-the-only-problem-with-property-taxes/
— Civic Committee touts budget plan based on ‘sacrifices and compromise’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/civic-committee-releases-budget-plan-call-for-8b-revenue-package/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Civic Committee of the Commercial Club sides against Rauner in budget war – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170518/BLOGS02/170519844/big-biz-group-sides-against-rauner-in-budget-war
— There’s less to cut in Illinois than you might think – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170518/NEWS02/170519842/theres-less-to-cut-in-illinois-than-you-might-think
— Big names join Rauner’s economic development unit – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170518/BLOGS02/170519846/illinois-economic-development-unit-adds-big-names-to-board
— Wealthy blacks just as likely to be segregated as poor here – DENNIS RODKIN  (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170518/CRED0701/170519856/blacks-in-cook-county-segregated-regardless-of-income

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— What your property tax bill is telling you  Explaining the complex calculations that lead to the bottom line tax you owe
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/05/15/what-your-property-tax-bill-is-telling-you/dt16b4l/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— New Illinois Policy Institute book suggests 12 constitutional amendments to fix IL’s problems
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511117129-new-illinois-policy-institute-book-suggests-12-constitutional-amendments-to-fix-il-s-problems

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— CPS has overspent budget 15 years straight, by total $6.6 billion
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511117161-analysis-cps-has-overspent-budget-15-years-straight-by-total-6-6-billion

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Dems accused of tossing party into potty in attempt to reach Trump voters – Giovanni Whaley
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511115910-dems-accused-of-tossing-party-into-potty-in-attempt-to-reach-trump-voters

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITITE
— Chicago CasiNO!? – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/gambling/chicago-casino/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Durbin says Trump is going to ‘hang himself’ with tweets – Sally Persons
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/18/dick-durbin-says-donald-trump-going-hang-himself-t/

 

GOPUSA
— Parents decry Islamization in schools across U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24369

 

THE BLAZE
— There is no such thing as an accidental pregnancy – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-accidental-pregnancy/
— To silence his critics once and for all, Donald Trump must come out as a woman – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-to-silence-his-critics-once-and-for-all-donald-trump-must-come-out-as-a-woman/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democratic Leaders Try to Slow Calls to Impeach Trump – JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1974 when Republican Nixon resigned? SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0808.html  I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. Those Democrats were focusing on getting rid of the GS-14 manager who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, to GS-11 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $79,563) in 1974.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/democrats-trump-impeachment.html

 

ECONOMIST
— Who should run Illinois?  A clutch of Democrats are eager to replace the governor
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21722180-clutch-democrats-are-eager-replace-governor-who-should-run-illinois

 

NEWSWEEK
— IVANKA TRUMP PROFITS FROM UNDERPAID WORKERS IN CHINA, REPORT SAYS – MICHELE GORMAN
http://www.newsweek.com/america-first-ivanka-trump-profits-underpaid-workers-china-report-says-611797

 

MONEY
— The Richest Self-Made Woman in America Is a Pizza Entrepreneur Worth $5.1 Billion – Brad Tuttle  (DIERSEN: Are/were you an entrepreneur?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout at entrepreneurs that I am not an entrepreneur and that I never was an entrepreneur.  They stress that I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997.)
http://time.com/money/4784111/billionaires-richest-women-self-made-america/

 

FED SMITH
— Dueling Statistics on Federal Employee Pay – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/18/dueling-statistics-federal-employee-pay/

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Everybody loves to hate government workers, but Republicans have set out to dismantle merit-based civil service rules that protect against patronage and graft — ELIZA NEWLIN CARNEY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://prospect.org/article/trump%E2%80%99s-assault-%E2%80%98administrative-state%E2%80%99

 

TODAY’S WORKPLACE
— Want To Speak Out About Politics at Work? Here Are 3 Things You Need to Know. – Leo Gertner  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2017/05/16/want-to-speak-out-about-politics-at-work-here-are-3-things-you-need-to-know/