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August 6 Morning Edition

FOX 40 SACRAMENTO STOCKTON MODESTO
— See John Cox’s First 2018 General Election Campaign Ad – NIKKI LAURENZO (DIERSEN: John Cox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Cox) and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced U.S. Senate candidates (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. At my suggestion, Cox brought Jay’s Potato Chips. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://fox40.com/2018/08/05/see-john-coxs-first-2018-general-election-campaign-ad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican candidate for California governor has released his first campaign advertisement since winning the primary election in June. It’s titled “Help is on the Way,” and focuses on the platforms John Cox highlighted throughout his campaign such as unaffordable home and rent costs, the state’s infrastructure, rising poverty rates and the gas tax. The businessman, who lives in San Diego, has an uphill battle to catch Democrat Gavin Newsom. The current lieutenant governor has a commanding lead in the contest to succeed Governor Jerry Brown. According to the latest poll numbers from the Public Policy Institute of California, 55 percent of likely voters favored Newsom to Cox’s 31 percent.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP donor Uihlein refuels Proft PAC with $3.5M ahead of fall election; WeatherTech founder gives Rauner campaign more; Dem panel looks to elevate women – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: If Uihlein gave you $3.5M to give to candidates, which candidates would you give the money to and why?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-monday-20180805-story.html
— Teaching pastor resigns over Willow Creek’s handling of allegations against Bill Hybels – Manya Brachear Pashman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-willow-creek-steve-carter-resigns-20180805-story.html
— Why your property tax bill is so high, and how to fix it – Austin Berg

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-berg-column-st-0805-story.html

— Ready to hire? Look for these traits – John Boitnott (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180806/281848644421422
— Where do the millionaires live? – Jeff Haden (DIERSEN: One could argue that if you do not have “at least $1 million in investable assets” or you are not on track to have that much by the time you retire, you are in big trouble.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-where-do-the-millionaires-live-20180730-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Being a millionaire is still a fairly exclusive club. Kiplinger recently reported that 5.8 percent of the country — about 7 million households — are millionaires. Kiplinger defined “millionaire” as someone having at least $1 million in investable assets, so it doesn’t include homes, employer-sponsored pension plans or business partnerships. . .18. Illinois: 6.14 percent. (Cost of living: 4 percent above national average.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you bash traditional marriage and traditional family, Democrats will glorify and praise you.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-purity-virgin-afraid-to-lyz-lenz-0806-story.html
— If you haven’t had health insurance … – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that my wife and I get an $18,000/year health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy because I am a federal retiree. We pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of coverage. In our defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years — almost 3 for the Post Office 1966-1969, almost 9 for IRS 1971-1980, and almost 18 for GAO. Working for the federal government is extremely unpleasant, stressful, and depressing. Virtually everyone viciously demonizes, viciously denigrates, and viciously condemns federal employees and federal retirees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-illinois-obamacare-access-20180801-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD EDITORIAL WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE UNETHICALLY MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NEWS ARTICLE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats use citizens of foreign countries to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-marie-joseph-house-20180727-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— In another blow to megachurch, lead teaching pastor resigns from Willow Creek – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180805/in-another-blow-to-megachurch-lead-teaching-pastor-resigns-from-willow-creek
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump: Son met Russian for dirt – Ashley Parker and Rosalind Helderman (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, who would your critics/opponent try to get “dirt” on you from? My critics/opponents would try to get “dirt” on me from past and present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers and members, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois officers, directors, and members, c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce officers, directors, and members, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition officers, Steering Committee members, and members, e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter officers, directors, and members, f) GAO employees, g) IRS employees, h) Post Office employees, i) defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.)
http://e-edition.dailyherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=3e6b7a1a-154f-4405-805e-038015cdb648
— 1968 Pontiac Firebird is perfect purchase made back in high school – Matt Avery (DIERSEN: What cars did you buy while you were in high school? I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 with money that I had earned/saved delivering newspapers and doing yard work. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 with money that I earned/saved washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180806/1968-pontiac-firebird-is-perfect-purchase-made-back-in-high-school

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— House Supports VA Hiring Changes – Doug Jenkins (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986. Since the Democrats who run the Post Office, IRS, and GAO hired me, to help them hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, they have dramatically lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards and made those standards much more subjective.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=269451#.W2gbcqBy-M8

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoter William “Beau” Wrigley Jr. promotes pot. Ever-increasingly, pot promoters promote those who promote pot.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/08/06/sauer-subject-of-investigation-in-lake-county-wrigley-joins-the-pot-industry-a-bluhm-donates-to-rauner-and-politics-meets-murder-in-a-wbez-exclusive-294529

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Is ANYONE Affected by “Trans” Deviance? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/is-anyone-affected-by-trans-deviance/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO DANCES THROUGH DEADLY “SHOOTAPALOOZA” WEEKEND
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/chicago-dances-through-deadly-shootapalooza-weekend.html
— THORNER & INGOLD: PROSECUTION OVERKILLS, ABUSES POWER AGAINST MANAFORT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/thorner-ingold-prosecution-overkills-abuses-power-against-manafort.html
— CHICAGO STATE REP PLEADS FOR EMANUEL AND TRUMP TO WORK TOGETHER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/chicago-state-rep-pleas-for-emanuel-and-trump-to-work-together.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Challenge to Durkin backfires bigly
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/06/challenge-to-durkin-backfires-bigly/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Mass shootings overwhelm city
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/06/mass-shootings-overwhelm-city/

GOPUSA
— NRA mocks David Hogg for employing ‘armed security’ during protest at its headquarters
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=51802

DAILY CALLER
— WE WATCH CNN’S AWFUL MEDIA SHOW SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO – Betsy Rothstein (DIERSEN: I monitor many news and commentary websites, newspapers, and magazines so that you don’t have to. Of course, my critics/opponents do not like that. They want you to rely on them for that service. But my critics/opponents reject many planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, most commonly the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and/or even worse things. My critics/opponents focus on destroying those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/05/we-watch-cnns-awful-media-show-so-you-dont-have-to/
— EPA RELEASED A LONG-DELAYED REPORT SHOWING ETHANOL HURTS THE ENVIRONMENT – Jason Hopkins
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/04/epa-ethanol-mandate-environment/

BREITBART
— Hollywood Celebrates Barack Obama’s Birthday – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/08/05/hollywood-celebrates-barack-obamas-birthday-you-busy-we-could-use-some-help/

POLITICO
— Trump says Don Jr. wanted dirt on Clinton from Russian lawyer But the president brushed it off as an innocuous part of campaigning as he tries to refocus on hitting the trail again this year. – NANCY COOK (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, who would your critics/opponent try to get “dirt” on you from? My critics/opponents would try to get “dirt” on me from past and present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers and members, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois officers, directors, and members, c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce officers, directors, and members, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition officers, Steering Committee members, and members, e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter officers, directors, and members, f) GAO employees, g) IRS employees, h) Post Office employees, i) defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/05/trump-donald-junior-clinton-russia-764357

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP grumbles as Donald Trump reshapes midterm campaigns.”
https://apnews.com/052544270dd84437b085b45550759a79/GOP-grumbles-as-Donald-Trump-reshapes-midterm-campaigns

AOL NEWS
— Kellyanne Conway says she doesn’t believe journalists are the ‘enemy of the people’ – ELLEN CRANLEY (DIERSEN: Far too many journalists promote the Democrat Party, Libertarian Party, and/or Green Party platforms, but falsely deny that they do that. I do not deny that I promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/08/05/kellyanne-conway-says-she-doesnt-believe-journalists-are-the-enemy-of-the-people/23496346/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: He’s a Superstar Pastor. She Worked for Him and Says He Groped Her Repeatedly. Bill Hybels built an iconic evangelical church outside Chicago. A former assistant says that in the 1980s, he sexually harassed her. – Laurie Goodstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/us/bill-hybels-willow-creek-pat-baranowski.html
— A ‘Rainbow Wave’? 2018 Has More L.G.B.T. Candidates Than Ever A record number of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender candidates are running for office in November, as the Trump administration and state-level politicians have moved to roll back some legal protections. – Liam Stack and Catie Edmondson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racists, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/us/politics/gay-candidates-midterms.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/opinion/donald-trump-lebron-james.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Response To Online Shadow Banning ‘Common carriage’ law points to a solution for the problem of censorship on social media. – Adam Candeub (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many times since 2000 that GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscribers have asked me why did I stop sending my emails to them. Of course, I did not stop sending my emails to them. Of course, their Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO internet service providers (ISP) stopped sending my emails to them. Of course, Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO ISPs do everything that they can a) to ban my emails and b) to deny me my First Amendment rights. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO ISPs against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-response-to-online-shadow-banning-1533496357
— The Stealth Pension Mortgage on Your House Real estate is the ultimate collateral for unfunded state public employee retirement obligations. – Rob Arnott and Lisa Meulbroek
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-stealth-pension-mortgage-on-your-house-1533496243?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1
— Past Social-Media Posts Upend Hiring Employers grapple with screening job applicants’ online personas, including years-old tweets – Rachel Feintzeig and Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers will not hire you, will not retain you, and will not promote you if you ever posted anything that is pro-Trump, pro-Protestant, pro-conservative, pro-patriotic, pro-Republican, pro-American, pro-White, pro-male, pro-older people, pro-rich people, pro-gun owners, pro-German Americans, and/or pro-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-histories-upend-hiring-1533503800
— Five Reasons You May Not Want to Retire in a Small Town Retirees expect ‘Mayberry.’ But they often find something different. – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican, before buying a home, find out what the percentage of voters are real Republicans on your block and in your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, and state. Find out what the trends are; find out if the percentage of Republicans is increasing or decreasing. If you are a Republican, it is a big negative to live where hate-filled Democrats, hate-filled Libertarians, and/or hate-filled Greens are the majority.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-reasons-you-may-not-want-to-retire-in-a-small-town-1533223658
— My Boss Makes What?! Employees work harder after finding out their boss’s salary is higher than they estimated, new study finds – Matthew Kassel (DIERSEN: In the federal government in the Chicago area, GS-14s make $113,920-$148,096; GS-15s make $138,467-$164,200; and Senior Executive Service members make at least $164,200.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-boss-makes-what-1533521461
— Harvard’s Education in Discrimination A lawsuit is revealing the secrets of race in admissions. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. Who should pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to Democrats, it should be Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-education-in-discrimination-1533502018
— A Government Press Corps New Jersey decides to subsidize journalists for local coverage. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the mainstream news media spins local news in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-government-press-corps-1533501733

USA TODAY
— Add more reforms to the nation’s tax code – Pete Sepp (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/05/add-more-tax-reforms-national-taxpayers-union-editorials-debates/37313249/
— How to pay for a college degree when you have bills, kids and a mortgage – Tamara E. Holmes (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the draft, I never would have a) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, b) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/08/06/back-school-how-pay-college-later-life/870035002/

EQUIPMENT WORLD
— JULY 23, 2013 FLASHBACK: The corrosive damage ethanol gasoline does to your fuel pump – Tom Jackson (DIERSEN: In my opinion, ethanol did thousands of dollars in damages to my 1972 Chevy Corvette.)
https://www.equipmentworld.com/e-10-alive-the-corrosive-damage-ethanol-gasoline-does-to-your-fuel-pump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Its a nearly-new fuel pump from a 2003 Harley Davidson with just 11,000 miles on it. How could that much corrosion happen on a motorcycle before it’s third oil change? According to my mechanic it’s ethanol in our gasoline. To understand how this happens you need to know how ethanol affects your fuel system. Ethanol itself is not particularly corrosive. When the oil companies first started blending ethanol in gas, it corroded some rubber and plastic gaskets on some cars and equipment. Manufacturers figured it out and substituted new materials. The unlucky consumers whose equipment was ruined or whose fuel systems had to be replaced just took it on the chin as per usual with most government programs. But that wasn’t the end of it. Ethanol attracts water. When the two get together, they create the perfect environment to grow a type of bacteria called acetobacter. After getting drunk on their EPA-sponsored kegger in your gas tank, the acetobacter excrete acetic acid. And acetic acid is very corrosive. If you’re refilling your gas tank every week or two, acetobacter don’t have time to grow a sufficient size colony to damage metal parts in your fuel system. But if your fuel sits for longer periods of time these microorganisms continue to multiply until your gas tank contains damaging levels of acetic acid.)

August 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 59 shot, eight dead in Chicago since Friday – Diane Pathieu
http://abc7chicago.com/59-shot-eight-dead-in-chicago-since-friday/3886976/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump reports on a Trump rally.
https://abc7chicago.com/at-trump-rallies-uneasy-mix-of-hate-friendliness-toward-media-reporters-notebook/3887830/

CBS2
— President Trump’s Weekly Address, Democrats’ Weekly Address
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/05/president-trump-weekly-address-democrats-address/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 25 shot in multiple-victim shootings over 2.5 hours in Chicago: ‘If they shoot you, they don’t even run’ – Hannah Leone, Morgan Greene and William Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-shootings-violence-20180804-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dozens shot over weekend, five dead – Mitch Dudek and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/influx-of-shooting-victims-causes-headaches-at-stroger-hospital/
— Fact-check: J. B. Pritzker says our workers are nation’s most educated. Not! – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller ((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. 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-claim-illinois-workers-nations-most-educated-wrong-politifact-fact-check/
— 7 arrested, 119 hospitalized during first three days of Lollapalooza – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lollapalooza-arrests-hospital-heat-festival-emergency/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Christians demonize, denigrate, and condemn Christians.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/frederick-douglass-reminds-us-christians-supported-far-worse-than-donald-trump/

DAILY HERALD
— Lake County state’s attorney now investigating Sauer allegations – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180805/lake-county-states-attorney-now-investigating-sauer-allegations

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rauner tops polls in at least one unpopularity contest – Nick Vlahos (DIERSEN: What impact do the following have on Rauner’s popularity: a) his taking actions against the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) his “distancing” himself from Trump? It certainly seems like Rauner’s advisors told him that his popularity would skyrocket if he took the aforesaid actions.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180805/word-on-street-rauner-tops-polls-in-at-least-one-unpopularity-contest
— Hypocrisy abounds in state employee ‘offshoring’ debate
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180805/word-on-street-hypocrisy-abounds-in-state-employee-offshoring-debate

RIVER CITIES READER
— The Information Monopoly of Dan Proft’s News Outlets – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/information-monopoly-news-outlets

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Abraham Lincoln was the first president to make use of electronic mass media – STEVE TARTER
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article216145375.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Is Cuomo Threatening NRA’s Existence? He Says: ‘I’d Like To Believe It’s True.’ – MERRIT KENNEDY
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/cuomo-threatening-nras-existence-he-says-id-believe-its-true#stream/0

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Ex-St. Stanislaus parish music director loses job discrimination case; ministerial exception applies – Chandra Lye (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. Political parties should discriminate against their members who fail/refuse to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. In Illinois, far too many members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) fail/refuse to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance the IRP platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks. Far worse yet, far too many IRP members are Democrat Plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who focus on getting rid of those like me who support the aforesaid planks. I should write a book about the aforesaid Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511516455-ex-st-stanislaus-parish-music-director-loses-job-discrimination-case-ministerial-exception-applies

BREITBART
— ‘Disgusting’ and ‘Corrupt’: President Trump Blasts MSNBC at Ohio Rally – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/04/disgusting-and-corrupt-president-trump-blasts-msnbc-at-ohio-rally/

PJ MEDIA
— 3 Reasons ‘Obama Day’ Is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/3-reasons-obama-day-is-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-idea/

HOT AIR
— Protesting Journalists, Much Like Protesting Politicians, Is Constitutional – TAYLOR MILLARD (DIERSEN: What do you do? I should write a book about a) those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who protest what I do and b) why they protest what I so.)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/08/04/protesting-journalists-much-like-protesting-politicians-constitutional/

WORLD NET DAILY
— DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT FREE SPEECH? Joseph Farah blasts Internet Cartel for stomping on First Amendment
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/do-you-really-care-about-free-speech/

FOX NEWS
— The insults, they never stop! Anti-Trump media just can’t help themselves – Dan Gainor (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being anti-Diersen. They would love it.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/05/dan-gainor-insults-never-stop-anti-trump-media-just-can-t-help-themselves.html

HUFFINGTON POST CANADA
— Canadians Don’t Want To Pay For Online News, In Bad Sign For Media Not what you want to hear if you have a subscription-based business model. – Jessica Chin
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/08/03/paid-news-canada-poll_a_23495521/

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans – Tara Siegel Bernard (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am not in bankruptcy or headed for bankruptcy a) because I was born a healthy White male, b) because I have always benefited from my parents’, my grandparents’, and the rest of my ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against females, c) because I avoided the draft, d) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, e) because I married someone who always had income, and f) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/business/bankruptcy-older-americans.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For a rapidly growing share of older Americans, traditional ideas about life in retirement are being upended by a dismal reality: bankruptcy. The signs of potential trouble — vanishing pensions, soaring medical expenses, inadequate savings — have been building for years. Now, new research sheds light on the scope of the problem: The rate of people 65 and older filing for bankruptcy is three times what it was in 1991, the study found, and the same group accounts for a far greater share of all filers. Driving the surge, the study suggests, is a three-decade shift of financial risk from government and employers to individuals, who are bearing an ever greater responsibility for their own financial well-being as the social safety net shrinks. The transfer has come in the form of, among other things, longer waits for full Social Security benefits, the replacement of employer-provided pensions with 401(k) savings plans and more out-of-pocket spending on health care. Declining incomes, whether in retirement or leading up to it, compound the challenge.)

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— Corvette Museum seeks to expand collection – DON SERGENT
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/corvette-museum-seeks-to-expand-collection/article_4c68c999-21d3-5349-b7e6-d5009ecbc24c.html

BUSINESS INSIDER
— These are the 10 cars that drivers keep the longest after buying them brand new – Brian Pascus (DIERSEN: How long have you owned your cars? I have owned my 1972 Chevy Corvette for almost 47 years, my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX for almost 23 years, my 2003 Chevy Cavalier for more than 8 years, my 2005 Chevy Corvette for almost 13 years, my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max for almost 6 years, and my 2016 Ford Mustang for more than 2 years.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/cars-drivers-keep-the-longest-after-buying-them-new-2018-8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “While the average car buyer gets rid of their car 7.4 years after purchasing it new, there is a wide variety of cars that owners are more likely to keep for longer,” said iSeeCars CEO Phong Ly in a press statement. “Many factors could contribute to a car’s longevity such as its function as shown by the dominance of family vehicles, or because of a fondness of a timeless classic like the Chevrolet Corvette.” The Ford Expedition earned the prize of being the car owners hold onto for the longest period of time, with an average rate of nine years. The other SUVs included in the top-10 ranking are the Toyota Sequoia, the Chevrolet Suburban, the Toyota 4Runner and the Ford Explorer. “These vehicles tend to be family haulers, which means that parents are likely to keep them for longer than average and not replace them until a large family vehicle is no longer necessary,” said Ly in his statement. The only sports car to make the list was the Chevrolet Corvette, which ranked second. The only minivan, the Honda Odyssey, came in ranked tenth.)

August 4 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Organizer of Lake Shore Drive March Now Threatens O’Hare Protest if ‘Mayor Doesn’t Respond’ – Patrick Fazio
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Organizer-of-Lake-Shore-Drive-March-Now-Threatens-Airport-Protest–490041821.html

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/03/veterans-wife-addresses-trump/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-marijuana-weed-cannabis-medical-marijuana/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Violence isn’t just an African-American problem, it’s a Chicago problem – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-anti-violence-march-20180803-story.html
— McCarthy goes on Fox News to slam Emanuel as out of touch – John Byrne (DIERSEN: When Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois appear to be “out of touch,” it harms all Republicans in Illinois. They should read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, or at least have someone read the emails for them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-garry-mccarthy-fox-news-20180803-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump taps Edgar alum to lead Chicago’s only federal agency Pedersen & Houpt’s Erhard Chorlé would be in charge of an office that deals with pensions and health care for retired railroad workers. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: I worked on a GAO audit of the Railroad Retirement Board in 1989. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/HRD-90-42)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/trump-taps-edgar-alum-lead-chicagos-only-federal-agency
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Erhard Chorlé (pronounced shore-lay), a partner at Pedersen & Houpt here, was nominated earlier this week to be chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board, whose headquarters are on the Near North Side. The job is full-time and pays $170,400, according to congressional sources. The position requires Senate confirmation, but that might not be a problem after President Donald Trump recently named another prominent Chicagoan, former Metra Chairman and Chicago Ald. Martin Oberman, 43rd, to a seat on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, which regulates railroads.)
— These Trib Media staffers face $41M haircut with Sinclair merger in flux CEO Peter Kern’s top three lieutenants would be eligible to split about $21 million in severance and other payments if the deal goes through and they don’t secure jobs in the new company. But the merger is on the ropes. – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who constantly shout that government employees are overpaid, but say nothing about what private sector employees are paid?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/these-trib-media-staffers-face-41m-haircut-sinclair-merger-flux?utm_source=today-s-crain-s
— A trusted official stole $53 million from the city of Dixon. This filmmaker shows how it happened. White-collar crime expert Kelly Richmond Pope’s “All the Queen’s Horses” is just out on Netflix. – LAURA BIANCHI
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/trusted-official-stole-53-million-city-dixon-filmmaker-shows-how-it-happened

HERALD & REVIEW
— A challenge with newspaper coverage – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive internet traffic to Proft’s “about 40 news websites.”)
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-a-challenge-with-newspaper-coverage/article_2fe4673a-b057-5440-b312-e866af07c262.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last month, Rep. Christian Mitchell (D-Chicago) was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio about his new role as interim executive director of the Democratic Party of Illinois. Mitchell was asked at one point about what the state party planned to do to counter Dan Proft’s newspaper empire. Proft, a conservative activist and radio talk show host, operates about 40 news websites, from the Lake County Gazette to Rock Island Today to the Carbondale Reporter. They all run stories with a decided tilt toward Proft’s favored Republican candidates, who are pro-life, anti-union and pro-gun. Proft receives millions of dollars from ultra-wealthy businessman Dick Uihlein (Proft’s Liberty Principles PAC reported receiving another $3.5 million just last week from Uihlein). Rep. Mitchell called Proft’s papers “fake news,” and clarified that he didn’t mean to use the term the way President Donald Trump employs it to describe the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN and other established national news outlets. Mitchell said his party intends to counter Proft’s pro-GOP, anti-Democratic Party messages with its own messaging.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield museum to debut exhibit about 1908 race riot – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1908? My grandfather on my father’s side helped his father operate Crete’s only a hardware store. My grandmother on my father’s side helped her parents operate a farm in Crete. My grandparents on my mother’s side helped their parents operate farms in Grant Park near the Indiana border.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180803/springfield-museum-to-debut-exhibit-about-1908-race-riot
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Slashing current mpg rules would adversely affect all Americans.” Do you own any cars that Obama condemned as being clunkers? I do. I have owned a loaded like-new red 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX V-8 since 1995 that gets 24 MPG on the highway. It has only 25,799 miles on it.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180802/counterpoint-slashing-current-mpg-rules-would-adversely-affect-all-americans

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Have you opted out of a public sector union? We want to hear about it – Daniel Beauregard (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been vehemently anti-union. What if I had NEVER been a union member? What if I had NOT been a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969? What if I had NOT been a union member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes WHO ARE/WERE THE MOST VEHEMENTLY ANTI-UNION.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511510331-have-you-opted-out-of-a-public-sector-union-we-want-to-hear-about-it

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Why People Keep Falling for Socialism, Despite the Evidence – Walter E. Williams
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/08/why-people-keep-falling-for-socialism-despite-the-evidence/#.W2RMc51P9ws.facebook

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans to press ahead with Kavanaugh confirmation despite National Archives delay – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/3/republicans-continue-kavanaugh-confirmation-despit/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Let’s all thank Sarah Jeong for showing us what liberals think of white people – Ed Straker
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/lets_all_thank_sarah_jeong_for_showing_us_what_liberals_think_of_white_people.html
— New York Times defends double standard in hiring writer with a history of explicit, hateful racism directed at whites – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/new_york_times_defends_double_standard_in_hiring_writer_with_a_history_of_explicit_hateful_racism_directed_at_whites.html
— The liberal media are the enemy of the rule of law and civil society – Ed Straker
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/the_liberal_media_are_the_enemy_of_the_rule_of_law_and_civil_society.html

DAILY SIGNAL & AMAC
— The IRS Has Rehired Hundreds of Fired Employees. Congress Should Step In. – John York (DIERSEN: What percent of these rehired fired employees are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat IRS superiors against me. Notwithstanding the fact that I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 when I was 31, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, 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 IRS superiors would not have taken the aforesaid actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/26/the-irs-has-rehired-hundreds-of-fired-employees-congress-should-step-in/
https://amac.us/the-irs-has-rehired-hundreds-of-fired-employees-congress-should-step-in/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For one of the most punitive agencies in the federal government, the IRS sure is forgiving with its own employees. Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., has proposed a bill that would prevent the IRS from rehiring employees fired for misconduct or poor performance. The bill, titled the Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act, follows a recent Treasury inspector general report that shows the IRS rehired more than 200 fired workers in a little over a year. A previous inspector general report proves this problem dates back to at least 2009. According to the Treasury Department’s inspector general, the IRS did not provide officials responsible for hiring decisions with information about employment history, though that information is readily available. As a result, the IRS—an agency with nearly unrivaled access to citizens’ personal information and capacity to harass individual taxpayers—rehired: A fired worker with several misdemeanor theft convictions and one count of felony possession of a forgery device. 11 employees previously disciplined for unauthorized access to taxpayer accounts. An employee who was absent without leave for 270 hours—the equivalent of 33 work days. An employee fired for physically threatening co-workers. An employee fired for lying about previous criminal convictions on employment forms. 17 employees previously caught falsifying official documents. Often, these employees do not have to wait long to get their old offices back. Two IRS employees fired for poor performance were rehired within six months. Faced with these findings, the IRS was unapologetic. In a response letter to the Inspector General’s Office, the IRS’ chief human capital officer wrote that the IRS “determined its current process is more than adequate to mitigate any risks to American taxpayers, federal agencies, and its employees.” Given that the IRS refuses to change its hiring process, swift congressional action is necessary. And Noem’s bill has a good chance to pass. In fact, a previous version of this legislation passed the House, 345-78, a little more than two years ago. These inspector general reports and the IRS’ response are especially disturbing given the IRS’ extraordinary power over citizens. No department or agency should be able to rehire employees fired for misconduct or poor performance. Future legislation should make federal employees non-hirable throughout the federal government. This may sound unduly harsh. After all, like private-sector managers, federal managers sometimes may be unfairly critical toward employees that rub them the wrong way. But, unlike in the private sector, there are multiple safeguards in place to prevent wrongful terminations. Fired federal employees have four separate agencies to help them challenge a termination. In many cases, an employee can have multiple agencies review their case one after another. Thorough to the point of absurdity, this complicated process of appeals (which I describe here) can tie up managers, arbitrators, and administrative judges for years. Given the incredibly high burden of firing one employee, many managers choose to ignore problem employees as long as possible. A recent survey found only 44 percent of federal employees agree that “steps are taken to deal with a poor performer who cannot or will not improve” in their workplace. On average, the federal government fires about 10,000 employees a year out of a workforce of 2.1 million. In other words, one in every 200 federal employees is fired in a given year. Only state and local education employees have greater job security. Given their rarity, it’s safe to assume that pink slips are well earned in the federal workforce. Recipients of this dubious distinction have gotten all the second chances they deserve. When federal employees are shown the door, they should not be let back in. Noem’s legislation is a long-overdue correction to federal personnel practices tailored to fit workers, rather than meet the mission.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters, and especially his supporters who are 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, as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/opinion/trump-fake-news-enemy.html
— Vacation, All I Ever Wanted Everyone needs to recharge, and summer is a good time to do it. – Kathleen O’Brien (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, my wife and I went on many vacations. She worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/u-s-league-of-savings-institutions.asp) which had quarterly meetings at luxury destinations across America which she attended as its Corporate Secretary. I routinely accompanied her on those trips. Often, after the meetings were over, we visited nearby national parks. Further, I went on vacations with a coworker to Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, and Jamaica while I worked for IRS 1973-1976. Needless-to-say, my envy-filled IRS and GAO Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious. Overwhelmingly, their spouses had little or no income.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/opinion/vacations-travel-summer.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How bad are your demographics? Anti-Trumps shout at politicians that they should dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/demographics-change-blame-isnt-a-good-response/2018/08/03/5332a96e-9669-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For a Charity Nowadays, Everything’s Political – Naomi Schaefer Riley (DIERSEN: From what I see, overwhelmingly, charities promote the Democrat Party platform.)charities
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-a-charity-nowadays-everythings-political-1533331536

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP JR. SAYS IT’S ‘SCARY’ HOW SIMILAR DEMOCRATIC AND NAZI PARTIES ARE – NICOLE GOODKIND
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-nazis-democrats-dinesh-dsouza-1056285

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— What Managers Want in Civil Service Reform – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Of course, they want even greater power to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/08/what-managers-want-civil-service-reform/150284/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Liberals Are the Real Nazis, Says Donald Trump Jr. Actual Nazis Disagree. – Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/trump-jr-dinesh-dsouza-liberals-are-nazis-actual-nazis-love-trump.html

FORBES
— Federal Labor Wins A Skirmish With Trump Anti-Labor Policies – Charles Tiefer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who most strongly paint themselves as being anti-labor. They stress that I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and IRS for 1971-1980. They dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and condemn what I learned working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880 and what I learned working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestiefer/2018/08/03/federal-labor-wins-a-skirmish-with-trump-anti-labor-policies/#258631294f5c

BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How bad are your demographics? Anti-Trumps shout at politicians that they should dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/08/03/charlottesville-demographic-change-and-misplaced-white-anxiety/

SALON
— Donald Trump Jr. suggests Democratic National Committee platform is “awfully similar” to Nazi Party The president’s eldest son also dismissed history classes, as “academia has been so wrongly influenced by the left” – SHIRA TARLO
https://www.salon.com/2018/08/03/donald-trump-jr-suggests-democratic-national-committee-platform-is-awfully-similar-to-nazi-party/

METRO WEEKLY
— Illinois Republican resigns after allegedly catfishing men with ex-girlfriend’s nudes Nick Sauer allegedly engaged in “graphic” discussions with other men by pretending to be his former girlfriend – Rhuaridh Marr (DIERSEN: Who promoted Nick Sauer?)
https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/08/illinois-republican-resigns-after-allegedly-catfishing-men-with-ex-girlfriends-nudes/

August 3 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mitchell, Democrats face big job in matching Proft’s messaging – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-electioin-democratic-messaging-christian-mitchell-dan-proft/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/?post_type=cst_article&p=1271820
— Rahm crony who helped bank in Manafort case get city grant got $700K in loans – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/rahm-emanuel-martin-cabrera-stephen-calk-federal-savings-bank-chicago-paul-manafort-city-grants-loans-bga/
— Former governors Pat Quinn and George Ryan remain firm against death penalty – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pat-quinn-george-ryan-firm-death-penalty/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Borrowing billions to lower Chicago’s pension debt? Emanuel’s finance team is considering it. – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-pension-debt-bonds-20180803-story.html
— Rauner gives decisions about liquor sales near schools to local officials – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton who do things that encourage children and homeless people to drink booze.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-booze-sales-20180802-story.html
— Broke in the city: How college students in Chicago afford summertime fun, like Lolla – Savannah Eadens, Morgan Smith
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-summertime-chicago-college-students-0803-story.html
— This election, prioritize property taxes – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-property-taxes-illinois-election-20180802-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump renews attacks on ‘fake, fake disgusting news’ – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180803/trump-renews-attacks-on-fake-fake-disgusting-news
— Survey: Drug abuse and mental health top concerns in DuPage County – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180803/survey-drug-abuse-and-mental-health-top-concerns-in-dupage-county
— Cook County minimum wage, sick leave issues to be on ballot – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180803/cook-county-minimum-wage-sick-leave-issues-to-be-on-ballot

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner is now a creature of the swamp he rails against The governor promised to be something different—a guy who would “shake up Springfield” and oppose the politics-as-usual tactics of his archnemesis, House Speaker Michael Madigan. Four years can sure change a person. – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/rauner-now-creature-swamp-he-rails-against
— Doggone it, let’s focus on government pensions Despite that cute TV ad of a puppy slobbering on J.B. Pritzker, government pension woes in Chicago and Illinois have managed to find their way back into the news—and not a minute too soon. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/doggone-it-lets-focus-government-pensions

FOX ILLINOIS
— U.S. cities suing President Trump over Affordable Care Act
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/us-cities-suing-president-trump-over-affordable-care-act

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Reporting from Within the March that Shut Down Lake Shore Drive Shows Influence of American Communists
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/03/reporting-within-march-shut-lake-shore-drive-shows-influence-american-communists/
— Ramping Up for the McHenry Township Road District Abolition Referendum
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/02/ramping-mchenry-township-road-district-abolition-referendum/

MCHENRY TIMES
— Wilcox blasts tax hike, calls for constitutional amendment tying spending with economic growth – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511512571-wilcox-blasts-tax-hike-calls-for-constitutional-amendment-tying-spending-with-economic-growth

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Nybo asks for donations from non-profit he threatened with investigation – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511513844-nybo-asks-for-donations-from-non-profit-he-threatened-with-investigation

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FLORIDA’S “RED FLAG” LAW PULLS IN 200 FIREARMS, 30,000 AMMUNITION ROUNDS SINCE MARCH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/new-gun-law.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Uihlein gives Proft’s PAC $3.5 million
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/03/uihlein-gives-profts-pac-35-million/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/03/question-of-the-day-2717/

DAILY CALLER
— CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL FACING BACKLASH FOR PRIORITIZING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OVER CITIZENS – Nick Givas
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/03/chicago-rahm-emanuel-illegal-immigrants/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— LGBT ‘Catholic’ groups: If Pope can reverse Church teaching on death penalty, why not homosexuality? – Dorothy Cummings McLean
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lgbt-catholic-groups-if-pope-can-reverse-church-teaching-on-death-penalty-w

THE HILL
— The Family Act would leave all workers with less take-home pay – CARRIE LUKAS (DIERSEN: Ever since we got married in 1978, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgustingly undeservedly filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids). They hint/imply/argue/shout that if we had kids, I never would have been able to earn a) job-related master’s degrees when I was 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. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if we had kids, a) my wife would not have been able to keep her job at the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, b) we would not have been able to have 915 Cove Court in Wheaton built in 1984, c) GAO would not have promoted me in 1986, d) I would not have been able to buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, e) we would not have been able to save for our retirement, f) etc.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/400212-the-family-act-would-leave-all-workers-with-less-take-home-pay

August 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Lake Shore Drive reopens amid Chicago anti-violence march – Stacey Baca, John Garcia and Megan Hickey and Cate Cauguiran
http://abc7chicago.com/community-events/lake-shore-drive-reopens-amid-chicago-anti-violence-march-/3867887/
— Rauner OKs medical marijuana for children at school – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/health/rauner-oks-medical-marijuana-for-children-at-school/3869842/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Rauner signs bill allowing medical marijuana for students at Illinois public schools – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-rauner-school-marijuana-20180802-story.html
— On the defensive, White House showcases top officials to attest to its efforts to bolster election security – Eli Stokols
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-trump-election-20180802-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: New Trier Democrats crow about their success in making New Trier Township 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.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wilmette/community/chi-ugc-article-new-trier-resident-straw-poll-neighbors-reje-2018-08-02-story.html
— Basketball star Dwyane Wade lists Matteson house for $269,900 – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/elitestreet/ct-re-elite-street-dwayne-wade-matteson-20180724-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A four-bedroom, 2,280-square-foot house in south suburban Matteson that is owned by basketball star Dwyane Wade has been on the market since May for $269,900. A South Side native who starred at Richards High School in Oak Lawn before attending Marquette University, Wade, 36, has played in the NBA for 16 years, most of the time for the Miami Heat. He played a year for the Bulls in 2016-2017. Public records show that Wade bought the house new in 2006 with his then-wife, Siohvaughn Funches, for $390,000. After the couple’s divorce, Wade was awarded the house in 2014. Now, Wade is trying to sell the house, which is in Matteson’s Newbury Estates neighborhood. The house has three baths, a large foyer with a vaulted ceiling, hardwood floors throughout, a family room with a gas fireplace and a wet bar, and a master suite with a private balcony, a large walk-in closet and a tray ceiling overlooking the family room. Wade first listed the house in May for $290,000 and last month cut his asking price to $269,900.)

DAILY HERALD
— Sauer’s resignation doesn’t guarantee a Democratic win in 51st District race – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180802/sauers-resignation-doesnt-guarantee-a-democratic-win-in-51st-district-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sauer’s immediate successor in the legislature will be selected by a group formed by Lake County Republican Party leader Mark Shaw and Barrington Township Republican committeeman Chris Geissler, representing the small Cook County portion of the 51st District. Shaw doesn’t know if the GOP will nominate the same person to run in November, which is a separate process. Shaw plans to consult Republican House Leader Jim Durkin on the decisions. Republican officials typically would seek applicants, Shaw said. But time is short because ballots must be finalized and certified by Aug. 30.)
— Lake Shore Drive closure latest U.S. protest targeting affluent – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180802/lake-shore-drive-closure-latest-us-protest-targeting-affluent

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Roskam stops at Crystal Lake Chamber event U.S. Representative talks Trump, tariffs – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/08/02/rep-roskam-stops-at-crystal-lake-chamber-event/ai8yosm/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Time to turn in your Term Limit Rahm petitions
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-time-to-turn-in-your-term-limit-rahm-petitions

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Employment discrimination bill seen as necessary by some, burdensome by others – Angela Underwood
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511507843-employment-discrimination-bill-seen-as-necessary-by-some-burdensome-by-others

FOX NEWS
— Sarah Sanders blasts the Trump-hating media and exposes their blatant bias – Douglas MacKinnon
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/02/sarah-sanders-blasts-trump-hating-media-and-exposes-their-blatant-bias.html

WORLD NET DAILY
— GOOGLE: KING OF TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME Joseph Farah explains how search-engine’s algorithms were designed to work
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/google-king-of-trump-derangement-syndrome/

BREITBART
— ‘The New Normal’: Establishment Media Emerges as ‘Enforcement Arm’ of Democrats to Punish Trump Donors – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/02/the-new-normal-establishment-media-emerges-as-enforcement-arm-of-democrats-to-punish-trump-donors/
— Illinois Gov. Gives Green Light to Medical Marijuana in Schools – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/02/illinois-gov-gives-green-light-to-medical-marijuana-in-schools/
— Daily Mail’s David Martosko Demands White House ‘Discourage’ Free Speech – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/02/nolte-daily-mails-david-martosko-demands-white-house-discourage-free-speech/

DAILY CALLER
— MANDATING E-VERIFY NATIONWIDE WOULD BUILD AN ELECTRONIC WALL TO CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Peter Parisi
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/02/e-verify-curb-illegal-immigration/
— NEW YORK TIMES’ NEWEST HIRE SENT TONS OF ANTI-WHITE RACIST TWEETS – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/02/new-york-times-sarah-jeong-racist/
— JOURNALISTS DEFEND NYT HIRE WITH HISTORY OF ANTI-WHITE TWEETS – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/02/lefty-journos-nyt-racist-hire/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Conservative Lawmakers Weigh in on Trump’s Shutdown Threat Over Wall, Immigration – Rachel del Guidice
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/08/02/conservative-lawmakers-weigh-in-on-trumps-shutdown-threat-over-wall-immigration/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Politico reporter calls Trump supporters ‘garbage people’ – and then lectures us – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/politico_reporter_calls_trump_supporters_garbage_people.html

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Derangement Syndrome Intensifies Among Anti-Trump Left – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29691-trump-derangement-syndrome-intensifies-among-anti-trump-left

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Feminism isn’t helping girls, and certainly not boys – Nicole Russell
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/feminism-isnt-helping-girls-and-certainly-not-boys

CNBC
— People are using Fitbits and Apple Watches to monitor their heart rate when binging on drugs — and doctors say it’s a bad idea – Christina Farr
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/09/apple-watch-and-cocaine.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— CNN’s Jim Acosta Challenges Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Then Makes a Quick Exit – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/business/media/sarah-huckabee-sanders-jim-acosta.html
— Colleges and Universities Woo Once-Overlooked Transfer Students – Alina Tugend (DIERSEN: I transferred from UIC to NIU in 1969 when I was 20 years old.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/education/learning/transfer-students-colleges-universities.html

NEW YORK POST
— Thousands attended protests reportedly set up by election meddlers – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2018/08/02/thousands-attended-protests-reportedly-set-up-by-election-meddlers/

BLOOMBERG
— OUTSTANDING: Mandatory E-Verify for Employers Getting Closer to Reality
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/mandatory-e-verify-for-employers-getting-closer-to-reality

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House and Senate Again Decline to Fund Trump’s Proposed Homeland Security Hiring Spree – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/08/house-and-senate-again-decline-fund-trumps-proposed-dhs-hiring-spree/150256/

August 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Media don’t want to understand Trump voters, all 63 million of them – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-donald-trump-paul-manafort-kass-20180731-story.html
— In new ad, Pritzker likes puppies, tries to lick Rauner’s Madigan attacks – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the fact that owning a dog is extremely time-consuming and expensive, political consultants tell candidates that to get elected, they must love dogs, they must own a dog, and dogs must love them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-ad-puppies-20180731-story.html
— Layoffs from Trump tariffs are piling up. So are calls for more bailouts. – Heather Long (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives knew that their gutting GAO would cause the Democrats who ran GAO to get rid of their employees LIKE ME who were Republican, and especially those LIKE ME who were White, male, and non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. What if those Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives had come to the defense of GAO’s employees LIKE ME who were Republican?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tariff-relief-waivers-20180731-story.html
— Democrats belatedly pressure Rauner over election security as officials meet about voter data Wednesday – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-elections-russian-hackers-20180731-story.html
— Chicago budget gap shrinks again, but big pension debt looms – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-budget-forecast-20180731-story.html
— GM faces fiscal, political minefields as it assesses plants – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–general-motors-too-many-factories-20180727-story.html
— Ancestry, 23andMe say they will follow these rules when giving DNA data to businesses or police – Tony Romm and Drew Harwell (DIERSEN: According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ancestry-genealogy-dna-data-police-20180731-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Derangement Syndrome afflicts supporters more than critics of the president.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-trump-derangement-syndrome-20180801-story.html
— A protest sure to provoke: Anger? Yes. Solutions? We’ll see. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-march-wrigley-chicago-lake-shore-20180731-story.html
— ‘Still in shock’: Burning of elephant statue caught on video at Leyden Township home – Megann Horstead
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/franklin-park/news/ct-fhj-northlake-elephant-tl-0802-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker campaign insists it didn’t wag the dog in new TV commercial – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the fact that owning a dog is extremely time-consuming and expensive, political consultants tell candidates that to get elected, they must love dogs, they must own a dog, and dogs must love them.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-pritzker-ad-lick-issues-dogging-puppies-sunshine-democrat-governor-race/
— Get with the future and let people rent out their own cars – Editorial (DIERSEN: Do you want to rent out your car? I have no need or desire to rent out my 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Chevalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, or 2016 Ford Mustang. My spending 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out limits the time available to drive the aforesaid cars.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/autos/peer-to-peer-car-sharing-auto-rentals-illinois-legislature-bruce-rauner/

DAILY HERALD
— Arlington racetrack not interested in wagers on old races – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180731/arlington-racetrack-not-interested-in-wagers-on-old-races
— How a dog’s saliva led to a man’s legs and hands being amputated – Kristine Phillips
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180801/how-a-dogs-saliva-led-to-a-mans-legs-and-hands-being-amputated

CBS2
— Chicago Lead Levels Leave Homeowners Worried – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/30/907418-lead-levels-chicago-homeowners/
— Why Have Cook County Property Tax Assessments Increased? – Dana Kozlov
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/31/cook-county-property-tax-assessments/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rep. Jimenez serving out term, takes hospital marketing job – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1990s should have let me serve out my term, that is, they should have let me work at least until I was 55 in 2003 and eligible for regular retirement. Instead, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted the work experience that I had gained a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, b) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, c) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, e) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and f) serving in the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants 1983-1996. Independent organizations recognized the value of my work experience when they approved my applications to be a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, and licensed CPA in 1981.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180731/rep-jimenez-serving-out-term-takes-hospital-marketing-job

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats are hoping 2 endorsements are better than 1 – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-08-01/jim-dey-democrats-are-hoping-2-endorsements-are-better-1.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Clinton County candidate caught mocking Hispanic girl. He says it was just a joke.
https://www.bnd.com/

STATELINE
— Study: 43% of Illinois inmates re-arrested within 3 years of release – Raquel Martin (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/study-43-of-illinois-inmates-re-arrested-within-3-years-of-release/1337408401

HARRISBURG DAILY REGISTER
— Enrollment continues to drop at southern Illinois community colleges – Chanda Green (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who hint/imply/argue/shout that degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless and b) who dismiss/belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn degrees issued by NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT. I should especially write a book about operatives and dupes who paint themselves as being paid by people who have degrees from Ivy League universities.)
http://www.dailyregister.com/news/20180727/enrollment-continues-to-drop-at-southern-illinois-community-colleges

NPR ILLINOIS
— GAO: More Taxpayers Will Owe The IRS In April Due To Under-Withholding – SCOTT NEUMAN (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,070-$91,880. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $96,403-$102,830.)
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/01/634474267/more-taxpayers-will-owe-the-irs-in-april-due-to-under-withholding-report-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Based on simulations run by the Treasury Department, the GAO says taxes for 30 million Americans — 21 percent of taxpayers — are being under-withheld by their employers, meaning they are getting a larger check this year, but will owe at tax time in April. . .Who should be concerned? According to the GAO, a hypothetical taxpayer who is married with two children, earning $180,000 annually, $20,000 of which comes from non-wage income and who itemizes deductions.)

KFVS
— IL Gov. Bruce Rauner signs legislation to create Route 66 Centennial Commission – Kyle Hinton (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing 100 years ago? My grandparents on my father’s side operated a hardware store in Crete. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/38780647/il-gov-bruce-rauner-signs-legislation-to-create-route-66-centennial-commission

ROBERT FEDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Critics/opponents of Charles Thomas hint/imply that he suddenly quit Maze Jackson’s morning show on WVON 1690-AM because Politico Illinois Playbook reported on connections between Jackson and a political consultant working for the reelection campaign of Governor Bruce Rauner.
https://www.robertfeder.com/2018/07/31/charles-thomas-quits-wvon-morning-show-im-getting-life-back/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thomas, who joined WVON in April 2017 after he retired as political reporter from ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, cited the difficult hours of morning drive for suddenly walking away from the 6 to 9 a.m. weekday gig. He would not comment on the Politico story or say whether it figured into his decision to leave. “I’m getting my life back,” he told me Monday. “When I retired [from ABC 7], I did not envision getting up at 3 o’clock in the morning every day and then having to go to bed every night at 7 or 8 o’clock. So it’s a good thing for me.”)

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RETIRED KANE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT EMPLOYEE HAS BANKED $3.5M IN PENSION PAYMENTS – Joe Kaiser (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes would stress a) that in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) has paid me $1,084,822 ($4,322 X 251 months) and b) that I contributed to the CSRS only $70,932 in 1966-1997 dollars. Beyond hypocritically, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/retired-kane-county-water-district-employee-has-banked-3-5m-in-pension-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pagorski’s current annual pension benefit is nearly $211,000, despite having only contributed $93,900 to his retirement during his 40 years of work, according to documents from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, or IMRF. His is not the only expensive government worker retirement straining Kane County taxpayers. As many as 38 other local government pensioners in Kane County enrolled in IMRF are receiving six-figure annual payouts. One of those pensioners, Gregory Hergenroeder, was also a 40-year FRWRD worker and has already accumulated $2.1 million in just 12 years of retirement.)
— WILL COUNTY SHOPPERS WOULD PAY AMONG NATION’S HIGHEST SALES TAXES UNDER REFERENDUM PROPOSAL – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: I lived in Will County 1948-1976 and my brother continues to live in Will County.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/will-county-shoppers-would-pay-among-nations-highest-sales-taxes-under-referendum-proposal/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Small business advocates warn anti-discrimination measure could mean more litigation – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being pro-employer and anti-employee. They stress to employers a) that in 1998, I charged GAO with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in a lawsuit filed in Washington, DC that was transferred to Chicago in 2000 (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/),b) that in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) that I have always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/small-business-advocates-warn-anti-discrimination-measure-could-mean-more/article_d979bd76-941d-11e8-8314-e73785f0fe66.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— 2019 Election: Candidate Guide (Illinois) – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/2019-election-candidates-guide-illinois/

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— 10 MYTHS MARIJUANA ADVOCATES WANT YOU TO BELIEVE
http://www.poppot.org/2018/07/18/10-myths-marijuana-advocates-want-you-to-believe/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TAX CUTS IN EVERY ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/tax-cuts-in-every-illinois-congressional-district.html
— ILLINOIS STATE REP NICK SAUER ACCUSED OF SHARING EX-GIRLFRIEND’S NUDE PHOTOS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/illinois-state-rep-accused-of-sharing-ex-girlfriends-nude-photos.html
— RIP, ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN LEADER TOLBERT CHISUM: 1942-2018
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/rip-tolbert-chisum-1942-2018.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Sauer to resign today *** Complaint alleges Rep. Nick Sauer used nude photos of ex-girlfriend to catfish men
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/01/complaint-alleges-rep-nick-sauer-used-nude-photos-of-ex-girlfriend-to-catfish-men/
— Bedbugs: Fix this problem now
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/01/fix-this-problem-now/
— “There’s no real record of [Madigan] hating puppies and sunshine”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-real-record-of-madigan-hating-puppies-and-sunshine/

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Chicago Columnist Neil Steinberg After Trump Speech: ‘Dems Don’t Have Anyone Who Can Touch Him’ in 2020 Shapiro, Ingraham react to Dems ‘elitist’ views.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/31/chicago-columnist-after-trump-speech-dems-cant-touch-him-2020

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump admin vows to stop punishing countries that oppose homosexuality; LGBT activists outraged – Calvin Freiburger (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes work the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-admin-vows-to-stop-punishing-countries-that-oppose-homosexuality-lgbt

WORLD NET DAILY
— DINESH D’SOUZA: WHITE NATIONALISTS ON LEFT, NOT RIGHT New movie takes on media’s ‘big lie’ about Charlottesville – ART MOORE
https://www.wnd.com/2018/07/dinesh-dsouza-white-nationalists-on-left-not-right/

DAILY CALLER
— SOCIAL JUSTICE LEAGUE: SUPERHEROES ARE PROMOTING LGBTQ TRIPE INSTEAD OF FIGHTING CRIME NOW – Stone Washington
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/31/superheroes-promoting-lgbtq-tripe/

POLITICO
— Illinois Republican lawmaker Nick Sauer accused of releasing nude photos of ex-girlfriend Kate Kelly – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/illinois-lawmaker-nude-photos-754563

NEW YORK TIMES
— Local Media Needs Security. What Chance the Rapper’s Purchase of Chicagoist Means. The rapper and Chicago leader, 25, recently announced he bought the local outlet to resurrect it. But nobody should expect him, or anyone, to be local media’s superhero. – Kim Bellware (DIERSEN: Who will be the next GOPUSA Illinois Editor? My critics/opponents have made it extremely clear that want the GOPUSA Illinois Editor position to be VACANT FOREVER. But failing that, the want the next GOPUSA Illinois Editor to be someone who they can manipulate/dominate. They want someone who will PRETEND like conservative principles and the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling DO NOT EXIST. They want the next GOPUSA Illinois Editor to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/opinion/culture/chance-the-rapper-chicagoist.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
— Facebook Identifies an Active Political Influence Campaign Using Fake Accounts – Nicholas Fandos and Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. Because they cannot manipulate or dominate me, my critics/opponents do everything that they can a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, many of whom state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/us/politics/facebook-political-campaign-midterms.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook said on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign that was potentially built to disrupt the midterm elections, with the company detecting and removing 32 pages and fake accounts that had engaged in activity around divisive social issues. The company did not definitively link the campaign to Russia. But Facebook officials said some of the tools and techniques used by the accounts were similar to those used by the Internet Research Agency, the Kremlin-linked group that was at the center of an indictment this year alleging interference in the 2016 presidential election.)
— They’re ‘Blood Brothers’ With Israel’s Jews. But Druse Call New Law a Betrayal. – Isabel Kershner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to make America a Democrat state, that is, that they want to get rid of all Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with Mexico and with other anti-American foreign countries against America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/world/middleeast/israel-druse-nation-state-law.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Pulls Fake Accounts That Mimic Russian Tactics Ahead of Election The social-media giant says it has removed 32 accounts for ‘inauthentic behavior’ but hasn’t identified who is behind the accounts – Robert McMillan and Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. Because they cannot manipulate or dominate me, my critics/opponents do everything that they can a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, many of whom state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-removes-fake-accounts-that-displayed-activity-consistent-with-russian-efforts-during-2016-election-1533055712
— How Companies Large and Small Pay Their Workers A WSJ analysis of 1,111 companies finds size matters for pay — but other factors matter more – Theo Francis and Yaryna Serkez (DIERSEN: The large employers that I worked for are the federal government (1966-1969 and 1971-1997), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Thrall Car (1966), and S.S. Kresges (1964-1966). Overwhelmingly, the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have never worked for a large employer.)
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/how-companies-large-and-small-pay-their-workers/
— Why Americans Spend So Much on Health Care—In 12 Charts Prices are hidden behind insurance deals, hospital consolidation pushes up costs and the health sector is a growing power in the economy – Joseph Walker (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for health, dental, and vision insurance and the federal government pays $18,000/year. In addition, we pay $2,916/year for Medicare.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-americans-spend-so-much-on-health-carein-12-charts-1533047243
— U.S. Workers Get Biggest Pay Increase in Nearly a Decade Employment cost index, which measures wages and benefits, grew 2.8% in the 12 months to last month – Harriet Torry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-employment-costs-rose-in-the-second-quarter-1533040473
— Who’s to Blame for Underfunded Pensions? While politicians are ultimately responsible for the funding, the unions themselves have played a big role in the problem.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-to-blame-for-underfunded-pensions-1532961660
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/send-us-your-young-your-educated-1533078638

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Faces Lowest Budget Gap Since 2007 in Coming Fiscal Year – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/chicago-faces-lowest-budget-gap-since-2007-in-coming-fiscal-year
— Bezos Parents May Be Worth Billions Jackie and Mike Bezos invested $245,573 in son’s firm in 1995. In best case scenario, their investment returned 12,000,000% – Tom Metcalf (DIERSEN: If you had started a company, how much money could your parents have invested in it? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/a-hidden-amazon-fortune-bezos-parents-could-be-worth-billions

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they want EVERYONE to engage in LGBTQ activity, especially young people.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/07/31/gay-conversion-therapy-new-films-show-scary-reality/838633002/
— Your DNA could help make new drugs. But should you share it? – Ryan Suppe (DIERSEN: According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/07/31/your-dna-could-help-make-new-drugs-but-should-you-share/853553002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to my critics/opponents, “Ignorance is Bliss” and “All You Need to Know is What I Tell You.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/07/31/brain-science-too-many-options-overwhelm/866236002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Senate digs through record 1 million pages of documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh – Erin Kelly (DIERSEN: Because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, because I filed claims and grievances against the federal government, because I participated in a lawsuit against the federal government, and because I sued the federal government, the federal government must have at least 1 million documents that involve me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/31/senate-digs-through-record-1-million-pages-documents-kavanaugh/864516002/

WVXU
— As tariffs send soy and corn prices plummeting, Trump says farmers will act like ‘patriots’ – JASON MARGOLIS (DIERSEN: To stop the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s from getting rid of me because of Republican budget cuts, what if I had become a Democrat and helped them get rid of GAO employees who were Republican?)
http://www.wvxu.org/post/tariffs-send-soy-and-corn-prices-plummeting-trump-says-farmers-will-act-patriots#stream/0

FEDERAL TIMES
— New bill would protect federal employees who legally smoke pot – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Anyone who smokes pot should be classified as being disabled and should not be allowed to drive vehicles, to fly airplanes, to operate any kind of machinery, to own firearms, etc. Sooner or later, they will be “wards of the state.”)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/07/31/new-bill-would-protect-feds-who-legally-smoke-pot/

July 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says Koch brothers are ‘a total joke’ in GOP – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-charles-david-koch-total-joke/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/judge-orders-minors-transferred-out-of-immigration-detention-facility/
— Chicago’s gang database needs an overhaul for fairness and accuracy – Editorial (DIERSEN: What lists do your critics/opponents have you on? My critics/opponents have me on lists of a) those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, b) those who oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and d) those who do not glorify and praise them, who do not pander to them, who do not serve as their operatives or dupes, and who do not give them money.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gang-database-chicago-police-alderman-munoz-due-process-editorial/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump says he has ‘no problem’ shutting down government over border security, unnerving RINOs.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-government-shutdown-border-20180730-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps crow that they are the enemy of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old, 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/huppke/ct-met-trump-enemy-of-the-people-media-huppke-20180729-story.html
— Nothing is more powerful than privileged white people talking about white privilege – Dahleen Glanton (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-anne-hathaway-white-privilege-20180730-story.html
— New Illinois law requires schools to have policy accommodating academically gifted students – Donna Vickroy (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always a) painted themselves as being gifted and b) painted me as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-early-entrance-kindergarten-st-0731-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A few days of ignorance can be refreshing – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, say a) “ignorance is bliss” and b) “all you need to know is what I tell you.”)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180731/constable-the-sounds-of-cellphone-silence-and-cicadas

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is metro Chicago gaining or losing jobs? Yes. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that Chicago employers will hire you, retain you, or promote you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180730/BLOGS02/180739979
— Why CPS students of color still lose – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What high school did you graduate from? Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had an unfair advantage in life because I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. One could ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes what percent of my classmates a) earned a bachelor’s degree, b) earned a master’s degree, c) earned a professional certification, and d) earned a professional license.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180727/ISSUE05/180729916
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Metropolitan Planning Council ruffled some fur recently when it concluded in a report on census data that African-Americans are only partially sharing in downtown Chicago’s job boom. The council is right. Though one can argue that the glass is half full rather than half empty, fact is that in a time when overall downtown jobs grew 10 percent, the number held by blacks was up 2 percent. That’s certainly better than the 7.5 percent drop in Chicago’s black population in the same period, but not good enough. One obvious solution to that is better education. If young adults who now are trapped in declining neighborhoods get the right schooling and can tap into the right networks, they ought to be able to get more of these jobs. This is what was discouraging about another report that landed in my inbox a few days ago, concluding that Chicago public schools that are heavily black and Latino aren’t offering the same rich selection of college-prep courses as schools with more white students.)

HERALD & REVIEW
— Lake Shore-to-Wrigley anti-violence protest Thursday will cross Cubs game, Lollapalooza – JOHN BYRNE (DIERSEN: Who does not want your backing? Those who do not want my backing a) reject those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, b) reject those like me who oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) reject those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and d) reject those like me who do not glorify and praise them, who do not pander to them, who do not serve as their operatives or dupes, and who do not give them money.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/lake-shore-to-wrigley-anti-violence-protest-thursday-will-cross/article_3681e3da-692f-53d6-9f9c-59b4fa1fcfc0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Organizers planning an anti-violence march that could snarl traffic along its route from Lake Shore Drive to Wrigleyville during Thursday’s evening rush hour — before a Cubs game and on the first day of Lollapalooza — went to City Hall Monday and made it clear they don’t want Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s backing for their demonstration.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Londrigan holding town halls; Davis still won’t – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-07-29/tom-kacich-londrigan-holding-town-halls-davis-still-wont.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— IWU names new director of diversity, inclusion (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/iwu-names-new-director-of-diversity-inclusion/article_df6bee16-d783-5e9f-984d-9d9eec8ee549.html

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Call for proposals: Culturally Responsive Campus Community Conference – Rachel Hatch (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/07/call-for-proposals-culturally-responsive-campus-community-conference/

WAND & FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrats call for Violence Against Women Act to be reauthorized (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage women to hate Republicans.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38767450/illinois-democrats-call-for-violence-against-women-act-to-be-reauthorized
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-democrats-call-for-reauthorization-of-violence-against-women-act
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a release, Michael J. Madigan, chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, pointed the finger at President Trump. “With Donald Trump in the White House, women are constantly targeted as part of his agenda. As we saw with his recent Supreme Court nominee, women’s rights will remain under threat for years to come, making legislation like the Violence Against Women Act even more important.”)

CHICAGO NOW
— Chicago Mayoral Candidate Willie Wilson indicts Rahm Emanuel; Can Willie win? Berkowitz w/Wilson
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/07/watch-chicago-mayoral-candidate-willie-wilson-indict-rahm-emanuel-can-willie-win-berkowitz-wwilson-cable-web/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: The Congressional Leadership Fund, the House GOP leadership aligned super PAC, has reserved $2 million in television advertising in Chicago to boost GOP Rep. Peter Roskam. Republicans were down on Roskam a few months ago, so this might be a sign that Roskam’s political standing is improving. CLF is making additional reservations throughout the week. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/31/money-flies-for-pawars-seat-thomas-departs-wvon-union-backs-pritzker-and-conservative-mccann-292432

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Madigan spends $71K in July to boost Carol Stream Democrat State House hopeful Kathleen Carrier
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511507831-madigan-spends-71k-in-july-to-boost-carol-stream-democrat-state-house-hopeful-carrier

WIREPOINTS
— Leaving Illinois: How simple math chased away a village mayor and his family – Ted Dabrowski (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want Republicans to leave Illinois, and especially Republicans who 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 TO LEAVE ILLINOIS. I should write a book about Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest to drive Republicans out of Illinois.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/leaving-illinois-how-simple-math-chased-away-a-village-mayor-and-his-family/
— Teachers’ Union Cheers Bill For Illinois To Fund More Pension Spiking – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: My nastier critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO’s promoting me to GS-13 in 1986 and then giving me step increases after that were really pension spikes to get me to take GAO’s $25,000 buyout in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/teachers-union-cheers-bill-for-illinois-to-fund-more-pension-spiking/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PENSIONS MAKE ILLINOIS PROPERTY TAXES AMONG NATION’S MOST PAINFUL – Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/pensions-make-illinois-property-taxes-among-nations-most-painful/

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— As jobs market improves, more people quitting – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, the longer that you work for government, the more impossible it is to get a job in the private sector. Private sector employers have an extremely low opinion of government employees. Private sector employers view government employees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. The longer that you work for government, the lower the opinion that private sector employers have of you. I was a government employee for almost 30 years. I should write a book about private sector employers in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who have made it very clear that they have an extremely low opinion of me.)
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/as-jobs-market-improves-more-people-quitting/article_91e6b2c9-bb4f-5294-86a9-bc0b0bd79384.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: More than half the state’s counties are on a poverty watch list
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/31/more-than-half-the-states-counties-are-on-a-poverty-watch-list/

RAUNER FAILED ME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who blames you? I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
https://www.raunerfailedme.com/

FATHERLY
— The Teen Gambling Problem: Why Parents Shouldn’t Make Bets in Front of the Kids Childhood experiences inform later habits – and once kids get a little older, observed habits like sports betting or online gambling can become a full blown gambling addiction. – Patrick A. Coleman (DIERSEN: What percent of parents a) drank booze, b) smoked cigarettes, c) gambled, d) smoked pot, e) etc. in front of their children?)
https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/teen-gambling-problems-parents-betting/

GOPUSA
— FBI, Southern Poverty Law Center partnership provides more evidence of a deep state
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=51390
— Bloody Chicago: 9 juveniles among 45 people shot over the weekend
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=51372

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— UNLEASHING AMERICA’S ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT – Ken Blackwell (DIERSEN: Are/were you a wage earner? I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that to entrepreneurs.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/unleashing-americas-entrepreneurial-spirit/

WATCHDOG
— Ten most popular governors are Republicans; largest ratings drops in Illinois, Hawaii, Louisiana – Bethany Blankley
https://www.watchdog.org/national/ten-most-popular-governors-are-republicans-largest-ratings-drops-in/article_6f7260ee-91c6-11e8-8ddc-6ba6f43da9ee.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. Rauner dropped 10 percentage points in the first three months of 2018, and now holds the third worst approval ranking. Morning Consult notes that three in five Illinois voters disapprove of Rauner’s job performance as he attempts to hold off Democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire philanthropist and venture capitalist, in November. . .Among governors running for re-election in 2018, those with net disapproval ratings are Wisconsin’s Walker (-7 percent), Illinois’ Rauner (-34 percent), Rhode Island’s Raimondo (-11 percent), Arkansas’ Walker (-23 percent), and Hawaii’s Ige (-12 percent).)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— FBI partners with left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center on hate-crimes The group uses ‘platform in order to denigrate and disparage certain groups,’ Congressman says – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/30/fbi-southern-poverty-law-center-partnership-alarms/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Dems Expand Push to Blacklist Businesses Working on Trump’s Border Wall Municipalities punishing businesses bidding on border wall – Susan Crabtree (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that blacklist me and why they blacklist me?)
https://freebeacon.com/issues/dems-expand-push-blacklist-businesses-working-trumps-border-wall/

WORLD NET DAILY
— FBI STILL HAS RELATIONSHIP WITH DISCREDITED SPLC ‘Hate group’ monitor briefing bureau officials – ART MOORE
https://www.wnd.com/2018/07/fbi-still-has-relationship-with-discredited-splc/
— ‘REVOICE’ CONFERENCE AND DANGERS OF ‘A BIG TENT’ Michael Brown on Christian event that covered redeeming aspects of ‘queer culture’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/07/revoice-conference-and-dangers-of-a-big-tent/

TOWNHALL
— Weak, Pathetic People: Mental Health Therapists Say ‘Trump Anxiety Disorder’ On The Rise – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/07/30/weak-pathetic-people-mental-health-therapists-say-trump-anxiety-disorder-on-t-n2505095
— MSNBC Host Suggests ‘Racism’ As Cause For Family Separation of Illegals, Katie Zehnder
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiezehnder/2018/07/30/untitled-n2505175

ONE NEWS NOW
— DOJ charges 22 illegals for ID fraud, stealing tax dollars – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2018/07/30/doj-charges-22-illegals-for-id-fraud-stealing-tax-dollars

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Canadian man legally changes gender to save $1,000 on car insurance – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-man-legally-changes-gender-to-save-1000-on-car-insurance

AMERICAN THINKER
— Is There a Cure for the Modern University? – David Solway
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/07/is_there_a_cure_for_the_modern_university.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is a risk to GOP in midterms.” Since 1999, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at candidates on DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 ballots that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails harm their chances of being elected. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?
http://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/399601-the-memo-trump-is-a-risk-to-gop-in-midterms?userid=3526
— Tucker Carlson slams immigrant lawyer as ‘citizen of country controlled by conquistadors’ – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/399616-tucker-carlson-slams-immigrant-lawyer-as-citizen-of-country-controlled-by

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— On retirement question, Justice Ginsburg has go-to answers (DIERSEN: I would have first been eligible for regular retirement in 2003 when I would have been 55 years old.)
https://apnews.com/eccb7230dc9245f79cda9cafed4ee080/On-retirement-question,-Justice-Ginsburg-has-go-to-answers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For more than a decade, audiences and interviewers have had one pressing question for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: When will you retire? The question used to be whether the now 85-year-old liberal justice would let President Barack Obama choose her successor. Now it’s whether President Donald Trump might, giving conservatives an even stronger hold on the court. Ginsburg, the court’s oldest current member, has used a variety of practiced answers to the retirement question over the years. They all boil down to the same thing: She isn’t ready to go. On Sunday, Ginsburg reminded a New York audience that her former colleague Justice John Paul Stevens was 90 when he retired in 2010. “My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years,” Ginsburg said, according to a CNN report.)

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/jeff-sessions-religious-liberty-task-force-part-dangerous-christian-nationalist-ncna895941

NEW YORK TIMES
— Build Border Wall or Government Will Be Shut Down, Trump Says – Katie Rogers and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/us/politics/trump-government-shutdown.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/trump-immigrants-iowa-farmers-workers.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/us/migrant-children-separation-anxiety.html

WASHINGTON POST
— White, and in the minority She speaks English. Her co-workers don’t. Inside a rural chicken plant, whites struggle to fit in. – Terrence McCoy (DIERSEN: How fast is your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county becoming anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/07/30/feature/majority-minority-white-workers-at-this-pennsylvania-chicken-plant-now-struggle-to-fit-in/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a country where whites will lose majority status in about a quarter-century, and where research suggests that demographic anxiety is contributing to many of the social fissures polarizing the United States, from immigration policy to welfare reform to the election of President Trump, the story of the coming decades will be, to some degree, the story of how white people adapt to a changing country. It will be the story of people like Heaven Engle and Venson Heim, both of whom were beginning careers on the bottom rung of an industry remade by Latinos, whose population growth is fueling that of America, and were now, in unusually intense circumstances, coming to understand what it means to be outnumbered. They didn’t know the heavy burden of discrimination familiar to members of historically oppressed minority groups, including biased policing and unequal access to jobs and housing. But some of the everyday experiences that have long challenged millions of black, Latino and immigrant Americans — the struggle to understand and be understood, feeling unseen, fear of rapid judgments — were beginning to challenge them, too.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Pension Hole for U.S. Cities and States Is the Size of Japan’s Economy Many retirement funds could face insolvency unless governments increase taxes, divert funds or persuade workers to relinquish money they are owed – Sarah Krouse
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pension-hole-for-u-s-cities-and-states-is-the-size-of-japans-economy-1532972501

USA TODAY
— How can I get my company to start offering more interesting perks? – Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used the fact that the federal government offers its employees little or no tuition reimbursement to justify their not taking job-related courses.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2018/07/17/askhr-company-benefits-perks-time-cards/790435002/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— You Were Qualified for a Job But Not Hired. Why? – Rebecca Koenig (DIERSEN: 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. GAO, IRS, and the Post Office would have offered me a job much sooner if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://money.usnews.com/careers/interviewing/articles/2018-07-30/you-were-qualified-for-a-job-but-not-hired-why

MILITARY
— Alaska Law Gives Vets Hiring Preference For Private Sector Jobs – Jim Absher (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified veteran, Democrat, minority, female, or younger person who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified veteran, Democrat, minority, or female who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified veteran, Democrat, minority, or female who would take the job.)
https://www.military.com/paycheck-chronicles/2018/07/30/alaska-law-gives-vets-hiring-preference-private-sector-jobs.html

VAULT
— 8 Signs Job-Related Stress Is Hurting Your Health – Kayla Heisler (DIERSEN: Who causes you stress? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government and my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have always done everything that they can to cause me stress. I should write a book about them and what they have done to cause me stress.)
http://www.vault.com/blog/workplace-issues/8-signs-stress-is-affecting-you-more-than-you-think

July 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State leaders speak on budget, medical cannabis at Elmwood Park town hall – Rachel K. Hindery
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmwood-park/news/ct-elm-elmwood-park-town-hall-tl-0726-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump tariffs add costs for Chicago manufacturers.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180727/ISSUE01/180729959/trump-tariffs-add-costs-for-chicago-manufacturers

OUR QUAD CITIES
— New law seeks to protect missing veterans ‘High risk’ missing veteran law starts in 2019 – Mark Maxwell
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/new-law-seeks-to-protect-missing-veterans/1333113384

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Why is no one from downstate on Illinois Commerce Commission? – Chris Kaergard
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180729/word-on-street-why-is-no-one-from-downstate-on-illinois-commerce-commission

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Education is a critical opportunity – Adam Kinzinger (DIERSEN: How has education helped you? If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970, a) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, b) Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, and c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses at Loyola, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and if I had not been taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, if I had not passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and if I had not become a likened CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. I had not started taking graduate finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors might have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” earlier than they did.)
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180729/my-view-education-is-critical-opportunity

DAILY NORTH SHORE
— Remembering John McGovern – Sherry Thomas
https://jwcdaily.com/2018/07/29/remembering-john-mcgovern/

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “Immigrant Children and Teens” to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-chicago-children-teens-immigration-shelters-heartland

ONE ILLINOIS
— SPLITTING GRANITE TRUMP VISIT DIVIDES GRANITE CITY BY PARTY AND BY COFFEE SHOP – TED COX
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2018/7/27/granite-city-divide

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Lawsuit Against State of Illinois’ Unconstitutional Ban on Counseling for Minors – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/lawsuit-against-state-of-illinois-unconstitutional-ban-on-counseling-for-minors/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Communicator in chief: Trump manages relations with the media on his terms President has made himself available to journalists more often than his predecessors in first 18 months – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/29/donald-trump-g-sulzberger-escalate-news-media-batt/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Republican Party: Not Much of a Horse But the Only One in the Corral – Jared Peterson (DIERSEN: Far too many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be Republican a) reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform and b) focus on getting rid of voters, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that support those planks.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/07/the_republican_party_not_much_of_a_horse_but_the_only_one_in_the_corral.html

ONE NEWS NOW
— LGBTQ protests Chick-fil-A’s 1st opening in Canada – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/business/2018/07/29/lgbtq-protests-chick-fil-as-1st-opening-in-canada

WORLD NET DAILY
— 14 ILLEGALS FOUND IN BOXES MARKED ‘FRAGILE’ Truck driver arrested in Texas – AP
https://www.wnd.com/2018/07/14-illegals-found-in-boxes-marked-fragile/

THE HILL
— Celebrities dive into midterms, hoping to thwart Trump – JUDY KURTZ
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/399254-celebrities-dive-into-midterms-hoping-to-thwart-trump

POLITICO
— Inside Democrats’ strategy to defeat Kavanaugh Schumer is pushing red-state Democrats to stay neutral for as long as possible and raising pressure on moderate Republicans. – BURGESS EVERETT and ELANA SCHOR
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/kavanaugh-schumer-democrats-strategy-supreme-court-745409

NBC NEWS
— Top Koch leaders vent frustration with GOP in the Trump era “The divisiveness of this White House is causing long-term damage,” Brian Hooks, co-chair of the Seminar Network, said. – Leigh Ann Caldwell (DIERSEN: Top Koch leaders should acknowledge the many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/top-koch-leaders-vent-frustration-gop-trump-era-n895541

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/opinion/pot-decriminalization-jersey-city.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Would a Democratic majority actually fix Congress? – John Lawrence (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want 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/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/07/30/would-a-democratic-majority-actually-fix-congress/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Employers Eager to Hire Try a New Policy: ‘No Experience Necessary’ Inexperienced job applicants face better odds in the labor market as more companies drop work-history and degree requirements – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: What work experience, education, and professional certifications do you have? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates dismissed, belittled, badmouthed, demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the work experience that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, b) what I had learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) what I had learned taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul since 1976, and d) what I had learned to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/employers-eager-to-hire-try-a-new-policy-no-experience-necessary-1532862000

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2018/07/25/trumps-zero-tolerance-policy-threatens-mid-term-elections/826336002
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/29/trump-tax-law-gimmicks-evade-state-local-tax-cap-editorials-debates/827495002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/29/new-jersey-irs-plans-have-no-basis-law-editorials-debates/37190521/
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Seasonal hires are becoming permanent – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: I was a seasonal hire who became permanent. The Post Office hired me in November of 1966 for the Christmas rush.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/30/summer-jobs-turn-permanent-bosses-struggle-find-good-workers/843255002/

BOSTON HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote the Fourth Estate.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2018/07/analysis_attacking_fourth_estate_plays_to_gop_base

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Koch group sides with anti-Trumps.
https://www.myajc.com/news/koch-group-condemns-divisiveness-and-lack-leadership-washington/FODBFcUgBZL3LEbd0sUWbK/

VOX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites are overjoyed about the demise of Whites. What do you say to Whites who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites to curry favor with anti-Whites? What do you say to males who demonize, denigrate, and condemn males to curry favor with anti-males? What do you say to older people who demonize, denigrate, and condemn older people to curry favor with those who are anti-older people? What do you say to rich people who demonize, denigrate, and condemn rich people to curry favor with those who are anti-rich people? What do you say to German Americans who demonize, denigrate, and condemn German Americans to curry favor with anti-German Americans? What do you say to those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to curry favor with those who are anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? What do you say to those who falsely claim to be Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican to curry favor with those who are anti-those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican?)
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/30/17505406/trump-obama-race-politics-immigration

GOVERNING
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps pressure colleges, cities and pension funds to cut ICE ties.
http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-ice-detention-centers-rauner-vermont-college-california-pension.html

VAUGHN LAW FIRM
— Constraining the Political Beliefs of Federal Government Employees (DIERSEN: Did any of your employers punish you for your political beliefs? 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://thevaughnlawfirm.com/constraining-the-political-beliefs-of-federal-government-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If a federal government employee is fired and/or discriminated against because of their political beliefs, the action would arguably be in contradiction to the United States Constitution, particularly due to the fact that it would potentially violate free speech rights as well as the right to due process. Discrimination that is based on an employee’s political beliefs occurs when an employer makes job decisions regarding that employee because of their political beliefs, civic activities, or party affiliation. For instance, if an employer demotes anyone who refuses to vote for a certain political party or does not hire someone as a result of their stance on a particular issue, then that employer is likely engaged in political discrimination. While there are no specific laws that prohibit discrimination based on political views, federal government employees have constitutional protections that prohibit the abuse of government power. The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech, and thus, it can protect an employee’s political views, but it is important to note that this protection is for government employees rather than those that work for private employers. Even if there is not a valid reason to raise a free speech argument, it is possible that political discrimination may be illegal on other grounds. For example, depending on the facts and circumstances of your case, the political discrimination might be considered illegal religious or race-based discrimination. An experienced and knowledgeable Federal Employment Law Attorney can review your case and determine whether you have a viable discrimination claim.)

FORBES
— How To Create An Inclusive Environment For LGBTQ Employees – Janice Gassam (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, unless you promote LGBTQ activity, employers a) will not hire you, b) will not retain you, c) will not promote you, and d) will get rid of you.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2018/07/29/how-to-create-an-inclusive-environment-for-lgbtq-employees/
— FROM THE ARTICLE: BEYOND TRAGIC: Data from Pew Research shows that fewer than half of American kids live in a “traditional” family, and one in six kids lives in a blended family. (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who work against the traditional family, that is, they promote LGBTQ activity, but then hint/imply/argue/shout that I had an unfair advantage because I was raised in a traditional family?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/soniathompson/2018/07/29/treating-your-customers-the-same-is-bad-for-business-do-this-instead/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Forbes promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/debtfreeguys/2018/07/29/how-the-busy-budgeter-can-help-gays-with-kids/
— When It Comes To Free Textbooks… Who Pays? – Josh Moody (DIERSEN: Did you spent lots of money on textbooks? I spent lots of my money on textbooks earning a) master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, b) Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, c) master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) CPA in 1979, e) MBA from Loyola in 1976, and f) bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshmoody/2018/07/29/when-it-comes-to-free-textbooks-who-pays/#34f37ac32318

ADVOCATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Apple encourages children to engage in LGBT activity.
https://www.advocate.com/people/2018/7/29/tim-cook-lgbt-youth-you-are-gift-world

GAY TIMES
— A pro-LGBTQ Catholic church say they were “shut out” of a conference attended by the Pope – Matt Moore
https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/news/111436/a-pro-lgbtq-catholic-church-say-they-were-shut-out-of-a-conference-attended-by-the-pope/

GAY STAR NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBT advocates crow about their success in getting Singapore children to engage in LGBT activity.
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/singapore-students-hit-out-at-school-for-disinviting-lgbt-speaker/

ON TOP MAGAZINE
— Human Rights Campaign Hopes To Turn Out 10 Million LGBT Voters In November – CARLOS SANTOSCOY (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBT activity do everting that they can to defeat Republican candidates. What do you say to Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who pander to those who promote LGBT activity? These “Republicans” do everything that they can to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.ontopmag.com/article/45006/HRC_Hopes_To_Turn_Out_10_Million_LGBT_Voters_In_November

LGBTQ NATION
— Trump has declared war on LGBTQ rights. Here’s everything he’s done so far. – John Gallagher
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/07/trump-declared-war-lgbtq-rights-heres-everything-hes-done-far/

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— Newly Elected Fortune 500 CEO is a Milestone in LGBTQ+ History – Victor M Rocha
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/newly-elected-fortune-500-ceo-milestone-lgbtq-history

DAILY NAIL
— Trump charges illegals who cross the border with their kids are ‘just using children for their own sinister purposes’ – EMILY GOODIN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6004391/Trump-charges-illegals-cross-border-kids-using-sinister-purposes.html
— Accused Kremlin agent who tried to infiltrate the NRA was funded by Russian billionaire – GEOFF EARLE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens who have successfully infiltrated the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc. All of the aforesaid have focused on getting rid of me.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5984145/Accused-Kremlin-agent-tried-infiltrate-NRA-funded-Russian-billionaire.html

July 29 Evening Edition

NBC NEWS
— GOP volunteers hit streets to save House from ‘Blue Wave’ “You didn’t even see Republican signs because it was assumed that everyone was voting Republican,” a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, said. – Shaquille Brewster (DIERSEN: Includes 3-minute video.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-volunteers-hit-streets-save-house-blue-wave-n895546
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Glen Ellyn, Ill. — Thousands of Republican volunteers were deployed this weekend in a “Super Saturday” push to protect their House majority — knocking on doors, handing out flyers, and calling voters. The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a super PAC backed by House Speaker Paul Ryan, has been aggressive on television airwaves, but Saturday showcased their national field operation, making around 400,000 contacts with voters. . .NBC News followed a field team in Glen Ellyn, west of Chicago, Saturday afternoon. “We’re targeting local issues in local communities, it’s different in each congressional district,” Alexander said when asked about the message to voters. “Here in Illinois we’re talking about the Great Lakes, whereas in Washington we’re talking about Salmon hatcheries, and in Florida we’re talking about the Everglades.” CLF’s push is a sign of how seriously outside groups on both sides are taking the 2018 midterm battle. Volunteers in Illinois wore shirts with the words “Call. Knock. Win. Repeat!” on the back on Saturday. Buoyed by an energized democratic base, Democrats believe they are well positioned to flip the 23 legislative seats they need in order to snatch back control of the House. One of their top targets is Illinois sixth congressional district, home to Republican Rep. Peter Roskam. Roskam has been reelected by near 20-point margins in the past, but represents a suburban Chicago district that Hillary Clinton won by seven points. It’s a top target for national and state Democrats and CFL knows this, building a field office in a low-profile office building deep in the district. The room mirrors a typical campaign office, filled with GOP-themed posters, flyers advocating for the congressman, and a whiteboard listing weekly contact goals. Their aim: to keep Roskam’s Democratic challenger Sean Casten at a distance. “GDP! Good grief, it’s just amazing,” Susan Dahlstedt said to a group of CLF volunteers that knocked on her door in Wheaton, Illinois, referring to gross domestic product and strong economic numbers overall. The strong Trump supporter who suggested to the young group “he can keep his mouth shut sometimes” said she fears a democratic majority voting to impeach the president. “We’ve got to keep the house, it’s really essential,” Dahlstedt said soberly, promising to vote in November. A few blocks over, Michael Vassola saw the same volunteers walk past his house. It’s a Republican effort he says he’s never seen before in his neighborhood. “This is very much a staunchly Republican place,” he said. “You didn’t even see Republican signs because it was assumed that everyone was voting Republican.” But Vassola added: “I’ve lived in this neighborhood for a while and I’m seeing more and more Sean Casten signs — including in the one in front of my house.”)

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Times publisher asks Trump to reconsider anti-media rhetoric – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/times-publisher-asks-trump-to-reconsider-anti-media-rhetoric

ABC7

— Russians still trying to interfere in U.S. elections every ‘way they can’: GOP senator – QUINN SCANLAN (DIERSEN: If the Russians wanted to weaken/harm America, the Russians would help elect Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens.)
https://abc7chicago.com/russians-still-trying-to-interfere-in-us-elections-every-way-they-can-gop-senator/3843474/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not collusion with Russia – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-manafort-trial-lavish-lifestyle-20180729-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Michigan Democrats hope pot measure brings out youth vote – AP (DIERSEN: To encourage a person to smoke pot is to harm that person. To encourage a younger person to smoke pot is to destroy that person.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/michigan-democrats-hope-pot-measure-brings-youth-vote/
— Tariff-stung Illinois farmers feel pain but keep the faith: ‘It is hurting us’ – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/tariff-illinois-farmers-free-trade-president-donald-trump/
— Trump, NYT publisher meet to discuss anti-media rhetoric – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-nyt-publisher-meet-anti-media-rhetoric/

DAILY HERALD
— Rising backlash as US firms seek Trump’s steel tariff waiver – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180729/business/307299992/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Roskam versus Casten: Divided on gun rights in first televised debate One candidate calls for a ban, the other cites the Constitution – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/07/27/roskam-versus-casten-divided-on-gun-rights-in-first-televised-debate/a1okejy/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump And New York Times Publisher Clash Over Their Private Meeting – GABRIELA SALDIVIA
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-and-new-york-times-publisher-clash-over-their-private-meeting#stream/0

CHICAGO NOW
— Hey Sean Casten, a fetus is not a gall bladder – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2018/07/hey-sean-casten-a-fetus-is-not-a-gall-bladder/

U.S. SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
— July 31, 2018 Hearing: The Honorable Kyle McCarter OF ILLINOIS, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-073118

DAILY CALLER
— THERAPISTS SEEING PATIENTS WITH TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME – Kyle Perisic
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/29/trump-derangement-syndrome-therapy/

BREITBART
— He’s Still Here: John Kelly Remains After a Year in the White House – Charlie Spiering (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am shocked that despite the tremendous efforts by my critics/opponents to get rid of me, I have survived 19 years as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and 18 years as a GOPUSA Illinois Editor and that I did survive 7 years as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman, 8 years as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, 6 years as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, 4 years as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, 3 years as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, almost 18 years as a GAO employee, almost 9 years as an IRS employee, and almost 3 years as a Post Office employee. According to my critics/opponents, I cause all my own problems.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/29/hes-still-here-john-kelly-remains-after-a-year-in-the-white-house/

NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC’s New Anti-NRA Attack Line: They’re Infiltrated By the Russians! – Nicholas Fondacaro (DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) is infiltrated at all levels by people who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the IRP. They focus on getting rid of those like me who support all the planks in the IRP platform.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2018/07/29/nbcs-new-anti-nra-attack-line-theyre-infiltrated-russians

NEW AMERICAN
— Unsustainable: The Government Pension Pickle that Several States are Facing – James Murphy
https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/sectors/item/29657-unsustainable-the-government-pension-pickle-that-several-states-are-facing

THE HILL
— Supreme Court fight becomes battle for Kavanaugh’s papers – JORDAIN CARNEY (DIERSEN: What is in your “paper trail” and how big is it? My paper trail includes a) all the audits that my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me 1980-1997, b) all the documents related to my serving on Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants 1983-1996, c) all the cases that I my Democrat IRS Special Procedures Staff superiors assigned me 1976-1980, d) all the documents related to my serving as IRS’s Chicago District “Centiphone Manager” during 1973 and 1974, and e) all the tax delinquency accounts that my Democrat IRS superiors assigned me 1971-1976. My paper trail includes all the documents related to all the lawsuits, grievances, and complaints that I filed or was a party to. My paper trail includes all the documents related to my earning a professional license, six professional certifications, three master’s degrees, and a bachelor’s degree. My paper trail includes all documents related to my serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee member in 2008, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. My paper trail includes Money Magazine’s 4-page article on me in its February 1978 edition.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/399287-supreme-court-fight-becomes-battle-for-kavanaughs-papers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump pick Brett Kavanaugh, a circuit judge since 2006 who previously worked for President George W. Bush’s administration and Kenneth Starr’s independent counsel investigation into former President Clinton, has a voluminous paper trail that lawmakers estimate tops a million pages. Democrats want to see as many of those papers as they can, while Republicans seeking to confirm Kavanaugh before the midterm elections favor a narrower scope.)

WASHINGTON POST
— N.Y. Times publisher says he told Trump that attacks on media could lead to violence – Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-called-media-enemy-of-the-people-in-meeting-with-ny-times-publisher/2018/07/29/fec5adee-9330-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1002 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $507,700
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448319_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 419 West Park Avenue, Wheaton – $389,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/111935094_zpid/

July 29 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS
— Trump tweets he’d ‘shut down’ government if Democrats don’t fund US-Mexico wall – Christopher Carbone
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/29/trump-tweets-hed-shut-down-government-if-democrats-dont-fund-us-mexico-wall.html

CNN
— Trump threatens shutdown over wall, immigration – Eli Watkins
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/29/politics/donald-trump-shutdown-wall/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump: There are ‘consequences’ for illegal border crossing – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-consequences-illegal-border-crossing-56897214

USA TODAY
— President Donald Trump threatens to shut down government over border wall funding – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/29/donald-trump-threatens-shutdown-over-wall-funding-before-midterms/858890002/

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE USING CHILDREN FOR ‘SINISTER PURPOSES’ – JASON MURDOCK
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-illegal-immigrants-are-using-children-sinister-purposes-1047046
— THERAPISTS COIN NEW TERM: TRUMP ANXIETY DISORDER – EMILY ZOGBI
https://www.newsweek.com/therapists-report-rise-anxiety-trump-was-elected-1046687
— TRUMP-SUPPORTING SOYBEAN FARMERS SAY THEY’LL GLADLY SUFFER ‘TO THE DEATH’ FOR HIS TRADE WAR – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-supporting-soybean-farmers-say-theyll-gladly-suffer-his-trade-war-death-1047071

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Citizens of Mexico and of other Spanish-speaking countries crow over their success in conquering America. Soon, if not already, it will be all but impossible for citizens of America to get an education, to get a job, to get elected, to etc. unless they a) speak, read, and write Spanish and b) serve as operatives or as dupes for Mexico and for other Spanish-speaking countries and their citizens. There are tremendous conflicts between the values of citizens of foreign countries and the values of Americans. Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens. Democrats make it clear to illegals that Democrats use government to give preference to illegals, and especially to those who are minority, female, and/or younger. Democrats shout at foreign countries and at their citizens that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats count on foreign countries and their citizens to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-speaking-spanish-challenge-st-0727-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Security measures have been strengthened this year for Lollapalooza in the wake of Las Vegas mass shooting – Tracy Swartz and Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-lollapalooza-security-0729-story.html
— In a foreign aid agency, Trump loyalists replace development experts – Robert O’Harrow Jr. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mcc-trump-loyalists-appointed-20180728-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a statement to The Post, Menendez condemned the administration’s “practice of replacing seasoned professional and programmatic experts with patronage hires.” He said that “blind loyalty seemingly trumps qualifications, experience and career public servants.” “Congress gave MCC special hiring authority so that it could operate with efficiency and effectiveness, not so that it could become a dumping ground for unqualified partisan loyalists and lackeys,” Menendez wrote. A Republican Foreign Relations Committee aide speaking on the condition of anonymity offered a more upbeat assessment. “We were happy to work with our Democratic counterparts in resolving questions about hiring at MCC as we do regularly in exercising the committee’s oversight function,” the aide said. “Such oversight is important for all agencies under the committee’s jurisdiction, and we will continue working in a bipartisan manner moving forward.”)
— No longer lonely on the bench, Latino judges in Illinois form an association – Mary Schmich (DIERSEN: From what I see, beyond outrageously, and beyond unacceptably, those in Illinois like me who are Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform are a minority and are very lonely. Should I form an “Illinois Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains Association” with a structure similar to the “Illinois Republican County Chairmen’s Association?” Membership would be open only to those Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois who have demonstrated that they help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the IRP platform and are NOT a) Democrat plants, b) Libertarian plants, c) green plants, or d) RINOs.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-schmich-latino-judges-20180726-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump: There are ‘consequences’ for illegal border crossing – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180729/trump-there-are-consequences-for-illegal-border-crossing
— Durbin talks impeachment at Sugar Grove forum: It’s not ‘viable politically’ – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180728/durbin-talks-impeachment-at-sugar-grove-forum-its-not-viable-politically
— Why so-called Reagan Republicans can’t be trusted – Michael Reagan
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180729/why-so-called-reagan-republicans-cant-be-trusted
— Pritzker wants reforms at tollway, is undecided on Rt. 53 extension – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180728/pritzker-wants-reforms-at-tollway-is-undecided-on-rt-53-extension

HERALD & REVIEW
— The end of the resume? Hiring is in the midst of a technological revolution – ALEXIA ELEJALDE-RUIZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://herald-review.com/business/technology/the-end-of-the-resume-hiring-is-in-the-midst/article_1f5cab6f-acad-5a9c-81f2-cf336bb0bbf1.html

SOUTHERN
— SIU School of Journalism a great place to start in media – Meera Komarraju (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me because I do not have as degree in journalism. In my defense, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which, at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. Much of what I did for GAO is similar to what journalists do – interviewing, conducting surveys, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, and writing reports. Two of the GAO reports that I worked on are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf(FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).)
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/column-meera-komarraju-siu-school-of-journalism-a-great-place/article_8906c7d7-44c9-59c7-b607-699c435cefcf.html

CITIZEN TRUTH
— CASH FOR VOTES OR MISTAKE? $300,000 CASH GIVEN AWAY AT ILLINOIS POLITICAL EVENT – Eshlin Vedan (DIERSEN: To get votes from poor people, from minorities, from females, from younger people, from veterans, recent immigrants, from non-German Americans, from non-Protestants, from etc., Democrats have always promised to use government to give them preference over non-poor people, over Whites, over men, over older people, over non-veterans, over those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, over German Americans, over Protestants, over etc.)
https://citizentruth.org/illinois-cash-giveaway-politics/

HOT AIR
— Maxine Waters Says She Is Sent By God To Stop Trump – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/07/28/maxine-waters-says-sent-god-stop-trump/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chick-fil-A Triggers Canada Liberals with Expansion Announcement – REBEKAH BAKER
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/chick-fil-a-triggers-canada-liberals-expansion-announcement/
— Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘Death of a Nation’ Is a Masterful Win for Conservatism – Randy DeSoto
https://www.westernjournal.com/dinesh-dsouzas-death-of-a-nation-masterful-win-conservatism/

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHAT ON EARTH HAVE THE DEMOCRATS BECOME? Craige McMillan suggests MAVA for party, ‘Make America Venezuela Anyway’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/07/what-on-earth-have-the-democrats-become/

THE HILL
— Trump meets with New York Times publisher to discuss ‘fake news’ – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399381-trump-meets-with-new-york-times-publisher-to-discuss-fake-news
— White House named Trump allies as political appointees at small agency – JACQUELINE THOMSEN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399371-white-house-named-trump-allies-as-political-appointees-at-small

HUFFINGTON POST
— Koch Network Leaders Blast Trump White House As ‘Divisive’ The group also criticized his trade policies. – Kevin Robillard (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most divisive people in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They promote hatred of those like me a) who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) who support the Milton Township resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koch-network-leaders-blast-trump-white-house-as-divisive_us_5b5ce10ce4b0fd5c73cff1f7

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Is Failing to Aid Inquiry Into ‘Fake News,’ British Lawmakers Say – David D. Kirkpatrick (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/world/europe/uk-facebook-fake-news.html
— See America’s New Ellis Island: A South Texas Bus Terminal – MANNY FERNANDEZ, MITCHELL FERMAN, ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN and SARAH ALMUKHTAR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify, praise, and encourage those a) who come to America illegally, b) who stay in America illegally, and c) who bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/27/us/immigration-mcallen-bus-terminal-texas.html
— What’s Good for Democracy Is Also Good for Democrats – Adam Bonica (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A use democracy to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, 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 people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/opinion/sunday/democracy-democrats-voters-disenfranchisment.html
— What Happened to the Country That Made Us Citizens? – Naureen Khan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear to immigrants that immigrants must help Democrats get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/opinion/trump-denaturalization-citizenship-immigrants.html
— Israel Picks Identity Over Democracy. More Nations May Follow. – Max Fisher (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A make it clear that they want to take the right to vote away from members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/world/middleeast/israel-jewish-state-nationality-law.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says he called media ‘enemy of the people’ in meeting with N.Y. Times publisher – Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-called-media-enemy-of-the-people-in-meeting-with-ny-times-publisher/2018/07/29/fec5adee-9330-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html

MIAMI HERALD
— Hope for immigrants: U.S. is giving $10 million to help legal residents become citizens – DANIEL SHOER ROTH (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article215651120.html

BOULDER DAILY CAMERA
— Boulder prides itself on being welcoming to all. But its citizens of color tell a different story Civil rights complaints in Boulder County up sharply since 2012, rising faster than state as a whole – Shay Castle
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_32037773/boulder-prides-itself-being-welcoming-all-but-its

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The 7 things you must support if you want to redeem America’s soul.”
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/07/29/commentary-things-you/

YUCATAN TIMES
— Average daily wage for Mexicans in the U.S. is 62 USD, while in Mexico it’s only 16.72 USD (DIERSEN: What have you done to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? Even though my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being STUPID AND LAZY, I nevertheless was able to earn 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. Therefore, if I could do the aforesaid, ANYONE COULD DO THE AFORESAID.)
http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2018/07/average-daily-wage-for-mexicans-in-the-u-s-is-62-usd-while-in-mexico-its-only-16-72-usd/

NURSE
— New York To Pay Nurses $20 Million In Gender Bias Settlement – Chaunie Brusie (DIERSEN: BECAUSE OF EEOC, I became a federal employee. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, I accepted IRS’s job offer BECAUSE OLDSMOBILE WITHDREW A JOB OFFER THAT I HAD ACCEPTED SAYING THAT IT HAD JUST AGREED TO STOP HIRING WHITES TO SETTLE AN EEOC COMPLAINT.)
https://nurse.org/articles/new-york-city-pays-settlement-to-nurses-lawsuit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, however, New York City is paying out $20.6 million dollars thanks to a class-action lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that ultimately found that the pension plan was gender discriminatory towards male-oriented professions, leaving out nursing because it has traditionally been a female-majority led form of work. The EEOC determined that nursing requires a high threshold for physical requirements, with injury rates, illness and physical strain in general being one of the highest of any profession.)

HR DRIVE
— Should employers care about GPA anymore? – Riia O’Donnell (DIERSEN: Why weren’t your GPAs higher? One reason why my GPAs were not higher was that a) while I took graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997, I focused on my GAO job, b) while I took graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, I focused on my IRS and GAO jobs, c) while I took graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, I focused on my IRS job, and during 1972, I worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights, d) while I took undergraduate courses at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969, I worked as many hours as I could at the Park Forest Post Office, and e) while took classes at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I worked four evenings and Saturdays washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/should-employers-care-about-gpa-anymore/528430/

SALON
— Democratic moderates fear the “socialist left” will wreck the party: They want to keep that gig What’s behind all the concern-trolling over socialism? Too many Democrats don’t want to talk about core beliefs – ANDREW O’HEHIR
https://www.salon.com/2018/07/28/democratic-moderates-fear-the-socialist-left-will-wreck-the-party-they-want-to-keep-that-gig/