September 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump colors the fall campaign landscape: He’s been the only thing that matters.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-midterm-election-focus-20180908-story.html
— Audit finds $14 million in ‘questionable’ TIF transfers, University Park manager says – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-university-park-forensic-audit-st-0907-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— George Ryan making return trip to Cuba – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/george-ryan-cuba-trip-return-castro-raoul-havana/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Obama.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/obama-campaign-swing-warns-push-pull-hope-fear/
— Illinois should go all out on election cybersecurity – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/election-security-illinois-cook-county-chicago/

 

HERALD NEWS
— Choice of schools important for Illinois families – Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti
http://www.theherald-news.com/2018/09/07/sanguinetti-choice-of-schools-important-for-illinois-families/a1guhgk/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals emboldened and getting more violent as judges thwart Trump – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/illegals_emboldened_and_growing_more_violent_as_judges_thwart_trump.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration Moves Europeans Right – Christopher Gage
https://amgreatness.com/2018/09/09/immigration-moves-europeans-right/

 

HOT AIR
— White House Zeroing In On Author Of NYT “Resistance” Op-Ed?
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/08/reports-white-house-zeroing-author-nyt-resistance-op-ed/

 

BREITBART
— Federal Judge Calls Catholic Church a ‘Sect,’ Denies Higher Court’s Authority – Ken Klukowski
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/08/federal-judge-calls-catholic-church-a-sect-denies-higher-courts-authority/

 

THE HILL
— GOP turns its fire on Google – ALI BRELAND
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/405667-gop-turns-its-fire-on-google
— Pence: Trump a ‘tough,’ ‘demanding’ president who ‘wants things yesterday’ – KYLE BALLUCK
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/405741-pence-trump-a-tough-demanding-president-who-wants-things-yesterday

 

POLITICO
— Behind Trump’s obsession with social media suppression Advisers have encouraged the president’s view that Silicon Valley giants are part of a wide-ranging liberal campaign to undermine his presidency. – ANDREW RESTUCCIA, NANCY SCOLA and CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO (DIERSEN: What percent of tech employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/08/trump-obsession-social-media-technology-811132

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Kellyanne Conway: Trump Believes Op-Ed Writer Is In National Security “Come forward … or resign,” White House counselor tells Christiane Amanpour. – Mary Papenfuss
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kellyanne-conwar-says-trump-believes-op-ed-writer-is-in-national-security_us_5b94540ae4b0162f472dcb85

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Post-‘Rahmbo’ Chicago and the Death of Triangulation The centrist mayor will no longer seek re-election, leaving a power vacuum in the city. – Kim Bellware
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayor.html
— VERY SAD, TRAGIC: Democrats Embrace Liberal Insurgents, Demanding New Face for Party – Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/us/politics/democratic-party-midterms.html
— Twitter’s Flawed Solution to Political Polarization On social media, encountering opposing views can make people become even more wedded to their own. – Christopher A. Bail
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sunday/twitter-political-polarization.html
— What Teachers Are Doing to Pay Their Bills Educators across the country are taking second jobs to make a living. – (DIERSEN: My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My working a second job during 1971 and 1972 helped me a) to buy a new Corvette in 1971, b) to pay for job-related graduate courses in 1972, and c) to buy a new town home in 1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/06/magazine/teachers-america-second-jobs.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sunday/voter-fraud-lie-missouri.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Destructive Politics of Pseudo-Boycotts From Nike to In-N-Out Burger, companies are being targeted for political reasons. But what is really at stake? – Adam Kirsch (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who boycott GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) those who call for others to boycott GOPUSA ILLINOIS, and c) why the aforesaid do the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-destructive-politics-of-pseudo-boycotts-1536332350?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=17
— Trump Presses Apple to Shift Production to U.S. President’s tweet follows company’s disclosure that China tariffs would hit its products – Tripp Mickle
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-presses-apple-to-shift-production-to-u-s-1536432033
— White House Budget Chief Questions Likability of Sen. Ted Cruz The incumbent Republican senator from Texas is in a close race with his Democratic challenger – Siobhan Hughes (DIERSEN: Who determines who is likeable in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-budget-chief-questions-likability-of-sen-ted-cruz-1536456461

 

USA TODAY
— Property values: How to size up your home’s tax assessment to see if it’s fair – Hal Bundrick
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/09/09/property-values-how-size-up-your-home-tax-assessment/1160216002/
— Good luck to Serena Williams as she chases record held by homophobe – Josh Peter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, USA Today makes it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, it despises you, if not hates you.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/josh-peter/2018/09/08/serena-williams-chasing-record-held-homophobe/1224884002/

 

IDAHO STATESMAN
— ‘We aren’t comfortable being sitting ducks’: Gun owners march in Downtown Boise – MICHAEL KATZ
https://www.idahostatesman.com/latest-news/article218058650.html

 

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote resentment of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/sns-bc-us–obama-midterms-20180907-story.html

 

JAPAN TODAY
— Trump tells Apple to make products in U.S. to avoid China tariffs
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-tells-apple-to-make-products-in-u.s.-to-avoid-china-tariffs

September 8 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Votes Better Government Association just launched Illinois Votes, a site that gives voters access to candidate questionnaires, election information, and sample ballots.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-illinois-votes/4174483/

 

CBS2
— Chicago Hotel Workers Strike Continues For Second Day
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/08/chicago-hotel-workers-strike-continues-day-two/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump eyes ‘four or five’ people who may be behind anonymous NYT article
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-eyes-four-or-five-people-who-may-be-behind-anonymous-nyt-article

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— John Kass for Mayor – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-mayor-election-kass-20180907-story.html
— Hundreds pay respects to Naperville’s longest-serving mayor, ‘Officer Friendly’ George Pradel – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-pradel-visitation-st-0909-story.html
— When I challenge the president, I do it directly – Nikki Haley (DIERSEN: In the private sector, when an employee challenges his/her boss, they are immediately fired. In the federal government, federal employees like I was who are below Schedule C (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schedule_C_appointment) are supposed to have Civil Service protections; but in reality, they do not. If I had really had Civil Service protection, the Democrats who ran GAO a) would NOT have been able to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) would NOT have been able to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) would NOT have been able to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) would NOT have been able to fail/refuse to promote me beyond GS-13, e) would NOT have been able to get rid of my mentor in 1987, f) would NOT have been able to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) would NOT have been able to force me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-haley-nikki-trump-anonymous-new-york-times-0910-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote an anti-Trump Miss America contestant.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madeline-collins-donald-trump-miss-america-division/

 

DAILY HERALD
— State senator Laura Murphy weighs in on Maine Township sexual harassment accusations
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180831/state-senator-weighs-in-on-maine-township-sexual-harassment-accusations
— A list of Sept. 11 remembrance events in the suburbs (DIERSEN: I organized Wheaton’s September 11 remembrance events in 2004 and 2005.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180908/a-list-of-sept-11-remembrance-events-in-the-suburbs
— EXPLAINED: What is shadow banning? – AP (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscribers can always unsubscribe. Since 2000, far too many times, GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscribers have asked me why I stopped them from getting the emails. I never stop anyone from getting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, even my most vicious critics/opponents, their most vicious operatives, and their most vicious dupes.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180908/explained-what-is-shadow-banning
— Google’s empty chair at Senate an unforced error – Mark Bergen and Ben Brody (DIERSEN: If Google had been asked under oath why it treats www.gopillinois.com differently than it treats www.capitolfax.com, what would Google have answered? Would Google have answered that www.capitolfax has more “original work.” www.gopillinois.com highlights the source, title, author, and link for articles, while www.capitolfax.com does not.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180908/analysis-googles-empty-chair-at-senate-an-unforced-error
— Justice Department must operate free from political influence – Editorial (DIERSEN: I have always been a Republican. A major reason why I agreed to suffer a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars in 1980 to transfer from IRS to GAO was that GAO claimed that it was “free of political influence.” I soon learned that was completely false. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Were it not for federal Civil Service protections, GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980, would NOT have let me work there for almost 18 years, and would NOT have promoted me in 1986. If GAO was free of political influence, a) it would NOT have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) it would NOT have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) it would NOT have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) it would NOT have failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, e) it would NOT have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) it would NOT have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) it would NOT have forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180908/editorial-justice-department-must-operate-free-from-political-influence

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner Vetos: When the pen becomes a sword – RICH MILLER
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-when-the-pen-becomes-a-sword/article_993c1bb8-b3f9-580b-9dfd-3a820785292f.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Rauners say “Hours after Obama speech, Democrats take message to Penny Severns dinner in Decatur.”
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/hours-after-obama-speech-democrats-take-message-to-penny-severns/article_a745511f-fdb0-5d34-a2d2-0a55d011894e.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Survey shows 42 percent of Illinois teens texting while driving
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/survey-shows-percent-of-illinois-teens-texting-while-driving/article_753dcce4-b2c7-11e8-bc00-e39ce776cc0d.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Obama tries to demonize Trump voters, following Hillary’s losing strategy – Kayleigh McEnany
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/07/obama-tries-to-demonize-trump-voters-following-hillarys-losing-strategy.html
— Failed Obama attacks successful Trump in bitter swan song – Christian Whiton
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/08/failed-obama-attacks-successful-trump-in-bitter-swan-song.html

 

BREITBART
— Fact Check: Obama’s Speech Attacking Trump at University of Illinois – Joel Pollak (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/07/fact-check-obamas-speech-university-of-illinois/
— Twitter Aids Left-Wing Extremists While Banning Conservatives – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/08/bokhari-twitter-aids-left-wing-extremists-while-banning-conservatives/

GOPUSA
— Have corporations gone mad?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54016
— From antifa anarchists to angry liberals, bullies are the norm
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54008

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Mother Teresa, Pray for Us – KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for GOD to a) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they prayed for GOD to stop me from serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that sooner or later, GOD answers their prayers. They also pray for GOD a) to give them booze, gambling, pot, and other vices and b) to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and Illinois Republican Party platform and the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/mother-teresa-lessons-for-catholics-in-time-of-scandal/

 

CBS NEWS
— GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he “regularly” considers leaving the Republican Party – GRACE SEGERS (DIERSEN: Who wants you to leave the Republican Party? Should I write a book about past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders and members who have worked the hardest to get me to leave the Republican Party? Should I write a book about past and present TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), and American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) who worked the hardest to get me to leave TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, and AAPC? The aforesaid a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-ben-sasse-says-he-regularly-considers-leaving-the-republican-party/

 

CNN
— Cuomo: Trump about walls, Obama about bridges (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats build bridges for people to come into America illegally.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/08/obama-versus-trump-cuomo-closing-monologue-cpt-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Harvard Is Vaulting Workers Into the Middle Class With High Pay. Can Anyone Else Follow Its Lead? – Eduardo Porter (DIERSEN: What did you do to vault yourself “into the middle class with high pay?” 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.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/business/economy/harvard-living-wage.html
— A Celebration of Spanish Conquest Ends in New Mexico. Not Everyone Is Pleased. – Simon Romero
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/us/new-mexico-la-entrada.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For as long as nearly anyone here can remember, Hispanic residents have donned the garb of conquistadors and European nobility once a year to celebrate the 1692 reconquest of New Mexico from Native Americans who submitted to the Spanish Empire after a grisly revolt. But after escalating protests by Native Americans who saw the reenactment as a racist attempt to gloss over atrocities carried out by Spanish colonizers, the annual tradition known as the Entrada officially came to an end on Friday, replaced by a multidenominational prayer gathering to begin the annual Fiesta de Santa Fe. The move, aimed at forging reconciliation in the 411-year-old city, was an attempt to avoid the kind of turmoil that authorities elsewhere in the country are grappling with over Confederate monuments and other symbols of historic brutality, including statues honoring European conquerors. The end of the Entrada is rekindling debate over how to portray New Mexico’s complex history, marked by centuries of enslavement of Native Americans, military conquest by Spain and the United States and attempts to depict the state as a place where Hispanics, Native Americans and Anglos, or non-Hispanic whites, peacefully coexist.)

 

NEW YORK POST
— Obama, who once surveilled reporters, criticizes Trump over press freedom – Mary Kay Linge
https://nypost.com/2018/09/08/obama-who-once-surveilled-reporters-criticizes-trump-over-press-freedom/

 

USA TODAY
— Obama takes his anti-Trump message to Orange County, California – once a GOP stronghold – Chris Woodyard (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast Orange County in California with DuPage County in Illinois.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/08/barack-obama-takes-anti-trump-message-orange-county-california/1239129002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats are counting on a strong showing in California in November’s elections in the battle to take control of Congress. They are targeting several congressional districts. While Democrats have gained, Republicans overall still have a registration edge in the county — 563,992 to 516,121 at the start of the year, according to the California Secretary of State’s office. Demographics have changed with an influx of Latinos, Asians and other immigrants. The county’s economy has evolved away from manufacturing and to more services and high-tech jobs that attract white-collar workers who are inclined to vote Democratic. Like much of the country, unemployment is low in Orange County and the economy is strong, meaning turnout could be more dependent on anger about Trump and his policies rather than dissatisfaction with the state of the nation.)

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Could California have another Republican governor? New poll says it’s close – ANDREW SHEELER
http://amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article218028260.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are extremely divisive.
https://www.newsweek.com/america-downward-spiral-donald-trump-became-president-barack-obama-says-1112729

 

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
— Web Page Credibility Checklist (DIERSEN: To discredit www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am not credible, b) that www.gopusa.com is not credible, c) that the articles linked to on www.gopillinois.com and in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not credible, and d) that I am biased because I am “too conservative.” They stress that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party websites do not include links to www.gopillinois.com and that the organizations do not promote www.gopillinois.com or GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress that access to www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are free and that there is no advertising on the website or in the emails. They stress that no one pays me to host www.gopillinois.com or to put together GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sent them out each and every morning and each and every evening. They stress those who claim to be religious leaders, conservative leaders, and Republican leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who treat me like I am dirt. They stress the many religious, conservative, and Republican leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who could/should have come to my defense, but have not. My critics/opponents have indicated that they might treat me, my website, and my emails as being credible if I would give them lots of money and serve as one of the their operatives or as one of their dupes.)
https://www.education.wisc.edu/docs/WebDispenser/soe-documents/aics-lesson3-webpagecredibilitychecklist.pdf?sfvrsn=2

 

LIFEHACK
— 7 Ways to Make Better Use of Your Time – Chris Bailey (DIERSEN: What do you spend a lot of your time on? For me, since 2000, ever-increasingly, it has been putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. In addition, I have spent time serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I spent time serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, IRS employee 1971-1980, Firestone Stores employee 1970-1972, and Post Office employee 1966-1969. I spent a lot of time earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the CPA examination in 1979, earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/7-ways-make-better-use-your-time.html

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 500 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $519,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447899_zpid/

September 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Workers at Lincoln Park seniors home stole $600,000 from 97-year-old resident with dementia, public guardian’s suit alleges – Elyssa Cherney and Christy Gutowski (DIERSEN: Since 2009, I have had power of attorney for property and for health for my outstanding aunt who will soon be 88 years old and has a debilitating diagnosis of dementia. She never attended college, she never married, she worked as a low-paid keypunch operator, she lived frugally, and she saved about $600,000 for her retirement. Since 2010, she has lived in an assisted living facility that is currently charging her $239 a day or $87,235 a year. She still has about $470,000 of the about $600,000 that she saved. I can account for all of her income and for all of her expenses since 2009. Of course, I have not charged her anything for the many hours that I have spent managing her financial and health matters. She was one of those who taught me how to drive a car.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-symphony-nursing-home-lawsuit-20180906-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With no living relatives and a debilitating diagnosis of dementia, Grace Watanabe had nowhere else to turn. The 97-year-old needed help with her finances and looked for guidance at Symphony Residences of Lincoln Park, a senior facility where she had been staying since 2010. Watanabe, who was forced to live at a Japanese internment camp during World War II, had built up a life savings of $600,000 over a lengthy career as a federal government employee. But instead of helping Watanabe, a group of workers at the home are accused of draining her assets in a yearlong scheme that included cashing checks, making ATM withdrawals and transferring money online without her consent, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by acting Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert. Virtually all of her life savings are gone, the lawsuit said. “I’ve never seen this level of corruption from the very highest levels to the very lowest levels,” Golbert said. “These Symphony employees were paid to assist the residents with the care they needed. Instead, they took advantage of Ms. Watanabe’s vulnerabilities to access her money.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING: TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/news/ct-hpn-medical-pot-sellers-laud-new-rules-tl-0913-story,amp.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: How U-46’s new commissary feeds thousands of hungry students – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Who pays for all this food?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180907/how-u-46s-new-commissary-feeds-thousands-of-hungry-students
— ACLU challenges panhandling rules in Elgin, Aurora – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180907/aclu-challenges-panhandling-rules-in-elgin-aurora
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with Google.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180907/google-remarks-a-threat-against-free-speech

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawsuit alleges worker not paid prevailing wage on city job – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What is your prevailing wage, that is, how much money should you be paid per hour based on your education, your work experience, your professional certifications, your professional licenses, etc.? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had 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 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license (licensed CPA) when I was 32.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180906/lawsuit-alleges-worker-not-paid-prevailing-wage-on-city-job

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Chicago gets most of the state money, right? Think again, according to new study – JOSEPH BUSTOS (DIERSEN: Republicans run DuPage County. Were it not for DuPage County’s prosperity, Illinois would have filed for bankruptcy decades ago.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article217665185.html

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trumpism is taking a toll on Republican races in Illinois, though GOP leaders are optimistic the president’s behavior won’t hurt candidates too much. “His behavior hurts Republicans. You can’t engage in that kind of conduct, those kinds of tweets, and come to a conclusion that it doesn’t hurt Republicans,” said Pat Brady, the former state GOP chair. “But people have been able to differentiate between Trump’s persona and his policies” of tax cuts and deregulation. “People make the distinction.” Recent polls may be showing otherwise. Last night, the New York Times conducted a so-called live poll in suburban Chicago’s 6th Congressional District. Incumbent Rep. Peter Roskam (R) took 45 percent to Sean Casten (D)’s 44 percent—with 11 percent undecided. Respondents also were asked whether they approve or disapprove of Trump’s job performance—57 percent disapproved, compared to 36 percent who approved. That’s quite a drag on Roskam. It’s one of the reasons that, earlier this week, POLITICO’s inaugural congressional race ratings categorized Roskam v. Casten as “lean Republican,” a designation suggesting the incumbent only has a narrow edge. Three other Republican-controlled Illinois House races showed up on the list as “lean Republican”: Rep. Mike Bost (R) v. Brendan Kelly (D) in the 12th District; Rep. Rodney Davis (R) v. Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (D) in the 13th District; and Rep. Randy Hultgren (R) v. Lauren Underwood (D) in the 14th District. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/09/07/3-questions-in-the-mayors-race-trumpism-in-illinois-laraviere-says-hed-fire-cps-chief-jackson-302601

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TURNS $358,000 INTO $7.1 MILLION (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes could argue that so far, I have turned the $70,932 that I paid into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) (in 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 dollars) into $1,076,178 in today’s dollars ($4,322 X 249 months). However, they should acknowledge that if I was still working for GAO at the GS-13 Step 10 level, I would have paid $182,039 more into the CSRS in today’s dollars and the CSRS would have paid me nothing.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/illinois-public-school-principal-turns-358000-into-71-million.html
— BRINKMAN REVIEWS: JONAH GOLDBERG’S SUICIDE OF THE WEST
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/brinkman-reviews-jonah-goldbergs-suicide-of-the-west.html
— APPLE, GOOGLE, ET AL. STRIKE A BLOW AGAINST THE COLLEGE CARTEL (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that for all the jobs that I had, none of them really required work experience, a grade school diploma, a high school diploma, a bachelor’s degree, a graduate degree, a professional certification, or a professional license.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/apple-google-et-al-strike-a-blow-against-the-college-cartel.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— NYT polling: GOP incumbents Roskam, Bost both lead by just a point
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/07/nyt-polling-gop-incumbents-roskam-bost-both-lead-by-just-a-point/
— Workers on strike at 26 Chicago hotels, including two owned by the Pritzker family
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/07/workers-on-strike-at-26-chicago-hotels-including-two-owned-by-the-pritzker-family/
— Just 25 percent of local election commissions have fully signed on to state anti-hacking program
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/07/just-25-percent-of-local-election-commissions-have-fully-signed-on-to-state-anti-hacking-program/

 

GOPUSA
–Social Networks Shutting Out Conservatives (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in shutting out conservatives in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Who takes the lead in shutting out conservatives in your Republican township/ward party organization, in your Republican county party organization, and in the Illinois Republican Party? I should write a book about “Republicans” who have taken the lead and who are taking the lead in shutting out conservatives in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54100
— Unsourced oped leads Elizabeth Warren to call for Donald Trump’s removal from office under 25th Amendment
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54107

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York Times v. Trump: A betrayal of honor – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/6/editorial-the-new-york-times-abets-nothing-less-th/
— Making ‘the wall’ work – Gary Anderson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/6/why-the-trump-wall-should-be-privatized/

 

BREITBART
— Lamar Smith: ‘It’s Going to Be Amnesty’ for Illegals If Democrats Win Midterms – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/06/llamar-smith-its-going-to-be-amnesty-for-illegals-if-democrats-win-midterms/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ANN COULTER TO THOSE WHO SAY TRUMP LACKS AUTHORITY TO BUILD WALL — ‘PULL OUT YOUR POCKET CONSTITUTION’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/ann-coulter-trump-border-wall-authority/
— FIVE KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW YORK TIMES’ ANONYMOUS ‘SENIOR OFFICIAL’ – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/nyt-anonymous-senior-official-identity-questions/
— TRUMP CALLS FOR NEW YORK TIMES REPORTERS TO INVESTIGATE ANONYMOUS OP-ED WRITER – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/trump-nyt-advice-op-ed/
— WYOMING GOP OFFICE SET ON FIRE LESS THAN TWO DAYS AFTER OPENING — POLICE SAY IT WAS INTENTIONAL – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/06/wyoming-gop-office-fire/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Social Networks Shutting Out Conservatives – Adriana Cohen
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/07/social_networks_shutting_out_conservatives_138008.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Deportations Increasing But Not Up to Obama Peak – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/deportations-criminal-aliens-illegals-border-security/2018/09/06/id/880608/

 

DAILY WIRE
— India Supreme Court Overturns 157-Year-Old Law Banning Homosexual Acts – PAUL BOIS
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35542/india-supreme-court-overturns-157-year-law-banning-paul-bois

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Killing the Family: New Calif. Law Would Enforce Corporate “Gender” Quotas – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29998-killing-the-family-new-calif-law-would-enforce-corporate-gender-quotas

 

POLITICO
— ‘It will make him crazy’: Anonymous anti-Trump screed backfires Republicans say the New York Times op-ed will amp up the president’s paranoia, not rein him in. – BURGESS EVERETT and ELIANA JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Who wants you to fail? Obviously, the person who wrote the screed and the New York Times want Trump to fail. I should write a book about past and present people, organizations, companies, and governments that want me to fail.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/06/republicans-trump-oped-backfire-809427

 

THE HILL
— Democrats vow to grab Trump tax returns upon taking majority – MIKE LILLIS DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a Republican who works for the federal government, you should assume that your Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates know what is on your tax returns.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/405463-dems-vow-to-grab-trump-tax-returns-upon-taking-majority

 

CNN
— Trump: ‘Deep state’ is a threat to democracy (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, my Democrat superiors, my Democrat supervisors, my Democrat coworkers, and my Democrat subordinates treated me like I was a member of the Republican deep state. They blamed me for all the troubles that they had a) meeting their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, b) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, and c) getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/07/donald-trump-deep-state-montana-rally-sot-vpx.cnn

 

CNBC
— Older job seekers should watch out for these age discrimination red flags – Christina Medici Scolaro (DIERSEN: All those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/older-job-seekers-should-watch-out-for-age-discrimination-red-flags-.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/opinion/trump-illegal-protests-justice.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Twitter Bars Alex Jones and Infowars, Citing Harassing Messages – Kate Conger and Jack Nicas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/technology/twitter-alex-jones-infowars.html
— Who Is a Senior Administration Official? It Depends – Matt Flegenheimer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/politics/senior-administration-official-trump-new-york-times.html
— Women and people of color in the legal profession continue to face barriers in hiring, promotions, assignments and compensation, according to a study released Thursday by the American Bar Association. – Karen Zraick (DIERSEN: The federal government wants to be a model employer. It gives preference to Democrats who are female, minority, and/or younger, that is, it discriminates against Republicans who are male, White, and/or older.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/lawyers-bias-racial-gender.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Tech Dialogue, Minus Apologies and Grandstanding – Farhad Manjoo
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/technology/jack-dorsey-sheryl-sandberg-congress-hearings.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Anonymous Resistance The writer who dares not speak his own name is no hero. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who a) want to remain anonymous and b) have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work for them. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-anonymous-resistance-1536276239
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Senior White House Officials Deny Writing Anonymous Op-Ed Piece Vice president and others disavow column describing an internal effort to contain President Trump; aides say they are unlikely to root out the writer – Michael C. Bender and Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senior-trump-officials-deny-writing-anonymous-critical-piece-1536237773
— Publishing Anonymous Column Is Rare, Editors Say New York Times says it weighed official’s position, arguments in piece and its own past practices in decision to publish – Lukas I. Alpert
https://www.wsj.com/articles/publishing-anonymous-column-is-rare-editors-say-1536269520
— Generation Z Is Coming to Your Office. Get Ready to Adapt. The generation now entering the workforce is sober, industrious and driven by money. They are also socially awkward and timid about taking the reins. – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/genz-is-coming-to-your-office/

 

FORBES
— What To Do When You Experience Age Discrimination And Are Feeling Defeated – Jack Kelly Scolaro (DIERSEN: All those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those who have worked against me, are working against me, and will work against me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2018/09/06/what-to-do-when-you-experience-age-discrimination-and-are-feeling-defeated/#18d3cdc81597

 

BLOOMBERG
— Exit by Trump Foe Emanuel Raises Concerns for Corporate Chicago – Elizabeth Campbell and John McCormick (DIERSEN: Who are the biggest Trump foes in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What do they do to drive Trump supporters out of your precinct, out of your municipality, out of your township/ward, out of your county, and out of Illinois?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-05/exit-by-trump-foe-emanuel-raises-concerns-for-corporate-chicago

 

WHEATON BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Poll: Two-Thirds of Republicans See Liberal Bias in Internet Searches
https://wheatonbusinessjournal.com/poll-two-thirds-of-republicans-see-liberal-bias-in-internet-searches/20159/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, USA TODAY demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/06/analysis-trump-faces-gathering-storm-presidency-possible-consitutional-crises/1210194002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps discourage immigrants from speaking, reading, and writing English.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/08/30/google-assistant-goes-bilingual-answer-languages-you-use/1143214002/

 

FED SMITH
— Would You Recommend the Government as an Employer? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn past, present, and future federal employees. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible compared to big private sector employers, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible compared to big private sector employers, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid. Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/09/06/recommend-government-employer/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why the Government is Not a Good Employer Bureaucracy There are rules for the rules. Bureaucratic hurdles can be maddening to folks who are trying to get work done. While there may be good reasons for some of the red tape, much of it is the variety that no one in the private sector would impose. Inflexible Pay About three quarters of the workforce is covered by the General Schedule or a GS-derived pay plan. Once an employee is hired, pay raises follow rigid rules that do not take into account how well or poorly the employee performs. Entry level pay for high demand jobs may not be competitive, and bonuses for most workers are insignificant. There are no stock options or other pay incentives, and an employee who saves millions of dollars may get a bonus that is trivial. Slow Promotions Great employees whose performance is exceptional can typically be promoted no more than once per year. That unnecessary restriction can drive great employees away, or cause great candidates to decline a federal job. Politics The biggest problem may be our toxic political system. Federal workers have been the targets of opportunistic politicians for years. A great example is those on the right and left calling federal law enforcement officers “jackbooted thugs” at different times in the past 20 years and more recent complaints about Transportation Security Officers calling them “government gropers.” Internal Revenue Service employees are criticized for doing their jobs, and every ten years Census Bureau enumerators are physically attacked while they are carry out a constitutional duty. Then there are the complaints about government workers calling them lazy, incompetent or unable to find “real jobs.”)

September 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Booker releases ‘confidential’ Kavanaugh emails in combative Supreme Court hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/booker-releases-confidential-kavanaugh-emails-in-combative-supreme-court–hearing/4162898/

 

NBC5
— Bruce Rauner’s Wife Diana Appears in New TV Ad – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-wife-diana-ad-492606531.html
— Chicago’s Next Mayor Will Be Leading a Deeply Divided City While Emanuel’s efforts have improved the city’s financial situation there is a feeling, particularly among the African-American community, that much of it occurred at their expense – Sara Burnett and Don Babwin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicagos-next-mayor-will-be-leading-a-deeply-divided-city-492580611.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois first lady Diana Rauner appears in campaign TV ad, in nod to the importance of the female vote – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-diana-rauner-ad-20180905-story.html
— Emanuel and Rauner: A squandered relationship that cost the city and the state – David Greising
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-greising-rahm-rauner-war-0907-story.html
— Chaos and disloyalty in Trump’s White House – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-official-anonymous-op-ed-20180906-story.html
— Don’t burn your Nikes! Give them to charity. – Sonny Bunch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-nike-colin-kaepernick-ad-campaign-0907-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Watchdog clears Lang of sex harassment — but accuser blasts probe as ‘a joke’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-state-rep-lou-lang-cleared-sex-harassment-allegations-inspector-general-maryann-loncar/
— Trump is a disaster, but the ‘resistance within’ is undemocratic – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/donald-trump-new-york-times-anonymous-op-ed-white-house-resistance/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is Chicago biz ready for the post-Emanuel storm? With the mayor’s job soon to be vacant and the City Council turning populist, a generally positive era is ending for local business. If leaders don’t get their act together fast, the economic climate could get worse. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/chicago-biz-ready-post-emanuel-storm
— Roskam doubles down on tax cut plan The Wheaton congressman backs a move to make individual tax cuts permanent, including the controversial $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/roskam-doubles-down-tax-cut-plan

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage election officials deny records request – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180906/dupage-election-officials-deny-records-request
— Wauconda cracking down on vaping – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180906/wauconda-cracking-down-on-vaping
— Meet GOP candidates for state comptroller, treasurer Sept. 13
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180906/meet-gop-candidates-for-state-comptroller-treasurer-sept-13
— Coffee with McConchie September 8, 10, & 15
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180906/coffee-with-mcconchie

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois one of 5 states that will decide the House majority – Nathan L. Gonzales
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/analysis-illinois-one-of-states-that-will-decide-the-house/article_d4debcda-eb3f-5805-b6c1-c6bca66ca0e8.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Republican? Democrat? How about neither – Scott Reeder
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/scott-reeder-republican-democrat-how-about-neither/article_d86a3920-b11d-11e8-8e38-8f6b60618906.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Fenton gun store burglary was the latest example of a troubling nationwide trend – Jack Suntrup
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fenton-gun-store-burglary-was-the-latest-example-of-a/article_1fffcde2-024f-5423-bf83-51925adc5d9a.html

 

WREX
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren says if President Donald Trump’s cabinet thinks he is unfit for office, they should remove him.
https://wrex.com/category/2018/09/06/warren-if-cabinet-thinks-trumps-unfit-they-should-oust-him/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Casten and Roskam Release New TV Ads, New York Times Poll
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/06/casten-and-roskam-release-new-tv-ads/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftists Redefine Bullying
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-leftists-redefine-bullying/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— GOP central committeemen term limits, approved seven years ago, have only now kicked in
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/06/gop-central-committeemen-term-limits-approved-seven-years-ago-have-only-now-kicked-in/

 

FOX NEWS
— Mollie Tibbetts’ suspected killer reportedly used alias ‘John Budd’ at work – Elizabeth Zwirz
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/05/mollie-tibbetts-suspected-killer-reportedly-used-alias-john-budd-at-work.html

 

GOPUSA
— Unisex changing rooms ‘magnets’ for 90% of attacks
http://www.gopusa.com/unisex-changing-rooms-magnets-for-90-of-attacks/

 

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Congress must grow to check the administrative state – James C. Capretta (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency shrank in either absolute or relative terms. The agency is just a shell of what it once was.)
http://www.aei.org/publication/congress-must-grow-to-check-the-administrative-state/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress could begin to reassert itself by building stronger institutional support for the development of specific legislative responses to emerging issues and problems. The existing congressional support agencies — the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Congressional Research Service (CRS), and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (Medpac) — have real strengths and expertise. They provide regular, highly valuable reports to Congress, and, in the cases of GAO and Medpac, make relevant recommendations for legislation to Congress. But because these agencies are designed to provide nonpartisan support to Congress, neither party relies on them heavily to develop new policy initiatives that could serve as the basis for legislation. When Republicans and Democrats write bills to address emerging issues, they want ideas that are technically sound, of course, but they also want to champion changes that conform to their philosophical approaches to governing. Congress shouldn’t breach the political independence of the traditional support agencies; they provide objective analysis and should be above the partisan fray. Instead, Congress should look to expand support for their legislative efforts by building new pockets of institutional support that combine technical expertise in key issue areas with a policy development mission.)

 

CNS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Critics of federal pay and benefits would never seek or take a federal job because a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/daniel-mitchell/federal-bureaucrats-are-overpaid-shrinking-size-govt-answer

 

THE HILL
— Twitter permanently suspends Alex Jones, InfoWars – ALI BRELAND
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/405446-twitter-permanently-suspends-alex-jones-infowar?userid=3526
— Agriculture lobbyists are once again standing in the way of E-Verify – DAN STEIN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/405172-agriculture-lobbyists-are-once-again-standing-in-the-way-of-e-verify
— Trump Cabinet officials rush to distance themselves from anonymous op-ed – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/405352-trump-cabinet-officials-rush-to-distance-themselves-from-anonymous-op

 

POLITICO
— White House aides turn on each other in hunt for op-ed author The president headed out West for a campaign swing, leaving behind a West Wing seized by paranoia and finger-pointing. – NANCY COOK and CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/06/trump-white-house-aids-leaks-809481

 

REUTERS
— Republicans could limit SALT impact in new tax legislation – David Morgan (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax/republicans-could-limit-salt-impact-in-new-tax-legislation-idUSKCN1LM2NW?il=0

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “hunger around the U.S. remains high.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americas-food-insecurity-still-worse-than-in-2007/

 

CNN
— The story behind the New York Times’ anonymous op-ed blasting Trump – Brian Stelter
https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/05/media/new-york-times-resistance-oped-jim-dao/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Twitter says it has permanently banned conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars site
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/09/06/twitter-says-it-has-permanently-banned-conservative-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-and-his-infowars-site/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Cox says “Statements about immigrants and the Holocaust trip up John Cox’s campaign for California governor.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-john-cox-california-governor-candidate-gaffes-20180906-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones After New Violations Twitter said the right-wing provocateur had violated its ‘abusive-behavior policy’ – Yoree Koh
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-after-new-violations-1536269663

 

BLOOMBERG
— Paul Ryan Says Vote on New Tax Cuts Still Planned, Despite SALT Hangups – Laura Davison, Kaustuv Basu, and Allyson Versprille (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-05/ryan-says-tax-cut-2-0-vote-still-planned-despite-salt-hangups

 

MIAMI HERALD
— Live-work-play? More employees opting to live closer to workplaces (DIERSEN: I walked to/from work and to/from night classes 1974-1978.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article217905145.html

 

BIRMINGHAM TIMES
— The White House War against federal workers – Dr. Julianne Malveaux
https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2018/09/malveaux-the-white-house-war-against-federal-workers/

 

FOX 40
— California: Voter Survey Shows Cox Closing the Gap in Gubernatorial Race Against Newsom’
https://fox40.com/2018/09/06/voter-survey-shows-cox-closing-the-gap-in-gubernatorial-race-against-newsom/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Going up: Pay, COLAs, and health insurance premiums — what are the odds? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: At a minimum, my current critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Trump a) to cut/kill COLAs for Civil Service Retirement System pensions and b) to cut/kill health insurance premium subsidies for federal retirees.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2018/09/going-up-pay-pensions-and-premiums-what-are-the-odds/

September 6 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Kavanaugh Faces Final Round of Questioning Without Missteps  The questioning of Kavanaugh has carried strong political overtones ahead of the November congressional elections – Lisa Mascaro and Mark Sherman
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Brett-Kavanaugh-Senate-Confirmation-Hearing-492577141.html

 

ABC7
— Chicago-born Ayanna Pressley scores upset victory in Massachusetts congressional race – Ravi Baichwal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being 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://abc7chicago.com/politics/ayanna-pressley-chicago-native-wins-massachusetts-primary/4153426/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago born-and-raised Ayanna Pressley is all but assured of becoming the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, the latest example of the Democratic Party’s embrace of diversity and liberal politics as the recipe for success in the Trump era. The 44-year-old’s upset victory against longtime Democratic Rep. Michael Capuano in Tuesday’s primary sets the stage for Pressley to represent an area once served by Tip O’Neill and John F. Kennedy. Her win comes at the tail end of a primary season in which black politicians have made a series of advances. Another bombshell primary win for a black woman as the mid-term elections approach. The Boston city councilor is poised to make history, as she becomes the latest — and perhaps the biggest – win for an emboldened progressive wing of the Democratic Party.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats spend $30 million to “energize young voters.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–2018-midterms-young-voters-20180903-story.html
— New website offers comparative shopping data for prospective Illinois college students – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: Which colleges work the hardest to crank out graduates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-college-career-website-20180905-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump wants you to surrender to corporations that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-nike-kaepernick-huppke-20180904-story.html
— In slamming book, Trump calls for tougher libel laws – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Are you a “private citizen?” According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) I am NOT a “private citizen” and b) I am a “public figure.” They hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a “public figure,” they can defame, libel, and slander me because I “cannot succeed in a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements in the United States unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted with actual malice by knowing the falsity or by reckless disregard for the truth. The legal burden of proof in defamation actions is thus higher in the case of a public figure than in the case of an ordinary person.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure Do you agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes that I am a “public figure?”)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180906/281736975337179

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge tosses Chicago suit over bad online reviews – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/david-freydin-harry-leinenweber-yelp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that a lawyer can’t sue more than a dozen people who posted rude criticism of him and his law firm on Yelp and similar sites that feature online reviews. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports that Judge Harry Leinenweber tossed the libel suit last week. He concluded that the comments about David Freydin and the Law Offices of David Freydin were opinions and amounted to protected speech. Freydin alleged the comments were “salacious, false and libelous.” Some were anti-Semitic. The Chicago-area lawyer also noted the reviewers gave him and his firm one-star ratings out of a possible five even though he never worked with them. The lawsuit names four defendants and refers to 10 others as “John Does.”)
— Judge Jessica Arong O’Brien convicted of fraud drops retention bid – Alice Yin
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-bows-out-nov-election-after-acquittal-denied/

 

DAILY HERALD
— A newspaper’s role is to be a bridge to understanding – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at everyone that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180906/editorial-a-newspapers-role-is-to-be-a-bridge-to-understanding

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— GOP term limits on books but a long way off – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180905/bernard-schoenburg-gop-term-limits-on-books-but-long-way-off

 

CHICAGO READER
— The end of Rahm Emanuel’s rule means that the center may no longer hold in Chicago – Ryan Smith (DIERSEN: From what I see, the “center” 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.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/09/05/the-end-of-rahm-emanuels-rule-means-that-the-center-may-no-longer-hold-in-chicago

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Inner-Ring Suburbs Are Withering. Why Not Just Merge Them with Chicago? A modest proposal. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/September-2018/The-Inner-Ring-Suburbs-Are-Withering-Why-not-just-Merge-with-Chicago/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— There’s an ad war in the 6th District congressional race between Republican incumbent Peter Roskam and Democratic challenger Sean Casten. Each has new ads focusing on Casten’s business record. Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC endorsed by House Republican leadership, is out with an ad titled “Fraud.” It repeats the claim that Casten’s business record is “clouded by scandal and allegations of fraud” and that he was “sued by investors for mismanagement.” It wraps up describing Casten as a “Madigan-machine politician.” Ad here (Casten’s camp has said the disputes were amicably resolved and his employees and investors protected.) Casten’s new ad, titled “Creating jobs, protecting our environment,” shows Casten ticking off his career successes and goals for working in Congress: “employing clean energy technologies, creating jobs, bringing an outsider common-sense approach to the job.” He vows to work with Republicans “when it helps Illinois” but stand up against Donald Trump “when his policies hurt our district.” Ad here The two men are locked in one of the most contentious races in the country, as indicated by POLITICO’s Race Ratings. The seat is rated “lean Republican.” – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/09/06/rauners-big-gun-emanuel-hints-at-successor-mendozas-gut-check-and-6th-district-ad-war-301976

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Karen McConnaughay’s Successor Don DeWitte Sworn In As State Senator
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/06/karen-mcconnaughays-successor-don-dewitte-sworn-in-as-state-senator/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Harold campaign launches RaoulMadigan.com
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/06/harold-campaign-launches-raoulmadigancom/
— Casten touts his company in new ad while GOP group blasts it and calls him “shady Madigan-machine politician”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/06/casten-touts-his-company-in-new-ad-while-gop-group-blasts-it-and-calls-him-shady-madigan-machine-politician/
— Diana Rauner touts spouse in new ad: “He stopped the insanity and delivered”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/06/diana-rauner-touts-spouse-in-new-ad-he-stopped-the-insanity-and-delivered/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— ARETHA’S FUNERAL: ANTI-TRUMP BIGOTS HEAR TRUTH ABOUT THE NO. 1 PROBLEM IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/arethas-funeral-anti-trump-bigots-hear-truth-about-the-no-1-problem-in-the-black-community/

 

BREITBART
— Kavanaugh Rejects Sen. Durbin’s Claim that Illegal Immigrants Can Form Unions – Neil Munro (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make clear that they are using illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/05/kavanaugh-rejects-sen-durbin-claim-that-illegal-immigrants-can-form-unions/
— Kris Kobach Fights Open Border Shills for Amnesty: ‘We Don’t Have to Accept’ Illegal Immigration – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/09/05/kris-kobach-fights-open-border-shills-for-amnesty-we-dont-have-to-accept-illegal-immigration/
— Jeff Sessions, State AGs to Discuss Whether Big Tech ‘Intentionally Stifling’ Free Speech – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/05/jeff-sessions-doj-big-tech-may-be-intentionally-stifling-free-speech/
— Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: We Use ‘Alternative Facts’ to Combat ‘Misinformation’ and ‘Fake News’ – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/05/facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-we-use-alternative-facts-to-combat-misinformation-and-fake-news/
— Disgraced Journalist Carl Bernstein Calls On Gen. Kelly to Resign – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/09/05/disgraced-journalist-carl-bernstein-calls-kelly-resign/
— New York Times Op-Ed: Anonymous ‘Senior Official’ Admits White House Staff Working Against President Trump – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/05/new-york-times-anonymous-senior-official-white-house-resisting-trump/

 

GOPUSA
— African migrants surge at U.S.-Mexico border; Rio Grande drownings up
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53903

 

MARIJUANA REPORT
— Medical marijuana users are more likely to use prescription drugs medically and nonmedically; Cannabis use in bipolar disorder
presents treatment challenge; Proposed recreational legalization in Michigan Con: Healthy and Productive Michigan
https://mailchi.mp/nationalfamilies/medical-marijuana-users-are-more-likely-to-use-prescription-drugs-medically-and-nonmedically-more-1930833?e=6d5a826327

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Reestablish the rule of law’: Sheriffs honor Trump for fighting illegal immigration – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/5/trump-honored-sheriffs-illegal-immigration-fight/
— Levi Strauss goes gun control: Have corporations gone mad? – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, corporations promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/6/levi-strauss-goes-gun-control-have-corporations-go/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— List: White House touts 52 ‘accomplishments’ Woodward ignored – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/list-white-house-touts-53-accomplishments-woodward-ignored

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Rep. Smith: If Dems. Take House, It’s ‘Amnesty Number One, Number Two, and Number Three’ Outgoing congressman outlines Dems’ radical left turn on immigration – Charles Fain Lehman
https://freebeacon.com/issues/rep-smith-dems-take-house-amnesty-number-one-number-two-number-three/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP DEMANDS NYT GIVE UP ANONYMOUS OFFICIAL FOR ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’ REASONS – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/05/trump-new-york-times-op-ed/
— WE CUT DOWN ALL THE KAVANAUGH HEARING INTERRUPTIONS INTO JUST THREE MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS OF PURE ANNOYING – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/05/dems-protests-brett-kavanaugh/
— NEW YORK TIMES SUGGESTS GLOBAL WARMING IS TO BLAME FOR ROGER FEDERER’S US OPEN DEFEAT – Michael Bastasch (DIERSEN: Who blames you and what do they blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for all of their problems, blame me for all of your problems, blame me for all of my problems, and blame me for all of everyone’s problems. Since 2000, they have especially blamed me for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors blamed me for their failing to meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They are scapegoaters supreme.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/04/nyt-global-warming-us-open-federer/

 

FOX NEWS
— Levi Strauss CEO calls for stricter gun laws – Matthew Rocco
https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/levi-strauss-ceo-calls-for-stricter-gun-laws

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Repeats Myth That Illegals Commit Less Crime Than Citizens – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/09/05/cnn-repeats-myth-illegals-commit-less-crime-citizens
— ABC’s Moran Laments Kavanaugh Didn’t Open Himself Up to Be Borked – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2018/09/06/abcs-moran-laments-kavanaugh-didnt-open-himself-be-borked

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Are Feminists Aiding Muslim Domination? – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/09/are_feminists_aiding_muslim_domination.html
— The Democratic earthquake – Alan Bergstein
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/the_democratic_earthquake.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Rahm Emanuel’s Problems Were His Own Creation – John R. Lott
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnrlottjr/2018/09/05/rahm-emanuels-problems-were-his-own-creation-n2516049
— Dianne Feinstein: A Kavanaugh Confirmation Will Mean More People Will Die In Mass Shootings – Beth Baumann (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/09/05/dianne-feinstein-believes-confirming-kavanaugh-will-mean-more-people-will-die-in-n2516164
— When Funerals Become Politics – Victor Davis
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2018/09/06/when-funerals-become-politics-n2516094

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Utah Rep. Mia Love hammers Dem opponent for backing same-sex ‘marriage’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/utahs-mia-love-hammers-dem-opponent-for-backing-same-sex-marriage

 

DAILY TORCH
— The White House is no place for resistance – Robert Romano (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors painted me as being a member of the resistance because I refused to help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/09/the-white-house-is-no-place-for-resistance/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Feinstein Tries To Nail Kavanaugh On Guns, Completely Fails – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35511/watch-feinstein-tries-nail-kavanaugh-guns-ryan-saavedra
— Levi’s Jeans Pledges $1 MILLION To Gun Control Groups To ‘End Gun Violence’ – EMILY ZANOTTI (DIERSEN: What are the demographics of those who commit gun violence?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35483/levis-jeans-pledges-1-million-gun-control-groups-emily-zanotti

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Another Young Leftist Defeats Another Democratic Incumbent – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29972-another-young-leftist-defeats-another-incumbent

 

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— The Bible and the Immigration debate: Open borders or controlled entry – Donald Brake (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demand open borders, and therefore, the end of America.)
https://www.commdiginews.com/life/faith/bible-immigration-debate-open-borders-controlled-entry-105627/

 

THE WEEK
— APRIL 10, 2018 FLASHBACK: Homeland Security wants to monitor journalists. Time to sound the alarm. – Bonnie Kristian (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents do not want Google News Alerts to bring articles to my attention that they disapprove of. Do you stand with me, or do you stand with my critics/opponents? My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://theweek.com/articles/766230/homeland-security-wants-monitor-journalists-time-sound-alarm
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of Homeland Security intends to list and track hundreds of thousands of news outlets, journalists, bloggers, and “influencers” in traditional and new media alike. Its plan is to analyze targets’ “sentiment,” monitor “any and all” coverage of select news stories, and possibly share data with “federal, state, local, tribal, and private partners.” If you find yourself skeptical of this proposal of mass state monitoring of the press, consider yourself a bonafide member of the “tinfoil hat wearing, black helicopter conspiracy theorists,” DHS representative Tyler Houlton said Friday. It’s all very routine, he argued, casting the project as an innocent means of “monitoring current events.” Just shut up and let us do this, crackpots. Yet I am bareheaded, untroubled by black whirlybirds, and utterly unconvinced. Consider the practical incongruities. While a database of the sort DHS wants could be used to follow news stories, it isn’t necessary for the job. From basic Google News alerts to subscription services with more robust analytic functionality, news tracking programs already exist. Likewise, if DHS needs “to build media lists based on beat, location, outlet type/size, and journalist role,” as its specs document says, an existent public relations service would easily do the trick. The Department of Homeland Security in the Year of Our Lord 2018 is not the first entity to realize this information might be valuable to collect and analyze for more successful press release distribution.)

 

THE HILL
— Tech companies are nervous they’re becoming a scapegoat for the GOP – Reid Wilson
http://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/405217-the-hills-reid-wilson-tech-companies-are-nervous-theyre
— Voters say social media sites are more biased than search engines: Hill.TV poll
http://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/405206-social-media-websites-are-more-biased-than-search-engines-says
— Republicans mull new punishments for dissident lawmakers – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “religious” and/or “conservative” and/or “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who punish those like me a) for our supporting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or the Republican Party platform and/or b) for our supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/405301-republicans-mull-new-punishments-for-dissident-lawmakers

 

POLITICO
— ‘This is the first wave of an invasion’ Channeling their anger, progressives are staging their own tea party-style revolt. – DAVID SIDERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are tightening their stranglehold on the Democrat Party: 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/story/2018/09/05/midterms-elections-progressives-democrats-809109

 

REUTERS
— 9th Circuit says age-bias law protects retirees – Daniel Wiessner (DIERSEN: Are you a retiree? I have been a retiree since 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-retirees/9th-circuit-says-age-bias-law-protects-retirees-idUSL2N1VR2BF

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Republicans Accuse Twitter of Bias Against Conservatives – Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/technology/lawmakers-facebook-twitter-foreign-influence-hearing.html
— Staying Plugged In (for Hundreds of Miles) on the Campaign Trail – Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/technology/personaltech/staying-plugged-in-campaign-trail.html
— WarnerMedia Unveils Diversity Protocols for Movies and TV Shows – Brooks Barnes (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors blamed me for their failing to meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/business/media/warnermedia-diversity-movies-tv.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: These Firms Say They Can Help Prevent School Shootings and Suicides. Do They? – Aaron Leibowitz
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/social-media-monitoring-school-shootings.html
— Justice Dept. Demands Millions of North Carolina Voter Records, Confounding Elections Officials – Richard Fausset and Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/us/north-carolina-voting.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Kavanaugh hearing offers an ‘unprecedented’ display of the Senate’s institutional decline – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/09/05/daily-202-kavanaugh-hearing-offers-an-unprecedented-display-of-the-senate-s-institutional-decline/5b8f2e371b326b3f31919f71/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google’s Empty Chair Gets Starring Role at Hearing The search giant’s absence could present a risk as lawmakers weigh further potential regulation – Douglas MacMillan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-empty-chair-gets-starring-role-at-hearing-1536176002
— White House Searches for Anonymous Inside Critic Aides chase rumors of who could have written opinion piece on alleged effort within administration to thwart Trump’s impulses – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-searches-for-anonymous-inside-critic-1536189478
— Dianne, Get Your Gun Kavanaugh is criticized for following the Heller precedent too well. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dianne-get-your-gun-1536191440
— Bernie Sanders Strikes at Amazon With New Tax Bill Proposed law would tax big companies whose employees rely on federal benefits to make ends meet – Jay Greene (DIERSEN: But what about employees who fail/refuse to qualify themselves for better paying jobs? What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-strikes-at-amazon-with-new-tax-bill-1536167214
— Colin Kaepernick and Nike, Starring You and Me An advertisement becomes a cultural lightning rod, exactly as planned – Jason Gay (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies shout that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/colin-kaepernick-and-nike-starring-you-and-me-1536177307
— Big Tech in the Dock The companies are tempting government intervention. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tech-in-the-dock-1536191064
— Among the Trump Doubters They like his policies but a persona giving off nonstop static may keep them home – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/among-the-trump-doubters-1536188987
— Trump on the Potential for a Government Shutdown: ‘If It Happens, It Happens’ Current government funding expires at the end of the month, as president presses for funds for Mexico border wall – Vivian Salama and Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-on-the-potential-for-a-government-shutdown-if-it-happens-it-happens-1536181442
— TOP OF FOLD: Kavanaugh Pledges Fairness as Supreme Court Justice – Jess Bravin and Byron Tau (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, it is FAIR a) to give preference to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and therefore, it is FAIR to discriminate against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-brett-kavanaugh-on-presidential-power-no-one-is-above-the-law-1536157607

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Facebook, Twitter face threat of regulation as Congress criticizes response to Russia, bias claims – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/09/05/twitter-facebook-shares-drop-senators-pretwitter-facebook-shares-drop-senatorss-execs-regulation/1203414002/
— Half of Facebook users say they don’t understand how news feed works – Mike Snider (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/09/05/half-facebook-users-say-they-dont-understand-news-feed/1190595002/
— Democratic Party and Republican Party failing to court moderate voters – Editorial (DIERSEN: RINOs court moderate voters by dumping the Republican Party’s base.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/05/democratic-party-republican-party-failing-court-moderate-voters-editorials-debates/1205467002/
— For Obama & Trump, it’s all ’bout that base – Sid Davidoff
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/05/opposing-view-politics-days-base/37723511/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The steep price Trump will pay for his poorly considered words.” Anti-Diersens would say “The steep price Diersen will pay for his including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS to articles that we do not like.” Anti-Diersens stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. Anti-Diersens stress those who could/should have come to my defense, but did not.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/The-steep-price-Trump-will-pay-for-his-poorly-13207667.php

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Venezuela’s Tragic Mass Exodus Has Only One Cause: Socialism – Editorial
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/venezuela-mass-exodus-socialism/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Americans Think Catholic Church Has A Serious Problem with Sexual Predators
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/september_2018/most_americans_think_catholic_church_has_a_serious_problem_with_sexual_predators

 

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
— Percentage of federal weapons prosecutions up sharply under Sessions-led DOJ – STEPHANIE FRANCIS WARD
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/percentage_of_federal_weapons_proseuctions_up_sharply_under_sessions_led_do

 

CORVETTE RESTORER (Fall 2018 Edition, all of the front cover and pages 6, 7, & 8 with 6 pictures)
— 3,266 Mile 1972 Corvette – John Sayers (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast my car with this car. Similarities include that they are both are 1972 Corvettes, Steel Cities Gray, always garaged, in like new condition, and have the standard engine, power steering, black leather interior, AM/FM radio, and all documentation. Differences include a) my car has 5,135 miles on it, while this car has 3,266 on it, b) my car is a coupe, while this car is a convertible, c) my car has an automatic transmission, while this car has a 4-speed, d) my car has five new replica Firestone Wide Oval White Letter tires, while this car has its original blackwall tires, e) my car has air conditioning, while this car does not, f) my car’s radio is stereo, while this car’s radio is not, g) my car does not have power brakes or a tilt-telescopic steering, while this car does, h) my car was judged Top Flight in 1991, while this car was recently judged Top Flight and Survivor and received a Bowtie Award, i) my car was featured in the Spring 1993 edition of the Corvette Restorer, while this car is featured in the Fall 2018 edition, and j) my car was recently appraised at $41,500, while no purchase price or appraisal value is given for this car.)
http://www.ourdigitalmags.com/publication/?i=520271&article_id=3164923&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{%22issue_id%22:520271,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%223164923%22}

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Women’s March Chicago expands March to the Polls Oct. 18 in Grant Park
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Womens-March-Chicago-expands-March-to-the-Polls-Oct-18-in-Grant-Park/63976.html

September 5 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Slams Damning NYT Op-Ed As ‘Gutless’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/05/trump-slams-nyt-op-ed/
— In Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed, White House Official Says Staff Resisting Parts Of Trump Agenda
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/05/trump-reacts-anonymous-new-york-times-op-ed-white-house-official-says-staff-resisting-parts-of-trump-agenda/
— Joe Biden, Forceful At Times, Tears Into Trump In NJ speech
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/05/biden-tears-into-trump-in-speech/
— Facebook, Twitter Chiefs Face Lawmakers Amid Security, Censoring Concerns
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/05/facebook-twitter-chiefs-face-lawmakers-amid-security-censoring-concerns/

 

ABC7
— BALTIMORE: Woman mauled to death by pit bull she rescued 2 weeks earlier – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/woman-mauled-to-death-by-pit-bull-she-rescued-2-weeks-earlier/4155065/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congressman Gutierrez to Trump: ‘It is time for you to resign’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/congressman-gutierrez-to-trump-it-is-time-for-you-to-resign-
— Nike releases new ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, LeBron James, Serena Williams
http://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/nike-releases-new-ad-featuring-colin-kaepernick-lebron-james-serena-williams
— Chicago-area priests charged with performing sex act in parked car in Florida
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/chicago-area-priests-charged-with-performing-sex-act-in-parked-car-in-florida

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Anonymous Trump official blasts president in NYT op-ed; administration says ‘coward’ should resign – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-new-york-times-trump-resistance-20180905-story.html
— With Emanuel out, race for Chicago mayor begins anew
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayoral-candidates-morning-spin-20180904-story.html
— Will Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Democrats disenfranchise 54,000 Democratic voters? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-mwrd-davis-november-election-20180905-story.html
— When funerals become political – Victor Davis Hanson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-hanson-mccain-jesse-jackson-megan-george-w-bush-political-funerals-0907-story.html
— Nike, Kaepernick and the morality of capitalism – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-nike-kaepernick-trump-anthem-protest-0906-20180905-story.html
— Chicago voters, do you want change — or more of the same? – Dick Simpson (DIERSEN: Based on who the majority of Chicago voters elect, they want elected officials to dive out of Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mayor-rahm-emanuel-aldermen-election-simpson-0906-20180905-story.html
— Inside the makeover of the Democratic Party – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-makeover-democratic-party-20180905-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s lips sealed on White House subpoenas, pardons.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings-20180905-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anonymous official cites Trump ‘amorality’ in NY Times op-ed – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-new-york-times-unsigned-oped-amorality-impetuous-leadership-style/
— Facebook, Twitter pledge to defend against foreign intrusion – AP (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook and Twitter employees are anti-Trump? Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/twitter-facebook-congress-online-election-meddling/
— ‘Infowars’ host Alex Jones insults senator, heckles reporter – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/infowars-alex-jones-marco-rubio-social-media-hearings-facebook-twitter/
— Trump disputes book’s portrayal of White House dysfunction – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-bob-woodward-new-book-fear-white-house/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump says he’s ‘exact opposite’ of Woodward book – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180905/trump-says-hes-exact-opposite-of-woodward-book
— Naperville to mark 17th anniversary of 2001 attacks
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180905/naperville-to-mark-17th-anniversary-of-2001-attacks

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner talks term limits, doesn’t address Durkin’s tenure – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180905/rauner-talks-term-limits-doesnt-address-durkins-tenure

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Gutierrez sends letter to President Trump asking him to resign – HANA MUSLIC
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article217887050.html

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— Wheaton Fire Department Hosting Sept. 11 Ceremony
https://www.wheaton.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=154

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Freeing teachers from their union shackles, courtesy of the Illinois Policy Institute – Julie Vassilatos
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-public-fools/2018/09/freeing-teachers-from-their-union-shackles-courtesy-of-the-illinois-policy-institute/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Another Roskam-Casten Poll on Labor Day
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/05/another-roskam-casten-poll-on-labor-day/
— Rahm Sleeps with the Fishes, Politically Speaking
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/04/rahm-sleeps-with-the-fishes-politically-speaking/
— Jack Franks’ Carpenters Union Cat’s Paw’s Election Board Complaint Against County GOP Fizzles
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/05/jack-franks-carpenters-union-cats-paws-election-board-complaint-against-county-gop-fizzles/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Dianne Feinstein’s Big Fat Abortion Lie – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/dianne-feinsteins-big-fat-abortion-lie/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRAT STATE REP CANDIDATE TERRA COSTA HOWARD FINED FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/democrat-state-rep-candidate-guilty-of-campaign-finance-violations.html
— ILLINOIS’ US SENATOR DICK DURBIN SPEAKS OUT ON KAVANAUGH NOMINATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/illinois-us-senator-dick-durbin-speaks-out-on-kavanaugh-nomination.html
— UPDATE: KAVANAUGH PROTEST SCHEDULED IN FRONT OF DURBIN’S CHICAGO RESIDENCE WEDNESDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/kavanaugh-protest-scheduled-in-front-of-durbins-chicago-residence-wednesday.html
— THREE TEXAS DOCS: WE SAW PEOPLE WITH MONEY BAGS PAYING SUPREME COURT PROTESTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/three-texas-docs-we-saw-people-with-money-bags-paying-supreme-court-protesters.html
— OP-ED: JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH’S IMPECCABLE RECORD OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATISM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/op-ed-judge-brett-kavanaughs-impeccable-record-of-constitutional-conservatism.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? AT THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY PROTEST ON LABOR DAY 2018
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/where-weyermuller-at-the-kennedy-expressway-protest-on-labor-day-2018.html
— REPORT: TEACHER BENEFITS EATING UP MORE ILLINOIS EDUCATION SPENDING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/report-teacher-benefits-eating-up-more-education-spending.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Term limits for Madigan, not for Durkin
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/05/term-limits-for-madigan-not-for-durkin/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: IEA hints/implies/argues/shouts at union members that people will show up at their doors telling them to drop their union membership.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/05/despite-iea-warnings-illinois-policy-institute-claims-no-plans-to-visit-union-members-homes/
— RGA has new ad tying Pritzker to mileage tax
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/05/rga-has-new-ad-tying-pritzker-to-mileage-tax/

 

FOX NEWS
— White House official pens anonymous NY Times op-ed calling Trump ‘anti-democratic,’ ‘petty and ineffective’
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/05/wh-official-pens-anonymous-ny-times-op-ed-calling-trump-anti-democratic-petty-and-ineffective.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP ACCUSES SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OF INTERFERING ON HILLARY’S BEHALF – Vince Coglianese and Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/05/trump-social-media-interference-election/
— DEMOCRATS INTERRUPTED KAVANAUGH HEARING 63 TIMES, BUT 13 LIBERAL GROUPS ARE BANNING TOGETHER TO PUSH SCHUMER TO DO MORE – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/05/democrats-kavanaugh-hearing-interruptions-schumer/

 

GOPUSA
— N. Carolina unable to clean rolls of illegal immigrants who exploit Motor Voter
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53821

 

LIMIT GOVERNMENT
— White House needs lie detector tests to root out cowardly resistance
https://getliberty.org/2018/09/white-house-needs-lie-detector-tests-to-root-out-cowardly-resistance/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Anonymous Official in NYT Op-Ed: I’m Working to Control Trump’s ‘Worst Inclinations’ – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/anonymous-trump-administration-official-claims-working-to-control-trumps-worst-inclinations/

 

THE HILL
— Anonymous attack on Trump roils White House – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/405270-anonymous-attack-on-trump-rattles-white-house?rnd=1536188840
— Senior administration official blasts Trump in anonymous NYT op-ed – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/405226-ny-times-publishes-op-ed-claiming-to-be-written-by-senior-trump-official?userid=3526
— White House says anonymous ‘coward’ behind NYT op-ed should resign – TAL AXELROD
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/405255-white-house-says-anonymous-coward-should-resign
— Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are ‘intentionally stifling’ free speech – MORGAN CHALFANT AND HARPER NEIDIG
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/405177-justice-to-convene-meeting-on-whether-social-media-companies-are
— Conservatives blame McCarthy for Twitter getting before favorable committee – MELANIE ZANONA AND SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/405228-conservatives-blame-mccarthy-for-twitter-getting-before-favorable-committee

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. – Anonymous
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed – Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-sleeper-cells-have-awoken-trump-and-aides-shaken-by-resistance-op-ed/2018/09/05/ecdf423c-b14b-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Justice Department to Examine Whether Social-Media Giants Are ‘Intentionally Stifling’ Some Viewpoints Move is announced as Facebook’s Sandberg and Twitter’s Dorsey defend their platforms on Capitol Hill – Deepa Seetharaman, Dustin Volz and John D. McKinnon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-sandberg-and-twitters-dorsey-to-face-questions-on-capitol-hill-about-russian-meddling-bias-1536145201

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump suggests bombshell New York Times op-ed criticizing his presidency amounts to ‘treason’ – Bryan Logan
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-treason-anonymous-new-york-times-op-ed-2018-9

 

WAMC
— White House Rejects NYT Column Attributed To Anonymous Official That Criticizes Trump – AYESHA RASCOE
http://www.wamc.org/post/white-house-rejects-column-attributed-anonymous-official-faults-trump

September 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Surveying the political landscape after Rahm drove a bulldozer through it – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/surveying-political-landscape-rahm-emanuel-reelection-bulldozer-analysis/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With nearly half of Chicago cabs in foreclosure or idled, cabbies’ hopes riding on New York-style ride-share limits – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-taxis-ride-share-limits-20180823-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Arlington Heights pastor removed after arrest in Florida – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180904/arlington-heights-pastor-removed-after-arrest-in-florida
— Up to $750 fine for Arlington Heights parents of truant kids – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180905/up-to-750-fine-for-arlington-heights-parents-of-truant-kids
— Schaumburg panel recommends repeal of ‘unenforceable’ drone law – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180905/schaumburg-panel-recommends-repeal-of-unenforceable-drone-law
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote disrespect of America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180905/constable-nfl-grapples-with-anthem-but-schools-no-longer-fumble-pledge-

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown apartment rents hit new high as boom continues – ALBY GALLUN (DIERSEN: What if my wife and I had not sold my one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building when we got married in 1978, and instead, rented it out? One bedroom condos are currently being rented out for $1,850–$2,600 a month. SEE: https://www.urbanrealestate.com/Chicago/New-East-Side/400-E-Randolph/profile)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/downtown-apartment-rents-hit-new-high-boom-continues

 

WBEZ
— Trump Tower Chicago Hires Politically Connected Lawyers – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/trump-tower-chicago-hires-politically-connected-lawyers/a3524cf7-be1a-44db-aab8-b0980e9b03b5

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Gary MacDougal on root causes of Chicago’s violence
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/09/watch-berkowitz-wgary-macdougal-on-root-causes-of-chicagos-violencechicago-metro-north-and-nw-suburban-cable-web/

 

WISCONSIN WATCHDOG
— Foxconn, Wisconsin begin marketing campaign to recruit workers – Michael Carroll (DIERSEN: Of course, Foxconn is under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire only those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.watchdog.org/wisconsin/foxconn-wisconsin-begin-marketing-campaign-to-recruit-workers/article_0164b530-af84-11e8-82b3-4b2fcdc7fbd6.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Rahm’s Exit Opens Chance To Crack Chicago Establishment’s Code Of Silence – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/rahms-exit-opens-chance-to-crack-chicago-establishments-code-of-silence/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Dodge calls out Springfield incompetence as Moody’s reports unfunded pension growth in Illinois – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511552513-dodge-calls-out-springfield-incompetence-as-moody-s-reports-unfunded-pension-growth-in-illinois

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— How has spending changed at Crete-Monee CUSD 201-U?
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511503545-how-has-spending-changed-at-crete-monee-cusd-201u

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— SCHAUMBURG PARK DISTRICT PENSIONS COSTING TAXPAYERS MILLIONS One former Schaumburg Park District employee alone has accumulated more than $1 million in pension benefits after retiring at age 55. – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those who force employees to retire early force pension funds to go bankrupt. The longer that you work, the sooner that you will die after you retire.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/schaumburg-park-district-pensions-costing-taxpayers-millions/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Will the GOP Back Its Pro-Life Platform With Action? – Tamara Jackson
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/09/will-the-gop-better-back-its-pro-life-platform-with-action-2/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE DEFENDS KAVANAUGH NOMINATION IN LOCAL TV DEBATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/illinois-conservative-defends-kavanaugh-nomination-in-local-tv-debate.html
— RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AT HARVARD AND AMERICA’S ‘ELITE’ UNIVERSITIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/racial-discrimination-at-harvard-and-americas-elite-universities.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— EIU on the upswing while SIUC hits record low
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/05/eiu-on-the-upswing-while-siuc-hits-record-low/

 

FOX NEWS
— Hannity Blasts Nike, Kaepernick: Soldiers, Officers, Firefighters Are the Ones Who ‘Sacrificed Everything’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/05/sean-hannity-monologue-nike-kaepernick-just-do-it-ad-what-sacrificing-everything-means

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans tally interruptions as Democrats use Kavanaugh hearings as 2020 audition – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/4/kamala-harris-cory-booker-use-brett-kavanaugh-hear/

 

BREITBART
— Investigation: Potentially 39M Cases of Identity Theft by Illegal Aliens in Last Four Years – John Binder (DIERSEN: How many aliases does a typical illegal alien use?)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/04/investigation-potentially-39m-cases-of-identity-theft-by-illegal-aliens-in-last-four-years/
— Security Steps in as Parkland Victim’s Father Walks Up Behind Kavanaugh – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/04/watch-security-steps-in-as-parkland-victims-father-walks-up-behind-kavanaugh/
— Levi Strauss Launches Million Dollar Gun Control Campaign – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/04/levi-strauss-launches-million-dollar-gun-control-campaign/
— Ted Cruz: Kavanaugh Confirmation an Attempt to Re-Litigate 2016 Election – Ken Klukowski
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/04/ted-cruz-kavanaugh-confirmation-an-attempt-to-re-litigate-2016-election/

 

TOWNHALL
— Nike vs In-n-Out: The Silent Majority Have Spoken – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2018/09/05/nike-vs-innout-the-silent-majority-have-spoken-n2515821

 

GOPUSA
— Levi Strauss launches gun-control initiative: ‘We simply cannot stand by silently’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53900
— ‘Pocahontas’ mounts PR blitz insisting Cherokee claims never helped her career (DIERSEN: What kind of pressures were your superiors under? While worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53825
— The Flawed Retrospectives on John McCain – Star Parker
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53905
— Democrats, Still the Party of Voter Suppression
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53802

 

HOT AIR
— “Subliminal” Trump Policy Driving Illegals Off Federal Programs – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/04/subliminal-trump-policy-driving-illegals-off-federal-programs/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans hint/imply/argue/shout that illegals take the bad jobs that Americans refuse to take. What bad jobs have you taken? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs, and therefore, jobs that should have been given to illegals and b) that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that had. 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.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/09/yes-america-benefits-immigration-legal-illegal/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— PENNSYLVANIA TOWN SUED FOR ANTI-GUN ZONING ‘Local government attempting to drive a legal operation out of business’ – BOB UNRUH
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/pennsylvania-town-sued-for-anti-gun-zoning/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— ‘Fools’ in charge of schools going gender-neutral route – Bob Kellogg
https://www.onenewsnow.com/education/2018/09/04/fools-in-charge-of-schools-going-gender-neutral-route

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP SAYS ANTI-KAVANAUGH PROTESTORS ARE ‘AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE COUNTRY’ – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/04/trump-kavanaugh-protestors/
— FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO WERE INDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY VOTING STILL ON NORTH CAROLINA’S VOTER ROLLS – Neetu Chandak
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/04/foreign-nationals-north-carolina-voter-rolls/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Feinstein’s Rant Shows What Democrats’ Kavanaugh Grandstanding Is Really About – BEN MARQUIS
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/watch-feinsteins-rant-shows-democrats-kavanaugh-grandstanding-really/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals drop out of government programs, welfare bureaucrats hardest hit – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/illegals_drop_out_of_government_programs_welfare_bureaucrats_hardest_hit.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Rise and Fall of the Alt Right – Mytheos Holt
https://amgreatness.com/2018/09/04/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-alt-right/

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Mollie Tibbetts and the Cheap Labor Lobby – BOB DANE
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/09/04/mollie-tibbetts-and-the-cheap-labor-lobby/

 

COLLEGE REFORM
— Illegal immigrant students now allowed positions on California college boards – Grace Gottschling
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11266

 

AMERICANS FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION
— ALG Foundation releases report of federal civil service abuses and reform (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Republican U.S. Senators and their staffs and my Republican U.S. Representatives and their staffs who since 1966 made it clear a) that they had no problem with patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) that they had no problem with the way that my Democrat Post Office superiors treated me 1966-1969, with the way that my Democrat IRS superiors treated me 1971-1980, and with the way that my Democrat GAO superiors treated me 1980-1997. 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 an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://getliberty.org/2018/09/alg-foundation-releases-report-of-federal-civil-service-abuses-and-reform/
http://algresearch.org/2018/09/abuse-and-inefficiency-rampant-within-u-s-civil-service/

 

POLITICO
— Twitter says Trump not immune from getting kicked off – NANCY SCOLA and ASHLEY GOLD (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be kicked off? I should write a book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who wanted me kicked off as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/04/twitter-trump-kicked-off-766101
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “‘Idiot,’ ‘Dope,’ ‘Moron’: How Trump’s aides have insulted the boss.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/04/trumps-insults-idiot-woodward-806455

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Signs grow for Dem wave in House race.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/405073-signs-grow-for-dem-wave-in-house-race

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— 10 Years After Obama, Has Change Really Come To America? – Kevin Powell (DIERSEN: Obama make America more 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://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-obama-trump-kevin-powell_us_5b8e7c16e4b0162f4726f976

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Bob Woodward’s peek behind the Trump curtain is 100% as terrifying as we feared.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/04/politics/woodward-trump-book/index.html

 

MERCURY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Dems extend lead in midterms shaping up as referendum on Trump.”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/04/poll-dems-extend-lead-in-midterms-shaping-up-as-referendum-on-trump/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Says Google Is Rigged, Despite Its Denials” and asks “What Do We Know About How It Works?” What percent of Google employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/technology/google-trump-bias.html
— Can You Spot the Deceptive Facebook Post? – KEITH COLLINS and SHEERA FRENKEL
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/04/technology/facebook-influence-campaigns-quiz.html
— Facebook and Twitter Have a Message for Lawmakers: We’re Trying – Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook and Twitter employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/technology/facebook-and-twitter-have-a-message-for-lawmakers-were-trying.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican asks “Want to save the GOP, Republicans?” and says “Vote for every Democrat on this year’s ballot.
If the GOP is going to be a credible, center-right party, Republicans have to treat the 2018 election as a parliamentary style housecleaning.” I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/04/want-save-gop-republicans-vote-every-democrat-this-years-ballot/?utm_term=.4236bd14b586
— GOP uses Saudi treatment of women, gays against Democrat who taught at Islamic school – Laura Vozzella
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/gop-uses-saudi-treatment-of-women-gays-against-democrat-who-taught-at-islamic-school/2018/09/04/d03b60ae-b086-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Who do you trust?” and says “Trump’s attacks take a toll on his own credibility, as well as the media’s.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-media-trust-20180904-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Calls Bob Woodward’s Book ‘Nothing More Than Fabricated Stories’ Chief of staff John Kelly says ‘the idea I ever called the president an idiot is not true’ – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-calls-bob-woodwards-book-nothing-more-than-fabricated-lies-1536089079?mod=djemwhatsnews
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-trump-and-his-foes-get-wrong-about-immigrants-1536101990
— Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Gives $10 Million to Super PAC in First Major Political Contribution Bezos and wife are supporting With Honor, a super PAC aiming to elect military veterans from both parties to Congress – Reid J. Epstein (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have stressed since 1966 a) that I passed the physical examination for the draft in 1966, b) that I obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970, and c) that I obtained a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They especially stressed that to my many Democrat superiors, my many Democrat supervisors, my Democrat coworkers, and my Democrat subordinates who were veterans while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-gives-10-million-to-super-pac-in-first-major-political-contribution-1536141600
— Nike Risks Backlash With Colin Kaepernick Deal Ad campaign featuring unsigned NFL player sparks calls for boycott of shoe giant; shares tumble – Andrew Beaton and Khadeeja Safdar
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nikes-colin-kaepernick-deal-puts-risk-on-display-1536081832
— Microsoft to Require Its Suppliers, Contractors to Give Paid Family Leave Software company wants vendors to offer their employees benefits similar to Microsoft workers’ – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They include defendants in lawsuits that I have filed. They gambled that they could defraud me and I would not sue them because our children would come first.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-to-require-its-suppliers-contractors-to-give-paid-family-leave-1535635800

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. To vote for a Democrat candidate is to promote KGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/04/midterms-gay-rights-goes-wedge-issue-one-helps-democrats/1114928002/

 

PRESS HERALD
— As older workers resist retirement, they find employers resisting them Adults 55 and older have been the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. labor force since 1996, but many who are in between jobs are encountering new barriers to entry. – LORI WEISBERG AND MIKE FREEMAN (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of people who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. They viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn federal employees and federal retirees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran as being White supremacists, Nazi, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/09/04/as-more-older-workers-resist-retirement-they-find-employers-are-resisting-them/

 

MIAMI NEW TIMES
— Chicago Priests Caught Having Sex in Public on Ocean Drive – JERRY IANNELLI
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/chicago-priest-caught-having-sex-on-miami-beachs-ocean-drive-10698424

 

LONGVIEW NEWS JOURNAL
— Lack of yard signs frustrate Cruz supporters – Abby Livingston and Patrick Svitek
https://www.news-journal.com/lack-of-yard-signs-frustrate-cruz-supporters/article_5d938c9a-ae1d-11e8-9bef-93443003133f.html

 

INDY CHANNEL
— Attorney for woman caught on video attacking neighbor with yard sign says incident was ‘overblown’ – Matthew McClellan, Katie Cox (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican voters who are increasingly reluctant to display yard signs for Republican candidates because of fear of their Democrat neighbors?)
https://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/attorney-for-woman-caught-on-video-attacking-neighbor-with-yard-sign-says-incident-was-overblown-

 

NEW YORKER
— How Will Historians Judge John McCain? – John Cassidy
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-will-historians-judge-john-mccain

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Has Scared Immigrants Into Forfeiting Their Kids’ Nutritional Benefits.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/trump-administration-scared-immigrants-wic-welfare-public-charge-rule.html

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How Democrats Can Make Race a Winning Issue – ROBERT KUTTNER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats have demonized, denigrated, and condemned Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Ever-increasingly, Republican are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://prospect.org/article/how-democrats-can-make-race-winning-issue

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC promotes mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/04/tied-tightly-trump-anti-immigration-group-fair-takes-capital-%E2%80%94-and-airwaves-%E2%80%94-once-again

September 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Northwestern doctoral student among 6 fatally shot in Labor Day weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/northwestern-doctoral-student-among-6-fatally-shot-in-chicago-weekend-violence/4134497/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pols continue to gin the system for themselves – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-selle-silly-season-st-0904-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who push legal pot demonize, denigrate, and condemn illegal pot. Those who promote legal booze demonize, denigrate, and condemn moonshine.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180904/281831464612801
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, George W. Bush makes conservatives a) regret helping elect him and b) regret helping reelect him.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-michelle-george-friendship-20180903-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Could this be the year Cook County voters don’t automatically retain all judges? – Alecia Richards and Elena Sucharetza
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-judges-seeking-retention-could-face-voter-unrest/
— 21 shot — 4 fatally — over weekend in Chicago – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/weekend-shootings-chicago-sept-3/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Voters throughout DuPage will face tax hike questions in November – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180904/voters-throughout-dupage-will-face-tax-hike-questions-in-november
— Volunteers, DuPage sheriff reach deal over jail social services – Justin Kmitch and Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180904/volunteers-dupage-sheriff-reach-deal-over-jail-social-services
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Only 1 in 4 kindergartners really ready for school, survey shows – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: In 1953, my outstanding parents were able to get me ready for kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete notwithstanding the fact that my father was only the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma and my mother never attended high school. By working second jobs, my father earned just barely enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180904/only-1-in-4-kindergartners-really-ready-for-school-survey-shows

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Pritzker responds to Rauner’s claims he will raise taxes, bring corruption and fewer jobs – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/pritzker-responds-to-rauner-s-claims-he-will-raise-taxes/article_ec78af0c-aa65-539c-bb48-0250cc69bb13.html
— Pritzker energizes crowd at Dems ‘Salute to Labor’ picnic – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/pritzker-energizes-crowd-at-dems-salute-to-labor-picnic/article_9e08d488-9267-5fc9-b05e-b1866f19f213.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Sen. Karen McConnaughay looks forward to new career Legislator laments extreme partisanship in politics – RENEE TOMELL (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the reasons why I succumbed in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and took my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/08/28/sen-karen-mcconnaughay-looks-forward-to-new-career/aya0sn2/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/expert Gary MacDougal on how to reduce Chicago’s homicides & shootings
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/09/watch-berkowitz-w-expert-gary-macdougal-on-how-to-reduce-chicagos-homicides-shootings-cable-web/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Taxpayers spending $17,220 per child on Wheaton “preschool” for four year olds – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: Since 1978, my wife and I have given Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 lots of money (real estate taxes on 1017 East Harrison 1978-1984 and 915 Cove Court 1984-2018), but neither we, nor our parents, nor our grandparents, nor any of our ancestors have ever a) attended a District 200 school or b) sent any children to any District 200 school.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511549582-records-taxpayers-spending-17-220-per-child-on-wheaton-preschool-for-four-year-olds

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pole-Dancing for Preschoolers – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/pole-dancing-for-preschoolers/

 

DAILY LINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who funds this website? Subscriptions are very expensive. Teaser for a September 4, 2018 article by Hannah Meisel titled “What three third-party candidates reveal about the Illinois GOP” is at http://thedailyline.net/chicago/09/04/2018/what-three-third-party-candidates-reveal-about-the-illinois-gop/.
http://thedailyline.net/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Bost’s first TV ad calls him “Southern Illinois’ principled and compassionate leader”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/04/bosts-first-tv-ad-calls-him-southern-illinois-principled-and-compassionate-leader/
— Rauner’s new TV ad hits Pritzker on mileage tax (DIERSEN: How many miles do you anticipate that you will drive in the future? Even though I own six cars, I anticipate driving very few miles in the future because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them. Repairing the damage to my 1972 Corvette caused by ethanol and by my not driving the car for almost 9 years was very expensive.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/04/rauners-new-tv-ad-hits-pritzker-on-mileage-tax/

 

TOWNHALL
— As Progressives Move Left, They Must Replace the American Electorate – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want to use government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2018/09/04/as-progressives-move-left-they-must-replace-the-american-electorate-n2515523

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— McCain’s Friends and Family Did Him No Honor – Conrad Black
https://amgreatness.com/2018/09/04/mccains-friends-and-family-did-him-no-honor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But the recourse by President Obama and Senator McCain‘s daughter to clearly hostile references to the incumbent president (who had facilitated the protracted funeral week with official favors) were in appalling taste. There was what amounted to an attempted hijack of the funeral of an authentic war hero and prominent senator, to convert it into an expression of anger and of contempt for the absent president. This campaign was torqued up all week by the Trump-hating media, who then gave maximum play to the gratuitous shots of Obama and Meghan McCain.)

 

BREITBART
— Steve King Taunts Left Over ‘Enforcement Is Racist’ Claim – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/03/steve-king-taunts-left-over-enforcement-is-racist-claim/
— American Bar Association Unanimously Rates Kavanaugh ‘Well Qualified’ for Supreme Court – Ken Klukowski
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/03/american-bar-association-unanimously-rates-kavanaugh-well-qualified-for-supreme-court/
— Marco Rubio: ‘Very Strong Argument’ for Military Invasion of Venezuela – Ben Kew
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/09/03/marco-rubio-military-invasion-venezuela/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Covering Mollie’s Murder, Washington Post Cries That Town’s Immigrants Don’t Do Quinceañeras – MALACHI BAILEY
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/covering-mollies-murder-wapo-cries-towns-immigrants-quinceaneras/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Fourth Wave Feminism: Why No One Escapes Today’s outsized Femocracy is more desperate and (self) destructive than its successful progenitors. – JOANNA WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: Those who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and those who pander to the aforesaid have always worked extremely hard against me. According to them, a) instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/fourth-wave-feminismwhy-no-one-escapes/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Huge Number Of Illegals Opting Out Of Welfare Programs Fearing Trump Admin Crackdown – AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO (DIERSEN: If you have never been on welfare, to who/what do you give credit for that? I give credit to my outstanding parents who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. I should write a book about those who despise if not hate MSLs.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35386/report-illegals-opting-out-government-assistance-amanda-prestigiacomo

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sensing a midterm migraine – Peter Morici
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/3/the-great-blue-wave-is-a-mirage-but-republican-fea/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Texas sheriff: Illegal immigrant ‘destroyed’ two police dogs during chase – Anna Giaritelli (DIERSEN: Democrats do not care if illegals kill Americans, but if illegals start killing dogs, Democrats will send the illegals back to where they came from.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-sheriff-illegal-immigrant-destroyed-two-police-dogs-during-chase

 

THE HILL
— Let’s enforce labor, immigration laws to put working people first – RUTH ELLEN WASEM (DIERSEN: If there had been as much legal and illegal immigration when I was young as there is today, the bad jobs that I got would have been given to immigrants. 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.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/404616-lets-enforce-labor-immigration-laws-to-put-working-people-first
— Immigrants turning down infant formula, food aid out of fear of Trump policies: report – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: If you have never been on welfare, to who/what do you give credit for that? I give credit to my outstanding parents who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. I should write a book about those who despise if not hate MSLs.)
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/404811-immigrants-turning-down-infant-formula-food-aid-out-of-fear-of-trump
— Dems interrupt Kavanaugh hearing, asking that it be adjourned – JORDAIN CARNEY AND LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/404897-dems-interrupt-kavanaugh-hearing-asking-that-it-be-adjourned

 

POLITICO
— Immigrants, fearing Trump crackdown, drop out of nutrition programs Both documented and undocumented immigrants fear that accepting federal aid could make them ineligible for a green card if rules are changed. – HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH (DIERSEN: If you have never been on welfare, to who/what do you give credit for that? I give credit to my outstanding parents who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. I should write a book about those who despise if not hate MSLs.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/03/immigrants-nutrition-food-trump-crackdown-806292

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings: Protests or ‘Mob Rule’ – SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, ADAM LIPTAK, CATIE EDMONDSON and EMILY COCHRANE
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/politics/kavanaugh-confirmation-hearing-updates.html
— Facebook’s Private Groups Offer Refuge to Fringe Figures – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: Who paints you as being on the fringe? Those who paint me as being on the fringe a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/technology/facebook-private-groups-alex-jones.html
— At the Telluride Film Festival, the Past Isn’t Safe at All – A.O. Scott
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/movies/telluride-film-festival.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Why Tech’s Split With Trump Could Set the Country Back – Andrew Ross Sorkin (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, tech paints itself as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/business/silicon-valley-trump-government.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to the Democrats, only members of the following groups have civil rights: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/us/politics/civil-rights-justice-department.html
— Pope Francis Embraces Silence as Calls Grow for Response to Allegations – Jason Horowitz
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/world/europe/pope-francis-mccarrick.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Democrats regain clear advantage in midterms shaping up as referendum on President Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-democrats-regain-clear-advantage-in-midterms-shaping-up-as-referendum-on-president-trump/2018/09/03/b47be106-aefe-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— More Americans are delaying retirement. But finding jobs when older isn’t so easy – LORI WEISBERG and MIKE FREEMAN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, age discrimination has never existed, does not exist, and will never exist. According to my critics/opponents, if you have employment problems or other problems in life, those problems are never caused by age discrimination or by your complaining about age discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, if you have employment problems or other problems in life, it is because you are stupid, lazy, a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, of even worse things. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against because I am stupid, lazy, a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, of even worse things. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member because I am stupid, lazy, a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, of even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents?)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-older-workers-20180903-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With a master’s degree in computer science and 30 years of experience working for technology companies, Tom Middleton had little doubt he would soon find new employment after losing his job a decade ago as a software engineering manager at Kyocera in San Diego. How wrong he was. After two years of submitting more than 300 applications for tech jobs and scoring only an occasional face-to-face interview, the then-59-year-old Middleton became convinced his age was a hindrance. He would hear feedback like “You’re overqualified” and “We can’t pay you what you’re used to.” As money grew tighter, house payments were missed and 401(k) savings were exhausted, he took minimum-wage jobs at Target and Walmart and tried his hand at income tax preparation. On a whim, he applied for a job as a bus driver — and was hired, now earning less than half his former six-figure salary. “I had some days where I just wanted to crawl in a hole,” Middleton, now 66, said of his job search. “I thought I’d be a bargain to someone, but they didn’t see it that way.” A growing share of baby boomers is opting to work well into what traditionally would be their retirement years, but the challenges of remaining employed or reentering the workforce at an older age, even in today’s tight labor market, haven’t necessarily eased. And even as Labor Department data show more people 55 and older are employed than ever before and have a lower jobless rate — 3.1%, compared with 3.9% for all workers — they remain out of work longer than their younger peers when they lose a job. On average, they’re jobless for about 37 weeks, compared with 25 weeks for workers ages 35 to 44, according to 2017 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their hourly pay also starts to decline as they enter their 60s, regardless of how much education they have.)

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tibbetts father sides with those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-female, anti-older people, anti-younger people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/09/02/mollie-tibbetts-father-decency-immigration-trump-jr-column/1180531002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Inside Twitter’s Long, Slow Struggle to Police Bad Actors Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on high-profile decisions, frustrating some employees – Georgia Wells and Kirsten Grind (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are a bad actor? Those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a bad actor a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-twitters-long-slow-struggle-to-police-bad-actors-1535972402
— GOP’s Tough Task in House Races: Reach Beyond Trump’s Base Endangered Republicans must find supporters who will vote for them even though they disapprove of the president Supporters cheered as President Trump spoke at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in August. – Reid J. Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gops-tough-task-in-house-races-reach-beyond-trumps-base-1535886001
— Stakes Are High as States Gear Up to Pick Governors Legislative and congressional maps will get redrawn in 2021, and many state leaders will have a say in the process Florida is among a handful of states where the races for governor are already drawing national attention. – Valerie Bauerlein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stakes-are-high-as-states-gear-up-to-pick-governors-1535976001
— Voters Focus on Economy, Health Care and Immigration in Midterms Views of President Trump also likely to influence how people vote in November – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are the most filled with hatred against me because the federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health care insurance because I am a federal retiree. For $24,000/year worth of health care insurance, we pay only $6,000/year.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voters-focus-on-economy-health-care-and-immigration-in-midterms-1535979600
— Trump Offers ‘Complete and Total Endorsement’ for Former Rival Ted Cruz The Texas Republican senator, who is up for re-election, called Mr. Trump a ‘pathological liar’ on the closing day of his 2016 campaign – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-offers-complete-and-total-endorsement-for-former-rival-ted-cruz-1535737309
— Parents’ Jobs Increasingly Shape How Far Kids Get in Life New research adds to evidence it’s become harder in recent decades for Americans to get ahead – Paul Kiernan (DIERSEN: What jobs did your parents have? My father worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He never attended college. He was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never worked outside our home until my father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. She never attended high school. I would have gotten nowhere in life if I had not 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.wsj.com/economics/2018/09/03/parents-jobs-increasingly-shape-how-far-kids-get-in-life/
— Nike Ads to Feature Colin Kaepernick, Who Led Anthem Protest Ex-49er led national-anthem protests, will take part in renewed ‘Just Do It’ campaign – Andrew Beaton (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Nike makes it clear that it wants to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-ads-to-feature-embattled-quarterback-kaepernick-1536018151?mod=djemwhatsnews
— Pope’s Accuser Sparks Deep Divisions Within Church Some dispute former Vatican diplomat’s claim that Francis covered up sexual abuse, while others vouch for his integrity – Francis X. Rocca
https://www.wsj.com/articles/popes-accuser-sparks-deep-divisions-within-church-1536053902
— How Much Money Will You Really Spend in Retirement? Probably a Lot More Than You Think Most of us vastly underestimate the percentage of income we’ll need. Here’s how to make sure you get that number right. – Dan Ariely and Aline Holzwarth (DIERSEN: My $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my $125,325/year salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars. What will/has cut your retirement income? For me, it was the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-money-will-you-really-spend-in-retirement-probably-a-lot-more-than-you-think-1536026820
— Ten Things They Didn’t Tell You at Freshman Orientation – David Gelernter
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ten-things-they-didnt-tell-you-at-freshman-orientation-1536010557

 

DALLAS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “ICE raids that target employers won’t solve our immigration crisis.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/09/04/ice-raids-scapegoat-employers-wont-solve-immigration-crisis

 

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— NAACP calls Kavanaugh ‘grave threat to civil rights’ – Jesse J. Holland and Tammy Webber (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to members of Group A is to discriminate against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.phillytrib.com/news/naacp-calls-kavanaugh-grave-threat-to-civil-rights/article_fc22de75-0724-513b-adca-b252b088cf77.html

 

OAKLAND PRESS
— What’s in a Name? Job applicants with ethnic names may lose out – Daniel A. Gwinn (DIERSEN: What if I had pretended to be Swedish? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin. I should write a book about those of the aforesaid who are of German national origin, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin to curry favor with those who are anti-German American.)
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/lifestyles/what-s-in-a-name-job-applicants-with-ethnic-names/article_af2ee0be-a79b-11e8-8e74-23593b889825.html

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Abolish ICE doesn’t fly with voters – Editorial (DIERSEN: Those who want to abolish ICE want to use illegals to destroy America.)
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorialabolish-ice-doesnt-fly-with-voters/

 

HERALD TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries glorify and praise immigrants? ANSWER: Those that 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. Those who glorify and praise immigrants viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn me and those who share my demographics.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/opinion/20180904/cepeda-immigrants-are-helping-rural-communities-revive

 

WBUR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ promoters say “Rise Of LGBTQ Candidates Could Usher In A ‘Rainbow Wave’ In 2018.”
http://www.wbur.org/npr/643686397/rise-of-lgbtq-candidates-could-usher-in-a-rainbow-wave-in-2018

 

CAMPUS TIMES
— Enough with the collective blame – KEVIN SHAUGHNESSY (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that anti-Trumps a) blame you for all past, present, and future problems, b) work to get rid of you, and c) promote hatred against you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if you ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.campustimes.org/2018/09/04/enough-with-the-collective-blame/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Aren’t Democrats Waging an All-Out War to Stop Kavanaugh’s Confirmation? – Irin Carmon (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have waged all-out wars to stop me. They would love it.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/democrats-kavanaugh-confirmation.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— ACTIVIST SUING HARVARD FOR ALLEGED RACIST STUDENT ADMISSIONS BELIEVES OVER 100 COLLEGES ARE DISCRIMINATING – SHANE CROUCHER (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in American that discriminate against those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran hint/imply/argue/shout that they are simply doing what Democrats want them to do.)
https://www.newsweek.com/harvard-college-admissions-edward-blum-racist-asian-students-1103043

September 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Unions stand together on the frontline of freedom – Robert G. Reiter
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180903/281715500493473

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Courses that can set students up for success – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate took job-related courses. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201808231613–tms–retiresmctnrs-a20180824-20180824-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use McCain to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–mccain-20180901-story.html
— Calls for respect for black America at Franklin funeral – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are ever-increasingly judgmental and disrespectful of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-bc-us–aretha-franklin-20180901-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Longtime Naperville mayor George Pradel in hospice care – Charles Keeshan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180902/longtime-naperville-mayor-pradel-in-hospice-care

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, beyond outrageously, members of the following groups use Mollie Tibbetts to promote diversity: 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 promote immigration.
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/cepeda-don-t-treat-outliers-as-poster-children-for-your/article_6be12da4-395f-59b7-8189-706b6355315c.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Drag Queen Story Hour sparks protests in conservative towns – SAP
https://www.bnd.com/entertainment/article217734610.html

 

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— Pritzker claims Rauner misquoted newspapers to lie about him. That’s a stretch. – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2018/sep/02/jb-pritzker/pritzker-claims-rauner-misquoted-newspapers-lie-ab/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Blunt Truth About Marijuana
https://illinoisfamily.org/topic/marijuana-2/
https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Chiefs_Sheriffs_letter.pdf

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Americans Are Fuming Over ‘Disturbing’ ‘Political Rally’ That Took Place at McCain Funeral – MADISON DIBBLE
https://ijr.com/2018/09/1120637-mccain-funeral-politically-charged/

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-Republican, anti-White, and/or anti-women use Tibbetts to promote diversity.
https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/09/02/mollie-tibbetts-father-promote-diversity-not-immigration-enforcement/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Washington Post uses Cristhian Bahena-Rivera to glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/09/02/washington-post-hardships-iowas-immigrants-wake-mollie-tibbetts-murder/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DON’T LET DEMOCRATS MONKEY UP RED STATES Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson slaps candidates playing race card to get traction
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/dont-let-democrats-monkey-up-red-states/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mexican flag flies proudly over town where illegal alien killed Mollie Tibbetts – Ed Straker
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/mexican_flag_flies_proudly_over_town_where_illegal_alien_killed_mollie_tibbetts.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When an invading army captures a town, they usually run up the flag, to show who’s in charge. But in America, we don’t need an occupying army. We do it to ourselves. Witness the town of Brooklyn, Iowa, where Mollie Tibbetts was murdered by an illegal alien, which proudly flies the flag of Mexico. According to the liberal media, Brooklyn was one big happy multicultural town, until conservatives ruined it by complaining about the illegal alien who murdered Mollie. Really. …police found Tibbetts’s body discarded in a cornfield. They charged Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a local farmhand, with her murder. And they announced that Rivera, who had no prior criminal history, was an undocumented Mexican immigrant. For most people in Brooklyn, though, Rivera’s legal status is a distraction. This time should be about Mollie, they say, not the man accused of killing her. This is the liberal line. On the statistically rare occasions when a white person kills a black, the liberal media can talk about nothing else other than the race of the accused. But when an illegal alien does the killing, they don’t want to talk about perpetrators. They treat it like the weather. It’s just something that happens.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Sens. Graham, Durbin preview Kavanaugh confirmation hearings
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/09/02/sens-graham-durbin-preview-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Democratic game plan – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/2/as-democrats-move-left-they-must-replace-the-ameri/
(
FROM THE ARTICLE: The “progressives”’ game plan to re-acquire power in Washington and make it permanent has been shockingly obvious for some time: Import millions of illegal immigrants, hook them on government aid and turn them into voters — legally or illegally. Two Democrats running for Congress in Texas have come out for decriminalizing illegal immigration, along with Beto O’Rourke, who is running for Ted Cruz’s U.S. Senate seat. Virtually all Democratic office holders oppose voter ID laws. In March, Nation magazine writer Sean McElwee called for abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), a demand repeated by “progressives” around the country. The Washington Post has editorialized against adding a question about citizenship to the U.S. Census, saying it looks “suspiciously like an underhanded way to depress Democratic representation in Washington.” Districts with high numbers of illegal aliens who cannot legally vote have an advantage because the Census determines congressional seats and presidential electors based on population. So, the more illegals, the merrier for Democrats. The Dems must replace the American electorate because their plunge into “free” government health care, “free” college tuition, open borders, confiscatory taxes, anti-police rhetoric, activist judges and bizarre sexual politics is alienating more and more “everyday” Americans. The left needs new voting blocs. It’s the only way they’ll stay competitive, especially when the Trump administration has the economy roaring like a Ferrari. Millions of evangelical Christians and moderate-to-conservative Catholics voted for Mr. Trump because they saw him as their best bet against a hostile Deep State and its media allies. Portions of the IRS, the FBI and other federal agencies had been criminally politicized under President Obama, and Hillary Clinton would have finished the job. With state power unchecked since the Reagan years, Uncle Sam has morphed into Nurse Ratched, presiding over a giant sanitarium. That’s the issue ignored by the media: Democrats are at war with normalcy of any kind and want to impose their cracked view of reality on the rest of us.)
— A boycott of California’s iconic In-N-Out teaches Democrats a lesson – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/2/editorial-a-boycott-of-californias-iconic-in-n-out/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Hear You: Illegal Immigration, Gun Rights, Lower Taxes, and Free Speech – Ken McIntyre
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/02/we-hear-you-illegal-immigration-gun-rights-lower-taxes-and-free-speech/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illegal immigration a ‘major problem’ for 68% of voters – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/09/02/illegal-immigration-a-major-problem-for-68-of-voters
— LGBT, Antifa demand Texas church leave over sexuality – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/church/2018/09/02/lgbt-antifa-demand-texas-church-leave-over-sexuality

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats Are Pushing More Diverse Candidates. Behind The Scenes, Not So Much. Diversity typically ends “where the money begins,” says a Latino consulting firm founder. – Molly Redden
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democratic-campaigns-have-a-serious-diversity-problem_us_5b85664fe4b0511db3d1f7ba

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “How Trump Betrays ‘Forgotten’ Americans From the Supreme Court to labor organizing rules, the president undermines workers’ greatest champions.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/opinion/trump-labor-unions-greenhouse.html
— Tech Giants Now Share Details on Political Ads. What Does That Mean For You? We tried out new tools from Facebook, Google and Twitter that let you look up campaign ads. Here’s what the databases can — and cannot — do. – Natasha Singer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/technology/03adarchive.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do not do what McCain wants you to do, McCain’s supporters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/opinion/columnists/republicans-mccain-hypocrisy.html
— The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex – Timothy Egan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/egan-catholic-church-pope-francis.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: What do you say to employers that offer jobs that are so bad that only citizens of foreign countries will take them? GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. If GAO, IRS, and the Post Office could offer jobs to citizens of foreign countries, they certainly would do that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/business/trump-legal-immigration-h1b-visas.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Pope Benedict, in retired seclusion, looms in the opposition to Pope Francis – Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-benedict-in-retired-seclusion-looms-in-the-opposition-to-pope-francis/2018/09/02/f4d262b2-aaca-11e8-9a7d-cd30504ff902_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— America doesn’t actually lead the world in mass shootings – John Lott and Michael Weisser
https://nypost.com/2018/08/30/america-doesnt-actually-lead-the-world-in-mass-shootings/

 

USA TODAY
— Why we celebrate Labor Day, a holiday that had a violent start – Susan Miller
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/02/labor-day-why-do-we-celebrate-holiday/1180558002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Companies Ramp Up Worker-Retraining Efforts Tight labor market pushes companies to invest in teaching current workers to do more sophisticated tasks – Austen Hufford (DIERSEN: Between 1992 and 1997, I paid for my own “worker-retraining.” In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators. Between 1992 and 1997, I took graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997 earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-ramp-up-worker-retraining-efforts-1535889600
— Is Your Email Address Holding You Back? – Chris Kornelis (DIERSEN: How long have you had your email address? My email address has been diersen@aol.com since January of 1995.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-your-email-address-holding-you-back-1535470160
— John McCain Hailed as Model of U.S. Virtues – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: In 2008, I asked those in my precinct who had given lots of money to McCain to elect him why they did that. They stressed all the planks in the Republican Party platform that McCain rejected.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-mccain-hailed-as-model-of-american-virtues-during-washington-memorial-1535825956

 

USA TODAY
— Protesters hope to shut down Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Labor Day to spotlight violence – John Bacon (DIERSEN: What do you spotlight? I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spotlight the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject one or more of the planks in the IRP platform.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/02/chicago-murders-protesters-hope-shut-down-ohare-airport/1180561002/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-Republican, anti-White, and/or anti-women use Tibbetts to promote diversity.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/09/02/father-mollie-tibbetts-criticizes-using-her-pawn/rBwhtxBkpZBuQWkF4u8eoK/story.html

 

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— Why Does Chicago Seem Broken? – Roger Biles (DIERSEN: The overwhelming majority of voters in Chicago elect people who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/169824

 

NAVY TIMES
— Are you an officer facing the retirement boards? – Mark D. Faram (DIERSEN: Constructively, if you are federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, you start facing retirement boards when you are 25 years old. Generally, those boards get rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/08/09/are-you-an-officer-facing-the-retirement-boards/

 

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time promote immigration.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-america-benefits-from-all-immigration-legal-and-illegal

September 1 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Pritzker Wants People To Vote-By-Mail Using His Paperwork
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/31/pritzker-vote-by-mail-paperwork/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Koch group funding on GOP U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam’s behalf foretells 6th District’s national implications – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-roskam-receives-koch-brothers-support-20180830-story.html
— Drug overdose victims remembered in vigil held at Elgin counseling center – Gloria Casas (DIERSEN: If you a) have never abused legal drugs, b) will never abuse legal drugs, c) have never used an illegal drug, and d) will never use an illegal drug, to who/what do you give credit for that? I give credit to my outstanding parents who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-overdose-awareness-event-st-0902-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-for-pain-illinois-20180831-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker cruise company takes 180, now supports union effort – Ryan Smith
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-seadog-entertainment-cruises-union-bust-confrontation-democrat-governor-illinois-election/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use McCain to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/john-mccain-role-model-hero/

 

DAILY HERALD
— 6 suspended after Des Plaines police golf outing involving drinking and sex
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180831/6-suspended-after-des-plaines-police-golf-outing-involving-drinking-and-sex
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Five police officers and a civilian employee of the Des Plaines Police Department will be suspended without pay as a result of their actions at a June 2017 golf outing and party, officials said Friday. Police Chief Bill Kushner is issuing the suspensions after private firm Michael Best and Friedrich LLP completed its investigation into the golf outing at Hilldale Golf Course in Hoffman Estates and a nearby after-party that included excessive drinking, nudity, sexual activity and subsequent rumors that a female officer was raped.)
— Visitor spending increases in DuPage County – Beth Marchetti
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180831/visitor-spending-increases-in-dupage-county
— So, how does the mysterious Google search engine really work? – Brian Fung (DIERSEN: Everyone should compare and contrast how Google treats www.gopillinois.com versus www.capitolfax.comwww.gopillinois.com  highlights the source, title, author, and hyperlink for internet postings. www.capitolfax.com downplays the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180901/so-how-does-the-mysterious-google-search-engine-really-work
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This is where the more subjective parts of Google’s search engine come in. Over 100 factors – from where the user is located to how recently a given webpage was updated – contribute to how highly a certain result may appear. In addition, the company’s famous PageRank algorithm, developed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, plays a role in determining the authoritativeness of a given source. Google executives are hesitant to discuss the specifics of their software, for fear of encouraging those who may seek to game the algorithm. And a core aspect of Trump’s critique is that Google is mistaken in the way that it assigns authority in the first place. But, said Pandu Nayak, the head of Google’s search ranking team, Google tests its own search results with regular humans to ensure that the search engine does what it is meant to do: Provide relevant and authoritative results. “We’ve developed a detailed series of guidelines about what it means to be authoritative,” said Nayak in an interview. “It’s a 160-page document, it’s been publicly available on the Web for several years now, and it’s our representation about what it means to give relevant and authoritative results. Raters must study it and pass a test” before they can participate in the evaluation process. Google News’ secret sauce Some of Trump’s criticism appears to revolve around which stories appear in Google News. Recent changes to Google News have turned it into a much more personalized product. The company now apples artificial intelligence and accounts more for your expressed preferences. This approach has given rise to questions about what determines News results and just how much its engineers truly understand about the decisions their AI is making. A consistent theme in current machine learning research is that the algorithms are typically black boxes – often, the only way to determine why an algorithm made a decision is to try to reverse-engineer the logic from the results. Influencing the sauce? Still, it appears, companies and individuals can influence Google search results. Reverse-engineering Google has practically become something of a cottage industry, particularly in media. Publishers are constantly trying to find ways to compete for visibility on Google News and on Google Search. For example, Google’s tendency to favor recency, or “freshness,” incentivizes companies such as The Washington Post to create their webpages with metadata keywords that the search engine can easily read. But not even the best experts can know for sure whether their techniques are working. “The file that has the smart meta-title on it is the file that people land on for the latest updates,” said Megan Chan, director of digital operations at The Post. “A lot of it is trial and error.” While The Post has a relationship with Google on special initiatives such as The Trust Project, an effort to promote integrity in journalism, Google does not use those relationships to provide insights into how its algorithms work, Chan said.)
— Volunteers needed to assist seniors with income taxes (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am almost 70. Should I form an organization of seniors who would help younger people with their income taxes?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180830/volunteers-needed-to-assist-seniors-with-income-taxes

 

WTTW
— Employee Accuses Pritzker Group of Union-Busting – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/08/30/employee-accuses-pritzker-group-union-busting

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— City to appeal court order to immediately pay $333K to panhandlers’ attorneys – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180831/city-to-appeal-court-order-to-immediately-pay-333k-to-panhandlers-attorneys

 

IROQUOIS COUNTY TIMES REPUBLIC
— ICRCC hosts dinner, candidates give talks – KIM RABE
http://www.newsbug.info/iroquois_countys_times-republic/icrcc-hosts-dinner-candidates-give-talks/article_5b29b87c-ec9b-559c-ae35-8161b6cffc79.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— How Trump Tries To Discredit What He Doesn’t Like With ‘Fake’ And ‘Phony’ Labels – TAMARA KEITH (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) every article that I include a link to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) every event that I include in the upcoming events list in the emails, and c) everyone who reads the emails. Of course, my critics/opponents are conflicted a) when I include links in the emails to articles that they wrote, b) when I include their events in the upcoming events list, and c) when they read the emails.  My critics/opponents want you know only what they tell you, no more and no less.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/how-trump-tries-discredit-what-he-doesnt-fake-and-phony-labels#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps invade the collar counties to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/08/31/join-blue-beginning-as-it-sends-the-democratic-troops-into-the-collar-counties

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Senator Karen McConnaughay Resignation Follows Pam Althoff’s by Three Days
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/01/state-senator-karen-mcconnaughay-resignation-follows-pam-althoffs-by-three-days/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Borrowers in default on student loans after attending colleges in Chicago
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511530198-borrowers-in-default-on-student-loans-after-attending-colleges-in-chicago

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Dodge points to survey as proof Democratic policies hamper Illinois business climate – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511546791-dodge-points-to-survey-as-proof-democratic-policies-hamper-illinois-business-climate
— Illinois is one of the nation’s top cheats in the welfare game – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511547822-illinois-is-one-of-the-nation-s-top-cheats-in-the-welfare-game
— Pritzer proposes tax hike, ignores voter questions – Asia Mayfield (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you can and that you should pay more taxes? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that I should pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the draft, that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, that I gave up trying to have children, that I did not adopt, that I did not become a foster parent, that I get a federal pension and health insurance subsidy, that I am a Trump supporter, that I am White, that I am a male, that I am old (almost 70), that a am not poor, that I am 100% German American, that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511546235-pritzer-proposes-tax-hike-ignores-voter-questions

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Benford, other Republicans refuse pensions ahead of November general election – Robert Hadley (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if I ran for an office saying that if elected, I would refuse a pension, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout at everyone that I could do that because I am undeservedly filthy rich. They would stress my $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and my $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They would shout a) that I, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and the rest of ancestor have always benefited tremendously from discrimination against minorities and against females, b) that I am an old (almost 70) White male, c) that I avoided the draft, d) that the federal government grossly overpaid me, e) that wife has always had good jobs, f) that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and g) even worse things.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511547593-benford-other-republicans-refuse-pensions-ahead-of-november-general-election

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Roskam honors McCain as patriot, servant, friend of America – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511546408-roskam-honors-mccain-as-patriot-servant-friend-of-america
— Olsen warns Pritzker tax hike will hit working class, not just billionaires – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the working class? I was a lowly member of the working class 1962-1997. 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 should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who despise if not hate members of the working class.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511546910-olsen-warns-pritzker-tax-hike-will-hit-working-class-not-just-billionaires
— Mazzochi blasts candidate as Madigan’s puppet during press conference – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: If you asked my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who I am a puppet for, who would they say?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511546908-mazzochi-blast-candidate-as-madigan-s-puppet-during-press-conference
— Pritzker offers only an ‘intellectually lazy’ approach to state problems, Wehrli says – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511546896-pritzker-offers-only-an-intellectually-lazy-approach-to-state-problems-wehrli-says

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Islam is Advancing in America – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/08/spotlight-islam-is-advancing-in-america/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Old-school’ eulogy at Aretha Franklin funeral ignites wrath
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53691
— Apple-picking time: Washington sees record foreign worker visas (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you been offered because others would not take them? GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.gopusa.com/apple-picking-time-washington-sees-record-foreign-worker-visas/
— Suzanna Walters, man-hating professor, slapped with Title IX sex bias complaint (DIERSEN: I should write a book about men who promote hatred of men to curry favor with man-haters.)
http://www.gopusa.com/suzanna-walters-man-hating-professor-slapped-with-title-ix-sex-bias-complaint/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lawyer for illegal immigrant abortions to testify against Brett Kavanaugh – John Dean, Nixon White House lawyer, also to testify on behalf of Democrats – Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer (DIERSEN: Those who work against you say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. I should write a book about those who work against me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/30/rochelle-garza-lawyer-illegal-immigrant-abortions-/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump to ‘study’ federal workers’ pay after asking Congress to block automatic raise – Naomi Lim (DIERSEN: How many federal employees and federal retirees live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against the aforesaid?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-to-study-federal-workers-pay-after-asking-congress-to-block-automatic-raise

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Radicalized Democrats: Destroying the Country and Their Own Party – Jake Hoffman (DIERSEN: How successful have radicalized Democrats been in promoting hatred against Republicans in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who have demonstrated the most hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/radicalized_democrats_destroying_the_country_and_their_own_party.html

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Learn To Live Within Your Means (DIERSEN: Since September 30, 1997, my income has been 59% less. My $51,864 federal pension is only 41% of what my $125,325 federal salary was in today’s dollars.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/09/01/learn-to-live-within-your-means/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Just about everyone promotes hatred of federal employees and hatred of federal retirees. How many federal employees and federal retirees live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against the aforesaid?
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/trump-federal-employee-pay-freeze/
— Gov’t Spends $18 Billion On Jobs Programs, But Can’t Tell If They Work- Editorial (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/job-training-programs-waste-fraud/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Sexual Libertinism Won’t Save the Church – DAVID FRENCH (DIERSEN: Democrats are anti-religious. Democrats want churches to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. Democrats want non-Protestants to hate Protestants.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/catholic-church-scandals-sexual-libertinism/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use McCain to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/404679-meghan-mccain-slams-cheap-rhetoric-in-fathers-eulogy

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “From Criminal Convictions to Ethical Lapses: The Range of Misconduct in Trump’s Orbit.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/01/us/politics/trump-officials-crimes-and-ethical-violations.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote booze, gambling, pot and other vices say “Addiction Doesn’t Always Last a Lifetime.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/addiction-recovery-survivors.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use McCain to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/mccain-america.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/us/politics/mccain-memorial-democrats-republicans.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mccain-to-be-eulogized-at-memorial-service-by-two-former-presidents/2018/08/31/1c180bb8-ad5c-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/schools-can-keep-kids-safe-without-giving-their-teachers-guns.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— College students say they want a degree for a job. Are they getting what they want? – Jeffrey J. Selingo (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/09/01/college-students-say-they-want-a-degree-for-a-job-are-they-getting-what-they-want/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— John McCain, the GOP’s lost conscience – PAUL THORNTON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans use McCain to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans, and especially to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.latimes.com/la-ol-opinion-newsletter-john-mccain-20180901-htmlstory.html
— Candidate for California governor John Cox was sued for alleged financial misconduct, court documents show – PHIL WILLON (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about all the lawsuits that I have filed? I would focus on what the defendants did to harm me before and after the lawsuits were filed.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-governor-candidate-john-cox-lawsuit-20180831-story.html
— Democratic leader’s call for In-N-Out Burger boycott meets its own resistance – DAKOTA SMITH and MELISSA ETEHAD (DIERSEN: Should I publish a list of all the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that boycott me and me GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-in-and-out-donations-20180830-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Tattoo Industry Wins Over Millennials – Jo Craven McGinty
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tattoo-industry-wins-over-millennials-1535713200
— The World Isn’t as Bad as Your Wired Brain Tells You Magnified by the internet’s algorithms, our primitive biases make our fears go viral – Christopher Mims (DIERSEN: Democrats dominate the internet. More and more and more of their postings promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-world-isnt-as-bad-as-your-wired-brain-tells-you-1535713201
— Happy in Their Work A survey finds that blue-collar workers aren’t as glum as the stereotype. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on blue-collar workers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/happy-in-their-work-1535756830

 

BUFFALO NEWS
— Take a measure of your eyesight this month – Judith Whitehead (DIERSEN: How is your eyesight? My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20 and I have always had partial red/green color blindness. I can no longer put off cataract surgery.)
https://buffalonews.com/2018/09/01/take-a-measure-of-your-eyesight-this-month/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As we age, loss of vision becomes more prevalent, depending on family history, health and certain eye diseases. If conditions such as Macular Degeneration, diabetes and glaucoma run in your family, you need to make sure you have regular eye exams. Eye diseases often have no early symptoms but can be detected during a dilated eye evaluation. There are more than 40 million Americans over the age of 65 and this number is growing rapidly. By the 2050, there will be more than 88 million people in this age group. As our life expectancy increases, so do our eye conditions. The number of people living with poor vision is projected to triple. Fortunately in our country, conditions such as cataracts don’t have to cause blindness as they do in other countries. We are lucky enough to have accessible health care in most areas of America. We need to make sure we take care of our aging population. Keep an eye on aging relatives and friends – loss of vision is gradual and easily goes undetected. Early detection and treatment is always the key to saving your sight.)

 

SEDALIA DEMOCRAT
— Don’t take age too seriously – Deborah Mitchell
https://www.sedaliademocrat.com/opinion/don-t-take-age-too-seriously/article_63561c43-c4ba-5fd0-a12b-f20a7a92078c.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After my cataract surgery, I remember saying that I was officially a geezer. Well, that wasn’t true. NOW I am officially a geezer. My Medicare card arrived yesterday in the mail. You know, that red, white and blue card that all of us geezers carry around in our wallets. I opened the envelope from the Department of Health and Human Services and saw the cheery greeting on the cover letter: “Welcome to Medicare!” Seeing the card felt really weird, I suppose because I have never taken my age seriously. I remember being 30 all those years ago and thinking, “I wonder when I will feel as if I am an adult?” I wondered the same thing when I turned 35. Not long after that, though, adulthood came crashing down because Emily was born, and all of a sudden, I realized that I was responsible for another human being. That made me sit up and take notice. But truly, I have never paid attention to the fact that age was creeping up because I have never felt my age. My BFF Susan and I were talking a few months ago – OK, it was probably a couple of years ago, but who can remember, because they’re all running together at this point – about how we both felt as if we were much younger than our mothers when they were our age (we share the same age), whatever it was at the time.)

 

WHEC
— MAY 10, 2018 FLASHBACK: How old is too old to drive?
https://www.whec.com/news/how-old-is-too-old-to-drive/4902224/

 

ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE
— Medical/Vision Conditions
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/drivers/drivers_license/medical_vision.html
(FROM THE POSTING: If you know someone you feel could jeopardize traffic safety as the result of a medical condition, contact the individual’s doctor or a police officer and request that the Secretary of State’s office investigate. You may submit a Vision Specialist Report completed by a licensed optometrist, ophthalmologist or physician, instead of an in-person vision screening at a Driver Services facility. Visual reading requirements are as follows: The minimum requirement for visual acuity is 20/40 acuity with or without corrective lenses. Drivers with acuity between 20/41 and 20/70 are limited to daylight driving only. You must have at least 140 degree peripheral vision (the ability to see to the side) to have a license without restrictions. This is with or without corrective lenses.)

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump’s planned pay freeze earns criticism from at least 1 House Republican (Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: How many federal employees and federal retirees live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against the aforesaid?)
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-money/2018/08/trumps-planned-pay-freeze-earns-criticism-from-at-least-1-house-republican/

 

FED SMITH
— Trump to ‘Study’ Federal Workers’ Pay Over Labor Day Weekend – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Just about everyone promotes hatred of federal employees and hatred of federal retirees. How many federal employees and federal retirees live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against the aforesaid?)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/08/31/trump-study-federal-workers-pay-labor-day-weekend/

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner Admin Admits Gov Exaggerated Jobs Claims after Overseas Trips.”
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/coming-off-a-high-rauner-admin-admits-gov-exaggerated-jobs-claims-after-overseas-trips/