June 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Special session on budget off to slow start – Sarah Schulte and Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/special-session-on-budget-off-to-slow-start/2127678/
— Cook County Clerk David Orr won’t seek re-election – Leah Hope
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-county-clerk-david-orr-wont-seek-re-election/2128787/

 

CBS2
— Alderman Blasts Ethics Board For Accusing Husband Of Illegal Lobbying – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/21/alderman-sophia-king-ethics-board-husband-illegal-lobbying/
— Critics Slam Proposed Time Limit For Public Comment At City Council Meetings – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/21/critics-slam-proposed-time-limit-for-public-comment-at-city-council-meetings/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bickering continues upon lawmakers’ return to Springfield – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-special-session-met-0622-20170621-story.html
— Yes, Rauner is in campaign mode. What Illinois pol isn’t? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-madigan-cullerton-illinois-edit-0622-jm-20170621-story.html
— Former pro-wrestler Jon “The Illustrious One” Stewart with ties to Kellyanne Conway seeks Illinois governor nod – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-wrestler-running-for-governor-0622-chicago-inc-20170621-story.html
— Republican Greg Gianforte convicted of attacking reporter joins House amid boos from colleagues – Matthew Daly
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-greg-gianforte-joins-congress-20170621-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— On Day 1 of special session, Madigan calls for committees of the whole – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/on-day-1-of-special-session-madigan-calls-for-committees-of-whole/amp/
— Dems to nix Rauner official Maggie Hickey as potential pick for U.S. Attorney post in Chicago – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/dems-to-nix-rauner-official-as-potential-pick-for-top-fed-chicago-spot/
— Chicago aldermen get an earful about public participation rules – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-aldermen-get-an-earful-about-public-participation-rules/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Merging McHenry County recorder’s, clerk’s offices will be up to voters – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170621/merging-mchenry-county-recorders-clerks-offices-will-be-up-to-voters
— Metra says new lobbyist contracts are worth the $2.7 million – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170621/metra-says-new-lobbyist-contracts-are-worth-the-27-million
— Indiana Congressman’s wife works part-time in $240K job – AP  (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170621/news/306219924/
— Top Illinois debt owners unlikely to sell if bonds cut to junk – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170621/top-illinois-debt-owners-unlikely-to-sell-if-bonds-cut-to-junk

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tribune’s celebrity real estate writer Bob Goldsborough may save Wheaton golf mansion – Dennis Rodkin
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170621/CRED0701/170629956/tribunes-celebrity-real-estate-writer-may-save-wheaton-golf-mansion
— Could this finally spark a budget deal? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/BLOGS02/170629945/illinois-road-construction-threat-could-spark-budget-deal
— Is Ford’s China move a threat to Torrance Avenue? – Justin Bachman
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/NEWS05/170629942/is-fords-china-move-a-threat-to-torrance-avenue
— Biz group pushes for higher minimum wage – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/BLOGS02/170629949/biz-group-pushes-for-higher-minimum-wage

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— First day of special session over quickly, no progress – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170621/first-day-of-special-session-over-quickly-no-progress
— Rauner got a little help from Missouri firm in TV address – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170621/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-got-little-help-from-missouri-firm-in-tv-address

 

WMAY
— Little To Show For First Day of Special Session
http://www.wmay.com/2017/06/21/madigan-no-shows-house-floor-the-first-day-of-special-session/

 

WAND TV
— Nothing accomplished on first day of Special Session – Michon Lindstrom
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35720430/nothing-accomplished-on-first-day-of-special-session

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Republican state lawmakers call out House Democrats – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/republican-state-lawmakers-call-out-house-democrats-06-22-2017

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign council extends video-gambling moratorium till Jan. 23 – Natalie Wickman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-21/champaign-council-extends-video-gambling-moratorium-till-jan-23.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove resident blames neighboring ‘eyesore’ for inability to sell home – BOB RAKOW  (DIERSEN: How many eyesore properties are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  On who/what do the owners of those properties blame their problems?)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/05/25/downers-grove-resident-blames-neighboring-eyesore-for-inability-to-sell-home/awt0bld/

 

DARIEN PATCH
— DuPage County Circuit Court Seeks New Judge  The 18th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in DuPage County is now accepting applications to fill a vacancy for an Associate Judge position – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/dupage-county-circuit-court-seeks-new-judge

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Projection: Chicago’s police pension fund will be broke in 2021
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511130434-projection-chicago-s-police-pension-fund-will-be-broke-in-2021

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Durkin tells Dems they need GOP to pass budget in ‘overtime’ – Hoang Tran
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511130810-durkin-tells-dems-they-need-gop-to-pass-budget-in-overtime

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Champaign: Ban on new video gambling licenses extended  License moratorium extended until January – Aaron Eades
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/ban-on-new-video-gambling-licenses-extended/746644805

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Two Questions: Could Illinois File Bankruptcy? Why Vote for Tax-Raising Politicians? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/two-questions-could-illinois-file-bankruptcy-why-vote-for-tax-raising-politicians/

 

GOPUSA
— Miami Uber driver fined $250 for not being able to speak English
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26063

 

BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Are 1,000 Seats Behind Republicans – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/06/21/rahm-emanuel-democrats-1000-seats-behind-republicans/

 

CNS NEWS
— Google Pledges $1 Million To Preserve LGBTQ Stonewall Inn Story – Zenny Phuong
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/zenny-phuong/google-pledges-1-million-preserve-lgbtq-stonewall-inn-story

 

DAILY CALLER
— FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are ‘Assault’ — NOT Terrorism – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/breaking-fbi-treating-attempted-gop-assassinations-as-assault/
— Spicer: Journalists Want To Become ‘YouTube Stars’ – Amber Athey  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that my motives for serving as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman ARE EVIL and b) that my motives for having served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc. WERE EVIL.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/spicer-journos-want-to-become-youtube-stars-audio/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Net Worth Slips to $2.9 Billion  (DIERSEN: Why isn’t your net worth higher than it is?   My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, 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 did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/US/trump-net-worth-slips/2017/06/21/id/797318/

 

POLITICO
— Scalise improves to ‘fair’ condition, hospital says – RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/21/scalise-improves-to-fair-condition-hospital-says-239807

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Slow start to Illinois session called to solve budget fight – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-lawmakers-hold-special-session-amid-budget-impasse/2017/06/21/f0f2e8cc-5677-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html
— Democrats despondent, Trump emboldened after GOP victory in Georgia special election – Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/06/21/daily-202-democrats-despondent-trump-emboldened-after-gop-victory-in-georgia-special-election/59497f2fe9b69b2fb981ddc6/
— Trump seeks sharp cuts to housing aid, except for program that brings him millions – Shawn Boburg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-seeks-sharp-cuts-to-housing-aid-except-for-program-that-brings-him-millions/2017/06/20/bf1fb2b8-5531-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— The Donald Trump hiring crisis means America’s got no talent  From investigations to humiliations, the reputational risk of working for this administration is enormous. – Brian Klaas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/21/donald-trumps-hiring-problems-result-his-own-incompetence-brian-klaas-column/102995924/
— Ex-lobbyists swarm Trump administration, despite ‘drain the swamp’ pledge – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/21/president-donald-trump-lobbyists-hired/416749001/

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why the White Worker Theme Is Harmful.”
http://prospect.org/article/why-white-worker-theme-harmful

 

FCW
— VA chief: fast firing authority will improve morale – Adam Mazmanian  (DIERSEN: To improve the morale of their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2017/06/21/shulkin-workforce-firing-power.aspx

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in dividing America.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2017/most_think_america_is_more_divided_since_trump

June 21 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Lawmakers Hold Special Session Amid Budget Impasse
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Lawmakers-Hold-Special-Session-Amid-Budget-Impasse-429871073.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner calls for compromise in speech Democrats dismiss as empty rhetoric – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-special-session-speech-met-0621-20170620-story.html
— What to do with a broken Illinois: Dissolve the Land of Lincoln – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-dissolving-illinois-kass-met-20170620-column.html
— Illinois governors haven’t had much success with special sessions – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-special-session-history-20170620-story.html
— How does Illinois’ richest man get top tech talent to Citadel? Competitions. – Robert Holly  (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a government job?  If so, how did you get it?  I got my Post Office job in 1966 when I was 18 by having a high school diploma, by passing the Post Office employment examination, by passing a physical examination, by passing a background check, by having a drivers license, by having a good driving record, by passing a truck driving test, and by having a car to use to deliver mail. I got my IRS job in 1971 by having a bachelor’s degree in management, by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination, and by passing a background check.  I got my GAO job in 1980 by having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, by having an MBA, by passing the CPA examination, by having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by passing a background check.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-citadel-datathons-20170620-story.html
— Office perks are nice, but here’s what new college grads really want – Robert Holly  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and supervisors hinted/implied/argued/shouted/acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-lasalle-network-jobs-hiring-20170619-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: What good are standardized tests? – Darlena Cunha  (DIERSEN: What tests have you taken and passed?  I passed a) the Certified Internal Auditor test on my first attempt in 1981 and that helped me get promoted in 1986; b) the CPA test on my first attempt in 1979 and that helped me become a GAO employee in 1980; c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, and a diploma from Crete-Monee High School in 1966; d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and that helped me become an IRS employee in 1971; and e) the Post Office employment test in 1966 that helped me become a Post Office employee in 1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-standardized-testing-reading-math-grades-20170620-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner calls for unity, House Dems call it campaigning – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-calls-for-unity-house-dems-call-it-campaigning/
— Reilly makes ‘urgent request’ for more Downtown police patrols – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: How much time have you spent in downtown Chicago? I lived there 1974-1978, I worked there during the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1997, and I took graduate business, accounting, and finance courses there 1972-1981 and 1992-1997.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/reilly-makes-urgent-request-for-more-downtown-police-patrols/
— Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia race, thanks Donald Trump – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-race-in-georgia-finally-heads-to-voters-as-d-c-watches-closely/
— Durbin, Duckworth warn Illinois budget impasse will block federal aid – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-duckworth-warn-illinois-budget-impasse-will-block-federal-aide/
— Can attending church really help you live longer? This study says yes  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about churchgoers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on destroying those like me a) who do not pander to them, b) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or c) who refuse to give them money.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/lifestyles/can-attending-church-really-help-you-live-longer-this-study-says-yes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Special session stipends could cost $185,000, but lawmakers must wait – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170621/special-session-could-cost-taxpayers-185000-but-lawmakers-wont-see-checks-soon
— Rauner urges action — and GOP proposal for state budget – Dan McCaleb, Greg Bishop, and Cole Lauterbach
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170620/rauner-urges-action-x2014-and-gop-proposal-for-state-budget
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois official Steve Sandvoss to testify about Russian election hacking – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170620/illinois-official-to-testify-about-russian-election-hacking

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump talk aside, Chicago is getting anti-violence help from the feds – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170620/BLOGS02/170629979/chicago-anti-violence-funds-coming-despite-trump-talk

 

WTTW
— Scott Drury, the Anti-Madigan Democratic Candidate for Governor – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/20/scott-drury-anti-madigan-democratic-candidate-governor

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield among 12 cities to receive federal aid to lower crime – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170620/springfield-among-12-cities-to-receive-federal-aid-to-lower-crime

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Governor Rauner has Harsh Words Before Special Session  He hopes lawmakers will pass a balanced budget – Shane Gustafson
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/governor-rauner-has-harsh-words-before-special-session/746634512
— Business Community Urging Governor Rauner to Sign Trust Act – Pierce Roberson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the business community in Illinois a) wants cheap labor and b) sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/business-community-urging-governor-rauner-to-sign-trust-act/746601411

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Radogno warns of ‘devastating’ results of rejecting budget compromise – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130289-radogno-warns-of-devastating-results-of-rejecting-budget-compromise
— Ives applauds Rauner’s words but rejects tax hike
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130433-ives-applauds-rauner-s-words-but-rejects-tax-hike
— Rauner urges political unity to save the future of Illinois – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130421-rauner-urges-political-unity-to-save-the-future-of-illinois

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Rauner did right by demanding return to Capitol, Righter says – Caitlin Nordahl
http://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511130301-rauner-did-right-by-demanding-return-to-capitol-righter-says

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage to vote on Glaser-Sapyta lawsuit dismissal – $0 – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/college-of-dupage-to-vote-on-glaser-sapyta-lawsuit-dismissal-0/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Abortion is What Planned Parenthood Does – Eric Metaxas
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/abortion-planned-parenthood/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RHOADS: WHEN DIVERSITY IS A CODE WORD FOR COERCION  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/when-diversity-is-a-code-word-for-coercion.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— WSJ says Rauner is capitulating, calls him “Governor Junk”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/21/wsj-says-rauner-is-capitulating-calls-him-governor-junk/
— What the Republicans want you to see  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I should NOT include links to anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails unless I get their specific authorization.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/21/what-the-republicans-want-you-to-see/

 

GOPUSA
— CBS News anchor Scott Pelley asks if GOP shooting was ‘self-inflicted’  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all my problems are self-inflicted.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that because of problems that I inflicted on myself, I am a) no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) no longer a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) no longer the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) no longer an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) no longer an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, f) no longer a GAO employee, and g) no longer etc.  My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they use their clout to destroy those like me a) who do not pander to them, b) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or c) who refuse to give them money.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26094

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— HOW WE CAN START TAKING BACK OUR COUNTRY – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/how-we-can-start-taking-back-our-country/

 

THE HILL
— McCain: No American has seen healthcare bill, but I’m sure Russia has – MAX GREENWOOD  (DIERSEN: If you are Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, a) how good a job do the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations and the Illinois Republican Party do in keeping you up to date on relevant government/political news/commentary and b) how often do they seek your input?)
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/338633-mccain-no-american-has-seen-healthcare-bill-but-im-sure-russia-has

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— FBI: Gunman Acted Alone in Shooting of Congressman
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-06-21/fbi-to-detail-findings-on-congressional-baseball-shooting
— Donald Trump thanks students whose yearbooks were altered
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/35712063/donald-trump-thanks-students-whose-yearbooks-were-altered

 

ABC NEWS
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger shares ‘hateful, vitriolic’ messages he received following Alexandria shooting – DAVID CAPLAN
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-adam-kinzinger-shares-hateful-vitriolic-messages-received/story

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Health Care of Millions Depends on a Few Senators – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are undeservedly filthy rich, and therefore, Republicans should pay for everyone’s health care.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/opinion/health-care-bill-senate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/europe/russia-gay-propaganda.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Some States Beat Supreme Court to Punch on Eliminating Gerrymanders – THOMAS FULLER and MICHAEL WINES
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/us/politics/some-states-beat-supreme-court-to-punch-on-eliminating-gerrymanders.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Illinois Capitulation  Gov. Bruce Rauner cries uncle on taxes and economic reform. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-illinois-capitulation-1498000268
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: The End of Car Ownership – Tim Higgins (DIERSEN: The cars that you own/owed say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.  I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.  I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-car-ownership-1498011001
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Workers’ Motivation Is Fueled By Family – Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government saw it this way: The more dependents that you have, the more desperate that you are for money, and therefore, the easier it would be for them to manipulate/dominate you. Based on what was in the February 1978 Money Magazine article on my wife and I, my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors fully expected us to a) have children, b) adopt, and/or c) become foster parents. They became increasingly furious when we did not do any of the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/
— Rise Above Your Awful Commute  As mass transit delays and complaints rise in several cities, veteran commuters and other experts have tips for staying calm – Sue Shellenbarger  (DIERSEN: I rode mass transit to/from work and/or school during the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1997. I used that time to read newspapers and/or do homework.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rise-above-your-awful-commute-1497975204

 

WASHINGTON POST
— FBI says gunman in GOP baseball shooting had storage locker in Virginia with more than 200 rounds of ammunition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/06/21/fbi-says-gunman-in-gop-baseball-shooting-had-storage-locker-in-virginia-with-more-than-200-rounds-of-ammunition/
— In just one year, nearly 1.3 million Americans needed hospital care for opioid-related issues – Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating  (DIERSEN: Who pushes opioids in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/20/in-just-one-year-nearly-1-3-million-americans-needed-hospital-care-for-opioid-related-issues/

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Google wants to help you find a job – Edward C. Baig  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want employees who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2017/06/20/how-find-job-through-google/103019930/

 

MORNING CONSULT
— Opposition to AHCA Has Doubled Among GOP Voters Since April – JON REID (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are undeservedly filthy rich, and therefore, Republicans should pay for everyone’s health care.)
https://morningconsult.com/2017/06/21/opposition-ahca-doubled-among-gop-voters-since-april/

June 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Governor Rauner gives address focused on unity, budget – Eric Horng and Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/governor-rauner-gives-address-focused-on-unity-budget/2124059/

 

NBC5
— Gov. Rauner Addresses Illinois Day Before Special Session – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Gov-Rauner-to-Address-Illinois-One-Day-Before-Special-Session-429692643.html

 

CBS2
— On Eve Of Special Session, Pressure Mounts For Bipartisan State Budget – Jim Williams
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/20/on-eve-of-special-session-pressure-mounts-for-bipartisan-state-budget/

 

WGN TV
— Rauner urges lawmakers to end ‘unnecessary’ budget impasse – AP
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/20/rauner-urges-lawmakers-to-end-unnecessary-budget-impasse/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In speech, Rauner urges lawmakers to ‘do what is right’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/in-speech-rauner-urges-lawmakers-to-do-what-is-right/
— Ten days of bad news for 10 days of a Springfield special session – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/ten-days-of-bad-news-for-10-days-of-a-springfield-special-session/
— Living in Illinois teaches people to hate government – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/living-in-illinois-teaches-people-to-hate-government/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel takes CPS graduation plan, and Rauner criticism, to a national audience – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-dc-speech-0620-met-20170620-story.html
— Bill Daley: Rauner can’t be re-elected without a budget deal – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-bill-daley-on-rauner-0621-chicago-inc-20170620-story.html
— Evanston residents petition to leave Skokie Park District, claim ‘double-taxation’ – Mike Isaacs
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/news/ct-skr-park-district-disconnect-petition-tl-0622-20170619-story.html
— Democrats are left wondering if Rauner is trying to intimidate them – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-miller-column-st-0621-20170620-story.html
— Four seek McAsey’s seat – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-four-seek-mcasey-seat-st-0621-20170620-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage forest district employee Ed Stevenson named new leader – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170620/dupage-forest-district-employee-named-new-leader
— WASHINGTON: GOP leaders exclude most lawmakers from secret tax talks – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170620/news/306209859/
— COD board to vote on settlement with two former administrators – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170620/cod-board-to-vote-on-settlement-with-two-former-administrators
— TRAGIC: St. Charles aldermen favor expanded alcohol sales in city – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170620/st-charles-aldermen-favor-expanded-alcohol-sales-in-city

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— No buyers for Chicago school bonds causes rates to hit 9% – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170620/NEWS13/170629975/no-buyers-for-chicago-school-bonds-causes-rates-to-hit-9

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner calls for unity ahead of special session – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170620/rauner-calls-for-unity-ahead-of-special-session
— Full text: Gov. Rauner’s special session address and reaction
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170620/full-text-gov-rauners-special-session-address-and-reaction

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Davis shares strong words for Congressional shooter
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-davis-shares-strong-words-for-congressional-shooter

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Food Bank: ‘Cuts to SNAP Would Hurt State Economy’ – CASS HERRINGTON
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/illinois-food-bank-cuts-snap-would-hurt-state-economy#stream/0

 

TIMES
— SALMAGUNDI: Even charity gambling needs regulation – Scott T. Holland
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/salmagundi-even-charity-gambling-needs-regulation/article_c06b91f3-a94c-5d4d-8b21-91c3ff338909.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch IPI’s Dabrowski show Gov. Rauner & Speaker Madigan how to balance the IL budget w no new taxes – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/06/watch-ipis-dabrowski-show-gov-rauner-speaker-madigan-how-to-balance-the-il-budget-w-no-new-taxes-cableweb/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Sen. Bill Brady On Impasse And Special Session – SEAN CRAWFORD
http://nprillinois.org/post/sen-bill-brady-impasse-and-special-session#stream/0

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois Policy writer: Old guard throws barbs as new media grabs awards – Karen Kidd
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511126210-illinois-policy-writer-old-guard-throws-barbs-as-new-media-grabs-awards

 

BGA
— ILLINOIS IS BROKE. WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT LAWMAKERS’ SPECIAL SESSION – Jose Sanchez
http://www.bettergov.org/news/illinois-is-broke-why-you-should-care-about-lawmakers-special-session

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Board of Elections refuses to answer Mautino Complaint – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/state-board-of-elections-refuses-to-answer-mautino-complaint/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Gov. Rauner’s “unity” address
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/20/live-coverage-gov-rauners-unity-address/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senator calls college president ‘unfit’ for canceling conservative speakers on campus – Alex Swoyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/20/senator-college-prez-unfit-cancel-conservatives/

 

GOPUSA
— St. Louis finishes high — on ‘worst place to live’ list
http://www.gopusa.com/st-louis-finishes-high-on-worst-place-to-live-list/

 

BREITBART
— St. Louis Cardinals Refuse to Bow to LGBT Demands to Punish Christians – WARNER TODD HUSTON  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that have bowed to demands from by critics/opponents to punish me.  I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/06/19/st-louis-cardinals-refuse-bow-lgbt-demands-punish-christians/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A look at Illinois’ budget mess as lawmakers head to Capitol – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/a-look-at-illinois-budget-mess-as-lawmakers-head-to-capitol/2017/06/20/fb03db40-55d8-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Anger Runs High on Both Sides of the Trump Divide
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2017/anger_runs_high_on_both_sides_of_the_trump_divide

June 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Springfield, you’ve got 10 days. Do it in less. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-budget-special-session-madigan-edit-20170618-story.html
— Why it’s foolish not to appeal your property tax assessment – Eric Zorn  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the assessment history of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton and related litigation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-property-tax-appeals-appalling-zorn-perspec-0618-md-20170617-column.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In front page top of fold editorials with a big color picture unethically made to look like news articles, anti-Trumps promote Islam big time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-ramadan-big-for-naperville-restaurants-st-0618-20170616-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-islamic-center-naperville-ramadan-st-0618-20170617-story.html
— New poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban centers – Jose A. Delreal and Scott Clement  (DIERSEN: What is your connection with rural America?  During the 1950s, I spend a lot of time during the summers at my mother’s parents’ farm in Grant Park on the Indiana border.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-rural-americans-poll-urban-divide-20170617-story.html
— Chicago’s first murder — ‘bad blood’ and a butcher’s knife on the American frontier – Colleen Connolly  (DIERSEN: My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated to Chicago from what is now Germany in 1844.  They worked in a brick factory until they homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete in 1854.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-first-murder-kinzie-la-lime-20170616-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Privatize air traffic control, watch efficiency soar – John Stossel  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.  Libertarians and Libertarian plants demonize, denigrate, and condemn government, government employees, and government retirees, and especially the federal government, federal employees, and federal retirees.  I should write a book about my Libertarian and Libertarian plant critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They have always worked very hard against me above the table and under the table.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/privatize-air-traffic-control-and-fly-right/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Where can you afford a two-bedroom apartment on minimum wage? Nowhere in U.S. – Tracy Jan  (DIERSEN: If you ever worked for the minimum wage, when, how old were you, and what did you do with the money that you earned?  I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966 in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights when I was 16 and 17 years old.  I used the money that earned to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to commute to/from classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170618/where-can-you-afford-a-two-bedroom-apartment-on-minimum-wage-nowhere-in-us

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Governor candidate Biss is a traitor, say private-equity investors – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170617/ISSUE01/170619894/illinois-private-equity-turns-against-biss-over-privilege-tax

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois’ future dimmed by keeping the status quo – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170617/our-view-illinois-future-dimmed-by-keeping-status-quo
— LaHood hopes unity that grew from tragedy lasts – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170617/bernard-schoenburg-lahood-hopes-unity-that-grew-from-tragedy-lasts
— It’s that special (session) time of year – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170617/statehouse-insider-its-that-special-session-time-of-year

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Fear and loathing rattle Statehouse – Rich Miller
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-06-18/rich-millercapitol-fax-fear-and-loathing-rattle-statehouse.html
— Get ‘er done – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-18/get-er-done.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘Democracy In Chains’ Traces The Rise Of American Libertarianism – Editorial (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.  Libertarians and Libertarian plants demonize, denigrate, and condemn government, government employees, and government retirees, and especially the federal government, federal employees, and federal retirees.  I should write a book about my Libertarian and Libertarian plant critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They have always worked very hard against me above the table and under the table.
http://nprillinois.org/post/democracy-chains-traces-rise-american-libertarianism#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, criticizes capital spending bill, calls projects ‘earmarks,’ ‘wasteful’ – Dan McCaleb and Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmaker-criticizes-capital-spending-bill-calls-projects-earmarks-wasteful/article_cb32189e-537d-11e7-8343-3f66fe000969.html
— Are GOP reforms enough to justify $5.4 billion tax hike? – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/are-gop-reforms-enough-to-justify-billion-tax-hike/article_f3c05916-52b9-11e7-ab49-0f67e87e784f.html

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— HUMOR: Illinois Democrat Sponsors Bill to Kill all White Puppies in State Because They Have White Privilege – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/06/17/illinois-democrat-sponsors-bill-kill-white-puppies-state-white-privilege/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois taxpayers fund golden parachute form NIU president resigning amid scandal investigation – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/illinois_taxpayers_fund_golden_parachute_form_university_president_resigning_amid_scandal_investigation.html

 

POLITICO
— Davis calls baseball shooting ‘political terrorism’ – HANNA TRUDO
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/18/congress-baseball-shooting-davis-scalise-239677

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How ‘Snowflake’ Became America’s Inescapable Tough-Guy Taunt – AMANDA HESS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would call me a snowflake a) because I avoided the draft and b) because I have never engaged in aggressive sports.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/magazine/how-snowflake-became-americas-inescapable-tough-guy-taunt.html
— I’m O.K. — You’re Pure Evil – Frank Bruni  (DIERSEN: Those who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being evil stress that I am a Trump supporter; baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran; conservative; Republican; American; White; male; old (68); non-poor; gun owner; 100% German American; draft avoider; ancestors have been in America since 1844; federal retiree since 1997; former union member; childless and pet-less; American-nameplate car owner; and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/im-ok-youre-pure-evil.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want America to pander to foreign countries and to their citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/allies-start-planning-a-life-without-america.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/is-pride-still-for-queer-people-like-me.html
— Why Are So Many Young Voters Falling for Old Socialists? – SARAH LEONARD  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government and on charity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/sunday/sanders-corbyn-socialsts.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks, “Does Trump Embarrass You?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/sunday/does-trump-embarrass-you.html
— Liberals in Strange Places – Seth Stephens-Davidowitz  (DIERSEN: How many in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America want Trump to be impeached?  Why do the aforesaid live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/opinion/sunday/liberals-in-strange-places.html
— Rooting for Scalise Through Hospital Ordeal: His 3 Capitol Roommates – KATIE ROGERS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/politics/scalise-paulsen-brady-shimkus-washington.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The initial report about his injury was a little Pollyannaish,” Mr. Shimkus said. “It’s going to be a tough rest of the year for us.” His roommates said the home they share, about a mile and a half from the Capitol in southwest Washington, had offered a bit of solace during a week marked by violence. Their living arrangement, complete with scuffed-up furniture, children’s toys and baseball photos on the wall, continues the Washington tradition of lawmakers who have decided to split the bill on an affordable, collegelike crash pad where they can spend a few days a week with like-minded colleagues. (Mr. Shimkus bought the home 15 years ago, and they split the mortgage costs, an amount they would not disclose, four ways.) Their shared politics help: Policy discussions tend to creep up amid viewings of the western movie “Tombstone” or of endless sports coverage on ESPN, Mr. Shimkus said. But a love of baseball is what has drawn these colleagues together. Mr. Scalise, 51, who is popular in his heavily Republican district and has been a Trump supporter, has been known as the night owl of the group, still able to wake up for practice and be out the door within minutes. “You’ve got three boring guys and one guy who’s kind of lively,” Mr. Shimkus said. “It’s been really quiet.” In the days since the shooting, they said, life has been a blur of hospital visits, phone calls and, of course, the bright lights of a ballgame, this city’s last best attempt at bipartisan showmanship. The game included a prayer at second base in honor of Mr. Scalise, and staff members wore T-shirts emblazoned with a photo of the four congressmen, taken at a game years ago. “With my roomies @RepShimkus @RepKevinBrady supporting @SteveScalise at congressional baseball game & pray for his recovery,” Mr. Paulsen tweeted on Thursday, posting a photo of him and his housemates wearing mismatched jerseys and yellow Louisiana State University hats, a tribute to Mr. Scalise’s alma mater. . .“The vitriol and the debate has gone so far to the extreme,” Mr. Shimkus said. “Compromise, which is the essence of public policy and passing laws, has been disparaged by extremes on both sides.”)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress is considering a bill that would expand Jeff Sessions’s power to escalate the war on drugs – Christopher Ingraham  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries push illegal/addictive/destructive drugs and/or other vices in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/16/congress-is-considering-a-bill-that-would-expand-jeff-sessions-power-to-escalate-the-war-on-drugs/

 

USA TODAY
— APRIL 27, 2017 FLASHBACK: IVF: How to pay for an expensive and emotional process – Emily Starbuck Crone  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized, denigrated, condemned, and punished me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran. Of course, since the 1970s, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my childlessness against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/04/27/ivf-how-pay-expensive-and-emotional-process/100961654/

 

BLOOMBERG
— The U.S. is where the rich are the richest – Ben Steverman  (DIERSEN: What do those who have more money than you have think of you?  I should write a book about those who look down on me because I have less money than they have.  What do those who have less money than you have think of you? I should write a book about those who look down on me because I have more money than they have.)
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/the-u-s-is-where-the-rich-are-the-richest/article_da981ed1-f07d-5855-aae6-ec1f09712aff.html

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Pension, G Fund Used to Avoid Government Default – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/18/federal-employee-pension-g-fund-used-avoid-government-default/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Fatherhood Still Seen as Man’s Most Important Role  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized, denigrated, condemned, and punished me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.  Of course, since the 1970s, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my childlessness against me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/june_2017/fatherhood_still_seen_as_man_s_most_important_role

 

RAW STORY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Count me out: Conservative staffers have no desire to work for ‘radioactive’ Trump administration.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/count-me-out-conservative-staffers-have-no-desire-to-work-for-radioactive-trump-administration/

June 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nybo urges lawmaker support of introduced ‘Capitol Compromise’ budget proposal – Tim Bryers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-nybo-urges-lawmaker-support-of-introduced-ca-2017-06-15-story.html
— Day after shooting, members of Congress step up to plate – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-congressional-baseball-game-illinois-met-0616-20170615-story.html
— Bipartisan baseball: Dems best GOP, give trophy to wounded Scalise – Erica Werner and Kevin Freking
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congressional-baseball-game-20170615-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Cook County to stop prosecuting some traffic offenses because it lacks resources, Foxx’s office says – Megan Crepeau
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-states-attorney-traffic-offense-prosecution-20170615-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump’s tweets are accelerating his own political death spiral.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-tweets-investigation-rosenstein-20170616-story.html
— Will County officials discuss freight, heroin during DC trip – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-dc-trip-st-0614-20170615-story.html
— Emanuel friend, alderman’s husband both illegally lobbied mayor via his personal email, ethics board finds – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Should they register as lobbyists?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-lobbying-violations-met-0616-20170616-story.html
— Todd Stroger among city employees who didn’t file ethics statement on time
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-friday-edition-20170615-story.html
— Facebook page of Virginia shooter’s wife becomes heated public battleground – Leonor Vivanco
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-james-hodgkinson-wife-facebook-page-met-20170615-story.html
— OPRF principal, assistant wrestling coach reprimanded after investigation into off-campus incident – Steve Schering
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-sex-misconduct-punishment-tl-0608-20170616-story.html
— District 128 officials turn themselves in on perjury charges – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-school-perjury-bail-st-0616-20170615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel donor and alderman’s husband face fines for improper lobbying – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Should they register as lobbyists?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-donor-and-aldermans-husband-face-fines-for-improper-lobbying/

— Madigan: Emanuel ‘scared’ of federal oversight of CPD, but door open – Fran Spielman

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-emanuel-scared-of-federal-oversight-of-cpd-but-door-open/
— Union group offers details of potential bid for Sun-Times – Mitch Dudek  (DIERSEN: If sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years (almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS). Virtually all of my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being vicious union haters.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/union-group-offers-details-of-potential-bid-for-sun-times/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cullerton: No stopgap budget will pass Senate – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/cullerton-no-stopgap-budget-will-pass-senate
— Outgoing NIU president to get $600,000 severance deal – AP  (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors did not offer me any kind of “deal” to get me to take their early retirement “offer.” Instead, they threatened to constructively demote me and make the rest of my GAO career a living hell.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, a veteran, or if GAO had been unionized.  GAO did not unionize until 2007.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170616/news/306169952/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Northern Illinois University will pay President Doug Baker about $600,000 plus benefits when he steps down later this month. Baker announced Thursday that he is resigning in the wake of a state investigation accusing him and other administrators of mismanagement when it comes to hiring consultants. Later that day trustees emerged from a nearly seven-hour closed session to announce his severance arrangement. Under the deal Baker will receive a full year’s salary of $450,000 and $137,000 to not serve as a member of the College of Business faculty.)
— Indicted Libertyville school officials turn selves in – Ellen Mauer
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/indicted-libertyville-school-officials-turn-selves-in
— District 59 residents blame low home values on test scores – Chacour Koop  (DIERSEN: How high/low are the test scores in the school districts that your home is in?  What drives those scores up/down in the school districts that your home is in?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170616/district-59-residents-blame-low-home-values-on-test-scores
— Leftward shift would be a disaster for Democrats – Steven & Cokie Roberts (DIERSEN: In Illinois, ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on destroying and/or driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170616/leftward-shift-would-be-recipe-for-disaster
— Trump acknowledges he’s being investigated – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors were always investigating me a) because I had not become a Democrat, b) because I had not painted myself as being a yes-man, c) because I had not helped my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) because I had complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170616/news/306169949/

 

CBS2
— Groups Anticipate Gov. Rauner Will Sign Anti-Hate Measure – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following groups that you are a member of, the more that anti-Trumps paint you as being a hater: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/15/groups-anticipate-gov-rauner-will-sign-anti-hate-measure/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s ends longtime Olympics partnership – JESSICA WOHL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170616/NEWS06/170619916

— Who’s best suited to oversee Chicago police reform? Lisa Madigan, that’s who. – MATT TOPIC
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170616/OPINION/170619932

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local leaders brainstorming ways of attacking opioid use – Dean Olsen  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America focus on promoting destructive/illegal behavior?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170615/local-leaders-brainstorming-ways-of-attacking-opioid-use

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legislators headed back to Springfield next week for special session – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-16/legislators-headed-back-springfield-next-week-special-session.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In the fight to reform funding, Illinois ‘school districts are pawns in a serious political game’ – Pam Adams
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170615/in-fight-to-reform-funding-iilinois-school-districts-are-pawns-in-serious-political-game

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rep. Steve Scalise is a Roommate of Southern Illinois Congressman John Shimkus – JENNIFER FULLER
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rep-steve-scalise-roommate-southern-illinois-congressman#stream/0

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Calls For Compromise As GOP Attacks – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-calls-compromise-gop-attacks#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Trump to announce plan to stop cash flow to Cuban military – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35679105/trump-to-announce-plan-to-stop-cash-flow-to-cuban-military

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Before Scalise shooting, Wagner had reported five death threats to Capitol Police – Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/before-scalise-shooting-wagner-had-reported-five-death-threats-to/article_6b44a6fa-f0ea-5b1d-a680-459493807022.html

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Should We Be Worried About Milwaukee’s Attempt to Lure Us Up North?  Our northern neighbors want to win Chicagoans’ hearts—really, really bad. – ROD O’CONNOR  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly the Democrats who run Illinois focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who focus on driving me out of my precinct, out of Wheaton’s West District, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois. They would love it.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2017/Milwaukee-vs-Chicago/

 

DAILY LEGAL NEWS
— High Court: Police removal of Occupy Chicago protesters was constitutional
https://www.isba.org/dailylegalnews/2017-06-16/highcourtpoliceremovalofoccupychica

 

ILLINOIS 21TH SHOW
— Sen. Dick Durbin: Alleged Congressional Shooter James T. Hodgkinson Emailed Office For Past 8 Years – NIALA BOODHOO, SEAN NEUMANN AND ALAN MONTECILLO
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/program/sen.-dick-durbin-alleged-congressional-shooter-james-t.-hodgkinson-emailed

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 7 REASONS THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS’ BUDGET PLAN FAILS TAXPAYERS – Craig Lesner and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/7-reasons-the-illinois-republicans-budget-plan-fails-taxpayers/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? CELEBRATING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BIRTHDAY ON FLAG DAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/wheres-weyermuller-celebrating-president-trumps-birthday-on-flag-day.html

 

GOPUSA
— MSNBC’s Ratings Lead to Blood – Cliff Kincaid
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25902

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pelosi: ‘Outrageous’ for Republicans to blame Democrats for heated rhetoric – Sally Persons
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/nancy-pelosi-outrageous-republicans-blame-democrat/
— Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game – Stephen Dinan  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those “congressional staffers” should be immediately terminated.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/congressional-staffers-boo-trump-unity-baseball-ga/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rep. Mark Sanford, South Carolina Republican, sides with the anti-Trumps.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/mark-sanford-donald-trump-partially-blame-heated-r/

 

JOHN BIVER
— D.C. Shooter a Fan of the Southern Poverty Law Center
http://johnbiver.com/d-c-shooter-fan-southern-poverty-law-center/

 

DAILY CALLER
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Administration Rescinds Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents Amnesty Program – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always badmouthed my parents and the rest of my ancestors.  But none of them came to America illegally, none of them stayed in America illegally, and none of them brought others to America illegally.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/promise-kept-trump-admin-rescinds-dapa-amnesty-program/
— ESPN Host Says NFL Injects Politics ‘By Playing The National Anthem’ – KENT STROBL  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are taking over sports in America: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/espn-host-says-nfl-injects-politics-by-playing-the-national-anthem-video/

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump just revoked an Obama amnesty program for illegal aliens – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always badmouthed my parents and the rest of my ancestors.  But none of them came to America illegally, none of them stayed in America illegally, and none of them brought others to America illegally.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/16/trump-just-revoked-an-obama-amnesty-program-for-illegal-aliens/
— Pelosi falls back into partisan rhetoric, blames Fox News for GOP baseball shooting – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/15/pelosi-falls-back-into-partisan-rhetoric-blames-fox-news-for-gop-baseball-shooting/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ‘PROOF POSITIVE OF TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME’  Bachmann blames assassination attempt of GOP lawmakers on ‘ravings of ‘lunatic left’ – GARTH KANT
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/proof-positive-of-trump-derangement-syndrome/

 

HOT AIR
— Hey, One Left-Wing Gunman Doesn’t Make A Movement – MICHAEL TOMASKY
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2017/06/15/hey-one-left-wing-gunman-doesnt-make-a-movement/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— News website Fusion calls Steve Scalise ‘bigoted homophobe’ as he lies in critical condition
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news-website-fusion-calls-steve-scalise-bigoted-homophobe-as-he-lies-in-critical-condition/article/2626204

 

POLITICO
— Trump won’t alter status of current Dreamers  Work permits won’t be canceled, but 2014 Obama immigration moves that were iced by courts are revoked. – JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/15/trump-immigration-dreamers-status-239621
— Trump’s new NY HUD director planned Eric Trump’s wedding, has no housing experience – JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER, and DANIEL LIPPMAN  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS.  After working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, I transferred to GAO. During the first 6 years and the last 9 years of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, my Democrat superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS, that is, they wasted my knowledge of IRS. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, they would not have done that.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/06/16/ny-daily-news-trumps-new-ny-hud-director-planned-eric-trumps-wedding-has-no-housing-experience-dems-drub-gop-at-baseball-game-a-record-24-959-tickets-sold-pence-hires-mcguirewoods-cullen-bday-bres-220870
(FROM THE ARTICLE: THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: “President Trump chooses inexperienced woman who planned his son Eric’s wedding to run N.Y. federal housing programs,” by Greg Smith: “She’s arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses, served as the liaison to the Trump family during his presidential campaign, and even arranged Eric Trump’s wedding. Now President Trump has appointed longtime loyalist Lynne Patton — who has zero housing experience and claims a law degree the school says she never earned — to run the office that oversees federal housing programs in New York.)

 

CNN
— New gun control action after congressional shooting? Don’t bet on it – Gregory Krieg
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/15/politics/steve-scalise-baseball-shooting-gun-control/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Allow ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S., Reversing Campaign Promise – MICHAEL D. SHEAR  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will use this as a mandate to accelerate their efforts to get rid individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that at Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/trump-will-allow-dreamers-to-stay-in-us-reversing-campaign-promise.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— America’s new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t – William Wan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/americas-new-tobacco-crisis-the-rich-stopped-smoking-the-poor-didnt/2017/06/13/a63b42ba-4c8c-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California: John Cox, GOP candidate for governor, gives himself another $2 million – Phil Wilson
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-john-cox-gop-candidate-for-governor-1497565104-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Believers Need Not Apply – Sohrab Ahmari (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois post signs that say members of the following groups “need not apply:” Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalism-believers-need-not-apply-1497570751

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook taps artificial intelligence in new push to block terrorist propaganda – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of propaganda. My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say “the platform is the problem” and they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/15/facebook-using-artificial-intelligence-to-crack-down-on-terrorism/102887032/
— Technology start-ups founded by women hire more women – Rachel Sandler  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, GAO will be the first federal agency in which 100% of its employees are Democrat AND ALSO minority, female, under age 40, and/or veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/06/14/technology-start-ups-founded-women-hire-more-women-study-finds/102861592/

 

STANDARD EXAMINER
— An attack on a lawmaker — an attack on our way of life – Editorial
http://www.standard.net/Our-View/2017/06/15/Steve-Scalise-Louisiana-Republicans-James-Hodgkinson-Illinois-Gabrielle-Giffords-Arizona-gun-violence-editorial-1.html

 

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— When Leaders Are Hired for Talent but Fired for Not Fitting In – Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Clarke Murphy  (DIERSEN: How could you have “fit in” better where you worked?  I would have fit in better if I a) had become a Democrat, b) had painted myself as being a yes-man, c) had helped my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) had not complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://hbr.org/2017/06/when-leaders-are-hired-for-talent-but-fired-for-not-fitting-in
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Understand their own organizational culture: Knowing a leader’s motives and values is pointless unless organizations are also able to decode their own culture. Sadly, most organizations underestimate the importance of accurately profiling their culture so they end up relying on intuitive and unrealistic ideas that say more about what they would like to be than what they actually are. This is why a large number of companies today describe themselves as “entrepreneurial,” “innovative,” “results-oriented,” or “diverse,” even when their own employees perceive a very different type of culture. Well-designed climate surveys, which crowdsource people’s views and experiences of the organizational culture, are a much better indicator of a company’s true values than the aspirational competencies curated by senior executives.)

 

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump signs executive order to roughly double to $200 million the taxpayer money spent on learn-to-earn programs. What did you do to “learn-to-earn?”  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/watch-live-trump-expected-sign-executive-order-apprenticeships/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— 100 House Democrats voice opposition to Trump’s proposed federal retirement cuts – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as someone who was in line for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1966 when I was 18 and who has been getting a CSRS pension since 1997 when I was 49.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/congress/2017/06/100-house-democrats-voice-opposition-to-trumps-proposed-federal-retirement-cuts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “These are highly skilled and dedicated public servants,” members of Congress wrote. “Taking their pensions away and gutting their pay would have the effect of pushing those skilled people out of the civil service and impairing the recruitment of new talent.” . . . But these proposals are particularly offensive, lawmakers said, because they would impact current and future retirees, not just prospective federal employees. “This breaks a promise to current federal employees and retirees,” they wrote. “We should not alter policies that families have planned their lives around, particularly when it affects current retirees with limited ability to make up for unforeseen reductions in expected income.” Several federal employee unions and organizations have adamantly voiced their own concerns over the president’s retirement proposals. “In exchange for years of hard work over long careers, our government made a commitment to middle-class federal and postal workers in the form of modest federal pensions in retirement,” the coalition said. “Those pensions are not gifts; they were earned. Diminishing their value in any way for current employees and retirees fails to honor the commitments made to our public servants.”)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Democrats Pen Letter Blasting Proposed Federal Retirement Cuts – Erich Wagner  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as someone who was in line for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1966 when I was 18 and who has been getting a CSRS pension since 1997 when I was 49.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/06/house-democrats-pen-letter-blasting-proposed-fed-retirement-cuts/138737/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Rooted in Their Communities, Local Newspapers are Still Optimistic – Tim Gallagher  (DIERSEN: Tragically, no newspaper in rooted in Wheaton.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-rooted-in-their-communities-local-newspapers-are-still-optimistic/

June 14 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL CONGRESSMAN DAVIS AT BAT WHEN SHOOTING STARTED; SHOOTER FROM BELLEVILLE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/il-congressman-davis-at-bat-when-shooting-started-shooter-possibly-from-belleville.html
— BELLEVILLE MAN WAS A SANDERS SUPPORTER, TRUMP HATER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/update-belleville-man-was-a-sanders-supporter-trump-hater.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? WITH 2000 PATRIOTS AT WALSH FREEDOM BBQ 2017
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/wheres-weyermuller-with-2000-patriots-at-walsh-freedom-bbq-2017.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Congressional shooter is from Belleville
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/14/report-congressional-shooter-is-from-belleville/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Alexandria Shooter James Hodgkinson, Belleville, IL – Facebook Groups – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/alexandria-shooter-james-hodgkinson-belleville-il-facebook-groups/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Heavy.com is reporting James T. Hodgkinson from Belleville, Illinois as the named shooter in the Alexandria, VA mass shooting of Republicans as they were practicing for a baseball game. We have captured the list of Facebook Groups he was a member of, and it is quite interesting – here are some of the more disturbing-looking ones:

 

The road to hell is paved with Republicans
Democrats are Welcome
Rachel Maddow for President 2020
Bernie Sanders for President 2020
Join the Resistance Worldwide
Donald Trump is not my President
Terminate the Republican Party
President Bernie Sanders
BERN ON #theRevolutionContinues
Illinois Berners United to Resist Trump
Americans Against Fox News
Boycott the Republican Party)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rodney Davis: “I never thought I’d go to baseball practice and get shot at” – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-safe-rodney-davis-at-practice-during-shooting/
— Suspect in shooting at congressional baseball practice has died
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-majority-whip-shot-at-congressional-baseball-practice/amp/
— More than a third of suburbs nix Cook wage hike, sick leave – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/more-than-a-third-of-suburbs-nix-cook-wage-hike-sick-leave/
— Congressional Democrats sue Trump over foreign payments – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/congressional-democrats-sue-trump-over-foreign-payments/
— Home-buying incentive for police officers sails through committee – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was 25, when IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $79,563/year) Revenue Officer job in its Loop office, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building and walked to work and to graduate business classes at Loyola.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/home-buying-incentive-for-police-officers-sails-through-committee/
— Black Lives Matter lawsuit seeks federal court oversight of CPD – Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-lives-matter-lawsuit-seeks-federal-court-oversight-of-cpd/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois’ Davis was in batter’s box when congressional shooting happened – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/illinois-davis-was-in-batters-box-when-congressional-shooting-happened
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND COLOR GRAPHIC: How suburban assessors discovered hundreds of illegal exemptions – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/how-suburban-assessors-discovered-hundreds-of-illegal-exemptions
— OUTSTANDING: Geneva favors raising fine for marijuana possession – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170613/news/170619720/
— TRAGIC: Schaumburg allows requests for tattoo businesses – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/schaumburg-allows-requests-for-tattoo-businesses
— Elk Grove Park District commissioner arrested, accused of striking parks employee – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/elk-grove-park-district-commissioner-arrested-accused-of-striking-parks-employee
— Popular Bloomingdale musician faces federal child porn charges – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/popular-bloomingdale-musician-faces-federal-child-porn-charges
— In lawsuit, Elburn company claims Facebook page secretly favors advertisers – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/in-lawsuit-elburn-company-claims-facebook-page-secretly-favors-advertisers

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner ‘special guest’ at $10,000 Illinois Republican Party fundraiser – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I give little or no money to the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee or Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, or America and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that “money is all that matters.”  In my defense, I give the aforesaid a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising. Since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 272,600 articles of interest to Illinois Republicans and information on many upcoming events.  GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year.  I spend about an hour putting the emails together and sending them out for every six articles in the emails, that is, since 2004, I have spent about 45,400 hours doing that, that is, at $100/hour, I have made in-kind donations to the aforesaid worth about $4,543,100.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-republican-party-fundraiser-20170613-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party is holding a Monday night fundraiser featuring all seven members of the state’s GOP delegation to the U.S. House plus what organizers are calling a “special guest” in Gov. Bruce Rauner. The event is called “Cocktails with the Congressmen” and tickets start at $100 per person, with $10,000 required to play “host” at the Rosemont outpost of Gene & Georgetti. Those paying $2,500 or more per person will gain access to a special hourlong reception prior to the general reception cattle call. Along with Rauner, scheduled to attend are Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam of Wheaton, Randy Hultgren of Plano, Adam Kinzinger of Channahon, Rodney Davis of Taylorville, John Shimkus of Collinsville, Darin LaHood of Peoria and Mike Bost of Murphysboro. Rauner has almost singlehandedly revived the Illinois Republican Party as a political force, largely through his own wallet. Rauner and his campaign fund have given the state GOP at least 72 percent of the $42.5 million it has raised since he took office as governor.)
— Area elected officials press Rauner to move ahead on airport – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-third-airport-rauner-st-0614-20170613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Safeguarding science from Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-science-research-budget-trump-edit-md-20170613-story.html
— Taking a break from the news – Garrison Keillor  (DIERSEN: As your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have never taken a break from the news and I never will.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-news-keillor-20170614-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clarence Page insults Donald Trump and Donald Trump’s supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-ignorance-ryan-comey-page-perspec-0614-md-20170613-story.html
— The mess in Venezuela didn’t happen overnight. Here’s how two successive presidents chipped away at democracy – Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-venezuela-democracy-2017-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attacks on news media  In 2007, Chavez refused to renew the broadcasting license of RCTV, the most widely followed anti-government station, forcing it to shut down and sparking nationwide protests. Since then, an estimated 300 independent small-town radio stations have either been shut down or forced to change to government-friendly formats, according to Marcelino Bisbal, a professor at Andres Bello Catholic University. Globovision, the last television station to broadcast anti-government editorials, was forced to sell in 2013 after owners complained of mounting government fines and political harassment. The new owners are businessmen with ties to Maduro. CNN, El Tiempo TV, NTN24 and other Spanish language cable channels that have criticized the government have been banned from broadcasting in Venezuela. Maduro halted TV broadcasts of National Assembly sessions last year after the opposition won majority control. In 2014, the largest daily newspaper, El Universal, was forced to sell to a government-friendly owner group.)
— Ethics board finds two more lobbying violations tied to Emanuel emails – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: Who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby the aforesaid to destroy me.  Should I file FOIA requests to see if my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have registered as lobbyists?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-ethics-board-lobbying-violations-met-0614-20170613-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two individuals who contacted Mayor Rahm Emanuel through his personal email broke the city’s lobbying laws, the Chicago Board of Ethics determined Tuesday. The panel voted without dissent to find the two people violated the law by seeking to influence City Hall action without registering as a lobbyist. Ethics board President William F. Conlon said the individuals would be identified on a city website, but not until later this week after they are notified of the ruling.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Mariano’s employee sues over fingerprint data – NONA TEPPER  (DIERSEN: To deter/detect potential conflicts of interest, federal employees are required to give their superiors lots of information about their financial assets and debts.  Federal employees should expect that their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who want to waste your career and who want to get rid of you will get your financial information and will use that information against you.  My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates talked and acted like they knew exactly what was on my and my wife’s income tax returns, what our incomes were, what are financial and other assets were, what our debts were, that we had no dependents, etc. They talked and acted like they viewed us as being undeservedly selfish rich DINKs (dual income, no kids).  They painted me as being someone who had way too much money, and therefore, a) someone who did not need nor should get pay increases or promotions and b) someone who should take early retirement as soon as it is offered.  They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170614/NEWS07/170619958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The plaintiff, Thomas Doporcyk, alleges that “Mariano’s disregards their employees’ statutorily protected privacy rights and unlawfully collects, stores and uses their biometric data,” according to a complaint filed June 9 in Cook County Circuit Court. Mariano’s required Doporcyk to check in and out of work by scanning his fingerprints, according to the suit. Mariano’s requires all Illinois employees, salaried and hourly, to clock in through a fingerprint scanner.)
— Uber’s culture led one Chicago tech firm to boycott it on moral grounds – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What is/was the culture where you work/worked?  Sadly, tragically, and unacceptably, despite civil service protections, in most, if not in virtually all government entities, the culture is patronage. Those who move up the ladder the fastest are those who are not only a member of their superiors’ political party, but someone who panders to their superiors, who serves as an operative or as a dupe for their superiors, and who helps their superiors get rid of employees who are members of other political parties.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/NEWS08/170619963
— Shut down this Illinois college tuition program now – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170614/BLOGS10/170619961

 

WTTW
— Illinois House Members on State Budget Impasse
http://www.pbs.org/video/3001779252/

 

DNA INFO
— The Public Cost Of Heroin: $51,000 A Year Per User, UIC Study Says  (DIERSEN: What is the public cost of each addicted smoker, drinker, gambler, pot smoker, etc.? No individual, organization, company, government, or country should promote vices.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170613/humboldt-park/cost-of-heroin-user-51000-per-year-society-uic-researchers-say

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Mendoza: Rauner fiddles as universities burn
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/guest-view-rauner-fiddles-as-universities-burn/article_129fb9fb-b957-5905-94ec-31c7453acec9.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— An excess of sausage – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-14/excess-sausage.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Measures like automatic voter registration show bipartisanship possible at Statehouse – Editorial  (DIERSEN: How many millions in America are registered to vote to in two, three, four, five+ states?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170613/our-view-measures-like-automatic-voter-registration-show-bipartisanship-possible-at-statehouse

 

CHICAGO BOOTH
— New data: Inequality runs even deeper than previously thought – HOWARD R. GOLD  (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, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, 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 in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  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://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2017/article/new-data-inequality-runs-even-deeper-previously-thought

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Ameya Pawar takes a cheap shot calling Governor Rauner a racist – Peter Bella
http://www.chicagonow.com/interesting-chicago/2017/06/ameya-pawar-takes-a-cheap-shot-calling-governor-rauner-a-racist/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Budget Fight Goes Back To Court(s) – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-budget-fight-goes-back-courts#stream/0

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Democratic lawmakers, lobbyists have no interest in helping state taxpayers, Ives contends – Karen Kidd  (DIERSEN: Who has no interest in helping you?  The following have no interest in helping me, in fact, they work against me: 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 (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and/or those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511125988-democratic-lawmakers-lobbyists-have-no-interest-in-helping-state-taxpayers-ives-contends

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep. Steve Andersson Signals Support for Tax Increases
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/14/rep-steve-andersson-signals-support-for-tax-increases/
— Lakewood Kills TIF District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/13/lakewood-kills-tif-district/

 

ILLINOIS CHANNEL
— Governor Rauner on Efforts to Put Caps on Property Taxes  (DIERSEN: How long have you paid property taxes?  I have paid property taxes since 1972 and my wife and I since 1978.)
https://www.illinoischannel.org/2017/06/13/governor-rauner-on-efforts-to-put-caps-on-property-taxes/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— CNN’s Fake Muslim Anti-Terror Protest – Amber Athey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/cnns-fake-muslim-anti-terror-protest/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Deerfield High School: A Stunning High School Graduation Blunder – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/stunning-high-school-graduation-blunder/

 

GOPUSA
— Rush Limbaugh: Democrats will ‘butcher the entire notion of decency’ to destroy Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25780
— Brent Bozell: Comey Flunks The New York Times
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25743
— Florida Sheriff urges citizens to arm themselves
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25723
— Trump was right — follow the money  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. It would be great if the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents would disclose who pays them and how much.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-was-right-follow-the-money/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— REWRITING AMERICAN HISTORY – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: Democrats what to rewrite history a) to make Democrats look as good as possible and b) to make members of the following groups look as bad as possible: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/rewriting-american-history/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— TEACHER WHO CENSORED PRO TRUMP SPEECH MAY HEAR THE WORDS “YOU’RE FIRED” (DIERSEN: Who wants to censor you? The following individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries want to censor me: 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, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and/or those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/06/13/teacher-who-censored-pro-trump-speech-may-hear-the-words-youre-fired/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Group demands University of Chicago pay slavery reparations – Justin Caruso
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9296

 

THE HILL
— Nearly 200 Democrats sue Trump citing emoluments clause violation – BROOKE SEIPEL
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/337710-nearly-200-democrats-file-emoluments-lawsuit-against-trump

 

POLITICO
— Sanders condemns shooting by gunman who volunteered for his campaign
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/14/sanders-condemns-shooting-by-gunman-who-volunteered-for-his-campaign-239550

 

CNN
— Republican House whip Steve Scalise shot in Virginia shooting – Tal Kopan, Karl de Vries and Eugene Scott
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/alexandria-virginia-shooting/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— TRAGIC: Nevada officials aim to start legal pot sales by July 1
https://www.stl.news/bc-us-nevada-marijuana/27693/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Steve Scalise Among 5 Reportedly Shot at Baseball Field – CHRISTOPHER MELE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html
— Brands, Afraid to Offend, Weigh in on Theater and News Content – SAPNA MAHESHWARI  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that I can afford to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars every year (for internet services, newspaper subscriptions, etc.) to put GOPUSA emails together and sending them out, that is, they are beyond furious that I can afford to put the emails together and send them out without seeking/accepting any advertising.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/business/media/ads-fox-news-megyn-kelly-infowars-alex-jones.html
— How Democrats Can Stop Losing Elections – BERNIE SANDERS  (DIERSEN: Democrats plan on winning by getting rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/bernie-sanders-how-democrats-can-stop-losing-elections.html
— Your Rabbi? Probably a Democrat. Your Baptist Pastor? Probably a Republican. Your Priest? Who Knows. – KEVIN QUEALY  (DIERSEN: About 68% of Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) leaders are Republican.  That is one of highest percentages of any religion.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn MSLs.  I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a MSL.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/12/upshot/the-politics-of-americas-religious-leaders.html
— FRONT PAGE: As Church Shifts, a Cardinal Welcomes Gays; They Embrace a ‘Miracle’ – SHARON OTTERMAN  (DIERSEN: Who is your religious leader?  How soon, if not already, will he/she condemn you to HELL if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/nyregion/catholic-church-gays-mass-newark-cathedral.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Lawmaker Steve Scalise injured in GOP baseball shooting. Suspect James T. Hodgkinson dies after shootout – Peter Hermann, Paul Kane and Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/multiple-people-injured-after-shooting-in-alexandria/2017/06/14/0289c768-50f6-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html
— Shooter identified by law enforcement officials as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2017/live-updates/public-safety/updates-shooting-at-congressional-baseball-practice-in-virginia/shooter-named-as-james-t-hodgkinson/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning is James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., according to law enforcement officials. Hodgkinson, 66, owns a home inspection business. His home inspection license expired in November 2016 and was not renewed, state records show. Hodgkinson was charged in April 2006 with battery and aiding damage to a motor vehicle, according to online records in St. Clair County, Illinois. The charges were dismissed, records show.)
— Gunman fires on Alexandria park during GOP baseball practice; lawmaker Scalise among wounded – Peter Hermann, Paul Kane and Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/multiple-people-injured-after-shooting-in-alexandria/2017/06/14/0289c768-50f6-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html
— London police raise death toll to 12 in apartment fire, and expect it to go higher –  Griff Witte and Karla Adam
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/london-high-rise-fire-leaves-multiple-people-dead-dozens-injured-and-others-missing/2017/06/14/149bc112-50cf-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rep. Steve Scalise Wounded in Shooting Near Washington  Gunman opened fire during a practice for the congressional baseball team – Daniel Nasaw and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-steve-scalise-wounded-in-virginia-shooting-1497442320
— Pennsylvania’s Lesson for Illinois  A bipartisan reform begins to address the state’s funding abyss. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pennsylvanias-lesson-for-illinois-1497394833
— The Ethics of Gene Editing  Is it moral to alter an unborn child’s genome to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s? What about editing for hair color or athleticism? Amy Dockser Marcus reviews “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution” by Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg. – Amy Dockser Marcus  (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ethics-of-gene-editing-1497395330

 

USA TODAY
— Army orders soldiers to undergo training to accept transgender troops – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, I had to undergo lots of training on how to defend and to advance the Democrat Party platform, that is, how to defend and advance Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/13/transgender-troops-defense-secretary-jim-mattis-army-marine-corps/102822598/
— America’s lynching history is now online – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Trump supporter, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you benefited from their racism, sexism, and bigotry and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.  In my defense, while all my ancestors have been in America since 1850s, they have always been in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/13/google-equal-justice-initiative-lynching/102782832/

 

PBS
— Democrats try to distance themselves from call for Trump’s impeachment – AP
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/democrats-try-distance-call-trumps-impeachment/

 

NEWSWEEK
— WHO IS JAMES HODGKINSON? SHOOTING SUSPECT IN CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME NAMED – Greg Price
http://www.newsweek.com/who-james-t-hodgkinson-shooting-suspect-congressional-baseball-game-named-625600

 

THE BEAST
— Gunman Wounds Congressman in Brazen Attack  Steve Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, was wounded along with several others when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice early this morning. – Olivia Messer
http://www.thedailybeast.com/reports-shooting-at-congressional-baseball-practice

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Treasury chief: At times, a government shutdown could be ‘good’ – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would be overjoyed if anything stopped me from getting a) Civil Service Retirement System pension payments, b) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies, and/or c) Social Security payments.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/treasury-chief-at-times-a-government-shutdown-could-be-good

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Should Posting Fake News and Hate Speech Be Considered a Criminal Act in the U.S.? – Sean Stroh  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news, hate speech, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-should-posting-fake-news-and-hate-speech-be-considered-a-criminal-act-in-the-u-s/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 66% of GOP Voters Say Comey Should Be Prosecuted for Leaking to Media  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leak Republican information to the Democrats.  Should I sue my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes?)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/june_2017/66_of_gop_voters_say_comey_should_be_prosecuted_for_leaking_to_media
— Most Are Planning A Summer Vacation  (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America.  Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/june_2017/most_are_planning_a_summer_vacation

 

VAULT
— 4 Skills You Need to Get a Job at Google  (DIERSEN: Would Google hire you? If not, why not?  Would Google hire me? If not, why not?  From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.vault.com/blog/job-search/4-skills-you-need-to-work-at-google

June 13 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage committee kills effort to revoke video gaming ban – Gary Gibula  (DIERSEN: OUTSTANDING! At the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017, no motion was made to recommend lifting the county’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas. During the public comment period, those who spoke in favor of keeping the ban included Bill Bryan, Kathy Gilroy, Heidi Holan, Luke Holan, and me. During county employee Chad Shaffer’s presentation concerning video gambling, county board members asked many questions and expressed their views concerning the issue. Many thanks to those county board members who would have voted against recommending lifting the ban if a motion had been made. Attendees at the meeting included Paula McGowen and John Zaruba.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-committee-rejects-gaming-st-0614-20170613-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Advocates of keeping the video gaming ban contend the negative effects of gambling outweigh any benefits. “We should be thinking of marriages and families broken up by gambling, how many jobs have been lost,” Bill Bryan, of Naperville, said. “Those factors should be weighed into the equation.” Heidi Holan, of Glen Ellyn, compared gambling to a “get rich quick” scheme. “How many of you warn your children about that?” she asked. “Is that the type of moral value you want?” “It has a trickle-down effect to family members,” said Luke Cohen, of Glen Ellyn. “I’m only 18, so I can’t gamble and I can’t drink, but I still understand the effect of gambling. This ban needs to stay in place.” . . . Cronin commented on the issue following Tuesday’s County Board meeting. “We owed it to the community and the business owners who are experiencing some adversity to come on in and make their case,” Cronin said. “I have some empathy for those folks, but I think there’s a larger issue here about who we are as a county. The committee spoke, there was due process and the people had their day.”  The issue of repealing the video gaming ban still could be revisited in the future if a committee member chooses to bring it up again, officials said.)
— Chicago property tax bills going up 10 percent this year – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-property-tax-increase-met-0614-20170613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Rauner Eric Zorn says “Even Illinois’ fantasy governor faces a grim reality
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-imaginary-governor-veto-pen-zorn-perspec-0614-20170613-column.html
— Uber board member cracks ‘inappropriate’ joke about women at company event on sexual harassment – Brian Fung and Craig Timberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-bsi-uber-board-member-inappropriate-joke-women-20170613-story.html
— Effort to stop television reporters from filming in Senate hallways reversed amid wide rebuke – Elise Viebeck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-hallways-media-interviews-20170613-story.html
— Smart chair, and desk to track your backside for employers – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-herman-miller-smart-chair-office-trends-neocon-0614-biz-20170613-story.html
— ‘Orange Is the New Black’ star to lead 48th annual Pride Parade – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pride-parade-delaria-met-20170613-story.html
— Property taxes: Where is all that money going? – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-rickert-0614-md-20170613-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago homeowners can expect 10 percent hike in property-tax bills – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/10-percent-hike-expected-in-property-tax-bills-in-chicago-cook-county/
— No biggie (yeah, right): Illinois junk bond status fast approaching – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/no-biggie-yeah-right-illinois-junk-bond-status-fast-approaching/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Average property tax bills to spike $560 in Northwest Cook County – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/average-property-tax-bills-to-spike-560-in-northwest-cook-county
— Employee accused of stealing from DuPage court clerk
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/employee-accused-of-stealing-from-dupage-court-clerk

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago homeowners, brace yourselves: Huge tax hike on the way – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/BLOGS02/170619970/chicago-homeowners-brace-yourselves-huge-tax-hike-on-the-way

 

CBS2
— Trump Stops In Milwaukee As Sessions Is Grilled In D.C. – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/13/trump-stops-in-milwaukee-as-sessions-is-grilled-in-d-c/
— Seniors Speak Out About Home Care Program Cuts Governor Rauner Wants To Make
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/13/seniors-home-care-program-cuts-governor-rauner/

 

NBC5
— Trump to Visit Milwaukee as Part of ‘Workforce Development Week’ – Shelby Bremer (DIERSEN: What “workforce development” did you do? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/trump-visits-milwaukee-wisconsin-428213153.html

 

ABC7
— Cook County residents’ property taxes going up, especially in Chicago – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/cook-co-residents-property-taxes-going-up-especially-in-chicago/2094340/

 

WGN TV
— 4 (John Lausch, Michael Scudder, Andrew Porter and Maggie Hickey) interview for top fed job in Chicago – BEN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/12/4-interview-for-top-fed-job-in-chicago/

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Andersson advocates ‘ultimate pressure’ to force budget compromise – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/06/13/rep-andersson-advocates-ultimate-pressure-to-force-budget-compromise/a7ckaan/

 

BGA
— 12 REASONS TO APPRECIATE SPRINGFIELD. SERIOUSLY. – Andy Shaw
http://www.bettergov.org/news/12-reasons-to-appreciate-springfield-seriously

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauner Ameya Pawar blasts Bruce Rauner saying “You’re A Racist.”
http://chicagoist.com/2017/06/13/ald_ameya_pawar_to_gov_bruce_rauner.php

 

CAPITOL FAX
— He didn’t totally dodge *** Once again, Chris Kennedy dodges a marijuana question  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote pot.  If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/once-again-chris-kennedy-dodges-a-marijuana-question/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Journalism is dead; whatever these guys are doing isn’t journalism – Joseph Curl
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/journalism-is-dead-whatever-these-guys-are-doing-i/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Hell Hath No Fury Like A Democrat Party Scorned – Gary Krasner
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/06/12/hell-hath-no-fury-like-democrat-party-scorned/

 

FOX NEWS
— Schumer parodies Trump’s praise-filled Cabinet meeting
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/12/schumer-parodies-trumps-praise-filled-cabinet-meeting.html

 

GOPUSA
— What’s wrong with identifying as American? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote anti-Americanism.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25679
— McCain denies saying American leadership better under Obama
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25719
— Robert Mueller Stocks Staff with Democrat Donors  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/robert-mueller-stocks-staff-with-democrat-donors/
— Is College Worth It? Increasing Numbers Say No – Michael Barone  (DIERSEN: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971.)
http://www.gopusa.com/is-college-worth-it-increasing-numbers-say-no/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— U.S. MUSLIMS OUTRAGED BY PROTESTS AGAINST ISLAMIC LAW  Does CAIR want Shariah to replace Constitution? – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/u-s-muslims-outraged-by-protests-against-islamic-law/

 

USA TODAY
— GAO report shows critical readiness problems for key military branches – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/13/gao-report-shows-critical-readiness-problems-key-military-branches/102811068/

 

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s Cabinet of Worship Is a Scary Sign of American Collapse.”
http://time.com/4816374/trump-cabinet-praise-scary/

June 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING! At the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017, no motion was made to recommend lifting the county’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas. During the public comment period, those who spoke in favor of keeping the ban included Bill Bryan, Kathy Gilroy, Heidi Holan, Luke Holan, and me. During county employee Chad Shaffer’s presentation concerning video gambling, county board members asked many questions and expressed their views concerning the issue. Many thanks to those county board members who would have voted against recommending lifting the ban if a motion had been made. Attendees at the meeting included Paula McGowen and John Zaruba. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage keeps ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/dupage-keeps-ban-on-video-gambling-in-unincorporated-areas
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But after listening to people on both sides of the debate, board members ended their finance committee meeting without making a recommendation to the full county board. In fact, none of the 18 board members attending the meeting supported a motion to consider repealing the ordinance. “So there’s no interest in even discussing the issue,” said county board member Paul Fichtner, who serves as chairman of the board’s finance committee. “The issue is dead and nobody, obviously, is in favor of it.” . . . A few board members said there were questions that weren’t answered during Tuesday’s review, but no one expressed a desire to bring the issue back in two weeks. “It couldn’t even get a motion,” board member Tim Elliott said. “So I think that in fairness to board members that have questions, (staff) can get back, write a memo and do whatever. “But as far as I’m concerned, this is dead,” he said.)

— Des Plaines minimum wage increase could be reversed – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/des-plaines-minimum-wage-increase-could-be-reversed
— Trump to tout apprenticeships as way to fill jobs gap – AP (DIERSEN: My first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 as a GS-7 (currently $44,853) Revenue Officer was classroom and on-the-job training.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170613/news/306139980/

 

CBS2
— Cook County Assessor Pushes Back on Tribune Report Alleging Property Evaluation Inequality
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Cook-County-Assessor-Pushes-Back-on–428078253.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s Labor secretary pans Rahm Emanuel’s graduation plan – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-labor-secretary-pans-rahm-emanuel-graduation-plan/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel offers Rauner advice: If you get 90 percent of what you want, take the deal
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-cps-met-0613-story.html
— Competence at the assessor’s office: Too much to ask? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My first 6 months working for IRS in 1971 as a GS-7 Revenue Officer(currently $44,853) was classroom and on-the-job training.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-cook-county-property-taxes-berrios-edit-0613-md-20170612-story.html
— Crete-Monee student disciplined for racially-charged photo – Susan DeMar Lafferty  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use this to remind everyone that I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966, that none of my classmates were minorities, that Crete was overwhelmingly German Lutheran back then, that my ancestors have lived in Crete since 1854, that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and that my brother continues to live in Crete in a home that my grandfather on my father’s side had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather on his father’s side bought in 1864.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-racist-photo-st-0611-20170612-story.html
— Trump to tout apprenticeships as way to fill jobs gap – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-apprenticeships-20170613-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Even for girls in U.S., female genital mutilation and ‘vacation cutting’ are risks – Alison Bowen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-genital-cutting-chicago-met-20170612-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, encourage people to stay in America illegally, and encourage others to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/OPINION/170619977
— Joe Berrios makes a dicey situation worse – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/BLOGS02/170619980
— Betting college students will pay up for deluxe digs – ALBY GALLUN (DIERSEN: Where did you live in while you earned your bachelor’s degree?  I lived in the University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970 and in Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb during the summer of 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as though I have always been undeservedly filthy rich. I paid for my expenses at University Plaza and Lincolnshire West with money that I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE01/170609856/student-housing-developer-bets-on-ultra-high-end-of-college-market
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marc Lifshin doesn’t mince words when asked about his living situation as an undergrad at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He paid about $175 a month in rent to live in a decrepit six-bedroom house with eight friends. “I lived in an absolute shithole,” says Lifshin, an engineering student who graduated in 2001. “I think it was torn down a couple years after I graduated.” Today, Lifshin, 39, operates at the other end of the student housing market, renting out high-end buildings to college students willing to pay up for indulgent amenities. While Lifshin the college student was content just to have a big backyard and front porch, his company, Core Spaces, develops buildings with golf simulators, spas with plunge pools and tanning beds, and in-room hot tubs. A Core Spaces project in Madison, Wis., includes a band room and ice rink in the winter.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No lock-up for the poor – Editorial  (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, you are rich if you are not on public assistance.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-13/no-lock-poor.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois Dems have a Madigan problem – Jon Alexander
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/jon-alexander/alexander-illinois-dems-have-a-madigan-problem/article_5e955fb4-8820-50a7-9275-52d30272d447.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Potential candidates for Henry County sheriff invited to meeting
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/potential-candidates-for-henry-county-sheriff-invited-to-meeting/article_b99c4b63-7a75-5669-8ad8-3473dcb9ebfc.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— For deadbeat Illinois, day of reckoning getting closer – Doug Finke
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/06/12/for-deadbeat-illinois-day-of-reckoning-getting-closer/cn0whj1/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Farmers Worried About President’s Proposed Budget Cuts – Esther Kwon
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/farmers-worried-about-presidents-proposed-budget-cuts
— Five State Universities Reach Junk Bond Status – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/five-state-universities-reach-junk-bond-status-06-12-2017

 

WSIL TV
— Attorneys general hope to force Trump financial disclosures – AP  (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee, your superiors will know all about your finances – your debts, your financial assets, and much more.  If you are a Republican, a White, a male, older, and/or a non-veteran, you should expect that your Democrat superiors, your Democrat supervisors, your Democrat coworkers, and your Democrat subordinates will use that information against you.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35649660/attorneys-general-hope-to-force-trump-financial-disclosures

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— The size of Illinois’ pension crisis requires even bolder pension reform that includes 401(k)-style plans for public employees. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pennsylvania-introduces-401k-style-plans-for-government-workers/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Colonel Allen West on The Military, Foreign Affairs and School Choice – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/fundraiser/colonel-allen-west-military-foreign-affairs-school-choice/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Cullerton: “The Senate has done its work”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/cullerton-the-senate-has-done-its-work/
— ILGOP’s new ad attacks Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/ilgops-new-ad-attacks-madigan/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Miller attacks Rauner.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/apparently-i-have-to-say-this-again-stop-it-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I think that Rauner is simply a very accomplished political opportunist who claims he’s for “the people” while employing all sorts of tactics to win the media cycle, including tactics used by racists and those who would divide this state for their own personal political gains. But it does need to stop. No political gain justifies this crud.)
— Kennedy says Cook property tax system “a de facto violation of the Civil Rights Act”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/kennedy-says-cook-property-tax-system-a-de-facto-violation-of-the-civil-rights-act/

 

GOPUSA
— Weekend Blood Bath: 43 Shot in Chicago, 6 Fatalities
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25674
— Are We Nearing Civil War? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25708

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Leftists crash anti-Shariah rallies with violence – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/06/12/leftists-crash-anti-shariah-rallies-with-violence

 

THE BLAZE
— Florida’s governor just made it easier for Floridians to use guns defensively – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of those who are Trump-supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/12/floridas-governor-just-made-it-easier-for-floridians-to-use-guns-defensively/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Our Treasonous Media Is a Clear and Present Danger – SARAH HOYT
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2017/06/11/our-treasonous-media-is-a-clear-and-present-danger/

 

THE HILL
— GAO: Federal agencies made $132B in improper payments -LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/337495-watchdog-federal-agencies-made-132b-in-improper-payments

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Heroin Use? Juvenile Record? For Recruits, Police Forgive Past Sins – TIMOTHY WILLIAMS  (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/us/police-departments-american-history.html
— Remember the Promise of Good Jobs? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were both bad bobs and grossly overpaid jobs.   I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/remember-the-promise-of-good-jobs.html

 

USA TODAY
— Cities take Texas to court over immigration, sanctuary cities law – Rick Jervis
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/12/sanctuary-cities-texas-lawsuit-law-trump/102709158/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam. Islam is more like a political party or a nation without borders than a religion. Democrats promote all groups that help them destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-06-12/emanuel-administration-signals-opposition-to-muslim-registry

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— These Charts Show Just How Small the U.S. Middle Class Is, Compared to Europe’s – Annie Nova
http://time.com/money/4812741/income-inequality-middle-class-us-europe/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s one interesting wrinkle to the Pew data: While the U.S. middle-income segment is smaller than in European countries, it takes a higher income overall to make it into that group. The median income for a middle-class household in Italy is $35,608. It’s $44,000 in France and $46,000 in Denmark.But in the United States it’s $60,084.)

June 12 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Gambling is a vice.  Government should not promote any kind of vice.  In its Tuesday, June 13, 2017, morning edition tomorrow, GOPUSA ILLINOIS will report on how each of the 18 DuPage County Board Members voted, and how Chairman Dan Cronin voted if necessary to break a tie, to keep or lift DuPage County’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas.  They will vote at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM.  Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at this meeting in favor of keeping the ban. Based on the minutes of the May 23, 2017 DuPage County Board meeting, a motion will be made at this meeting to refer the matter to another committee. If you are in DuPage County, please email DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district (SEE BELOW), to vote to keep the ban. Needless-to-say, before any vote by the full Board is taken to lift the ban, public hearings should be held in each of the county’s six districts. Will 9 vote to keep the ban and 9 vote to left the ban so that Cronin can break the tie?  In 2009, I played a major role in getting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to unanimously pass a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County. Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

Chairman
Dan Cronin  chairman@dupageco.org

 

District 1
Paul Fichtner  pfichtner@dupageco.org
Donald Puchalski  dpuchalski@dupageco.org
Sam Tornatore  sam.tornatore@dupageco.org

 

District 2
Elizabeth Chaplin  elizabeth.chaplin@dupageco.org
Peter “Pete” DiCianni  peter.dicianni@dupageco.org
Sean Noonan  sean.noonan@dupageco.org

 

District 3
John Curran  john.curran@dupageco.org
Gary Grasso  gary.grasso@dupageco.org
Brian Krajewski  brian.krajewski@dupageco.org

 

District 4
Grant Eckhoff  grant.eckhoff@dupageco.org
Tim Elliott  Tim.Elliott@dupageco.org
Amy Grant  amy.grant@dupageco.org

 

District 5
Janice Anderson  Janice.Anderson@dupageco.org
James Healy  jhealy@dupageco.org
Tonia Khouri  tonia.khouri@dupageco.org

 

District 6
Robert Larsen  robert.larsen@dupageco.org
Kevin Wiley  kevin.wiley@dupageco.org
James Zay  jzay@dupageco.org

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pawar: Democrats paved way for Rauner and Trump – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-illinois-governor-20170612-story.html
— Tips for landing first job out of college – Glenn Leibowitz  (DIERSEN: What discouraged employers from hiring, retaining, and/or promoting you?  For me, prior to 1971, it was my being draft bait. But before and after 1971, it has been my bad demographics.  Since the 1960s, all employers in America have been under pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities, and young Democrat females.  It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-tips-for-help-in-landing-a-summer-job-20170605-story.html
— Theresa May’s biggest mistake – Therese Raphael  (DIERSEN: If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-uk-election-theresa-may-brexit-20170609-story.html
— Nearly 90,000 Cook County teens, young adults not in school or working – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: What did you do with your summers when you were a teen?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes in 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1967-1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-young-people-unemployed-chicago-0612-biz-20170610-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ten bills to help Illinois that Gov. Bruce Rauner can sign right now – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want Ranuer a) to sign bills that advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms and b) to veto bills that advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/ten-bills-to-help-illinois-that-gov-bruce-rauner-can-sign-right-now/
— Chicago youth jobs report highlights need for better public transit – Madeline Kenney  (DIERSEN: When you were young, how did you get to and from your summer jobs?  During the summer of 1965, I drove my 1958 Chevy BelAir.  During the summers of 1966 and 1967, I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. During the summer of 1968, I drove my 1968 Oldsmobile 442. During the summer of 1969, I drove my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I paid for the aforesaid cars with money that I earned and saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1966-1969.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-youth-jobs-report-highlights-need-for-better-public-transit/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Four Democrat Senators (Markey, Schatz, Warren, and Whitehouse) accuse Heartland Institute of spreading faulty climate change info – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of spreading faulty info. According to them, the only info that is not faulty is info that they spread.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/lester-senators-accuse-arlington-heights-group-of-spreading-faulty-climate-change-info
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF PYKE: Why is suburb-to-suburb commuting by public transit so impossible? – Marni Pyke  (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I got promoted to a job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building and walked to and from work. I rode public transportation to and from work in the Loop during 1971, 1973-1974, and 1978-1997.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170612/why-is-suburb-to-suburb-commuting-by-public-transit-so-impossible

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Purvis: Rauner likes 90% of school funding reform bill but will veto – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170611/purvis-rauner-likes-90-of-school-funding-reform-bill-but-will-veto

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois income growth worst in nation, yet lawmakers want more – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article154956834.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch the IL Policy Institute’s Dabrowski w/Berkowitz balance the IL Budget w/o a tax increase – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/06/watch-the-il-policy-institutes-dabrowski-wberkowitz-balance-the-il-budget-wo-a-tax-increase-cableweb/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP sends out early recruiting call for 2018 elections – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511123535-dupage-gop-sends-out-early-recruiting-call-for-2018-elections

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Rauner drops by Moline home ‘worth almost $100,000 more’ in Iowa, owner opines
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511125842-rauner-drops-by-moline-home-worth-almost-100-000-more-in-iowa-owner-opines

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Breaking Down Springfield’s Action & Inaction With State Senator Dan McConchie
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/breaking-down-springfields-action-inaction-with-state-senator-dan-mcconchie

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— You Can Help Governor Bruce Rauner Pass an Elementary Science Test! – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/can-help-governor-bruce-rauner-pass-elementary-science-test/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRAT PARTY’S SANDERS CONDEMNS CHRISTIANITY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/democrat-partys-sanders-condemns-christianity-.html
— THORNER: RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAME HEARTLAND INSTITUTE FOR TRUMP’S PARIS ACCORD DECISION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-radical-environmentalists-blame-heartland-institute-for-trumps-paris-accord-decision.html
— THE TYRANNY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/the-tyranny-of-the-administrative-state.html

 

GOPUSA
— TRAGIC: Rallies against Shariah law outnumbered by defenders  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Shariah law and American law.)
http://www.gopusa.com/rallies-against-shariah-law-outnumbered-by-defenders/
— Melania, Barron Trump move into White House
http://www.gopusa.com/melania-barron-trump-move-into-white-house/
— Graham: Trump could go down because he can’t stop talking
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25626?omhide=true

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BERNIE SANDERS SHOWS THE LEFT’S REFUSAL TO COEXIST WITH TRADITIONAL BELIEVERS  (DIERSEN: The left, that is, Democrats, focuses on driving Republicans, that is, conservatives a) out of your precinct, b) out of your municipality, c) out of your county, d) out of Illinois, and d) out of America.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/06/12/bernie-sanders-shows-the-lefts-refusal-to-coexist-with-traditional-believers/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Credibility Problem.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448528/donald-trump-russia-president-credibility-problem

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lankford: Comey’s memo leak ‘not damaging to national security’ – Alex Swoyer  (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants and RINOs have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my reports that political events took place, where and when events took place, who hosted the events, who spoke at the events, who attended the events, and how many attended the events are/were damaging.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/11/sen-james-lankford-oklahoma-republican-comeys-memo/
— Homeland Security secretary suggests amnesty for Dreamers, implores Congress to solve problem – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/11/john-kelly-dhs-secretary-suggests-dreamer-amnesty/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP Rep. Kinzinger: ‘Hard to Tell’ Who to Believe — Trump or Comey – Mark Swanson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes believe and spread anything and everything that is critical of me.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/adam-kinzinger-trump-comey-testimony/2017/06/12/id/795527/
— Food Review Website Suggests Patrons Avoid Chick-fil-A Due to ‘Unpalatable Baggage’ – Wanda Carruthers  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that suggest that people avoid reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/LGBT-food-review-Eater-Chick-fil-A/2017/06/11/id/795425/

 

BREITBART
— President Trump Gives Priebus Independence Day Deadline to Fix White House Mess or Be Replaced with ‘Fresh Blood’ – MATTHEW BOYLE  (DIERSEN: What deadlines have you been given and why? My Democrat GAO superiors gave me a September 30, 1997 deadline to take their early retirement “offer.”  They gave me that deadline because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/11/report-president-trump-gives-priebus-independence-day-deadline-to-fix-white-house-mess-or-be-replaced-with-fresh-blood/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— SOME HOPE CALIFORNIA WINNER OF $447M POWERBALL HELPS AREA – AMY TAXIN  (DIERSEN: If came into lots of money, would you spend it in the municipality, township/ward, county, and/or state that you live in?  How have the elected officials in the area that you live in treated you?)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POWERBALL_JACKPOT_IAOL
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  A sole winning Powerball ticket worth $447.8 million and matching all six numbers was sold in Southern California, and whoever owns it will claim the 10th largest lottery prize in U.S. history, lottery officials said Sunday. The winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor & Deli in the small city of Menifee, the California Lottery said in a statement. Lottery officials said the earliest the ticket could be redeemed is 8 a.m. Monday, and the winner has one year to claim the prize.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mr. Trump Goes After the Inspector Generals – Editorial  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I has lots of interactions with employees of Inspector General offices in the Chicago area.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/mr-trump-goes-after-the-inspectors.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just before the inauguration, Michael Horowitz, chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, was at a hockey game when he began getting calls from other inspectors general in federal agencies. The inspectors — independent officials who investigate waste, misconduct, mismanagement and criminal activity — were furious. Trump aides had let them know they might be replaced; for the first time ever, a president might fire them en masse. The administration later backed down. But it has continued to undermine the inspectors’ role by failing to hire for open positions and planning to slash the offices’ budgets, one of the many ways the White House has found to diminish the oversight functions of the federal government. Every major federal agency and program has an inspector general, a nonpartisan, independent official whose staff investigates cases of wasteful spending, criminal activity, employee misconduct and plain bad management. These are watchdogs with real teeth. Mr. Horowitz, who is also the inspector general at the Department of Justice, recently told Congress that in fiscal 2015 alone, the offices identified $26 billion in potential savings and recovered an additional $10 billion through criminal and civil cases. That’s a return of $14 for every dollar in the offices’ budgets. The list of good works is long and impressive.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps want Trump to be impeached.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/the-resistance-impeachment-anxiety.html
— Making Google the Censor – DAPHNE KELLER  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted Google to censure me and to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  In 2006, at the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Annual Meeting, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes failed in their efforts to get ICRC to censure me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/making-google-the-censor.html
— More Than 10 Percent of World’s Population Is Obese, Study Finds – MATT RICHTEL  (DIERSEN: Are you obese?  I am. SEE: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html  Of course, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use that against me big time.  They would shout that I abuse my body by putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of exercising.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/health/obesity-study-10-percent-globally.html
— 150 Executives Commit to Fostering Diversity and Inclusion – ELIZABETH OLSON  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers in America officially stop hiring and officially get rid of their employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/business/dealbook/work-racist-sexism-diversity.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Priebus: ‘I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and another out the door’ – Mark Moore
http://nypost.com/2017/06/12/priebus-ive-got-one-foot-on-a-banana-peel-and-another-out-the-door/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An Entrepreneurial Couple Wants to Retire at 50. Can They? – Lisa Ward  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  My Democrat superiors in the federal government justified their wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting a) prior to my getting married in 1978 that I was filthy rich and b) after I got married in 1978, that my wife and I were filthy rich selfish DINKs (dual income, no kids) and that we could easily afford a loss of $72,135/year of income in today’s dollars (my $122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension in today’s dollars) if I took their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-entrepreneurial-couple-wants-to-retire-at-50-can-they-1497232860
— Beware of Winging Your Retirement  There is no denying the impact of this major milestone in life – Glenn Ruffenach  (DIERSEN: In August of 1997, I had planned on working at least until I was 55 in 2003.  But by the end of September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beware-of-winging-your-retirement-1497017446
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A money-stressed worker is an unhappy worker – Veronica Dagher  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted themselves as being money-stressed.  Overwhelmingly, the aforesaid a) spent more of their salary on immediate pleasures than I did and b) saved less of their salary than I did.  Consequently, the aforesaid painted me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-office-perk-help-managing-your-financial-life-1497233341
— Help for Home Buyers Burdened by Student Debt  Fannie Mae and several states offer aid for young people who want to be homeowners – Jillian Berman  (DIERSEN: I was able to a) graduate from college debt free in 1970 when I was 21, b) buy a new town home in 1972, and c) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 because I saved as much money as I could from my jobs washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; and collecting delinquent taxes starting in 1971.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/help-for-home-buyers-burdened-by-student-debt-1497233220

 

USA TODAY
— Here are simple, cheap ways to reward employees – Rhonda Abrams  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors rewarded their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/abrams/2017/06/07/small-business-here-simple-cheap-ways-reward-employees/101469362/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF DEMINT: In latest job, Jim DeMint wants to give Tea Party ‘ a new mission’ – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/12/jim-demint-joins-group-that-wants-to-amend-constitution-tea-party/102748540/

 

GREENSBORO TRIAD
— Where did the summer jobs go? Teens more likely to study than work – Ben Steverman  (DIERSEN: What did you do with your summers when you were a teen?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes in 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivering mail 1967-1969.)
http://www.greensboro.com/triad_careers/more_triad_careers/where-did-the-summer-jobs-go-teens-more-likely-to/article_3b786a8a-338c-5ec4-817f-a48f2731b9b4.html

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— News Integrity Initiative Aims to Increase Trust in Journalism – Sean Stroh  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise the Democrat news media, b) pander to the Democrat news media, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/a-section/news-integrity-initiative-aims-to-increase-trust-in-journalism/

June 10 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTRAGEOUS: GAMBLING IS A VICE: DuPage County Finance Committee will revisit the county’s ban on video gaming in unincorporated areas. Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM, in favor of keeping the ban on video gambling in unincorporated DuPage County.  Based on the minutes of the May 23, 2017 DuPage County Board meeting, a motion will be made at this meeting to refer the matter to another committee. If you are in DuPage County, please urge DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district, to vote to keep the ban. Needless-to-say, before any vote is taken to lift the ban, public hearings should be held in each of the county’s six districts. In 2009, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) unanimously passed a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County. Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Obamacare, Medicaid and Illinois: Springfield, what’s your plan? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-obamacare-trump-republicans-senate-edit-0612-jm-20170611-story.html
— Gianforte to plead guilty to assaulting reporter before his election to Congress – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gianforte-guilty-plea-reporter-assault-20170609-story.html
— Indiana canvassers charged in fake, fraudulent voter registrations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–voting-investigations-indiana-20170609-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF COCHRAN: Court records in Ald. Cochran case detail alleged kickbacks, spending spree with ward charity cash – Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-willie-cochran-bribery-court-filings-met-20170609-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A grand opportunity for the ‘education governor’ of Illinois – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/a-grand-opportunity-for-the-education-governor-of-illinois/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that 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 (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/nationalists-take-a-beating-in-britain-and-could-be-in-decline-here/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans, Democrats united to keep Argonne, Fermilab jobs – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: If during the 1980s and 1990s Republicans and Democrats were united to keep GAO jobs, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170609/republicans-democrats-united-to-keep-argonne-fermilab-jobs
— Former Kane Co. Board member’s new job may pose ethical question – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170609/former-kane-co-board-members-new-job-may-pose-ethical-question
— Why you can’t tune out the next state election – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170608/why-you-cant-tune-out-the-next-state-election

 

NBC5
— Bernie Sanders Returns to Chicago – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-bernie-sanders-returns-to-chicago-saturday-427547173.html

 

WGN TV
— Political duo (Marj Halperin and Chris Robling) on Comey’s testimony and investigation
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/09/political-duo-on-comey-trial-and-investigation/

 

WMIX
— RAUNER THREATENS SPECIAL BUDGET SESSION
http://www.wmix94.com/2017/06/09/rauner-threatens-special-budget-session/

 

WSIL TV
— Voters speak out against politician-edited social media accounts – Tia Rinehart
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35633314/voters-speak-out-against-politician-edited-social-media-accounts

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Property taxes and the bloated elephant in the room – Editorial
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-property-taxes-and-the-bloated-elephant-in-the-room/article_78130f8d-54bd-5825-af1b-75380e22958f.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Vietnam vet carries PTSD in silence for 35 years – MATT DUTTON  (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government have used my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 against me.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, even worse things, and a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article155137554.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Munger calls out state’s lack of budget at Downers Grove business luncheon – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/06/06/munger-calls-out-states-lack-of-budget-at-downers-grove-business-luncheon/ah4q8f9/

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Andersson hosts town hall on Illinois budget crisis
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/06/09/rep-andersson-hosts-town-hall-on-illinois-budget-crisis/a2xtljy/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Cook County’s Property Taxes: Uneven, Unequal  But how bad is it compared to other states and counties? – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/June-2017/Cook-Countys-Property-Taxes-Uneven-Unequal/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2017/Welcome-to-Refugee-High/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 2012 Disneyland Tickets Put on Bob Miller’s Algonquin Township Road District Credit Card
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/09/2012-disneyland-tickets-put-on-bob-millers-township-credit-card/
— GOP Recommends Either Dave Stieper or Ralph Sasso to Replace Andrew Gasser on County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/09/gop-recommends-either-dave-stieper-or-ralph-sasso-to-replace-andrew-gasser-on-county-board/
— McHenry Township Board Refuses to Endorse Prevailing Wage
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/09/mchenry-township-board-refuses-to-endorse-prevailing-wage/
— Judge Michael Caldwell Orders Current and Former Algonquin Township Road Commissions & Wife, Township Clerk and Supervisor Not to Destroy Records
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/08/judge-michael-caldwell-orders-current-and-former-algonquin-township-road-commissions-wife-township-clerk-and-supervisor-not-to-destroy-records/
— A Strategy for Eliminating Township Government in Municipalities
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/08/a-strategy-for-eliminating-township-government-in-municipalities/
— Orville Brettman Announces County Board Candidacy by Robo-Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/06/orville-brettman-announces-county-board-candidacy-by-robo-call/
— Republican Orville Brettman Running for McHenry County Board in District 6
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/05/republican-orville-brettman-running-for-mchenry-county-board-in-district-6/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rauner, GOP bemoan budget breakdown, blame bickering Democrats – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511125950-rauner-gop-bemoan-budget-breakdown-blame-bickering-democrats
— All play and no work — yet legislators still draw paychecks, policy pro argues – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511125917-all-play-and-no-work-yet-legislators-still-draw-paychecks-policy-pro-argues

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— NIU refuses to produce records OEIG says exist – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/niu-refuses-to-produce-records-oeig-says-exist/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago: A CITY OF CASUALTIES – THE RESULTS OF RAMPANT CRIME – John F. Di Leo
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/a-city-of-casualties-the-results-of-rampant-crime.html
— DESPITE SEN. MANAR’S PLEA, SB 1 IS A CHICAGO BAILOUT, REP. REICK SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/despite-sen-manars-plea-sb-1-is-a-chicago-bailout-rep-reick-says.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner contributes $1.5 million to the ILGOP
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/09/rauner-contributes-15-million-to-the-ilgop/
— Republican Party tries to connect the property tax assessment dots
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/09/republican-party-tries-to-connect-the-property-tax-assessment-dots/
— Chicago paid $32 million last year to settle police misconduct lawsuits and $20 million on attorneys
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/09/chicago-paid-32-million-last-year-to-settle-police-misconduct-lawsuits-and-20-million-on-attorneys/

 

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Purges Social Workers And Foster Families Who Don’t ‘Facilitate’ Transgenderism  Illinois’s child welfare agency has proclaimed staff must ‘affirm’ gender ideology and ‘facilitate’ LGBT identities for kids—or be fired. – Mary Hasson
https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/30/illinois-purges-social-workers-foster-families-dont-facilitate-transgenderism/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— LGBT community celebrates 8-year-old drag queen. Critics call it child abuse – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lgbt-community-celebrates-8-year-old-drag-queen.-critics-call-it-child-abus

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— The Republican Future – WILLIAM KRISTOL  (DIERSEN: Will Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs succeed in using Trump to destroy the Republican Party?)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-republican-future/article/2008406

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Comey a ‘Leaker.’ What Does That Mean? – CHARLIE SAVAGE  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes slanderously hint/imply/argue/shout that I use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to provide “confidential information to the public in a surreptitious way and without official authorization.” My critics/opponents want me to get their “authorization” before I do anything.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/us/politics/trump-comey-leak.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The word “leak” has no official legal definition. But the term usually refers to the act of providing confidential information to the public in a surreptitious way and without official authorization. That is a neutral description, but Mr. Trump on Friday used the term in a way that was clearly intended to carry pejorative connotations: “He’s a leaker,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Comey at a news conference.)

 

ALBANY TIMES UNION
— TRAGIC: Veterans’ groups seek OK to use video-gaming terminals  Facing fundraising dips, membership drops, posts hope to land video-gaming terminals – Brendan J. Lyons  (DIERSEN: Gambling is an extremely destructive and addictive vice.)
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Veterans-groups-seek-OK-to-use-video-gaming-11194307.php

 

LANSING DAILY TELEGRAM
— Michigan House passes package of bills to punish female genital mutilation
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20170609/house-passes-package-of-bills-to-punish-female-genital-mutilation