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February 28 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump: Condemns ‘hate and evil’ in Congress speech. Text – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-tells-congress-the-time-for-trivial-fights-is-behind-us/amp/
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Gaming bill clears Senate hurdle – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gaming-bill-clears-senate-hurdle-pension-bill-fizzles-once-again/
— Madigan is no champion of schoolchildren – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/phil-kadner-madigan-is-no-champion-of-schoolchildren/
— Illinois Attorney General Madigan snubs Trump: Declines WH invite – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you snub Trump, who glorifies and praises you? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Because Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, if you snub Trump, you snub the Republican Party platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-attorney-general-madigan-snubs-trump-declines-wh-invite/

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsements: Brodhead, Coyne, Isaac, Krummen for Naperville council
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170228/discuss/170228982/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump invites family members of people killed by unauthorized immigrants to joint address
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/238634299-story

NBC5
— AG Lisa Madigan Declined President Trump’s Invitation to White House Meeting – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/AG-Lisa-Madigan-Declined-President-Trumps-Invitation-to-White-House-415003803.html

CBS2
— AG Lisa Madigan Declines White House Invitation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/28/ag-lisa-madigan-declines-white-house-invitation/
— Kellyanne Conway Kneels On Oval Office Couch, Sparks Debate
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-kneels-on-oval-office-couch-sparks-debate/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— ‘Grand bargain’ budget deal taking shape in Senate – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170228/grand-bargain-budget-deal-taking-shape-in-senate

LOUIS TODAY
— Trump refocusing on protecting police as some in minority communities worry about repercussions – Chuck Raasch (DIERSEN: Virtually all anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-police.)
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/trump-refocusing-on-protecting-police-as-some-in-minority-communities/article_6b085052-da68-53bb-94e8-82389cea749a.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PUBLIC LETTER FROM IL GOP PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN GRANT D. NOBLE TO GOVERNOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF (DIERSEN: Constructively, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are public letters to all Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois. I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too, and they have included links to more than 263,500 articles and information on many upcoming events. The purpose of the emails, as everyone knows, is to encourage everyone to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/public-letter-from-il-gop-precinct-committeeman-to-governors-chief-of-staff-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AG Madigan’s turn to snub Trump (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you snub Trump, who glorifies and praises you? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Because Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, if you snub Trump, you snub the Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/28/ag-madigans-turn-to-snub-trump/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— If you care about Trump’s steak, or Kellyanne’s feet on the couch, you may need a life – Kelly Riddell
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/28/who-cares-about-trump-steak-kellyannes-feet/

WORLD NET DAILY
— BETSY DEVOS HAS DRUNK THE ‘LGBTQ’ KOOL-AID Linda Harvey also wants kids ‘protected’ but not with gender-bending bathrooms
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/betsy-devos-has-drunk-the-lgbtq-kool-aid/

TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Special Guests Tonight Will Provide a Powerful Message on Illegal Immigration – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/02/28/trumps-special-guests-tonight-n2291801

GOPUSA
— Trump will address Congress tonight; Liz Warren, other Democrats have plans to taunt him
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21277
— Conway says feminism promotes ‘anti-male,’ ‘pro-abortion’ agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21240

TOWNHALL
— Pelosi: Why Yes–We’re Looking At Ways To Impeach Trump – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/02/28/pelosi-why-yeswere-looking-at-ways-to-impeach-trump-n2291494

BARBWIRE
— I’M SORRY, BUT CAITLYN JENNER IS A MAN WEARING A DRESS – DR. MICHAEL BROWN
http://barbwire.com/2017/02/28/im-sorry-caitlyn-jenner-man-wearing-dress/

BLAZE
— Liberal Van Jones absolutely obliterates ‘ridiculous’ campus ‘safe spaces’ in fiery talk – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: How would you react if hate-filled liberals tried to establish “safe places” in your precinct, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America to protect people from Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? To establish a place to make people safe from a group is to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn that group.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/28/liberal-van-jones-absolutely-obliterates-ridiculous-campus-safe-spaces-in-fiery-talk/

BREITBART
— Soros-Financed Groups Provided Script for Anti-Trump Town Halls – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/28/soros-groups-provide-word-word-anti-trump-script-protesters-use-lawmakers/
— CNN: Being an Illegal Alien ‘Not Necessarily’ a Crime – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, CNN sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST America’s citizens.)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/28/cnn-illegal-alien-not-necessarily-crime/
— Trump on Pelosi: ‘I Think She’s Incompetent, Actually’ – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/28/trump-pelosi-think-shes-incompetent-actually/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Nation of Immigrants — Only if They Assimilate – DENNIS PRAGER (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose assimilation in America? ANSWER: Those that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445286/swedish-crime-rates-immigration-requires-assimilation-melting-pot
— In February, Democrats Wrap Up Black Amnesia Month Contrary to their mythmaking, Democrats have a long history of oppressing black Americans. – DEROY MURDOCK
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445303/democrat-black-history-month-amnesia-democratic-party-oppresses-blacks

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Effect? Poll Shows CNN Brand Plummeting – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/trump-effect-poll-shows-cnn-brand-plummeting/
— Here’s What Wrong With The Claim That Female Reporters Make 26% Less Than Male Counterparts – Andrew Follett (DIERSEN: What percent of those organizations and companies that employ reporters are Democrat – 97%, 98%, 99+%)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/heres-what-wrong-with-the-claim-that-female-reporters-make-26-less-than-male-counterparts/
(FROM THEARTICLE: The study’s claim ignores much of its own data. Its data clearly suggests the salary gap is because female journalists are, on average, six years younger than their male colleagues, and have 5.3 less years of work experience. They are also less likely to work full time and hold management positions. . .The study did find the average after-tax income of a male journalist in the country is $55,552, while the average female journalist earns $44,104. This statistic on its own can be misleading without the context of the work experience gap.)
— Chuck Schumer Desperate To Make Dem Hill Staff Less White – Rachel Stoltzfoos (DIERSEN: Schumer should bring in Chareles Bowsher. During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non/veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/chuck-schumer-desperate-to-make-dem-hill-staff-less-white/
— Hundreds Of Non-Citizens Registered To Vote In Ohio, Investigation Finds – Caroline May
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/hundreds-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote-in-ohio-investigation-finds/
— North Trier High School Hosts Lessons On Implicit Bias, Microagressions – Amber Randall (DIERSEN: Are you White? I am. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always attributed the successes that I have had in life to my benefiting from being a White male, that is, my benefiting from discrimination against minorities and against females.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/chicago-area-school-hosts-lessons-on-implicit-bias-microagressions/

CNN
— Trump envisions bill allowing many (ILLEGAL) immigrants to stay in U.S. – Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer and Tal Kopan (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have had great success in making illegal immigrants despise if not hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-immigration-bill/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ILLINOIS SENATE MAKES PROGRESS ON ‘GRAND BARGAIN’
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170228/AP/302289785
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth blasts Trump over his military comments. How soon, if not already, will Duckworth blast Trump for avoiding the draft like I did? To turn veterans against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to veterans that I avoided the draft. To turn churchgoers against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to churchgoers that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to any church.)
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/illinois-senator-veteran-criticizes-trump-military-comments/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Says He’s Open to Legal Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants.” Democrats and RINOs have had great success in making “undocumented immigrants” despise if not hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/us/politics/trump-address-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s GOP enablers take a page from the fascist-era Vatican.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-gop-enablers-borrow-a-page-from-the-fascist-era-vatican/2017/02/27/f7316210-fd1a-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html
— News coverage of Trump is really, really negative. Even on Fox News. – Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter and Roland Schatz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/28/news-coverage-of-trump-is-really-really-negative-even-on-fox-news/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors want to flood America with refugees.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-town-that-cant-do-without-refugees-1488290400
— Donald Trump Faces a Conservative Revolt in Congress If the president wants to move his legislative agenda through Congress, it will be up to him to quash the rebellion – KRISTINA PETERSON and STEPHANIE ARMOUR (DIERSEN: When Trump defends and advances the Republican Party platform, conservatives would not revolt against that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-faces-a-conservative-revolt-in-congress-1488308322

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— The New York Times Rewrites History To Tarnish Trump Speech – John Merline
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-new-york-times-rewrites-history-to-tarnish-trump/

BUFFALO NEWS
— Background checks must go beyond fingerprints – Thomas Frazier
https://buffalonews.com/2017/02/28/another-voice-background-checks-must-go-beyond-fingerprints/

TIME MAGAZINE
— The Unseen Threat to America: We Don’t Leave Our Hometowns – Tyler Cowen
http://time.com/4677919/tyler-cowen-book/

MONEY MAGAZINE
— The Big Risk Hiding in Trump’s Plan to Cut the IRS Budget – Ian Salisbury (DIERSEN: For its February 1978 4-page article on me, Money Magazine worked with my Democrat IRS superiors to foist negative government employee stereotypes on me and to disallow my education deductions by arguing that the courses that I had deducted a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
http://time.com/money/4685489/trump-to-cut-irs-budget/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Should TSP millionaires be congratulated or horse-whipped? – Mike Causey
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/02/should-tsp-millionaires-be-congratulated-or-horse-whipped/

February 28 Morning Edition

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— In response to possible AFSCME strike, Rauner launches jobs website at https://statejobs.illinois.gov
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170228/in-response-to-possible-afscme-strike-rauner-launches-jobs-website

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rauner Administration Prepares for Strike Launches job portal for temporary workers at https://statejobs.illinois.gov – Megan Briesath
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/rauner-administration-prepares-for-strike/663979241

FOX ILLINOIS
— New State of Illinois Jobs Portal Launched at https://statejobs.illinois.gov
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/new-state-of-illinois-jobs-portal-launched

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Legislature looking out for you — or somebody else? – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-legislature-looking-out-for-you-or-somebody-else/
— Johnson defends changes to merit promotion process – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What promotions have you had and what happened to those who promoted you? My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986. Since 1972, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the promotions that I got should have been given to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to younger people, and to veterans. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Veterans Preference.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/johnson-defends-changes-to-merit-promotion-process/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Only a war can boost President Trump’s low approval ratings.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-war-glanton-20170227-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Jesse Jackson Jr. says he feels ‘attacked from all angles’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jackson-divorce-case-status-0228-20170227-story.html
— PROOF that liberal protesters are paid – Rex W. Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-paid-protesters-huppke-20170227-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Former McHenry County politician Albert Jourdan Jr. remembered as Republican powerhouse – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/news/170229025/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Elgin police side with illegals, except those illegals who are “known gang members, sex offenders and felons.” What if Elgin police sided with other groups, except those who are “known gang members, sex offenders and felons?” For example, what if Elgin police sided with those 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, except those who are “known gang members, sex offenders and felons?”)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/news/170229030/
— Four candidates to back in District 200 – Daniel Wagner, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170228/discuss/170228987/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will CPS really close early for the year? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170228/BLOGS02/170229890/will-cps-really-close-early-for-the-year
— Donald Trump, Alexander Hamilton and the case for a new federalism – MARILYN KATZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170228/OPINION/170229886/donald-trump-alexander-hamilton-and-a-new-federalism-marilyn-katz
— Wheaton residents balk over Pulte’s plan to demolish historic mansion – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: Several “historical Chicago Golf houses” are in my Milton Township Precinct 9.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170228/CRED0701/170229891
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ON ENDANGERED BUILDINGS WATCHLIST Constructed in 1897, the red brick mansion on the site is now attached to a chapel and the dormitory, both of which were built by the nuns’ order after they took ownership of the property in 1946. The mansion was one of 12 built by original members of Chicago Golf, the Wheaton club that in 1894 built what is now the oldest 18-hole golf course in North America. Illinois Steel president Jay C. Morse built the house for his daughter, Carolyn Morse Ely, and her husband, Arthur Ely, at about the time their marriage was breaking up. It was one of several mansions architect Jarvis Hunt designed for Chicago Golf members. Hunt also designed the course’s clubhouse, which faces the old Ely house across about a half-mile of lawn. Jarvis Hunt’s other buildings included one at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, and railroad stations in several cities. For Kansas City, Hunt designed the 900-room Union Station. Wheaton has no landmarks ordinances that prevent demolition of the convent’s building, said Michael Dzugan, the city manager. “The developer at this point is not interested in restoring the historic structure,” Dzugan said, “so that’s where we’re at with it.” A few weeks ago, Pulte announced it would give the building to anyone wiling to move it, “but nobody has spoken up, as far as I know,” Dzugan said. Wheaton resident Jean Follett said the lack of ordinances protecting the house is “an excuse. People in Wheaton have known the building was threatened since 2009, and have been saying they want it preserved” she said. In 2009, Landmarks Illinois, the historic-buildings advocacy group, included the historical Chicago Golf houses, including the convent, on its Watch List of endangered buildings. “The city could have done something about it any time since 2009,” said Follett, a former Landmarks Illinois board member. Landmarks has sent two letters in recent months to Wheaton officials, urging the city to require Pulte to reuse the mansion. It could house several condos, a park district recreation center, or both, both Follett and the Casas said.)

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Longtime McHenry County GOP kingmaker Albert M. “Al” Jourdan dies – JORDYN REILAND
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/02/27/longtime-mchenry-county-gop-kingmaker-albert-m-al-jourdan-dies/amx9fy3/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Rauner can’t dodge Trump forever – Jon Alexander
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/jon-alexander/alexander-rauner-can-t-dodge-trump-forever/article_79eed7be-b858-57aa-ae2c-b12e7d6a30cb.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Wants More Technical Education – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, who believed that you were “college material?” I should write a book about my critics/opponents back then who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was NOT college material. They stressed that neither of my parents had attended college, that my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother had never attended high school, and that I was a part-time dishwasher. My critics/opponents were disappointed that I made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I scored 24 on the ACT test, and that I got accepted by UIC.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=237882#.WLV7GxHxZZI
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Not every high school graduate will go to a four-year university, many won’t go to community college. Governor Bruce Rauner told the State Board of Education last week that Illinois’ schools need to do more to get those students ready to work. “Technical classes and apprenticeships should be a core part of what we do in our school system,” Rauner said. The governor added those classes should be taught in high school, if not earlier.)

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Lt. gov. highlights efficiencies in Warren, Mercer counties – Gary Tomlin
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20170227/lt-gov-highlights-efficiencies-in-warren-mercer-counties

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— New Trier High School seminar sparks civil rights, race debate – AP
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/02/27/school-seminar-near-chicago-sparks-civil-rights-race-debate/a8r108r/

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/IL Chamber of Commerce’s Todd Maisch on State budget impasse and IL business litigation climate
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/watch-berkowitz-wil-chamber-of-commerces-todd-maisch-on-state-budget-impasse-and-il-business-litigation-climate-cableweb/

JOLIET PATCH
— ‘Inebriated’ 9-Months-Pregnant Mom Left 2-Year-Old Home Alone: Cops The inebriated, pregnant mom was hospitalized, and the 2-year-old was turned over to her brother-in-law, police said. – Joseph Hosey
http://patch.com/illinois/joliet/inebriated-9-months-pregnant-mom-left-2-year-old-home-alone-cops

MCHENRY TIMES
— State rep unfazed by highway boss’ nepotism – Glenn Minnis
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511084149-state-rep-unfazed-by-highway-boss-s-nepotism

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker: Higher taxes won’t solve Illinois’ problems (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://ilnews.org/12317/former-us-comptroller-general-higher-taxes-wont-solve-illinois-problems/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FLOW OF ILLINOISANS INTO INDIANA IS BECOMING A FLOOD Nearly 20,000 Illinoisans on net moved to the Hoosier State in 2015. – Madelyn Harwood
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/flow-of-illinoisans-into-indiana-is-becoming-a-flood/
— ILLINOIS SPENDS THE MOST PER STUDENT OF ANY STATE IN THE MIDWEST On average, Illinois schools spend $13,077 per student. – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-spends-the-most-per-student-of-any-state-in-the-midwest/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FOUR ILLINOIS CONGRESS MEMBERS (Hultgren, Bost, LaHood, and Roskam) WIN FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL’S “TRUE BLUE” AWARD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/four-illinois-congress-members-win-family-research-councils-true-blue-award.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AFSCME responds *** Rauner admin has new website for potential strike breakers
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/28/rauner-admin-has-new-website-for-potential-strike-breakers/

— Is Rauner betting on “Little Trump”?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/28/is-rauner-betting-on-little-trump/

GOPUSA
— VERY SAD: After 8 years of silence for Obama, George Bush is talking to the media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21232
— What ‘rollback’ on rights? Trump did no such thing (DIERSEN: Democrats want those 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors to have SPECIAL RIGHTS OVER THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21242

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Deportation agency ignored 1.6 million visa overstays under Obama – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/27/deportation-agency-ignored-16-million-visa-oversta/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Pushes For Massive Budget, Staff Cuts At EPA – MICHAEL BASTASCH (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. During that time, and especially after 1988, Republican politicians pushed for and got massive budget and staff cuts at GAO. Because I was virtually the only non-veteran White male Republican in GAO’s Chicago office, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in GAO’s Chicago office took their anger against Republican politicians like Newt Gingrich out on me. Prior to 1988, they forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, they kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and they did not promote me beyond GS-13. After 1988, they kept me off audits of IRS, they did not promote be beyond GS-13, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/27/trump-pushes-for-massive-budget-staff-cuts-at-epa/

NEWSMAX
— Trump to Breitbart: New York Times Has ‘Evil’ Intent, ‘They Write Lies’ – Greg Richter (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have evil intent and that all my motives are evil. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, b) are disciples of Saul Alinsky, c) are filled with envy and hatred, and d) 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. If my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes cannot manipulate/dominate you, they destroy you.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-interview-breitbart-new-york-times/2017/02/27/id/775892/
— Trump: Obama Behind Protests, Leaks – Greg Richter
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/leaks-Democrats-resist-White-House/2017/02/27/id/775918/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— A Liberal Professor Says He is DONE With ‘Obscene, Abusive, Fanatical, Intolerant’ People on the Left – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/27/liberal-professor-says-done-obscene-abusive-fanatical-intolerant-people-left/

FEDERALIST
— Sanctuary Cities Use Legal Tactics From The Civil War South The current sanctuary movement is more akin to the ‘nullification’ movement in South Carolina before the Civil War than to the biblical sanctuary cities. – Thomas Ascik
http://thefederalist.com/2017/02/27/leaders-sanctuary-cities-using-tactics-civil-war-south/

COLLEGE FIX
— Parents revolt after New Trier Township High School forces students to attend all-day social justice seminar – JORIN BURKHART
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/31411/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— ROGUE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE NEEDS TO GO ONCE AND FOR ALL – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: What about stopping patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid? GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/27/rogue-administrative-state-needs-to-go-once-and-for-all/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Part of the problem is former President Barack Obama changed civil service rules to make it easier to hire federal employees. Trump has solved that by initiating his hiring freeze. But federal rules also make it extremely difficult to fire civil servants. It is a process that can take up to two years, even when there is cause. That said, problem employees who, say, don’t show up for work should be dealt with through this process immediately. But to do more requires Congress to step in, which can assist this process three-fold: 1) By incentivizing early retirement via the appropriations process with limited-time-only buy-outs; 2) cutting the personnel budgets of non-defense civilian departments and agencies, reducing the enacted full-time equivalent number for each department, agency and office by 10 to 20 percent in the workforce on a last-one-in, first-one-out basis; and 3) defunding existing preferences under federal rules being given to those laid off being later rehired on a first-in-line basis. That would eliminate politicized Obama administration holdovers, and prevent them from being rehired should it become necessary to fill in some gaps. Other ideas include eliminating automatic dues deduction for federal employees unions and getting rid of any full-time official time union personnel.)

POLITICO
— OUTSTANDING: Sessions pushes tougher line on marijuana – JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/jeff-sessions-marijuana-235461
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: One could argue that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s main reason for living is to stop Trump from naming her replacement on the U.S. Supreme Court. What is your main reason for living? My reasons include using GOPUSA LLINOIS emails to promote the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling to stop Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois from moving further to the left.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/rbg-ruth-bader-ginsburg-workout-personal-trainer-elena-kagan-stephen-breyer-214821

CBS NEWS
— Trouble brewing for Deputy Commerce Secretary nominee Todd Ricketts – Major Garrett
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trouble-brewing-for-deputy-commerce-secretary-nominee-todd-ricketts/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Fans Rally Across the Nation to Support the President – JACK HEALY
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/trump-rallies.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Who Belongs in Trump’s America?” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want only those 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. and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TO BE IN AMERICA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/opinion/who-belongs-in-trumps-america.html
— Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology – JENNIFER STEINHAUER (DIERSEN: Have you signed up for Social Security? I did when I was 62 in 2010. Have you signed up for Medicare? I did when I was 65 in 2013. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious about that. They know that because I am a federal retiree, I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, currently $50,856, and a federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, currently $17,288. In my defense, my Social Security is dramatically reduced, currently, it is only $2,028, because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-proposal-republican-ideology.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump’s proposal to slash domestic spending in order to preserve the two biggest drains on the federal government — Social Security and Medicare — has set up a battle to determine who now controls the Republican Party’s ideology.)

WASHINGTON POST
— Chance the Rapper is meeting with Illinois’ governor about education funding. Really. – Valerie Strauss (DIERSEN: What have you done lately a) that Rauner might congratulate you for and b) that Rauner might meet with you about?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/02/28/chance-the-rapper-is-meeting-with-illinois-governor-about-education-funding-really/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If it seems likes nothing more than a publicity stunt to you that Rauner would welcome talks with a rapper about funding (but not educators or city officials), this may make it even starker: Chance the Rapper’s father is Ken Williams-Bennett, deputy chief of staff to Emanuel. Williams-Bennett once worked for Barack Obama when he was a U.S. senator from Illinois. Chance’s birth name is Chancellor Johnathan Bennett. . .The rapper-governor meeting evolved from Rauner’s tweet on Feb. 13 congratulating Chance on winning three Grammy Awards.)

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Community colleges fear deportation concerns are driving away undocumented students – LORETTA KALB
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article135341519.html

FEDERAL TIMES
— Former Border Patrol heads question rush to accelerate hiring – Tony Ware (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/former-border-patrol-heads-question-rush-to-accelerate-hiring
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A shared concern among those interviewed was that a rapid hiring initiative could pose logistical issues and result in a compromised vetting stage. “When you speed up the process and don’t take the requisite time, you pay a price later in things like corruption,” said Gil Kerlikowske, CBP head for three years under President Barack Obama. During the post-9/11 manpower push, which doubled CBP border patrol agents from 10,000 to 20,000 by 2008, internal corruption cases increased to the point the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 was passed, making polygraph testing mandatory for all border patrol agents. In addition, current applicants undergo a cognitive exam, fingerprinting, financial disclosure, fitness tests, medical examinations and background checks.)

AUTOWEEK
— Turns out millennials sure are buying a lot of cars THE FASTEST-GROWING SEGMENT OF VEHICLE BUYERS HAPPENS TO BE THE ONE THAT SUPPOSEDLY DOESN’T CARE ABOUT CARS (DIERSEN: What cars did you buy when you were young? I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, a 1962 Chevy BelAir in 1971, a new 1974 Dodge Dart in 1973, a new 1978 Chevy Chevette in 1978, and a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale in 1978.)
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/bucking-trends-millenials-fastest-growing-segment-vehicle-buyers

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say Democrats Hurt Themselves With Anti-Trump Strategy
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2017/most_say_democrats_hurt_themselves_with_anti_trump_strategy

February 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Before Oscars, Trump attacks New York Times Academy Awards ad – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: What if the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee passed a resolution by weighted vote calling for Rauner to work with Trump?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/before-oscars-trump-attacks-new-york-times-academy-awards-ad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOV. BRUCE RAUNER’S TRUMP ALLERGY Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, in Washington for Republican Governors Association meetings on Sunday – remains allergic to anything having to do with Trump and is skipping the Sunday Trump ball at the White House. A spokesman for the Illinois Republican Party said Rauner was returning to Illinois on Sunday. For the record, as long as I am on Rauner: His political and government spokesmen declined to answer questions about why Rauner skipped the National Governors Association conference but did come to D.C. to huddle with the RGA – the political organization which exists to elect GOP governors.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat media attacks Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-hates-media-attacking-perspec-0226-20170224-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Jewish Democrat Party tries to turn Jews against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-jewish-antisemitism-bannon-huppke-20170224-story.html
— Politics at the Oscars and the Trump piñata – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-oscars-kass-0226-20170224-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) encourage foreign countries to send their children to America illegally and b) use those children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-immigrant-juvenile-detention-center-met-20170223-story.html
— Know your candidates before voting – Michael H. Prueter, Naperville (DIERSEN: How long has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain held that position? How well does he/she know the candidates? I have been the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman since 1999. How active is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in your township/ward/county party organization? Since 1999, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meetings and events. Sadly, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) does not allow DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen to attend its meetings. However, since 1999, I have one of the best records for attending DCRCC events. Further, since 1999, I have one of the best records among rank-and-file Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains for attending Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee meetings and events. I attended the IRP State Party Conventions as a delegate in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. I served on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. The aforesaid, plus my serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman for almost 7 years 2005-2012, as the MTRCC webmaster for 6 years 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member for 4 years 2003-2007, and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have a very strong basis on which to form opinions on Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, etc., especially in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-voice-letters-opinion-st-0226-20170225-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Local city and township elections are coming Tuesday. Do people really know who they are voting for? Many people are swayed by signs and advertising but don’t really know the quality and abilities of the candidates. The Naperville Township Low Tax Team has excellent incumbent and new candidates on the slate. Rachel Ossyra is the township supervisor and has done an excellent job of keeping taxes down and services at an optimal level. She has been an international business executive, and develops and maintains budgets, manages the township with professionalism, and has earned the support of the people of Naperville Township. She is an excellent public official and deserves to be re-elected. The team of trustees is also a good mix of incumbents and new people who will represent the township with solid backgrounds in business and public service. As a former GOP chairman, I have worked with many great elected officials and party committeemen and supported many of them. People really need to find out who their elected officials are at every level of government and learn about the candidates. It is their local government and their tax money being spent.)
— Political or politically correct? – Wayne Lela, Downers Grove
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-voice-letters-opinion-st-0226-20170225-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Got a kick out of “Toby Keith decried as too ‘political’ for Naperville Ribfest.” I mean, really, we wouldn’t want too much diversity! One big reason Trump handily beat Clinton was that a lot of decent, moral people are getting really fed up with liberal hypocrisy, liberal judgmentalism, liberal self-righteousness, liberal name-calling, liberal violence and hate, liberal intolerance and liberal bullying. We need to encourage the “politically correct” mob to keep opening their mouths so they can make fools of themselves. We’ll keep winning elections, and they can look in the mirror to see the losers that they are.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville anti-Trumps promote Islam big time. How soon will these anti-Trumps succeed in getting Naperville to banish those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote Islam?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-moms-circle-islamic-center-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Mark Giangreco’s penalty for anti-Trump tweet a wake-up call for media members – Phil Rosenthal
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-mark-giangreco-anti-trump-suspension-spt-0227-20170226-column.html
— AOL could get a new crop of customers – Hayley Tsukayama (DIERSEN HEADLINE: I have been an AOL customer since January of 1995. Many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-aol-verizon-new-customers-wp-bsi-20170226-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Our election duty to get informed – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to know only what they tell them, no more and no less.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170225/discuss/170229152/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in getting evangelicals to promote LGBTQ activity, that is, Democrats crow over their success in getting evangelicals to promote the anti-evangelical Democrat Party.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170226/discuss/170229235/
— Endorsement: Chapa LaVia, Guzman for Aurora mayor in primary
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170226/discuss/170229151/

WGN RADIO
— The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 2/26/17 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/02/26/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-22617/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After that, Brad Cole chimes in on the show. Brad is the executive director of the Illinois Municipal League–the state association of municipal governments. Brad will update us on the IML’s 2017 legislative agenda and how it ties into the so-called “grand bargain” that state senators are discussing in Springfield. And for our final guest, we’ll catch up with our good friend of the show,Christopher Mooney. Chris is the director of the Institute of Government and Policy at the University of Illinois and we’ll talk about the “grand bargain” talks, the 2018 race for governor and much, much more.)

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote LGBTQ activity. Democrats run Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois. How soon will they first banish from Chicago, then banish from Cook County, and then banish from all of Illinois those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote LGBTQ activity?
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagoans-rally-to-support-trans-rights-after-trump-rescinds-student-protections/b4f1b5d2-50e9-4d00-a29b-a6ccdfad7467

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— It’s time for penance at the Capitol – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170225/our-view-its-time-for-penance-at-capitol
— Rauner’s office: Gov spends 55% of Illinois nights at Mansion – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170225/rauners-office-gov-spends-55-of-illinois-nights-at-mansion

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Civility lacking at budget address – Jim Soeldner, Ellsworth
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/civility-lacking-at-budget-address/article_ee168269-15c7-5e9f-99ee-e90d60be8d6f.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Highest pay in nation not good enough for Illinois workers – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article134721029.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Someone apparently needs to check the state of Illinois’ email system, because the 38,000 members of the American Federation of State, Callous, Me-First Employees failed to get the three messages from Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner that this state is so broke that we are in a crisis and cannot afford another $3 billion a year in raises. The state’s largest employee union authorized a strike rather than take the same deal 20 other state unions already accepted. They were the nation’s highest-paid state workers at $63,660 in 2015, which is double your private sector average Illinois salary of $32,206. Not to mention, they only work 37.5 hours a week, pay about one-fourth of their platinum health care coverage while taxpayers put in $15,000 a year and their early retirements at age 50 and their premium pensions are the main reasons Illinois taxpayers face a $130 billion liability. It would be interesting to see them strike and watch what happens next. The folks manning the prisons and responsible for law enforcement can’t walk off, so public safety would be OK. Illinois can legally replace striking workers, and Rauner’s office said there are already 18,000 applicants, including 2,000 veterans. The unholy alliance between the state’s Democratic majority and the state employees financing their campaigns is what put us in the $130 billion pension hole and with $12.4 billion in unpaid state bills. We are fools if we make the tax burden even worse in Illinois, which already has the nation’s highest state and local taxes. Jobs and workers are already fleeing Illinois. Missouri gains 20 people a day from Illinois, so which area with the largest population concentration outside Chicagoland stands to suffer the most? Illinois property taxes last year averaged more than double Missouri’s. Missouri just became a right to work state. That rumble you hear is the sound of even more moving vans starting. The thud that follows would be state AFSCME workers refusing to get out of the way.)

NEWSMAX
— OUTSTANDING: Renewed U.S. Crackdown Will Kill Jobs, Damage $6 Billion Marijuana Industry (DIERSEN: Those who promote pot in America want to destroy America.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Marijuana-Pot-Crackdown-White-House/2017/02/24/id/775399/

BREITBART
— Economist: 41 Percent of White, Working-Class Men Have Abandoned Work – KATIE MCHUGH
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/23/economist-41-percent-of-white-working-class-men-have-abandoned-work/

TOWNHALL
— Left-Wing Attendees Disrupt Opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance at Louisiana Town Hall – Guy Bensonn
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/02/24/watch-leftwing-attendees-heckle-opening-prayer-disrupt-pledge-of-allegiance-at-louisiana-town-hall-n2289776

GOPUSA
— Franklin Graham says NFL and NBA have lost their minds backing transgender rights
http://www.gopusa.com/franklin-graham-says-nfl-and-nba-have-lost-their-minds-backing-transgender-rights/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘Big Government’ Is Ever Growing, on the Sly – GEORGE WILL
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445230/federal-government-growth-continues-while-federal-employee-numbers-hold

CONSERVATIVE DAILY POST
— Gov. Brown Signs Next Sanctuary Bill, $115M Cut From Middle Class Education For Illegals Instead – Matthew Bernstein
https://conservativedailypost.com/gov-brown-signs-next-sanctuary-bill-115m-cut-middle-class-education-illegals-instead/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— New York Times Reporter Glenn Thrush Keeps Interrupting Sean Spicer. So the Press Sec. Fires Back with a Lesson in Manners – MIKE MILLER (DIERSEN: I have been a reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. What do you say to Democrats and Democrat plants, to Libertarians and Libertarian plants, to Greens and Green plants, and to RINOs who treat me in public like I am Glenn Thrush? I should write a book about the times that they have done that, including at the January 19, 2017 Wheaton Chamber of Commence State of the City Address.)
http://ijr.com/2017/02/810485-ny-times-reporter-keeps-interrupting-sean-spicer-so-the-press-sec-fires-back-with-a-lesson-in-manners/
— Reporter Accuses Trump of Racism at WH Presser—Websites Check Her Claim & Say ‘Hold On a Minute’ – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that everyone who is not anti-Trump is a racist.)
http://ijr.com/2017/02/810273-reporter-accuses-trump-of-racism-at-wh-presser-websites-check-her-claim-say-hold-on-a-minute/
— World Famous Golfer Gets Called a ‘Fascist’ for Golfing With Trump. He Fires Back With a Hole-in-One Message – JUSTEN CHARTERS
http://ijr.com/2017/02/810781-world-famous-golfer-gets-called-a-fascist-for-golfing-with-trump-his-fires-back-with-a-hole-in-one-message/

THE HILL
— 5 ways politics could steal the show at Oscars – JUDY KURTZ (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Hollywood officially declare war on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/321036-will-politics-steal-the-show-at-oscars

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because for many decades, a) Mexico has sent many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) Mexico has kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) Mexico has sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally, constructively, for many decades, Mexico has been at war with America. Ever-increasingly, treasonously, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs side with Mexico against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/trumps-tauntsare-stirring-a-level-of-nationalism-mexico-hasnt-seen-in-years/2017/02/24/ed22fa4a-ee15-11e6-a100-fdaaf400369a_story.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: OUTSTANDING: Immigration Agents Discover New Freedom to Deport Under Trump – NICHOLAS KULISH, CAITLIN DICKERSON and RON NIXON
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/ice-immigrant-deportations-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Ruled the Tabloid Media. Washington Is a Different Story.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/politics/trump-press-conflict.html
— The Immigration Facts Donald Trump Doesn’t Like – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens. If the New York Times was not so hypocritical, it would immediate fire all its employees who are citizens of America and replace them with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/the-costs-of-mr-trumps-dragnet.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who boycotts you? I should write a book about those who boycott me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or they are 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/business/the-unlikely-general-behind-an-anti-trump-boycott.html
— Who Are the Richest of the Rich? – PAUL SULLIVAN (DIERSEN: Who has the most money in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Who do they promote with their money? Who do they destroy with their money?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/your-money/who-are-the-richest-of-the-rich.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/trump-vs-press-crazy-stupid-love.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/why-so-few-women-in-state-politics.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps call for LGBTQ individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and counties to unite and to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and counties that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/two-consonants-walk-into-a-bar.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will destroy you if you do not glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/these-are-children-not-bad-hombres.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call for Trump to be destroyed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/business/media/trump-media-republicans.html
— Germany’s Intelligence Service Spied on Journalists – ALISON SMALE (DIERSEN: It is real easy to spy on me. Just read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about those who read my emails solely to get information to use against me. I would focus on 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 talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/world/europe/germany-bnd-surveillance-der-spiegel.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Buffett glorifies and praises foreign countries and their citizens, that is, ever-increasingly, Buffett demonizes, denigrates, and condemns America and its citizens.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/25/warren-buffetts-annual-letter-boasts-big-gains-but-avoids-political-chatter/98398428/
— Fox anchor Shepard Smith is not amused with Trump’s media bashing – Charles Ventura (DIERSEN: Since 2000, those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have bashed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails far more harshly than Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens have.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/02/25/shepard-smith-donald-trump-cnn-fake-news/98397906/

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Trump’s chief strategist critiques the media as the ‘opposition party’ at CPAC – Daniel Salazar (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the media a) glorifies and praises the Democrat Party platform and Democrats and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the Republican Party platform and Republicans.)
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article135020144.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Favor Trump’s Litmus Test for Potential Immigrants (DIERSEN: Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. RINOs only want immigrants who will work for less money.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/february_2017/most_favor_trump_s_litmus_test_for_potential_immigrants

February 24 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Trump to CPAC: ‘I called the fake news the enemy of the people and they are’
http://wgntv.com/2017/02/24/trump-to-cpac-i-called-the-fake-news-the-enemy-of-the-people-and-they-are/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ‘NO ANONYMOUS SOURCES,’ TRUMP SCOLDS AT CPAC
http://abc7ny.com/politics/no-anonymous-sources-trump-scolds-at-cpac/1771007/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams ‘Phony,’ ‘Dishonest’ Media at CPAC – Bill Hoffmann
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-cpac-speech-media/2017/02/24/id/775398/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The spirited debate at New Trier: Civil rights awareness or ‘indoctrination day’? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-new-trier-racism-civil-rights-seminars-edit-0223-20170222-story.html
— Rauner calls his demands on Senate budget plan ‘reasonable’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-senate-met-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. These Democrats and RINOs put the children who come alone into “Chicago shelters.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-immigrant-juvenile-detention-center-met-20170223-story.html
— Hate crimes rising since Trump’s election, activists tell AG Lisa Madigan – Marwa Eltagouri (DIERSEN: What do Trump, Pence, Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, Shimkus, Rauner, Sanguinetti, Radogno, Durkin, Schneider, DeMonte, and Porter have to say about this? Democrats run Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois, but Democrats blame Republicans for hate crimes in Chicago, in Cook County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-madigan-immigration-hate-crimes-summit-20170223-story.html
— The American commute is worse today than it’s ever been – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: While I rode Metra in 1971, 1973-1974, and 1978-1997, I read newspapers or textbooks for night classes that I took at Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-american-commute-study-20170223-story.html
— Civility has its nose buried in a smartphone – Stephen L. Carter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-political-discourse-civility-phones-20170223-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-immigrant-families-strength-trump-perspec-0224-20170223-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps run Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, etc. Never-the-less, ever-increasingly, these anti-Trumps blame Trump for everything that is bad, including racism, sexism, and bigotry.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-jews-glanton-20170222-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are full of hatred and that they especially hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-who-do-bullies-bully-whoever-bullies-can/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: FOP chief, city IG slam quiet change to police merit promotions – Frank Main and Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, one of the federal government’s top priorities has been to promote its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/fop-chief-city-ig-slam-quiet-change-to-police-merit-promotions/
— Rahm ally’s drug pricing a bitter pill to swallow – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-rahm-allys-drug-pricing-a-bitter-pill-to-swallow/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-the-shame-of-trumps-betrayal-of-transgender-kids/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— My grandparents were immigrants – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats blame you for the problems that immigrants have and for the problems that members of the following groups have: those 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, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170224/ISSUE05/170229932
— Retiring in their 30s. Yep, they’re doing it. – DANIELLE BRAFF (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have been beyond furious that my wife and I could “afford” to lose $72,135 a year in today’s dollars ($122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension) by my taking my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They hint/imply/argue/shout that we could do that only a) because I avoided the draft, b) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension is too generous, and e) because my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy (currently $17,288) is too generous.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170223/ISSUE03/170229947/joining-the-fire-financially-independent-retiring-early

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner right to rip AFSCME strike threat – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170223/discuss/170229412/

ABC7
— TRANS TEEN, LOCAL GROUPS REACT TO TRUMP REVOKING TRANSGENDER BATHROOM RULE – Leah Hope (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage LGBTQ activity.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trans-teen-local-groups-react-to-trump-revoking-transgender-bathroom-rule/1769258/

CBS2
— ACLU Saw Membership Surge In Illinois After Trump’s Election (DIERSEN: To join the ACLU is to shout that you 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than your ancestors.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/24/aclu-saw-membership-surge-in-illinois-after-trumps-election/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outstanding: “The state purchased a new $54,000 Ford Expedition for the governor.”
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/23/democrats-slam-hypocritical-rauner-for-gop-attacks-on-comptroller/

BELOIT TIMES
— TRUMP PUTS MODERATE GOP GOVERNORS IN AWKWARD SPOT – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps want Rauner to dump all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Anti-Trumps certainly want Rauner to dump Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Increasingly, anti-Thumps make that clear at public events in Wheaton.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170224/AP/302249938
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican governors who face re-election next year in states that voted for Clinton are Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Larry Hogan of Maryland, Bruce Rauner of Illinois, Phil Scott of Vermont and Chris Sununu of New Hampshire. Four other states that voted for Clinton have governors who will be forced out by term limits: Chris Christie in New Jersey; Paul LePage in Maine; Susana Martinez in New Mexico; and Brian Sandoval in Nevada. . .As with the other governors, Rauner in Illinois said he is focusing on his state — or at least he’s trying to. He went to great lengths not to stake a clear position on Trump during the campaign — refusing to comment on the race, who he was voting for or even to say Trump’s name. Since the election, he has continued to avoid taking a clear position on the administration’s policies. His strategy is clearly intended to avoid alienating voters in Chicago, the suburbs and other urban areas who supported Hillary Clinton in November, or those in rural counties that went overwhelmingly for Trump. But avoidance also comes with some peril: Democrats, who control the Illinois Legislature, called the Republican governor cowardly for meeting with billionaire donors out of state while refugees were stranded at Chicago’s O’Hare airport after the president’s travel-banning executive order. Rauner already has a slim margin for error after a two-year budget stalemate has tanked his approval ratings.)

WBEZ
— Seminar For High School Students Raises Allegation Of Leaning Liberal
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/seminar-for-high-school-students-raises-allegation-of-leaning-liberal/028a59eb-a355-479c-b3f8-09b17882e159

DNA INFO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps, that is, Democrats and RINOs, treasonously do everything that they can to 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.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170223/downtown/cps-students-undocumented-immigrants-deportation-raids-president-donald-trump-immigration-policies

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AFSCME authorizes strike, but still wants to bargain with Rauner – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170223/afscme-authorizes-strike-but-still-wants-to-bargain-with-rauner
— More ambiguity than Illinois can afford – Ralph Martire
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170223/ralph-martire-more-ambiguity-than-illinois-can-afford

JOURNAL TOPICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote protestors at Roskam’s office in Barrington
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_e0e7cf9a-fa08-11e6-a320-6f7708b005c4.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— (ANTI-TRUMP) Protesters Ask For Public Meeting With LaHood – Esther Kwon (DIERSEN: Should Trump supporters ask for public meetings with Democrat Congressmen and Congresswomen?)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-ask-for-public-meeting-with-lahood

TIMES
— Demonstrators: ‘Where is Adam?’ – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/demonstrators-where-is-adam-with-video/article_3f1afb9a-b9f9-5be6-8950-519f3941b29c.html

WJDB
— OUTSTANDING: White House: Expect ‘greater enforcement’ of marijuana laws
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/02/23/white-house-expect-greater-enforcement-of-marijuana-laws

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Church of Christian Liberty pastor urges Rauner not to support abortion funding bill if passed – Vimbai Chikomo
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511084100-church-of-christian-liberty-pastor-urges-rauner-not-to-support-abortion-funding-bill-if-passed

SANGAMON SUN
— Illinois GOP issues statement on Kennedy’s email fundraiser – Ruth de Jauregui
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511081569-illinois-gop-issues-statement-on-kennedy-s-email-fundraiser

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AFSCME’S SWEETHEART DEAL Public-sector unions enjoy perks and privileges that are foreign to union and nonunion workers in the private sector. – Diana Rickert
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/afscmes-sweetheart-deal/?linkId=34819187

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 80 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS REJECT SANCTUARY CITIES, NEW POLL SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/80-percent-of-registered-voters-reject-sanctuary-cities-new-poll-says.html

CNS NEWS
— Priebus ‘Hoping’ Media Coverage Will Change; Bannon: ‘It’s Going to Get Worse Every Day’ – Susan Jones
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/priebus-hoping-media-coverage-will-change-bannon-its-going-get-worse-every

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Illinois exit: Time to Pull the Plug on a Failed State – Tom Bevan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are a member of one or more of the following groups TO LEAVE ILLINOIS IMMEDIATELY: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/24/ilexit_time_to_pull_the_plug_on_a_failed_state_133181.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois is a different story. I’ve spent most of my adult life here; for more than 25 years I’ve called Chicagoland home. I started a business and raised my family here. But the more I’ve watched the city of Chicago and the state flail about in the last few years, unable to protect its citizens and unwilling to put its fiscal house in order, the more convinced I’ve become that maybe it’s time for Illinois to leave the Union – as a favor to the rest of America. I’m joking about “ILexit,” but less than you might think. In the city of Chicago, the carnage – and, yes, I use that Trumpian phrase on purpose – continues unabated. Six people were shot dead on Wednesday, including a pregnant woman in her 20s, making it the deadliest single day in the city since eight people were killed on Christmas. So far this year, homicides are outpacing last year’s obscene total of 762, a 55 percent increase from 2015 and the highest number of murders the city has seen since 1996. Decades of mismanagement, lavish spending programs, and kowtowing to public employee unions have left the city’s finances in shambles. Taxes and fees in the city are skyrocketing, while its bond status has been reduced to junk. Despite all this, voters have continued to reward just one party with power. Democrats have run the city of Chicago since before Franklin Roosevelt was president. Outside of Chicago, things are no better, even if they’re a bit more bipartisan. Of Illinois’ last four governors, two (Republican George Ryan and Democrat Rod Blagojevich) went to prison. (Two others, Otto Kerner and Dan Walker, both Democrats, also spent time in the slammer.))

WASHINGTON TIMES
— CPAC expels ‘alt-right’ leader, declares war on movement – Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Whites love this. Anti-Whites will use this to further demonize all Whites, to further denigrate all Whites, and to further condemn all Whites. They will shout that EVEN WHITES HATE WHITES.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/23/alt-right-ethno-nationalists-tossed-from-cpac-boun/

WORLD NET DAILY
— RELIGIOUS LEADERS CREATING ‘UNDERGROUND RAILROAD’ TO HIDE ILLEGALS ‘We’re trusting in God that He would help us, guide us to make the right decision’ – CHERYL CHUMLEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans use “religious leaders” as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/religious-leaders-creating-underground-railroad-to-hide-illegals/
— AMERICA’S HOPE IS IN GOD — NOT A DEMAGOGUE Alan Keyes warns of leaders who identify some as ‘enemies of the people’ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being an enemy of “the people.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being spokespersons for “the people.”)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/americas-hope-is-in-god-not-a-demagogue/

GOPUSA
— Trump Eviscerates the Liberal Media and it’s so Overdue
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-eviscerates-the-liberal-media-and-its-so-overdue/
— What kinds of aid does the US give Mexico?
http://www.gopusa.com/what-kinds-of-aid-does-the-us-give-mexico/
— CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Receives Some Unwelcome Answers
http://www.gopusa.com/cnns-wolf-blitzer-receives-some-unwelcome-answers/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— What’s Missing From CPAC – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25169

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHY IS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ONLY SENIOR BLACK STAFFER A DEMOCRAT? – Raynard Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/why-is-president-trumps-only-senior-black-staffer-a-democrat/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— National Treasury Employees Union Urges Employees to Rally on Capitol Hill for ‘Respect’ ‘Now, more than ever it’s important that EPA employees stand together’ – Elizabeth Harrington
http://freebeacon.com/issues/epa-union-urges-employees-rally-capitol-hill-respect/
— Trump Supporters Covered by Obamacare Overwhelmed by Out-of-Pocket Costs, High Deductibles For marketplace participants, top priority for reform was improving affordability – Ali Meyer
http://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-supporters-covered-obamacare-overwhelmed-pocket-costs-high-deductibles/
— Trump and the Media Trash Each Other for 75 Seconds – David Rutz
http://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-media-trash-each-other-seconds/
— The New Nationalism in America How conservatism is changing in the Trump era – Matthew Continetti
http://freebeacon.com/columns/new-nationalism-america/

POLITICO
— Chief digital officer Gerrit Lansing steps down from White House job over background check – TARA PALMERI and DANIEL LIPPMAN (DIERSEN: Can you past a background check? I did in 1966 for my Post Office job, in 1971 for my IRS job, and in 1980 for my GAO job. Many millions do not seek jobs with the federal government because they know that they cannot pass a background check. I wonder how many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois cannot pass a pack ground check. I wonder how many of them employ/employed illegals. I wonder how many of them use/used illegal drugs.)
http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/02/gerrit-lansing-trump-digital-chief-ousted-235268
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White House Chief Digital Officer Gerrit Lansing was among the six staffers who were dismissed from the White House last week after being unable to pass an FBI background check, according to sources. A source close to Lansing said the issue with the background check was over investments. Lansing previously led the digital department for the Republican National Committee. The background check, security questionnaire SF86, must be completed by White House staffers for positions that cover national security. President Donald Trump’s director of scheduling, Caroline Wiles, was also among the six staffers who did not pass the intensive FBI screening. She is the daughter of Susan Wiles, Trump’s Florida campaign director. Caroline Wiles resigned Friday before the background check was completed. She was appointed deputy assistant secretary before the inauguration in January. Two sources close to Wiles said she will get another job in the Treasury Department. Lansing left Feb. 9; his official file says he left on his accord. The intensive background check includes questions on the applicant’s credit score, substance use and other personal subjects.)
— OUTSTANDING: Spicer: Expect to see ‘greater enforcement’ of federal marijuana law – MADELINE CONWAY
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/federal-marijuana-enforcement-sean-spicer-235318

THE HILL
— Conquering Trump returns to conservative summit – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320929-conquering-trump-returns-to-conservative-summit

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Weakened Democrats Bow to Voters, Opting for Total War on Trump – JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the anti-Trumps will lose.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/us/democrats-dnc-chairman-trump-keith-ellison-tom-perez.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/president-trump-breaks-a-promise-on-transgender-rights.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/janet-mock-young-people-get-trans-rights-its-adults-who-dont.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/trump-will-lose-the-fight-over-bathrooms-for-transgender-students.html
— Law-Abiding but Illegal, and Fearing the New Trump Rules – JIM DWYER (DIERSEN: By definition, if you are in America illegally, you are NOT law-abiding.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/nyregion/new-york-immigrants-catholic-charities-clinic.html
— Cadillac Ad Tries to Bridge Nation’s Chasm, Without Falling In – JAMES B. STEWART
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/business/cadillac-oscars-advertising.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Sure the Media Is Biased. But the Enemy? Not Quite.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/business/media/sure-the-media-is-biased-but-the-enemy-not-quite.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “As Trumpism coopts CPAC, the Reagan era ends.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/02/24/daily-202-as-trumpism-coopts-cpac-the-reagan-era-ends/58af8869e9b69b1406c75cf0/

USA TODAY
— Pope denounces Catholics who lead a ‘double life’ – Doug Stanglin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who say that they are Catholic, but who focus on destroying me. They would love it.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/23/pope-denounces-catholics-who-lead-double-life/98298868/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/23/trump-fears-come-true-lgbtq-column/98199952/
— OUSTANDING: Cannabis industry roiled by White House comments on enforcement – Trevor Hughes
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/23/cannabis-industry-roiled-white-house-comments-enforcement/98323774/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Fellow Democrats, Your Effort to Destroy the President Is Abnormal. ‘How Can We Get Rid of Trump?’ asks one headline. You can’t—except by defeating him in 2020.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fellow-democrats-your-effort-to-destroy-the-president-is-abnormal-1487894450

FORBES
— Business Strategy Can Protect Against Trump’s Stepped Up Immigration Enforcement – Bill Conerly (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Forbes makes it clear that its advertisers want cheap labor.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2017/02/24/business-strategy-can-protect-against-trumps-stepped-up-immigration-enforcement/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats Ask GAO to Assess Hunger on Campuses – Andrew Kreighbaum
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/02/24/democrats-ask-gao-assess-hunger-campuses

RELIGIOUS DISPATCHES
— CPAC 2017: HYPOCRITES ON PARADE – SUNNIVIE BRYDUM (DIERSEN: More and more and more anti-Trumps claim to be religious.)
http://religiondispatches.org/cpac-2017-hypocrites-on-parade/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Favor Trump’s Litmus Test for Potential Immigrants
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/february_2017/most_favor_trump_s_litmus_test_for_potential_immigrants
— Is Secession a Solution to Cultural War? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_pat_buchanan/is_secession_a_solution_to_cultural_war

February 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In apparent jab at Rauner, Madigan forms new school-funding panel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/in-apparent-jab-at-rauner-madigan-forms-new-school-funding-panel/
— Reality check for Trump’s deportation plan is up to us – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs, that is, 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.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-reality-check-for-trumps-deportation-plan-is-up-to-us/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top state union votes to authorize a possible strike – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-afscme-strike-illinois-met-0224-20170223-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government – Katherine Skiba (DIERSEN: When will the Chicago Tribune blast me and my $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension that is dramatically reduced because the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old? When will the Chicago Tribune blast me and my $2,028 Social Security that is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jesse-jackson-junior-federal-benefits-met-20170222-story.html
— Week later, Rauner still won’t answer questions about his budget – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-budget-questions-met-story.html
— Once lost, liberal journalists’ mission suddenly found in time of Trump – John Kass (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who are involved in journalism are involved in journalism to defend and advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green platforms. I am involved in journalism to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-trump-journalism-kass-0223-20170222-column.html
— Kane County part of pilot child care program for Illinois veterans – Mike Danahey (DIERSEN: Did you avoid the draft? Since 1966, because I obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated, and condemned me for that. Did you give up trying to have children, did you fail to adopt, did you fail to become a foster parent? Since the 1980s, because my wife and I are guilty of the aforesaid, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated, and condemned me for that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-tiny-boots-st-0222-20170222-story.html
— As lawmakers target dangerous drug combinations, pharmacy lobby fights new rules – Ray Long and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/druginteractions/ct-drug-interaction-hearings-illinois-met-20170222-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A LinkedIn for Chicago’s 13- to 24-year old youths – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: What jobs did you have when you were 13-24 years old? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and collected delinquent taxes. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the aforesaid jobs and shouted that I was grossly overpaid while I held them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-yolobe-youth-unemployment-0223-biz-20170222-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, Emanuel blames Trump for “attacks on people for their ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-emanuel-anti-semitism-resolution-met-20170222-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— These legislators (Bost, Roskam, & Schakowsky) collect paychecks from Washington—and pensions from Illinois – BGA (DIERSEN: When will the BGA blast me and my $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension that is dramatically reduced because the Democrats who run the federal govenment wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old? When will the BGA blast me and my $2,028 Social Security that is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170222/NEWS02/170229954/illinois-congress-members-who-collect-state-pensions
— How Illinois lawmakers have gamed their pensions – BGA (DIERSEN: When will the BGA blast me and my $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension that is dramatically reduced because the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old? When will the BGA blast me and my $2,028 Social Security that is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170222/NEWS02/170229953/how-illinois-lawmakers-have-gamed-their-pensions
— Rauner backs Tollway in O’Hare access flap – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170223/BLOGS02/170229955
— For the sake of business, Illinois needs a budget ‘grand bargain’ – Theresa Mintle
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170223/OPINION/170229952/illinois-needs-budget-grand-bargain-chicagoland-chamber-of-commerce

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want law enforcement officials to side with foreign countries and their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170222/news/170229564/
— U-46 to issue guidance on immigration for schools, parents – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170222/news/170229576/
— District 87, teachers OK 3-year contract extension – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170222/news/170229598/

CBS2
— Activists: Trump Rollback Of Transgender Policy “Cruel To Children”
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/23/activists-trump-rollback-of-transgender-policy-cruel-to-children/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State lawmakers fiddling while Illinois burns – Phil Luciano (DIERSEN: What are the following doing to help elect Republicans on April 4 in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois: the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization, the officers of your Republican county party organization, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and the IRP officers?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170222/luciano-state-lawmakers-fiddling-while-illinois-burns

EBONY
— U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush Introduces Laquan McDonald Camera Act – Shantell E. Jamison (DIERSEN: I should wear a body camera to better document what my nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do and say.)
http://www.ebony.com/news-views/u-s-rep-bobby-rush-introduces-laquan-mcdonald-camera-act#axzz4ZRu8kNNg
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The act would require—as a condition upon receipt of federal funds—that states require law enforcement agencies to have a policy regarding the use of body-worn cameras and dashboard cameras.)

TIMES
— GOP members of Congress face Trump foes at town halls – AP
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/gop-members-of-congress-face-trump-foes-at-town-halls/article_3ea5ff5d-5994-5799-9a83-39d6a652be07.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— University of Illinois Kicks off 150th Birthday Celebration – AP (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1867? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park on the Indiana border.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/university-of-illinois-kicks-off-150th-birthday-celebration

CHICAGO NOW
— Where did Gov. Rauner’s “Right stuff,” on education/economic reforms go? Can he recover? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/where-did-gov-rauners-right-stuff-on-educationeconomic-reforms-go-can-he-recover/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Issues: The Great Pension Chasm – TOM LISI (DIERSEN: When will NPR Illinois blast my $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension that is dramatically reduced because the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old? When will NPR Illinois blast my $2,028 Social Security that is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-great-pension-chasm#stream/0

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— IN QUAD CITIES, ILLINOIS SHRINKS WHILE IOWA GROWS – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/in-quad-cities-illinois-shrinks-while-iowa-grows/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner response – 81 percent vote to authorize strike *** AFSCME strike vote authorization result announcement
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/23/afscme-strike-vote-authorization-result-announcement/

FOX NEWS
— Hannity at CPAC: For Trump to Be Successful, He Needs Your Help
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/22/sean-hannity-speech-cpac-president-trump-agenda-where-us-headed

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mexico vows to resist Trump immigration plans – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Constructively, for many decades, because it has sent many millions of its citizens into America illegally, because it has kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and because it has sent mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally, MEXICO HAS BEEN AT WAR WITH AMERICA.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/22/mexico-vows-resist-trump-immigration-plans/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Trump is Right, the Media is Crooked and Full of Liars and They are Furious for Being Called On It – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/22/trump-right-media-crooked-full-liars-furious-called/

GOPUSA
— Sterling Heights agrees to allow 3rd mosque after lawsuits and DOJ pressure (DIERSDEN: Soon, if not already, there will be a mosque in every county in Illinois, in every township/ward in Illinois, and every municipality in Illinois. How soon will there be a mosque in every precinct in Illinois?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21068
— Fact-Checking the Media’s New Passion for Fact Checking (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like before I include a link to an article, comment on an article, or include an event in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email, I should first get specific permission from them, from the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, from the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, from my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, from the IRP officers, and from all the Republicans who represent me in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21082
— Some illegal aliens prepare for deportation (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the Democrats and the RINOs brought into your precinct, into your municipality, into your township/ward, into your county, into Illinois, and into America.?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21072

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— How Radical Islam Penetrated The U.S. House of Representatives – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25153

DAILY CALLER
— Gerrit Lansing Resigned From White House, Not Fired – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/22/exclusive-gerrit-lansing-resigned-from-white-house-not-fired/

NEWSMAX
— New York City’s police commissioner is telling officers they should not ask about the immigration status of anyone who uses a municipal ID – a card that’s issued to both legal and illegal residents. – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/NYC-police-commissioner-deportation/2017/02/22/id/775104/

TOWNHALL
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Administration Strips Funding For Illegal Aliens, Reallocates Money to Victims of Their Crimes – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/02/21/white-house-announces-new-office-for-victims-of-crimes-committed-by-illegal-immigrants-n2288762
— Good Paying Jobs For Nice People – Bryan Crabtree (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. 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 its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/bryancrabtree/2017/02/23/good-paying-jobs-for-nice-people-n2289421

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP EVISCERATES THE LIBERAL MEDIA — WHAT TOOK SO LONG? – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want to curry favor with the liberal media, b) pander to the liberal media, c) serve as operatives for the liberal media, and/or d) are dupes for the liberal media.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-eviscerates-the-liberal-media-what-took-so-long/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Facebook Suspends Christian Homeschool Mom’s Account Over Posts Citing Bible on Homosexuality – SAMUEL SMITH
http://www.christianpost.com/news/facebook-suspends-christian-homeschool-moms-account-over-posts-citing-bible-on-homosexuality-175521/

NEW AMERICAN
— John McCain, the Anti-Conservative – John F. McManus
https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/25456-john-mccain-the-anti-conservative

THE HILL
— Immigration hard-liners hold fire on ‘dreamers’ program – RAFAEL BERNAL AND SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: The “Dreamers program” encourages people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally. All Dreamers are young and virtually all Dreamers are minority and/or female. Anti-Trump employers have made it clear that they will give tremendous preference to Dreamers, that is, that they will hire Dreamers before Americans, that they will retain Dreamers over Americans, and that they will promote Dreamers over Americans. If Dreamers are given the right to vote, they will only vote for Democrats, that is, they will only vote for candidates 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/latino/320732-immigration-hard-liners-hold-fire-on-dreamers-program

NEW YORK TIMES
— With Big Red Stamp, Russia Singles Out What It Calls ‘Fake’ News – NEIL MacFARQUHAR (DIERSEN: One or more of all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes object to one or more of the articles in each and every GOPUSA ILLINOIS email. They would love to put a “Big Red Stamp” on those articles. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are snowflakes because they go after me for including the articles in the emails rather than going after those who wrote the articles and put them into the public realm.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/world/europe/russia-fake-news-media-foreign-ministry-.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/opinion/i-am-a-member-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-not-a-terrorist.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Fight Trump, Not His Voters “Otherizing’ his backers is just playing his game. – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: I should write a book about anti-Trump 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 demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me because I back Trump. Virtually none of them come right out and say that they demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me because I back Trump. They use pretexts like I “go around badmouthing them to everyone.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/even-if-trump-is-the-enemy-his-voters-arent.html
— How Small Firms Can Defuse a Political Threat and Blunt a Boycott – CONSTANCE GUSTKE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to destroy not only every business that is not anti-Trump, but every individual, organization, government, and country that is not anti-Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/business/smallbusiness/trump-boycott-pussyhat.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: No Relief As Media Obsesses On Trump Coverage may eclipse that of any single human ever. – Farhad Manjoo
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/technology/trump-news-media-ignore.html
— In Search of Trump-Free News Zones – JIM KERSTETTER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/technology/daily-report-in-search-of-trump-free-news-zones.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/opinion/trump-is-bad-for-water-and-puppies.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Hispanics to harm Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/us/politics/hispanic-leaders-plan-fight-against-trumps-agenda.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/nyregion/police-fear-trump-immigration-orders-may-handcuff-effort-to-fight-gangs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use a GAO border security report against Trump. Virtually all GAO employees are Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/23/report-says-value-of-fences-to-southwest-border-security-is-not-known/
— Here you go: Pick a politician, watch them get yelled at – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: This article does not apply to politicians in Wheaton, Illinois. According to Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk’s City Council Meeting Agendas, “Respect for the duties of the City Council and for the democratic process will be adhered to—in this regard, civility and a sense of decorum will be strictly followed. All speakers must address their comments to the Mayor. Comments that are personally condescending will not be permitted. Speakers shall be courteous and should not make statements that are personally disrespectful to members of the City Council.” However, I should write a book about those times over the decades when politicians in Wheaton a) were not civil to me, b) had no “sense of decorum” with me, c) were “personally condescending” to me, d) were not “courteous” to me, e) were “personally disrespectful” to me, and f) were threatening to me. In Wheaton, far too many politicians, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like Mayor Gresk wants to get rid of me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/22/here-you-go-pick-a-politician-watch-them-get-yelled-at/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the legitimate marvels of the American political system is that regular old Americans can yell at our elected officials. It’s not a particularly nice thing to do, of course, but you’re not going to, say, get imprisoned for screaming at your governor in a Starbucks or interrupting your congressman at a county fair. It’s part of what elected officials have to deal with, in exchange for being given the power to pass laws and getting nice retirement benefits. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a resurgence in the fine art of chewing out elected officials. The last time America was so enamored with the practice was in 2009 and 2010, during the heyday of the tea party. Members of Congress would hold town halls and people would show up to yell at them about how bad Obamacare was. Now, the situation is slightly different: Members of Congress are holding town halls and people are showing up to yell at them about how bad an Obamacare repeal would be. Well, that and calls for investigations into President Trump, as Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) can attest.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who’s Speaking at CPAC 2017? – REBECCA BALLHAUS
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/02/22/whos-speaking-at-cpac-2017/
— Trump Is Right: Sweden’s Embrace of Refugees Isn’t Working The country has accepted 275,000 asylum-seekers, many without passports—leading to riots and crime. – JIMMIE ÅKESSON and MATTIAS KARLSSON
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-is-right-swedens-embrace-of-refugees-isnt-working-1487807010
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blast Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-vs-trump-1487809142
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-deportation-surge-1487808545
https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-u-s-officials-get-chilly-reception-in-mexico-1487811060
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-hard-line-on-immigration-collides-with-u-s-demographics-1487789388
— When the President Speaks, Who’ll Listen? Trump’s congressional address should aim at voters who oppose him but are persuadable. – KARL ROVE (DIERSEN: How persuadable are the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and across the world?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-president-speaks-wholl-listen-1487808941

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting churches to act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party. How soon, if not already, will churches officially banish those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/22/sanctuary-churches-movement/98247276/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps side with Mexico against America.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/22/foriegn-minister-mexico-immigrations-proposals/98252710/
— Political apps are all the rage in Trump era – Jon Swartz (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/21/political-apps-all-rage-trump-era/98063488/
— FRONT PAGE: Uber sexism charges sound wake-up call for Silicon Valley – Jessica Guynn
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/21/uber-sexism-charges-sound-wake-up-call-silicon-valley/98219746/
— USA TODAY NETWORK Launches Secure Site For Whistle-blowers
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pr/2017/02/22/usa-today-network-launches-secure-site-whistle-blowers/98253752/
— Calif. Dream Act applications plummet as immigration fears grow – Kristen Hwang
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/22/calif-dream-act-applications-plummet-immigration-fears-grow/98286936/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Loyalists Gumming Up the Works in Federal Agencies.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/trump-loyalists-gumming-up-the-works-in-federal-agencies.html

THE WEEK
— The GAO hasn’t figured out how to accurately measure what border walls accomplish (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps and anti-Americans will use this report to their advantage.)
http://theweek.com/speedreads/681850/gao-hasnt-figured-how-accurately-measure-what-border-walls-accomplish

GOVERNING
— Low Pay and Time Away Drive Some Lawmakers to Call It Quits Several state legislators recently resigned, saying they want to spend more time with their families — and they seem to mean it. – ALAN GREENBLATT
http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-legislative-pay-salaries.html
— Is the GOP’s Tea Party Over? Arizona was the poster child for Tea Party politics. Now the state’s Republican leaders are focusing instead on core establishment issues. The shift there could signal what’s to come across the country. – ALAN GREENBLATT
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-tea-party-arizona-republicans.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most GOPers Favor Trump’s Criticism of Media; Democrats Disagree (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with the anti-Trumps against me and with the Democrat news media against me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2017/most_gopers_favor_trump_s_criticism_of_media_democrats_disagree
— Surprise! Cable Viewers Watch the Hosts They Trust (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want anyone to trust me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/february_2017/surprise_cable_viewers_watch_the_hosts_they_trust

February 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-town-hall-protests-20170221-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fake news versus biased and lazy news – John Stossel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-fake-news-versus-biased-and-lazy-news/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: You might be paying for a primary you can’t vote in – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170222/news/170229697/

ABC7
— MEMBERS OF CPS LATINO ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESIGN IN PROTEST OF BUDGET CUTS – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/education/cps-latino-advisory-committee-members-resign-in-protest-of-budget-cuts/1766892/

NBC5
— Roskam Clarifies Signup Requirements For Tele-Town Halls After Repeated Questions
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Roskam-Clarifies-Signup-Requirements-For-Tele-Town-Halls-414434273.html
— Billions in Unclaimed Cash Due to Citizens, Businesses and Governments in Illinois NBC5 Investigates found piles of cash unclaimed by the governments of Chicago, Cook County, even the state itself – much of it sitting around for decades. – Katy Smyser and Phil Rogers
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Billions-in-Unclaimed-Cash-Due-to-Citizens-Businesses-and-Governments-in-Illinois-414435703.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Want term limits? Be careful what you wish for – TIM JONES (DIERSEN: Do you want term limits? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want term limits. They stress how much better TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois is doing now that I am not its chairman. They stress how much better the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee is doing now that I am not one of its members. They stress how much better the Milton Township Republican Central Committee is doing now that I am not its webmaster. They stress how much better the Illinois Center Right Coalition is doing now that I am not a member of its Steering Committee. They stress how much better the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter is doing now that I am not a member of its board of directors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170222/NEWS07/170229999

WTTW
— Majority of CPS Latino Council Resigns Amid Budget Cuts – Matt Masterson
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/22/majority-cps-latino-council-resigns-amid-budget-cuts
— Local Republicans (Jay Bergman, Pat Brady, Joe Morris, Kathleen Murphy) React to President Trump’s First Month – Nick Blumberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats determine who speaks for Illinois Republicans. Who speaks for Republicans in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/21/local-republicans-react-president-trump-s-first-month

OTTAWA TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump Ottawa Times a) acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party and b) promotes Kinzinger and other anti-Trumps.
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/protest-planned-for-kinzinger-office/article_1b5747d2-f843-5911-bc9f-d26fae39d7ea.html

WSIL TV
— OUTSTANDING: Trump lays out tougher approach to illegal immigration (DIERSEN: When will Rauner do that? When will the Republican elected officials who run your county, your township/ward, and your municipality do that?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34565164/trump-lays-out-tougher-approach-to-illegal-immigration
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives do everything that they can to paint Milo Yiannopoulos as being a typical conservative.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34565195/conservative-forces-clash-in-trumps-early-days

FOX ILLINOIS
— Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti Visiting Chatham Township
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lt-governor-evelyn-sanguinetti-visiting-chatham-township
— Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti Praises Urbana Partnership
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lieutenant-governor-praises-urbana-partnership

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lieutenant governor Evelyn Sanguinetti praises Urbana Aquatic Center in visit – Nicole Lafond
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-02-22/lieutenant-governor-praises-urbana-aquatic-center-visit.html

SOUTHERN
— As AFSCME strike votes are tallied, Southern Illinois state workers pray for resolution to budget crisis – MOLLY PARKER (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) are a member of a church, b) attend church services, and/or give money to a church. They do that to give themselves standing to a) destroy those like me who do not pander to them, b) destroy those like me who fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or c) destroy those like me who fail/refuse to give them money.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/as-afscme-strike-votes-are-tallied-southern-illinois-state-workers/article_99555e8c-7e88-5789-8270-fa009429bf28.html

SOUTHSIDE WEEKLY
— Illinois Lottery Exacerbates Inequities in Chicago Communities on the South and West Side buy disproportionately more lottery tickets but do not see returns to their schools – THEO GRANT-FUNCK
http://southsideweekly.com/illinois-lottery-exacerbates-inequities-chicago/

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Obamacare.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170222/AP/302229942
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats flood Republican town hall meetings with anti-Trumps.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170222/AP/302229938

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Illinois Senators vocally oppose Trump on immigration orders – Nora Shelly (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/02/22/city/illinois-senators-vocally-oppose-trump-on-immigration-orders/

CITY OF WHEATON
— Nominate Someone for 2017 Good Citizens Award – Lindsay Qualkenbush (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, because of the way that my question about Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades was responded to at the January 19, 2017 Wheaton State of the City Address, those who attended the event would be discouraged from nominating me for a Good Citizens Award.)
http://www.wheaton.il.us/news/pressreleases/detail.aspx?id=9762#.WK26iBHxZZI
http://www.wheaton.il.us/goodcitizen/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE: WHAT DOES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACH?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/what-does-the-catholic-church-teach-on-the-immigration-issue.html

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THERE’S NOTHING FREE – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: To get their votes, Democrats always promise voters that they will a) use government to take money away from Republicans and b) use government to give that money to Democrats.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/business/theres-nothing-free/

NEWSMAX
— CPAC Looking More Like Trump’s Vision – Greg Richter (DIERSEN: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter now look far more like my critics’/opponents’ vision.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/CPAC-conservatives-meeting-Washington/2017/02/21/id/774884/
— Poll: 80 Percent of Americans Back Sanctuary City Crackdown
http://www.newsmax.com/US/sanctuary-cities-illegals-feds/2017/02/21/id/774826/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Seek Reconciliation – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout. They are not interested in reconciliation. They want to destroy a) me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS email, b) those who do not pander to them, c) those who do not serve as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes, d) those who do not give them money, and e) those who share my demographics. My critics/opponents have always taken advantage of the fact that I forgive those who trespass against me.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/02/22/seek-reconciliation-part-1/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Milo needs ‘moral chains’ – Trevor Thomas
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/milo_needs_moral_chains.html

GOPUSA
— Farrakhan slammed both Democrats and Trump in Detroit
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20965
— NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) Comes (Almost) to CPAC (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21045
— Flynn went down for comments, so why not McCain? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, members of the following groups glorify and praise McCain: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21017
— Ex-Mexican official to avenge Trump by jamming courts
http://www.gopusa.com/ex-mexican-official-to-avenge-trump-by-jamming-courts/
— Fighting for the Falsely Accused (DIERSEN: Who fights for you? Who falsely accuses you? The following falsely accuse me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21024

FOX NEWS
— Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Shares Stage with Convicted Terrorist, Responsible for the Murder of 2 Israeli Students
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/02/21/congresswoman-shares-stage-convicted-terrorist-responsible-murder-2-israeli-students

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Milo Yiannopoulos is destructive to conservatism – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am “destructive to conservatism.” They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/milo-yiannopoulos-is-destructive-to-conservatism

ONE NEWS NOW
— Obama, Islamists forcing mosque on Christian refugees – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2017/02/22/obama-islamists-forcing-mosque-on-christian-refugees
— Congressman: Not fooled by ‘grassroots’ protests – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/02/22/congressman-not-fooled-by-grass-roots-protests

BREITBART
— Maxine Waters: Trump’s Administration, Associates Are ‘a Bunch of Scumbags’ – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/21/maxine-waters-trumps-administration-associates-are-a-bunch-of-scumbags/

BLAZE
— CPAC, liberal media need a lesson in free speech – Justin Haskins (DIERSEN: Yiannopoulos promotes Liberal and Libertarian values, not conservative values.)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/cpac-liberal-media-need-a-lesson-in-free-speech/
— Trump admin to scale back on rule expanding Title IX protection to transgender students – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/21/report-trump-admin-to-scale-back-on-rule-expanding-title-ix-protection-to-transgender-students/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— PAT BUCHANAN: I would not have invited him, but let me say this. There is an element of humor here if CPAC is going to show off the terrible speech codes being imposed on campuses that don’t let Milo speak, and then they don’t let Milo speak. Ha ha, what is that comedian that says you can’t make this stuff up!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/21/pat_buchanan_mocks_cpac_for_censoring_milos_talk_on_liberal_censorship_cant_make_this_stuff_up.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatism’s future in the age of Trump – W. JAMES ANTLE III (DIERSEN: Who promotes conservative values in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America. The more that you do to promote conservative values, the harder that members of the following groups work to destroy you: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conservatisms-future-in-the-age-of-trump/article/2615157

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Left-Wing Front Groups Make Anti-Trump Money Untraceable – Lachlan Markay (DIERSEN: What are the left-wing front groups in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/left-wing-front-groups-make-anti-trump-money-untraceable/
— Feds Paid $1 Billion in Social Security Benefits to Individuals Without a SSN – Elizabeth Harrington (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
— Nikki Haley Denounces UN’s ‘Outrageously Biased’ Resolutions Against Israel – Sam Dorman (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are anti-Israel.)
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/nikki-haley-denounces-uns-outrageously-biased-resolutions-against-israel/
— Clinton Donor Quits CIA Because of Trump, Says Decision Not About Politics – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: In 1971, I became a federal employee because Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My employer at the time, Firestone Stores, had fired me because I had accepted Oldsmobile’s job offer.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-donor-quits-cia-because-of-trump-says-decision-not-about-politics/

THE HILL
— Republicans at risk in 2018 steering clear of town halls – SCOTT WONG AND CRISTINA MARCOS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320558-republicans-at-risk-in-2018-steering-clear-of-town-halls

POLITICO
— Facebook to aid CPAC as it courts conservatives – TONY ROMM and NANCY SCOLA (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/facebook-aid-cpac-courts-conservatives-235256
— Yiannopoulos flap casts pall over CPAC The onetime signature event for conservatives has been riven by charges of celebrity- and profit-seeking. – ELIANA JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/cpac-conservatives-milo-yiannopoulos-235251
— GOP lessons from the latest round of brutal town halls As Republicans face hostile crowds at town halls nationwide, Rep. Dave Brat offered one possible blueprint for survival. – KYLE CHENEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/republicans-congress-town-hall-235255

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/politics/town-hall-protests-obamacare.html
— Trump Uses His Tee Times for a Mix of Diplomacy and Recreation – MARK LANDLERFE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/trump-golf-mar-a-lago.html
— President Trump Wants a Wall? Mexico Is It – Eduardo Porter
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/business/economy/mexico-immigration-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Milo Is the Mini-Donald.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/opinion/milo-is-the-mini-donald.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration rule on anonymous sources: Okay for us, not so okay for you – Erik Wemple (DIERSEN: One of my critics/opponents in Wheaton who has lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout, justifies his belittling me and insulting me in public a) by relying on anonymous sources and b) by relying on what these anonymous sources have said to him about me. Should I demand that he put in writing the names of his anonymous sources and exactly what they said to him about me? Because he is an elected official, should I file a FOIA request?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/02/21/trump-administration-rule-on-anonymous-sources-okay-for-us-not-so-okay-for-you/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In the 33 days so far, we’ve counted 132 false or misleading claims.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims/
— At CPAC, conservatism betrayed – Kathleen Parker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/at-cpac-conservatism-betrayed/2017/02/21/3c388ddc-f881-11e6-9845-576c69081518_story.html
— After refusing to watch LGBT diversity video, Social Security judge sues to avoid being fired – Derek Hawkins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/21/after-refusing-to-watch-lgbt-diversity-video-social-security-judge-sues-to-avoid-being-fired/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Citing his First Amendment rights and religious protections under the Civil Rights Act, a Social Security Administration judge in Texas who refused to watch an LGBT diversity training video is suing his superiors to avoid being fired, saying he was subject to a “religiously hostile work environment.” Judge Gary Suttles said in a complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Texas that the Social Security Administration, or SSA, should be barred from taking any disciplinary action against him at least until his religious discrimination claims are heard by a federal employment panel. “The agency has wholly failed to work in good faith to reasonably accommodate Judge Suttles’ sincerely held religious belief against watching” the video, the complaint says. The agency violated his rights, the complaint says, “by discriminating against him on the basis of his religion, creating a religiously hostile work environment,” and by “retaliating against him for his protected activity of seeking a religious accommodation.” A representative from the SSA was not immediately available for comment on Tuesday. Suttles’s case comes amid a sweeping expansion of LGBT rights, during which courts have ruled against bakers, florists and others who say anti-discrimination measures clash with their religious liberties. Social conservatives and some Christians argue that the government should not be able to force them to offer their services to same-sex couples, and they have sought religious freedom exemptions as recourse. Some of the most high-profile cases have played out in the business world, including a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But government officials have drawn attention for their defiance, too, among them Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses in violation of a Supreme Court ruling. Suttles was hired as an administrative law judge in the Houston District office of the SSA in 2005. In the time since, he has never received a reprimand or warning, his complaint says. In May, one of the office’s directors sent an email ordering employees to watch a video called “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community.” The 17-minute video included a message from the agency commissioner and “a brief session on tips for increasing cultural awareness in a diverse and inclusive environment,” according to the complaint. The email said the SSA was responding to a 2011 executive order from President Obama that instructed federal agencies to develop new workplace diversity and inclusion plans. Suttles wasted no time telling the office director he would not watch the video. “I am already fully aware to treat all persons with respect and dignity and have done so my entire life,” he said in an email the next day, according to the complaint. “Furthermore, this type of government indoctrination training does not comport with my religious views and I object on that basis as well. Monica Anderson, the hearing office’s chief administrative law judge, responded with a sharply-worded message giving Suttles a “direct order” to watch the training video. “Failure to follow this directive may lead to disciplinary action,” the chief judge said, according to the complaint. Anderson also denied Suttles’s request for a religious accommodation, saying the agency needed to ensure “all employees know about and comply with this.” The back and forth carried on for a few months. Suttles suggested that the agency give him a pass by allowing him to take a professional ethics course or “alternative diversity” course that “did not deal with such a specific community of people.” Anderson declined, proposing instead that Suttles read a transcript of the video. Suttles again refused. “Judge Suttles continued to refuse to watch the mandatory,” the complaint says, “because it is the substantive content of which, not the medium by which the content was delivered that violates his faith.” By the fall, Suttles’s case had made its way to the regional chief administrative law judge, who issued an official reprimand and warned Suttles that “future acts of misconduct” could result in more serious punishment, including removal from the job. (Administrative law judges, unlike federal court judges under Article III of the Constitution do not have life tenure.) The reprimand barred Suttles from working from home or requesting a job transfer for one year, according to the complaint. Suttles claims the action was retaliatory. He reported the episode to an Equal Employment Opportunity counselor, alleging the agency violated his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion, as well as his rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on several factors, including religion. According to the complaint, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will not finish its initial review of his case until mid-March. In the meantime, the deadline for Suttles to watch the video has lapsed. The judge said the agency “has made it quite evident that it does not intend to wait” to discipline him. Suttles says he will suffer “irreparable harm” unless the court prevents the agency from disciplining him or forcing him to watch the video. Though his complaint describes a “sterling work record,” Suttles was criticized and investigated by the SSA in 2015 after he scoffed at a Gulf War veteran’s post-traumatic stress disorder during a disability benefits hearing. Suttles questioned whether the veteran, a 44-year-old who served as a fueler on an aircraft carrier, had experienced true trauma during the war. “I mean, hey, you were in the Navy. You weren’t even fighting on the ground,” Suttles told him, according to the Austin American-Statesman. “To me it would have been exciting. What do you mean stressful?” The remarks were condemned by veterans groups at the time. The SSA ultimately rejected calls to temporarily remove Suttles from his job.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Missing the Meaning of Trump Liberals desperately pretend his rise is a message from Russia, not voters. – HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/missing-the-meaning-of-trump-1487723030
— In Refugees, Companies Find a Talent Pool – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: What percent of employers in America would rather hire a refugee than a citizen of America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-refugees-firms-find-talent-pooland-training-challenges-1487678408

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump glorifies and praises illegals.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/21/trump-deportation-raid-immigration-texas-raul-reyes-column/98130790/

WJLA
— Sitting U.S. president to attend CPAC for first time in 9 years – John Gonzalez (DIERSEN: I was there.)
http://wjla.com/news/local/sitting-us-president-to-attend-cpac-for-first-time-in-9-years

EASTON COURIER
— Murphy calls for investigation after deaths at Connecticut sober houses – Chris Murphy (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is responsible for oversight of Butterfly Garden (http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/18/wheaton-city-council-approves-facility-for-single-moms-at-former-wheaton-inn/a5r6lc4/) in Wheaton? ANSWER: Wheaton’s Mayor Michael Gresk, the five Wheaton City Council members who voted to approve it, and Wheaton’s attorney James Knippen.)
http://www.eastoncourier.com/51613/murphy-calls-for-investigation-after-deaths-at-connecticut-sober-houses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Following a recent string of overdoses that have occurred in Connecticut sober houses, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) have called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate federal and state oversight of sober living homes, and determine whether additional oversight is necessary. In a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro, Murphy outlined the gravity of the opioid epidemic in Connecticut and emphasized that a GAO review of sober homes would be helpful in understanding the role they play in helping Americans recover from substance use disorders. “Connecticut is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner projected that almost 900 residents in my state would die from an overdose in 2016. This is more than double what it was just four years ago,” wrote Murphy. “Unfortunately, there have been several recent overdoses that have occurred in Connecticut sober houses. These deaths have raised questions about these facilities and the GAO review will be helpful in determining whether state and federal policymakers should consider additional oversight.” Most recently, a Ridgefield man and Danbury woman died within a span of two weeks from drug overdoses at a sober house in Torrington.)

DAILY BEAST
— Bill Maher Takes Credit for Milo Yiannopoulos’s Fall (DIERSEN: Who takes credit for your falls? I should write a book abut those who take credit for my falls and/or who hint/imply/argue/shout that I cause all my own problems.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/02/22/bill-maher-takes-credit-for-milo-yiannopoulos-s-fall.html
— Why Is Facebook Helping Fund CPAC? The social networking giant caught all kinds of flak for its role in the 2016 election. But that isn’t stopping it from bankrolling a huge, often-controversial conservative confab. – Betsy Woodruff (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/21/why-is-facebook-helping-fund-cpac.html

THE WEEK
— There’s a CPAC panel called ‘If Heaven has a gate, a wall, and extreme vetting, why can’t America?’
http://theweek.com/speedreads/681592/theres-cpac-panel-called-heaven-gate-wall-extreme-vetting-why-cant-america
— Conservatives converge on D.C. for annual CPAC confab (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://theweek.com/speedreads/681589/conservatives-converge-dc-annual-cpac-confab

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Principals to Bar Immigration Agents From Chicago Schools Chicago Public Schools has instructed its principals not to let federal immigration agents inside district buildings without a criminal warrant. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-22/principals-to-bar-immigration-agents-from-chicago-schools

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Iowa Bill Would Force Universities to Consider Political Affiliation in Faculty Hiring – Peter Schmidt (DIERSEN: Virtually all employers in America are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or RINO. They despise if not hate Republicans. (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Iowa-Bill-Would-Force/239261

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— 25 Years Without a Raise At Youngstown State, adjuncts marked the anniversary with a cake. – Colleen Flaherty (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that my salary as a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 increased every year because of cost of living adjustments, step increases, and/or promotions, except in 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In today’s dollars: $15.56/hour (GS-4) in 1966 when I was 18 years old, $44,853 (GS-7) in 1971, $54,864 (GS-9) in 1972, $66,379 (GS-11) in 1973, $79,653 (GS-12) in 1974, $90,171 in 1979 (GS-12 Step 5), $94,610 in 1986 (GS-13), and $122,991 (GS-13 Step 10) in 1997.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/22/youngstown-state-adjuncts-celebrate-25-years-without-raise

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Are You Paying Attention to Your Community’s Needs? – Tim Gallagher (DIERSEN: Who pays attention to your community’s needs? Should I pay more attention to Wheaton’s needs? Should I draw more attention to what those who run Wheaton do and do not do?)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-are-you-paying-attention-to-your-communitys-needs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If the 2016 election taught the newspaper industry one thing, it’s that we don’t know what’s important to many people in our communities. Yes, we publish letters to the editor and do “man on the street” reaction to major news stories. But we learned in the voting results of 2016 that there are a lot of issues crucial to the people in our communities that don’t make a typical news narrative. To hold onto a badge of relevancy, we need to change this. We need to convene the community in conversation about what really matters, even when it is on no one’s council or school board agenda.)

MONEY MAGAZINE
— What the Richest Americans are Driving Now – Brad Tuttle
http://time.com/money/4676840/what-the-richest-americans-are-driving-now/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Unlike Obama, Voters Say Media No Help to Trump (DIERSEN: The media a) wants Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens to succeed and b) wants Republicans to fail.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/media/unlike_obama_voters_say_media_no_help_to_trump

February 21 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk and DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin spoke very highly of DuPage County District 4 Board Member Grant Eckhoff at his outstanding fundraiser Tuesday evening, February 21, 2017 at Choun’s Restaurant in Wheaton. The 75+ attendees included Almiron, Anderson, Atkinson, Bibbiano, Bucholz, Carlson, Cherry, Crane, Dabrowski, Demos, Falbo, Fichtner, Formento, Grant, Hinds, Kachiroubas, Keller, Krzyzewski, Lofgren, McCluskey, McGowen, McKillip, Mendrick, Noonan, Rash, Ryan, Scalzo, Schillerstrom, Tornatore, Zaruba, and Zay. Honorary event chairmen included Cronin, Curran, Cuzzone, Elliott, Grogan, and Ruscitti. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

ABC7
— PARENTS PACK NEW TRIER HS BOARD MEETING ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS SEMINAR DAY – John Garcia
http://abc7chicago.com/news/parents-pack-new-trier-board-meeting-about-civil-rights-seminar-day/1764741/

NBC5
— Where’s Your Illinois Congressman This Week? – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-elected-officials-town-halls-414428603.html
— Where is Gov. Bruce Rauner? Traditionally, after the budget address, the governor travels to promote his budget agenda, but not this year – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Where-is-Gov-Bruce-Rauner-414410683.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— White House set for ‘big immigration launch’ to focus on DHS memos, official says
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/237044371-story

WLS AM
— Racial controversy at New Trier High School. – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/02/21/racial-controversy-at-new-trier-high-school/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 8 arrested at end of anti-Trump protest downtown Chicago – William Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-protest-chicago-loop-20170221-story.html
— Cook County Sheriff’s office has ‘no interest’ in joining federal immigration efforts – Zach Stafford (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sheriff-dart-immigration-crackdown-met-20170221-story.html
— CPS tells principals not to allow immigration officials in schools without warrant – Juan Perez Jr. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-immigration-enforcement-met-20170221-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “New immigration enforcement rules worry” those who are in America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-immigrant-deportation-st-0222-20170221-story.html
— Hundreds attend meeting on upcoming New Trier civil rights seminar day – Kathy Routliffe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wtk-new-trier-diversity-support-tl-0223-20170220-story.html
— Caterpillar: A wake-up call for Illinois – Scott R. Gryder
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-business-abandon-illinois-good-reason-perspec-0222-20170221-story.html
— A plan for Trump’s feds in Chicago – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-chicago-crime-kass-0222-20170221-column.html
— College conservatives got played by Milo Yiannopoulos – Alyssa Rosenberg (DIERSEN: Yiannopoulos is more of a Libertarian than a Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-milo-yiannopoulos-college-conservatives-cpac-20170221-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-lords-prayer-garrison-keillor-20170221-story.html
— What’s next for Trump’s war against the free press? – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: One could ask what’s next for Gresk’s war against Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-media-war-fake-news-perspec-0222-20170221-column.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: U.S. to expand pool of people targeted for deportation – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-administration-reveals-details-of-deportation-plans/
— Surviving Trump: Ex-Blagojevich aide’s tips for White House staff (DIERSEN: Have you been fired from a paid job, and if so, why? Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” because since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and retaliation before then. My Chicago Heights Firestone Store Manager fired me in 1971 immediately after I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. Constructively, my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors fired me in 1969 because I could only commit to be available to work Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and all days that NIU was not in session.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/a-former-blagojevich-aides-survival-guide-for-trump-staffers/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Absorb the “boss’ anger and craziness.” Focus on doing your job well, and ignore the “circus in the West Wing.” And don’t be afraid to tell the president “no” — if it means stopping “stupid things from happening.” That’s Bradley Tusk’s advice for newly appointed members of the Trump Administration. “If you’re not willing to fight — and to be fired for it — don’t take the job,” Tusk writes in an article published on inc.com. Tusk figures he knows what he’s talking about. At 29, he was named Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s deputy governor, a position for which he says he was “totally unqualified.”)

DAILY HERALD
— Millions could be deported under new immigration enforcement policies – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170221/news/170229734/
–Lake County leaders hold summit to promote inclusiveness (DIERSEN: Anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries use “Inclusiveness” to get rid 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, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170221/news/170229815/
— Wheeling changes policy after Argiris’ spending, SUV use questioned – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170221/news/170229754/#autoplay
— DuPage sheriff looks to replace aging dash cameras – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170221/news/170229772/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Obamacare repeal could cost Cook $300 million a year – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170221/BLOGS02/170229982/obamacare-repeal-could-cost-cook-300-million-a-year
— What cities and towns want out of Springfield – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170221/BLOGS02/170229988/illinois-municipal-league-issues-springfield-agenda

BOND BUYER
— Chicago Transit’s Capital Problem
http://www.bondbuyer.com/news/regionalnews/chicago-transits-capital-problem-1125847-1.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Survey: Business executives’ optimism surges under Trump 76% of respondents see positive impact on business – AARON SMITH
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/survey-business-executives-optimism-surges-under-trump/660763616

STATELINE
— Swedish capital rocked by riots Officers were forced to call in reinforcements – IVAN WATSON AND LAUREN SAID-MOORHOUSE
http://www.mystateline.com/news/swedish-capital-rocked-by-riots/660845460

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Party politics dominates representatives’ votes – Ron Gore
http://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/gore-party-politics-dominates-representatives-votes/article_f885a181-1319-5b2e-a51a-ed6fd4cbf980.html

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Sanguinetti Lauds Urbana Schools, Park District Cooperation – BRIAN MOLINE AND JIM MEADOWS
http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/sanguinetti-lauds-urbana-schools-park-district-cooperation

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— School/park districts get nod from Lt Gov Evelyn Sanguinetti – Luke Ray
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/schoolpark-districts-get-nod-from-lt-gov/660915354

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Bill would mandate E-verify checks for Missouri businesses – AP (DIERSEN: What about Illinois?)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/21/bill-would-mandate-e-verify-checks-for-missouri-bu/

NEWSMAX
— Homeland Security Reveals Plans for Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants – Mark Swanson
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-illegal-immigrant-crackdown/2017/02/21/id/774746/

GOPUSA
— Refugees in US to cost taxpayers billions in 2017
http://www.gopusa.com/refugees-in-us-to-cost-taxpayers-billions-in-2017/
— Riot breaks out in Stockholm suburb the President referred to in speech about refugee problems
http://www.gopusa.com/riot-breaks-out-in-stockholm-suburb-the-president-referred-to-in-speech-about-refugee-problems/
— Lindsey Graham tells world leaders that 2017 must be year of ‘kicking Russia in the ass’
http://www.gopusa.com/lindsey-graham-tells-world-leaders-that-2017-must-be-year-of-kicking-russia-in-the-ass/
— Trump denounces bigotry, anti-Semitism in African-American museum tour
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-denounces-bigotry-anti-semitism-in-african-american-museum-tour/

DAILY CALLER
— MSNBC Host Immediately Ends Segment After Guest Says ‘I Want Trump To Succeed’ – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/21/msnbc-host-immediately-ends-segment-after-guest-says-i-want-trump-to-succeed-video/
— CIA Analyst Who Quit Over Trump Is A Hillary Donor – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/21/cia-analyst-who-quit-over-trump-is-a-hillary-donor/

RED STATE
— CPAC: Where Compromise Replaces Conservatism (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://www.redstate.com/diary/stridentconservative/2017/02/21/cpac-compromise-replaces-conservatism/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— 6 White House Staffers Get the Axe After… FBI Background Checks – JENNI FINK (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background check, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, and/or g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree.)
http://ijr.com/2017/02/806589-6-white-house-staffers-get-the-axe-after-fbi-background-checks/

THE HILL
— Trump steps up deportation push – JORDAN FABIAN AND RAFAEL BERNAL
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320564-trump-steps-up-deportation-push

CBS NEWS
— Amid Obamacare repeal efforts, Republicans facing hostile constituents back home – Chip Reid (DIERSEN: To what extend is Obamacare an effort to make those who have more money pay more money for healthcare for those who have less money?)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amid-obamacare-repeal-efforts-republicans-facing-hostile-constituents-back-home/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s America will be on vivid display at” CPAC. Not really, because every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trumps-america-will-be-on-vivid-display-at-annual-conservative-gathering/2017/02/21/071db726-f7a5-11e6-9845-576c69081518_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for riots in Sweden.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/21/riots-erupt-in-swedens-capital-just-days-after-trump-comments/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise federal employees who leave because of Trump. Anti-Trumps would glorify and praise a) my Democrat GAO superiors who 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, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors who did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors who forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-didnt-think-id-ever-leave-the-cia-but-because-of-trump-i-quit/2017/02/20/fd7aac3e-f456-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— OUTSTANDING: Social Security judge sues government over required LGBT video – Gabrielle Banks
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Social-Security-judge-sues-government-over-10949203.php

February 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— HUNDREDS GATHER AT ‘NOT MY PRESIDENT’S DAY’ PROTEST IN CHICAGO
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/hundreds-gather-at-not-my-presidents-day-protest-in-chicago/1763372/
— RACE FOR AURORA MAYOR HEATS UP – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/race-for-aurora-mayor-heats-up/1764273/
— 25 TAKE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP IN CHICAGO AS NEW TRAVEL BAN LOOMS – Leah Hope
http://abc7chicago.com/news/25-take-oath-of-citizenship-in-chicago-as-new-travel-ban-looms/1763652/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Hundreds protest Trump at Chicago ‘Not My President’ rally – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/236913833-story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immigration forums in Waukegan seek to inform, ease anxiety – Yadira Sanchez Olson and Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-waukegan-immigration-st-0221-20170220-story.html
— Everybody knows it’s Bruce Rauner’s fault – Charles Selle (DIERSEN: For all the defeats that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000 when I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Some of them would come right and say that were it not for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, George Ryan would still be the Governor of Illinois and Obama would never had been elected to the U.S. Senate, let alone U.S. President.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-rauner-blame-game-st-0221-20170220-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump supporters’ latest cause: Fighting for Ivanka’s perfume.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-ivanka-perfume-glanton-20170220-column.html
— Drobinski leaves Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office for private practice – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-drobinski-goes-private-practice-st-0218-20170220-story.html
— Protesters rally against Trump on ‘Not My President’ day – Sam Roe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-trump-rally-20170220-story.html
— Sanctuary movement: Houses of worship consider offering refuge to (ILLIGAL) immigrants – Manya Brachear Pashman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “faith leaders” talk and act like they are paid operatives for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-sanctuary-churches-met-20170221-story.html
— Thousands of demonstrators across US say ‘Not My President’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-presidents-day-protest-us-20170220-story.html
— Now that Cuba is open, Americans aren’t going – Justin Bachman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-cuba-travel-20170220-story.html
— NFL union squawks its demands in Springfield – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-bears-nfl-nflpa-workers-compensation-football-illinois-edit-0220-md-20170217-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More than 50K CPS students absent on A Day Without Immigrants (DIERSEN: How many of those 50K are in America illegally?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/more-than-50k-cps-students-absent-on-a-day-without-immigrants/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps continue to blast Trump over his Sweden remark.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-presidents-day-more-sweden-fallout/
— Hispanic CPS schools’ budgets cut twice the rate of white ones – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/hispanic-cps-schools-budgets-cut-twice-the-rate-of-white-ones/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Trump’s tough talk won’t fix Chicago – Jesse Jackson:
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jesse-jackson-trumps-tough-talk-wont-fix-chicago/
— New citizens urged to get involved to help undocumented – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/new-citizens-urged-to-get-involved-to-help-undocumented/
— Hundreds drawn to second straight day of anti-Trump Loop protests – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/second-straight-day-of-anti-trump-loop-protests-draws-hundreds/
— Faith leaders thank Trump, say ban has united their communities – Andrea Salcedo (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “faith leaders” talk and act like they are paid operatives for the Democrat Party.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/faith-leaders-thank-trump-say-ban-has-united-their-communities/

DAILY HERALD
— Lisle slate says it’s not behind proposal to merge towns – Rpbert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170220/news/170229895/
— Proft to address Schaumburg Township GOP Feb. 25
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170220/submitted/170229880/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— How a YouTube video about Sweden ignited the latest Trump furor Swedish official decries inaccurate reporting – BRIAN STELTER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/how-a-youtube-video-about-sweden-ignited-the-latest-trump-furor/660487823

WSIL TV
— Trump’s weekends in Florida include work and golf – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34544408/trumps-weekends-in-florida-include-work-and-golf

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Why are they protected and we’re not? – GAIL DONNELLY BADER, ALTON
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article133836684.html

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS ACROSS US SAY NOT MY PRESIDENT.”
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170220/AP/302209803

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Illinois residents slammed by sales taxes
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511083745-illinois-residents-slammed-by-sales-taxes
— Illinois Opportunity Project co-founders: Term limits in Illinois not short-term solution
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511083872-illinois-opportunity-project-co-founders-term-limits-in-illinois-not-short-term-solution
— Smith cites skills, sustainability in bid for Winfield re-election – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079409-smith-cites-skills-sustainability-in-bid-for-winfield-re-election

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— GOP’s Stan Bonds tapped for Illinois central committee; county seeks election help – Carol Ostrow
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511082467-gop-s-bonds-tapped-for-illinois-central-committee-county-seeks-election-help
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In order to work cooperatively with several state-level Republican organizations and alongside the Illinois Congressional Committee, a Campaign Support Committee was recently established with three leaders including Montgomery Trustee Stan Bonds. Representing a portion of Will County, Bonds was recently appointed to the position by Illinois Republican Chairman Tim Schneider. The committee is formulated to work in tandem with the House Republican Organization, Senate Republican Organization, the State Republican Central Committee and the Illinois Congressional Committee by synchronizing campaign strategies and resources. Additionally, the Illinois GOP recently organized an endeavor to take a survey of statewide Republican leaders, precinct committeemen and conservative grassroots leaders. Questions centered on how the Republican Party can make improvements in the way it facilitates the GOP’s mission throughout Illinois, and the answers have been collated into a PowerPoint presentation accessible online. Constituents can view the survey results online. Will County also recently announced that its election department has an extended need for Republican election judges in the townships of Custer, Wesley, Reed, Florence and Wilmington. Election judges are compensated for their time, as well as for training.)
— Dorr hopes to help fight for taxpayers, transparency as Naperville trustee – Vimbai Chikomo
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511083450-dorr-hopes-to-help-fight-for-taxpayers-transparency-as-naperville-trustee

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago’s ‘Window to the World’ looks out from Democrat-filled bubble
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511082697-chicago-s-window-to-the-world-looks-out-from-democrat-filled-bubble

CHICAGO READER
— Deportation fears, rumors are affecting businesses in Little Village – Kate Shepherd
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/02/20/deportation-fears-rumors-are-affecting-businesses-in-little-village-and-other-chicago-news

DEPAULIA
— DePaul Democrats advocate for universal healthcare – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: “Universal healthcare” is code for making Republicans pay for Democrats’ healthcare.)
http://depauliaonline.com/2017/02/20/depaul-democrats-advocate-universal-healthcare/

NORTH COOK NEWS
–New Trier schools paid nearly $90K for group to instruct teachers on ‘whiteness’ (DIERSEN: “White” is code for “Republican.” Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at minorities that Whites, that is, Republicans, have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511083558-new-trier-h-s-paid-90k-for-group-to-instruct-teachers-on-understanding-whiteness
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New Trier High School District 203 paid $88,614 to a consultancy to teach its staff why “whiteness” causes black and Hispanic students to score lower on standardized tests. North Cook News reviewed district check registers from Jan. 2011 to Jun. 2016. The Pacific Educational Group (PEG) received taxpayer dollars as part of District 203’s “professional development” budget, conducting “diversity training” and holding “seminars” and “summits” with dozens of New Trier’s teachers. One of them, New Trier teacher Pat Savage-Williams, a lead organizer of the school’s mandatory White Guilt” Day, scheduled for Feb. 28, presented at a recent event in Austin, Texas. Including reimbursed travel expenses, attendance at these events has cost New Trier taxpayers many tens of thousands of dollars more. Savage-Williams is president of the Evanston Township High School Board and has actively promoted PEG in that district as well. PEG specializes in “white privilege” training for public school teachers and administrators. Its founder, Glenn Singleton, preaches that white teachers stop black and Hispanic students from achieving because they fail to understand their cultures.)

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Legal Newsline Recognizes Watchdog Reporting – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/02/legal-newsline-recognizes-watchdog-reporting/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HUNDREDS PROTEST TRUMP IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO #NOTMYPRESIDENTDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/hundreds-protest-trump-in-downtown-chicago-notmypresidentday.html
— WILL COUNTY BOARD MEMBER STEVE BALICH UNDER SEIGE FROM LOCAL LEFTIST WOMEN’S GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/will-county-board-member-under-seige-from-local-leftist-group.html
— BLACK LEADER BABETTE HOLDER OUTRAGED ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS SEEK TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/black-leader-outraged-illinois-lawmakers-seek-taxpayer-funding-for-abortions.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hundreds protest Trump at Chicago ‘Not My President’ rally – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/hundreds-protest-trump-at-chicago-not-my-president/
— Adam Kinzinger: Trump’s Sweden comment ‘an embarrassing moment’ – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN Anti-Trumps love Kinzinger. Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-sweden-comment-embarra/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Priebus: What Alternate Universe Are “Washington Gossip Rags” Living In? – Tim Hains
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/19/priebus_what_alternate_universe_are_washington_gossip_rags_living_in.html

GOPUSA
— London’s Muslim Mayor: ‘Cruel’ Trump should be denied state visit (DIERSEN: How soon will Muslims succeed in conquering England?)
http://www.gopusa.com/londons-muslim-mayor-cruel-trump-should-be-denied-state-visit/
— Angela Merkel urges Europe to take MORE refugees as she says Islam ‘isn’t the source of terror’ (DIERSEN: Terrorists love Merkel.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20863

DAILY CALLER
— High-Tech Traitors Are Social Justice Warriors 1st, Businessmen 2nd – Ilana Mercer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/high-tech-traitors-are-social-justice-warriors-1st-businessmen-2nd/

BREITBART
— It’s Official! Donald Trump Speaking at CPAC – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/20/official-donald-trump-speaking-cpac/
— New York Times Warns Readers: Unhinged Leftist Hate ‘Helping Trump’
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/02/19/new-york-times-warns-readers-unhinged-leftist-hate-helping-trump/
— Democrats Invoke 25th Amendment, Question Trump’s Mental Health – ADELLE NAZARIAN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/20/democrats-question-president-trumps-mental-health/
— DHS Authorizes Hiring 10K Immigration Officers – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/20/dhs-authorizes-hiring-10k-immigration-officers/
— Phoenix Refuses Sanctuary City Status – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/20/phoenix-refuses-sanctuary-city-status/

AMERICAN INTEREST
— GOP Goes After Tenure (DIERSEN: Democrats run education in America. Ever-increasingly, those Democrats focus on cranking “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/02/15/gop-goes-after-tenure/

THE HILL
— Milo Yiannopoulos disinvited from CPAC – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320358-milo-yiannopoulis-disinvited-from-cpac
— CNN’s Tapper blasts CPAC for Milo Yiannopoulos invite – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320345-tapper-blasts-cpac-for-inviting-milo-to-speak

HUFFINGTON POST
— Board Member Slams Milo Yiannopoulos Invite To CPAC “This isn’t about free speech. This is about basic decency.” – Igor Bobic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/milo-yiannopoulos-cpac_us_58aaf234e4b037d17d2995ff

NBC NEWS
— America Gives Trump an Earful at ‘Not My President’s Day’ Rallies – TRYMAINE LEE, ANDREW RAFFERTY and CORKY SIEMASZKO
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-gives-trump-earful-not-my-president-s-day-rallies-n723371

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘I Am Ashamed’ vs. ‘Get Over It’: British Lawmakers Debate Trump Visit – STEVEN ERLANGER (DIERSEN: How soon will Muslims succeed in conquering England?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/europe/britain-trump-state-visit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How bad will Trump’s mass deportations get? Here’s a big thing to watch for. How the Trump White House may be using fear to encourage “self-deportation.” – Greg Sargent (DIERSEN: Treasonously, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring other people to America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/20/how-bad-are-trumps-mass-deportations-going-to-get-heres-a-big-thing-to-watch-for/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— With Their Elevated Homicide Rates, Four Cities Stand Out Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis reach levels not seen since the 1990s – SCOTT CALVERT, SHIBANI MAHTANI and ZUSHA ELINSON
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-their-rising-homicide-rates-four-cities-stand-out-1487592002

USA TODAY
— Trump’s friends wear red, not blue (DIERSEN: Since 1978, all the new cars that I have bought have been red.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/20/donald-trump-retains-republican-suppoert-not-democrats/98158922/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Hundreds Protest Trump at Chicago ‘Not My President’ Rally Several hundred people have gathered near Trump Tower in Chicago to protest President Donald Trump. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-20/hundreds-protest-trump-at-chicago-not-my-president-rally

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks Resurface – Margaret Hartmann
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/cpac-milo-yiannopoulos-pedophilia.html

FISCAL TIMES
— How Public Employee Pensions Make Income Inequality Worse – Marc Joffe (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they 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, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2017/02/20/How-Public-Employee-Pensions-Make-Income-Inequality-Worse

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Civil service reform starts with performance – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Measuring performance is extremely subjective. Starting in 1989, to punish me for becoming in 1988 an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, my Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in their pay-for-performance (PFP) system to always rank me in the lower half of my coworkers for PFP purposes. They were furious that I earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and that I earned a job-related master’s degree in 1997. During that time, my Democrat coworkers focused on helping my GAO superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/02/civil-service-reform-starts-with-performance/

INDEPENDENT
— Fox News anchor berates Donald Trump’s chief of staff: ‘You don’t get to tell us what to do’ The clash came after the president said the media was the ‘enemy of the American people’ – Andrew Buncombe (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that they can tell you what to do? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that they can tell me what to do. They include past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, Illinois, and America.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-chris-wallace-donald-trump-media-enemy-reince-priebus-a7588961.html

DAILY MAIL
— VP Pence says he and Trump support a ‘free and independent press’ – but they’ll call the media out when reporters play ‘fast and loose with the facts’ – Francesca Chambers and Keith Griffith (DIERSEN: The press is NOT free or independent. The press acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4243152/Pence-fr.html

February 18 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DHS weighed National Guard for immigration roundups – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/236413932-story

CBS2
— Expert: Possible Thompson Center Sale Is Small, Positive Sign – Nancy Harty
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/17/expert-possible-thompson-center-sale-is-small-positive-sign/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville’s links to presidents, from Buchanan to Bush – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: Did you walk with Bush and Cheney in Naperville’s Labor Day parade in 2000? I did. Earlier that year, I asked Governor George Ryan and Senate President Pate Philip to invite Bush to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day Parade.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-president-naperville-link-st-0219-20170217-story.html
(PICTURE CAPTION: President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney walk in the Last Fling Labor Day Parade in Naperville in 2000, before they were elected to their White House posts. It was while in Naperville that Bush made his much-reported comment about a New York Times reporter being a “major league a——.” FROM THE ARTICLE: As a presidential candidate, then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush marched in the Last Fling’s Labor Day Parade in 2000 after holding a rally at Naperville North High School. It was on the rally stage before the speech when the candidate, who was oblivious the microphones were live, pointed out a veteran political reporter to his running mate Dick Cheney and said, “There’s Adam Clymer, major-league a—— from The New York Times.”)
— U.S. presidents have made a few stops in Elgin – Mike Danahey (DIERSEN: What municipality do you live in? What does the mayor of your municipality think of Republicans? What if the mayor of your municipality at his/her annual state of the city address in front of 150 dignitaries publicly insulted your municipality’s top Republican promoter not only once, but three times? What if the mayor of your municipality increasingly talked and acted like he/she a) wanted to ban Republicans from all parades in your municipality and b) drive all Republican individuals, Republican organizations, and Republican companies out of your municipality? One could compare and contrast Wheaton and Bolingbrook in this regard. Since 2000, I have taken the lead in encouraging Republican candidates and elected officials to walk in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades. This year will be the 12th year in a row that I have raised money from Republicans to sponsor entries in the parade. I 2007, I raised $2,000 from Republicans to sponsor an elephant to walk behind Congressman Roskam in the parade; outstandingly, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar contributed $500.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-presidents-st-0219-20170217-story.html
— Rauner’s pivot on Senate budget plan provides political breathing room – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-budget-speech-politics-met-20170219-story.html
— Lake County homelessness count breaks record – Luke Hammill (DIERSEN: How many homeless people have the Democrats sent to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, and to your municipality during the last week, month, year, and decade?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-luke-hammill-county-lines-st-0220-20170217-story.html
— DuPage County board members ‘flabbergasted’ by schools ignoring free drug education – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-fentanyl-school-criticism-st-0219-20170217-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mendoza finds money for $32,000 used car for her office – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mendoza-finds-money-for-32000-used-car-for-her-office/

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton woman wins $250,000 in lottery – Steve Zalusky
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170217/news/170218872/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Urbana business development – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-02-17/toms-mailbag-feb-17-2017.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “With the primary election near, (Urbana Mayor Laurel) Prussing has been repeating that ‘In the last four years alone, we have added 115 new or expanded businesses throughout the city.’ That comes to fewer than three per month. Even so, is there any way to sort this out? For instance, how many of these ‘new businesses’ are video-gambling parlors, payday-loan storefronts, beer-and-cigarette outlets or pin-money enterprises operating from sewing rooms or garages in private homes? Also, is there a tally of how many larger-scale businesses, in that same time period, have shut down or moved to Champaign?” Better late than never: Today, we got a list from the city of Urbana of 127 businesses that have opened or expanded since 2013. The list also contains seven businesses that are “coming soon,” seven others that have moved and 19 that have closed. The new or expanded businesses include everything from a ballet studio and guitar repair shop to new restaurants and coffee shops. There’s also a medical-marijuana dispensary.)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump CNN says “Trump goes back to what he loves: Campaign rallies Trump to bask in admiration of supporters at rally.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-goes-back-to-what-he-loves-campaign-rallies/659699458
— Liberal group threatens to challenge Democrats with primary fights New group demanding opposition to Trump agenda – GREGORY KRIEG
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/liberal-group-threatens-to-challenge-democrats-with-primary-fights/659563538

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Bustos, Delegation Demand Rauner Pay Domestic Violence Money – AP
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/bustos-delegation-demand-rauner-pay-domestic-violence-money-02-17-2017

HYDE PARK PATCH
— Corey Lewandowski: Trump Doesn’t Understand Global Impacts Of His Tweets Former Trump campaign manager Lewandowki made the frank admission at an event closed to media and confronted by protestors. – Jonah Meadows (DIERSEN: The more that you criticize Trump, the more that anti-Trumps love you.)
http://patch.com/illinois/hydepark/corey-lewandowski-trump-doesn-t-understand-global-impacts-his-tweets

CHICAGO NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “It’s time to speak up, Republican Congressmen, or shame on you.”
http://www.chicagonow.com/opinionated-woman/2017/02/its-time-to-speak-up-republican-congressmen-or-shame-on-you/

MCHENRY TIMES
— Miller embraces hiring of family in Algonquin Highway Commissioner race
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511081829-miller-embraces-hiring-of-family-in-algonquin-highway-commissioner-race

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois single-family home construction ten times lower than neighbors
https://ilnews.org/12199/illinois-single-family-home-construction-ten-times-lower-neighbors/

GOP
— Mainstream Media Accountability Survey
https://gop.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— CPAC 2017 Tells Trump Supporters to Kiss Off – Loads Up Speaking List with #NeverTrumpers – Jim Hoft (DIERSEN: According to this article, “Face it Trump supporters – CPAC still hates you.” Are you a Trump supporter? I am. Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois hates you the most because you are a Trump supporter?)
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/cpac-2017-tells-trump-supporters-kiss-off-loads-speaking-list-nevertrumpers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will kick off next week at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington DC. CPAC hid their speaker list for the past month and just started updating the list this past week. And just as we assumed — CPAC loaded the roster with committed #NeverTrumpers and ignored the grassroots supporters and websites that got Republican President Donald Trump Elected. It should really be no surprise. After all these “principled conservatives” planned a walk out protest last year for Donald Trump. Trump withdrew from the conference but the crowd did give big spender Paul Ryan a standing ovation. That’s CPAC! This year CPAC ignored many of the top Trump supporters who helped get him elected. These top election influencers will not be speaking at CPAC despite their work to get Trump elected. . .Instead the speaker list includes this committed #NeverTrumpers: . .Face it Trump supporters – CPAC still hates you.)

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Senator Ted Cruz Wants to Revoke Citizenship of Americans Who Turn to Terrorism — Why Aren’t We Already Doing This? – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/17/senator-ted-cruz-wants-revoke-citizenship-americans-turn-terrorism-arent-already/

GOPUSA
— Democrats, pundits mull ways to remove Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/dems-pundits-mull-ways-to-remove-trump/
— McCain in Germany: ‘Consider whether the West will survive’ (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not want the West to survive are anti-Trump.)
http://www.gopusa.com/mccain-in-germany-consider-whether-the-west-will-survive/
— Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Blacks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20829
— Sanctuary city pushes school district to support immigrant families (DIERSEN: Democrats always promote dependency on government and dependency on charity.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20853
— Obama leads troops from ‘shadow White House’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20794
— The Left’s All-Out War on Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20810

FOX NEWS
— F-15s scramble to intercept unresponsive aircraft over restricted airspace over West Palm Beach
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/18/f-15s-scramble-to-intercept-unresponsive-plane-over-restricted-airspace-over-west-palm-beach.html
— McCain in Germany says Trump administration in ‘disarray’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump McCain makes it clear that he sides with America’s enemies against Trump.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/18/mccain-in-germany-says-trump-administration-in-disarray.html

DAILY CALLER
— Libertarians And President Trump – Bruce Majors (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/17/libertarians-and-president-trump/

POLITICO
— Trump’s ‘sanctuaries’ crackdown imperils transportation projects Millions of dollars could be at stake for improvements — all because ‘sanctuary cities’ refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials. – TANYA SNYDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-sanctuary-cities-crackdown-transportation-projects-235158

HUFFINGTON POST
— Who Is Vetting The People At Mar-A-Lago? Democrats Want To Know. Club members, guests and at least 64 foreign workers have unprecedented access to the president. – Paul Blumenthal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mar-a-lago_us_58a7577de4b045cd34c17d40
— Trump Vineyard Requests Visas For Still More Foreign Workers America First doesn’t apply to Trump wines. – Mary Papenfuss (DIERSEN: Have you held bad jobs that many, most, if not virtually all citizens of American refuse to take? I have. I a) did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964, b) washed dishes and delivered newspapers 1964-1966, c) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, d) delivered mail 1966-1969, e) worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970, f) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, g) pumped gasoline 1971-1972, h) collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and i) audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-vineyard-requests-visas-for-still-more-foreign-workers_us_58a7c90ee4b07602ad54f1e1

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump calls media ‘enemy of the American people’
http://www.wkow.com/story/34530479/the-latest-trump-calls-media-enemy-of-the-american-people
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump exchange with black journalist sparks outrage.”
http://www.wxow.com/story/34535784/trump-exchange-with-black-journalist-sparks-outrage
— LGBT employees ask Education Secretary to keep protections (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you.)
http://www.kmov.com/story/34535380/lgbt-employees-ask-education-secretary-to-keep-protections
— VERY SAD: Dog walkers will be more in demand than teachers in aging U.S. Health-care expenditures are expected to surge as the number of Americans ages 70 to 84 spikes by 50 percent.
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/17/dog-walkers-demand-aging-us/

AOL
— DIERSEWN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Left-wing website under fire after saying Trump may have STD.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/18/left-wing-website-under-fire-after-saying-trump-may-have-std/21716519/

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Newsroom Risk In the Trump Era: Self-Censorship – Jim Rutenberg (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pander to those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/business/media/trump-era-media-censorship.html
— Sun, Sand and Influence: For Mar-a-Lago Members, Proximity Is Power – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ERIC LIPTON (DIERSEN: How close do you live to those run your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America? How much influence does your proximity give you? When bad things happen to me politically, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout not only that I must not have any influence with the following Republicans who live nearby, but that they must want to get rid of me: Roskam, Sanguinnetti, Ives, Zaruba, Jorgensen, Bucholz, Henry, Birkett, Brennan, Eckhoff, Grant, Elliott, Larsen, Whelan, Gresk, Fitch, Rutledge, Saline, Suess, Scalzo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Levan, Muehlfelt, Falbo, Natwani, Molitor, and Keller.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/us/mar-a-lago-trump-ethics-winter-white-house.html
— DIERSEN HEDALINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise refugees and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not glorify and praise refugees.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/your-money/how-to-help-refugees-in-us.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/when-lies-overruled-rights.html
— A Young Reporter Makes a Soft Query and Pleases an Upset President – MARC SANTORA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the questions that I have asked Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America in my roles as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and an American Association of Political Consults Midwest Chapter board member. Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs do not like my questions.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/nyregion/unf-news-kyle-mazza.html
— Trump’s Approval Ratings Are Down. How Much Does It Mean? – Nate Cohn (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in driving Trump’s approval ratings down in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? I should write a book about the aforesaid. They would love it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/upshot/trump-is-down-to-38-approval-how-much-does-it-mean.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONTPAGE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Aides Struggle to Reassure Worried Allies.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/europe/trump-europe.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump News Conference Provokes Anxiety, Humor and Shrugs Around World.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/trump-news-conference-provokes-anxiety-humor-and-shrugs-around-world.html
— Trump’s Inroads in Union Ranks Have Labor Leaders Scrambling – NOAM SCHEIBER, MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH (DIERSEN: I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/business/economy/trump-labor-unions.html
— Mexican Consulates Flooded With Fearful Immigrants – JENNIFER MEDINA (DIERSEN: How many citizens of Mexico live/work illegally in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/mexican-consulates-flooded-with-fearful-immigrants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns patriotism and especially Independence Day Parades? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/europe/germany-far-right-politics-afd.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The big mistake some anti-Trump protesters could be making – Robb Willer and Matthew Feinberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/18/the-big-mistake-some-anti-trump-protesters-could-be-making/
— Time for an updated view on the number of government employees – L. Michael Kaas, Arlington (DIERSEN: How many past and present federal, state, county, township/ward, municipal, etc, government employees live in America, Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, and your precinct? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-for-an-updated-view-on-the-number-of-government-employees/2017/02/17/89329994-f326-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Racial Indoctrination Day at an Upscale Chicagoland School As administrators foist ‘social justice’ on 4,000 suburban students, parents plead for balance. – PETER BERKOWITZ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Instead of teaching, the school’s aim seems to be hammering home to students that racism plagues America and will persist until white people admit their unjust privilege, renounce their unearned power, and make amends for the entrenched oppression from which they continue to profit handsomely.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-racial-indoctrination-day-at-an-upscale-chicagoland-school-1487375679
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What passes for education at many American public schools is too often closer to indoctrination. Consider the seminar day that New Trier High School, in Winnetka, Ill., on Chicago’s affluent North Shore, is planning for Feb. 28. The title for the all-school seminar is “Understanding Today’s Struggle for Racial Civil Rights.” That very term, “racial civil rights,” is misleading, since civil rights protect Americans’ freedoms regardless of their race. Judging from the roster of scheduled events, the seminar might be more accurately titled “Inculcating a Progressive View of Social Justice.” Here are a few of the offerings scheduled for presentation to New Trier’s roughly 4,000 students: “SPENT: A Simulation to See How Long You Can Survive on Minimum Wage”—which touches on race at best tangentially. “Developing a Positive, Accountable White Activism for Racial Civil Rights”—which promotes a divisive view of race as a primordial fact, the essence of identity, a bright line between oppressed and oppressor. “One Person One Vote: Can the Voting Rights Act Be Saved?”—which absurdly suggests that the Voting Rights Act is at risk of being repealed. There are plenty of sessions on the connections that music, art and culture have with civil rights. Very little programming, however, is devoted to actually explaining to students what civil rights are and what their place is in this country’s political tradition. Yet the continuing quest to fulfill America’s founding promise is unintelligible without a grasp of how civil rights are grounded in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Or without an understanding of the often-heroic struggle for civil rights over the course of American history—the abolition movement, the Civil War, the great Reconstruction constitutional amendments, the grievous setback of Jim Crow, the modern civil-rights movement, the landmark Supreme Court cases like Brown v. Board of Education. Instead of teaching, the school’s aim seems to be hammering home to students that racism plagues America and will persist until white people admit their unjust privilege, renounce their unearned power, and make amends for the entrenched oppression from which they continue to profit handsomely. This despite the school board’s written policy to provide a “balanced view” on “controversial issues,” and the seminar’s stated purpose “not to promote the philosophy of one political party or another.” On Monday a group of concerned New Trier parents will make a final attempt to persuade the school board to alter the seminar’s programming to include a diversity of views about race and rights in America. The parents have proposed, for example, inviting black conservative intellectuals—such as my Hoover Institution colleague Shelby Steele and this newspaper’s Jason Riley—or people like Pastor Corey Brooks, the director of Project Hood, which seeks to end violence and build communities on Chicago’s South Side. So far, these efforts have been met with stonewalling and vitriol. On Feb. 6, a group of recent New Trier graduates—some of whom helped plan the seminar day—published an open letter to explain why the parents’ proposals are unreasonable and immoral. The letter opens with a long quotation from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 masterpiece, “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” The implicit message is that the New Trier parents are comparable to the “white moderate” King reproaches for preferring order to justice. King’s admonition to the comfortable—to imagine themselves in the place of the persecuted and downtrodden—is a timeless message, but inapt for the situation. New Trier failed to teach the letter writers the distinction between political activism and education. The seminar day presupposes that the pervasiveness and potency of racism in America are facts beyond dispute, rather than hypotheses to be critically examined. That’s why the letter writers dismiss the parents’ desire for a multiplicity of views as an effort “to distract the conversation.” Let’s hope that the concerned New Trier parents succeed Monday in teaching the New Trier school board about education’s proper purpose. If not, maybe the best thing might be for more families to follow the parent group’s advice: “Excuse your child for the day, and encourage him or her to volunteer”—perhaps with Corey Brooks and Project Hood.)
— The Death of the All-American Town Brian Alexander’s “Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town” documents a single town in our fractured country. It is a devastating portrait. – ROGER LOWENSTEIN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-death-of-the-all-american-town-1487364666
— When America Opened Its Doors For the founders, refugees were ideal citizens: They’d fled tyranny and would be a bulwark against it. Kathleen DuVal reviews “American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution” by A. Roger Ekirch. – KATHLEEN DUVAL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make immigrants 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-america-opened-its-doors-1487366014

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Workplace immigration enforcement could come roaring back under Trump – Kate Morrissey (DIERSEN: If you are employed, is your employer anti-Trump? If it is, how strongly does your employer favor citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America? That is, how anti-American is your employer?)
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-worksite-enforcement-20170217-story.html

FOX SALT LAKE CITY
— Trump softens stance, suggests he may not deport so-called Dreamers – TAMARA VAIFANUA (DIERSEN: Reports like this encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://fox13now.com/2017/02/17/president-trump-softens-stance-suggests-he-may-not-deport-so-called-dreamers/

LIBERTY CONSERVATIVE
— Fearing Possible Walkout, Sen. Rand Paul No-Shows Students For Liberty Conference – Shane Trejo (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.thelibertyconservative.com/fearing-possible-walkout-sen-rand-paul-no-shows-students-liberty-conference/

MARKET WATCH
— Here is how much you need to save for retirement You should have 10 times your salary saved by the age of 67 – Anora Mahmudova
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/here-is-how-much-you-need-to-save-for-retirement-2017-02-18

INDEPENDENT
— Sales of Ivanka Trump’s perfume surge reaching top spot in Amazon Best Sellers The sales increase comes despite a campaign to encourage shoppers to boycott products linked to the US President and his family – Shehab Khan
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ivanka-trump-perfume-top-spot-amazon-best-sellers-nordstrom-a7586911.html
— Secret service investigate after Donald Trump’s motorcade ‘hit by rock’ The US leader was traveling to his Mar a Lago resort in Florida – Chloe Farand
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-latest-secret-services-motorcade-limosine-hit-object-rock-florida-a7586876.html

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Look, I can’t be all bad! Grandpa Trump parades Ivanka’s children on the South Lawn as he leaves the White House after a tumultuous week.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4235330/Trump-spends-time-Ivanka-s-kids-Arabella-Joseph.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “God bless Boeing! Trump gives plane firm massive free commercial at roll-out of its new Dreamliner – and points at Air Force one and says: ‘What can look so beautiful at 30? An airplane'”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4235832/Trump-gives-Boeing-free-advertising-787-rollout.html

BBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump BBC makes it clear that it sides with America’s enemies against Trump.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39015559

GUARDIAN
— McCain attacks Trump administration and inability to ‘separate truth from lies’ Republican senator uses Munich speech to reflect on ‘disarray’ in Trump White House, saying president contradicts himself (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump McCain makes it clear that he sides with America’s enemies against Trump.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/18/john-mccain-savages-donald-trump-administration-inability-separate-truth-from-lies

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump IBT says “Donald Trump Media Bias: President Uses Twitter, ‘Mainstream Media Accountability Survey’ To Slam The Press, And It Could Backfire.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-media-bias-president-uses-twitter-mainstream-media-accountability-survey-2494285

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Fake news isn’t a Trump neologism — Hitler called it Lügenpresse.”
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/02/fake-news-isnt-trump-neologism-hitler-called-lugenpresse/

February 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TRUMP WEIGHS MOBILIZING NAT GUARD FOR IMMIGRATION ROUNDUPS – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-weighs-mobilizing-nat-guard-for-immigration-roundups/1759693/

NBC5
— Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Black Students – Todd Richmond (DIERSEN: Why not free tuition for those whose parents do not have college degrees? My outstanding parents never attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Because of the aforesaid, while I was in grade school and in high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” People were shocked that I got a score of 24 on the ACT, that I graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, and that UIC accepted me.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Wisconsin-Students-Demand-Free-Tuition-for-Black-Students-414072403.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump leaps back into campaign mode, rips media – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/236442699-story
— Chicago gang members say more police won’t stop the murders
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/236430835-story
— White House denies National Guard immigration-roundup report – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/236423048-story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds say Dorothy Brown requested $10G loan from her own employee – Jon Seidel and Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/feds-say-dorothy-brown-requested-10g-loan-from-her-own-employee/amp/
— Former Gov. Ryan urges quick resolution to budget mess – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-former-gov-ryan-urges-quick-resolution-to-budget-mess/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-neighbors-joining-together-to-block-trump-deportations/

DAILY HERALD
— Governor signs measure to keep DuPage referendums valid – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170217/news/170218911/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Latest sign Thompson Center sale may happen: Madigan hints he’s on board – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170217/BLOGS02/170219874/latest-sign-a-thompson-center-sale-may-happen-madigan-signals-hes-on-board
— Think Illinois taxes are out of whack? The Fed argues otherwise – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170217/BLOGS02/170219878/think-illinois-taxes-are-out-of-whack-the-fed-argues-otherwise
— Rauner finally weighs in on budget to Capitol laughter and groans – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170217/NEWS02/170219865/rauner-finally-weighs-in-on-budget-to-capitol-laughter-and-groans

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— OUTSTANDING: Normal bars video gaming near homes – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/normal-bars-video-gaming-near-homes/article_87c957f8-f73d-5dd0-9980-3df0d35789ce.html
— New legislation could help Route 66 celebration – Kevin Barlow and Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/travel/new-legislation-could-help-route-celebration/article_078677fd-2756-5ccb-8f3a-df6ce42155bf.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump weighs National Guard immigration roundup in 11 states.”
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article133328769.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Bankruptcy, education losses surely follow casino expansion Researcher says Illinois gambling hurts public, treasury – John Kindt Mahomet
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/02/01/guest-column-bankruptcy-education-losses-surely-follow-casino-expansion/a169syz/

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump leaps back into campaign mode, raps media anew.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34533610/trump-hits-the-road-hoping-rally-speeches-overcome-troubles

SUBURBAN LIFE
— COD trustees look at ways to address budget shortfall Options include dipping into college’s reserve fund, increasing tuition fees – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/02/10/cod-trustees-look-at-ways-to-address-budget-shortfall/ak5jnxa/
— Wheaton woman wins $250,000 Illinois Lottery prize Sandy McDuffee plans to buy a house with winnings
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/02/17/wheaton-woman-wins-250-000-illinois-lottery-prize/aikz224/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville Township Republican Primary Approaching – Alyssa Bochenek
http://www.nctv17.com/naperville-township-republican-primary-approaching/

WHEATON PATCH
— Residents Voice Concerns About Loretto Convent Development in Wheaton Residents cited traffic concerns and the historic value of an existing building – Patrick Martin
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/residents-voice-concerns-loretto-convent-development-wheaton

CHICAGO PATCH
— ICE Raids ‘Going to Get Worse,’ Says Illinois Dem Thrown Out Of Meeting By Paul Ryan Staff “Speaker Ryan is not an emperor and does not control who I meet with,” Rep. Luis Gutiérrez said. – Shannon Antinori
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/ice-raids-going-get-worse-says-illinois-dem-thrown-out-meeting-paul-ryan

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Democrats, who haven’t passed balanced budget in years, accuse Rauner of unbalanced budget plan
https://ilnews.org/12194/democrats-who-havent-passed-balanced-budget-in-years-accuse-rauner-of-unbalanced-budget-plan/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Support for Abortion Funding Should Sink Any Legislator’s Re-Election – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/support-abortion-funding-sink-legislators-re-election/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TAXPAYERS PLAN STATE CAPITOL RALLY FEBRUARY 25 OPPOSING “SAFE ZONES” BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/rally.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? AT RONALD REAGAN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/wheres-weyermuller-at-ronald-reagans-birthday-celebration.html
— THORNER: ONE STATE AFTER ANOTHER REJECT CONVENTION OF STATES’ EFFORT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/thorner-one-state-after-another-reject-convention-of-states-effort.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Radogno: Pass the grand bargain by the end of this month or forget it
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/17/radogno-pass-the-grand-bargain-by-the-end-of-this-month-or-forget-it/

GOPUSA
— The White House says this AP report ‘100% not true’
http://www.gopusa.com/the-white-house-says-this-ap-report-100-not-true/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago gang members say more police won’t stop the murders – Michael Tobin
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/17/chicago-gang-members-say-more-police-wont-stop-murders.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Peter Breen’s Illinois Campus Free Speech Act – STANLEY KURTZ
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/445018/peter-breens-illinois-campus-free-speech-act-goldwater-proposal

BARBWIRE
— SHAME ON SILENT CHRISTIAN LEADERS WHO REFUSE TO STAND AGAINST GOVERNMENT TYRANNY – DR. MICHAEL BROWN
http://barbwire.com/2017/02/16/shame-silent-christian-leaders-refuse-stand-government-tyranny/

BLAZE
— Immigration attorney on what’s next after ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest – Kaitlyn Schallhorn (DIERSEN: What “bad” jobs did you hold that Democrats and RINOs want “immigrants” to have? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/17/immigration-attorney-on-whats-next-after-day-without-immigrants-protest/

BREITBART
— Who Is Alexander Acosta? Trump Labor Nominee Supports Amnesty, Cheap Foreign Labor – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/16/alexander-acosta-department-labor/
— CBS’s Dickerson: Lack of Trust In the Media Is Not Because of Trump, Press Ruined Its Reputation ‘On Its Own’ – IAN HANCHETT
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/17/cbs-dickerson-lack-of-trust-in-the-media-is-not-because-of-trump-press-ruined-its-reputation-on-its-own/
— Spike Lee Unveils Anti-Trump Nike Sneakers – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/02/17/spike-lee-unveils-anti-trump-nikes/
— Former Twitter Engineer: ‘Making it Difficult to Be a Conservative’ Important for Professional Communities to Do – LUCAS NOLAN
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/02/16/former-twitter-engineer-making-it-difficult-to-be-a-conservative-important-for-professional-communities-to-do/

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Michael Reagan blasts Trump.
http://www.newsmax.com/MichaelReagan/government-manager-muslim-white-house/2017/02/17/id/774183/

DAILY CALLER
— Black Leaders In Chicago Finally State The Obvious About Violent Crime – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/17/black-leaders-in-chicago-finally-state-the-obvious-about-violent-crime/
— NAACP Leader Balks At Idea Of Congressional White Caucus -IAN MASON
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/17/naacp-leader-balks-at-idea-of-congressional-white-caucus-video/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s Once Mighty Echo Chamber Is Losing Power – David Prentice
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/the_lefts_oncemighty_echo_chamber_is_losing_power_.html

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Media Malpractice: The ABCs of Media Bias – Malcolm Kline
http://canadafreepress.com/article/media-malpractice-the-abcs-of-media-bias

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Restaurants try to take out Trump’s immigration policies – W. JAMES ANTLE III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restaurants-try-to-take-out-trumps-immigration-policies/article/2615120

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally and b) glorify and praise those who are in America illegally. The aforesaid is treasonous.
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/320116-beyond-sanctuary-use-state-policy-to-protect-immigrants
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump looks to energize White House with Florida rally.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320182-trump-looks-to-energize-white-house-with-florida-rally

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “What The Resistance Movement Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-the-resistance-movement-can-learn-from-occupy_us_58a71fe6e4b0fa149f9ac4e5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump’s War on Seniors.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trumps-war-on-seniors_us_58a76849e4b0fa149f9ac5bc

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Jeb Bush a) sides with Mexico against America and b) sides with the citizens of Mexico against the citizens of America.
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-02-17/jeb-bush-mocks-donald-trumps-border-wall-troubles

VANITY FAIR
— HOW TRUMP’S WAR ON THE PRESS COULD GET EVEN WORSE The authoritarian model has already been tested in Eastern Europe. Will President Trump follow it? – JAMES WARREN
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/how-trumps-war-on-the-press-could-get-even-worse

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Pair of House Dems want federal employees to know their rights – Eric White (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 d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2017/02/army-begins-upgrade-to-ammunition-management-system/

GAO
— Learning Center Rolling Out New Mentoring Program (DIERSEN: My GAO mentor hired me from IRS in 1980. In 1986, he succeeded in getting me a) assigned to audits of IRS and b) promoted to GS-13. But in 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing him to retire. From that point forward, my GAO career went downhill dramatically. My IRS mentor promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But my Democrat IRS superiors succeeded in getting rid of him. From that point forward, my IRS career went downhill dramatically.)
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USGAO/2017/02/17/file_attachments/773018/MN4410.pdf