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February 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Speaker Madigan, top allies named in new federal subpoena served on southwest suburb The feds are looking for records involving a former ComEd lobbyist, Mike Madigan and Ald. Marty Quinn, among others. – Robert Herguth and Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/19/21144796/speaker-michael-madigan-top-allies-named-new-federal-subpoena-served-on-southwest-suburb
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: State’s cut of pot jackpot will hit $127 million, Pritzker’s new budget predicts – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/19/21144609/states-cut-of-pot-jackpot-will-hit-127-million-pritzkers-new-budget-predicts

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Kinzler for GOP in U.S. House District 6
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/endorsement-kinzler-for-gop-in-us-house-district-6
— Black caucus supports Pritzker’s budget plan, calls for added minority community investment – Ben Orner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200219/black-caucus-supports-pritzkers-budget-plan-calls-for-added-minority-community-investment

ABC7
— Bernie Sanders says he’s ‘disowning’ his sexist backers during Democratic debate (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the following have disowned me and disowned my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: a) Milton Township Republican Organization, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Illinois Republican Party, d) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, e) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, f) Illinois Center Right Coalition, g) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, h) Wheaton, i) Milton Township, j) DuPage County, k) Illinois, l) activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, m) etc.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/sanders-says-hes-disowning-his-sexist-backers/5949681/

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Plummer Reacts to Budget Address – Doug Jenkins
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=299179#.Xk6VOWhKiM8
— Bill Would Require Electric Car Charging Outlets in Homes – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=299171#.Xk6VkGhKiM8

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— GOP Wants Balanced Budget Without Progressive Tax – ERIC STOCK
https://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/gop-wants-balanced-budget-without-progressive-tax#stream/0

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/recreational-marijuana-in-illinois-whos-making-what/526-bf03d78c-626e-46bf-bf5b-1f232dfe5d75

WGLT
— GOP Wants Balanced Budget Without Progressive Tax – ERIC STOCK
https://www.wglt.org/post/gop-wants-balanced-budget-without-progressive-tax-0#stream/0

X95
— SENATOR SCHIMPF REACTS TO PRITZKER’S BUDGET ADDRESS
http://www.x95radio.com/2020/02/20/state-senator-schimpf-reacts-to-pritzkers-budget-address/

AURORA PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Your past predicts your future. Your rejection of the rule of law in the past predicts that you will reject the rule of law in the future.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/calendar/event/20200305/778982/change-your-life-with-a-clean-record

ELMHURST PATCH
— Traffic Light Pushed In Elmhurst – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton who continue to do everything that they can to destroy me because I succeeded in stopping the installation of a traffic light at intersection of Harrison and President during the early 1980s.)
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/traffic-light-pushed-elmhurst

CENTER SQUARE
— Trump refills swamp in Illinois as federal prosecutors try to drain it – Brett Rowland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/op-ed-trump-refills-swamp-in-illinois-as-federal-prosecutors/article_82df77bc-534d-11ea-9586-333a867646eb.html

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s 2021 Illinois budget: Unbalanced. No reforms. More spending. And of course, more tax hikes – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/pritzkers-2021-budget-unbalanced-no-reforms-more-spending-and-of-course-more-tax-hikes-wirepoints/
— Michael Bloomberg’s Insertion of Paid Lawyers Into State AG Offices is Dangerous and Must be Stopped – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/michael-bloombergs-insertion-of-paid-lawyers-into-state-ag-offices-is-dangerous-and-must-be-stopped-wirepoints/
— “Pritzker’s budget doesn’t change the trajectory of Illinois, it’s not a budget for a nearly junk-rated state that’s losing people.” – Ted on the Illinois Channel
https://wirepoints.org/pritzkers-budget-doesnt-change-the-trajectory-of-illinois-its-not-a-budget-for-a-junk-rated-state-thats-losing-people-ted-on-the-illinois-channel/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Leaks Scores with Freedom of Information Request to Secretary of State’s Office about Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/19/illinois-leaks-scores-with-freedom-of-information-request-to-secretary-of-states-office-about-jack-franks/
— NWH Editor Accepts the John Pletz Challenge to Cover Negative Comments about Jack Franks at County Board Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/19/nwh-editor-accepts-the-john-pletz-challenge-to-cover-negative-comments-about-jack-franks-at-county-board-meeting/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Exclusive Interview with Franklin Graham
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/exclusive-interview-with-franklin-graham/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Jack Franks on same list as institutionalized killer – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/02/jack-franks-on-same-list-as-institutionalized-killer/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 2020 Dems unite — against Bloomberg Billionaire tells rivals he knows best how to defeat Trump – Seth McLaughlin and David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/19/michael-bloomberg-takes-fire-democratic-debate-deb/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump wins the debate as Democrats explain why not one of them can beat him – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-wins-the-debate-as-democrats-explain-why-not-one-of-them-can-beat-him
— IRS knocking: Agency to visit high-income taxpayers at home in new focus on delinquent nonfilers – Jay Heflin (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I worked for GAO as an Analyst on audits of IRS 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $101,176-$107,922/year.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/irs-to-increase-visits-of-high-income-taxpayers-for-compliance

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— BILLIONAIRE BEATDOWN: ‘Mini Mike’ Savaged By Democratic Rivals in Nevada Diminutive mayor bullied by much taller opponents in humiliating debut – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/politics/bloomberg-debate-humiliation/
— Bloomberg: I’m Too Rich for TurboTax – Josh Christenson
https://freebeacon.com/politics/bloomberg-i-make-a-lot-of-money-i-cant-go-to-turbo-tax/
— Democrats Deserve a Younger, Healthier Frontrunner in 2020 – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/politics/hillary-young-healthy-winner/
— Health Records, Heart Attacks Take Center Stage Ahead of Nevada Debate Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg’s campaigns trade shots over which of the 78-year-olds did and did not have a heart attack – Alex Griswold
https://freebeacon.com/politics/health-records-heart-attacks-take-center-stage-ahead-of-nev-debate/

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they hate America and that they hate Americans.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/19/amy-klobuchar-daca-illegal-future/
— NBC News Shields 2020 Democrats from Open Borders Agendas at Debate – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/19/bc-news-shields-2020-democrats-from-open-borders-agendas-at-debate/

CNS NEWS
— Gallup: Liberals Six Times More Likely to Smoke Pot Than Conservatives – Michael W. Chapman (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who sells or uses pot.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/gallup-liberals-six-times-more-likely-smoke-pot-conservatives

DAILY CALLER
— Bernie Loses It When Bloomberg Calls Him The ‘Best Known Socialist’ Who ‘Happens To Be A Millionaire With Three Houses’ – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/19/bernie-sanders-michael-bloomberg-millionaire-three-houses/

NEWSMAX
— Blue Invasion of Red States Could Make GOP Whig Party – George J. Marlin (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocrite Democrats who hypocritically move into Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there?)
https://www.newsmax.com/george-j-marlin/liberal-spending-income-tax/2020/02/19/id/954769/

FOX BUSINESS
— Trump: Democrats treated illegal immigrants better than our veterans
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/trump-democrats-treated-illegal-immigrants-042651032.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pete Buttigieg attacks Christian Trump supporters’ judgement – Frieda Powers (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity hint/imply/argue/shout that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, GOD WILL SEND YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/02/19/pete-buttigieg-attacks-christian-trump-supporters-judgement-888879

NEW YORK TIMES
— Elizabeth Warren, Criticizing Bloomberg, Sent a Message: She Won’t Be Ignored “I’d like to talk about who we’re running against: a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbians,” Ms. Warren said at Wednesday’s debate. “And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump.” – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-debate.html
— Millions of Americans Have Moved Off Assistance. Does Trump Get Credit? The president has reveled in the declines in Americans receiving aid from several government programs in recent years, citing his economic policies as a catalyst. – Jim Tankersley and Lola Fadulu
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/business/trump-welfare-poverty.html
— Warren Leads an Onslaught of Attacks, Zeroing In on Bloomberg The sharp exchanges in the Nevada debate reflected the urgency of the moment as Michael Bloomberg, in his first presidential debate, was repeatedly criticized in personal terms. – Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/politics/democratic-debate-nevada-recap.html
— How to Work the System at Work Five tips to gain leverage on the job. – Malia Wollan (DIERSEN: To get ahead, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates in the federal government helped my Democrat superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/19/magazine/worker-tips.html
— Illinois Governor Looks to Income Tax Change to Boost Fiscal Year 2021 Revenue – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02/19/us/19reuters-illinois-budget.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want all the citizens of all the foreign countries to see themselves as being refugees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/sunday/immigration-trump-refugees.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Warren’s viral takedown of Bloomberg: ‘Titanic, meet iceberg’ – Allyson Chiu (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Candidates who are White, male, older, heterosexual, rich, German American, non-Jewish, and/or non-veteran should expect that sooner or later, they will be called White supremacists, KKK members, racists, sexists, senile, bigots, exploiters, Nazis, anti-Semites, cowards, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/20/bloomberg-warren-debate/

NEW YORK POST
— China expels three Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘racist’ opinion piece – Yaron Steinbuch
https://nypost.com/2020/02/19/china-expels-three-wall-street-journal-reporters-over-racist-opinion-piece/

USA TODAY
— Trump’s visit to ‘occupied territory:’ President earns big bucks, some voter support — and protester ire – Gabrielle Canon (DIERSEN: To what extent is your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county “occupied territory? The more votes that Democrats get in a territory, the more occupied that territory is.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/19/president-trump-visits-california/4810604002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bloomberg Bankrolls a Social-Media Army to Push Message Campaign is hiring workers for $2,500 a month to promote candidate to all their contacts – Jeff Horwitz and Georgia Wells
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-bankrolls-a-social-media-army-to-push-message-11582127768

FORBES
— OUTSTANDING: Top Trump Campaign Spokesman: Marijuana Must Be ‘Kept Illegal’ – Tom Angell
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2020/02/19/top-trump-campaign-spokesman-marijuana-must-be-kept-illegal/#35c83537762b

FED SMITH
— Federal Retirement Benefits on the Chopping Block – John Grobe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have made it the most clear that they want my federal retirement benefits to be cut.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/02/19/federal-retirement-benefits-chopping-block/

February 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: Trump administration deploys elite Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities, including Chicago – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/5940681/
— Illinois 2020 election threats include hacking, disinformation, security experts say – Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they publish or bless.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-2020-election-threats-include-hacking-disinformation-experts-say/5941130/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/18/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Rep. Dan Lipinski’s social conservatism at heart of challenges from Marie Newman and Rush Darwish in Democratic primary – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hate social conservatives and do everything that they can to destroy social conservatives. I should write a book about the success that Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization, 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 Midwest Chapter, etc. have had in destroying the aforesaid organizations.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-congress-third-district-primary-20200218-lz7cui4ocvhlxpgqln42cecsoy-story.html
— Endorsements for Illinois Senate: Goncher, Bailey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-tribune-endorsements-illinois-senate-20200218-dskywtgvofbnra447xva2ololi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Construction company owner lied about being minority-owned to get over $2 million in CHA contracts: feds The indictment also states Lester Coleman, of Englewood-based Coleman Development Corp., was paying wages below the required federal prevailing wage. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/2/17/21141218/lester-coleman-development-corporation-minority-owned-business-chicago-housing-authority-charges
— ‘Glaring’ lack of diversity at city’s tech giants drives creation of new pipeline for people of color Re:work training helps companies like Google, LinkedIn and Groupon find candidates outside of their traditional recruitment pipelines. – Evan F. Moore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/17/21076129/shelton-banks-google-facebook-twitter-re-work-training-tech-diversity

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTOS: Republican U.S. Senate challengers voice concerns about socialism, Islamic jihadists, crime – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/republican-senate-challengers-voice-concerns-about-socialism-islamic-jihadists-crime
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally and b) to stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/constable-how-two-waukegan-brothers-went-from-undocumented-to-the-ivy-league—
— DuPage forest Dist. 5 candidates disagree on whether progress is being made on barn – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/dupage-forest-dist-5-candidates-disagree-on-whether-progress-is-being-made-on-barn
— Endorsement: Hanson for GOP in 5th Congressional District
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/endorsement-hanson-for-gop-in-5th-congressional-district

WGN RADIO
— New IRS migration numbers confirm flight of Illinois’ wealthy: Wirepoints.org founder Mark Glennon explains why this is happening.
https://wgnradio.com/2020/02/17/the-push-to-change-illinois-redistricting-process-wirepoints-org-founder-mark-glennon-explains-why-this-is-gaining-support/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— The primary election is coming; take time to study candidates (DIERSEN: Your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain should know more about the candidates on the Republican March 17, 2020 primary ballot for your precinct than anyone else in your precinct. How long has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain been in office? I have been in office for 20 years. Does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain regularly attend Republican meetings and events? Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Organization meetings and events.)
https://jg-tc.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-the-primary-election-is-coming-take-time-to/article_679971fd-3d4e-571d-9fe2-9f2851b7637c.html

WGIL
— ILLINOIS STATE PRESIDENT CREATES ROLE FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY (DIERSEN: To promote Diversity is to discriminate against those who are White, male, and/or older. Many of those who are White, male, and/or older are conservative, Republican, Protestant, and/or German American.)
https://www.wgil.com/2020/02/18/illinois-state-president-creates-role-focused-on-diversity/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Candidates Cry Foul in North Side Statehouse Race Appointed to a legislative vacancy 38 days before an election, Yoni Pizer’s candidacy seems inevitable. In most states, it wouldn’t be so easy. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/February-2020/12th-District-House-Race-Yoni-Pizer-Margaret-Croke-Lori-Lightfoot-JB-Pritzker/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Limbaugh Gives Judgmental, Intolerant “Progressives” the Fake-Vapors–Again – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/limbaugh-gives-judgmental-intolerant-progressives-the-fake-vapors-again/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie the puppet master – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/17/editorial-bernie-sanders-love-for-socialism-strong/

FOX NEWS
— Bloomberg’s long record of vulgar comments haunting presidential bid – Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloombergs-long-record-of-vulgar-comments-haunting-presidential-bid

GOPUSA
— Perverts Bring Boy Scouts Of America Down To This
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84953
— Eleven Children Were Shot In Chicago Last Weekend
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84942

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden encourages illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/watch-biden-nobody-will-be-deported-from-u-s-until-they-commit-a-felony/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/watch-biden-daca-illegal-aliens-are-more-american-than-most-americans/
— Immigrants are needed to rescue Americans who cannot keep pace with the high-tech economy, Mike Bloomberg told an elite audience at Oxford University. – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: What percent of immigrants lack education, job skills, and/or work experience? What percent of immigrants have financial, health, and/or other problems? What percent of immigrants fail/refuse to speak, read, and/or write English? What percent of immigrants need/want/demand massive government assistance?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/bloomberg-elite-immigrants-can-save-americans-in-a-high-tech-economy/

BLAZE
— Border Patrol released more than 375,000 illegal immigrants directly into US last year: report More than 850,000 immigrants illegally entered the US in FY2019 – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-released-more-than-375000-illegal-immigrants-directly-into-us-last-year-report

CNS NEWS
— Kellyanne Conway: The Way Bloomberg Treated Female Employees Is ‘Problematic’ – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/kellyanne-conway-way-bloomberg-treated-female-employees

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Ignorant and Arrogant Bloomberg Insults Farmers
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/02/17/bloomberg-says-some-really-stupid-stuff/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Journalists Are Really Mad Trump Attended Daytona 500 – Kemberlee Kaye (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have been anti-car.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/journalists-are-really-mad-trump-attended-daytona-500/

THE HILL
— Democrats worried about Trump’s growing strength – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/483189-democrats-worried-about-trumps-growing-strength

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Politics of Covering Your Boss, the Candidate – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: Who is your boss? According to my critics/opponents, because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, my bosses include past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, 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 Midwest Chapter, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and all Republican activists, all Republican candidates, all Republican elected officials, all Republican party leaders, all Republican political consultants, etc. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid can and should destroy me if I fail/refuse a) to glorify and praise them, b) to pander to them, c) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and d) to give them money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/business/media/bloomberg-news-conflict-of-interest.html
— Facing a Wave of Sex-Abuse Claims, Boy Scouts of America Files for Bankruptcy The nonprofit group, which counts more than two million youth participants, follows Catholic dioceses and U.S.A. Gymnastics in seeking bankruptcy protection amid sex-abuse cases. – Mike Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/us/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-sex-abuse.html
— What’s Driving the Millennial Political Takeover? – Kate Nocera
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/books/review/the-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-charlotte-alter.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg’s attacks turn sharper, online and at Bay Area rally – JOHANA BHUIYAN, MICHAEL FINNEGAN
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-17/bernie-sanders-bloomberg-bay-area-rally

WASHINGTON POST
— Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy amid wave of potential lawsuits – Samantha Schmidt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/02/18/boy-scouts-bankruptcy/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Democrats Diverge on What Voters Want – Gerald Seib (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, voters want government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanders-bloomberg-offer-differing-theories-of-democratic-desires-11581956838
— Teens Are Deleting Instagrams Almost as Fast as They Post Them Regularly culling their feeds helps ensure teens are putting their best face forward and youthful transgressions don’t come back to haunt them – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: Democrats are nasty. Republicans should assume a) that Democrats have archived everything that you have ever posted anywhere and b) that if you run for a government office, they will use what you have posted to destroy you and to destroy everyone around you.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teens-are-deleting-instagrams-almost-as-fast-as-they-post-them-11582021801
— Amazon Changes the Way It Recruits M.B.A.s – Patrick Thomas (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to discredit me. They were even more furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-changes-the-way-it-recruits-m-b-a-s-11582021802
— A Bernie Nomination Could Destroy the Left It took progressives 48 years to recover the last time the Democrats chose one. – Ted Rall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bernie-nomination-could-destroy-the-left-11581962615
— Europeans Try to Have It Both Ways They expect American protection but aren’t prepared to defend their own countries. – Walter Russell Mead
https://www.wsj.com/articles/europeans-try-to-have-it-both-ways-11581974424

USA TODAY
— Nevada’s changing demographics are a road map showing Democrats how to win elections – Manuel Pastor (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats encourage Democrats to move into and to stay in their neighborhoods, their precincts, their municipal districts, their municipalities, their townships, their counties, and their states. Of course, needless-to-say, that means that Democrats encourage those who are more likely to vote for Democrats, that is, a) those who lack education, job skills, and/or work experience, b) those who have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, c) those who need/want/demand massive government assistance, d) those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, non-conservative, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American, and e) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to move in and to stay.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/17/democrats-2020-nevada-latinos-minorities-how-to-win-column/4780245002/
— Will my employee accuse me of discrimination for firing him? – Michael Smith (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors wanted me a) to become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 and b) to sue them for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1998. My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors could use the aforesaid to help them hire and retain young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2020/02/18/employees-should-treated-equally-when-comes-job-performance/4785854002/

DAILY FREE PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Boston to do more to get rid of its employees who are White.
https://dailyfreepress.com/2020/02/17/city-requests-proposals-for-racial-equity-training-programs-for-employees/

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES
— Does white privilege exist? (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I got everything that I have because of a) White privilege, b) male privilege, c) Protestant privilege, e) German American privilege, f) draft avoider privilege, and g) etc. privilege. But in my defense, I have always been a Republican, and all during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they did everything that they could to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who were White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20200218/listen-does-white-privilege-exist

FORBES
— How Explainable AI Is Helping Algorithms Avoid Bias – Simon Chandler (DIERSEN: What percent of those who design algorithms 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.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/02/18/how-explainable-ai-is-helping-algorithms-avoid-bias/#ae95f895ed37

February 17 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Why Illinois Will Matter in the Democratic Presidential Race, Even With a Late Primary – Shelby Breme
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/why-illinois-will-matter-in-the-democratic-presidential-race-even-with-a-late-primary/2220818/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters glorify and praise illegals.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/16/chicago-mans-family-worries-as-he-is-held-by-ice-trump-administration-plans-sanctuary-city-crackdown/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Mark Curran for U.S. Senate in Republican primary Curran, the sheriff of Lake County from 2006 to 2018, is a principled conservative. But he’s not afraid to call out the worst policies of his own Republican Party.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/17/21140988/mark-curran-jr-united-states-senate-republican-primary-dick-durbin-endorsement-2020-election
— Who can keep sham candidates from screwing up elections? You Elections at the local level are ripe for disingenuous and sneaky political trickery. The more that voters bone up on a race, the more a sham candidate will come up empty. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/17/21141324/sham-candidates-elections-michael-madigan-suntimes-editorial
— Scarlet letters, political payback and City Hall’s do-not-hire list Because the list is public to anybody who asks to see it, it works as a kind of a public shaming. – CST Editorial (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors wanted me a) to become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 and b) to sue them for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1998. My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors could use the aforesaid to help them hire and retain young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/17/21139373/city-hall-chicago-lori-lightfoot-eddie-johnson-bill-mccaffrey-fran-spielman

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— South Suburban Airport backers meet with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot; first meeting with a city mayor in 20 years – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-csedc-quarterly-forum-st-0216-20200214-txfmiooaengz3o6ffckbsx3lzm-story.html
— Young, conservative and working for President Trump? The dating pool is small. – KATIE ROGERS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-trump-republicans-dating-apps-20200218-3sdgwhvorrea5bkgugedqxazom-story.html
— It takes baby steps to end state’s climate of corruption – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-state-corruption-st-0218-20200217-ihhvgcimfjgxroczzmb6vcfuhu-story.html
— Monique O’Toole, a DuPage County judge from Clarendon Hills – KIMBERLY FORNEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/clarendon-hills/ct-dch-shout-out-otoole-tl-0220-20200217-zltulkaq4nbsjnodyhisll7cv4-story.html

PEKIN TIMES
— U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger becomes a married man – Nick Vlahos
https://www.pekintimes.com/news/20200217/nick-in-am-us-rep-adam-kinzinger-becomes-married-man

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The ugly truth State budget numbers tell the real story. – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/the-ugly-truth/article_671956e9-38ed-5ea3-bc51-a57a8a13d7d0.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: UI has earned $108M in gifts, contracts from foreign sources since ’13 – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-ui-has-earned-m-in-gifts-contracts-from/article_c837673f-517e-54df-b074-3ff1e61fb6a6.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Does Illinois deserve more influence on presidential races? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Based on the candidates who they elect, Illinois voters are ever-increasingly anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-does-illinois-deserve-more-influence-on-presidential-races/article_f866fccd-9543-51d7-a420-ccaa8241d4c0.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want the Illinois Republican Party to do even more to dump voters, dump activists, dump organizations, dump companies, dump candidates, dump elected officials, dump party leaders, dump major donors, dump political consultants, dump etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=299034

NORTHERN STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Hookah bar to allow pot – Kierra Frazier
https://northernstar.info/news/hookah-bar-to-allow-pot/article_3ed6fd48-51b7-11ea-a6f8-6fc0a87221a9.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— How Gender Impacts Voting (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that Republican men are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/how-gender-impacts-voting#stream/0

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— As Trump Plans To Bring Border Patrol To Sanctuary Cities, Mayor Lightfoot Pushes Back: ‘We Will Not Be Bullied’ “If anyone thinks they can come here into our city and terrorize our residents into the shadows, let me say this: They have another thing coming,” Lightfoot said. – Mauricio Peña (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run Chicago officially declare war on America?)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/15/as-trump-plans-to-bring-border-patrol-to-sanctuary-cities-mayor-lightfoot-pushes-back-we-will-not-be-bullied/

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Illinois Dems Cash On Hand: $27 million GOP: Only $3.6 million, down from $25mil in 2015 – Brendan Rigney and Wagner Acerbi Horta
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/illinois-dems-cash-on-hand-27-million

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— GOP Senate Hopefuls Seek McLean County Support – Joe Deacon
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/2020/02/17/gop-senate-hopefuls-seek-mclean-county-support/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans are overwhelmed by ‘shadow mortgage’ of pension debts – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-are-being-overwhelmed-by-shadow-mortgage-of-pension-debts-wirepoints/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Bipartisan group of lawmakers, fair-mapping advocates speak out against gerrymandering – Kyla Asbury (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/525606849-bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-fair-mapping-advocates-speak-out-against-gerrymandering

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Yet Another Springfield Attack On Parental Rights and Religious Liberty – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/yet-another-springfield-attack-on-parental-rights-and-religious-liberty/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BREEN: COSTA HOWARD’S FAIR MAPS FILING CAN’T DISTRACT FROM HER INABILITY TO TELL THE TRUTH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/breen-costa-howards-fair-maps-filing-cant-distract-from-her-inability-to-tell-the-truth.html
— WEYERMULLER: 2411 ABORTED BABIES LAID TO REST IN SOUTH BEND CEMETERY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/weyermuller-2411-aborted-babies-laid-to-rest-in-south-bend-cemetery-.html
— NIKE SWOOSHES IN TO ATTACK WOMEN’S SPORTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/nike-swooshes-in-to-attack-womens-sports.html
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS DECLARE WAR ON PUMPING YOUR OWN GAS, OPERATING GAS-POWERED LEAF BLOWERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/illinois-lawmakers-declare-war-on-pumping-your-own-gas-operating-gas-powered-leaf-blowers-.html
— ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS RADICAL EFFORT TO FORCE HPV VACCINATIONS, RESTRICT PARENTAL RIGHTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/illinois-legislature-considers-radical-effort-to-force-hpv-vaccinations-restrict-parental-rights.html
— IL CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER WEDS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/il-cong-adam-kinzinger-weds-.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic AGs have history of meddling in politically sensitive cases – Rowan Scarborough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/17/democratic-ags-have-history-of-meddling-in-politic/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘A dream as old as the American dream’: Embrace black patriotism over victimization – Clarence Page
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/clarence-page-a-dream-as-old-as-the-american-dream-embrace-black-patriotism-over-victimization-and-learned-helplessness

GOPUSA
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Air Force Updates Dress Code To Allow For Airmen To Wear Beards, Turbans, Hijabs For Religious Reasons
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84875
— Hillary For Vice President? Bloomberg Campaign Refuses To Shoot Down ‘Speculation’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84868

BREITBART
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Pete Buttigieg Vows to Open up Obamacare to Illegal Immigrants – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/02/17/pete-buttigieg-vows-to-open-up-obamacare-to-illegal-immigrants/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Myth Of The Moderate Democrat
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31954

DAILY CALLER
— Mike Bloomberg Slams Young People For Supporting Democratic Socialism
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/17/mike-bloomberg-democratic-socialism-youth/
— Mike Bloomberg: ‘The Solution To Our Problems Is More Open Borders, Not Closed Borders’
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/17/mike-bloomberg-open-borders/

NEWSMAX
— Sanders Ad Promotes ‘First Jewish President’ – Theodore Bunker (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used against me the fact that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I had lived in Crete 1948-1972, and that I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. They also used against me the fact that I was 100% German American, conservative, Republican, White, male, born in 1948, non-poor, a gun owner, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-ad-judaism/2020/02/17/id/954416/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: ‘We will have papa and mamma’: Putin says no to gay ‘marriage’ in Russia President Putin said the definition of marriage as a union of a man and a woman should be added to the Russian constitution.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/we-will-have-papa-and-mamma-putin-says-no-to-gay-marriage-in-russia

PJ MEDIA
— LA Mayor and Police Chief Record PSA Assuring Illegals They Can Get Away With Breaking American Laws – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/trending/la-mayor-and-police-chief-record-psa-assuring-illegals-they-can-get-away-with-breaking-american-laws/
— What Exactly Is Wrong with a President Putting America First? – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-putting-america-first/

DAILY CALLER
— How Demographic Trends Will Affect The 2020 Election – LISA SMILEY (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO political consultants advise Republican candidates to not only dump, but to destroy voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to get votes from 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/17/demographic-trends-2020-election/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Young, Conservative and Working for Trump? The Dating Pool Is Small Washington’s highly politicized culture can be brutal on dating life. For Trump aides, one solution is to find love with each other. – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/us/politics/dating-trump.html
— Past Remarks Are Challenging for Bloomberg, and Fair Game for Rivals For two months, Michael Bloomberg’s campaign has been preparing for a moment it knew would come: when decades of impolitic and insensitive remarks would face renewed scrutiny. – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-presidential-campaign.html

FORBES
— Bloomberg Said U.S. Should Deny Treatment To Old People With Chronic Disease – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2020/02/17/bloomberg-said-us-should-deny-treatment-to-old-people-with-chronic-disease/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 51% Say Any Democrat Likely to Defeat Trump
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2020/51_say_any_democrat_likely_to_defeat_trump

February 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rain postpones Daytona 500, dampening event, President Trump’s visit
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rain-postpones-daytona-500-dampening-event-trumps-visit/5937071/
— President Trump gives command to NASCAR drivers at Daytona 500 – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/5937071/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump gave an election-year embrace to NASCAR and its fans Sunday when he became the second president ever to attend the Daytona 500. Given the honor of commanding drivers to start their engines, Trump made a grand entrance before the start of the race. He gave thousands of fans a flyover of Air Force One and then rode onto the track in the presidential motorcade as the audience roared with delight. The motorcade took roughly a quarter lap before pulling aside in an infield staging area. The president’s visit was widely welcomed by NASCAR fans. Trump 2020 flags flooded the infield, and some fans wore them as capes in the garage area.)
— Former federal prosecutors from Chicago in group asking Attorney General Barr to resign – Chuck Goudie
https://abc7chicago.com/5936742/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump fans brave long lines to cheer president at the Daytona 500 – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-donald-trump-daytona-500-20200216-cmzxfoouaraanjjdipgqabg4lq-story.html
— Rival Democrats accuse Mike Bloomberg of trying to ‘buy’ election – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-mike-bloomberg-nevada-democrats-election-20200216-ew67x4ttkbc4zlqlwlxe3cek3u-story.html
— More than 1,100 former prosecutors and Justice officials call for William Barr to resign over intervention in Roger Stone case – KATIE BENNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-william-barr-justice-department-20200216-h4ifpgfatzadlcqkfrz7zzyttq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The hypocrisy of Illinois Dems: ‘Mike Madigan’s gotta go but I’ll vote for him to stay’ Three candidates in a North Side state rep race sound like those Washington Republicans who are terrified of taking on President Donald Trump. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/16/21138143/house-speaker-michael-j-madigan-12th-illinois-house-district-democratic-primary-laura-washington

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford Airport is thriving; Don’t waste precious resources on Peotone airport – Joe Sosnowski
https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20200216/rockford-airport-is-thriving-dont-waste-precious-resources-on-peotone-airport
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration.
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200216/rockford-attorneys-talk-asylum-immigration-and-solutions

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump fans wait in long lines to see president, Daytona 500 – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/trump-fans-wait-in-long-lines-to-see-president-daytona-500/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep. Dan Ugaste Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/15/rep-dan-ugaste-reports/
— Last Year’s State Budget Again Not Balanced
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/15/last-years-state-budget-again-not-balanced/
— Dems Kill Publication of Dem State Legislator Misdeed(s)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/16/dems-kill-publication-of-dem-state-legislator-misdeeds/
— McHenry Township Asserts Second Amendment Stance
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/16/mchenry-township-asserts-second-amendment-stance/
— State GOP Ridicules Two Bills Introduced by Democrats
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/16/state-gop-ridicules-two-bills-introduced-by-democrats/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dazzling Trump rallies reach a new level – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/16/inside-the-beltway-dazzling-trump-rallies-reach-a-/
— Joe Biden: Obama deportations a ‘big mistake’ – AP (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy America do not want illegals to be deported.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/16/joe-biden-jorge-ramos-interview-obama-deportations/

BREITBART
— Douglas Murray: Starbucks Promotion of Trans Kids Charity ‘Incredibly Sinister’ – JAMES DELINGPOLE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/02/16/murray-starbucks-transgender-kids-promo-incredibly-sinister/

DAILY CALLER
— Buttigieg Says He Won’t Be ‘Lectured On Family Values’ By Rush Limbaugh Or Trump Supporters – MARY MARGARET OLOHAN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/16/buttigieg-rush-limbaugh-gay-trump/

THE HILL
— Candidates make electability arguments, talk Bloomberg as focus turns to more diverse states – ZACK BUDRYK
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/483304-candidates-make-electability-arguments-talk-bloomberg-as-focus

NEW YORK NEWS
— Democratic rivals pile on Bloomberg as ex-mayor’s campaign continues to gain momentum – SHANT SHAHRIGIAN
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-mike-bloomberg-bernie-sanders-pete-buttigieg-20200216-zjsjprf5hbas7md3s3gbuoim5a-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why aren’t more Americans working? – Heather Long and Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, in Illinois, the more the following that you are, the more that employers do NOT want to hire you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/02/15/powell-labor-force/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Battling the jury duty problem, where fewer than 1 in 4 show up – Samantha Ketterer (DIERSEN: What percent of those in the Chicago area jury pool 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.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Battling-the-jury-duty-problem-where-fewer-than-15010187.php

CNBC
— Nearly 1 in 3 American workers run out of money before payday—even those earning over $100,000 – Megan Leonhardt
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/11/32-percent-of-workers-run-out-of-cash-before-payday.html

MORNINGSTAR
— Controlling Lifestyle Creep: How to Advise Clients When They Get a Raise Morningstar research shows why you should help clients revise their financial plan after getting a raise – Samantha Lamas
https://www.morningstar.com/insights/2020/01/23/control-lifestyle-creep

February 16 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO: In a state that knows its Democrats, will Bloomberg gain traction? – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat in Illinois is to be someone who promotes 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, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200215/in-a-state-that-knows-its-democrats-will-bloomberg-gain-traction

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats should avoid the Michael Bloomberg temptation – ROSS DOUTHAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-michael-bloomberg-democrats-20200216-czm43vujq5djloijoccvkbpx2u-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois GOP leader urges strong party turnout for Trump – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain going to do to promote Republican turnout in your precinct? I am going to hand-deliver an envelope to every home in my precinct that has at least one Republican or one Independent voter that contains a copy of the sample ballot for my precinct with my precinct letter in the blank space, a copy of a form to request a Republican mail-in ballot, and campaign literature from all the Republican candidates who provided me with their campaign literature.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200215/bernard-schoenburg-illinois-gop-leader-urges-strong-party-turnout-for-trump

HERALD & REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Word ‘queer’ increasingly popular among millennials, teens – Nara Schoenberg
https://herald-review.com/lifestyles/family/word-queer-increasingly-popular-among-millennials-teens/article_f4feda35-28d8-5d4e-b18d-2a336018f379.html

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois lawmakers push package of bills to address FOID card renewal delays – Molly Parker
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/southern-illinois-lawmakers-push-package-of-bills-to-address-foid/article_172da1b2-1809-505e-adb7-056dbe659eee.html

WGLT
— GOP Senate Hopefuls Seek McLean County Support – JOE DEACON (DIERSEN: Since 2000, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), etc. have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates that they should not only not seek my support, but that they should destroy me. Needless-to-say I should write a book about past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the MTRO, DCRCC, IRP, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC MC, etc.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/gop-senate-hopefuls-seek-mclean-county-support#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06/IL-14: Chicago Tribune Endorses Jeanne Ives and Sue Rezin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/15/il-06-il-14-chicago-tribune-endorses-jeanne-ives-and-sue-rezin/
— IL-14: Sue Rezin Endorsed by Daily Herald
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/15/il-14-sue-rezin-endorsed-by-daily-herald/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Angela Merkel and the Destruction of German Democracy – Jared Peterson
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/02/angela_merkel_and_the_destruction_of_german_democracy.html
— How to wake the media up about Trump – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/how_to_wake_the_media_up_about_trump.html
— Bloomberg is buying up so many campaign operatives that down-ballot Dem campaigns unable to find staff – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: What do you say to campaign operatives in Republican primaries who focus on destroying those who do not support their boss? I should write a book about such campaign operatives.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/bloomberg_is_buying_up_so_many_campaign_operatives_that_downballot_dem_campaigns_unable_to_find_staff.html

BREITBART
— Pirro: Left Needs Illegal Immigrant Votes for Power — ‘They’ve Lost the Vote of Law-Abiding Americans’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/02/15/pirro-left-needs-illegal-immigrant-votes-for-power-theyve-lost-the-vote-of-law-abiding-americans/
— 6.1 Million Individuals Off Food Stamps Under Donald Trump – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/02/15/6-1-million-individuals-off-food-stamps-under-donald-trump/

EPOCH TIMES
— The Divided States of America – Adrian Norman (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on turning minorities against Republicans who are White. Democrats focus on turning women against Republicans who are male. Democrats focus on turning younger people against Republicans who are older. Democrats focus on turning those who are not married against Republicans who are married. Democrats focus on turning LGBTQers against Republicans who are heterosexual. Democrats focus on turning those who have less money against Republicans who have more money. Democrats focus on turning those who are not retired against Republicans who are retired. Democrats focus on turning non-Protestants against Republicans who are Protestant. Democrats focus on turning non-German Americans against Republicans who are German American. Democrats focus on turning liberals and moderates against Republicans who are conservative. Democrats focus on turning veterans against Republicans who are not veterans. Democrats focus on turning those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-divided-states-of-america_3236069.html
— Bloomberg Announces Labor Plan Promising $15 Minimum Wage – JANITA KAN (DIERSEN: If jobs that do not require any education, work experience, or skill should pay $15/hour, what should jobs that require a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, professional certification, and professional license pay?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bloomberg-announces-labor-plan-promising-15-minimum-wage_3239367.html

BLUE LIVES MATTER
— Student Says ‘Too Many White People’ Are Using UVA’s Multicultural Center
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/video-student-says-too-many-white-people-are-using-uva-s-multicultural-center-b6qEFp5KNkyo-zZ7suxhyg/2020-02-16T10:38:47.3928380Z/Rucw5u8hHkmHTo8lVF-XaA

YAHOO NEWS
— Over 1,000 Alleged Oracle Employees Have Signed a Petition Demanding Founder Larry Ellison Cancel a Trump Fundraiser – Madeleine Carlisle
https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-1-000-alleged-oracle-203736293.html

UNION LEADER
— Long before Trump, we were a divided people – Patrick Buchanan (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on turning minorities against Republicans who are White. Democrats focus on turning women against Republicans who are male. Democrats focus on turning younger people against Republicans who are older. Democrats focus on turning those who are not married against Republicans who are married. Democrats focus on turning LGBTQers against Republicans who are heterosexual. Democrats focus on turning those who have less money against Republicans who have more money. Democrats focus on turning those who are not retired against Republicans who are retired. Democrats focus on turning non-Protestants against Republicans who are Protestant. Democrats focus on turning non-German Americans against Republicans who are German American. Democrats focus on turning liberals and moderates against Republicans who are conservative. Democrats focus on turning veterans against Republicans who are not veterans. Democrats focus on turning those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/columnists/patrick-buchanan-long-before-trump-we-were-a-divided-people/article_de32b406-82d5-5d64-aa36-a816b43af716.html

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES
— An informed electorate will choose Trump – Janet O’Neill (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to know only what they tell, no more, and no less. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20200212/guest-opinion-informed-electorate-will-choose-trump

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, employers a) will not hire you, retain you, or promote you and b) will get rid of you.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2020/02/16/how-to-love-your-lgbt-team-members/#632d8eb04716

February 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois politicians talk of ethics, fairness and decency. But what they’re really saying is ‘Shut up and take it’ – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-illinois-political-corruption-kass-20200215-uwzwa2ntzzc7dpjuegpz7y6vve-story.html
— Endorsement for the U.S. House: Fricilone
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-us-house-day-one-lipinski-fricilone-emmons-kelly-20200214-zr2r2jvx3nhlldz3oeuwps2dwe-story.html
— League of Women Voters of Naperville holding forums for U.S., Illinois House candidates (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be holding forums for Republican candidates.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-digest-st-0216-20200214-ty4o6zs5nzahhpnvmzwf3j32vm-story.html
— DuPage board members question county clerk’s decision to spend money on staff bonuses when new equipment needed – ALICIA FABBRE (DIERSEN: In 1989, GAO implemented pay-for-performance a) to retain and promote GAO’s young Democrat minority employees and GAO’s young Democrat female employees and b) to get rid of GAO’s Republican, White, male, and non-veteran employees like me who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-clerk-bonuses-criticized-st-0216-20200214-ig7wsxjhbnachiurjwxjbgdoze-story.html
— Trump vs. Bloomberg, more than a Twitter battle – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-bloomberg-twitter-trump-battle-page-20200214-slem2gzdcvglljpbzginmqhbte-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— League of Women Voters-Wheaton host candidate forums Feb. 19 (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be holding forums for Republican candidates.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200214/league-of-women-voters-wheaton-host-candidate-forums-feb-19
— Steven J. Oscarson: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/steven-j-oscarson-candidate-profile
— FRONT PAGE: How Naperville is trying to prevent crimes before they occur – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that invite those who are far more likely to commit crime?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/how-naperville-is-trying-to-prevent-crimes-before-they-occur

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Celebrity justice – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-celebrity-justice/article_a1993c46-fe6e-5083-a1f5-40862cceb78c.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois should not become petri dish for failed ‘soft on crime’ policies – State Sen. Brian Stewart
https://www.saukvalley.com/2020/02/14/illinois-should-not-become-petri-dish-for-failed-soft-on-crime-policies/a1e1twa/

WGLT
— Davis Crosses Party Lines For Votes On ERA, Puerto Rico Emergency Aid – RYAN DENHAM
https://www.wglt.org/post/davis-crosses-party-lines-votes-era-puerto-rico-emergency-aid#stream/0
— U.S. Education Official Touts Skills Training In Heartland Community College Visit – ERIC STOCK (DIERSEN: What did you do to acquire, maintain, and increase your job skills? 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.wglt.org/post/us-education-official-touts-skills-training-heartland-community-college-visit#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— Underwhelming turnout in early contests raises concerns about Democratic enthusiasm – Stephen Loiaconi (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you 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://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/underwhelming-turnout-in-early-contests-raises-concerns-about-democratic-enthusiasm

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Upbringing, experience shape Esther Joy King’s push for 17th Congressional seat – Eugene Daniel (DIERSEN: How did your upbringing and experience shape you? My outstanding parents raised me as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. 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; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I served as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/more-at-four-upbringing-experience-shape-esther-joy-kings-push-for-17th-congressional-seat/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois State Senator Laura Fine wants to ban your gas-powered leaf blower – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/02/illinois-state-senator-fine-wants-to-ban-your-gas-powered-leaf-blower/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Lawmakers Propose Bill Mandating HPV Vaccine for ALL Children
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-illinois-lawmakers-propose-bill-mandating-hpv-vaccine-for-all-children/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ lesbian lawmaker Kelly Cassidy, arch nemesis of the good, the true, and the beautiful and creator of the worst legislation (e.g., the barbaric Baby Snuff Law) to come out of the fetid swamp in Springfield, and her collaborator Robyn Gabel have just sponsored HB 4870, a bill to require all children to mandate the HPV vaccine before entering high school. And by all, I mean ALL.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Skip Election Day Hassles: Vote Early or By Mail – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/skip-election-day-hassles-vote-early-or-by-mail/

BREITBART
— Democrats Desperate to Save Abortion on Demand – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/14/this-week-in-the-house-democrats-desperate-to-save-abortion-on-demand/

NEWSMAX
— Stone Jury Foreperson Revealed as Anti-Trump Activist – Sandy Fitzgerald (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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? What percent of those who represent you in your municipal district, your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are the aforesaid?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/roger-stone-tameka-hart/2020/02/14/id/954085/

FOX NEWS
— Jenna Bush Hager says that dad George W. Bush and Ellen DeGeneres can be friends despite ‘different beliefs’ – Jessica Napoli (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQers to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jenna-bush-hager-ellen-degeneres-george-bush-friends

CNS NEWS
— If Barr Can’t Do His Job Because of Trump’s Tweets, He Should Resign – Shaun McCutcheon (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have wanted me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA Illinois Editor, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, federal employee, etc. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on past and present MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders. I would focus on those who represent/represented the voters in a) my precinct, b) Wheaton’s West District, c) Wheaton, d) Milton Township, e) DuPage County, and f) Illinois.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/shaun-mccutcheon/if-barr-cant-do-his-job-because-trumps-tweets-he-should-resign

THE HILL
— First openly gay Michigan AG wishes Limbaugh happy Valentine’s Day with photo kissing wife – BROOKE SEIPEL (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/483164-first-openly-gay-michigan-ag-wishes-limbaugh-happy-valentines-day-with-photo
— GAO to review Trump administration’s $28 million farm bailout – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: In all likelihood, all of those who GAO will assign to this review will be young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females who have never been anywhere near a farm.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483209-gao-to-review-trump-administrations-28-million-farm-bailout

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Daytona: NASCAR Fans Revved for Presidential Visit – AP (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-car, if filled with hatred of cars. Voters use cars to escape areas run by Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/02/15/sports/ap-car-nascar-daytona-500-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump and Limbaugh aren’t the only ones who doubt whether Americans would elect a gay man – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/14/trump-limbaugh-arent-only-ones-who-doubt-whether-americans-would-elect-gay-man/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rise of Sanders, Trump Shows Decline in Party Power The national Republican and Democratic parties have far less sway now in anointing candidates and enforcing discipline – Aaron Zitner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have the aforesaid organizations destroy those who fail/refuse to support their candidates in primaries. I would focus on those who dominate the aforesaid organizations who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rise-of-sanders-trump-shows-decline-in-party-power-11581742860
— New Developments Feed Debate on Justice Department Independence – Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run GAO claim that the agency is independent, but if you read the documents filed in Diersen v. GAO, you will see that the agency is anti-Republican by the way it has treated its employees, including me, who are Republican. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-again-tweets-about-justice-department-after-barr-urges-a-stop-11581692081
— When Your Ancestry Test Entangles Others – Amy Dockser Marcus (DIERSEN: I should write a book about German Americans who demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy other German Americans to curry favor with those who hate German Americans. Needless-to-say, the worst national origin to have is German. What if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me as well as the fact that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and I lived in Crete 1948-1972. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-your-ancestry-test-entangles-others-11581696061

NEWSWEEK
— ROGER STONE AGAIN ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL – AILA SLISCO (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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? What percent of those who represent you in your municipal district, your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are the aforesaid?)
https://www.newsweek.com/roger-stone-again-asks-new-trial-after-jury-foreperson-publicly-supports-resigning-prosecutors-1487460

CHARLESTON CHRONICLE
— Who’s Most Responsive To Constituents (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2020/02/14/whos-most-responsive-to-constituents-legislators-or-ccsds-school-board/

CORSICANA DAILY
— Navarro County GOP hosts forum – Mark Archibald (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be holding forums for Republican candidates.)
https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/navarro-county-gop-hosts-forum/article_6c752ac8-4f4a-11ea-8400-dfb0ad8ae7df.html

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-pete-buttigieg-gay-lgbtq-discrimination-2020-election-limbaugh-gorka-gop/

JD SUPRA
— Top 10 Issues Affecting Employers in 2020 (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers in Illinois do not hire and get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/top-10-issues-affecting-employers-in-85928/

HR DRIVE
— Alleged plan to remove ‘old-timers’ wasn’t enough to keep age suit alive – Lisa Burden (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors successfully hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Congress wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/alleged-ageism-plan-to-remove-old-timers-lawsuit-court/572262/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Chicago high school students hold sit-in in defense of students who refused to stand for national anthem – Andy Thompson (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans glorify and praise anti-Americans.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/15/chic-f15.html

February 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More choices for U.S. House: Ives, Bansal, Rezin, Miller
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-us-house2-quigley-ives-davis-londrigan-rezin-20200214-hssynnayavdw7k3m3jfhblk6um-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Trump administration to deploy elite Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities, including Chicago and New York – CAITLIN DICKERSON AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-elite-border-patrol-agents-sanctuary-cities-20200214-6ky533y57rd4lojo73p725i6me-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-legal-weed-addison-rolling-meadows-20200214-esbbzitaize2xoufaz4hvtqyza-story.html
— Attorney General William Barr’s declaration of independence from Trump – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-barr-trump-stone-mccabe-20200214-xwazrnlup5bzln4kiu2ymonv5q-story.html
— A man with a revoked gun license killed his 18-month-old son in Joliet. Here’s how he and thousands of others slipped through the system. – STACY ST. CLAIR, CECILIA REYES, ANNIE SWEENEY and SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-foid-revocations-henry-pratt-shooting-illinois-gun-laws-20200213-scqbb6tlencwdkv3r4p2ygrxde-story.html
— Amazon plan for Old Chicago site uncertain after longtime Bolingbrook mayor objects. Will e-commerce giant wait him out? – Ryan Ori
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-amazon-warehouse-bolingbrook-mayor-ryan-ori-20200214-gs46mw4qkzhizjzojtz7xu77di-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls on well-heeled City Club of Chicago audience to help fight poverty: ‘We the people must solve it’ – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms promote poverty and crime.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-chicago-poverty-city-club-20200215-wttabmphffhcjcpk24ezlvvada-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Running for Cook County judge (but not so anyone would know it) The practice of putting up sham candidates, running not to win but to confuse voters to benefit the Democratic Party’s pick, goes back decades in Cook County politics. – John Seasly
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21137832/maureen-oleary-bonnie-mcgrath-cook-county-judge-democratic-party
— Madigan, Pritzker, Burke spent over $3M in campaign money on lawyers last year, and they’re not alone Illinois politicians paid $5.3 million in legal fees out of their political funds in 2019 for reasons including criminal investigations and litigation, records show. – Robert Herguth, Tim Novak, and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21136609/madigan-pritzker-burke-campaign-funds-legal-bills
— ENDORSEMENT: Pat O’Brien for state’s attorney in Cook County Republican primary O’Brien’s long resume and insider’s understanding of the office would make him a credible challenger to Kim Foxx even if Jussie Smollett had never set foot in our town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21128477/endorsement-patrick-obrien-cook-county-states-attorney-2020-republican-primary-election

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry Township votes to become a gun sanctuary – Nabiha Asim
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/mchenry-township-votes-to-become-a-gun-sanctuary
— Jeffrey Mack: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/jeffrey-mack-candidate-profile
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/recreational-pot-licenses-granted-to-addison-rolling-meadows-shops
— Democratic candidates say they will work with others on DuPage County Board – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/democratic-candidates-say-they-will-work-with-others-on-county-board-
— Kane County candidates differ on bridge toll plan, future pot dispensaries – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/kane-county-candidates-differ-on-bridge-toll-plan-future-pot-dispensaries

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New IRS migration numbers confirm flight of Illinois’ wealthy The governor says his “fair tax” is getting a great reception. Tell that to the Illinoisans leaving for Florida, Indiana, Texas and Wisconsin. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/new-irs-migration-numbers-confirm-flight-illinois-wealthy

ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks to housing programs in effort to wipe out poverty – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-lightfoot-lays-out-plan-to-end-poverty-in-chicago/5932199/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/14/two-more-same-site-dispensaries-approved-for-chicago-suburbs/

WTTW
— 2020 Voter Guide to the Primary Election
https://news.wttw.com/elections/voters-guide/2020

CENTER SQUARE
— Analysis details how Illinois Republicans lost ground in Illinois – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. Ever-increasingly, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Most commonly, they fail/refuse to oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun control, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/analysis-details-how-illinois-republicans-lost-ground-in-illinois/article_eb389b50-4e83-11ea-919c-235ecf9c7ef7.html

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— New filing: Assertion that Pritzker was never told of racial discrimination in his campaign organization ‘provably false’ – Scott Holland
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/525075415-new-filing-assertion-that-pritzker-was-never-told-of-racial-discrimination-in-his-campaign-organization-provably-false

GLEN ELLYN LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
— Candidate Forum: Republican Candidates for Illinois 6th Congressional District
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wrh10qIw6w&feature=youtu.be

CAPITOL FAX
— Despite ISP’s post-Aurora shooting efforts, “revoked FOID cardholders who have not accounted for their guns rose 14 percent”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/14/despite-isps-post-aurora-shooting-efforts-revoked-foid-cardholders-who-have-not-accounted-for-their-guns-rose-14-percent/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How would you react to paid political advertisements on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and on www.gopillinois.com ?
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/14/mike-invests-in-black-american-futures/

AMERICAN THINKER
— It was Obama, not Trump, who weaponized government against political opponents – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/it_was_obama_not_trump_who_weaponized_government_against_political_opponents.html

BREITBART
— Investors’ Report Admits Florida E-Verify Prods Employers to Raise Wages – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/02/14/investors-report-admits-florida-e-verify-prods-employers-to-raise-wages/

TOWNHALL
— The Coronavirus and Open Borders – John P. Warren
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnpwarren/2020/02/14/the-coronavirus-and-open-borders-n2561341

FEDERALIST
— Media Will Never Understand The Country So Long As They Keep Hating Trump Voters The mainstream media will spend a lot of effort this year reporting on Trump voters, but very little effort trying to understand or empathize with them. – John Daniel Davidson (DIERSEN: The mainstream media is overwhelmingly 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.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/14/media-will-never-understand-the-country-so-long-as-they-keep-hating-trump-voters/

PJ MEDIA
— Washington’s War on ‘Sanctuary States’ Intensifies – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/washingtons-war-on-sanctuary-states-intensifies/
— Media Is Complicit in Leftist Violence Against Trump Supporters – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-morning-briefing-media-is-complicit-in-leftist-violence-against-trump-supporters/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Trump Demands Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities – Matthew Vadum
https://canadafreepress.com/article/trump-demands-justice-for-victims-of-sanctuary-cities

HILLSDALE COLLEGIAN
— Disinviting Romney from CPAC sows division among Republicans, Conservatives – Quin Colhour
http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2020/02/disinviting-romney-from-cpac-sows-division-among-republicans-conservatives/

THE HILL
— Support for government accountability shouldn’t be a casualty of impeachment drama – NILMINI RUBIN AND ZACH GRAVES (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the Democrats who have run GAO since 1980. I would focus on how they wasted my GAO career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I would focus on how they used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budgeting, work assignment policies, performance expectation setting policies, performance appraisal policies, promotion policies, etc. to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/483147-support-for-government-accountability-shouldnt-be-a-casualty-of-impeachment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) usually works hard to avoid political controversy. But the agency’s recent legal decision vaulted the nonpartisan agency into the center of impeachment politics. The GAO asserted that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) violated the law when it withheld millions in funding from the Department of Defense that Congress appropriated for security aid authorized by the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). In the wake of the GAO’s legal decision, conservatives should resist the temptation to dismiss the GAO as another creature of the swamp. In fact, Congress’s watchdog is one of taxpayers’ best tools for holding a dysfunctional government accountable while addressing the nation’s long-term governance challenges.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country. – Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs (DIERSEN: Because of this, will the Democrats who run Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois officially declare war on America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump bucks Barr’s request to stop tweeting about Justice Dept., declaring a ‘legal right’ to seek intervention in criminal cases – Matt Zapotosky and John Wagner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that if my claims had merit, Republicans George Bush, Dennis Hastert, Peter Fitzgerald, and Henry Hyde would have intervened in Diersen v. GAO. GAO works for Congress. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents stress a) that Bush was President while my lawsuit against GAO was pending, b) that Fitzgerald, was my U.S. Senator while the lawsuit was pending, c) that Bush and Fitzgerald appointed the judge in the lawsuit and the attorney who represented GAO, d) that Hastert was the Speaker of the House while the lawsuit was pending, and e) that Hyde was my U.S. Representative while the lawsuit was pending. My critics/opponents ignore Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois and use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that because Republican elected officials did not come to my defense, a) that my claims had no merit and b) that GAO wasted my career and got rid of me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. In my defense, I stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did little or nothing a) to defend or advance the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform or b) to show that they opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-appears-to-escalate-standoff-with-attorney-general-and-justice-dept-declaring-on-twitter-a-legal-right-to-influence-criminal-cases/2020/02/14/8c152c36-4f2f-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
— Roger Stone asks for new trial in sealed motion, one day after Trump accused jury forewoman of bias – Spencer S. Hsu and John Wagner (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/roger-stone-asks-for-new-trial-in-sealed-motion-one-day-after-trump-accused-jury-forewoman-of-bias/2020/02/14/1e36e412-4f65-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Bloomberg Edges Ahead in Democratic Presidential Race
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/bloomberg_edges_ahead_in_democratic_presidential_race

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially banish all residents, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity?
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/March-7-fundraiser-set-for-Elgins-first-Pride-Parade-and-Festival/67955.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Donald Trump says he’d vote for a gay candidate like Pete Buttigieg – Alex Bollinger (DIERSEN: Of course, those who promote LGBTQ activity in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world are overjoyed about this. They will use this to get rid of once and for all those who do not promote LGBTQ activity in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/02/donald-trump-says-hed-vote-gay-candidate-like-pete-buttigieg/

February 14 Morning Edition

ABC7
— The costly side of Illinois’ new marijuana trade that can’t be revealed – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff
https://abc7chicago.com/the-costly-side-of-illinois-new-marijuana-trade-that-cant-be-revealed-/5929486/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/14/2020

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judy Baar Topinka fed the FBI tips for years on possible corruption in the west suburbs, records show Her conversations with federal agents started when she was a newspaper reporter and continued when the longtime Republican state office-holder moved into politics. – Mary Norkol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21125248/judy-baar-topinka-corruption-secret-investigations-fbi-files
— More than corn in Indiana? Illinois needs to stop driving residents next door Chicago and Illinois can’t tax their way out of this crisis. The only way property taxes can go down is for lawmakers to get the state’s biggest expense — public pensions — under control. – Orphe Divounguy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/13/21136612/illinois-property-taxes-indiana-migration-home-prices

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Curran for Republicans in U.S. Senate primary
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200213/endorsement-curran-for-republicans-in-us-senate-primary
— Bob Grogan: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/bob-grogan-candidate-profile

WBEZ
— A Year Ago, The Aurora Shooting Exposed Loopholes In Illinois Gun Policy. What’s Changed Since? – Patrick Smith
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/what-did-the-aurora-shooting-change-about-illinois-gun-policy/e1e76ea2-dbf3-4d04-8069-3626002709ea

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Legislation seeks to make McHenry County township consolidation law statewide – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/02/13/legislation-seeks-to-make-mchenry-county-township-consolidation-law-statewide/ag63jki/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats, Republicans call for new way to draw political maps – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200213/democrats-republicans-call-for-new-way-to-draw-political-maps
— ISP director calls for passage of bill to fingerprint gun owners – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200213/isp-director-calls-for-passage-of-bill-to-fingerprint-gun-owners

TIMES
— Redistricting reform gets bipartisan push Lawmakers want constitutional amendment on November ballot – REBECCA ANZEL and BEN ORNER
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2020/02/14/redistricting-reform-gets-bipartisan-push/ajsj73v/

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Democrat threatens to arm himself against ‘tyranny’ if Trump is reelected – Dan Carden
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/nwi-democrat-threatens-to-arm-himself-against-tyranny-if-trump/article_6eca2ddb-7e26-57c0-86f0-67ce78d395fe.html

RIVER BENDER
— Madison County Board Members Endorse John Barberis in Candidacy for Illinois Supreme Court
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/madison-county-board-members-endorse-john-barberis-in-candidacy-for-illinois-supreme-court-39838.cfm

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Communication Is A Contentious Issue in Tazewell Auditor’s Race – TIM SHELLEY
https://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/communication-contentious-issue-tazewell-auditors-race#stream/0

WIFR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Local-health-experts-explain-marijuana-use-vs-abuse–567856691.html

CHICAGO PATCH
— City Hall ‘Do Not Rehire’ List Omits Chicago Hall of Shamers For Your Reading Pleasure: Top Cop Eddie Johnson, 191 police officers, 22 firefighters among those blacklisted from scoring city jobs. – Mark Konkol (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What will put you on the do-not-hire list in Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO Illinois? ANSWER: Oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/city-hall-do-not-rehire-list-omits-chicago-hall-shamers

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— How much more will DuPage County residents pay in income taxes?
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/525274820-analysis-how-much-more-will-dupage-county-residents-pay-in-income-taxes

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BECKMAN: DRAG QUEEN STORY HOURS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/beckman-drag-queen-story-hours.html
— THE GOSPEL OF SOCIALISM? POPE FRANCIS DECRIES TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY AS SINFUL (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to pay more taxes.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/the-gospel-of-socialism-pope-francis-decries-tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-as-sinful.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dems’ ‘most electable’ claims largely a red herring, polls show – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that the MORE of the following that you are, the LESS electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/12/democratic-presidential-candidates-electability-re/
— James Carville fires back after Bernie Sanders calls him ‘hack’: ‘At least I’m not a communist’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/13/james-carville-fires-back-after-bernie-sanders-cal/
— New Hampshire bounce: Bernie Sanders grows lead over Joe Biden in new poll – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/13/bernie-sanders-grows-lead-over-joe-biden-new-hamps/
— Former White House chief of staff John Kelly unloads on Trump Former general critiques Trump on Vindman, N. Korea and immigration – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/13/john-kelly-unloads-president-trump/
— 1 year after Illinois shooting, police push gun-fee hike – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/13/1-year-after-illinois-shooting-police-push-gun-fee/
— Bernie Sanders: Would be ‘divisive’ if candidate with a plurality of delegates didn’t get nomination – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/13/bernie-sanders-would-be-divisive-if-candidate-plur/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Children will achieve as much as we expect of them – Ian Rowe (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material.” I was not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease ). I spent my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between washing dishes.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/children-will-achieve-as-much-as-we-expect-of-them
— Acknowledging slavery’s limits in defining America – John Wood (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/acknowledging-slaverys-limits-in-defining-america

GOPUSA
— Rush Limbaugh Sets Off Firestorm With Buttigieg Kiss Remarks
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84834
— 39% Of GOP Voters Say Mitt Romney Should Be Expelled From Republican Party (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to destroy the Republican Party in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84747

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bernie Sanders’s Rise is Like Death Knocking on America’s Door – John Eidson
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/02/bernie_sanderss_rise_is_like_death_knocking_on_americas_door.html

BREITBART
— Illegal Alien in U.S. for 20 Years Avoids Deportation in ‘Sanctuary’ Church – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/13/illegal-alien-in-u-s-for-20-years-takes-sanctuary/

CNS NEWS
— Rep. Jackson Lee: Welfare Work Requirements Reinforce Belief That Blacks, Immigrants ‘Are Lazy’ – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/rep-jackson-lee-welfare-work-requirements-reinforce-belief-blacks

CHRISTIAN POST
— Pastor opens Democrat-controlled Virginia House with prayer opposing abortion, gay marriage Pastor opens Democrat-controlled Virginia House with prayer opposing abortion, gay marriage – Michael Gryboski
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-opens-democrat-controlled-virginia-house-with-prayer-opposing-abortion-gay-marriage.html

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s What The Lead Roger Stone Juror Said During Jury Selection – CHUCK ROSS (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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://dailycaller.com/2020/02/13/roger-stone-jury-selection/

TOWNHALL
— Poll: Majority of Florida Hispanics Support Mandatory E-Verify – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/02/13/poll-majority-of-florida-hispanics-support-mandatory-e-verify-n2561319

THE HILL
— Trump maintains he can intervene in cases after Barr urges him to curb tweeting – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483088-trump-maintains-he-can-intervene-in-cases-after-barr-urges-him-to
— Trump reveals he would vote for a gay presidential candidate – MARINA PITOFSKY (DIERSEN: The more religious, government, political, and/or financial clout that LGBTQers have, the more that LGBTQ activists force them to use their clout to get rid of individuals like me, organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity. LGBTQ activists, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have always worked very hard to get rid of me. They crow that I am no longer a TAPROOT chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress how those who run MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc. treat me.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483062-trump-reveals-he-would-vote-for-a-gay-presidential-candidate

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump campaigns as a 2nd Amendment warrior – AAMER MADHANI
https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/02/11/trump-campaigns-as-a-2nd-amendment-warrior/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs focus on destroying traditional marriage and the traditional family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/sunday/marriage-housework-gender-happiness.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Democratic primary is a real-time demonstration of the hierarchy of oppression How did the most diverse field in history wind up like this? – David Dennis, Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/14/democratic-primary-is-real-time-demonstration-hierarchy-oppression/

WEEK
— How America made a mess of measuring poverty – Jeff Spross (DIERSEN: Obviously, you are not poor if you spend money on booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices. Obviously, eventually, you will be poor if you spend money on booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices.)
https://theweek.com/articles/895710/how-america-made-mess-measuring-poverty

VOX
— Trump: The economy is the best in history. Also Trump: We need to cut raises for federal workers. The president is shamelessly trying to have it both ways. – Aaron Rupar
https://www.vox.com/2020/2/13/21136131/trump-federal-workers-cut-pay-raises-federal-budget

ECONOMIST
— Immigration to America is down. Wages are up Are the two related?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/02/13/immigration-to-america-is-down-wages-are-up

BANKRATE
— How much you should have in savings at each life stage – Scott B. Van Voorhis
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/how-much-do-you-need-in-savings-retirement-emergency-fund/
(ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE: You should have $66,470 saved for retirement at age 30, $277,728 at age 40, $596,538 at age 50, and $643,792 at age 60.)

STREET BLOG USA
— Anti-Car Dems Don’t Have a Presidential Candidate If you believe in breaking car culture, you won’t find a 2020 candidate committed to doing it. – Kea Wilson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-car.)
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2020/02/13/anti-car-dems-dont-have-a-presidential-candidate/

LSE
— Comparing incomes can make us unhappy – but it may depend on whom we’re comparing ourselves to. – Laura Kudrna (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. 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://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2020/02/14/comparing-incomes-can-make-us-unhappy-but-it-may-depend-on-whom-were-comparing-ourselves-to/

February 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Republican Organization monthly meeting Wednesday evening, February 12, 2020, at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream: Past and present candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended this outstanding meeting included: Almiron, Breen, Corrigan, Falbo, Felice, Galvin, Grogan, Heidorn, Holan, Jensen, Kinzler, Krupa, LeVan, Mack, McGowen, Monino, Nathwani, Pcolinski, Senka, Veenstra, and Whelan. Attendees included Baker, Bohn, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Dangelo, Fawell, Fitzpatrick, Lofgren, Marquardt, McCarthy, McNeily, Menna, Ryan, Shaw, Slinger, Smith, and Tatro. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

NBC5
— Smollett Case Reopens Arguments About Race, Class in Chicago – Don Babwin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/smollett-case-reopens-arguments-about-race-class-in-chicago/2218557/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_CHBrand

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Jim Oberweis for Congress in 14th District Republican primary Oberweis has evolved a bit. He remains a staunch conservative, but he seems slightly more inclined to work across party lines. (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates who have lost races in Illinois, including Oberweis, that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused all their losses.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/13/21131444/endorsement-jim-oberweis-congress-14th-district-2020-republican-primary-election-house-rep
— ENDORSEMENT: Krishna K. Bansal for Congress in 11th District Republican Primary Bansal, with his stronger grasp of the issues and extensive record of public service, is the better bet to defeat a Democrat in the fall.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/13/21067792/endorsement-krishna-bansal-congress-11th-district-republican-primary-rick-laib-bill-foster

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oh, for the love of Mike. The fear of Bernie has pushed Democratic bosses over the edge. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-bernie-sanders-democrats-panic-kass-20200213-5h23ymxy3bcmdleiyel3yd7tc4-story.html
— Hundreds attend burial in South Bend for fetuses stored in Will County garage by late abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer – MEREDITH COLIAS-PETE (DIERSEN: Each one of those fetuses was created by a man and a woman. They should have attended the burial.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-fetus-hill-burial-st-0213-20200212-ey672ghbkfeilcxp7d22wihsxa-story.html
— The word queer, used by actress Jameela Jamil when she came out last week, is increasingly popular among millennials and teens – Nara Schoenberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-queer-meaning-jameela-jamil-tt-02112019-20200212-3q6zi2cz7fhk7oukhgtanhg5yu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters side with America-haters. White-haters side with White haters. Men-haters side with men-haters. Heterosexual-haters side with heterosexual-haters. Older-people haters side with older-people haters. Trump-haters side with Trump-haters. Protestant-haters side with Protestant haters. Conservative-haters side with conservative-haters. Republican-haters side with Republican haters. Rich people-haters side with rich-people haters. German American-haters side with German American-haters. Draft avoider-haters side with draft avoider haters. Those who hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time side with those who hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/2/12/21135560/senn-high-school-mary-beck-go-back-country

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. Ever-increasingly, newspapers act as full-time pot pushers.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20200213/why-recreational-pot-supply-is-falling-short-of-demand-in-illinois
— DuPage awards $100,000 to nonprofit groups to help fight the opioid epidemic – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: Why not $100,000 to fight the government-promoted booze, gambling, and pot epidemics?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/dupage-awards-100000-to-nonprofit-groups-to-help-fight-the-opioid-epidemic
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage all the citizens of all the foreign countries of the world that are minority, female, and/or younger and who have financial, health, and/or other problems to claim asylum in America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200213/judge-releases-crystal-lake-central-high-student-detained-by-ice-on-bond
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of LWV members 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200213/at-100-league-still-has-work-to-do-to-expand-voting
— GOP rivals in 14th Congressional race fend off questions about weaknesses – James Fuller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that being the following are weaknesses: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200213/gop-rivals-in-14th-congressional-race-fend-off-questions-about-weaknesses
— Krishnamoorthi criticized for attending Modi reception – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/krishnamoorthi-criticized-for-attending-modi-reception

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— 1,500 Amazon jobs? No thanks, says Bolingbrook mayor Amazon wants to build an 825,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Bolingbrook that would employ 1,500 people. “I told them I wouldn’t support it when they met with us,” said Mayor Roger Claar. “Then they closed two weeks later.” – ALBY GALLUN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/1500-amazon-jobs-no-thanks-says-bolingbrook-mayor

WTTW
— Crain’s Headlines: Bolingbrook Mayor Won’t Support Amazon Plan
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/12/crain-s-headlines-bolingbrook-mayor-won-t-support-amazon-plan

WBEZ
— Former Illinois Feds Troubled By Trump’s Roger Stone Tweets And DOJ Response – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/former-illinois-feds-troubled-by-trumps-roger-stone-tweets-and-doj-response/93c81620-2089-4d6f-acf4-a1cdb7c88314

NPR ILLINOIS
— Klobuchar’s 3rd Place Finish In New Hampshire ‘Shocked The Establishment’ – BOBBY ALLYN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/klobuchars-3rd-place-finish-new-hampshire-shocked-establishment#stream/0
— The Push For Paid Family Leave Grows Stronger – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY (DIERSEN: Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/push-paid-family-leave-grows-stronger#stream/0

JOLIET PATCH
— Will County To Expedite Some Cannabis Offense Expungements – Dave Byrnes (DIERSEN: What do you want expunged from your record? I want the adverse actions taken against me by the Milton Township Republican Organization, 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 Midwest Chapter, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, Google, Facebook, etc. to be expunged.)
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/will-county-expedite-some-cannabis-offense-expungements

CENTER SQUARE
— Interim report shows Illinois budget wasn’t balanced despite claims from elected officials – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/interim-report-shows-illinois-budget-wasn-t-balanced-despite-claims/article_f1ad1e9a-4dcd-11ea-b3cc-9f03729e6c20.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Dream Congressional Match-Up: Jeanne Ives vs. The Squad – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/dream-congressional-match-up-jeanne-ives-vs-the-squad/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Record ratings: Americans ‘better off’ in Trump era – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/12/inside-the-beltway-record-ratings-americans-better/
— Trump’s retreat on E-Verify called special interest ‘takeover’ of immigration agenda Jared Kushner preparing 600-page immigration proposal – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout at Trump that he can get illegals to vote for him by throwing Americans under the bus.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/12/trump-retreat-e-verify-called-takeover-immigration/

FOX NEWS
— Roger Stone jury foreperson’s anti-Trump views surface, raising new questions about his trial and conviction (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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.foxnews.com/us/roger-stone-jury-forepersons-anti-trump-views-surface-raising-new-questions-about-his-trial-and-conviction

AMERICAN THINKER
— In Virginia legislature, Democrats walk out on black pro-life, defense-of-marriage pastor – Catharine Evans (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who run your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America walk out, that is, officially protest, those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/in_virginia_legislature_democrats_walk_out_on_black_prolife_defenseofmarriage_pastor.html

DAILY CALLER
— Flashback: Bloomberg Called For Americans To ‘Get Behind’ Trump In 2017 – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/12/flashback-mike-bloomberg-donald-trump-unity/

FEDERALIST
— Mike Bloomberg Is Not A Racist, And Neither Is Trump – David Marcus (DIERSEN: People who are called racist today should sue those who call them racist. Being called a racist today is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of once and for all those who are called racist and are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/12/mike-bloomberg-is-not-a-racist-and-neither-is-trump/

NEWS BUSTERS
— NYT Accuses Trump of ‘Hijacking’ the News Cycle With Accurate Bloomberg Quotes – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2020/02/12/ny-times-accuses-trump-hijacking-news-cycle-accurate-mike-bloomberg

THE HILL
— How the left’s brand of diversity promotes division – MIKE GONZALEZ
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/482651-how-the-lefts-brand-of-diversity-promotes-division

POLITICO
— ‘Really shocking’: Trump’s meddling in Stone case stuns Washington Alarmed veterans of the Justice Department said the legal system was entering uncharted territory. – NATASHA BERTRAND and DANIEL LIPPMAN (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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.politico.com/news/2020/02/12/trump-roger-stone-justice-department-114684

NEW YORK TIMES
— As a Post-Impeachment Trump Pushes the Limits, Republicans Say Little Having expressed confidence that impeachment might chasten the president, senators are now watching as he purges perceived enemies and publicly pushes for a lenient sentence for a friend. – Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/politics/trump-senate-republicans.html
— As Sanders Rises, Some Democrats Are Jittery About Possible Consequences Mr. Sanders’s victory in the New Hampshire primary and his strengths in the 2020 race are worrying moderates who fear he could cost Democrats the presidency and the House in the fall. – Jeremy W. Peters, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Kate Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Affirmative Action is hurting more than helping – MEGAN HACKBARTH
https://highschool.latimes.com/los-altos-high-school/opinion-affirmative-action-is-hurting-more-than-helping/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Moderate Democrats Stress Over Crowded Center Lane There is no single centrist rival to front-runner Bernie Sanders, and party leaders are bracing for a protracted nomination fight – Ken Thomas and Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Political parties should not only be able to, but should be required to, stop candidates from running who reject planks in their party’s platform. I should write a book about candidates who the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. should have stopped from running.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/moderate-democrats-stress-over-crowded-center-lane-11581545988
— FRONT PAGE: Education Department Investigating Harvard, Yale Over Foreign Funding Officials accuse schools across U.S. of soliciting funds from foreign governments, companies known to be hostile to the country – Kate O’Keeffe (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs love countries that are hostile to America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-department-investigating-harvard-yale-over-foreign-funding-11581539042
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-feel-very-torn-between-my-child-and-my-daddemands-intensify-for-the-sandwich-generation-11581507999
— GAO Warns 2020 Census Isn’t Ready Census Bureau is behind in recruiting workers and testing online systems for count, Government Accountability Office says – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/watchdog-warns-2020-census-faces-challenges-11581522486

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Trump endorses in three competitive Texas congressional primaries – PATRICK SVITEK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who focus on destroying those like me who refuse to destroy their candidates’ primary opponents. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Illinois Center Right Coalition. For all the candidates who ran in contested primaries on ballots for my precinct since 2000, I would write about those who focused on destroying me because I refused to destroy their candidates’ primary opponents.)
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/12/donald-trump-endorses-three-texas-congressional-republican-primaries/

POST REGISTER
— Idaho House committee advances affirmative action ban – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans like me.)
https://www.postregister.com/news/government/idaho-house-committee-advances-affirmative-action-ban/article_448ae116-4320-516d-a8a1-99e7656a6a92.html

NEW YORKER
— HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION USES THE “HIDDEN WEAPONS” OF IMMIGRATION LAW – Isaac Chotiner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use the “hidden weapons” of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-trump-administration-uses-the-hidden-weapons-of-immigration-law

NEWSWEEK
— RUSH LIMBAUGH RIPS BUTTIGIEG’S CAMPAIGN, SAYS ‘AMERICA’S NOT READY TO ELECT GAY GUY KISSING HUSBAND ON DEBATE STAGE’ – JEFFERY MARTIN
https://www.newsweek.com/rush-limbaugh-rips-buttigiegs-campaign-says-americas-not-ready-elect-gay-guy-kissing-husband-1487091
— AMY KLOBUCHAR ONCE WANTED TO BUILD A FENCE AT THE BORDER—WHERE DOES SHE STAND NOW? – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/amy-klobuchar-border-wall-fence-trump-immigration-policies-1487117

YAHOO FINANCE
— 30 Jobs That Aren’t Worth Their Education Requirements – Alexandria Bova (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about the outstanding on-the-job and in-house training that IRS and GAO provided me and b) about how the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO wasted that training by wasting my career and forcing me to retire.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/30-jobs-aren-t-worth-105512563.html

February 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— New Hampshire primary: Sanders edges Buttigieg, giving Dems 2 front-runners – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/sanders-edges-buttigieg-in-nh-giving-dems-2-front-runners/5923715/

NBC5
— Sanders’ Narrow Win Ups Pressure on Moderates to Coalesce Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s primary by less than 2 points, raising questions about his ability to broaden his coalition beyond his most loyal supporters – Julie Pace
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/sanders-narrow-win-ups-pressure-on-moderates-to-coalesce/2217833/
— What the New Hampshire Primary Results Could Mean for Dems – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/what-the-new-hampshire-primary-results-could-mean-for-dems/2218077/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Census Bureau is at risk of not being ready for 2020 count, according to new report – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-census-bureau-not-ready-20200212-qwlzmwidzjdurkbw52yiorf7me-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Tommy Hanson for Congress in 5th District Republican primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/12/21123199/endorsement-tommy-hanson-congress-5th-district-republican-primary-election-2020-kimball-ladien
— Can we survive the internet? No internet, no Russian trolls. Also, in all likelihood, no President Trump. Mere journalism of the traditional kind hardly stands a chance. – Gene Lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/12/21135370/conspiracy-theories-internet-russian-trolls-2020-presidential-election-gene-lyons
— Pot shops should pay workers $20 an hour, offer profit sharing, proposed benefits agreement says The Cannabis Equity Illinois Coalition says 75% of dispensary employees should meet social equity criteria, including having lived in an area adversely affected by the drug war or a pot-related criminal record. – By Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/12/21135244/chicago-dispensaries-marijuana-cannabis-equity

DAILY HERALD
— Ives, Kinzler debate in 6th Congressional GOP primary
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/watch-live-ives-kinzler-debate-in-6th-congressional-gop-primary
— DuPage County clerk says $100,000 in bonuses needed to help keep staff – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/dupage-county-clerk-says-100000-in-bonuses-needed-to-help-keep-staff
— College of DuPage kicks off Black History Month celebration
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200211/college-of-dupage-kicks-off-black-history-month-celebration
— Barrington-area GOP group aims for “fresh and bold” direction – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/barrington-area-gop-group-aims-for-x201cfresh-and-boldx201d-direction

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Video gambling magnate sues Illinois Gaming Board Rick Heidner and his firm, Gold Rush Amusements, are suing for $4 million, claiming a gaming board employee leaked private financial and personal information to federal agencies. – SARAH ZIMMERMAN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/video-gambling-magnate-sues-illinois-gaming-board

HERALD NEWS
— Will County officials explore proposing changes to election law – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/02/11/will-county-officials-explore-proposing-changes-to-election-law/a5s4p81/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Curtis McCall on the merger of Alorton, Centreville, Cahokia and the township – DERIK HOLTMANN
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article240229481.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Evidence That Jim Oberweis Is Leading in the 14th District Republican Congressional Primary Election
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/12/more-evidence-that-jim-oberweis-is-leading-in-the-14th-district-republican-congressional-primary-election/
— IL-6: Ives on New Hampshire Results
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/12/il-6-ives-on-new-hampshire-results/
— IL-14: Jerry Evans Releases Position Paper on Taxes
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/12/il-14-jerry-evans-releases-position-paper-on-taxes/
— IL-14: Lopez, “Correcting” Rank the Bollingbrook Debate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/12/il-14-lopez-correcting-rank-the-bollingbrook-debate/
— Judge Justin Hansen Stays on the Ballot, Dems Lose Ballot Access Case
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/12/justin-hansen-stays-on-the-ballot-dems-lose-ballot-access-case/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Case dismissed against township resident arrested for attending public meeting – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/02/case-dismissed-against-township-resident-arrested-for-attending-public-meeting/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— IFI Voter Guide – 6th Congressional District
https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/USC-6.pdf

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SANDERS & AOC SEEK DISASTROUS SOCIALIST REVOLUTION THAT WOULD DEVASTATE AMERICA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/sanders-aoc-seek-disastrous-socialist-revolution-that-would-devastate-america.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Tax Policy should encourage marriage and homeownership.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/kempa-illinois-democrats-compassion-for-millionaires.html
— ROSSI: MAGA HAT WELCOMED AT CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/rossi-maga-hat-welcomed-at-chicago-auto-show.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— Do the Poor Remain Poor? – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/02/do_the_poor_remain_poor.html

BREITBART
— Zuckerberg’s Cheap Labor Group Claims E-Verify in Florida Will Spur Recession – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/11/zuckerbergs-cheap-labor-group-claims-e-verify-in-florida-will-spur-recession/
— Pete Buttigieg Leads Democrat Delegate Count Despite Losing Popular Vote – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/12/pete-buttigieg-leads-democrat-delegate-count-despite-losing-popular-vote/
— Concerned Women for America CEO: ‘Trump Is Positively Impacting the Lives of Millions of Women’ – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/12/concerned-women-for-america-ceo-trump-is-positively-impacting-the-lives-of-millions-of-women/
— Amnesty: Amy Klobuchar Promises Welcome for World’s Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/12/amnesty-amy-klobuchar-promises-to-reopen-border-to-asylum-migrants/

DAILY CALLER
— Foreign Volunteers For Bernie Sanders Have Contacted Thousands Of American Voters – ANDREW KERR
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/12/sanders-foreign-phone-bank/

TOWNHALL
— Gallup: Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Four Years Ago? Americans: Hell Yes. – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/02/12/gallup-are-you-better-off-today-than-you-were-four-years-ago-americans-hell-yes-n2561203

NEW YORK TIMES
— Moderate Democrats Fear Bernie Sanders Could Cost Them the House Lawmakers who flipped Republican districts in 2018 worry that a democratic socialist at the top of the ticket could doom their re-election chances. – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/politics/democrats-fear-bernie-sanders.html