August 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Newspapers push back against President Trump’s ‘enemy of the people’ claim – BGA
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-newspapers-push-back-against-trumps-enemy-of-the-people-claim/3982128/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use illegals to blast Trump.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/18/ice-detains-man-driving-pregnant-wife-hospital-san-bernardino/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump accuses ‘social media’ of limiting free speech of conservatives – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-social-media-free-speech-20180818-story.html
— After slamming Dick Uihlein for trying to ‘buy a Senate seat,’ Wisconsin Senate candidate Leah Vukmir wants Dick Uihlein’s cash – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-senate-race-uihlein-20180818-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “As Trump delivers racially charged insults, most Republicans stay silent.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-racial-insults-republicans-20180818-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “In a party dominated by Trumpism, growing ranks of forgotten Republicans sound warning.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-warnings-forgotten-republicans-20180818-story.html
— Wheaton-area school board will consider seeking voter approval on plan to lease new preschool – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-met-wheaton-new-preschool-update-20180817-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mel Reynolds’ prison gripe: Treated like ‘animal’ — blames ‘Trump people’ – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mel-reynolds-trump-prison-sentence-chicago-metropolitan-correctional-center/
— Dogs and cannabis: Some pet owners are using it despite vets’ warnings – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/dogs-cannabis-cbd-oil-safety-treatment/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— SJ-R to host candidate debates in congressional races – Angie Muhs
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180818/angie-muhs-sj-r-to-host-candidate-debates-in-congressional-races
— It’s time for the campaign season to begin. Again. – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180818/statehouse-insider-its-time-for-campaign-season-to-begin-again

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rep. LaHood says his views on news media don’t mirror president’s – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180818/bernard-schoenburg-rep-lahood-says-his-views-on-news-media-dont-mirror-presidents

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Hultgren, Ugaste host grand opening of joint Geneva HQ ‘Long on donuts and short on speeches’
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/08/17/hultgren-ugaste-host-grand-opening-of-joint-geneva-

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— With 80 days until the election, Davis and Londrigan both confident in 13th District support – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/with-days-until-the-election-davis-and-londrigan-both-confident/article_31ae2fde-7ad4-59b9-90b0-31049731f2dd.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— U.S. Steel to invest $750 million to revitalize flagship Gary plant – Robert Channick
https://www.daily-journal.com/business/us-steel-to-invest-million-to-revitalize-flagship-gary-plant/article_a3493d64-a230-11e8-b004-231a36d4d488.html

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Amateur hour in Illinois – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: What experience do you have? How hard have your critics/opponents worked to marginalize your experience? My critics/opponents have always worked extremely hard to marginalize my experience. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I am a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, licensed CPA, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and CPA. I passed the CIA and CPA examinations on my first attempt. I have master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.)
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/mcdermott-amateur-hour-in-illinois/article_cd4033ec-6c60-5f2c-b205-355ea0348fab.html
    (FROM THE ARTICLE: I’m terrible with cars. I mean, can’t-so-much-as-change-a-spark-plug terrible. May I tune yours up for you? I’m bad in the kitchen, too. Eggs and toast are pretty much my whole repertoire, and I tend to burn the toast. Want me to cater your next event? You’d probably rather call a chef, or a mechanic. Expertise matters. Except when it comes to filling the top leadership posts in our democracy. Then, it seems, we’re ready to take a chance on those who have never led so much as a school board meeting. How often have you heard a candidate for governor, senator, even president boast that his or her complete lack of lower-rung political experience is a shimmering plus rather than a glaring minus? And how does that usually work out? Think about disgraced ex-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Think about our current chaos president. Why do we imagine that high political leadership is the one job best left to the amateurs? Picture your dentist using that logic: I’ve never actually worked on teeth before. I’m proud to be an “outsider.” Open wide! That’s basically what’s unfolding right now in Illinois. For the second consecutive election, voters in the Land of Lincoln this November will choose a mega-wealthy governor who has never held any lower political office, and who only got to this one with a massive boost from his personal checkbook. We know this will be true regardless of the election result, because it’s a description that fits both of the major-party candidates. Sure, incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner can claim four years of on-the-job training, but given his performance during that time, it’s not much of a claim. He had never held any political office before buying into his first gubernatorial term in 2014 with $27.6 million from his own pocket. A venture capitalist, what he brought with him from that world were boardroom skills that you can’t say have been unproductive in office — because they’ve been counterproductive in office. As for Hyatt Hotels heir and Democratic nominee J.B. Pritzker, it seems his primary qualification for governor, and the main reason his party handed him the nomination over more experienced Democrats, is the 10-figure fortune he was born into and his willingness to use it. Rauner is worth nine figures, and Democrats decided to fight fire with more fire. Business people with no political experience who run for high office invariably argue that their business skills are not just an adequate substitute for political skills, but are better. This has never made sense. The goals, rules and responsibilities of business are completely different from those of politics. Rauner’s first term has been a textbook illustration of those differences.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rahm Emanuel tells the truth about Chicago violence and gets fierce blowback – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/rahm_emanuel_tells_the_truth_about_chicago_violence_and_gets_fierce_blowback.html
— Return of the Blacklist: The Left Shuts Down Free Speech – Ed Brodow (DIERSEN: Who blacklists you? I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that blacklist me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/return_of_the_blacklist_the_left_shuts_down_free_speech.html

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal alien children skip deportation hearings, disappear into country daily
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-children-skip-deportation-hearings-disappear-into-country-daily/
— ESPN not planning to televise national anthem before ‘MNF’ games
http://www.gopusa.com/espn-not-planning-to-televise-national-anthem-before-mnf-games/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— OBAMA’S “N WORD” TAPE WENT PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA COVERED IT UP There have been a thousand times as many news stories about the hypothetical existence of a Trump “N Word” tape as there are about the real and verified existence of the Obama-Farrakhan photo. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/271064/obamas-n-word-tape-went-public-and-media-covered-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Omarosa Acted Dishonorably by Recording Confidential White House Conversations, but Here’s the Bigger Problem – Hans von Spakovsky
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/08/18/omarosa-acted-dishonorably-by-recording-confidential-white-house-conversations-but-heres-the-bigger-problem/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Pelosi, Warren, and Waters speak for anti-Trumps.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/402397-boogeywomen-gop-vilifies-big-name-female-dems

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Weaponized Ad Technology’: Facebook’s Moneymaker Gets a Critical Eye – Natasha Singer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/facebook-microtargeting-advertising.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Online trolls are using immigration as a wedge issue for 2018 midterm elections.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-immigration-disinformation-20180817-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Should We Fear Russian Political Ads? By any measure, they are a drop in the ocean. And they’re hard to distinguish from domestic sentiments. – Curt Levey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-should-we-fear-russian-political-ads-1534460641

 

MILITARY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says: “After his military parade fizzles, Trump lashes out at DC officials.” Anti-Trumps shout at veterans, and at everyone else, that Trump avoided the draft. Of course, anti-Trumps in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois shout at veterans, and at everyone else, that I avoided the draft. Previously, these anti-Trumps called Vietnam veterans “baby killers.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/08/17/after-his-military-parade-fizzles-trump-lashes-out-at-dc-officials/

August 18 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Kwame Raoul’s Ad Takes Aim At Erika Harold’s Alleged Anti-Gay Comments In IL Attorney General Race – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/kwame-raouls-ad-erika-harold-alleged-anti-gay-comments-il-attorney-general-race/
— D.C. Mayor Taunts Trump After Cancellation Of Military Parade – CNN
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/washington-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-taunts-donald-trump-military-parade-canceled/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It’s not just audio, Manigault Newman has video – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/omarosa-manigault-newman-donald-trump-audio-video/
— Cuomo on his ‘inartful’ remark: ‘Of course America is great’ – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/andrew-cuomo-donald-trump-cynthia-nixon-inartful-remark-america-great/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sham candidates are an affront to democracy. Here’s how to get rid of them. – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about sham Republican candidates in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-madigan-gonzales-sham-candidates-0819-20180816-story.html
— ‘Safety is about being alert’: Drills, controlled access now part of the school day routine – Donna Vickroy and Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-school-safety-infrastructure-st-0820-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Crete-Monee Consolidated District 201-U, budget constraints and limited grants have made it “very difficult” to finance needed security measures, said Rochelle Clark, assistant superintendent of district affairs. In the near future, the district hopes to place a school resource officer at its middle and high schools and one to “float” among the elementary buildings, she said. This would not only help monitor student movement during passing periods, school activities and afterschool activities, but would offer an opportunity for officers to build relationships with students and families, she said. All administrators will participate in online training followed by in-person sessions and will work with local police officers to provide “realistic” evacuation and intruder drills, she said. But other challenges to school security include access to the school buildings and varying ideas as to what the students, staff and community “perceive” as safe, Clark said.)
— 14 hours in Chicago: 25 people shot, including 3-year-old boy – Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Sobol and Madeline Buckley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-shootings-violence-20180817-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Prosecutor: Speeding driver in fatal Schaumburg crash spent day ‘smoking weed’ – Eric Peterson
Eric Peterson and Barbara Vitello (DIERSEN: What percentage of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois talk and/or act a) like they want to smoke pot, b) like they smoke pot, c) like they want to make money selling pot, and/or d) like they want government to take in lots of tax revenue from legalizing pot? Who leads the fight against pot in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? If/when the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs legalize pot in Illinois, and if municipalities and counties can ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, I am going to lead the fight to get Wheaton and DuPage County to be the first municipality and the first county in Illinois to ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/prosecutor-speeding-driver-in-fatal-schaumburg-crash-spent-day-smoking-weed

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Judge in Aaron Schock case removed from all cases involving federal government (DIERSEN: The judges in Diersen v. GAO made it clear that they favored political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. They made it clear that they wanted those who share my demographics to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180817/judge-in-aaron-schock-case-removed-from-all-cases-involving-federal-government

 

SOUTHERN
— Gun legislation question will not be on Williamson County ballot – ISAAC SMITH
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gun-legislation-question-will-not-be-on-williamson-county-ballot/article_d40b1cbe-c1e5-5e8b-a5bb-a2dbd094f274.html

 

KFVS
— Williamson Co. IL passes gun control resolution – Taylor Clark
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/38909638/williamson-co-il-passes-gun-control-resolution

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Aaron Schock’s judge removed from cases involving federal government – Kevin Schwalle (DIERSEN: The judges in Diersen v. GAO made it clear that they favored political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. They made it clear that they wanted those who share my demographics to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/aaron-schock-s-judge-removed-from-cases-involving-federal-government/1378827600

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Make It Harder for School Districts to Get Rid of Unfunded Mandates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/17/governor-vetoes-bill-make-harder-school-districts-get-rid-unfunded-mandates/
— For Those of You Talking about Jack Franks Taking Jesse White’s Place after the Election
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/17/talking-jack-franks-taking-jesse-whites-place-election/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen questions TV, film tax incentives, calls for skeptical review of all breaks – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511533959-breen-questions-tv-film-tax-incentives-calls-for-skeptical-review-of-all-breaks
— Kinzler calls lawmakers out over poor direction of TV, film tax breaks – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511531049-kinzler-calls-lawmakers-out-over-poor-direction-of-tv-film-tax-breaks

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Jack Franks prepares for next election; wants McHenry taxpayers to pay for his name – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/jack-franks-prepares-for-next-election-wants-mchenry-taxpayers-to-pay-for-his-name/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AMID CONTROVERSY, POLITICAL TOWNSHIP COUPLE BANKS NEARLY $100K IN PENSION BENEFITS – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/amid-controversy-political-township-couple-banks-nearly-100k-in-pension-benefits/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The Question: If you were an Illinois Democratic candidate/honcho, how would you respond when asked if Speaker Madigan is a liability to your party? (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as a liability to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Republican candidates, etc. Most commonly, a) they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative” and b) they demonize, denigrate, and condemn my promotion of the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the IRP platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/16/question-of-the-day-2726/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— N.Y. lawmaker proposes making 911 calls on law-abiding black people a hate crime – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/17/jesse-hamilton-ny-lawmaker-proposes-making-911-cal/

 

BREITBART
— Ocasio-Cortez Blocks Press Access to Campaign Event – Penny Starr (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who do NOT want me to a) know about their events and other activities, b) promote their events and other activities, c) attend their events, or d) report on their events or other activities.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/17/ocasio-cortez-blocks-access-campaign-event/
— Nearly All Criminal Foreigners in U.S. Are from Central, South America – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/17/nearly-all-criminal-foreigners-in-u-s-are-from-central-south-america/

 

BLAZE
— Chelsea Clinton first denies and then doubles down on economic argument for abortion – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/16/chelsea-clinton-first-denies-and-then-doubles-down-on-economic-argument-for-abortion

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK LAWMAKER WANTS TO MAKE IT A HATE CRIME TO CALL COPS ON LAW-ABIDING ‘PEOPLE OF COLOR’ – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/17/new-york-hamilton-hate-crime/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pope Francis: We have a big problem – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/pope_francis_we_have_a_big_problem.html

 

TOWNHALL
— New Poll Results Freaking out Democrats – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2018/08/18/new-poll-results-freaking-out-democrats-n2510913
— Building a Dam to Stop the Blue Wave – Tom Zawistowski
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomzawistowski/2018/08/18/building-a-dam-to-stop-the-blue-wave-n2510740

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cuomo-to-trump-america-is-great-because-it-rejects-your-hate-filled-agenda

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Univision Host Suggests Jeff Sessions Is a Hypocrite Because He Ate Dinner at a Mexican Restaurant – MADISON SUMMERS
https://ijr.com/2018/08/1117028-univision-jeff-sessions-hypocrite-mexican-restaurant/

 

THE HILL
— Trump: Let ‘good and bad’ voices speak on social media – ALICIA COHN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being bad for the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Republican candidates, etc. Most commonly, a) they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative” and b) they demonize, denigrate, and condemn my promotion of the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the IRP platform.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/402449-trump-let-good-and-bad-voices-speak-on-social-media
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump haters promote hatred of Trump.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/402425-cuomo-fires-back-at-trump-america-is-great-because-it-rejects

 

POLITICO
— As Trump and Republicans rage, Cuomo admits comment was ‘inartful’ – JIMMY VIELKIND (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/08/17/as-trump-and-republicans-rage-cuomo-admits-comment-was-inartful-562925

 

CBS LOS ANGELES
— Omarosa May Have As Many As 200 Tapes (DIERSEN: During August and September of 1997, if I had recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors made to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” a) my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial would not have been denied and b) the jury would have ruled in my favor.)
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/report-omarosa-may-have-as-many-as-200-tapes/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Divided Era, One Thing Seems to Unite: Political Anger – Jeremy W. Peters (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is full of political anger? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/political-fights.html
— Women-Only Group Ditches Harvard – Jonah Engel Bromwich
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/style/harvard-delta-gamma-sorority-close.html

— Why Are Republicans Covering Up Brett Kavanaugh’s Past? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that is in your past that you are hiding? My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am hiding the following: I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/opinion/republicans-brett-kavanaugh-senate.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he’s already ‘MADE America Great Again’ in shot at Cuomo – Bob Fredericks
https://nypost.com/2018/08/17/trump-says-hes-already-made-america-great-again-in-shot-at-cuomo/

WASHINGTON POST
— Nixon had an enemies list. Now so does Trump. – Michael E. Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest to paint themselves as being one of my enemies.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/17/nixon-had-an-enemies-list-now-so-does-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Omarosa is exposing Trump’s deeply twisted view of loyalty.” All my critics/opponents a) demand blind loyalty and b) focus on destroying those like me who do not give them blind loyalty.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/08/17/omarosa-is-exposing-trumps-deeply-twisted-view-of-loyalty/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump mayor says Trump does ‘plenty of racist things.’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/17/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-donald-trump-does-racist-things/1017770002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Has Another Bond for You The city may try to paper over its pension woes with new debt. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-has-another-bond-for-you-1534546800
— When Digital Platforms Become Censors Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other tech giants say that they’re open forums. What happens when they start to shut down voices they consider beyond the pale? – Glenn Harlan Reynolds
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-digital-platforms-become-censors-1534514122
— Google Outgrows Its Youthful Ideals In middle age, the search giant’s motto has gone from ‘Don’t be evil’ to something more like ‘Get real.’
Google’s leaders’ display of a more pragmatic side risks alienating both its employees and its users. – Christopher Mims
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-risky-pragmatism-1534427069
— What Your Car Knows About You Auto makers are figuring out how to monetize drivers’ data – Christina Rogers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-your-car-knows-about-you-1534564861
— Shall We Have Civil War or Second Thoughts? – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shall-we-have-civil-war-or-second-thoughts-1534544477
— Blue State ‘Charity’ Rubbing SALT into the wounds of school-choice scholarships. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blue-state-charity-1534546826

 

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Senator Wants to Freeze Labor Dept. Employee Raises – Tyrone Richardson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that because of cost of living adjustments, step increases, and promotions, my federal salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $15.85/hour in 1966 to $125,325/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.bna.com/gop-senator-wants-n73014481831/

 

FORBES
— EEOC Head On Age Discrimination By Employers – Chris Farrell (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2018/08/17/eeoc-head-on-age-discrimination-by-employers/#17513f228867

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “GOP’s Fate in the Midterms Is in the Hands of Women.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/gops-fate-in-the-midterms-is-in-the-hands-of-women.html

August 17 Evening Edition

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
— Civil Service Opportunity School – Ben Woodward (DIERSEN: The subject line for the email that transmitted this is “The federal government is hiring conservatives.” I should conduct a similar “Civil Service Opportunity School” in Chicago. Despite my Democrat superiors’ best efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me, despite their getting rid of my first mentor in 1975, despite their getting rid of my second mentor in 1987, and despite my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988, I nevertheless survived a) for almost 3 years working part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, b) for almost 9 years working for IRS 1971-1980, and c) for almost 18 years working for GAO 1980-1997. Further, IRS promoted me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $67,638) in 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $81,071) in 1974 and GAO promoted me to GS-13 (currently $96,403) in 1986. In today’s dollars, my ending salary was $125,325.  I have not heard that Trump has disavowed “up-or-out,” so federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should still expect to be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees get promoted that fast. Of course, prospective federal employees should be advised that virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/Training/school.cfm?schoolID=37808
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: What you will learn No longer should conservatives allow liberals to monopolize the bureaucracy. Learn from top Washington insiders how to break into the liberal dominated Civil Service. The Leadership Institute’s Civil Service Opportunity School teaches you how to get a job and succeed in the Civil Service. Whether you are a newcomer to Washington, D.C. or you are looking for a career change, this intensive three-day seminar gives you the tools you need to begin your career in the Civil Service. Topics covered include: The hiring process Creative ways to enter government  Which departments are right for you  The political management of the bureaucracy)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State fair shows how politicians try to ’emphasize, exploit and exacerbate’ Illinois geography for political gain – Rick Pearson, Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-politics-geography-20180816-story.html
— Trump says he plans to revoke security clearance for Justice Department official Bruce Ohr ‘very quickly’ – John Wagner and Karen DeYoung
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-security-clearances-20180817-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools ‘failed to recognize’ extent of systemwide sexual abuse problem – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-schools-sexual-abuse-report-20180816-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is manic, lashing out. Obama, the Bushes, Clinton and Carter should speak up.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-brennan-security-clearance-huppke-20180817-story.html
— We want to hear from readers: What do you want Illinois’ next governor to prioritize? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats want Illinois’ next governor to focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-governor-election-candidate-positions-20180814-story.html
— Election Q and A Suzanne Fahnestock, interim director of the DuPage Election Commission, will talk about how elections are conducted in DuPage County at the League of Women Voters Naperville’s 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, meeting at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. The meeting is also an open house for those interested in learning more about the organization. For more information, go to www.lwvnaperville.org.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-this-week-naperville-st-0819-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Misleading campaign mailers go out as long as they poll well – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-election-mailers-campaign/
— Rahm fattens warchest by $539K, with generous servings from restaurants, hotels – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-fattens-warchest-539000-restaurants-hotels-melman-lettuce-entertain-fundraising/
— The whole world watched: 50 years after the 1968 Chicago convention – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/1968-democratic-national-convention-chicago-protests-riots-50th-anniversary/
— Trump at 36 percent approval among African-Americans: poll – USA TODAY
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-african-american-approval-rating/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use immigrants to demonize Republicans, to denigrate Republicans, and to condemn Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/family-separation-migrant-immigration-zero-tolerance-president-donald-trump-senator-dick-durbin/
— Madigan court foe Gonzales backs Pritzker, says speaker and Rauner must go – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-court-foe-gonzales-backs-pritzker-says-speaker-and-rauner-must-go/

 

WLS AM
— Bill Cameron: “their spending on the campaign so far is over $100 million, it’s just insane.” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/08/17/bill-cameron-what-their-spending-on-the-campaign-so-far-is-over-100-million-its-just-insane/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— An unfortunate political encounter – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180816/our-view-unfortunate-political-encounter

 

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Asian carp samples given at Illinois State Fair
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/asian-carp-samples-given-at-illinois-state-fair
— Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti hosts Narcan training session at Illinois State Fair
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/lt-gov-sanguinetti-hosts-narcan-training-session-at-illinois-state-fair

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Former Intel Chiefs: White House Using Security Clearances As A ‘Political Tool’ – SARAH MCCAMMON
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/former-intel-chiefs-white-house-using-security-clearances-political-tool#stream/0

 

NAPERVILLE NALN
— Naperville Area Leaders Network – NALN
https://www.facebook.com/napernaln/
(ACCORDING TO A REPORT: Great turnout of 50 people for tonight’s NALN event featuring Jim Mendrick and Steve Chirico in Naperville. Attendees included Coyne, Mendrick, MacKay, Janice Anderson, Patty Smith, Rising, Jacks, Kenn Miller, Wentz, Brad Miller, and Bruce Hanson.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Trustee Applicants Revealed – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/17/mchenry-township-trustee-applicants-revealed/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL PREVENTING PROFESSIONAL LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR STUDENT LOAN DELINQUENCIES – Amy Korte (DIERSEN: I earned a CPA license in 1981 when I was 32 years old.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-preventing-professional-license-suspension-for-student-loan-delinquencies/
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL ALLOWING CONSOLIDATION OF MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICTS – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-allowing-consolidation-of-mosquito-abatement-districts/
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL SHEDDING LIGHT ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SPENDING – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-shedding-light-on-school-district-administrative-spending/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Asian carp sandwiches served at Lt. Gov.’s tent at Illinois State Fair – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/outdoorsenvironment/asian-carp-sandwiches-served-at-lt-gov-s-tent-at/article_467de3da-a192-11e8-9baf-23419b2fda84.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NATIONAL LEGAL IMMIGRATION GROUP: WITH REPUBLICANS LIKE RAUNER, WHO NEEDS DEMOCRATS?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/national-legal-immigration-group-with-republicans-like-rauner-who-needs-democrats.html
— LATEST LEFTIST ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE ERA WON’T WORK, ANDY SCHLAFLY SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/latest-leftist-attempt-to-revive-the-era-wont-work-andy-schlafly-says.html
— IVES: “ANY DEM THAT SAYS THEY SUPPORT BUSINESS IS LYING TO YOU”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/ives-any-dem-that-says-they-support-business-is-lying-to-you.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says “left-leaning” Chicago press is “plenty biased”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/rauner-says-left-leaning-chicago-press-is-plenty-biased/
— Illinois rated second most likely governor’s office to flip parties
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/illinois-rated-second-most-likely-governors-office-to-flip-parties/
— “If any region should feel alienated from state government, it’s the suburbanites”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/if-any-region-should-feel-alienated-from-state-government-its-the-suburbanites/
— Democratic legislator files resolution condemning “scofflaw counties” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment so that they can confiscate all the firearms and all the ammunition that Republicans own.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/democratic-legislator-files-resolution-condemning-scofflaw-counties/
— Are the Democrats unified? (DIERSEN: Democrats are unified against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/are-the-democrats-unified/
— Rauner ad gets it wrong, but Pritzker needs to end his silence
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/rauner-ad-gets-it-wrong-but-pritzker-needs-to-end-his-silence/

 

FOX NEWS
— Rahm Emanuel under increasing fire for linking Chicago violence and morals in minority neighborhoods – Barnini Chakraborty
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/17/rahm-emanuel-under-increasing-fire-for-linking-chicago-violence-and-morals-in-minority-neighborhoods.html

 

GOPUSA
— DEA plans to combat Mexican drug cartels with new enforcement group in Chicago
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52686
— Identity Politics: A Cynical Electoral Tactic (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52681

 

DAILY CALLER
— BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES IN NEW MEXICO – Neetu Chandak
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/17/border-wall-new-mexico/?utm_medium=email
— KELLYANNE CONWAY ACCUSES PRESS OF BEING ‘OBSESSED’ WITH TRUMP – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/17/kellyanne-conway-media-obsessed-with-trump/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The “Enemy Of The People” Media Were On The Wrong Side In The Revolution – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28568

 

THE HILL
— Trump calls Justice official Bruce Ohr a ‘disgrace,’ vows to revoke clearance – JORFAN FABIAN AND MORGAN CHALFANT (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are a disgrace? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a disgrace a) because I was a Republican, b) because I avoided the draft, c) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) because I would not help them get rid of employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and e) because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/402324-trump-prepared-to-revoke-doj-officials-security-clearance

 

POLITICO
— Richard Uihlein, one of the top donors of 2018, has dropped tens of millions of dollars only to watch most of his picks go down. – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/17/richard-uihlein-gop-donor-losing-candidates-784146

 

CNN
— Teens who vape or use hookah are more likely to use marijuana later, study finds – Maritza Moulite
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/06/health/vape-hookah-marijuana-teens-study/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Can I Cure My White Guilt? – Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond (DIERSEN: Democrats promote White guilt to promote Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/style/white-guilt-privilege.html

 

USA TODAY
— Florida school districts defying hazy rules on the use of medical marijuana for students – Keona Gardner
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/10/florida-schools-medical-marijuana-policies-mixed-messages/957250002/

 

BOND BUYER
— Illinois offering document paints a gloomier picture than its politicians – Yvette Shields
https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/illinois-pos-counters-politicians-balanced-budget-claims

August 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump says he cancelled military parade, citing ‘ridiculously high’ price tag – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-says-he-cancelled-military-parade-citing-ridiculously-high-price-tag/3981473/
— College student home from U.S. Senate internship shot in Riverdale – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/college-student-home-from-us-senate-internship-shot-in-riverdale/3977767/

 

CBS2
— U.S. Senate Adopts Resolution Declaring “The Press Is Not The Enemy Of The People” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream media a) defends and advances the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the Republican Party platform.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/16/senate-adopts-resolution-declaring-press-not-enemy-people/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 76 people overdose in Connecticut park near Yale – AP (DIERSEN: What percentage of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois talk and/or act a) like they want to smoke pot, b) like they smoke pot, c) like they want to make money selling pot, and/or d) like they want government to take in lots of tax revenue from legalizing pot? Who leads the fight against pot in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? If/when the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs legalize pot in Illinois, and if municipalities and counties can ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, I am going to lead the fight to get Wheaton and DuPage County to be the first municipality and the first county in Illinois to ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/yale-new-haven-connecticut-park-overdoses-synthetic-marijuana-k2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The number of overdose victims linked to a suspected bad batch of synthetic marijuana has risen to 76 in New Haven, Connecticut, as officials try to determine exactly what sickened people. People on and around the historic New Haven Green near Yale University began falling ill shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, and the overdoses continued into Thursday morning. No deaths were reported, and most people brought to hospitals have been discharged, officials said. Symptoms varied. Many victims lost consciousness, officials said. Others vomited. Some just became nauseous or lethargic. City officials said police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel will staff a command post on the Green for the time being, and social workers and private health outreach workers will be on hand. Toxicology testing remained incomplete Thursday. Some victims tested positive for the powerful opioid fentanyl, but it appeared most if not all the overdoses were caused only by a potent batch of “K2” synthetic marijuana, said Dr. Kathryn Hawk, an emergency medicine physician and professor at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where many of the victims were treated.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel says O’Hare protest wouldn’t ‘secure and strengthen the entire city of Chicago’ – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-ohare-protest-20180816-story.html
— The new employee perk that’s slowly taking hold: Help for those caring for aging parents – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-working-caregivers-0819-story.html
— Illinois’ overdose crisis getting worse, mirroring nationwide trend, CDC says – John Keilman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-opioid-overdose-deaths-cdc-20180816-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-reagan-ronald-patti-davis-media-0817-story.html
— Connecticut police work to stop pot overdoses after 76 fall ill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-ct–city-green-overdoses-20180816-story.html
— Congressman’s son rips him for ‘ruining’ FBI agent’s career – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–virginia-congressman-sons-tweets-20180813-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘How I run my office is absolutely none of your business’: Lauzen, McMahon spar at Kane meeting – Jim Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180816/how-i-run-my-office-is-absolutely-none-of-your-business-lauzen-mcmahon-spar-at-kane-meeting
— DuPage voters to weigh in on consolidation, possible taxes – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/dupage-voters-to-weigh-in-on-consolidation-possible-taxes
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180816/editorial-keep-the-conversation-about-free-press-alive
— Are you in good enough shape to be an FBI agent? We took the test. – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: When you were young, could you have passed the test? I could not. While my having had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease) has not harmed my ability to walk or ride a bike, it has severely harmed my ability to run. Further, a) my eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20 and I have always had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/are-you-in-good-enough-shape-to-be-an-fbi-agent-we-took-the-test
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of course, it requires much more than being in shape to make it as an FBI agent. But to meet the bureau’s fitness standards, a candidate must post a satisfactory result in four physical tests: number of situps in 60 seconds; a 300-meter sprint; maximum consecutive push-ups; and a 1½-mile run. To add to the difficulty, candidates move from one event to the next with just 5 minutes of rest in between.)
— Harper College wants to keep tax increase in place to fund $180 million in upgrades – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/harper-college-wants-to-keep-tax-increase-in-place-to-fund-180-million-in-upgrades

 

WTTW
— Rauner Uses State Fair to Compare Opponent to Swine
https://video.wttw.com/video/rauner-uses-state-fair-compare-opponent-swine-ez5xgl/

 

WBBM 780
— Congressman Kinzinger And Opponent Sara Dady Feud On Facebook After Staffer Knocks On Door – MIKE KRAUSER
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/congressman-kinzinger-and-opponent-sara-dady-feud-facebook-after-staffer-knocks-door

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Democrats say downstate counties can go their way – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180816/illinois-democrats-say-downstate-counties-can-go-their-way

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Allies, not enemies – Editorial (DIERSEN: The mainstream new media is an ally of the Democrat Party, and therefore, it is an enemy of the Republican Party.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-08-16/editorial-allies-not-enemies.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner paying no attention to issues – Dick Zaker, Decatur
https://herald-review.com/opinion/letters/rauner-paying-no-attention-to-issues/article_8afbef2b-9f6d-5a87-aeee-07c4f4eb1b06.html

 

CANTON DAILY REGISTER
— Illinois has led in banning employer ‘no-poaching’ pacts – Bill Knight (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, consistent with their “up-or-out” policy and their needing to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, they wanted other employers to poach their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20180816/illinois-has-led-in–banning-employer–no-poaching-pacts

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Lake County worries about flooding impact from Foxconn – Lee Bergquist
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/16/new-clash-illinois-county-worries-flooding-foxconn/1000955002/

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Stand in defense of the truth. Don’t let Trump label journalists as the enemy.”
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-stand-in-defense-of-the-truth-don-t-let/article_c00c0d05-9080-56ef-8a58-a7ea5467c92d.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Dems Vow Down-Ballot Effort, Red-State Reach – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: One could say that those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) are united against those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support Trump and the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/dems-vow-down-ballot-effort-red-state-reach#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They began by stressing how united they are as a party heading into the fall campaign. “There’s a basic rule in Illinois politics: The political party that remains united wins the election,” said Speaker of the Illinois House and chairman of the state Democratic Party Michael Madigan.)
— Rauner Offers Rare Public Display Of Affection For Trump – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/rauner-offers-rare-public-display-affection-trump#stream/0
— Colorado Baker Sues State Again, After Refusing To Make Cake For Transgender Woman – JAMES DOUBEK
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/colorado-baker-sues-state-again-after-refusing-make-cake-transgender-woman#stream/0

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rauner rallies Republicans at Governor’s Day: ‘We’ve got to fight’ – Rachel Droze
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-rallies-republicans-at-governors-day-weve-got-to-fight-08-16-2018

 

WSIL TV
— Gun safety group holds Be SMART Training – Brooke Schlyer
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38903816/gun-safety-group-holds-be-smart-training

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— 5 REFERENDUMS ON NOV. 6 BALLOT IN KANE COUNTY
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/08/5-referendums-on-nov-6-ballot-in-kane-county/

 

CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH
— Psychiatrist Stabbed After Denying Pot Prescription A Crystal Lake man now faces attempted murder and armed violence charges – Amie Rowland
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/psychiatrist-stabbed-after-denying-pot-prescription-authorities

 

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Annual Celebrating Diversity Reception, September 10 – Julie Barnhill (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/08/annual-celebrating-diversity-reception-september-10/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Survey: Illinois’ small business owners say state has failed them – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How has Illinois failed those who share your demographics?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/survey-illinois-small-business-owners-say-state-has-failed-them/article_43c06bd4-a0b8-11e8-bf88-a7f2cffcf46d.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER TELLS CONSERVATIVES WHY THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR HIM IN NOVEMBER (DIERSEN: It would be great if Rauner would pledge to take no further action against the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. It would be even greater if he would pledge to defend and advance all the planks in the IRP platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/gov-rauner-tells-conservatives-why-they-should-vote-for-him-in-november.html

 

BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel Responds to Chicago Bloodshed by Pushing More Gun Control – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/rahm-emanuel-responds-to-chicago-bloodshed-by-pushing-more-gun-control/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GAO: Govt. spent $2.5 billion to jail criminal migrants in 2016 – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/16/govt-spent-25-billion-jail-criminal-migrants-2016/

 

CBN NEWS
— The Media Can Dish It Out But They Sure Can’t Take It – Dale Hurd
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/august/the-media-can-dish-it-out-but-they-sure-cant-take-it

 

CONSERVATIVE TRIBUNE
— Democrat Candidate Caught on Camera Stealing Opponent’s Flyer – LISA PAYNE-NAEGER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps in my precinct, including those who are registered Republican voters, talk and/or act like they have been told to disrespect, to be rude to, to be nasty to, to be mean to, to harass, and/or to threaten me and anyone else who brings Republican literature to their door.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/democrat-candidate-caught-stealing-flyer/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Marxism and Marriage – David Solway
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/marxism_and_marriage.html

 

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Canadian Christian College Drops Sex Standards in Law School Bid – Morgan Lee
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/august/trinity-western-community-covenant-canada-law-school-twu.html

 

THE HILL
— Bernie Sanders socialism moves to Democratic mainstream – AMIE PARNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/402251-bernie-sanders-socialism-moves-to-democratic-mainstream

 

CNN
— Clapper: Trump sending ‘chilling’ message (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have sent me many chilling messages. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/16/james-clapper-intv-john-brennan-security-clearance-first-amendment-trump-sot-newday-vpx.cnn
— Clapper: Trump is retaliating against an ‘enemies list’ – Jennifer Hansler (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being my enemies.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/james-clapper-brennan-trump-security-clearance-cnntv/index.html
— Key GOP senators say they have no issue with Trump revoking Brennan’s security clearance – Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Daniella Diaz and Clare Foran (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican in Illinois have “no issue” with the adverse actions that those who dominate 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, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. have taken against me.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/republican-senators-john-brennan-security-clearance/index.html

 

CBS NEWS
— Newspapers don’t help themselves by coordinating against Trump – MICHAEL GRAHAM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my critics/opponents coordinate against me. Some of them reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks. Some of them reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution. Some of them focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. Some of them were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-newspapers-dont-help-themselves-by-coordinating-against-trump/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says that Trump uses the tools of government to punish his critics. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who use the tools of religion, government, politics, finance, etc. to punish me. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/opinion/donald-trump-john-brennan-security-clearance.html
— Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” is the most empowering popular song ever. Could we have shown her more? Just a little bit, our critic writes. – Wesley Morris (DIERSEN: Who are the most disrespectful people in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the most disrespectful people in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/arts/music/respect-aretha-franklin-death.html
— What it’s Like to Intern at The New York Times – Claire Ballantine (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://open.nytimes.com/what-its-like-to-intern-at-the-new-york-times-3d27af36715
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Working on the Luxury Sales team has been amazing, but I think that out of all the projects I’ve done this summer my most fulfilling project has been my Maker Week project. I worked on a Diversity & Inclusion project with interns from a variety of departments to create an employee resource site. The idea came from the fact that many people were unaware of diversity initiatives throughout the company so we thought that creating a database and website to record the diversity initiatives would be a great internal resource and create visibility for the programs. First, we gathered all the information about the diversity initiatives to create the database. Second, we interviewed different people in the company like A.G. Sulzberger, Dean Baquet, Meredith Kopit Levien and other employees involved in diversity initiatives. Lastly, we formatted the website to hold the database, show diversity efforts in recruiting, the newsroom and the business side. We also added a tab for various conferences based on departments. Our showcase at Maker Week was great because employees seemed really interested in the accessibility of the website. It was one of the best projects I’ve worked on and I’m so glad to have been a part of it. I think this project really taught me to be bold in my work. I spoke to all these amazing people by just emailing them and taking a chance and it worked out which was amazing. I’ve also been a diversity advocate throughout my years in school and this project showed me how an idea from one of my passions can become a useful reality. In the fall, I’ll be heading back to Syracuse University to be a Resident Advisor for my last year. I’ll also be a peer facilitator for our first diversity-oriented freshman forum. I want to use the skills I’ve learned in this internship to create something amazing on my campus that is fueled by my passion just like I got to create at The New York Times.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Facebook Ad Service Is Seen As Ripe for Political Trickery – Natasha Singer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/facebook-microtargeting-advertising.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump journalist says “Show of Unity in Face of Mockery and Threats.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/business/media/news-media-editorials-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump journalist says “Trump Says Newspapers Are in Collusion.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/us/politics/trump-news-media-collusion.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Signed a Trump Nondisclosure Agreement? Get banned from the airwaves – ROSS ROSENFELD
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-sign-a-trump-nda-get-banned-from-the-airwaves-20180816-story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/08/16/immigrants-who-change-america-are-its-lifeblood/M6Aam5KzgBwls5aFiTyYhK/story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Youth Unemployment Hits 52-Year Low Data suggest more opportunities are available to some groups that historically struggled to find jobs – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: When you were young, would you have taken the jobs that I did? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; and pumped gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the aforesaid jobs were bad jobs, b) that my taking the aforesaid jobs proves that I am bad, and c) that they would never have stooped to take the aforesaid jobs.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youth-unemployment-hits-52-year-low-1534455755

 

BLOOMBERG
— Funerals Are Becoming One Last Extravagant Display of Wealth – Olivia Carville
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-17/rolls-royce-hearse-7-million-crypt-are-final-displays-of-power

 

NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/08/16/deradicalizing-white-people/

 

BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Aretha Franklin was an anti-Trump.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/aretha-franklin-frequently-bashed-trump-in-private-blew-off-inauguration-invite-5

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/567694/jose-antonio-vargas/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Anti-war protest on 50th anniversary of 1968 Democratic National Convention (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Anti-war-protest-on-50th-anniversary-of-1968-Democratic-National-Convention-/63814.html

August 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Republicans tout unified front at Governor’s Day at Illinois State Fair – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-tout-unified-front-at-governors-day-at-illinois-state-fair/3966998/

 

NBC5
— Rauner, GOP Candidates Mark ‘Governor’s Day’ at Illinois State Fair – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-gop-candidates-mark-governors-day-at-illinois-state-fair-490970601.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-5P-GOP-STATE-FAIR-AHERN_Chicago-490964501.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Governors-Day-at-State-Fair-Puts-Focus-on-November-Election-490932511.html

 

CBS2
— Lake Shore Drive Protest Organizer Plans To Block Roads To O’Hare On Labor Day
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/15/lake-shore-drive-protest-march-ohare-airport-traffic/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner asks Republicans to ‘chip in’ to fight Pritzker’s ‘inherited’ wealth – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-financial-help-beat-pritzker/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps report that Omarosa says that Trump is “a racist, a misogynist, a bigot.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/omarosa-manigault-newman-calls-trump-racist-bigot/
— Lake Shore Drive protest leader vows to shut down O’Hare traffic on Labor Day – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lake-shore-drive-protest-leader-vows-to-shut-down-ohare-traffic-on-labor-day/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “migrant children” to blast Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/senate-study-faults-government-care-of-migrant-children/
— White House says it values diversity but won’t disclose numbers – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-house-diversity-wont-disclose-numbers/
— Rahm Emanuel denies Chicago is a ‘tale of two cities’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-denies-chicago-tale-of-two-cities/
— Illinois manufacturer Stack-on Products to lay off 150 workers, move to Mexico – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-manufacturer-to-lay-off-150-workers-move-to-mexico/
— Governor’s Day at state fair puts focus on November election – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-state-fair-governors-day-november-election/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that they are “the enemy of all that hurts the people.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/freedom-press-newspaper-friend-trump-enemy-people/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Trump’s fans would not mine it if he said the N-word.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/president-donald-trump-omarosa-n-word-cupp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner’s pitch to GOP: J.B. Pritzker will bring ‘more corruption,’ ‘higher taxes’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-republicans-state-fair-20180815-story.html
— Colorado baker who refused to make cake for gay couple won’t create one for gender transition – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-colorado-baker-gender-transition-cake-20180815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-omarosa-black-card-dahleen-glanton-20180815-story.html
— The anti-Trump news media says “Mr. President: We aren’t enemies of the people. We’re a check on government.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-press-journalists-20180813-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps condemn you if you do not condemn those who they tell you to condemn.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thiessen-trump-alt-right-racist-charlottesville-0817-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— A DuPage County Board candidate plans to withdraw before the November election to help a fellow a Democrat in the race. Arlene Kendorski of Downers Grove says she’s abandoning her bid for one of two District 2 seats on the county board. She plans to file the paperwork to drop out soon. – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180815/democrat-leaving-dupage-county-board-race
— In midst of assaults, we must defend principles of First Amendment – Editorial (DIERSEN: The mainstream media acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180815/editorial-in-midst-of-assaults-we-must-defend-principles-of-first-amendment
— ‘He created Omarosa’: How Trump’s protegee turned his tactics against him – Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180815/he-created-omarosa-how-trumps-protegee-turned-his-tactics-against-him

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rauner: 2018 election is ‘one of most important’ in Illinois history – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180815/rauner-2018-election-is-one-of-most-important-in-illinois-history

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Republican Helland questions if Jesse White would stay on the job – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180815/bernard-schoenburg-republican-helland-questions-if-jesse-white-would-stay-on-job

 

WJBC
— Congressmen busy at Illinois State Fair Ag Day
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/08/14/congressmen-busy-at-illinois-state-fair-ag-day/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Is David McSweeney Thinking About Running Against Dick Durbin?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/15/david-mcsweeney-thinking-running-dick-durbin/
— As Illinois Integrity (sic) Fund Court Date Approaches, Letter to NWH Printed
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/15/illinois-integrity-sic-fund-court-date-approaches-letter-nwh-printed/
— Route 31 McHenry Township Road District Consolidation Supporters Threatened
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/14/route-31-mchenry-township-road-district-consolidation-supporters-threatened/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Voters salute Tonia Khouri’s dependability in new video on social media – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511530297-voters-salute-tonia-khouri-s-dependability-in-new-video-on-social-media

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOVERNOR CALLS FOR REVVED-UP GROUND GAME AS “MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF HIS LIFETIME” NEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/governor-calls-for-revved-up-ground-game-as-most-important-election-of-his-lifetime-nears.html
— ILLINOIS RANKS AS ONE OF MOST ANTI-TRUMP STATES IN NEW SURVEY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/illinois-ranks-as-one-of-most-anti-trump-states-in-new-survey.html
— DABROWSKI: IT’S THE PENSION PROMISES, STUPID! – Ted Dabrowski
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/dabrowski-its-the-pension-promises-stupid.html
— LIBERTARIANISM VS. CONSERVATISM (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/libertarianism-vs-conservatism-video.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL – IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION AND MORAL VALUES IN RESTORING OUR REPUBLIC
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/thorner-oneil-importance-of-religion-and-moral-values-in-restoring-our-republic.html
— DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM THREATENS MINORITIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/democratic-socialism-threatens-minorities.html
— DEMOCRATS MORE POSITIVE ABOUT SOCIALISM THAN CAPITALISM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/democrats-more-positive-about-socialism-than-capitalism.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Harold mocks Raoul for not agreeing to debates
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/15/harold-mocks-raoul-for-not-agreeing-to-debates/
— LIVE COVERAGE *** Today is Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair. Follow along with ScribbleLive
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/15/live-coverage-52/
— The governor’s $1 million donation to the state fair’s foundation yesterday was actually a purchase of the Coliseum’s naming rights
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/15/question-of-the-day-2725/

 

FOX NEWS
— FLASHBACK: Schumer Called Illegal Immigration ‘Wrong,’ Said ‘Aliens’ Should Not Be Treated Same as Legal Immigrants
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/15/chuck-schumer-sounded-president-trump-illegal-immigration-2009
— Poll: Dems View Socialism More Positively Than Capitalism by 10 Points
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/14/gallup-poll-democrats-view-socialism-more-positively-they-do-capitalism
— Tucker: Left-Wing Political Conference Shows ‘Intolerant’ Dems Ready for ‘Radical’ Change
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/14/tucker-carlson-left-wing-netroots-conference-shows-intolerant-democrats-ready-elections
— Ingraham: ‘Anti-Trump Delirium’ Pushes Democrats Toward Socialism
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/15/ingraham-anti-trump-delirium-pushes-democrats-toward-socialism

 

GOPUSA
— Facebook equal to Soviet Union’s Pravda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52357
— Legalized pot will be a catastrophe in corrupt Massachusetts
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52374

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A NYT anti-Trump says “Tape of Trump Using ‘N-Word’ ‘Might Actually Increase His Support’ from Supporters.”
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/15/nyts-blow-tape-trump-using-n-word-might-actually-increase-his-support-supporters/
— ‘San Fransicko’ Announces ‘Poop Patrol’ to Clean up Revolting, Feces-Covered Sidewalks – Adelle Nazarian
https://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/08/15/san-fransicko-announces-poop-patrol-to-clean-up-revolting-feces-covered-sidewalks/

 

DAILY CALLER
— MEDIA DOESN’T CARE ABOUT CREDIBILITY OR EVIDENCE WHEN ATTACKING REPUBLICANS – Derek Hunter
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/15/media-doesnt-care-about-credibility-or-evidence-when-attacking-republicans/
— TRUMP REVOKES EX-CIA DIR. JOHN BRENNAN’S SECURITY CLEARANCE – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/15/john-brennan-security-clearance-revoked/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Chelsea Clinton: Roe v. Wade freed women to add $3.5 trillion to U.S. economy – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/chelsea-clinton-roe-v.-wade-freed-women-to-add-3.5-trillion-to-u.s.-economy

 

EAGLE FORUM REPORT
— Gambling: Getting Nothing From Something
https://mailchi.mp/eagleforum/gambling-getting-nothing-from-something-august-2018-eagle-forum-report-now-online

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A FREE PRESS NEEDS YOU – Editorial (DIERSEN: The mainstream media acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/15/opinion/editorials/free-press-local-journalism-news-donald-trump.html

August 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump lashes out at Omarosa, calls her ‘that dog’, a ‘lowlife’ – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-omarosa-calls-her-that-dog-a-lowlife/3953700/

 

NBC5
— Madigan Sues Trump Tower for Allegedly ‘Jeopardizing Fish and Aquatic Life in the Chicago River’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-madigan-trump-tower-lawsuit-490837781.html
— Rauner Signs Law Requiring State Jobs Be in Capital
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-signs-law-requiring-state-jobs-be-in-capital-490808031.html
— Florida House Candidate Accused of Faking Diploma Drops Out Melissa Howard posted an apology on her campaign Facebook page and admitted she didn’t graduate from the school
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Florida-House-Candidate-Apologizes-Over-Fake-Diploma-Controversy-Vows-to-Stay-in-Race-490806891.html

 

CBS2
— Jesse Jackson Jr. Blasts Trump After President Calls Omarosa A ‘Dog’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/14/omarosa-trump-that-dog/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump calling former aide Omarosa a ‘dog’ triggers outrage – USA TODAY
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-omarosa-manigault-newman-dog-outrage/
— Trump lashes out at Omarosa, calls her ‘that dog’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/donald-trump-omarosa-manigault-newman-tell-all-book-white-house/
— Trump warns Cuomo: Anybody who runs against me ‘suffers’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-andrew-cuomo-2020-presidential-election-suffers/
— Black Lives Matter, other activists demand changes to police consent decree – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-lives-matter-aclu-activists-chicago-police-department-reform-consent-decree-laquan-mcdonald/
— Illinois attorney general sues Trump Tower over releasing water into river – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/illinois-attorney-general-lisa-madigan-lawsuit-trump-internationa-hotel-tower-water-released-chicago-river/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump turns on ‘lowlife’ hires, Kelly reaps the mess – William M. Daley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-omarosa-john-kelly-trump-fired-tapes-0815-20180814-story.html
— President Trump calls former aide Omarosa a ‘dog’ after release of audio recordings – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-omarosa-audio-recordings-20180814-story.html
— ACLU, Black Lives Matter say plans to reform the Chicago police don’t go far enough – Dan Hinkel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-consent-decree-criticisms-20180813-story.html
— Mayoral hopeful Vallas calls possible $10B Emanuel pension payoff ‘irresponsible’ – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-paul-vallas-chicago-borrowing-20180814-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauner says “Rauner shows once again he is no friend of working class.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/barrington/community/chi-ugc-article-castro-rauner-shows-once-again-he-is-no-frie-2018-08-14-story.html
— Chicago-area manufacturer to lay off 150 people as it moves operations to Mexico, in part to avoid tariffs on Chinese metal – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-layoffs-stack-on-tariffs-0815-biz-20180814-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lake County Board members spar over advisory property tax referendum – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180814/lake-county-board-members-spar-over-advisory-property-tax-referendum
— Will County plans sex trafficking summit
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180814/will-county-plans-sex-trafficking-summit

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump way underwater in latest Illinois poll Morning Consult finds just 38 percent of state residents approve of the president’s job performance, with 58 percent thumbs-down—numbers that won’t help Bruce Rauner any.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/trump-way-underwater-latest-illinois-poll
— State sues Trump Tower over Chicago River pollution – DANNY ECKER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/state-sues-trump-tower-over-chicago-river-pollution
— DuPage County business park finally gets some mojo Two companies have agreed to move into DuPage Business Center in West Chicago, providing the 800-acre park with a much-needed boost. – ALBY GALLUN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/dupage-county-business-park-finally-gets-some-mojo

 

WLS AM
— Rauner on Madigan lawsuit: “ I hope they get to the truth of it” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/08/14/rauner-on-madigan-i-hope-hes-been-doing-something-illegal-and-i-hope-he-gets-prosecuted/

 

WTTW
— Gov. Rauner Ratchets Up Anti-Madigan Rhetoric – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/08/13/gov-rauner-ratchets-anti-madigan-rhetoric

 

WBBM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats Urge Rauner To Sign Safe Zones Act
https://wbbm780.radio.com/immigration-safe-zones-act-senate-bill-35-governor-rauner

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Busting the myth of downstate disparity – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-08-14/editorial-busting-the-myth-downstate-disparity.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kinzinger: Rival staffer ‘peered’ into home – David Giuliani
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/kinzinger-rival-staffer-peered-into-home/article_f709c7b0-9f43-11e8-a5ab-67731d22c987.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Continues To Blame Madigan For ‘Illegal Activity’ – DAISY CONTRERAS
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/rauner-continues-blame-madigan-illegal-activity

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Skillicorn CL Chamber of Commerce Open House This Afternoon
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/14/skillicorn-cl-chamber-commerce-open-house-afternoon/
— Congressman Randy Hultgren’s Woodstock Town Hall Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/14/congressman-randy-hultgren/
— Jack Franks’ Friends Follow Rahm Emmanuel’s Distraction Technique
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/13/jack-franks-friends-follow-rahm-emmanuels-distraction-technique/
— Bob Anderson Continues NWH Drumbeat for Township Consolidation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/13/bob-anderson-continues-nwh-drumbeat-township-consolidation/
— The Question of Who Can Enter the Algonquin Highway Department Office
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/14/question-can-enter-algonquin-highway-department-office/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Edgar County Watchdogs: DuPage Township supervisor exceeded authority hiring attorney – W.J. Kennedy
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511530850-edgar-county-watchdogs-dupage-township-supervisor-exceeded-authority-hiring-attorney

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Addiction: Targeting Children – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/addiction-targeting-children/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner announces $1 million donation to repair Coliseum
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/14/rauner-announces-1-million-donation-to-repair-coliseum/
— McCann lays out his path
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/14/mccann-lays-out-his-path/

 

GOPUSA
— CIS: 51% of immigrants in US on welfare
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52285
— First they all came for one guy…
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52289

 

HOT AIR
— What About Chicago? Good Question – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/08/14/chicago-good-question/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kasich a) glorifies and praises Democrats and citizens of foreign countries and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republicans and citizens of America.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/lack-of-faith-fueling-anti-immigrant-sentiments-incivility-john-kasich-226751/

 

THE HILL
— Trump campaign files for arbitration against Omarosa over confidentiality breach – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority since 1998. SEE: http://www.finra.org/arbitration-and-mediation/information-for-arbitrators)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/401743-trump-campaign-files-for-arbitration-against-omarosa-over-confidentiality

 

REUTERS
— Boy, 11, hacks into replica U.S. vote website in minutes at convention
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber/boy-11-hacks-into-replica-u-s-vote-website-in-minutes-at-convention-idUSKBN1KZ0O2

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls Omarosa Manigault Newman ‘that dog’ as she continues publicity tour – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-calls-manigault-newman-that-dog-as-she-continues-publicity-tour/2018/08/14/d0956e2c-9fb1-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html
— America’s debt has exploded. Why does no one care? – Robert E. Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americas-debt-has-exploded-why-does-no-one-care/2018/08/13/f1d96aee-9cdb-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Here’s a Good Reason to Hustle at Your Summer Job Hint: It could help your career in a very big way. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: I worked for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. If I had become a Democrat, that would helped my subsequent career in the federal government.)
https://www.fool.com/careers/2018/08/14/heres-a-good-reason-to-hustle-at-your-summer-job.aspx

August 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Counterprotesters gather in D.C. as white nationalists rally near White House – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/counterprotesters-gather-in-dc-as-white-nationalists-rally-near-white-house/3940624/
— Omarosa says she secretly taped her firing, plays the audio – AP (DIERSEN: What if I had taped the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors made to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer?”)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/omarosa-says-she-secretly-taped-her-firing-plays-the-audio/3941638/

 

NBC5
— Counterprotesters Outnumber White Supremacists Ahead of DC Rally White supremacist rally sparsely attended Sunday afternoon in Lafayette Square outside White House – NBC Washington and Associated Press
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/White-Nationalists-Unite-the-Right-2-DC-Counterprotesters-Expected-for-Rallies-490634451.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fact-check: Rx needed for Peter Roskam’s portrayal of Casten’s healthcare stand – BGA (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/peter-roskam-healthcare-claim-sean-casten-facebook-ad-obamacare-2018-elections-fact-check/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Union-Promoters say “Missouri vote is a boost for workers everywhere.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/missouri-right-to-work-unions-illinois-janus-lincolnshire/
— Gov. Rauner, Speaker Madigan both expected to be deposed in election lawsuit – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brucer-rauner-mike-madigan-larry-dominick-deposition-federal-lawsuit-elections-jason-gonzales-sham-candidates/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Police unions urge members to boycott Dolphins over anthem demonstrations – Cindy Boren
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/ct-spt-police-unions-dolphins-national-anthem-protest-20180812-story.html
— Chicago’s mayoral race on display as Emanuel, opponents politick at Bud Billiken parade – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bud-billiken-parade-mayors-race-20180809-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Drunks on your train? Here’s what Metra can do about it – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: How much have you ridden Metra? I rode Metra to work/school in 1971, 1973, 1974, and then 1978-1997.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180812/drunks-on-your-train-heres-what-metra-can-do-about-it
— 1908 Springfield race riot led to the creation of the NAACP (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1908? My grandfather on my father’s side helped his father operate Crete’s only a hardware store. My grandmother on my father’s side helped her parents operate a farm in Crete. My grandparents on my mother’s side helped their parents operate farms in Grant Park near the Indiana border.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180812/illinois-200-1908-springfield-race-riot-led-to-the-creation-of-the-naacp
— Sending kids to college increases the chances you’ll lose your house – Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn my wife and I as being undeservedly filthy rich a) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, b) because I avoided the draft, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, and d) because my federal pension and health, dental, and vision benefits are much too generous.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180812/sending-kids-to-college-increases-the-chances-youll-lose-your-house
— Can you mix politics with job interviews? – Karla L. Miller (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180812/can-you-mix-politics-with-job-interviews

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Benefit of incumbency on display in 15th race – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-08-12/tom-kacich-benefit-incumbency-display-15th-race.html
— Don’t look to Springfield for reform this year – BRETT ROWLAND
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-08-12/brett-rowland-dont-look-springfield-reform-year.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Reflects On Her Tenure And The Future Of Women In Politics – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/state-rep-reflects-her-tenure-and-future-women-politics#stream/0

 

WGLT
— Rauner To Spend Millions To Help GOP Chances In November – ERIC STOCK
http://www.wglt.org/post/rauner-spend-millions-help-gop-chances-november#stream/0

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois’ unpaid vendor debt surpasses $8 billion – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511528368-illinois-unpaid-vendor-debt-surpasses-8-billion

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Roskam touts digital marketing for small businesses – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511526199-roskam-touts-digital-marketing-for-small-businesses
— Lawsuit filed to stop District 200 from building new school – Kasey Schefflin-Emrich
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511528194-lawsuit-filed-to-stop-district-200-from-building-new-school
— College of DuPage enrolls 26,165 undergrads
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511518314-college-of-dupage-enrolls-26-165-undergrads

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP PRAISES BIKERS FOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON BOYCOTT, TALKS ‘LEVEL’ TRADE PLAYING FIELD – Evie Fordham
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/12/trump-harley-davidson-boycott/

 

THE HILL
— White nationalists, counterprotesters rally in DC
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/401479-live-coverage-white-nationalists-counter-protesters-rally-in-dc
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Union-promoters say :”Missourians see ‘Right-to-Work’ for what it is: an assault on workers.”
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/401430-missourians-see-right-to-work-for-what-it-is-a-death-knell-for-wages

 

POLITIFACT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Roskam says “Roskam ad makes absurd claims about Democratic challenger’s health care stance.”
https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2018/aug/12/peter-roskam/roskam-makes-absurd-claims-about-democratic-challe/

 

CNBC
— Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman accuses John Kelly of threats in her firing Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman leveled a number of damaging claims against the White House on Sunday, and accused Chief of Staff John Kelly.
She said her secret recordings were part of an effort to “protect herself, and I have no regrets about it.” – Javier E. David
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/12/omarosa-manigault-newman-accuses-white-house-of-threats-in-firing.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Anti-hate protesters far outnumber white supremacists as groups rally near White House.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washington-readies-for-todays-planned-white-supremacist-rally-near-white-house/2018/08/12/551720c4-9c28-11e8-8d5e-c6c594024954_story.html
— ‘Not the enemy of the people’: 70 news organizations will blast Trump’s attack on the media – Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being an enemy of religious people, conservatives, Republicans, Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, Republican etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/08/11/not-the-enemy-of-the-people-70-news-organizations-will-blast-trumps-attack-on-the-press/
— Florida candidate tried to prove she’s a college graduate. The school says her diploma is fake. – Kristine Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/11/florida-candidate-tried-to-prove-shes-a-college-graduate-the-school-says-her-diploma-is-fake/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say Melania Trump’s immigration lawyer calls president’s attacks on chain migration “unconscionable.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/11/melania-trumps-immigration-lawyer-calls-presidents-attacks-on-chain-migration-unconscionable/
— What happens when the government stops doing its job? – Steven Mufson (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion a) to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats and b) to not hire, to not retain, and to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/what-happens-when-the-government-stops-doing-its-job/2018/08/10/74cc7a52-9b53-11e8-8d5e-c6c594024954_story.html
— New data makes it clear: Nonvoters handed Trump the presidency – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: What percent of nonvoters are illegals?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/09/new-data-makes-it-clear-nonvoters-handed-trump-the-presidency/

 

FORBES
— Companies Need To Know The Dollar Cost Of Employee Turnover – Bill Conerly (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the millions of taxpayer dollars that the Democrats who run the federal government wasted to get rid of me. When the Democrats who ran the Post Office succeeded in forcing me to resign in 1969 when I was 20 years old, they wasted all the training that the Post Office had invested in me. When the Democrats who run IRS refused to promote me beyond GS-12, they a) wasted all the training that IRS had invested in me and b) wasted what I had learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. When the Democrats who ran GAO refused to assign me to audits of IRS 1980-1985, and then after 1988, they wasted what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years. When the Democrats who ran GAO refused to promote me beyond GS-13 and forced me to retire in 1997, they a) wasted all the training that GAO had invested in me and b) wasted what I had learned earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2018/08/12/companies-need-to-know-the-dollar-cost-of-employee-turnover/#451d30b2d590

August 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Despite 2 voter rejections, Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unit School District 200 plans to construct new building — and gets sued over it – Bob Goldsborough (DIERSEN: What are your connections with this issue? My wife and I have paid real estate taxes big time to District 200 since 1978. We have never attended any District 200 school and we have never sent any child to any District 200 school. The District 200 headquarters is in my precinct as well as Whittier Grade School and Edison Middle School. Janet Shaw is a fellow Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman. I know Dan Wagner and his wife. I understand that the lawsuit has been assigned to Judge Bonnie Wheaton.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-wheaton-school-preschool-project-20180806-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Twice since 2013, voters in the Wheaton and Warrenville area have rejected referendum proposals to raise taxes for the construction of a new preschool. Despite that, the Community Unit School District 200 board is proceeding with building a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center without voter approval through a different form of financing. But now a resident who opposes that measure has sued the district in DuPage County Circuit Court, seeking to halt the plans. Those in favor of building a new childhood center call the current 26,500-square-foot building outdated and note that the district in recent years has renovated or built anew every other school building except Jefferson. Jefferson, which was constructed in 1958 and had 277 pupils as of June, offers a traditional preschool and early childhood intervention for youths with mental or physical disabilities. Voters rejected a referendum proposal for a new Jefferson school in 2013, and again said no in 2017 as part of a much larger, $132 million proposal involving other district schools as well. Board President Jim Vroman said that after the 2017 referendum proposal failed, the district surveyed voters and found that “a substantial majority” supported building a new Jefferson. “That told us that voters were against the tax increase that the referendum would have generated if we had proceeded,” he said. Instead, the board agreed with a suggestion by a district financial adviser to use lease certificates, or secured lease credit financing, to fund a new Jefferson. District 200 would oversee construction of the estimated $15.5 million, 41,544-square-foot building, while Zions Bank would own the building. . .Frequent board critic Janet Shaw, who runs a blog that scrutinizes the district’s finances, long has questioned the legality of using lease certificates and added that “my real problem is that we don’t need (the new school building).” Shaw has filed suit against District 200, demanding a halt to the current plan to finance a new Jefferson. She is seeking a judge to require District 200’s board to submit a proposal for the new school building to the public via a referendum question. “District 200 is tampering with election results right here in DuPage County,” Shaw said. “The district thinks that by using the magic word ‘lease,’ its two failed referendum efforts and the will of the community are somehow erased and it can proceed in an identical manner as if a referendum had been adopted by the community to build and finance a new school.” A district spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit. Dan Wagner, a parent and longtime proponent of a new Jefferson, called the existing building outmoded, with some instruction occurring in converted broom closets. He added that the building lacks air conditioning, which precludes some special needs pupils from participating in gym classes.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Employee compensation hikes have cost Naperville more than $500,000 in up-front pension payments – Erin Hegarty and Sarah Freishtat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-aurora-pension-boost-st-0812-story.html
— 10 wounded since daybreak Saturday in separate city shootings – Deanese Williams-Harris
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-shootings-violence-20180811-story.html
— GOP congressional nominee who is also a Holocaust denier confronts write-in opponent at candidacy announcement – Frank Vaisvilas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-jones-hanson-st-0812-story.html
— US budget deficit totals $76.9 billion in July – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–budget-deficit-20180810-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AP says “Democratic voters hold an enthusiasm edge.” QUESTION: What harms Republican enthusiasm? ANSWER: Republican candidates who fail/refuse to promise to defend/advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–midterms-democratic-turnout-20180811-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to join them in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Whites as being racists.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-race-20180811-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Go ahead, get that tattoo. Your boss shouldn’t mind. – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tattoos-at-work-0812-story.html
— Should doctors ask patients about their sexual orientation? – Alison Bowen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-doctors-patients-sexual-orientation-20180808-story.html
— Despite crackdown, immigrants flowing through Arizona border – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–immigration-arizona-20180807-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-marijuana-weed-cannabis-medical-marijuana-wrigley-osteopathic-pharmacann-drugged-driving/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups refer to themselves as being “we:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/charlottesville-what-have-we-learned-anniversary-white-nationalism-progress/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, the Daily Herald promotes Lauren Underwood.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180811/underwood-responds-to-hultgrens-facebook-attacks-asks-to-attend-his-town-hall-meeting
— Area couple attend Mustang celebration – Matt Avery
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180812/area-couple-attend-mustang-celebration
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups say “You will not defeat us:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180812/jesse-jackson-sr-message-to-racists-you-will-not-defeat-us

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The State of Illinois promotes LGBTQ activity. To promote LGBTQ activity is to drive traditional families out of the state.
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/amazingforall-art-installation-unveiled/3933464/

 

RIVER CITY READER
— GOP Leaders Scrambling to Find Last-Minute Replacements – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/GOP-leaders-scrambling-for-replacements

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote censorship.
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/11/637865162/censorship-on-social-media

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Long-Time Political Analyst Russ Stewart Predicts “Rauner will lose as surely as the sun sets in the West.”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/11/long-time-political-analyst-predicts-rauner-will-lose-surely-sun-sets-west/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Republican Party welcomes union member into leadership ranks – Chandra Lye (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union and anti-wage earner. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years. They stress that I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511525061-republican-party-welcomes-union-members-into-leadership-ranks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Northwest Side (NWS) GOP Club, which touts itself as union-friendly, has added another leader with union ties to its ranks. The club recently announced Erin Jones was appointed precinct committeeman for Chicago’s 39th Ward. “Erin is a rock-star and a loyal member of the NWS GOP Club.” club officials said. “As a first-responder family, Erin and her husband serve the community both on and off-duty. We are happy to have her in a leadership role.” As a committeeman, Jones will represent the GOP voters of the precinct at the county level. “I grew up in Rogers Park and moved to the Northwest Side nine years ago,” Jones said. “I’ve been a Chicago police officer for the last 15 years, spending 10 of those years in patrol on the Westside of the City. I actually started working for the city when I was a teenager as a lifeguard in Rogers Park.” Jones is married to a Chicago firefighter and has two daughters. She was appointed by Matt Podgorski, NWS GOP Club chairman and 39th ward committeeman. The NWS GOP Club also has a party planned for Aug. 11 to welcome its card-carrying union members and encourage other union members to explore the club. Republican candidate and Chicago police sergeant Ammie Kessem is slated to attend the event. Kessem is challenging incumbent Rep. Robert Martwick (D-Chicago) for Illinois’ 19th House District seat in November’s general election.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Hate speech’ is sneaky leftist censorship, not law – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/10/hate-speech-clever-leftist-censorship-not-law/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Libertarians go local – W. James Antle III (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about Libertarians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who falsely claim to be Republican. The aforesaid frauds work extremely hard against me. They promote booze, gambling, pot, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/libertarians-go-local

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump-Hating Boston Globe Calls for United Response to Media Attacks
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/newspapers-editorial-media-bias-donald-trump/2018/08/11/id/876598/

 

FOX NEWS
— Boston Globe presses coordinated response to Trump’s media criticisms – Jeffrey Rubin
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/11/boston-paper-presses-coordinated-response-to-trumps-media-criticisms.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Facebook Takes Their Anti-Gun Stance To a Whole New Level With THIS Policy Change – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/08/11/facebook-takes-their-anti-gun-stance-to-a-whole-new-level-with-this-policy-change-n2508884
— George Will’s Unhinged Anti-Trump Position – Bruce Bialosky
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2018/08/12/george-wills-unhinged-antitrump-position-n2508331

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Problem with Gay Marriage – David Solway
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/the_problem_with_gay_marriage.html
— Chicago: Don’t Ask Those Who Caused the Problem to Solve the Problem – Robert Klein Engler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/chicago_dont_ask_those_who_caused_the_problem_to_solve_the_problem.html

 

BREITBART
— Gun-Controlled Chicago: 20 Shot from Friday Morning to Saturday Morning – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/11/gun-controlled-chicago-20-shot-from-friday-morning-to-saturday-morning/
— Twitter Target Gavin McInnes on Solution: ‘Trump Has to Step Up’ – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/11/exclusive-twitter-target-gavin-mcinnes-on-solution-trump-has-to-step-up/
— Far-Left March in Charlottesville Turns Anti-Police: ‘Cops and Klan Go Hand in Hand!’ – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/11/far-left-march-in-charlottesville-turns-anti-police-cops-and-klan-go-hand-in-hand/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Facebook Continues Censorship of ‘Warriors for Christ’ Page, Pastor Says – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/facebook-continues-censorship-of-warriors-for-christ-page-pastor-says-226742/

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Kimberly Guilfoyle and Don Trump Jr. Share Photo, Twitter Erupts with Anti-Trump Insults ‘We are robots beedo boop,’ jabs one celebrity of the couple’s photog — interesting how it’s only OK to look your best if you’re a liberal – Deirdre Reilly
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/08/kimberly-guilfoyle-and-don-trump-jr-share-photo-twitter-erupts-with-anti-trump-insults/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s Economy Might Not Be Enough to Save the House.”
https://www.weeklystandard.com/irwin-m-stelzer/republican-might-lose-the-house-even-with-trumps-roaring-economy

 

DAILY CALLER
— TWITTER SUSPENDS LIBERTARIAN COMMENTATOR GAVIN MCINNES AND HIS ACTIVIST GROUP – Rob Shimshock
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/11/twitter-suspends-gavin-mcinnes/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Boston Globe calls for war of words against Trump media attacks
https://canadafreepress.com/article/newspaper-calls-for-war-of-words-against-trump-media-attacks
— Welcome Everyone, Take Our Country – Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh image
https://canadafreepress.com/article/welcome-everyone-take-our-country

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Escalates Attack on Jeff Sessions, Calling Him ‘Scared Stiff’ – Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/us/politics/trump-sessions-russia.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to condemn those who are anti-minority, but NOT those who are anti-White.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/us/politics/unite-the-right-2018-dc-rally.html
— Go Ahead, Speak for Yourself Not every opinion needs to be underwritten by your race or gender or other social identity. – Kwame Anthony Appiah (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/opinion/sunday/speak-for-yourself.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to “Republican” political consultants who advise candidates to dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? I should write a book about Republican candidates in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are taking such advice.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/sunday/the-white-strategy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats seek stronger social media presence to guard against potential Russian interference in midterms – Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-seek-stronger-social-media-presence-to-guard-against-potential-russian-interference-in-midterms/2018/08/10/7345fcd4-972b-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html

 

LEGAL NEWS LINE
— EEOC Sues The University of Wisconsin System for Age Discrimination – EEOC (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, EEOC should sue the federal government. The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who the federal government does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511525152-u-s-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-eeoc-sues-the-university-of-wisconsin-system-for-age-discrimination
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University of Wisconsin System violated federal law when it refused to hire a former longtime employee because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Bambi Butzlaff Voss, who was 53 years old and subject to a layoff from her job as a Marketing and Communications Specialist at the University of Wisconsin’s Waukesha campus, applied for six different positions with the University of Wisconsin System’s central office in Madison, including an Associate Marketing and Communications Specialist position. Butzlaff Voss had 25 years of experience performing tasks similar, if not identical, to the ones in the position she applied for. But, because of Butzlaff Voss’s age, the University refused to hire her. Instead, it hired a 23-year-old candidate with less than two years of experience. Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The EEOC sued in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (EEOC v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, Civil Action No: 3:18-cv-00602) after first trying to settle through its conciliation process. The lawsuit asks the court to order the University to hire Butzlaff Voss and provide back pay as well as pay liquidated damages. The lawsuit also seeks a permanent injunction prohibiting the University from discriminating against future candidates based on their age. “The Age Discrimination in Employment Act has been on the books for five decades,” said Gregory Gochanour, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Chicago District. “The EEOC will make sure employers follow the law, even if it means going to court to get the message across.” Julianne Bowman, district director of the EEOC’s Chicago District, said, “Workers over 40 years of age should have the same opportunities as those workers less than half their age. Ignoring a candidate’s decades of experience relevant to the available job, because of her age, to hire someone with less than two years of experience is illegal discrimination.”)

 

USA TODAY
— Trump condemns ‘all types of racism’ on Charlottesville anniversary; critics slam wording – Christal Hayes (DIERSEN: According to anti-Whites, only Whites can be racist. According to anti-men, only men can be sexist.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/11/donald-trump-charlottesville-anniversary-condemn-all-racism/965715002/
— Bacteria spread through dog saliva linked to death of Wisconsin woman – Samantha West
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/11/dog-saliva-bacteria-linked-death-wisconsin-woman/969438002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Attacks on the Press: Part Instinct, Part Calculation President has dialed up the frequency, intensity of his attacks at rallies around the country – Lukas I. Alpert in New York and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-attacks-on-the-press-part-instinct-part-calculation-1533999601

 

ECONOMIC TIMES
— The struggle at Twitter over what warrants a ban
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/view-from-the-inside-the-struggle-at-twitter-over-what-warrants-a-ban/articleshow/65365766.cms

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote censorship.
http://fortune.com/2018/08/11/facebook-apple-youtube-spotify-twitter-infowars-alex-jones/

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 38% of U.S. Workers Don’t Think They’re Financially Well More than one-third of working Americans feel they’re not managing their money properly. Here’s how to turn things around if you’re one of them. – Maurie Backman
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/08/05/38-of-us-workers-dont-think-theyre-financially-wel.aspx

 

RT
— Conservative Twitter voices say they are being attacked with malicious ‘abusive speech’ complaints
https://www.rt.com/usa/435729-twitter-conservatives-false-complaints/

 

HARTFORD COURANT
— Republicans Used To Celebrate Voluntarism. What Happened? – Benjamin Soskis (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise themselves as being big time volunteers and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me for not being a big time volunteer like they claim to be. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-gop-volunteerism-dead-20180810-story.html

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— Don’t resort to racial stereotypes – ESTHER J. CEPEDA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps stereotype Whites as being racists who should be gotten rid of.)
https://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/esther-j-cepeda-don-t-resort-to-racial-stereotypes/article_4bbd5e01-e080-5315-987b-70b5d06ffdcc.html

 

HONOLULU STAR ADVERTISER
— Lopresti removes rival’s flyer, then apologizes – Gordon Y.K. Pang (DIERSEN: Recently, a registered Republican voter in my precinct phoned me and a) said that she was out of town, b) said that her security camera had alerted her that I had left a flyer on her door, c) demanded that I immediately come back and take that flyer off her door which I did, d) said that I should “take me off your list,” e) said that I should not bring anything to her home anymore, and f) ignored the fact that the flyer had two DuPage County Election Commission mailing labels on it, one for her and one for her Republican husband. The flyer said: “TO: DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Voters FROM: Dave Diersen, Republican Precinct Committeeman, 630-653-0462, diersen@aol.comwww.gopillinois.com SUBJECT: Yard signs Please consider displaying a yard sign after Labor Day for one or more of the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in our precinct. Please contact me at 630-653-0462 or diersen@aol.com and I will bring yard signs to your home as soon as they are available after Labor Day. The Republican candidates on the ballot in our precinct are: UNITED STATES Peter Roskam, U.S. Congressman, 6th Congressional District STATE OF ILLINOIS Bruce Rauner & Evelyn Sanguinetti, Governor & Lieutenant Governor Erika Harold, Attorney General Jason Helland, Secretary of State Darlene Senger, Comptroller Jim Dodge, Treasurer Mike Connelly, Senator, 21th District Amy Grant, Representative, 42nd District DUPAGE COUNTY Dan Cronin, Chairman James Mendrick, Sheriff Paul Hinds, Clerk Gwen Henry, Treasurer Grant Eckhoff and Chris Zaruba, County Board, District 4 Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE Joseph Cantore, President CIRCUIT COURT Karen Wilson, Judge Jeff MacKay, Judge.” I should write a book about registered voters in my precinct who cast Republican primary ballots, but a) talk and/or act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens; b) talk and/or act like they are filled with hatred of Trump; c) talk and/or act like they do not vote for candidates who are unopposed in Republican primaries; d) talk and/or act like they vote for Democrats in general elections, e) talk and/or act like they do not want me to bring any Republican literature to their door; f) say “take me off your list,” g) say “don’t bring anything to my home anymore,” and/or h) treat me rudely, if not threateningly. 112 voted in the March 20, 2018 Republican primary in my precinct, but in the unopposed races, 26 (23%) did not vote for Helland, 28 (25%) did not vote for Dodge, 22 (20%) did not vote for Roskam, 24 (21%) did not vote for Connelly, 29 (26%) did not vote for Ruscitti, 27 (24%) did not vote for Cronin, 28 (25%) did not vote for Hinds, 23 (21%) did not vote for Henry, 33 (29%) did not vote for Cantore, 32 (29%) did not vote Wilson, 32 (29%) did not vote for MacKay, and 31 (28%) did not vote for me. In the 2016 general election, in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/08/11/hawaii-news/lopresti-removes-rivals-flyer-then-apologizes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Matt Lopresti issued an apology to constituents for removing an opponent’s campaign flyer from a constituent’s door in Ewa Beach recently. Lopresti made the apology on his Facebook page Friday afternoon after Alicia Maluafiti, his Democratic primary opponent for the state Senate 19th District (Ewa, Ewa Beach) seat, and others posted a video, taken from the property’s security camera, showing him pulling a brochure from the door crack and tucking it under his own materials just before the resident opens the door.)

 

KQ2
— Some Atchison County voters were provided incorrect ballots. (DIERSEN: What internal controls are in place to assure that voters in your precinct are provided with correct ballots?)
http://www.kq2.com/content/news/Wrong-ballots-cast-in-Kansas-primary-490581421.html

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote censorship.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/20/alex-jones-the-first-amendment-and-the-digital-public-square

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The State of Illinois promotes LGBTQ activity. To promote LGBTQ activity is to drive traditional families out of the state.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Illinois-Tourism-AmazingForAll-sculpture-at-Northalsted-Market-Days-/63766.html

August 10 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor Admits To Drug Abuse After Misusing Taxpayer Funds – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/09/lake-county-board-chairman-fraud/amp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: When will Chicago’s violence evoke true citywide outrage? – David Greising
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-greising-chicago-violence-shootings-police-0810-20180809-story.html
— Cowardice, cynicism animate opposition to Quinn’s referendum on term limits – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote term limits stress how much better off the following are without me having any kind of leadership role: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-quinn-emanuel-termlimits-0810-20180809-story.html
— City Council’s latest anti-business slap – Editorial (DIERSEN: Have worked part-time? I washed dishes part-time 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes and pumped gasoline part-time in 1966; delivered mail part-time 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard part-time in 1970; and pumped gasoline part-time 1971-1972. To force me to resign in 1969, my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors said that I would not be available to work enough hours even though I was available to work each and every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-aldermen-schedule-fair-workweek-20180807-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The ordinance would require Chicago employers to post work schedules for their employees at least two weeks in advance. Employers would be required to pay their employees for at least one hour extra if the schedule changed or work was added or subtracted. Companies also could face fines of $500 for each employee affected in each pay period if they fail to comply. If employers make changes with 24 hours’ notice or less to on-call workers, the workers would have to be compensated. Companies with hourly employees or salaried workers earning less than $50,000 annually would be affected. That would sweep thousands of Chicago businesses under the new rules, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce says. There’s a lot more heavy-handedness in the 17-page ordinance affecting hiring, part-time workers and flexibility. Before they begin work, for example, new hires must be given in writing the median number of hours they can expect to work and a list of days and times they will not be expected to work.)
— Fleeting mistakes live forever online – Editorial (DIERSEN: If you spot a mistake in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email, please let me know so that I can correct the copy of the email at www.gopillinois.com.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-newcomb-jeong-hader-twitter-20180803-story.html
— ‘Loving Your Neighbor’ the theme of this year’s Pray!Naperville prayer gathering – David Sharos (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my neighbors who ever-increasingly talk and/or act like they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft-avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-pray-naperville-event-advance-st-0801-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Preckwinkle’s Democratic Party targets her GOP foes: ‘We’re all in’ – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: Who targets you? I should write a book about those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who target me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/preckwinkles-dem-party-targets-gop-republican-foes-morrison-schneider-goslin/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pritzker wants “Gun control, stronger communities” to end “the violence epidemic.” The more traditional families that there are in a community, the stronger that community is. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/gun-control-jb-pritzker-chicago-shootings-op-ed/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Batavia aldermen on idea to end home rule: ‘It makes my blood boil’ – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180809/batavia-aldermen-on-idea-to-end-home-rule-it-makes-my-blood-boil
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The only way to save the GOP is to defeat it in the House.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180810/the-only-way-to-save-the-gop-is-to-defeat-it-in-the-house
— For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits – AP (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrats GAO superiors discharged me in 1997 and my Democrat Post Office superiors discharged me in 1969. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180809/for-now-army-suspends-discharges-of-immigrant-recruits
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday and dated July 20 spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of men and women who enlisted in the special immigrant program, effective immediately. It was not clear how many recruits were impacted by the action, and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the memo. “Effective immediately, you will suspend processing of all involuntary separation actions,” read the memo signed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Marshall Williams.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Ricketts family targets Wrigleyville alderman Tunney. But why? Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz isn’t the only sports mogul in town who reaches for his checkbook when the pols aren’t giving him what he wants. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Who targets you? Those who target me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ricketts-family-targets-wrigleyville-alderman-tunney-why

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-day, the Daily Herald should promote and report on Wheaton’s Independence Day parades like the SJ-R promotes and reports on Springfield Twilight Parades.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180809/twilight-parade-kicks-off-2018-illinois-state-fair
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180808/illinois-state-fair-twilight-parade-ribbon-cutting-highlight-opening-day

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner on Southern Illinois radio: ‘Corrupt’ Chicago mayor Emanuel has ‘got to go’ – RICK PEARSON and BILL RUTHHART
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rauner-on-southern-illinois-radio-corrupt-chicago-mayor-emanuel-has/article_72df16d5-393f-5174-b95a-f4c2bc22d9bb.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— State Rep. LaShawn Ford, D-Chicago to Emanuel: Work with Trump to Address Violence – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=269674#.W21miehKiM8

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Blames Chicago Mayor For ‘Failure’ On Violence – AP (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are blamers. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/rauner-blames-chicago-mayor-failure-violence

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— In partisan primaries, there’s no crossover between parties on ballot. Here’s what you need know about Aug. 14 election. – Don Behm (DIERSEN: I should write a book about registered voters in my precinct who cast Republican primary ballots, but a) talk and/or act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens; b) talk and/or act like they are filled with hatred of Trump; c) talk and/or act like they do not vote for candidates who are unopposed in Republican primaries; d) talk and/or act like they vote for Democrats in general elections, e) talk and/or act like they do not want me to bring any Republican literature to their door; f) say “take me off your list,” g) say “don’t bring anything to my home anymore,” and/or h) treat me rudely, if not threateningly. 112 voted in the March 20, 2018 Republican primary in my precinct, but in the unopposed races, 26 (23%) did not vote for Helland, 28 (25%) did not vote for Dodge, 22 (20%) did not vote for Roskam, 24 (21%) did not vote for Connelly, 29 (26%) did not vote for Ruscitti, 27 (24%) did not vote for Cronin, 28 (25%) did not vote for Hinds, 23 (21%) did not vote for Henry, 33 (29%) did not vote for Cantore, 32 (29%) did not vote Wilson, 32 (29%) did not vote for MacKay, and 31 (28%) did not vote for me. In the 2016 general election, in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton.)
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/08/06/switching-parties-not-allowed-aug-14-partisan-primary-ballots/871069002/

 

ROBERT FEDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Sinclair Broadcast Group would have fired Tom Skilling because of his “tireless activism on climate change.” Of course, anti-Trumps have no problem with my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Of course, anti-Trumps have no problem with Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. Of course, anti-Trumps say that I brought the aforesaid on myself.)
https://www.robertfeder.com/2018/08/10/wgn-happy-celebrate-tom-skillings-amazing-40-years/#more-18978

 

BEVERLY-MOUNT GREENWOOD PATCH
— JULY 26, 2018 FLASHBACK: Racist Fliers Condemned By Alderman, Diversity Group White supremacist rhetoric has “no place” in 19th Ward, alderman says. “Silence suggests complicity and permissiveness,” SCDC adds. – Tim Moran (DIERSEN: I should write a book about voters in my precinct who cast Republican primary ballots, but who treat anything that I bring to their door as being a “racist flyer,” or even worse things. Recently, one of them rudely, if not threateningly, demanded by phone that I immediately come back to her home and take back a flyer that said: “TO: DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Voters FROM: Dave Diersen, Republican Precinct Committeeman, 630-653-0462, diersen@aol.comwww.gopillinois.com SUBJECT: Yard signs Please consider displaying a yard sign after Labor Day for one or more of the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in our precinct. Please contact me at 630-653-0462 or diersen@aol.com and I will bring yard signs to your home as soon as they are available after Labor Day. The Republican candidates on the ballot in our precinct are: UNITED STATES Peter Roskam, U.S. Congressman, 6th Congressional District STATE OF ILLINOIS Bruce Rauner & Evelyn Sanguinetti, Governor & Lieutenant Governor Erika Harold, Attorney General Jason Helland, Secretary of State Darlene Senger, Comptroller Jim Dodge, Treasurer Mike Connelly, Senator, 21th District  Amy Grant, Representative, 42nd District DUPAGE COUNTY Dan Cronin, Chairman James Mendrick, Sheriff Paul Hinds, Clerk Gwen Henry, Treasurer  Grant Eckhoff and Chris Zaruba, County Board, District 4 Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE  Joseph Cantore, President CIRCUIT COURT Karen Wilson, Judge Jeff MacKay, Judge”)
https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/racist-fliers-condemned-alderman-diversity-group

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Bill Bergman warns Chicago is on path to bankruptcy – Danielle Pacey
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511524212-bill-bergman-warns-chicago-is-on-path-to-bankruptcy

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: More Illinois homeowners sinking underwater on mortgages – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/more-illinois-homeowners-sinking-underwater-on-mortgages/article_3532bdd4-9b53-11e8-af00-5b35a34ad6d4.html
— U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, proposes tax breaks for businesses that help pay student loan debt for employees – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Of course, that would encourage students a) to attend more expensive universities and b) to take out more loans. I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that if your degree is not from an expensive Ivy League university, your degree is worthless.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/congressman-proposes-tax-breaks-for-businesses-that-help-pay-student/article_eee6af44-9b51-11e8-a8e3-9f7664a7ee1d.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Facebook Censoring? Say it Ain’t So! – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/facebook-censoring-say-it-aint-so/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER & INGOLD: NRA SUES NEW YORK STATE FOR INSURANCE BLACKLISTING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/nra-sues-new-york-state-for-legal-blackmail.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner blames Republican Nazi and “nut” candidates on Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/10/rauner-blames-republican-nazi-and-nut-candidates-on-madigan/
— Pritzker slammed for finger-pointing on gun violence (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are finger-pointers. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/08/pritzker-slammed-for-finger-pointing-on-gun-violence/
— Attorney general shoots down Erika Harold prosecution idea
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/10/attorney-general-shoots-down-erika-harold-prosecution-idea/

 

GOPUSA
— Public scapegoating over tweets and emails of yore happens daily
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=51887

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Laura Ingraham under fire for lamenting America’s ‘massive demographic changes’ – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: I should write a book about members of Group A who crow about their success in getting rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/9/laura-ingraham-under-fire-lamenting-americas-massi/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SESSIONS BLASTS SPLC ‘HOSTILITY’ TOWARD RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS ‘A bigoted ideology founded on animus towards people of faith’ – ART MOORE
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/sessions-blasts-splc-hostility-toward-religious-believers/

 

BREITBART
— NBC Sitcom ‘The Good Place’ Raising Money to Aid Illegal Aliens – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/08/09/nbc-sitcom-the-good-place-raising-money-to-aid-illegal-aliens/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— To Limit the Second Amendment, New York Attacks the First – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/new-york-nra-second-amendment-first-amendment-attack/

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Slew of Hollywood Celebs Launch Attack on Ivanka Tump — Here’s Who Just Slammed the First Daughter Liberal stars issue a tired retread of last year’s failed ‘Dear Ivanka’ campaign on social media – Michele Blood
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/08/slew-of-hollywood-celebs-launch-attack-on-ivanka-tump-heres-who-just-slammed-the-first-daughter/

 

THE HILL
— Trump renews attacks on NFL players, calling for suspensions – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/401217-trump-attacks-protesting-nfl-players-they-want-to-show-outrage-at

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/opinion/sanctuary-church-undocumented-immigrants-trump-new-haven-deportation.html
— Facebook Banned Infowars. Now What? – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Facebook to ban me and to ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes what to ban all those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/technology/facebook-banned-infowars-now-what.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Car Collectors Find Themselves Boxed In by the Tax Collector – Rob Sass (DIERSEN: My envy-filled union-hating Republican-hating Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I bought a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car in 1989 and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/business/classic-car-1031-exchange.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s core support remains solid, but a significant minority of Republicans have soured.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-support-poll-20180809-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “White House proposal has legal immigrants forgoing healthcare services out of fear.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-health-care-immigration-20180808-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call Trump a racist.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20180810/281616716196710
— Why Facebook can stop Infowars and not break the First Amendment – Mike Snider (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want to stop my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, that is, a) those who discourage me from putting the emails together and sending them out and b) those who discourage everyone from reading the emails.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/08/09/why-facebook-can-censor-infowars-and-not-break-first-amendment/922636002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: D’Souza: Bring on those bad reviews Conservative filmmaker sees only affirmation – Bryan Alexander (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who give my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails bad reviews, that is, a) those who discourage me from putting the emails together and sending them out and b) those who discourage everyone from reading the emails.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/08/09/dinesh-dsouza-death-nation-documentary-critical-drubbing-all-politics/939642002/

— Small businesses struggling to hire – Christopher Rugaber (DIERSEN: This article hints/implies/argues/shouts that employees prefer working for large employers. I worked for large employers 1964-1997, and for one of the largest employers, the federal government, 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Overwhelmingly, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have never worked for a large employer.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180810/281831464561478

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: The Democratic Party’s New Litmus Test: Gun Control Candidates for the 2018 House midterms are pushing a muscular firearms-regulation agenda, a wholesale repositioning after the party for a generation avoided new limits – Reid J. Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democratic-partys-new-litmus-test-gun-control-1533826100
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Candidates Tout Careers In Espionage – Byron Tau (DIERSEN: What was your career in? If you ran for an office, would you tout that career? I would tout the fact that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $96,403-$125,325 and that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I would tout the fact that 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 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-candidates-who-came-in-from-the-cold-1533847321
— The Myth of American Inequality Taxes and transfers in the U.S. put its income distribution in line with its large developed peers. – Phil Gramm and John F. Early (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, all the jobs that I had should have been given to a) poor minorities, b) poor women, c) poor younger people, d) poor veterans, e) poor etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-inequality-1533855113

 

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Fox News host Laura Ingraham slammed by anti-Trumps over immigration comments involving Philadelphia.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/laura-ingraham-fox-news-immigration-sanctuary-cities-demographic-changes-20180809.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Controversial Fox News host Laura Ingraham is once again the target of criticism, this time over comments she made about the country’s changing demographic landscape, which she blamed on illegal — and legal — immigration. “Massive demographic changes have been foisted upon the American people, and they are changes that none of us ever voted for, and most of us don’t like,” Ingraham said on The Ingraham Angle on Wednesday night, noting that “it does seem like the America that we know and love doesn’t exist anymore.” “From Virginia to California, we see stark examples of how radically, in some ways, the country has changed,” Ingraham continued. “Now, much of this is related to both illegal, and in some cases legal, immigration that, of course, progressives love.”)

 

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— What queer experience adds to any newsroom – Pete Vernon (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What experience does Diersen base his opinions on? ANSWER: The experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years — Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. Please visit the Bio page at www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/steven-thrasher.php

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? In your precinct, how many do not vote for candidates who are unopposed in Republican primaries? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: I should write a book about registered voters in my precinct who cast Republican primary ballots, but a) talk and/or act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens; b) talk and/or act like they are filled with hatred of Trump; c) talk and/or act like they do not vote for candidates who are unopposed in Republican primaries; d) talk and/or act like they vote for Democrats in general elections, e) talk and/or act like they do not want me to bring any Republican literature to their door; f) say “take me off your list,” g) say “don’t bring anything to my home anymore,” and/or h) treat me rudely, if not threateningly. 112 voted in the March 20, 2018 Republican primary in my precinct, but in the unopposed races, 26 (23%) did not vote for Helland, 28 (25%) did not vote for Dodge, 22 (20%) did not vote for Roskam, 24 (21%) did not vote for Connelly, 29 (26%) did not vote for Ruscitti, 27 (24%) did not vote for Cronin, 28 (25%) did not vote for Hinds, 23 (21%) did not vote for Henry, 33 (29%) did not vote for Cantore, 32 (29%) did not vote Wilson, 32 (29%) did not vote for MacKay, and 31 (28%) did not vote for me. In the 2016 general election, in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton.)

 

KOENIG RUBLOFF
— FOR SALE: 404 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $384,900
https://jimziltz.koenigrubloff.com/homes-for-sale/404-W-Elm-Street-Wheaton-IL-60189-246092666

August 9 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Central Committee held an outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, August 8, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. The many speakers included Peter Roskam, Mike Connelly, Amy Grant, and Jay Kinzler. Meeting attendees included Almiron, Barbier, Bucholz, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Demos, Eckhoff, Falbo, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Henry, Hinds, Holder, Keller, Kmiecik, LeVan, Lewis, Lofgren, McGowen, Menna, Monino, Muehlfelt, B. Murphy, Nathwani, Pacilli, Rash, Ryan, Shaw, Tatro, Thomas, Walsh, Whelan, Wilson, and C. & J. Zaruba. Those at the meeting who helped sponsor Wheaton’s 2018 Independence Day parade were Peter Roskam, Amy Grant, Henry, Hinds, Keller, Monino, Whelan, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roskam releases new ad
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-thursday-20180808-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam released an ad Wednesday questioning his 6th Congressional District Democratic opponent Sean Casten’s business background. Among other things, a narrator in the 30-second ad says Casten “brags about his business credentials” but “inherited millions and worked for his family’s business.” The ad also references a 2015 business-related lawsuit filed in Delaware that Casten was involved in. The ad says that if he’s elected Casten would “make things worse.” Casten’s campaign released a statement saying the lawsuit referenced in the ad was related to “an attempted hostile takeover” that was “amicably resolved.” Casten’s campaign manager Greg Bales said Roskam “wants to muddy up Sean’s record as a successful green-energy entrepreneur because it contrasts so sharply with his own record of rubber-stamp partisanship.” Roskam, of Wheaton, is a veteran of state and national politics seeking a sixth term in Congress. Casten is a clean-energy entrepreneur from Downers Grove and political newcomer who emerged from a crowded Democratic primary field in March.)
— Illinois Republicans disown GOP congressional candidate over conspiracy theories – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-thursday-20180808-story.html
— Dolton mayor presses charges against trustee for allegedly stealing election petitions – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-dolton-trustee-arrested-st-0809-story.html
— Chicago and railroad police use of ‘bait truck,’ caught on viral video, is criticized by alderman, ACLU – Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-bait-truck-controversy-20180808-story.html
— Why politics has become so acrimonious – Jim Oberweis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton/community/chi-ugc-article-why-politics-has-become-so-acrimonious-1-2018-08-08-story.html
— Nearly 33,000 juveniles arrested over last two decades labeled as gang members by Chicago police – Annie Sweeney and Paige Fry
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-police-gang-database-juveniles-20180725-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 4 killed, 7 wounded in Wednesday shootings
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/4-killed-7-wounded-in-wednesday-shootings/
— Don’t ignore role drug trafficking plays in fueling Chicago street violence – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dont-ignore-drug-trafficking-fueling-violence-bobby-rush-james-gierach/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s trade war comes rolling down over Illinois.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trade-war-tariffs-illinois-china-donald-trump-administration/
— The glass ceiling holds for women in corporate America – Editorial (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors would argue that there is no ceiling for women or for minorities at GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they get rid of their employees who are male and/or White who they do not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gender-bias-women-ceo-glass-ceiling-indra-nooyi-irene-rosenfeld-denise-morrison/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Rauner to sign the Immigration Safe Zones Act which “would require the Illinois attorney general to develop policies to limit the power of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to make arrests at courthouses, hospitals, libraries and schools.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180809/constable-why-suburban-schools-back-immigration-safe-zones-
— Protesters swarm pro-Trump organization’s leaders at a restaurant – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180808/protesters-swarm-pro-trump-organizations-leaders-at-a-restaurant
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens are outspoken leaders of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA. Kirk, the founder, has been called a conservative provocateur with the ear of the president. Owens, the spokeswoman, has received tweet-based praise from Kanye West — and together Kirk, who is a Wheeling High School alumnus, and Owens say they are “culture warriors” trying “to save Western Civilization” from liberals. But on Monday morning, they were hungry diners who showed up at Philadelphia’s Green Eggs Cafe in Midtown before it opened and managed to nab a window seat.)
— Casten hits trail discussing issues like health care, labor policy, climate change – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180808/casten-hits-trail-discussing-issues-like-health-care-labor-policy-climate-change

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump pick’s tight Ohio race signals pain ahead for GOP—in Illinois and beyond The voting patterns in some Republican-held districts—including those of Peter Roskam of Illinois.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-picks-tight-ohio-race-signals-pain-ahead-gop-illinois-and-beyond

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sangamon County Democrats get ‘blue wave’ funds – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180808/bernard-schoenburg-sangamon-county-democrats-get-blue-wave-funds
— LaHood foe loses OK for event inside Menard courthouse – Phil Luciano
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180808/luciano-lahood-foe-loses-ok-for-event-inside-menard-courthouse
— Human trafficking ‘happens here locally,’ Rep. LaHood says – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180808/human-trafficking-happens-here-locally-rep-lahood-says

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— First weeks of semester critical in combating sexual misconduct – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-08-09/ui-report-first-weeks-semester-critical-combating-sexual-misconduct.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Ben Carson declared mission accomplished in East St. Louis — where public housing is still a disaster.”
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/ben-carson-declared-mission-accomplished-in-east-st-louis-where/article_6e25f25c-9446-59c4-81b7-ce1433a30d6c.html

 

STATELINE
— Lawmakers aim to put gun control question on November ballot
https://www.mystateline.com/news/lawmakers-aim-to-put-gun-control-question-on-november-ballot/1355099789

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton City Council members announce runs for mayor – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/08/09/wheaton-city-council-members-announce-runs-for-mayor/asdxrhn/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred of Trump and his supporters.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/american-hate-profiles-survivors-also-brings-hope#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/its-official-record-number-women-nominated-house-seats-2018#stream/0

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Skillicorn offers constituents free gun safety training class – Kasey Schefflin-Emrich
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511523448-skillicorn-offers-constituents-free-gun-safety-training-class

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – The Circus Tent is getting bigger – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/algonquin-township-the-circus-tent-is-getting-bigger/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Ivanka Trump hears about workforce development in Illinois – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/ivanka-trump-hears-about-workforce-development-in-illinois/article_ddea915c-9b46-11e8-8957-77841d184539.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Help for Journalists Interviewing “Progressive” Candidates – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/08/help-for-journalists-in-interviewing-progressive-candidates-for-office/

 

AMMO LAND
— Three Great Pro-Gun Resolutions for Your Town Council To Copy – Tred Law
https://www.ammoland.com/2018/08/three-great-pro-gun-resolutions-for-your-town-council-to-copy/

 

GOPUSA
— More than 700,000 foreigners overstayed visas last year
http://www.gopusa.com/more-than-700000-foreigners-overstayed-visas-last-year/
— ICE employee ousted for using job to campaign for Hillary Clinton
http://www.gopusa.com/ice-employee-ousted-for-using-job-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton/

 

BLAZE
— TX-Sen: Ted Cruz asks President Trump to campaign for him as polls narrow in Texas race – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/08/tx-sen-ted-cruz-asks-president-trump-to-campaign-for-him-as-polls-narrow-in-texas-race
— Chicago residents angrily confront cops for ‘baiting’ kids to steal with truck full of shoes – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/08/chicago-residents-angrily-confront-cops-for-baiting-kids-to-steal-with-truck-full-of-shoes

 

BREITBART
— Nancy Pelosi: Voting for Democrats Gives ‘Leverage’ to Illegal Aliens – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/08/nancy-pelosi-leverage-illegal-aliens/
— July Arrests of Migrant Families at Border Up 173 Percent over 2017 – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/08/08/july-arrests-of-migrant-families-at-border-up-173-percent-over-2017/
— U.S. Cities with Massive Foreign Populations Went Strongest for Hillary Clinton in 2016 – John Binder (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats count on immigrants to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/08/u-s-cities-with-massive-foreign-populations-went-strongest-for-hillary-clinton-in-2016/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TWITTER PLANS ‘HATE SPEECH’ CRACKDOWN AFTER BACKLASH FROM UPSET EMPLOYEES – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: What percent of Twitter employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/08/twitter-jack-dorsey-hate-speech-policy/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Congressional Republicans are giving voters NO reason to turn out – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/congressional-republicans-are-giving-voters-no-reason-to-turn-out/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Meet America’s Elite Farm Subsidy Club – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/08/meet_americas_elite_farm_subsidy_club_137745.html

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Anti-Semitism Soars on U.S. College Campuses Anti-Israel activists fostering hatred of Jewish students – Adam Kredo
https://freebeacon.com/issues/anti-semitism-soars-u-s-college-campuses/
— Gun-Rights Activists Who Posted Gun Files Say Facebook, Amazon Have Censored Their Site CodeIsFreeSpeech.com apparently banned from Facebook and Amazon’s web hosting service – Stephen Gutowski
https://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-rights-activists-posted-gun-files-say-facebook-amazon-censored-site/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Blue Wave’ May Be Receding Tuesday’s elections show that the GOP has a fighting chance to keep the House. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-blue-wave-may-be-receding-1533768045
— The ‘Red Wave’ Illusion Evidence builds of major GOP losses in November. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-red-wave-illusion-1533767358
— Chicago’s Violence and Its Leadership Deficit Residents don’t trust the police, whose morale is poor. And Mayor Rahm Emanuel has no plan. – Gary MacDougal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-violence-and-its-leadership-deficit-1533767969
Months of U.S. Strikes Have Failed to Curtail Taliban Opium Trade
— The effort to put pressure on the insurgency in Afghanistan hasn’t crippled a major source of the group’s revenue Poppy production hit record highs last year in Afghanistan, where they are the country’s largest cash crop. – Dion Nissenbaum
https://www.wsj.com/articles/taliban-drug-trade-persists-despite-u-s-strikes-1533726120

 

USA TODAY
— Ford Mustang hits exclusive 10-million mark, sports car record – Phoebe Wall Howard
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/08/08/ford-mustang/932802002/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/business/2018/08/08/ford-celebrates-making-10-millionth-mustang/37369505/

 

JD SUPRA
— Age Discrimination In The Workplace – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/age-discrimination-in-the-workplace-42245/

 

NEXT AVENUE
— Age Discrimination by Employers Is Common, AARP Survey Says Here’s who has seen or experienced it and how it happens – Peter Gosselin
https://www.nextavenue.org/age-discrimination-employers-aarp-survey/

 

INDY 100
— The most common ancestries in every U.S. state – Andy Kiersz, Myelle Lansat (DIERSEN: What percent of the elected officials in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county are German-American?)
https://www.indy100.com/article/us-ancestry-most-common-each-state-country-immigration-8482861
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: Most common self-reported ancestry: German Second most-common ancestry: African-American Third most-common ancestry: Mexican)

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Chicago has no shortage of values.” The Democrats who run Chicago promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/chicago-has-no-shortage-of-values-what-it-lacks-are-resources/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Women’s March Chicago Returns to Grant Park Oct. 13
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Womens-March-Chicago-Returns-to-Grant-Park-Oct-13/63754.html