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February 20 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— COD trustees look at ways to address budget shortfall  Options include dipping into college’s reserve fund, increasing tuition fees – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/02/10/cod-trustees-look-at-ways-to-address-budget-shortfall/ak5jnxa/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

FISCAL TIMES
— How Public Employee Pensions Make Income Inequality Worse – Marc Joffe  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2017/02/20/How-Public-Employee-Pensions-Make-Income-Inequality-Worse

 

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

 

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

 

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

February 18 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

February 17 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump calls the news media ‘the enemy of the American People’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-media-enemy-20170217-story.html
— Madigan: Lawmakers will consider Rauner’s plan to sell the Thompson Center – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-bruce-rauner-thompson-center-met-0218-20170217-story.html
— Bob Michel, Illinois Republican leader skilled at compromise, dies at 93 – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-bob-michel-dead-20170217-story.html
— Olsen Signs On as Chief Co-Sponsor of Bipartisan Bill to Improve Child Abuse Reporting Requirements
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/bolingbrook-plainfield/community/chi-ugc-article-olsen-signs-on-as-chief-co-sponsor-of-biparti-2017-02-17-story.html
— Suit against Elmwood Park village president Angelo “Skip” Saviano, others moving forward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmwood-park/news/ct-elm-saviano-case-update-tl-0223-20170217-story.html
— Will County board member Steve Balich criticized for comments about women – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-balich-fundraiser-canceled-st-0219-20170217-story.html
— Incumbents seek reelection in Elgin Township – Mike Danahey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-township-gop-st-0215-20170217-story.html
— Annual Report Shows Strong Economic Indicators for DuPage County
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-annual-report-shows-strong-economic-indicator-2017-02-17-story.html
— Prosecutors allege Dorothy Brown took bribe, but her lawyer calls it loan – Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dorothy-brown-employee-sentencing-met-20170217-story.html
— Harsher punishments of gun offenders would save lives in Chicago – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-children-killed-guns-murder-violence-edit-0219-md-20170217-story.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Pair of House Dems want federal employees to know their rights – Eric White  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2017/02/army-begins-upgrade-to-ammunition-management-system/

 

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

February 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IMMIGRANTS RALLY AS PART OF ‘DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS’ PROTEST – Jessica D’Onofrio and Ravi Baichwal  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/immigrants-rally-as-part-of-national-day-of-action/1757486/

 

NBC5
— Trump Slams ‘Horrendous’ Chicago Violence as He Touts Federal Task Force – “There’s another Chicago that’s worse than almost any of the places in the Middle East that we talk about, and that you talk about, every night on the newscasts,” Trump told reporters. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Cites-Horrendous-Launches-Federal-Violence-Task-Force-Cites-Horres-413988953.html
— Gutierrez Barred from Meeting with Top Immigration Enforcement Official – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Gutierrez-Hispanic-Dems-Barred-from-Meeting-with-Immigration-Official-414020793.html
— Illinois Sens. Low on Office Supplies Due to Budget Impasse  “While we have alternative options in place to address immediate needs, it is unclear how long we can make them work,” Kristin Richards, Senate President John Cullerton’s chief of staff, wrote. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Sens-Low-on-Office-Supplies-Due-to-Budget-Impasse-Report-413970443.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Hundreds rally in Chicago streets on ‘Day Without Immigrants’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/236213392-story

 

CLTV
— Mayor Emanuel criticizes Gov. Rauner over lack of a state budget
http://cltv.com/2017/02/16/mayor-emanuel-criticizes-gov-rauner-for-lack-of-state-budget/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner scores victory over AG Madigan, state workers will keep getting paid during impasse – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-lisa-madigan-bruce-rauner-state-worker-pay-met-0217-20170216-story.html
— Emanuel mocks Rauner in a lengthy rant Thursday, saying he would donate $1,000 to charity if a reporter could provide evidence the governor has presented a full state budget plan while in office. – John Byrne and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-budget-rant-met-0217-20170216-story.html
— He raised the speed limit to 70 mph, now Jim Oberweis wants 75 mph – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-oberweis-speed-limit-0217-chicago-inc-20170216-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools ‘on the brink’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-public-schools-lawsuit-rauner-edit-0217-20170216-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use churches to promote the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-refugees-st-0217-20170216-story.html
— ACA repeal means serious risk for Illinois – Kenneth S. Polonsky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-obamacare-repeal-effects-medicaid-illinois-perspec-0217-md-20170216-story.html
— Restaurant owned by Oak Park mayor closes to support ‘Day Without Immigrants’ – Steve Schering  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-day-without-immigrants-tl-0223-20170216-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joliet Mayor sides with illegals against Americans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/will-county/news/ct-joliet-immigration-meeting-met-20170216-story.html
— Let’s try extreme vetting for gun owners – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: What percent of guns and ammunition bought legally is used for crimes?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-extreme-vetting-gun-buyers-zorn-perspec-0217-md-20170216-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge denies request to halt state workers paychecks – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-denies-request-to-halt-state-workers-paychecks/
— Trump administration to redraw travel ban, rather than appeal – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-administration-to-redraw-travel-ban-rather-than-appeal/
— Trump: ‘This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine’ – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-this-administration-is-running-like-a-fine-tuned-machine/
— Trump Thursday: Attacks ‘low-life leakers’ – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-twitter-thursday-attacks-low-life-leakers/
— Trump: ‘Two Chicagos,’ one ‘safe,’ other ‘worse than Middle East’ – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-two-chicagos-one-safe-other-worse-than-middle-east/
— Thousands of supporters of immigrants’ rights march downtown – Stefano Esposito  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigrants-rights-protest-at-union-park-plan-to-march-downtown/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Roskam, Hultgren applaud Michael Flynn’s resignation – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219076/
— Naperville, Lisle Township officials pitch tax savings to sell road merger – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219078/
— The governor’s call for ‘political will’ on Illinois budget crisis – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/discuss/170219144/
— Trump bashes news media, defends start of administration – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219116/
— Suburban businesses close for ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ – Elena Ferrarin Stefano Esposito  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219118/
— Former Lake County coroner freed from jail after posting bond – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219147/
— Trump says ‘I inherited a mess,’ criticizes media, intelligence agencies – Washington Post
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219116/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois AG to appeal denial of request to halt worker pay – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170216/NEWS02/170219887/illinois-ag-to-appeal-denial-of-request-to-halt-worker-pay
— Restaurants, groceries close for immigration strike – PETER FROST (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170216/BLOGS09/170219901/restaurants-groceries-close-for-immigration-strike
— Why I decided to close my restaurant for a day in protest – RYAN MCCASKEY  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170216/OPINION/170219897/why-i-decided-to-close-my-restaurant-for-a-day-in-protest
— Potential Rauner rivals unite in dissing his budget speech – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170216/BLOGS02/170219896/potential-rauner-rivals-unite-in-dissing-his-budget-speech
— Move over, Highland Park: Elmhurst a new hub for million-dollar homes – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170216/CRED0701/170219916/move-over-highland-park-elmhurst-a-new-hub-for-million-dollar-homes
— House payments grab smaller share of income – Dennis Rodkin
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170216/CRED0701/170219910/house-payments-grab-smaller-share-of-income
— GOP congressman Hultgren appears to distance himself from Trump – GREG HINZ (HULTGREN: “Bad headline. No distancing. Flynn compromised trust of VP Pence and, therefore POTUS.” SEE: https://twitter.com/RepHultgren/status/832372112480428033  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are always looking for opportunities to say that individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are distancing themselves from Trump.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170216/BLOGS02/170219895/gop-congressman-appears-to-distance-himself-from-trump

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— ‘Day Without Immigrants’: Protest closes restaurants in U.S. – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/day-without-immigrants-protest-closes-many-us-restaurants/article_7fc38a12-292a-5b55-a4dd-090be02f8f5c.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Illinois farmers to side with Mexico against America.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-farmers-could-take-a-hit-if-mexico-ends-corn-trading-with-us

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats Call Rauner’s Budget Unbalanced – AP
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/democrats-call-rauners-budget-unbalanced#stream/0

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— HUNDREDS RALLY IN CHICAGO ON ‘DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170216/AP/302169763

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Davis breaks with GOP on scuttling Illinois retirement plan regulation – Adam Aton
    http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/davis-breaks-with-gop-on-scuttling-illinois-retirement-plan-regulation/article_72b4e7f0-87a6-50ff-b374-996d22c0c10e.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin, Duckworth sign on to bill that would encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article133212174.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTSTANDING: Lakewood Village Board keeps video gambling ban in place – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/02/15/lakewood-village-board-keeps-video-gambling-ban-in-place/ad7hfy9/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Donald Trump calls treatment of first lady unfair  ‘The things they say are so unfair,’ Trump says – KATE BENNETT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/donald-trump-calls-treatment-of-first-lady-unfair/658915235
— Trump asks reporter to set up meeting with black lawmakers  Caucus says it sent president a letter in January – GREGORY KRIEG AND ASHLEY KILLOUGH  (DIERSEN: One would expect that leaders of the following groups would want to meet with Trump so that they could demonize him, denigrate him, and condemn him: anti-Trumps, anti-Protestants, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, anti-Americans, anti-Whites, anti-males, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-asks-reporter-to-set-up-meeting-with-black-lawmakers/658938461

 

CHICAGOIST
— Rep. Gutierrez Blasts ‘Dictatorial Shenanigans’ After Being Blocked From ICE Meeting – STEPHEN GOSSETT
http://chicagoist.com/2017/02/16/rep_gutierrez_blasts_dictatorial_sh.php

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the anti-Christian Democrat Party.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/02/15/city/evanston-religious-community-moves-to-create-protection-teams-after-presidential-election/

 

GENEVA PATCH
— Geneva Business Shows Support for Immigrant Workers  The Little Traveler supports “A Day Without Immigrants” strike. – Amie Rowland  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://patch.com/illinois/geneva/geneva-business-shows-support-immigrant-workers

 

WINNETKA PATCH
— New Trier Civil Rights Seminar Draws Ire From Right  Feb. 20 school board meeting targeted by supporters and opponents of NTHS “racial civil rights” curriculum. – Jonah Meadows
http://patch.com/illinois/winnetka/new-trier-civil-rights-seminar-draws-ire-right
(LAURIE HIGGINS POST: Here are the three primary defenses of All-School Seminar Day offered by its ardent supporters: 1. Most community members support it. 2. Students are permitted to dissent. 3. Racism exists. First, it shouldn’t matter how many or few oppose it. Minority voices should be honored. Second, no one is arguing that the seminar prohibits discussion, debate, or dissent. Opponents are arguing that a good debate (and sound pedagogy) requires that students be exposed to the best arguments from the best thinkers on all sides of arguable issues. Conservative students should have their views reinforced and challenged by session speakers and materials, and liberal students should have their views reinforced and challenged by session speakers and materials. Third, no one is arguing that racism doesn’t exist. What seminar critics are arguing is that the seminar approaches the manifold issues surrounding race from a leftist perspective. Surely the seminar organizers and supporters know that blacks like Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Jason Riley, Carol Swain, Condoleeza Rice, Star Parker, Allen West, and Ben Carson think differently about racial issues than do John the Author, Monica Trinidad, and Andrew Aydin. What’s most notable in the public comments from New Trier administrators, faculty, and community supporters of the seminar is that no one addresses the concerns of community members who oppose the ideological bias inherent in the seminar. In other words, not one seminar defender claims that the seminar sessions are unbiased or ideologically balanced. That should trouble anyone concerned with sound pedagogy.)

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER’S BUDGET PROPOSAL NEEDS MORE SPENDING REFORMS  The governor should reject tax hikes and push for the structural spending reforms Illinois needs to fix its fiscal crisis and improve its economy. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauners-budget-proposal-needs-more-spending-reforms/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hypocrisy of Leftists on Religious Tolerance
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-hypocrisy-leftists-religious-tolerance/
— Support Pro-Life Billboard Campaign
https://illinoisfamily.org/fundraiser/support-pro-life-billboard-campaign/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Cardinal Cupich speaks out against House abortion bill
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/16/cardinal-cupich-speaks-out-against-house-abortion-bill/
— Democrats loudly and mockingly laughed at Rauner yesterday
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/16/democrats-loudly-and-mockingly-laughed-at-rauner-yesterday/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds say border fence has been cut 9,200 times since 2010 – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/16/feds-say-border-fence-has-been-cut-9200-times-2010/

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘I Inherited a Mess’: Trump Holds Press Conference, Blasts Media Dishonesty
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/16/trump-holds-press-conference-blasts-media-dishonesty
— Conservative activists to mobilize amid anti-Trump protests – Joseph Weber  (DIERSEN: How can Trump supporters get in touch with fellow Trump supporters in their precinct, in their municipality, in their township/ward, in their county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/16/conservative-activists-to-mobilize-amid-anti-trump-protests.html

 

BLAZE
— After bashing Trump, California Gov. Jerry Brown asks for federal aid – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/16/after-bashing-trump-california-gov-jerry-brown-asks-for-federal-aid/
— Michael Moore wants Trump to step down and Clinton named president – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/16/michael-moore-wants-trump-to-step-down-and-clinton-named-president/
— Millennials, ‘casual’ sex is not casual. It’s immature and selfish. – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-millennials-casual-sex-is-not-casual-its-immature-and-selfish/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump to the Media: ‘The Public Doesn’t Believe You People Anymore’ – Mark Swanson
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/media-leaks-press-conference-White-House/2017/02/16/id/774042/
— Study: Up to 2.1 Million Hispanics May Have Voted Illegally – Jason Devaney
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/millions-hispanics-illegal-vote/2017/02/16/id/774045/

 

GOPUSA
— Hollywood tells Texas what to do on transgender bathrooms
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20710
— Unaccountable Journalists
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20703
— Teachers union: Detroit students need more sanctuary schools
http://www.gopusa.com/teachers-union-detroit-students-need-more-sanctuary-schools/

 

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— Liberal Media Finally Paying Price For Relentless Attacks on Trump – C.E. Dyer
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/liberal-media-finally-paying-price-for-relentless-attacks-on-trump

 

BILL O’REILLY
—  Civil Servants…or Uncivil Masters?
https://www.billoreilly.com/b/BOR-Staff-Column:-Civil-Servants…or-Uncivil-Masters/-882833235440129925.html

 

ANN COULTER
— THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS CONGRESS
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2017-02-15.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Danish Parliament Adopts Declaration Barring Muslim-Majority Neighborhoods – JACOB BOJESSON  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps would love if they could bar precincts, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, and state that are Trump supporter-majority, Protestant-majority, conservative-majority, Republican-majority, American-majority, White-majority, male-majority, older people-majority, rich people-majority, gun owner-majority, German American-majority, draft avoider-majority, and/or ancestors have been in America of a long time-majority.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/15/danish-parliament-adopts-declaration-barring-muslim-majority-neighborhoods/
— Bookstores Give Americans Yet Another Reason To Root For Amazon To Stamp Them Out – JACK KOCSIS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/16/bookstores-trump-amazon1/
— ANALYSIS: Border Wall Only Needs To Stop 9-12% Of Illegal Crossings To Pay For Itself – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/16/analysis-border-wall-only-needs-to-stop-9-12-of-illegal-crossings-to-pay-for-itself/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— BEYOND TRAGIC: California Has 12,209,605 People Enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP Programs – Warren Mass
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/25400-california-has-12-209-605-people-enrolled-in-medicaid-or-chip-programs

 

POLITICO
— CNN chief says Trump’s attacks are boosting morale  Jeff Zucker’s comments suggest White House media war may be benefiting both sides. – ALEX WEPRIN  (DIERSEN: Are my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes aware that when they attack me in public, their attacks make them look like disgusting failed losers, and even worse things?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-cnn-morale-jeff-zucker-235116

 

REUTERS
— Immigrants across the U.S. skip work, school in anti-Trump protest  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-protest-idUSKBN15V19M

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois AG to appeal judge’s refusal to halt worker pay
http://www.heraldonline.com/news/business/article133096684.html

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Everyone seems angry as Congress heads home – WILLIAM DOUGLAS
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article133194554.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says ‘I inherited a mess,’ blasts media and detractors at combative news conference – Ashley Parker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/16/trump-says-he-inherited-a-mess-blasts-media-and-detractors-for-treatment-of-his-administration/
— Workers fighting about Trump at work – Michelle Singletary  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively, if not literally.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois would be overjoyed about that.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/02/16/workers-fighting-about-trump-at-work/
— Hiring freeze could add to government’s risk, GAO chief warns – Eric Yoder  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/16/hiring-freeze-could-add-to-governments-risk-gao-chief-warns/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The White House has found ways to end protection for Dreamers while shielding Trump from blowback.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-daca-20170216-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s war with CNN escalates to new heights – Claire Atkinson
http://nypost.com/2017/02/16/trumps-war-with-cnn-escalates-to-new-heights/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Defends Himself, Lashes Out at Opponents, Media  President says his time in office has been highly effective – CAROL E. LEE and DAMIAN PALETTA
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-defends-himself-lashes-out-at-opponents-media-1487271253
— Trump Administration Plans New Immigration Order Next Week, Ends Legal Push in Appeals Court  ‘The new order is going to be very much tailored to what I consider to be a very bad decision,’ Trump says – BRENT KENDALL
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-new-immigration-order-next-week-ends-legal-push-in-appeals-court-1487275058

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Immigration Raids Aren’t the Problem – Editorial
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-16/trump-s-immigration-raids-aren-t-the-problem
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Deportation raids make for lurid headlines that may please Trump’s political base. But less theatrical measures would have far more dramatic effect. The single most effective way to reduce the illegal immigrant population, for example, would be to implement the E-Verify employment and biometric entry/exit tracking systems. The sooner Trump realizes this — both the practical ways to enforce existing law and the realistic ways to bring about more effective policy — the better off the country will be.)

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The massive outpouring of anti-Trump protests has been matched by record contributions to progressive and Democratic groups.”
http://prospect.org/article/huge-demonstrations-huge-low-dollar-donations

 

FED WEEK
— Plans for Workforce Taking Shape Under Trump
http://www.fedweek.com/reports/plans-workforce-taking-shape-trump/

 

FED SMITH
— Want to Take on the Trump Administration? These Congressmen Have Released a Guide to Help You – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: Because I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government and I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged the federal government with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASTED MY CAREER AND FORCED ME TO RETIRE IN 1997 WHEN I WAS 49 YEARS OLD.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/16/want-to-take-on-the-trump-administration-these-congressmen-have-released-a-guide-to-help-you/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two Congressmen are encouraging federal employees to speak out against the Trump administration. They have released a new guide to encourage whistleblowers to speak out and defy orders from the new administration which they say has “strapped a muzzle on federal agencies and attacked legitimate whistleblowers.” Congressmen Don Beyer (D-VA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) released the guide (included below) which they said is “a resource for the safe and responsible disclosure of information.” Probably not coincidentally, it was released on the same day that President Trump vowed to punish those who leaked classified information in the situation surrounding the resignation of Michael Flynn. . .Caveat Emptor  Here is another point to ponder: if you decide to speak out against the new administration or your agency and find yourself on the losing end of a lawsuit, you have something to lose: your job as a federal employee. If it happens to involve classified information, you could find yourself in jail or on the run from the government (anyone remember Edward Snowden?). Congressmen Beyer and Lieu are not going to be the subject of a First Amendment lawsuit that could upend their lives if you decide to follow their advice but end up getting burned in the process. In fact, they may well remain in Congress until they decide to retire. While their guide was probably written with good intentions, the legal ramifications surrounding what they are suggesting has the potential to upend lives and careers. Caveat emptor.)
— Legislation Introduced to Exempt Veterans From Hiring Freeze – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I am not a veteran, and worse yet, that I avoided the draft, b) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, c) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, d) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, e) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, f) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, g) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and h) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/16/legislation-introduced-to-exempt-veterans-from-hiring-freeze/
— Leaking Information, Federal Employees and Political Ideology – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats who vehemently disapproved of my Republican “political ideology.”)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/16/leaking-information-federal-employees-and-political-ideology/

 

SALON
— Silencing the civil service: Republicans crack down on federal workers’ communication  Fearing a Trump crackdown, some federal workers at the EPA turned to encryption apps to communicate
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/16/silencing-the-civil-service-republicans-crack-down-on-federal-workers-communication/

 

QUARTZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bill Gates sides with the media against Trump.
https://qz.com/909840/bill-gates-if-anybody-says-we-dont-need-the-media-thats-a-little-scary/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Still See Visa Scofflaws As Threat, Want Them Deported
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/february_2017/most_still_see_visa_scofflaws_as_threat_want_them_deported

 

GUARDIAN
— We will not pay: the Americans withholding their taxes to fight Trump  The new president has driven some to make a statement with their bank accounts – despite fears such a protest could send demonstrators to jail – Joanna Walters  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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 worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/tax-refusing-pay-protest-trump

February 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “a day without immigrants.” How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
http://abc7chicago.com/news/rick-bayless-will-close-chicago-restaurants-for-thursday-immigrant-action/1756980/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AG Madigan, Rauner set for court clash on state worker pay Thursday – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-lisa-madigan-state-worker-paycheck-lawsuit-20170215-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is showing reluctance to take responsibility for White House chaos.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-flynn-white-house-chaos-20170215-story.html
— A restive, active and aggressive base is a gift — and a challenge — for Democrats – David Weigel, Karen Tumulty  (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  I should write a book about the aforesaid leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-base-activism-movement-20170211-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Time to come around for Illinois, Mike – Editorial  (DIERSEN: “Time to come around for Illinois” is code for increasing taxes on Republicans.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-time-to-come-around-for-illinois-mike/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Bill would create financial watch list for towns – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170215/news/170219206/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Wheaton Warrenville District 200 to host forums on $132.5 million referendum – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170216/news/170219177/

 

WTTW
— Rauner Lays Out Budget Plan; Democrats Not Impressed – Amanda Vinicky  (DIERSEN: Democrats want a plan that will drive out of Illinois all the individuals, organizations, and companies that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/15/rauner-lays-out-budget-plan-democrats-not-impressed

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers need to agree on more than the need to work together – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170215/our-view-lawmakers-need-to-agree-on-more-than-need-to-work-together

 

TIMES
— A look at how Illinois’ budget fight has affected residents – AP
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/a-look-at-how-illinois-budget-fight-has-affected-residents/article_f5bf0980-d1ed-5ee9-ba68-100bdeb2848d.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— For Illinois Democrats, politics a family affair – Scott Reeder
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/for-illinois-democrats-politics-a-family-affair/article_fa45ad5c-04e1-54c2-a09a-a9505c959e60.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Property Tax Freeze ‘Non-Starter’ in IL Gov’s Budget – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/property-tax-freeze-non-starter-il-govs-budget#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters in Peoria promote female Trump haters in Peoria.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/moving-ahead-after-the-womens-rally/657236480

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A crush of crises all but buries the young Trump White House.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34516422/a-crush-of-crises-all-but-buries-the-young-trump-white-house

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “No one in Illinois moves forward until budget impasse is done.”
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/editorial/quick/quick-no-one-in-illinois-moves-forward-until-budget-impasse/article_085f65b9-947d-5269-b7b8-9f76143323a4.html

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— TRUMP NOMINEE HAS DECRIED MEDICAID FOR FOSTERING DEPENDENCY – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats promote a) dependency on government and b) dependency on charities because overwhelmingly, those who depend on government or charities vote for Democrats.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170216/AP/302169957
— ‘DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS’ PROTESTS BEING HELD ACROSS U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make immigrants hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170216/AP/302169973

 

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— State Rep. Chris Welch crafts bill to give immigrants safe zones in Illinois – Mike Sandrolini (DIERSEN: Constructively, Welch has declared war on the United State of America.)
http://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-crafts-bill-to-give-immigrants-safe-zones-in-illinois/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Rauner’s 2018 Re-election theme in his budget speech: winning the middle with pale pastels – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/gov-rauners-2018-re-election-theme-in-his-budget-speech-winning-the-middle-with-pale-pastels/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hypocrisy of Leftists on Religious Tolerance – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/hypocrisy-of-leftists-on-religious-tolerance/

 

FOX NEWS
— Piers Morgan: Media’s Attempt to Delegitimize Trump Is ‘Un-American’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/15/piers-morgan-attacks-trump-presidency-are-un-american
— Pence Kept in the Dark?  (DIERSEN: Who keeps you in the dark?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to keep me in the dark.  Should I write a book about them?)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/02/15/pence-kept-dark-trump-reportedly-knew-about-flynns-russian-calls-kept-info-vp

 

DAILY CALLER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: GAO sides with Democrats who oppose the Wall.  In 1980, I was one of last Republicans that GAO hired.  In 1997, I was one of the last Republicans that GAO got rid of.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/15/top-us-auditor-gives-one-word-answer-on-border-wall-and-trump-wont-like-it-one-bit/

 

BREITBART
— The Left’s Alinsky Plan to Destroy the Trump Administration – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/14/lefts-alinsky-plan-destroy-trump-administration/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SCHOOLTEACHERS FIRED FOR PRO-TRUMP REMARKS  Even comments made off campus are now grounds for termination – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/schoolteachers-fired-for-pro-trump-remarks/

 

TOWNHALL
— Dear Reince: Do Not Fail President Trump – Kurt  Schlichter
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/02/16/dear-reince-do-not-fail-president-trump-n2286072

 

NEWSMAX
— DC Restaurants to Partake in Thursday’s #ADayWithoutImmigrants Protest –  Jason Devaney  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/washington-dc-restaurants-day-without/2017/02/15/id/773902/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— JOHN F. KENNEDY: WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF HIS PARTY? – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/john-f-kennedy-what-would-he-think-of-his-party/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— HISPANICS BACK TRUMP ON SANCTUARY CITIES
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/15/hispanics-back-trump-on-sanctuary-cities/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Do What God’s Called You to Do – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: My churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois talk and act they are called by God to get rid of me and to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/02/16/do-what-gods-called-you-to-do/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Psychiatrist: Calling Donald Trump Mentally Ill Is An Insult To The Mentally Ill  “He may be a world-class narcissist, but this doesn’t make him mentally ill.” – Ed Mazza
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/psychiatrist-donald-trump-not-mentally-ill_us_58a512a1e4b045cd34be9702

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Older Judges and Vacant  Seats Give Trump Huge Powerto Shape American Courts – JOSH KATZ  (DIERSEN: According to the hardcopy version of this article, less than half of federal judges are White men.  Of course, those who are anti-White and/or anti-men are overjoyed about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/14/upshot/trump-poised-to-transform-american-courts.html
— Trump Voters Show President They Can Complain on Twitter, Too – KATIE ROGERS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/politics/trump-voters-show-president-they-can-complain-on-twitter-too.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Campaign Over, President Trump Will Hold a (What Else?) Campaign Rally.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/campaign-over-president-trump-will-hold-a-what-else-campaign-rally.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What groups are you a member of?  Democrats call them hate groups unless they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/hate-groups-increase-usa.html

 

USA TODAY
— Businesses across U.S. close for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ – Doug Stanglin (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/16/a-day-without-immigrants-strike/97965460/
— Magic Leap sued for sex discrimination by woman hired to increase diversity – Mike Snider  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me wanted much greater efforts to get rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/15/magic-leap-sued-sex-discrimination-woman-hired-increase-diversity/97939588/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/02/15/george-takei-how-america-first-puts-many-us-last-japanese-internment/97919708/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Pence out of the loop – Teresa Hanafin  (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, one way to see how far out of the loop that you are is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The more things that you learn of by reading the emails that Republican township/ward, county, and state party leaders should have told you, the more that those leaders have you out of their loop.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/15/fast-forward-more-trump-russian-stuff-pence-out-loop-and-immigrant-wins-westminster/QQHqJZK4BR5to1QnbgOKKO/story.html

 

DENVER POST
— Pence remains above the fray, but is he outside the inner circle? – Robert Costa and Ashley Parker  (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, one way to see how far out of the inner circle that you are is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  The more things that you learn of by reading the emails that Republican township/ward, county, and state party leaders should have told you, the more that those leaders have you out of their inner circle.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/14/pence-standing-flynn-russia-leaks/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Businesses to Close Amid One-Day Strike by Immigrants Against Trump  ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ calls on foreign-born workers to stay home to demonstrate their impact on economy – MIRIAM JORDAN and CHARLES PASSY  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-plan-one-day-strike-against-trumps-immigration-policies-1487201302
— Don’t Believe the Progressive Hype  Trump’s missteps have energized the left, but tea-party comparisons are overwrought. – KARL ROVE
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-believe-the-progressive-hype-1487203070
— Liberals Matriculate at Calhoun College  In the Trump era, progressives are now most likely to secede. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberals-matriculate-at-calhoun-college-1487204348
— China: A Modern Babel  “I speak Chinese” is a statement with little meaning: Linguists have identified seven mutually incomprehensible Chinese languages. Peter Neville-Hadley reviews “A Billion Voices” by David Moser. – Richard Vedder
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-a-modern-babel-1487202893

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Students, Faculty Protest Ex-Trump Campaign Manager’s Visit  Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the University of Chicago to protest the appearance by Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-15/students-faculty-oppose-ex-trump-campaign-managers-visit

 

COLLEGIATE TIMES
— Federal hiring freeze may discourage upcoming graduates – Alex Mazarr  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/federal-hiring-freeze-may-discourage-upcoming-graduates/article_d122faca-f3c9-11e6-aedf-b7820fe5e678.html

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Just Took a Shot at Another Major Company – H&R Block – Ian Salisbury
http://time.com/money/4672031/hrblock-trump-tax-reform/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump isn’t mad – he’s the arrogant boss we’ve all seen before.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/16/donald-trump-us-president

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— Trump’s “voter fraud” fraud won’t silence us  In classic authoritarian fashion, the Trump administration is using the “big lie” as a pretext for carrying out an assault on immigrant communities, explains Eric Ruder.
https://socialistworker.org/2017/02/16/trumps-voter-fraud-fraud-wont-silence-us

February 15 Morning Edition

GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER
— LIVE STREAMING: Governor Rauner Delivers the Budget Address, Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
https://www.illinois.gov/gov/Pages/RaunerLive.aspx

 

NBC5
— Rauner Still ‘Frustrated’ Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget Address  “I am the most frustrated person in the state that we haven’t been able to work with the General Assembly to get a balanced budget passed,” Rauner said. “We need to pass it now.” – Tom Schuba and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-budget-address-facebook-live-413773753.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Gov. Rauner Blamed For Contract Impasse With AFSCME.”
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/14/gov-rauner-slammed-for-contract-impasse-with-afscme/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Frustrated’ Rauner to push for ‘grand bargain’ in budget address – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/frustrated-rauner-to-push-for-grand-bargain-in-budget-address/
— Rauner asks court to reject Lisa Madigan state worker motion – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-asks-court-to-reject-lisa-madigan-state-worker-motion/
— Toddler and man killed, woman wounded in North Lawndale shooting while woman was on Facebook Live – Sam Charles, Andy Grimm and Jordan Owen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-two-dead-including-toddler-in-north-lawndale-shooting/
— Big money in final days of presidential race – Shia Kapos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kapos-big-money-in-final-days-of-presidential-race/
— “Straight White Men” homes in on oppressive ambition – Hedy Weiss (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My demographics are terrible: Trump supporter (I have been a Trump supporter ever since he won the nomination and especially since he won the election.), Protestant (I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.), conservative, Republican (A contributing member of the party since 1976 and a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999.), American, White, male, older (I was born in 1948.), non-poor, gun owner, German American (I am 100% German American.), ancestors have been in America for a long time (My ancestors have been in America since 1844), former federal employee (I was a federal employee for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.), retired federal employee (I have been a retired federal employee since 1997.), former union member (I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980.), American-nameplate car owner, childless, petless, etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/straight-white-men-homes-in-on-oppressive-ambition/
— Nobody wants to give up those deplored federal handouts – John Stossel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-once-they-have-them-people-fight-to-keep-subsidies/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote abortion.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-being-a-good-catholic-in-age-of-trump-is-complicated/
— Northwestern University fraternity ordered to cease social activities – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nu-fraternity-ordered-to-cease-social-activities/
— Big election change coming—but don’t get hopes up too high – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-big-election-change-coming-but-dont-get-hopes-up-too-high/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Mike Pence’s delayed knowledge of Flynn’s fibs hint he is outside Trump’s inner circle.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mike-pence-trump-inner-circle-20170214-story.html
— Home for new and expectant single moms expected to open this year in Wheaton – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-wheaton-group-home-20170214-story.html
— Embattled NU fraternity suspended amid reports of drugging, sex assaults – Genevieve Bookwalter and Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-sae-suspension-tl-0216-20170213-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-devon-resource-center-preview-met-20170214-story.html
— Rauner cracks wise into hot mic before Facebook Live appearance – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-valentines-day-met-story.html
— $9 million cut from domestic violence programs, Rauner administration blames ‘confusion’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-budget-domestic-violence-20170215-story.html
— Readers react: New Trier’s civil rights seminar  (DIERSEN: Joseph A. Morris comment on the “Helicopter parents” letter: “Professor Ebner writes, “I taught American history at colleges and universities in New York City and Illinois for 40 years.  Never did I encounter criticism from parents — or administrators — about the design of courses I offered or the content of their subject matter.” Mr. Ebner’s stunning admission — that for 40 years no one paid any attention to what he was doing in his classrooms — explains how and why American higher education has gone to hell in a handbasket in the last 40 years, setting the stage for infectious political correctness and related boobery to pass from the colleges to the high schools.” Morris comment on the “Inquire, commit, serve” letter: “Ms. Koerner writes: “Now, more than ever, our young people need to be reading and hearing authors like Colson Whitehead and Andrew Aydin.” At the ceremony held in New York City last fall just days after the national election, as the prestigious national book award was presented to Mr. Whitehead, the honoree said, “We’re happy in here; outside is the blasted hellhole wasteland of Trumpland. Be kind to everybody, make art and fight the power.”  Will he convey a similarly objective, politically-neutral, uplifting, and dignified message to the students of New Trier High School? Andrew Aydin’s day job is as the “Digital Director and Policy Advisor” to Congressman John Lewis (D-Georgia) in the latter’s office on Capitol Hill;  before that he was employed on the Lewis campaign staff in Georgia. I suspect that the number of paid Republican political operatives who will be paid by New Trier High School to grace the Seminar Day can be counted on zero fingers, and I suspect, further, that the disparity is no accident. Odd that Ms. Koerner doesn’t swell with gleeful anticipation of the visits by others among the Seminar Day’s speakers, such as Monica Trinidad (who organizes boycotts of ballet companies featuring Jewish artists because she doesn’t want to “dance with Israeli apartheid”); and the “poet” whose nom de plume is “John the Author” and whose oeuvre includes “poetry” such as the following stirring anthem to racial tolerance and what education can accomplish, an exhortation that no doubt embodies what Ms. Koerner imagines to be the school’s lofty goals to “inspire, commit, and serve”: “Not graduate from back, Give back, nigga, Tell them get back, nigga”.”  Morris comment on the “Mandatory seminar” letter: “Mr. Sloane of Glendale Heights may or may not have learned to read in the feeder schools that serve the upscale New Trier Township High School, but it is puzzling that he wonders “if the high school is focusing on the fight for equal rights in the 1950s and 1960s” when the title of the Seminar Day program is “Understanding Today’s Struggle for Racial Civil Rights” (emphasis added).  The word “Today’s” is probably a dead giveaway that the aim of the program is not a retrospective on the history of half a century and more ago.  Another dead giveaway of the aim of the program is the insertion of the word “Racial” which, of course, undermines the fundamental American proposition that “rights”, civil and otherwise, belong to individuals and not to races.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-readers-react-new-trier-s-civil-rights-seminar-20170214-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Teaching news literacy can make students better citizens – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170214/discuss/170219396/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner set for his most important speech ever – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170215/BLOGS02/170219937
— Here’s a way to stop Illinois’ fiscal shame spiral – MICHAEL BELSKY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170215/OPINION/170219938

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Don’t look for a miracle from Gov. Rauner’s budget speech – Editorial
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/96816/our-view-dont-look-for-a-miracle-from-gov-rauners-budget-speech

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
—  Some University of Chicago students and faculty are vowing to protest the appearance of a former manager of President Donald Trump’s run for the White House. – AP
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170215/AP/302159914
— PHOENIX FACES ARIZONA LAW THAT BARS SANCTUARY-CITY STATUS – AP  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Illinois law should bar sanctuary-city status.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170215/AP/302159939

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Rauner’s 3rd budget likely to be shelved like the first 2 – AP
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/rauner-s-rd-budget-likely-to-be-shelved-like-the/article_ab2cdadf-77c1-5255-9737-4f9d5c82cbd3.html

 

METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL
— The persistent problem of segregation in Chicago’s public schools – Alden Loury  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the fewer minorities that were your classmates, the more that Democrats demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you are being a racist and even worse things.)
http://www.metroplanning.org/news/7395/The-persistent-problem-of-segregation-in-Chicagos-public-schools#.WJz6Wk-HQNU.twitter

 

CHICAGO REPORTER
— Chicago’s lax enforcement of minimum wage hike leaves workers in the lurch – Melissa Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I ask my critics/opponents, are you paying your operatives and your dupes at least the minimum wage?  Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponent talk and act like they have severe financial problems and like they will do just about anything for money.)
http://chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-lax-enforcement-of-minimum-wage-hike-leaves-workers-in-the-lurch/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County Municipal/County Intergovernmental Committee sets legislative priorities for 2017 – Louie Torres
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511082343-dupage-county-municipal-county-intergovernmental-committee-sets-legislative-priorities-for-2017

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Why Illinois Is The Worst Place In America To Own A Home
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/why-illinois-is-the-worst-place-in-america-to-own-a-home

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW ILLINOIS STATE REP STEVE REICK FOCUSES ON STATE TAX REFORMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/new-illinois-state-rep-focuses-on-state-tax-reforms.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump counsel was warned Flynn could be blackmailed – Dave Boyer  (DIERSEN: If you “could be blackmailed,” you should not seek or hold a government or political office.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/14/trump-counsel-don-mcgahn-was-warned-michael-flynn-/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Democrats Demanding that Immigration Officials Stop Deporting Illegals Convicted of Violent Crimes – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/14/democrats-demanding-immigration-officials-stop-deporting-illegals-convicted-violent-crimes/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— PAWNS OF LIBERALS – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: Democrats crow about their success making individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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 American, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/pawns-of-liberals/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats are now ‘Party of Hate’
http://www.gopusa.com/dems-are-now-party-of-hate/

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Some anti-Americans falsely claim to be “pro-family.”
http://www.newsmax.com/US/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-deportation-family/2017/02/14/id/773528/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Now You Can Wear A Puzzle-Piece Pin To Show How Bad You Feel About Being White – JIM TREACHER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that to be Democrat is to be anti-White.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/14/now-you-can-wear-a-puzzle-piece-pin-to-show-how-bad-you-feel-about-being-white/
— Chaffetz Sent Fake Invoice For Paid Protester Hours – PHILLIP STUCKY  (DIERSEN: How much money per hour do anti-Trumps pay protestors in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/14/chaffetz-sent-fake-invoice-for-paid-protester-hours/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Some Illinois veterans will have access to free child care while attending doctor appointments or job interviews. (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would bring this article to my attention and stress I should be gotten rid of a) because I avoided the draft with student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 and b) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
http://pilotonline.com/news/military/veterans/program-to-provide-free-child-care-to-some-illinois-veterans/article_92a28df4-1452-5363-84f1-91f89802d183.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/business/economy/immigration-productivity-economists.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/opinion/sanctuary-cities-in-name-only.html
— Liberal Activists Join Forces Against a Common Foe: Trump – YAMICHE ALCINDOR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/protesters-resist-trump.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: For Tech-Savvy Students, Apathy to Current Events Is a Thing of the Past. – Elizabeth Harris  (DIERSEN: To keep up to date with current news and commentary on government and politics, read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/social-media-schools-politics-civics.html
— Who’d Want to Limit Retirement Plans? House Republicans – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/whod-want-to-limit-retirement-plans-house-republicans.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s toxicity has Republicans running away from their constituents.”  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trump constituents are toxic.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-running-away-from-their-constituents/2017/02/14/3fc4dd66-f2f0-11e6-a9b0-ecee7ce475fc_story.html
— GAO Report lists ‘high risks’ needing Trump’s attention – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/15/report-lists-high-risks-needing-government-attention/
— Trump is dividing American Jews over domestic politics, not Israel – Sarah Posner  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats try to get Jews to join Muslims against Christians.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/15/trump-is-dividing-american-jews-over-domestic-politics-not-israel/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Trump Age, Taking a Different Tack on Workplace Diversity – JOHN SIMONS  (DIERSEN: To promote workplace diversity is to get rid of employs who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-trump-age-taking-a-different-tack-on-workplace-diversity-1487080801
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the WSJ sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST America’s citizens.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/seeking-their-own-refuge-sanctuary-cities-go-to-court-1487116166
— A Generation Living for Likes  Only 19% of surveyed college students agreed that “I am open about my emotions on social media.” A full 73% said they always try to appear happy. Laura Vanderkam reviews “The Happiness Effect” by Donna Freitas. – LAURA VANDERKAM  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes either are liked or want to be liked by those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-generation-living-for-likes-1487115843
— Your Blueprint for Career Advancement Needs Updating  How to take a more regular, active role in making your professional life as good as it can be – SUE SHELLENBARGER  (DIERSEN: What have you done to advance your career?  Aside from working hard, 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.  To advance their careers in the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on promoting Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, they focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-blueprint-for-career-advancement-needs-updating-1487086846
— Colleges, Faced With Funding Cuts, Target Tenure Trims  GOP state lawmakers and schools look to winnow longtime faculty positions with fewer job protections – Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-faced-with-funding-cuts-target-tenure-trims-1487068202

 

VOICE OF AMERICA NEWS
— U.S. Ethics Office Calls for Investigation of Trump Aide’s Comments  (DIERSEN: I should write book about elected officials and party leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who misuse their position.  Most commonly, they misuse their position by demonizing, denigrating, and condemning a) those who do not pander to them, b) those who fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and c) those who do not give them money.  Those who attended the January 19, 2017 Wheaton Chamber of Commerce State of the City address saw such misuse of position at the end of the program.)
http://www.voanews.com/a/us-ethics-office-calls-for-investigation-of-trump-aide-conway-comments/3725496.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the letter, OGE Director Walter M. Shaub, Jr. encouraged the White House to punish Conway if necessary. “These facts, if true, would establish a clear violation of the prohibition against misuse of position,” Shaub wrote. “Therefore, I recommend that the White House investigate Ms. Conway’s actions and consider taking disciplinary action against her.” Shaub also noted in his letter that Conway’s actions are almost identical to an example used during ethics training about what not to do while employed by the White House. “I note that OGE’s regulation on misuse of position offers as an example the hypothetical case of a Presidential appointee appearing in a television commercial to promote a product,” he wrote. “Ms. Conway’s actions track that example almost exactly.”)

 

USA TODAY
— Millennial drivers are highway hazards, survey shows – Bart Jansen  (DIERSEN: I have been driving since 1964 and I have never caused an accident.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/15/millennial-drivers-highway-hazards-survey-shows/97888336/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millennial drivers are the worst. That’s not just their elders talking. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found 88% of drivers 19- to 24-years-old acknowledged engaging in risky behavior such as texting while driving, running red lights or speeding during the previous month, according to a report released Wednesday.)

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— Congressman’s staffer injured during protest at office – AP
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Congressman-claims-staffer-injured-during-OC-10933082.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said a 71-year-old staff member was knocked unconscious Tuesday while protesters gathered at his Southern California office. Rohrabacher is a conservative Republican who has voiced support for some of President Donald Trump’s actions. He released a statement that said his longtime district director, Kathleen Staunton, fell and hit her head when a protester yanked open the office door as she was leaving.)

 

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS
— Deportation Fears Depress California Dream Act College Aid Applications  (DIERSEN: Nothing should be done that encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, or to bring others to America illegally.  Anti-Americans use Dreamers to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://sfpublicpress.org/news-notes/2017-02/deportation-fears-depress-california-dream-act-college-aid-applications

 

U.S. & WORLD REPORT
— Students, Faculty Oppose Ex-Trump Campaign Manager’s Visit  Some University of Chicago students and faculty are vowing to protest the appearance of a former manager of President Donald Trump’s run for the White House. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-15/students-faculty-oppose-ex-trump-campaign-managers-visit

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Breitbart Blames Priebus for All of the Trump Administration’s Problems – Ed Kilgore  (DIERSEN: Who blames you and what do they blame you for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/breitbart-wants-priebus-to-die-for-d-c-s-sins-against-trump.html

 

MANAGED CARE MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote LGBTQ activity is to promote STDs. Democrats focus on promoting LGBTQ activity, that is, Democrats focus on promoting STDs.
https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/2017/2/far-over-stds-have-made-comeback
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates in the United States are at record highs, and many experts fear they will continue to climb because of meager funding of public health clinics and diminished sex education in schools. Throw the repeal of large chunks of the ACA and the end of federal government funds for Planned Parenthood into the mix, and a bad situation will only get worse, say some experts. “It’s a perfect storm that would allow more people to become infected” as education that could help prevent the spread of STDs falters and the places where people can go to be tested dwindle, says John Steever, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics and a member of the faculty at the Adolescent Health Center of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. The cost of STDs is enormous for those infected but also for society as a whole. The direct cost of treating STDs is almost $16 billion per year, according to the CDC. That is more than twice the CDC’s annual budget. The cost of STD care “is the magnitude of a natural disaster every year,” says Supriya Mehta, an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. The CDC estimates that, at any given time, more than 100 million Americans have an STD. Roughly 20 million new cases occur each year, with half of those affecting young people between the ages of 15 and 24. In addition, one quarter of sexually active adolescent females have an STD. Blacks and men who have sex with men also tend to have a higher prevalence of STDs.)

 

GQ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Congressional Republicans Are Scared of Holding Town Halls Now For Some Reason.”
http://www.gq.com/story/republicans-are-ducking-town-halls

 

BLOOMBERG
— The Political Assassination of Michael Flynn – Eli Lake  (DIERSEN: Who are the political assassinators in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  I should write about political assassinators in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-14/the-political-assassination-of-michael-flynn

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Get a Look Inside Ivanka Trump’s $5.5 Million D.C. Home – Colleen Kane
http://time.com/money/4670427/get-a-look-inside-ivanka-trumps-5-5-million-d-c-home/

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Should Journalists Be Required to Earn a License in Order to Practice Journalism? – Sean Stroh  (DIERSEN: When it serves their purposes, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT a journalist.  My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a journalist ONLY IF YOU ARE PAID TO BE A JOURNALIST. In my defense, I stress that I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, that thousands of Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. across Illinois regularly read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, that since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, that since 2015, those emails have gone out each and every evening too, that since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 262,000 articles and information on many upcoming events, that much of what I did for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991, is very similar to what journalists do, that my wife and I have enough income and net worth that I do not need to be paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, nor do I want to be paid for what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, he who pays the piper calls the tunes, and I do not want anyone to call my tunes.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-should-journalists-be-required-to-earn-a-license-in-order-to-practice-journalism/

February 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— CPS SUES STATE OVER FUNDING, SAYS IT VIOLATES STUDENTS’ RIGHTS – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/education/cps-sues-state-over-funding-says-it-violates-students-rights/1754497/
— WOMAN CARJACKED IN NAPERVILLE PRESCHOOL PARKING LOT, POLICE SAY
http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-woman-carjacked-in-naperville-school-parking-lot/1754697/
— HUNDREDS PROTEST PRESIDENT BY MOONING TRUMP TOWER IN CHICAGO
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/hundreds-moon-trump-tower-at-chicago-protest/1751917/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Public Schools Sues Illinois, Alleging ‘Unequal’ Funding Violates Students’ Civil Rights – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cps-lawsuit-illinois-rauner-unequal-funding-violates-students-civil-rights-413746653.html
— Rauner: Shootings Mean Troopers Needed on Chicago Highways – Don Babwin  (DIERSEN: When did you drive a lot on Chicago highways?  For me, it was only 1966-1968 when I commuted to and from classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Shootings-Mean-Troopers-Needed-on-Chicago-Highways-413745723.html

 

CBS2
— Democrats And Their Allies Bash Gov. Rauner On Eve Of State Budget Address – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/14/dems-and-their-allies-bash-gov-rauner-on-eve-of-state-budget-address/
— Roskam Reportedly Declines Request For Public Forums – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/14/roskam-reportedly-declines-request-for-public-forums/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Agents discover catapult used to launch drugs over U.S. – Mexico Border
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/235794527-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tom Mouhelis, former Wheaton City Council member, dies – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-tom-mouhelis-obituary-20170214-story.html
— Roskam speaks to critics, supporters during telephone campaign event
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-roskam-town-hall-st-0215-20170214-story.html
— Rauner legal team resists AG Madigan’s move to withhold state paychecks – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-lisa-madigan-state-worker-pay-met-0215-20170214-story.html
— What to expect when you’re expecting a state budget? Nothing – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-illinois-state-budget-rauner-zorn-perspec-0215-20170214-column.html
— Chicago school board sues state, alleges ‘separate and unequal’ funding – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-school-funding-lawsuit-met-20170214-story.html
— 48 arrested in Chicago area in last week’s immigration raids – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-immigration-raids-arrests-met-20170214-story.html
— District 204 budget cuts likely if state funding doesn’t increase – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-204-budget-st-0215-20170214-story.html
— S&P issues blistering report on state’s fiscal woes – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-miller-column-st-0215-20170214-story.html
— Unable to pass own spending plan, Rauner to weigh in on Senate version during Wednesday budget speech – Monique Garcia, Kim Geiger and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-budget-preview-met-0215-20170214-story.html
— Republicans block Dem effort to get Trump’s tax returns – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrat-effort-trump-tax-returns-20170214-story.html
— Aurora mayoral candidates tout endorsements – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-endorse-st-0215-20170214-story.html
— Chicago’s gang wars and the Judicial Accountability Act – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-chicago-gang-wars-kass-0215-20170214-column.html
— University of Chicago students, faculty clash over Corey Lewandowski event – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lewandowski-university-of-chicago-event-20170214-story.html
— Trump rhetoric has created ‘atmosphere of terror’ for (ILLEGAL) immigrants, advocate says – Marwa Eltagouri, Elyssa Cherney and Grace Wong
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-immigration-raids-arrests-met-20170214-story.html
— This, dear white people, is how to look like a snowflake – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-milo-dear-white-people-perspec-0215-20170214-column.html
— Emanuel: Feds will be in town next week to continue Police Department work – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-emanuel-sessions-consent-decree-met-20170214-story.html
— Rauner aims to add 200 more state troopers to combat Chicago expressway shootings – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-state-troopers-chicago-expressway-shootings-20170214-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel urges old friend Rauner to present balanced budget – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-urges-old-friend-rauner-to-present-balanced-budget/
— CPS sues state over funding, says it violates students’ rights – Lauren FitzPatrick and Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-sues-state-over-funding-says-it-violates-students-rights/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with Mexico against America.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-u-s-sells-more-corn-than-anybody-guess-who-buys-it/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Democrats opposing proposed DuPage County Election Commission merger with the county clerk’s office – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170214/news/170219419/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam’s support of border tax brings biz backlash – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170214/BLOGS02/170219944/roskams-support-of-border-tax-brings-biz-backlash
— CPS sues Illinois over ‘discriminatory’ funding – AP  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that it unfair to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to younger people, and to veterans a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years, b) that IRS hired me in 1971 and let me work there for almost 9 years, c) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, d) that GAO hired me in 1980 and let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) that GAO promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170214/NEWS02/170219943/cps-sues-illinois-over-discriminatory-funding
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago’s schools are suing Illinois’ governor and other state officials over how the state funds schools, claiming it violates the civil rights of the predominantly-minority student population in the nation’s third-largest school district. Tuesday’s lawsuit was filed in Cook County on behalf of black and Hispanic families. It seeks to have a judge declare the formula unlawful.)
— Shootings mean troopers needed on Chicago highways, Rauner says – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170214/NEWS10/170219946/shootings-mean-troopers-needed-on-chicago-highways-rauner-says

 

DNA INFO
— CPS Sues State of Illinois: City Kids at ‘Back of Bus’ in Funding – Heather Cherone and Erica Demarest  (DIERSEN: My parents helped Crete-Monee School District 201-U cut its costs during the 1950s and 1960s when they sent my brother and I to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170214/bridgeport/cps-sues-state-alleges-unequal-funding-violates-students-civil-rights

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner says he’ll talk about ‘grand bargain’ during budget speech – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170214/rauner-says-hell-talk-about-grand-bargain-during-budget-speech

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Are Democrats being paid to show up at town halls?  Protesters say they’re fighting GOP for free – ERIC BRADNER AND MJ LEE (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/operatives have severe financial problems.  They do not do anything “for free.”  They talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and/or lots more if they succeed in getting rid of me.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/are-dems-being-paid-to-show-up-at-town-halls/655844054

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner Administration Files Opposition to AG’s Move to Halt State Employee Pay
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-administration-files-opposition-to-ags-move-to-halt-state-employee-pay

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Former state senator offers thoughts on budget crisis – Ben Zigterman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-02-14/former-state-senator-offers-thoughts-budget-crisis.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “How the Trump administration could bankrupt Chicago Public Schools.”
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/emanuel-trump-rauner-cps-education-funding/Content?oid=255385

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Over 18,000 On Congressman Peter Roskam’s Telephone Town Hall  “I have no plans to have one of these big sort of circus meetings,” Roskam said on a WGN radio show on Sunday – Patrick Martin
http://patch.com/illinois/naperville/over-18-000-congressman-peter-roskams-telephone-town-hall

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IS SET FOR NAPERVILLE TOWNSHIP VOTERS ON FEBRUARY 28
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2017/02/14/republican-primary-set-naperville-township-voters-february-28/69891

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Bill would level signature requirements for all political candidates
https://ilnews.org/12136/bill-level-signature-requirements-political-candidates/
— Questions still loom over auditor general
https://ilnews.org/12122/questions-still-loom-auditor-general/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The dire consequences of continued inaction – Rich Miller
http://capitolfax.com/2017/02/14/the-dire-consequences-of-continued-inaction/

 

BLAZE
— Hundreds pull down their pants and moon Trump Tower in Chicago to get Trump to release his taxes – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/13/hundreds-pull-down-their-pants-and-moon-trump-tower-in-chicago-to-get-trump-to-release-his-taxes/

 

GOPUSA
— Fearing ICE, Austin’s illegal alien families keep students home from school
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20637
— Number of Texas Latino voters climbed 29 percent in 2016, records show
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20596

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— DO YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THESE ILLEGAL ALIEN HOTBEDS? – Maria Jeffrey
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/02/do-you-live-in-one-of-these-illegal-alien-hotbeds

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THIS MEXICAN WAS CONVICTED OF ILLEGALLY VOTING IN FIVE US ELECTIONS
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/14/this-mexican-was-convicted-of-illegally-voting-in-five-us-elections/

 

CNN
— The Office of Government Ethics is recommending that the White House take disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Trump, for endorsing Ivanka Trump’s products in a TV interview. – Jill Disis  (DIERSEN: What disciplinary actions did your employers take against you and why?  Because I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 when I was 40 years old and because I have always opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/14/news/kellyanne-conway-ivanka-trump-ethics-office/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Advice for retirees rattled by Trump – Michelle Singletary  (DIERSEN: I have been retired since 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/get-there/2017/02/14/383a0264-f2e2-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— Rep. Roskam Expects Trump’s Tax Plan in 2-3 Weeks
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2017-02-14/rep-roskam-expects-trump-s-tax-plan-in-2-3-weeks
— Rep. Roskam: U.S. Tax Reform Is Needed This Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2017-02-14/rep-roskam-u-s-tax-reform-is-needed-this-year

 

FORBES
— The Age Discrimination Law At 50: A Mixed Bag – Chris Farrell  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/02/14/the-age-discrimination-law-at-50-a-mixed-bag/#3b8b2cbb5382

 

CATO
— Sen. Grassley’s Proposed E-Verify Mandate Is an Expensive Dud – ALEX NOWRASTEH (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, CATO sides with foreign countries against America.)
https://www.cato.org/blog/sen-grassleys-proposed-e-verify-mandate-expensive-dud

February 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Media criticism of Kellyanne Conway reveals a double standard – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-kellyanne-conway-credibility-lies-20170213-column.html
— Roskam says he prefers doing town hall meetings over the phone – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me in 2000 when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Roskam that I have caused all of his problems, that I am causing all of his problems, and that I will forever cause all of his problems. They blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and in the past, they blamed what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republicans Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-peter-roskam-town-halls-met-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Roskam and Hultgren both have traditionally strong Republican-leaning districts, that didn’t prove to be the case in the balloting for president. Research from the FiveThirtyEight.com website shows the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, defeated Trump by 7 percentage points in Roskam’s district. In Hultgren’s district, regarded as more strongly Republican than Roskam’s, Trump won by 3.9 percentage points over Clinton.)
— Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the man just elected as Germany’s next president once called Trump a ‘hate preacher’ – Erik Kirschbaum  (DIERSEN: Will Steinmeier urge Germany to again declare war on America?  My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-germany-president-20170212-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those in Broadview who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170213/281599535250206
— Pastors and Politics – Editorial (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.  Government is nasty. Politics is nasty.  My nasty churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they pray for GOD to send me straight to HELL and b) that the “religious leaders” in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn despise if not hate me and want to send me straight to HELL.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170213/281818578582302
— Trust this  5 ways to tell if co-workers are unreliable – Thomas Koulopoulos (DIERSEN: My Democrat co-workers in the federal government helped my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170213/281908772895518
— Job interview red flags – Laura Garnett  (DIERSEN: The first red flag is “More certifications and degrees than actual work experience.”  When my Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991 and almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. But potential employers dismiss that hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that all GAO employees and that all IRS employees have always been grossly overpaid.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170213/281977492372254

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote abortion big time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-in-trump-era-keep-abortion-safe-and-legal-in-illinois/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote LGBTQ activity big time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/museum-of-surgery-to-feature-sex-reassignment-exhibit/
— Job skills and opportunities deter violence – Laura Washington  (DIERSEN: What jobs have you had that could/should have been given to minorities, to females, to younger people, and/or to veterans?  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had could/should have been given to minorities, to females, to younger people, and/or to veterans.  During the 1960s, I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.  During the 1970s, I worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and collected delinquent taxes.  During the 1980s and 1990s, I audited federal agencies.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/laura-washington-2/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF TOBY KEITH: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Toby Keith and his fans.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170213/news/170219666/
— FRONT PAGE: What the numbers reveal about suburban commutes – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170213/news/170219665/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump approval rating at new low.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/gallup-poll-trump-approval-rating-at-new-low/655336564

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— S&P laid blame at Rauner’s feet – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Who lays blame at your feet?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lay blame at my feet for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. But wait, I am just the lowly GOPUSA Illinois Editor and a lowly Republican Precinct Committeeman.  I am not an officer of any township, ward, or county Republican party organization.  I am not an Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member.  I am not an officer of the IRP and I am not the IRP National Committeeman.  Further, I am not an elected or appointed Republican official at the municipal, township, ward, county, state, or federal level.)
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-s-p-laid-blame-at-rauner-s-feet/article_984bcb06-4bce-5a5b-b48a-b4e2c864d430.html

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with Iraq against America.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34487025/trump-moves-spark-iraqi-anger-calls-against-future-alliance

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise Mexico and its citizens.
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/105718/melting-spot-policies-strain-ties-binding-a-mexican-village-to-illinois

 

SAUK VALLEY
— With no budget deal soon, huge tax hikes on horizon  Not dealing with governor puts Dems on risky course – Rich Miller
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/02/11/springfield-spotlight-with-no-budget-deal-soon-huge-tax-hikes-on-horizon/cm2wus1/

 

WHEATON RECORD
— Keeping Kosher: Jesus and Judaism at Wheaton College – Esther Kao  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Jews to side with Muslims against Christians.)
http://www.wheatonrecord.com/features/keeping-kosher-jesus-judaism-wheaton/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Will Gov. Rauner Carpe Diem in this Wednesday’s Budget Speech by proposing real reforms, spending cuts and new revenue? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/will-gov-rauner-carpe-diem-in-this-wednesdays-budget-speech-by-proposing-real-reforms-spending-cuts-and-new-revenue/

 

SANGAMON SUN
— State GOP: Madigan’s democracy talk ‘doublespeak’ for dictatorship – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511057577-state-gop-madigan-s-democracy-talk-doublespeak-for-dictatorship

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Naperville trustee Santucci gears up for re-election – Carol Ostrow
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511080797-naperville-trustee-santucci-gears-up-for-re-election

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ramey takes team approach in GOP bid for Wayne Township supervisor – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511081334-ramey-takes-team-approach-in-gop-bid-for-wayne-township-supervisor
— Manna vies for Winfield trustee spot – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079358-manna-vies-for-winfield-trustee-spot
— Tornga runs on efficiency for Winfield supervisor – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511081342-tornga-runs-on-efficiency-for-winfield-supervisor

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Across the state, student body presidents compel legislature to end budget impasse – Gillian Dunlop (DIERSEN: “End budget impasse” is code for making Republicans pay higher taxes.  What percent of “student body presidents” are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://dailyillini.com/news/2017/02/13/across-state-student-body-presidents-compel-legislature-end-budget-impasse/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Should Public School Teachers Participate in World Hijab Day (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-Christian and pro-Muslim.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/public-school-teachers-participate-world-hijab-day/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSKAM GIVES A TAX REFORM UPDATE ON VARNEY & CO.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/roskam-gives-a-tax-reform-update-on-varney-co.html
— HULTGREN NAMED CO-CHAIR OF HOUSE VALUES ACTION TEAM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/hultgren-named-co-chair-of-house-values-action-team.html
— THORNER: GORSUCH REMARKS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT ‘JUDICIAL SUPREMACY’
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/thorner-gorsuch-remarks-raise-concerns-about-judicial-supremacy.html

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Replace White Working Class With Mexican Immigrants, Says ‘Weekly Standard’ Editor Bill Kristol – Warner Todd Huston  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want replace more than just the White working class with Mexicans, they want to replace everyone in America with citizens of foreign countries. Anti-Trumps are anti-America and anti-Americans.)
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/12/replace-white-working-class-mexican-immigrants-says-weekly-standard-editor-bill-kristol/

 

FOX NEWS
— Singer Joy Villa wears Trump dress to the Grammys
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/13/singer-joy-villa-wears-trump-dress-to-grammys.html

 

GOPUSA
— Assad: Some of the refugees are ‘terrorists’
http://www.gopusa.com/assad-some-of-the-refugees-are-terrorists/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— AMERICA AS A HOUSE DIVIDED – Ben Kinchlow  (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on dividing those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/america-as-a-house-divided/

 

CHRISTIAN TIMES
— Illinois pregnancy centers sue governor over law requiring them to promote abortions – Jardine Malado
http://www.christiantimes.com/article/illinois-pregnancy-centers-sue-governor-over-law-requiring-them-to-promote-abortions/71192.htm

 

CHRISTIAN MEDIA MAGAZINE
— 5 Encouraging Tips for Christians Working in Media  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponent DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED.)
http://christianmediamagazine.com/5-tips-for-christians-working-in-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Be informed  In every way, shape and form just be informed. Read constantly and take in all kinds of information. Watch the news, local and otherwise. The more information you can take in can influence how you communicate with the world. If you are writing about a certain topic, you do your research. But why stop there? Strike up a conversation with your coworkers and get their opinions and views on different subjects. God teaches us to be in the world, so be in the world. Learn and listen to everything so you can properly communicate with others.)

 

BREITBART
— California Dems Want Forced Savings; Republican Congress Resists  (DIERSEN: Federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System are “forced” to contribute 7% of their salary into it.)
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/02/13/californias-obamacare-styled-forced-retirement-savings-program-in-jeopardy/

 

THE BLAZE
— Liberals pressure music festival to cut Toby Keith because he sang at Trump’s inauguration – Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, RINOs have pressured the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. to drop me because I support Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/12/liberals-pressure-music-festival-to-cut-toby-keith-because-he-sang-at-trumps-inauguration/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 5 up-and-coming GOP governors to watch – W. JAMES ANTLE III  (DIERSEN: When were you “up-and-coming?” I was an up-and-coming IRS employee 1971-1974. In those 3 years, I went from GS-7 (currently $44,853) to GS-12 (currently $79,563).  But then, my Democrat superiors succeeded in getting rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. It was all downhill from there.  I was somewhat of an up-and-coming GAO employee 1986-1988.  In those 3 years, I got assigned to audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division and promoted to GS-13 (currently $94,610).  But then, my Democrat superiors succeeded in getting rid of the GAO manager who had hired me, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS, and who had promoted me to GS-13. It was all downhill from there.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/5-up-and-coming-gop-governors-to-watch/article/2614392

 

ROLL CALL
— ‘Gang of Eight’ Revival Unlikely on Immigration Overhaul – DEAN DeCHIARO AND BRIDGET BOWMAN
http://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/gang-eight-revival-unlikely-immigration-overhaul

 

POLITICO
— VERY SAD: States find new ways to troll Trump  Lawmakers are getting creative in their attempts to mock, challenge and repudiate the president. – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/state-legislators-trump-trolling-234919

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In contrast to the exit poll, official election results in Illinois show Latino turnout was up and vote for Trump was down.”  How many of the illegals in Illinois voted for Clinton?  How many illegals are in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/in-contrast-to-the-exit-poll-official-election-results_us_589ca858e4b0985224db5e6e

 

AOL NEWS
— Survey: Nearly half of Trump voters support a white history month  (DIERSEN: To be accepted by the Democrats, you not only have to be anti-White, you have to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/12/survey-nearly-half-of-trump-voters-support-a-white-history-mont/21712381/

 

NBC NEWS
— Widespread Anti-Trump Protests Take Place Across Mexico – MARIANA ATENCIO  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with Mexico against America.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wide-spread-anti-trump-protests-take-place-across-mexico-n719996

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Canada’s Conservatives Seek a Champion, and Redemption- IAN AUSTEN  (DIERSEN: Who is the champion of the conservatives in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who is the champion of conservatives in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/world/canada/canada-conservative-candidates.html
— All Joking Aside, Here’s How Sean Spicer Is Shaking Up the White House Press Briefing – LARRY BUCHANAN and KAREN YOURISH (DIERSEN: Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and Jeff Gannon (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News) against me.  They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/11/us/politics/sean-spicer-white-house-press-briefing.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 49 seats in the photo above (and chart below) have been assigned by the independent White House Correspondents’ Association since 1981, largely because administrations of both parties wanted to avoid the appearance of favoritism. The briefings in the first few weeks of the Trump administration have been packed, with many reporters who do not have assigned seats standing in the aisles or sitting in empty chairs. In the past, White House press secretaries tended to prioritize the reporters sitting in the first two rows. They would give the first question to The Associated Press (after decades of starting with Helen Thomas, long known as the dean of the White House press corps). Then it was on to the major networks, newspapers and other wire services. Mr. Spicer has bypassed this convention. As he goes around the room, Mr. Spicer typically calls on media organizations outside the mainstream before getting to more traditional news outlets.)
— For Religious Conservatives, Success and Access at the Trump White House – JEREMY W. PETERS  (DIERSEN: Many believe that Bush viewed religious conservatives as being his useful idiots.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/us/politics/trump-religious-conservatives.html
— For Democrats, Being Out of Power Has Its Perks – EMMARIE HUETTEMAN  (DIERSEN: For me, my no longer being 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. has its perks.  I now have less or no interaction with my nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the aforesaid organizations.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/us/politics/democrats-relish-shifting-responsibility.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Cummings counters Chaffetz on federal workforce – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/13/cummings-counters-chaffetz-on-federal-workforce/

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MAJOR GENERAL SNOW: Army to spend $300 million on bonuses and ads to get 6,000 more recruits – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: Democrats run the military.  Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/12/army-spend-300-million-bonuses-and-ads-get-6000-more-recruits/97757094/
— European (ANTI-TRUMPS) break the law to smuggle in migrants – Nikolia Apostolou
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/09/greece-refugees-europeans/97093410/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump candidates.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-presidential-candidate-wins-support-with-trump-stance-1486900805
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps oppose harsh punishment for voter fraud.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voter-fraud-and-punishment-1486940940
— The Biggest Surprises in Retirement  We asked readers to tell us about the things they didn’t anticipate when they stopped working. They had plenty to say. – GLENN RUFFENACH
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-surprises-in-retirement-1486955341
— Great Movies to Watch About Retirement  These films give viewers an inspiring message for later life
https://www.wsj.com/articles/great-movies-to-watch-about-retirement-1486738810

 

FORBES
— Artists Urge Americans To ‘Resist’ Trump At Grammys – Brett Edkins (DIERSEN: Who urges individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries to resist you?  The following urge everyone and everything to resist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2017/02/13/artists-urge-americans-to-resist-trump-at-grammys/#4162b57b4f08

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Will Trump Stand by Michael Flynn? – Chas Danner  (DIERSEN: Who stands by you?  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political., and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They have made it very clear that they have and that they will use their clout to viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that stands by me.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/will-trump-stand-by-michael-flynn.html

 

CORNELL DAILY SUN
— Why Affirmative Action is Necessary – Narayan Reddy  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://cornellsun.com/2017/02/12/reddy-why-affirmative-action-is-necessary/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Many Voters Are Unsure Who Soros, Koch Brothers Are  (DIERSEN: If you read GOPUSA and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, you know who Soros and the Koch brothers are.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want anyone to read GOPUSA or GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2017/many_voters_are_unsure_who_soros_koch_brothers_are

February 11 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner opposed to Trump sending in National Guard into Chicago – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/235146405-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner’s Chicago violence plan — more state police – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-exclusive-rauners-chicago-violence-plan-more-state-police/
— Civic Federation plan mirrors some of Senate ‘grand bargain’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/civic-federation-plan-mirrors-some-of-senate-grand-bargain/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why ISIS and Iran’s mullahs love Trump.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lyons-why-isis-and-irans-mullahs-love-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that “Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-town-halls-20170210-story.html
— Partisan fears emerge as DuPage County election commission merger moves forward – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-election-commission-merger-opposition-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Illinois has the wrong legislature – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-budget-cullerton-radogno-rauner-madigan-edit-0212-20170210-story.html
— Plans for intermodal terminal in Crete draw a crowd – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-intermodal-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Kellyanne Conway expands White House influence by hiring her own chief of staff – Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kellyanne-conway-hires-chief-of-staff-20170210-story.html
— Elect Lake County Board chair sooner than later – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-editorial-county-board-chair-st-0211-20170210-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that “Roughly 1/4 of refugees in Aurora from countries targeted by Trump ban.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-refugee-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that “evangelical leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-refugee-st-0210-20170210-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-coffee-cake-islam-naperville-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Don’t look for a political message in Ribfest lineup – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they are full of hate.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-editorial-ribfest-trump-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Support Naperville Township Team for Lower Taxes slate – Roy Ozols, Naperville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-voice-letters-opinion-st-0212-20170210-story.html
— Trump says he’s considering writing ‘brand new’ executive order on immigration – Matt Zapotosky, Philip Rucker, Rachel Weiner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-order-rewrite-20170210-story.html
— ‘Targeted’ immigration operations in Chicago are ‘routine,’ not part of Trump crackdown: officials
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-immigration-officials-national-enforcement-operation-is-routine-not-part-of-trump-crackdown-20170210-story.html
— Mexican mayors visiting Chicago send defiant message to Trump – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has always been at war against America.  Mexico’s acts of war include a) sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-mayor-mexico-city-chicago-trade-immigration-0211-biz-20170209-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Having a plan beats no plan, Illinois – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170210/OPINION/170219976/having-a-plan-beats-no-plan-illinois

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Governor candidate Chris Kennedy slams Bruce Rauner, talks up Peoria’s potential – Chris Kaergard
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170210/governor-candidate-chris-kennedy-slams-bruce-rauner-talks-up-peorias-potential

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Trump’s Florida estate stirs protests, spurs ethics debate – AP
http://www.whig.com/article/20170211/AP/302119923#

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois lawmakers pitch automatic voter registration again – AP  (DIERSEN: What percent of illegals use “automatic voter registration?”)
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article132037509.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Steve Vogel says “What Rauner could, should say next week.”
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/columns/vogel-what-rauner-could-should-say-next-week/article_3c5bfa75-c7b1-5738-91af-3268388363dd.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— More cameras, police will watch downtown bar crowd this weekend – Mary Hansen (DIERSEN: How problematic is the “bar crowd” in your municipality?  Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes are heavy drinkers or want to be heavy drinkers.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170210/more-cameras-police-will-watch-downtown-bar-crowd-this-weekend
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The stepped-up patrol is in response to recent fights near late-night bars. “Hopefully, it’ll serve as a deterrent to any devious behavior and capture any issues there might be,” said Chief Kenny Winslow. The bars came under scrutiny after a video of a fight New Year’s Eve surfaced on social media and was aired on local television news. Police also reported a stabbing that took place downtown in the early morning hours last weekend. Bar owners, police and city officials have been discussing ways to address the issues, including adding more patrol officers and upgrading the city’s surveillance camera system.)

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Springfield Welcomes 61 New U.S. Citizens – Matthew Witkos  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at new U.S. citizens that Republicans have caused all the problems that new U.S. citizens have had, that Republicans are causing all the problems that new U.S. are having, and that Republicans will forever cause all the problems that new U.S. citizens will have.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/springfield-welcomes-61-new-us-citizens-02-11-2017

 

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Kennedy.
http://wqad.com/2017/02/10/chris-kennedy-says-hes-ready-to-take-on-rauner-in-illinois-governors-race/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Kennedy.
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/governor-candidate-kennedy-blasts-rauner/article_a4262ff9-0abb-5eef-a310-172a62db9f0a.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Brings in Mediator to Help Strike a Deal – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-brings-mediator-help-strike-deal#stream/0

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Roskam Responds To Critics Who Claim He Dodges Town Halls  Next Campaign ‘Tele-Town Hall’ Feb. 13; ‘All Are Welcome’ – TOM ROBB
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_4faf480e-efd2-11e6-a502-db8f62d0c329.html

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— BGA: Elected leaders averse to watchdog group oversight  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 level, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
http://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511081396-bga-elected-leaders-averse-to-watchdog-group-oversight

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Will Illinois Republican Politicians Lead or Raise Taxes? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/02/will-illinois-republican-politicians-lead-or-raise-taxes/

 

DAILY CALLER
— There Are Still 117 Court Vacancies To Be Filled By Trump – GAGE COHEN
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/10/there-are-still-117-court-vacancies-to-be-filled-by-trump/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TEACHER: ‘THE ONLY GOOD TRUMP SUPPORTER IS A DEAD TRUMP SUPPORTER’  Facebook post: ‘Not until the 1st shot is fired will the recovery begin’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they are full of hate.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/teacher-the-only-good-trump-supporter-is-a-dead-trump-supporter/

 

JP MEDIA
— He’s Back: Bob Creamer Community Organizing Angry Protests in Illinois – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/02/10/hes-back-bob-creamer-community-organizing-angry-protests-in-illinois/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Networks Swoon Over GOP ‘Feeling the Wrath’ of Liberal Town Hall Protesters – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2017/02/10/networks-swoon-over-gop-feeling-wrath-liberal-town-hall-protesters

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— A Federalist Solution to the Federal Bureaucracy – Fred Gentry  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/a_federalist_solution_to_the_federal_bureaucracy.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal bureaucracy was created by Congress and is managed by the executive branch. The structure of the bureaucracy was intended to make it difficult for employees to be fired for political reasons. The Civil Service is comprised for the most part of men and women who perform their daily duties admirably and with distinction. Sadly, the result of Obama’s politicized and weaponized bureaucracy has been a fundamental lack of trust in government by average citizens. The very worst federal employees are shielded from the consequences of their incompetence, indolence, and outright corruption by recalcitrant administrators and union lawyers. Personal accountability appears to have taken a permanent vacation. Indeed, the power of the civil service grows every time an unfireable federal employee thumbs his nose at the rules that govern the private sector. Throughout history no attempt by any president to rein in this bureaucracy has been able to do more than slow its growth; simply put, there is no elected official in Washington DC capable of bringing Leviathan to heel.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Bring your rump’ to Chicago, Bobby Rush tells Trump – ANNA GIARITELLI (DIERSEN: It may come out that Rush succeeded in getting my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old so that my Black Democrat subordinate could have my job and have my preferred corner office.  Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and their supporters would have no problem with that because they all promote patronage.  SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bring-your-rump-to-chicago-bobby-rush-tells-trump/article/2614569
— Democrats skeptical over Trump review of ‘Gang of Eight’ immigration – AL WEAVER
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/democrats-skeptical-over-trump-review-of-gang-of-eight-immigration/article/2614489
— Federal agencies weigh how to satisfy Trump’s demand for ‘extreme vetting’ – GABBY MORRONGIELLO
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-agencies-weigh-how-to-satisfy-trumps-demand-for-extreme-vetting/article/2614404

 

THE HILL
— Trump: I won’t allow immigration to be ‘turned against us’ – MARK HENSCH  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319064-trump-immigration-cant-be-turned-against-us
— Trump line of home items removed from Kmart, Sears – BROOKE SEIPEL  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that not only say that members of the following groups are NOT WANTED, but that they should GO TO HELL: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/319068-trump-line-of-home-items-removed-from-k-mart-sears-report
— Trump taunts Dems for letting ‘Pocahontas’ Warren become ‘face of your party’ – BROOKE SEIPEL (DIERSEN: In your precinct, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain is the face of the Republican Party.  In your township/ward, the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization are the face of the Republican Party.  In your county, the officers of your Republican county party organization are the face of the Republican Party. In your congressional district, your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member is the face of the Republican Party. In Illinois, the IRP officers are the face of the Republican Party.  The aforesaid are obligated a) to defend and advance the IRP platform and b) to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the IRP platform.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/319060-trump-taunts-dems-for-letting-pocahontas-warren-become-face-of

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Reports of Raids Have (ILLEGALS) Bracing for Enforcement Surge – NICHOLAS KULISH, CAITLIN DICKERSON and LIZ ROBBINS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/immigration-raids-enforcement.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow at their success in filling Republican events with anti-Trumps.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/help-my-constituents-are-after-me.html
— Shopping Becomes a Political Act in the Trump Era – JULIE CRESWELL and RACHEL ABRAMSF  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say not only that members of the following groups are NOT WANTED, but that they should GO TO HELL: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/business/nordstrom-trump.html
— Campus Politics in the Age of Trump – Brittany Bronson  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump colleges post signs that not only say that members of the following groups are NOT WANTED, but that they should GO TO HELL: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/campus-politics-in-the-age-of-trump.html
— African Nations Increasingly Silence Internet to Stem Protests – DIONNE SEARCEY and FRANCOIS ESSOMBA  (DIERSEN: Who wants to silence you?  Those who want to silence me are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/world/africa/african-nations-increasingly-silence-internet-to-stem-protests.html
— Illegal Voting Gets Texas Woman 8 Years in Prison, and Certain Deportation – MICHAEL WINES
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/illegal-voting-gets-texas-woman-8-years-in-prison-and-certain-deportation.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Conservative evangelicals leaders join letter denouncing Trump’s order on refugees – Sarah Pulliam Bailey  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/08/conservative-evangelicals-join-letter-denouncing-trumps-order-on-refugees/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Kennedy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/10/a-kennedy-is-running-for-governor-in-illinois-does-that-mean-the-kennedys-are-back/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump has been sued more than 60 times since becoming president: A partial survey – Matt Pearce  (DIERSEN: Have you filed lawsuits?  I have.  You should know that with only the rarest of exceptions, defendants in lawsuits spend the rest of their lives trying to destroy those who sued them.  I should write a book about the individuals, companies, and governments that I have sued and their continuing efforts to destroy me.  They would love it.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-trump-lawsuits-20170210-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow at their success in filling town hall meetings with anti-Trumps.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/angry-crowds-rule-at-republicans-town-halls-1486716269
— Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming U.S. Courts  Group says it will urge compatriots targeted for extradition to fight in court; government allocates funds – JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA and SANTIAGO PEREZ  (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has always been at war against America.  Mexico’s acts of war include a) sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicans-vow-to-fight-trump-by-jamming-u-s-courts-1486768500

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump calls US legal system ‘broken’ and ‘dangerous’ – Kathianne Boniello  (DIERSEN: What about summary judgment abuse in civil lawsuits, that is, what about Seventh Amendment abuse in civil lawsuits?  From what I see, most if not virtually all plaintiffs in civil lawsuits are improperly denied their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.)
http://nypost.com/2017/02/11/trump-calls-us-legal-system-broken-and-dangerous/

 

WDAZ
– (ILLEGAL) Immigrants cross border to Canada following Trump’s travel ban – Scott Cook
http://www.wdaz.com/news/north-dakota/4216332-immigrants-cross-border-canada-following-trumps-travel-ban

 

THE NEW YORKER
— FOOTBALL AND POLITICS – Samuel G. Freedman
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/football-and-politics

 

THE ATLANTIC
— Red State, Blue City  The United States is coming to resemble two countries, one rural and one urban. What happens when they go to war? – Stephan Schmitz  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hate Protestants, hate conservatives, an/or hate Republicans, but who hypocritically move into or hypocritically stay in Protestant, conservative, and/or Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Protestants, conservatives, and/or Republicans have created?)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/red-state-blue-city/513857/
— Can Megyn Kelly Escape Her Past?  Fox News’s former star has downplayed her full role in an ugly election. – CAITLIN FLANAGAN
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/can-megyn-kelly-escape-her-past/513842/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— White House Floats Federal Employee Pay Reform, Privatization in Name of Innovation – Eric Katz Februar  (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as 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. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/02/calling-government-innovation-white-house-floats-pay-reform-privatization/135341/

February 10 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Rauner Slams AG Madigan, Pushes Plan to Pay State Workers  “As you know, Attorney General Madigan is going into court asking a judge to end state employee pay,” Rauner said. “The Attorney General now believes the state should be shut down until a budget is passed. We do not agree.” – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Rauner-Criticizes-Madigans-Push-to-Halt-Employee-Pay-413327693.html

 

ABC7
— 108 ARRESTED IN ILLINOIS IN SEX STING; 752 ARRESTED ACROSS US
http://abc7chicago.com/news/108-arrested-in-illinois-in-sex-sting;-752-arrested-across-us/1746351/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New Trier H.S. swings too far left on civil rights – Mona Charen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/mona-charen-new-trier-h-s-swings-too-far-left-on-civil-rights/
— ALL OF THE FROMT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with any individual, with any organization, with any company, with any government, and with any country that is anti-Trump.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sweet-court-ruling-on-travel-ban-a-civics-lesson-for-trump/
— Hollywood celebs’ textbook hypocrisy  Then let’s ask ourselves why Hollywood celebrities spend hardly any time hammering the failing schools in their own backyards. – S.E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/s-e-cupp-hollywood-celebs-textbook-hypocrisy/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Civic Federation calls for 40 percent hike in state income tax rate – Monique Garcia  (DIERSEN: If you ask anti-Trumps in Illinois who can and who should pay more taxes, they will say those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  The Civic Federation calls for “eliminating Illinois’ tax exemption on retirement income.”  Of course, operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents favor this because I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension, $17,288 federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and $2,028 Social Security.  Virtually all the operatives and all the dupes for my critics/opponents are filled with envy, have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, are not earning credits toward any pension, are not receiving any pension, and/or have saved little or nothing for their retirement.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-civic-federation-tax-hike-met-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A nonpartisan budget watchdog group is calling for dramatic action to get the state’s budget back on track, saying Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats are out of easy choices and need to consider raising taxes, among other things. A five-year plan to be released Friday by the Civic Federation calls for a strict spending limit that caps growth at 1.7 percent a year, hiking the personal income tax rate from 3.75 percent to 5.25 percent, eliminating Illinois’ tax exemption on retirement income and lowering the sales tax rate from 6.25 percent to 5.5 percent but expanding it to apply to more services. The group also calls for the elimination of numerous tax breaks that benefit businesses, saying they “do not provide sufficient public value to justify their cost,” and the consolidation of local units of government. Other suggestions include borrowing billions of dollars to help pay down the state’s massive pile of unpaid bills and creating a rainy day fund to better deal with future cash crises. The sweeping agenda will be a tough sell at the Capitol, where a massive budget proposal with similar tax changes stalled in the Senate this week. But it underlines what Democrats and Republicans alike have acknowledged: The longer the budget impasse continues, the more difficult the solutions could become.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Failure to pivot: President Trump so far no different than impulsive campaigner.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-candidate-trump-president-trump-20170209-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois lags in new study that ranks states by residents’ well-being – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-lags-resident-well-being-0210-biz-20170209-story.html
— While politicians bicker, Illinois’ poorest schools slip further behind – Steven Fouts
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-school-funding-formula-illinois-cps-perspec-0210-jm-20170209-story.html
— No, the future is not female – Heather Wilhelm  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote sexism.  Anti-Trumps want women to hate men.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-feminists-future-is-not-female-perspec-0210-20170209-story.html
— Northwestern students, faculty march in Evanston against immigration ban – Genevieve Bookwalter  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “students” and “faculty” talk and act like they mindless operatives or mindless dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-northwestern-immigration-protest-tl-0209-20170209-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Safe suburbs – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas  (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that people who have financial and other problems are more likely to commit crime and b) that Republicans cause all the financial and other problems that people have.  Wheaton’s relatively low crime rate is especially significant given ever-increasing efforts by Democrats to bring people into Wheaton who have financial and other problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170210/news/170219964/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Say what you will about the winter weather, road congestion and state politics, but at least the suburbs are among the safest places in America, according to the website www.Neighborhoodscout.com. The site’s annual list of the country’s 100 safest cities (with populations of more than 25,000) includes three suburbs in the top 12 and 18 among the top 100. The highest ranking are Lake in the Hills at 7, Bartlett at 9 and Buffalo Grove at 12. Others ranking highly include Wheaton (32), Hanover Park (37), Huntley (43), Hoffman Estates (46), Arlington Heights (49) and Palatine (51). The site says it compiles its list by crunching data on criminal offenses from more 18,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide.)

 

WLS AM
— State Launches Program To Help Minority Businesses – Nick Gale  (DIERSEN: Even though Democrats run Illinois, Democrats blame Republicans for all problems that minority businesses have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/02/09/state-launches-program-to-help-minority-businesses/

 

WTTW
— Republican-Led Congress Hopes for Sweeping Change – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/09/republican-led-congress-hopes-sweeping-change

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Yes, small business owners can do something about Chicago’s violence problem – RICHARD MEYERS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170210/OPINION/170219998
(FROM THE ARTICLE: RECONSIDER YOUR HIRING FRAMEWORK  Small businesses are collectively the largest employer in the Chicago market, yet there is one often overlooked area where they can make a difference: hiring. Here, it is worthwhile to pay attention to the facts, as they differ from intuition. According to a 2015 report from the mayor’s office, once a youth in our city has been detained by the Department of Juvenile Justice, there is an 80 percent chance he or she will return to custody within three years. Understandably, small business owners already face enough challenges in trying to succeed, so they therefore can’t take big risks on employees. But, the data shows, hiring former offenders is not the risk many think it is. The American Job Center network, established by the US Department of Labor and the Department of Education, identifies formerly incarcerated youth who are ready to work, have been prescreened, and have received skill and educational assessments, as well as job readiness, soft skills, and vocational training. By giving former offenders employment opportunities, small businesses can offer them a much better alternative to returning to crime. And according to a study by Florida State University, access to steady jobs can substantially reduce recidivism outcomes. Numerous Fortune 500 corporations, including Apple, AT&T, General Electric, and Kmart, and even the U.S. military, have already paved the way and are hiring these individuals who consistently face significant barriers to employment. Now is the time for small business owners to consider this framework as well.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/state/2017-02-09/illinois-house-panel-backs-abortion-protection.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner saddened by, but understands Caterpillar move – Nick Vlahos
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170209/gov-rauner-saddened-by-but-understands-caterpillar-move
— Springfield officials repealing anti-panhandling ordinance – Mary Hansen (DIERSEN: How many panhandlers will the Democrats send into your county, into your township/ward, into your municipality, and into your precinct?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170209/springfield-officials-repealing-anti-panhandling-ordinance

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— State Legislators: Rauner Should Propose School Funding Plan – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/state-legislators-rauner-should-propose-school-funding-plan#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Travel ban remains sticking point in Trump calls with U.S. allies – KEVIN LIPTAK (DIERSEN: To some extent, all foreign countries want America to be the “dumping ground” for all the people in the world who have problems.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/travel-ban-remains-sticking-point-in-trump-calls-with-us-allies/654321465

 

WSIL TV
— Trump calls ruling on travel ban a ‘political decision’ – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34471593/trump-calls-ruling-on-travel-ban-a-political-decision
— Iranians celebrate 1979 revolution with rallies – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34473101/iranians-celebrate-1979-revolution-with-rallies

 

WAND TV
— Iranians celebrate 1979 revolution with rallies (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34473101/iranians-celebrate-1979-revolution-with-rallies

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Lawmakers, keep ‘Fight for $15’ going  (DIERSEN: If they win that fight, will they fight for a) $25 for jobs that require a high school diploma, b) $35 for jobs that a require a bachelor’s degree, c) $45 for jobs that require a master’s degree, d) $55 for jobs that require a professional certification, and e) $65 for jobs that require a professional license?)
http://herald-review.com/blogs/letters/lawmakers-keep-fight-for-going/article_c53afd59-c82b-5a37-a1d1-549980674b30.html

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Pension payments likely to continue even in case of Illinois government shutdown – John Breslin  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have made it very clear that they would be overjoyed if they could cut if not end a) my Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and c) my Social Security.  Virtually all the operatives and the dupes for my critics/opponents are filled with envy and have severe financial problems.)
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511079798-pension-payments-likely-to-continue-even-in-case-of-illinois-government-shutdown

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— Kane County Sheriff Don Kramer is hosting “Race Forward,” an important dialogue on race relations and law enforcement, at a Feb. 22 forum in Aurora.  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing Democrats shout that all Whites are vicious racists who should be gotten rid of and especially those Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon, if not already, will Democrats formally call for minorities to declare war against members of the aforesaid groups?)
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/02/sheriff-hosts-important-race-relations-forum-feb-22-in-aurora/

 

SANGAMON SUN
— State records reveal voter fraud in Illinois
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511081039-state-records-reveal-voter-fraud-in-illinois

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Will Illinois Pro-Life Citizens Stay Silent? – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/will-illinois-pro-life-citizens-respond/

 

GOPUSA
— Political opponents target Kellyanne with ethics complaint  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat “political opponents” constantly targeted me with all kinds of complaints. They succeeded in getting a) my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, to not promote me beyond GS-13, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and to force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors to not promote me beyond GS-12, to disallow my education deductions, and to disallow my partial day per diem claims, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors to force me resign in 1969 and to disallow my sick leave requests.)
http://www.gopusa.com/political-opponents-target-kellyanne-with-ethics-complaint/
— Trump Must Break Judicial Power – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20508

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Left, not Trump supporters, violent – MARIANNE GASIECKI  (DIERSEN: Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have increasingly promoted, threatened, and committed violence to advance their party’s platform which is anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/9/letter-to-the-editor-left-not-trump-supporters-vio/
(FROM THE LETTER: Over the past year the media has incessantly promoted the idea that conservatives (and more specifically “Trump supporters”) have been inciting violence and hate across the country. The truth is precisely the opposite. Examining the violent crimes that have taken place in the past year reveals that the Democratic Party is responsible for inciting the violence, and that this pattern of oppression through violence is repeated throughout history as far back as the Civil War. According to the FBI, in 2015 violent crimes were up from 2014 by 3.9 percent, and the murder rate spiked by 10.8 percent. This trend was particularly visible in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington, cities heavily dominated by Democratic legislatures and strict gun-control laws. These three cities account for more than half of the increase, and the trend continued into 2016. Recall the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. These protests were riddled with rape, drugs, public defecation, the desecration of war memorials and the destruction of public and private properties. The Occupy movement supported communist leaders in Chicago and was endorsed by the American Nazi Party and President Obama, who stated, “We are on their side.” The House Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, sent out an email urging leaders to sign a petition supporting the growing movement. Violence was also on display in the Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore riots, which had the support of Baltimore’s Democratic mayor. But let’s go back even further. The Civil War represented a battle between the pro-slavery Democrats and the anti-slavery Republicans. Southern Democrats so desperately clung to slavery that they fired the first shot near Fort Sumter, choosing war over equal treatment of their fellow man. Following the war, Southern Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan. To say that every Democrat supports this pattern of violence would be unfair, I know many that are wonderful people. But why would someone choose a party that has been historically oppressive, rather than the party that has promoted liberty and equality through personal responsibility and appropriate legislation?)

 

CNS NEWS
— ‘Disgrace to the Black Race’: Sen. Tim Scott Illustrates How Liberals Show Tolerance – Susan Jones
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/disgrace-black-race-sen-tim-scott-illustrates-how-liberals-show-tolerance

 

BLAZE
— Netflix debuts trailer for ‘Dear White People’ and receives huge backlash – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Blacks as their operatives and as their dupes to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans as being racists.  Democrats see Blacks as being their useful idiots.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/09/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-dear-white-people-and-receives-huge-backlash/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The trailer itself begins with the main character Logan Browning sitting in a DJ booth telling white people what Halloween costumes are, and aren’t appropriate. The voiceover continues as footage of stereotypical white fraternity and sorority students are shown. In between that, the words “America needs a voice of reason” appear. After this, footage of black students are seen storming into a house party where white students are supposedly cultural appropriating black culture, and chase them out as they destroy speakers.)

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BEWARE THE BIG MISTAKE – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: Did I make “big mistakes” when I a) did not become a Democrat when I was in grade school and remained a Democrat in recognition of the fact that Democrats have always dominated northeast Illinois, b) took a job washing dishes when I was 16 and held that job for 18 months, c) took jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline when I was 17, d) took a job delivering mail when I was 18 and held that job for almost 3 years, e) obtained and held student draft deferments when I was 18, 19, 20, and 21, f) obtained and held a financial hardship draft deferment when I was 21 and 22, g) became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 and held that job for almost 9 years, h) became a GAO Analyst when I was 31 and held that job for almost 18 years, i) gave up trying to have children, not adopting, and not becoming a foster parent, j) failed to paint myself as being a yes-man, an operative, or a dupe for whoever has the most clout, k) etc.?)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/09/beware-the-big-mistake/

 

REAL CLEAR POLICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump has appointed too many advisors and that the federal government is paying them too much. 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.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/10/trump_pays_top_west_wing_advisers_180000_133048.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Roommates Wanted. Trump Supporters Need Not Apply. – KATIE ROGERS  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that not only say that members of the following groups are not wanted, but that they should “GO TO HELL,” Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How should members of the aforesaid groups react?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/politics/roommates-trump-supporters.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Staying true to yourself in the age of Trump: A how-to guide for federal employees – Maria J. Stephan  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If I had been a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old notwithstanding the fact that I am White, male, and a non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/02/10/staying-true-to-yourself-in-the-age-of-trump-a-how-to-guide-for-federal-employees/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Polarizing HHS nominee Tom Price confirmed by Senate on party-line vote.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/polarizing-hhs-nominee-nears-confirmation-vote-in-the-senate/2017/02/09/a1a81858-eeff-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html
— Federal managers say Trump’s hiring freeze hurts government – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Democrats run GAO.  During almost all the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was under Republican mandated hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.  My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that.  They took their anger out on me, one of the few remaining Republicans that the agency employed.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/10/federal-managers-say-trumps-hiring-freeze-hurts-government/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Democrats find their voice in the protests against President Trump.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-democrats-analysis-20170205-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Retailers Are Caught in Political Fights Over Trump  Social media groups fuel protests as divided nation endorses some brands and boycotts others – SUZANNE KAPNER and  SARA GERMANO  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump retailers post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retailers-are-caught-in-political-fights-over-trump-1486685345
— You May Be in a Risky Business if Regulators Find It Distasteful  Obama’s FDIC targeted payday lenders, among others, due to ‘personal moral judgments.’ – CHARLES W. CALOMIRIS  (DIERSEN: What do you do?  I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Who finds that what you do is distasteful? The following find what I do to be distasteful: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-may-be-in-a-risky-business-if-regulators-find-it-distasteful-1486686512
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trade-punishment-for-trump-voters-1486686758

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with photos of Bannon and Sessions unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/09/how-some-trump-advisors-see-islam-their-own-words/97662862/
— More and more Americans are renouncing their U.S. citizenship — here’s why – Herb Jackson  (DIERSEN: What do say to those who put making more money ahead of everything else?  My critics/operatives, their operatives, and their dupes put making more money ahead of just about everything else.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/09/more-and-more-americans-renouncing-their-us-citizenship-heres-why/97697158/
— Being black in tech can cost you $10k a year – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: If Diersen v. GAO had gone to trial, I would have shown the jury many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors paid my coworkers and subordinates who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses than I had HIGHER SALARIES THAN GAO PAID ME.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/09/being-black-tech-can-cost-you-10k-year/97695196/