August 12 Evening Edition

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— MONDAY MEDIA ALERT: “Speak Out Against SB31 Illinois’ Sanctuary State Bill” Rally During Gov. Rauner’s Appearance at WTTW Studios in Chicago
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/monday-media-alert-speak-out-against-sb31-illinois-sanctuary-state-bill-rally

 

ABC7
— 1 dead, 19 injured after car hits crowd at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/1-dead-19-injured-after-car-hits-crowd-at-white-nationalist-rally-in-charlottesville-va/2300640/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Officials React to Violence at White Nationalist Rally in Virginia
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/emanuel-rauner-react-virginia-white-nationalist-rally-440073903.html
— Va. White Nationalist Rally: 1 Dead After Car Crashes Into Crowd, 2 Troopers Dead in Helicopter Crash  Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes between white nationalists and counter protestors – Sarah Rankin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Injuries-at-University-Virginia-March-440032083.html
— Rauner Hires Sen. Johnson’s Former Campaign Manager Betsy Ankney – Mary Ann Ahern and Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-campaign-manager-betsy-ankney-440066213.html

 

CBS2
— City Of Chicago Offers Advice In Event Of Nuclear Attack
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/10/what-to-do-after-a-nuclear-attack/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote a “racist website.”
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/273516609-story

 

WLA AM
— Rauner: Emanuel taking needless risk – Bill Cameron,
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/12/rauner-emanuel-taking-needless-risk/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives responds to Chicago Inc. article
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-state-rep-jeanne-ives-responds-to-chicago-inc-article-20170811-story.html
— Illinois’ abortion notification law harms free speech – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-abortion-speech-scotus-0814-md-20170811-story.html
— Trump blames ‘many sides’ after violent white supremacist rally in Virginia – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-charlottesville-violence-20170812-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS would lose nearly $500 million under gov’s school funding plan
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-would-lose-nearly-500-million-under-govs-school-funding-plan/
— 1 dead, 19 injured in Charlottesville after white nationalist rally – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/violent-cases-erupt-at-white-supremacist-rally-in-virginia/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How much more will health care cost your company in 2018? – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170812/ISSUE01/170819946/how-much-will-company-health-care-costs-go-up-in-2018

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Spend Governor’s Day at the Capitol this year – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170812/statehouse-insider-spend-governors-day-at-capitol-this-year

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Legislators should make local schools their priority, not politics – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170811/editorial-legislators-should-make-local-schools-their-priority-not-politics

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Rauner: Decatur schools get $3 million more under veto plan – ALLISON PETTY
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rauner-decatur-schools-get-million-more-under-veto-plan/article_c3b91195-66ec-563d-aec3-938198f1fa56.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— This is how much Illinois spends per inmate each year – ROGER SCHLUETER
http://www.bnd.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/answer-man/article166830882.html

 

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— Money not forthcoming creates issues – Paul Westermeyer
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20170812/money-not-forthcoming-creates-issues

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— What’s Really Happening in Springfield Forum
https://www.nctv17.com/news/whats-really-happening-in-springfield/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— ISBE: Nearly all Illinois school districts would receive more state funding under Rauner reform plan – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/isbe-nearly-all-illinois-school-districts-would-receive-more-state/article_340a4446-7f74-11e7-b944-afdb58d640ad.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— NEW COOK COUNTY MINIMUM WAGE, SICK LEAVE MANDATES BURDEN SKOKIE BUSINESSES – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/new-cook-county-minimum-wage-sick-leave-mandates-burden-skokie-businesses/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hollywood Profanity Wears Thin with Viewers, but So Does Discernment – Micah Clark
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/hollywood-profanity-wears-thin-viewers-discernment/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER EMPHASIZES “BROKEN” 10 TIMES IN NATIONAL CABLE NEWS INTERVIEW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/rauner-emphasizes-broken-10-times-in-national-cable-news-interview.html
— TRANSCRIPT OF FOX NEWS’ INTERVIEW WITH ILLINOIS GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/transcript-of-fox-news-interview-with-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner.html
— WILL COUNTY CONSIDERS VOTE TO SAVE TAXPAYERS BY ENDING ELECTED OFFICIALS’ PENSIONS  (DIERSEN: To qualify for my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, I had to work 40 hour per week 1971-1997, but I got full-time CSRS credit for 1966-1969 even though I only worked part-time.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/will-county-considers-vote-to-save-taxpayers-by-ending-elected-officials-pensions.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Asking Will County taxpayers to contact their board members before Thursday night’s meeting, Balich said there is no enforcement how many hours they work as they answer only to the public. “The IMRF the pension plan only requires 600 hours per year which is 11 ½ hours a week with reporting by the elected office holder. Pension double-dipping is another problem,” he wrote.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— As expected, Rauner’s AV drastically short-changes CPS
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/12/as-expected-rauners-av-drastically-short-changes-cps/

 

GOPUSA
— GOP senators defend McConnell’s leadership of do-nothing Senate
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28572
— Farms adjusting to life without illegal alien labor
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28530
— Pundits stand with Kim Jong Un
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28577

 

BLAZE
— DNC deputy chairman claims Kim Jong-Un is more responsible than Trump — immediately regrets it – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/12/dnc-deputy-chairman-claims-kim-jong-un-is-more-responsible-than-trump-immediately-regrets-it/

 

THE HILL
— Trump condemns violence erupting at white nationalist protest – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346319-trump-condemns-far-right-protests-in-charlottesville?rnd=1502559292
— It’s time for McConnell to fight with Trump instead of against him – JENNY BETH MARTIN
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/346179-its-time-for-mcconnell-to-fight-with-trump-instead-of
— Three dead after violent clashes at white nationalist rally – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346346-one-dead-after-violent-clashes-at-white-nationalist-rally?rnd=1502578816

 

POLITICO
— Trump condemns ‘bigotry and violence’ in Charlottesville clashes – BRENT D. GRIFFITHS
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/12/trump-denounces-hate-violence-charlottesville-241571

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— State of Emergency Declared in Charlottesville After Protests Turn Violent – SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-protest-white-nationalist.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/stay-hide-or-leave-hard-choices-for-immigrants-in-the-heartland.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— At least 10 pedestrians struck along route of white nationalist rally in Charlottesville; one fatality, according to mayor – Joe Heim, Ellie Silverman, T. Rees Shapiro and Emma Brown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fights-in-advance-of-saturday-protest-in-charlottesville/2017/08/12/155fb636-7f13-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html
— Google employees face fear, uncertainty in aftermath of divisive memo – Elizabeth Dwoskin  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats will force Google to “look like America,” that is, sooner or later, Democrats will force Google to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-employees-face-fear-uncertainty-in-aftermath-of-divisive-memo/2017/08/11/5edd7a00-7ee1-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Car Strikes Protesters, Killing One, Amid Clashes Over Confederate Statue  Charlottesville city officials said there were ‘multiple injuries’ from the car hitting pedestrians – Cameron McWhirter and  Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hundreds-face-off-ahead-of-white-nationalist-rally-in-virginia-1502553066

 

SALON
— Bernie Sanders, the socialist revival and the unexpected upsurge of millennial Marxism  Bernie Sanders proved socialism isn’t dead — and some young people are open to the banished ideas of Karl Marx – CONOR LYNCH
http://www.salon.com/2017/08/12/bernie-sanders-the-socialist-revival-and-the-unexpected-upsurge-of-millennial-marxism/

August 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump: North Korea ‘will regret it fast’ if acts against US ally – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-north-korea-will-regret-it-fast-if-acts-against-us-ally/2298011/

 

NBC5
— Duckworth to Trump: You Can’t ‘Out-Crazy Kim Jong Un’ – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tammy-duckworth-seth-meyers-439872003.html
— Cook County Democrats Endorse J.B. Pritzker for Governor – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jb-pritzker-receives-endorsement-from-cook-county-democrats-439924233.html
— Cameras Allowed in Courtroom During Hastert Lawsuit Trial
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/cameras-will-be-allowed-in-courtroom-for-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-439911303.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate could consider overriding Rauner’s education funding veto Sunday – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-education-funding-met-0813-20170811-story.html
— Republican megadonor Dick Uihlein uses cardboard box catalog to address Chicago murders – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-liz-uihlein-0812-chicago-inc-20170811-story.html
— Pritzker is endorsed by Cook County Democrats – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-illinois-governor-met-0812-20170811-story.html
— Illinois names 6 insurers to take part in overhauled Medicaid managed care – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-medicaid-insurers-chosen-0813-biz-20170811-story.html
— Why Google was wrong to fire James Damore – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-google-memo-james-damore-page-perspec-0813-md-20170812-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools proposes $5.7 billion budget that includes $269 million in city help – Juan Perez Jr. and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-public-schools-city-funding-met-0812-20170811-story.html
— Emanuel seeks to block feds from imposing new grant rules on sanctuary cities – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-immigration-injunction-met-20170811-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s suicidal war on his own party.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-mcconnell-republicans-war-perspec-20170811-column.html
— Illinois’ abortion notification law harms free speech – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-abortion-speech-scotus-0814-md-20170811-story.html
— A rare shot for school choice in Illinois – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-tuition-tax-credit-school-choice-0813-md-20170811-story.html
— CPS’ let’s-pretend budget – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-public-schools-budget-edit-20170811-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— J.B. Pritzker gets Cook County Democrats’ endorsement for governor – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-pritzker-gets-cook-county-democratics-endorsement-for-governor/
— City to kick in additional $269 million for Chicago schools budget – Lauren FitzPatrick and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/city-to-kick-in-additional-200-million-plus-for-cps-budget-source/
— Claypool cuts back on CPS consultants — but not 3 he has ties to – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/forrest-claypool-cuts-back-on-chicago-public-schools-cps-consultants-but-not3-he-has-ties-to-the-watchdogs/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The state’s most important job-creating program (EDGE) is about to be revived – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/BLOGS02/170819957/the-states-most-important-job-creating-program-is-about-to-be-revived
— Why is Rep. Roskam taking aim at a critical protection for retirees? – STEWART MATHER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/OPINION/170819960/why-is-rep-roskam-taking-aim-at-a-critical-protection-for-retirees
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like the operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/NEWS07/170819955/cardinal-cupich-on-chicago-violence-7-takeaways
— CPS drops bombshell: Needs $269M from city – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/BLOGS02/170819954/cps-drops-bombshell-needs-269m-from-city
— Rauner names winners in Medicaid overhaul – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/NEWS03/170819950/rauner-names-winners-in-medicaid-overhaul
— How Rauner’s late-inning schools gambit opens the ultimate can of worms – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/NEWS02/170819942/how-rauner-s-late-inning-schools-gambit-opens-the-ultimate-can-of

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County program aims to improve properties – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170811/dupage-county-program-aims-to-improve-properties

 

WTTW
— Gov. Bruce Rauner to Appear Monday on ‘Chicago Tonight’ – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/11/gov-bruce-rauner-appear-monday-chicago-tonight

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— It’s “Silly” to Call Him the De Facto Governor, John Tillman Says – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/August-2017/John-Tillman/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/O’NEIL: STILL SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD OVER TRUMP’S VICTORY? YOU’RE NOT ALONE.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorneroneil-still-scratching-your-head-over-trumps-victory-youre-not-alone.html
— MCSWEENEY FILES RESOLUTION OPPOSING COOK CO SODA TAX
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/mcsweeney-files-resolution-opposing-cook-co-soda-tax.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP claims Pritzker endorsed by “most crooked organization in IL politics”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/ilgop-claims-pritzker-endorsed-by-most-crooked-organization-in-il-politics/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Burr Ridge doctor Robert Marshall and Democrat gubernatorial candidate says “Marijuana should be legalized on a nationwide basis.” If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/another-longshot-dem-candidate-announces-gubernatorial-bid/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/question-of-the-day-2530/
— CPS budget assumes $300 million in new state money, plus unspecified $269 million in local revenue
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/cps-budget-assumes-300-million-in-new-state-money-plus-unspecified-269-million-in-local-revenue/

 

GOPUSA
— House Freedom Caucus files petition to bring Obamacare repeal to vote
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28562
— Editorial chair of the Harvard Crimson and a ‘student of color’ finds white friends ‘exhausting’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28543

 

DAILY CALLER
— Google And Facebook Co-Sponsoring Protest Of Pro-Life Women’s Health Care Clinic – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: What percent of Google and Facebook employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/11/google-and-facebook-co-sponsoring-protest-of-pro-life-womens-heath-care-clinic/
— Google Is Holding Women Back – Penny Nance  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Rutan decision.  They want individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries a) to have the power to destroy those who do not pander to them, b) to have the power to destroy those who refuse to serve as their operatives or dupes, and c) to have the power to destroy those who do not give them money.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/09/google-is-holding-women-back/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Google spent over $265 million in the past few years to try to fix their “diversity” problem and recruit more minorities, including women. The result? Absolutely no change in the percentage of women employed at the company. Something didn’t go well. Maybe it’s because the company has been systematically underpaying women. They are currently embroiled in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor on this very issue and 60 women may take legal action for discrimination. This controversy aside, it is inexcusable (and illegal) that someone should be fired from their job because they stated their opinion and specifically disagreed with the arbiters of political correctness. This is viewpoint discrimination, and it was ruled as a violation of the First Amendment by the Supreme Court in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois in 1990.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why RINOS Must Go – Blaine Winship  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do Illinois RINOs, DuPage County RINOs, Milton Township RINOs, Glen Ellyn RINOs, and Wheaton RINOs do? ANSWER: Work against Republicans like me who support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee Resolution against video gambling. The aforesaid RINOs work especially hard against Republicans like me who a) support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) who oppose promoting vices including booze, gambling, and pot.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/why_rinos_must_go.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Job seekers urge Trump to hire American at Mar-a-Lago – Lori Rozsa  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers that are members of the following groups prefer foreign workers over American workers: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/job-seekers-urge-trump-to-hire-american-at-mar-a-lago/2017/08/10/fd23bd6a-7df0-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why I Was Fired by Google – James Damore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) why my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) why my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-i-was-fired-by-google-1502481290
— Number of Americans Caught Underpaying Some Taxes Surges 40%  People who pay taxes quarterly—such as gig workers, retirees and business owners—are getting their payments wrong – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-numberof-americans-caught-underpayingsometaxes-surges-40-1502443801

 

NEW INDIA EXPRESS
— Stressful jobs affect health more than no job at all (DIERSEN: To get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that if I did not, they would make my GAO job a living hell.)
http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/health/2017/aug/11/stressful-jobs-affect-health-more-than-no-job-at-all-1641734.html

 

RE/MAX
— LEASED OFFICE CONDO FOR SALE: 610 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $162,000
http://homesearch.rockfordrealestate.com/idx/details/homes/a019/09716531/610-W-Roosevelt-Road-Wheaton-60189-IL-09716531

August 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park massage parlors shut down after prostitution investigation; 4 face charges – Steve Schering  (DIERSEN: How many massage parlors are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-park-prostitution-tl-0817-20170816-story.html
— Google bro’s diversity memo shows biological failings of white dudes – Rex Huppke  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-google-diversity-memo-huppke-20170811-story.html
— Lawmakers, reject Gov. Rauner’s changes on school funding – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rauner-school-funding-veto-perspec-0811-md-20170810-story.html
— That Google memo about women in tech wasn’t wrong – Megan McArdle  (DIERSEN: Is McArdle a Democrat? What if McArdle had gotten a job with the federal government? The federal government’s top priority is to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are female, minority, and/or younger.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-google-memo-women-tech-20170811-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Blame rich Whites for ‘Asian fail’ at top colleges – Daniel Golden  (DIERSEN: None of my high school classmates were Asian. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my graduating class.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that if any of my high school classmates had been Asian, I never would have made it into the upper 20% of my graduating class.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-asian-fail-affirmative-action-colleges-perspec-0811-md-20170811-story.html
— Teens set out to create ‘Meaningful Summers’ with nonprofit – Sarah Freishtat  (DIERSEN: Would your critics/opponents have taken the summer jobs that I did when you were in high school and in college?  Few if any of my critics/opponents would have stooped to take the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; I washed dishes during the summer of 1965; I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-teen-summer-giving-back-st-0806-20170804-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Special census in 2018 could put $1.6M in Naperville coffers – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-special-census-st-0811-20170810-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Everyone knows that attacks against Muslims in America are used to harm Trump and to harm Trump’s supporters. So therefore, those who attack Muslims in America must be anti-Trumps.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170811/281775629258324
— Dogs, cats also carry carbon footprints, study says  Environmental impact of feeding meat to pets is huge – Amina Khan
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170811/281805694029396
— Chicago Public Schools budget will plan on more than $200 million in city help – Juan Perez Jr. and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-public-schools-city-funding-met-0812-20170811-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chevrolet’s Impala SS sedan has been a hidden gem – Jeff Taylor  (DIERSEN: I owned a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 1989-2005.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/autos/chevrolets-ss-sedan-has-been-a-hidden-gem/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville pitching special census to increase population, tax share – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170811/naperville-pitching-special-census-to-increase-population-tax-share
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF SHEFALI TRIVEDI: “Do GOOD DuPage” campaign encourages DuPage residents to volunteer – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) glorify and praise themselves as being big time volunteers and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me for not doing volunteer work. In my defense, I volunteer 10+ hours each and every day of what is left of my life putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out free of charge and without any advertising. However, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn those emails as being worthless if not destructive.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170811/do-good-campaign-encourages-dupage-residents-to-volunteer

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A billion-dollar payout for Chicago teachers pension fund? – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170810/NEWS01/170819988
— Dems renew push to probe Trump Tower lender Deutsche Bank – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/NEWS02/170819959/democrats-renew-push-to-probe-deutsche-banks-trump-ties

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Protesters oppose proposed cuts to Medicaid – Paul Swiech
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/protesters-oppose-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid/article_a30c2171-8267-560b-bed4-d675e5667554.html
— Blame Madigan for state’s tax hike – Daniel G. Deneen, Bloomington
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/letters/blame-madigan-for-state-s-tax-hike/article_b5e81723-ec2d-52a4-a9c4-6bebd8ef25ec.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois pension cost shift could bring ‘financial ruin’ to local school districts – Chris Kaergard and Pam Adams  (DIERSEN: What has brought you “financial ruin?”  So far, my loss of $1,430,856 of income in today’s dollars since 1997 has not caused my wife and I “financial ruin.”  My GAO salary was $10,250/month in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $4,238/month.  $10,250 X 238 months is $2,439,500 and $4,238 X 238 months is $1,008,644.  $2,439,500 minus $1,008,644 is $1,430,856.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170810/illinois-pension-cost-shift-could-bring-financial-ruin-to-local-school-districts

 

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— Kinzinger feels failed health plan misunderstood – Paul Westermeyer
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20170810/kinzinger-feels-failed-health-plan-misunderstood

 

SUBURBAM LIFE
— Zito announces election bid for Illinois’ 49th District seat
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/08/11/zito-announces-election-bid-for-illinois-49th-district-seat/ahih4pa/

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Judge rejects Hastert attorneys’ camera ban request – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2017/08/11/judge-rejects-hastert-attorneys-camera-ban-request/a5utsf4/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Your questions about North Korea answered  CNN hosts a live chat with reporters – ALEXANDRA FIELD (DIERSEN: QUESTIONS: What actions should America take against North Korea if North Korea a) illegally sends many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES), b) illegally keeps many millions of its citizens illegally in America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES), or c) illegally sends many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES)?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/your-questions-about-north-korea-answered/786681180
— Poll: Nearly seven in 10 judge Congress a failure so far  Both sides of aisle earn public’s ire – RYAN STRUYK
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/poll-nearly-seven-in-10-judge-congress-a-failure-so-far/786679431

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— 2020 Could Have School Districts Seeing Red – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/2020-could-have-school-districts-seeing-red#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— State representatives and superintendents speak out against Governor’s veto
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/state-representatives-and-superintendents-speak-out-against-governors-veto
— Parents and lawmakers demand action on education funding reform – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/no-compromise-on-school-funding-has-parents-concerned

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Fear and loathing in health care – Stephen Soltys M.D.
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18989-fear-and-loathing-in-health-care.html

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— What Happened to Illinois’s Medical Cannabis Advisory Board?  Former members and one legislator say the group was quietly disbanded in a deal with Governor Bruce Rauner to keep the medical marijuana program alive. – LEE V. GAINES  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2017/What-Happened-to-Illinoiss-Medical-Cannabis-Advisory-Board/

 

ILLINOIS FARMER TODAY
— Ciaro: Struggling town epitomizes rural poverty in Illinois – Nat Williams
http://www.illinoisfarmertoday.com/news/regional/struggling-town-epitomizes-rural-poverty-in-illinois/article_3ff5263c-7dde-11e7-9df5-9f3f4b834f6e.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— HUD chief Carson calls out Illinois for not promoting economic growth – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/hud-chief-carson-calls-out-illinois-for-not-promoting-economic/article_61c85fdc-7c6b-11e7-bd0e-d7f6a238622f.html

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Explosive county board meeting over reassessment situation – Aaron Eades
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/explosive-county-board-meeting-over-reassessment-situation/786615993

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— To “Trans” Cultists, What IS Maleness or Femaleness? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-cultists-maleness-femaleness/
— Female Military Service Members Told to Accept Naked Men in their Showers – Joshua Denton
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/female-military-service-members-told-accept-naked-men-showers/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— When it comes to hiring women to top posts within Pritzker’s businesses, however, the billionaire is, well, lacking.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/oppo-dumps/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Nutjob Arrested For Murder Of GOP Committeeman Neighbor – RYAN SAAVEDRA  (DIERSEN: What does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain have to say about this?  From what I see, the more of the following that your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain is, the more danger that he/she is in: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and ancestors have been in America for a long time. Further, the fewer votes that Trump got and the more votes that Clinton got in his/her precinct, the more danger your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain is in.  Trump got only 137 votes in my precinct and Clinton got 211.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/10/anti-trump-nutjob-arrested-for-murder-of-gop-committeeman-neighbor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A man described by neighbors as “quarrelsome” and who placed large anti-Trump signs in his yard is in police custody for the murder of his next-door neighbor – a GOP committeeman. Police in West Goshen Township, PA, charged Clayton Carter, 51, in the shooting death of his next-door neighbor, G. Brooks Jennings in the early morning hours on Tuesday, according to ABC Philadelphia. The conflict began on Monday evening when police officers responded to a dispute between Carter and Jennings that involved cursing and video recording in one of their backyards. Police de-escalated the conflict around 8 p.m. and left. Shortly after midnight, police say another conflict erupted between the two neighbors as Carter claims that Jennings shined a light into his eyes. Carter purportedly told police that he then drove his car onto his lawn and shined the car’s high beams towards Jennings. Investigators say it was at this point when Carter went into his home and grabbed a .380 semi-automatic pistol and confronted Jennings. Carter allegedly shot Jennings in the head, knocking him to the ground, and then stood over his body and shot him in the head again. Police say the victim Carter shot Jennings on Jennings property. One neighbor described Jennings, a GOP committeeman, as “the nicest, best guy I’ve ever met in my whole life.” Those same neighbors described Carter, who apparently had a history of conflict with multiple neighbors — including pulling a gun on Jennings in the past — as someone they avoided because of his volatile behavior. “We steered clear of him. We were frightened of him [Carter] because he’s so unpredictable,” another neighbor said speaking about Carter. Neighbors described his front yard as being crowded with cars and anti-Trump signs that he made himself. Many of the conflicts between Carter and his neighbors were apparently not political, but personal. Police charged Carter with multiple crimes including first-degree murder which makes him ineligible for bail in the state of Pennsylvania.)

— Rep. Ruben Gallego: Trump Is An ‘Absolute Racist’ – Amber Athey  (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? If so, who so far has called you a racist? Have you considered suing them?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/11/rep-ruben-gallego-trump-is-an-absolute-racist/

 

GOPUSA
— Should elected officials be required to accept all responses on social media?  (DIERSEN: Should activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who claim to be Republican be required to include
diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists?  Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs fail/refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28487
— Fatherless families have a tremendous cost
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28504
— Mosques taking over churches in France (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will France side with the Muslims and turn on America?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28509

 

LIFE NEWS
— Abortion Activists Want More Men to Speak Up for Killing Unborn Babies – MICAIAH BILGER
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/08/10/abortion-activists-want-more-men-to-speak-up-for-killing-unborn-babies/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Praying With the Right Motives – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? Mine pray for God to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIIS emails and to stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they prayed for God to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc. In response to the aforesaid, what should I pray for?)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/08/11/praying-right-motives/

 

NEWSMAX
— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Takes Trump Feud National – Theodore Bunker  (DIERSENL Who works harder against Trump, Rahm Emanuel or Kim Jong-un?)
http://www.newsmax.com/US/rahm-emanuel-trump-feud-national/2017/08/11/id/807103/
— Newsmax’s 100 Most Influential Republican Women
http://www.newsmax.com/BestLists/influential-republican-women-list/2017/08/09/id/806691/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 99. Evelyn Sanguinetti — A lawyer and daughter of Cuban and Ecuadorean immigrants, Sanguinetti is the first Hispanic to be elected lieutenant governor of Illinois, and the first female Hispanic lieutenant governor in the country.)

 

PJ MEDIA
— Austin Theater Admits It Broke the Law with ‘Women Only’ Screenings of ‘Wonder Woman’ – TOM KNIGHTON  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will theaters bar members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2017/08/09/austin-theater-admits-it-broke-the-law-with-women-only-screenings-of-wonder-woman/

 

THE HILL
— Rahm goes national with Trump feud – MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346101-rahm-goes-national-with-trump-feud

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Why Medicaid matters to anyone with aging relatives – Sharona Hoffman  (DIERSEN: My 86-year-old aunt is burning up her life savings at the rate of $230 a day in an assisted living facility.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-medicaid-matters-to-anyone-with-aging-relatives_us_598d936ae4b0ed1f464c09ee

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Jeffrey Lord, Trump Defender on CNN, Is Fired for Using Nazi Slogan – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM  (DIERSEN: If you are pegged as being a Trump defender as I am, which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you the most for that?  Should I write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me the most?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/business/media/jeffrey-lord-fired-trump-cnn-nazis.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mr. Lord had recently accused Angelo Carusone, president of the liberal watchdog site Media Matters, of emulating fascists by calling for sponsors to boycott Sean Hannity’s Fox News show. When Mr. Carusone responded on Thursday on Twitter, Mr. Lord posted the words “Sieg Heil!”, a response that he said was meant to mock Mr. Carusone’s behavior.)
— Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O. – David Brooks (DIERSEN: Democrats want all employers to resign who do not use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to not hire and to get rid of employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/opinion/sundar-pichai-google-memo-diversity.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/opinion/voter-suppression-trump-commission-ohio.html
— In a Move Away From Tradition, Cremations Increase – JAMES BARRON  (DIERSEN: What about cremation?  When I die, I want to be cremated for the following reasons: a) my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents; b) my branch on my family tree is extremely small and it is dying; and c) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been very successful in making people in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois HATE ME. I should write a book about those who have been the most successful in making people HATE ME.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/nyregion/cremations-increase-in-a-move-away-from-tradition.html
— This Is Why a Trump Chicken Was Near the White House – YONETTE JOSEPH  (DIERSEN: Taran Singh Brar wants Trump to act more forcefully.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/us/politics/trump-giant-inflatable-chicken.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, Russia and the opposition research firm run by ex-journalists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-russia-and-the-opposition-research-firm-run-by-ex-journalists/2017/08/10/93ee1232-7e13-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_video.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s IRS Swamp  Obama-era lawyers are still obstructing lawsuits to hold the agency accountable. – Kimberley A. Strassel  (DIERSEN: On what do you base your 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 $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years while I was at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,61-$100,917. What do you say to those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-irs-swamp-1502405528
— Why a Universal Basic Income Would Be a Calamity  How long before the elites decide the unemployed underclass shouldn’t have the right to vote? – Dan Nidess  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the “unemployed underclass?” I have been a member of the “unemployed underclass” since 1997 when I was 49 years old. Of course, since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me big time. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because I have been a member of the “unemployed underclass” since 1997 when I was 49 years old, I must be a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-a-universal-basic-income-would-be-a-calamity-1502403580
— On Radical Islam, Trump Has Lost His Focus  There’s no ‘extreme vetting,’ no outreach to moderates, and too much coziness with Riyadh. – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-radical-islam-trump-has-lost-his-focus-1502403549

 

USA TODAY
— Google manifesto spotlights enduring sexism issues – Laura Petrecca  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted me as being a sexist. They stress that unlike them, I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/10/google-manifesto-spotlights-hot-button-issue-gender-diversity/513244001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: It’s not just you — there really are fewer homes for sale with inventory at a 20-year low – Roger Yu and Paul Davidson  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to move?  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups want me to move: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/10/sale-home-inventory-20-year-low-baby-boomers-stay-put/555127001/

 

WJLA
— Leaks within the federal government harm national security, need to be stopped – Boris Epshteyn  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois a) who leak to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois, but b) refuse to include
diersen@aol.com on their press release and press advisory lists?)
http://wjla.com/news/bottom-line/opinion-leaks-within-the-federal-government-harm-national-security-need-to-be-stopped

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Chicago is doomed to become a ‘municipal black hole’ – Rodney Johnson
http://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-doomed-to-become-municipal-black-hole-2017-8

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— How Much Patriotism do Military Bands Inspire? GAO Wants Better Measures – Ross Gianfortune (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries discourage American patriotism? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2017/08/gao-military-bands-learn-how-measure-your-performances/140162/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— GAO: Did $1.5 billion in military music boost morale? – WYATT OLSON
https://www.stripes.com/news/gao-did-1-5-billion-in-military-music-boost-morale-1.482382

August 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pritzker chooses Rep. Juliana Stratton as 2018 running mate – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-chooses-rep-juliana-stratton-as-2018-running-mate/2293288/
— School funding dispute continues as teachers, students protest delay – Sarah Schulte and Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/education/school-funding-dispute-continues/2292625/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Feds say Cook County soda tax collection violates food stamp rules – Greg Trotter and Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-soda-tax-food-stamps-preckwinkle-0811-biz-20170810-story.html
— Mendoza sends schools long-overdue cash as state misses first scheduled payment – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-school-funding-met-0811-20170810-story.html
— Allstate quietly lays off 500, leans into feature that lets customers photograph damage – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-allstate-layoffs-0811-biz-20170810-story.html
— Trump on ‘fire and fury’ warning to North Korea: Maybe statement wasn’t tough enough – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-fire-and-fury-warning-north-korea-20170810-story.html
— Trump says he is ‘very thankful’ to Putin for expelling U.S. diplomats from Russia – Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-putin-expelled-diplomats-20170810-story.html
— Trump suggests McConnell must deliver on president’s agenda or step aside – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-mcconnell-health-care-20170810-story.html
— Stratton brings diversity to Pritzker campaign – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, union member for almost 12 years, federal government employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 20 years, childless, pet-less, only owned American-nameplate vehicles, not a graduate of an Ivy League university, etc.  I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate my demographics. They would love it.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-running-mate-met-0811-20170810-story.html
— Why the U.S. hasn’t brought ‘fire and fury’ to North Korea – Eli Lake  (DIERSEN: One could argue that America should take action against North Korea only if North Korea a) illegally sends many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES), b) illegally keeps many millions of its citizens illegally in America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES), or c) illegally sends many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-north-korea-fire-fury-20170809-story.html
— Wednesday showdown looms in historic school-funding impasse – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-school-funding-st-0811-20170810-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump, Kim Jong Un put the world in danger in a game of chicken – Lawrence Wittner  (DIERSEN: One could argue that America should take action against North Korea only if North Korea a) illegally sends many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES), b) illegally keeps many millions of its citizens illegally in America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES), or c) illegally sends many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally (LIKE MEXICO DOES).)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-kim-jong-un-put-millions-of-lives-on-the-line-in-game-of-chicken/
— Durbin, Duckworth officially OK Lausch for U.S. Attorney in Chicago – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-duckworth-officially-ok-lausch-for-u-s-attorney-in-chicago/
— CPS touts test scores to boost funding case, admits ‘achievement gap’ – Lauren FitzPatrick and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cps-announces-test-score-rise-to-bolster-funding-case-in-springfield/
— Trump: Putin’s ouster of U.S. diplomats ‘cut down our payroll’ – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-putins-ouster-of-u-s-diplomats-cut-down-our-payroll/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pop tax lands Cook in hot water with the feds – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170810/BLOGS02/170819977/pop-tax-lands-cook-in-hot-water-with-the-feds

 

DAILY HERALD
— Free-speech debate swirls as officials block on social media – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, RINO, and other anti-Republican officials who use the power of their religious, government, political, and/or business positions a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading the emails.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170810/business/308109985/
— Kane Co. officials detail consequences of RTA sales tax raid – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170810/kane-co-officials-detail-consequences-of-rta-sales-tax-raid
— Bernie Sanders to speak at the Paramount – Candy Purdom  (DIERSEN: When are high-profile Republicans scheduled to speak in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the Republicans who I recruited to speak at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events 2005-2012.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn all individuals, all organizations, all companies, and all governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170810/bernie-sanders-to-speak-at-the-paramount
— Health care may be charity, but it’s not a right – Mark Bodett, Wheaton  (DIERSEN: Who pays for your health care?  To turn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that have problems against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $5,763/year (25%) for health, dental, and vision insurance and the federal government pays $17,288/year (75%). My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois promote hatred of federal employees and hatred of federal retirees.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170810/health-care-may-be-charity-but-its-not-a-right

 

HERALD NEWS
— County Board may try to eliminate pensions for some elected offices  Board members think certain countywide officeholders are too highly compensated – MIKE MALLORY  (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/08/10/county-board-may-try-to-eliminate-pensions-for-some-elected-offices/aeuo1yg/

 

NEW HAVEN REGISTER
— Governor opens Illinois State Fair; ag chief Raymond Poe treated after fall – AP
http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Governor-to-officially-open-2017-Illinois-State-11747181.php

 

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Rep. Bryant casts key vote for income tax hike, pays $65 in property taxes
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/511178937-bryant-bucked-party-on-income-tax-hike-paid-65-in-property-taxes

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— BE SMARTER, ILLINOIS: DON’T BELIEVE POT MAKES YOU SAFER
http://www.poppot.org/2017/08/09/be-smarter-illinois-dont-safer-misleads/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— CHICAGO: Inside the Biggest Gathering of American Socialists In Decades – Ryan Cooper  (DIERSEN: Those who promote socialism have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/inside-the-biggest-gathering-of-american-socialists-in-decades/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AUGUST 4, 2017 FLASHBACK: DOES RAUNER KNOW HOW SB 31 COULD DETRIMENTALLY AFFECT ILLINOIS? WE ASKED 4 QUESTIONS.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/does-rauner-know-how-sb-31-could-detrimentally-affect-illinois-we-asked-4-questions.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner asks “Why is Gov. Rauner seemingly unconcerned about paying off the impasse debt?”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/why-is-gov-rauner-seemingly-unconcerned-about-paying-off-the-impasse-debt/
— Ag Director Raymond Poe falls during State Fair ribbon cutting ceremony
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/ag-director-raymond-poe-falls-during-state-fair-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/
— Kennedy opposes $100 million private school tuition program   (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/kennedy-opposes-100-million-private-school-tuition-program/

 

GOPUSA
— Atlanta gym owner bans cops, soldiers  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps ban those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28482
— Man sentenced to 100 days for registering dead voters for Democrats  (DIERSEN: There are two cemeteries in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28480
— Canada sends soldiers to US border where illegal migrants cross
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28446
— Horrors! Fluffy and Fido are destroying the environment!
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28436

 

FOX NEWS
— Illinois’ partisan gridlock causes state to miss school funding deadline
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/08/10/illinois-partisan-gridlock-causes-state-to-miss-school-funding-deadline.html
— What the Google firing tells us about our freedom — And whether we can keep it – Frank Miniter  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What does GAO’s firing of Diersen tell Republicans about their employment opportunities in the federal government?  ANSWER: They are terrible, if not non-existent.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/08/10/what-google-firing-tells-us-about-our-freedom-and-whether-can-keep-it.html
— Hillary Clinton Considering Becoming Preacher  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/10/hillary-clinton-considers-becoming-methodist-preacher

 

FEDERALIST
— Okay, Google: How Do You Prepare A Country For Totalitarianism?  To be ready for dictatorship, people have to embrace its habits and practices voluntarily, or at least show little resistance. Google is doing its part. –  Robert Tracinski
http://thefederalist.com/2017/08/09/hey-google-how-do-you-prepare-a-country-for-totalitarianism/

 

DAILY CALLER
— In Fomenting Mistrust, The Washington Post And The ACLU Reign Supreme – Ron Hosko  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on fomenting mistrust of me. If I went after my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes as hard as they have come after me, they would all be on welfare by now.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/10/in-fomenting-mistrust-the-washington-post-and-the-aclu-reign-supreme/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Tax Reform Shouldn’t Punish Donations to School-Choice Scholarship Programs – JASON BEDRICK (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (
http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450369/tax-reform-school-choice-scholarship-program-donations-should-not-be-punished

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Michael Barone: Google’s ‘tolerance’ requires repression – Michael Barone  (DIERSEN: Hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat women and young Democrat minorities requires not hiring, wasting the careers of, and getting rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/michael-barone-googles-tolerance-requires-repression/article/2631081

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A nuclear-armed North Korea could make smaller disputes with Pyongyang much more dangerous – Anne Gearan  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What has emboldened North Korea? ANSWER: North Korea, as does the rest of the world, sees America as being extremely week because it takes no action against Mexico, a country that has constructively declared war on America a) by its illegally sending many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally, b) by its illegally keeping many millions of its citizens illegally in America illegally, and  c) by its illegally sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-nuclear-armed-north-korea-could-make-smaller-disputes-with-pyongyang-much-more-dangerous/2017/08/10/b62ee0ce-7dd7-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html
— If Trump wants a nuclear attack against North Korea, his military advisers have few other options – Dan Lamothe  (DIERSEN: What if North Korea had committed acts of war, for example, a) by illegally sending many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally, b) by illegally keeping many millions of its citizens illegally in America illegally, or c) by illegally sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/08/10/if-trump-wants-a-nuclear-attack-against-north-korea-his-military-advisers-have-few-other-options/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google Cancels Meeting on Diversity, Citing Safety Concerns for Employees  CEO had scheduled meeting after the firing of a Google engineer, which had set off a nationwide debate – Jack Nicas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-engineers-firing-fuels-debate-among-employees-1502395326
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Google canceled a companywide meeting about diversity just before it was set to begin Thursday, saying right-wing websites published the names of employees who had proposed questions, raising security concerns. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in an email to employees that the company decided to cancel the highly anticipated meeting after employees expressed concerns “about their safety and worried they may be ‘outed’ publicly for asking a question in the Town Hall.”)
— Google Episode Sends a Message: Diversity Is a Tough Sell in Silicon Valley  Tech firms face broad skepticism about results of industry’s push to attract more women and minorities – Georgia Wells and Yoree Koh  (DIERSEN: Because most young women and most young minorities are Democrats, it is easier for the Democrats who run the federal government to hire, to retain, and to promote young women and young minorities. But then again, because federal employees and federal retirees are viciously hated, it is harder for the Democrats who run the federal government to hire, to retain, and to promote young women and young minorities.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-episode-sends-a-message-diversity-is-a-tough-sell-in-silicon-valley-1502383625
— The ‘Diversity’ Paradox  ‘Almost all of the Google memo’s empirical claims are scientifically accurate.’
https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-the-diversity-paradox-1502320093

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Modern employers must invest in all their staff – Niels Erich, San Francisco  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.  To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.ft.com/content/ce016eae-7db6-11e7-ab01-a13271d1ee9c
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Having read the memo, a recurring subtext appears: Mr Damore felt stuck in his job, denied access to training and career development paths designed to increase diversity throughout the company. A perception formed in his mind, rightly or wrongly, that Google had overcompensated in its drive to address criticism over diversity. As he saw it, Google was now recruiting and grooming a subset of employees to bypass or even replace him, while excluding him from comparable investment and support. That he was a self-identified “conservative” in Silicon Valley did not help; his complaints were viewed as creating a hostile workplace environment.)

 

ATLANTIC
— Why Men Are the New College Minority  Males are enrolling in higher education at alarmingly low rates, and some colleges are working hard to reverse the trend. In colleges and universities nationwide this year, more than 56 percent of students are women. – JON MARCUS (DIERSEN: Anti-males voted for Clinton.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/why-men-are-the-new-college-minority/536103/

August 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: Spike in Chicago immigration arrests, deportations – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
http://abc7chicago.com/spike-in-chicago-immigration-arrests-deportations/2290817/#new_tab
— North Korea details plan to fire missile salvo toward Guam (DIERSEN: Will those who oppose declaring war against North Korea stress that unlike Mexico, North Korea a) has not illegally sent many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally, b) has not illegally kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, or c) has not illegally sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally? Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/north-korea-details-plan-to-fire-missile-salvo-toward-guam/2292468/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Misses School Aid Payment Deadline for the First Time Ever: Comptroller
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-misses-school-aid-payment-first-time-ever-439663673.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel On Rauner: He’s One To Talk About ‘Mismanagement’ – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/09/emanuels-latest-jab-at-rauner/
— Staredown Continues Over Illinois School Funding – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/09/school-funding-impasse/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker picks first-term state Rep. Stratton as running mate – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-running-mate-met-20170809-story.html
— Abortion rights group starts advocacy campaign aimed at men – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote abortion have always worked very hard against me because I do not promote abortion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-abortion-rights-campaign-met-0810-20170809-story.html
— Foxconn deal makes the American economy less great – Matthew Mitchell and Tammy Winter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-foxconn-wisconsin-tax-subsidies-20170809-story.html
— Trump’s immigration vision isn’t the Reagan way – Marc A. Thiessen  (DIERSEN: SEE: “Reagan Would Not Repeat Amnesty Mistake” by Edwin Meese at  http://humanevents.com/2006/12/13/reagan-would-not-repeat-amnesty-mistake/)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-immigration-reagan-20170810-story.html
— Silicon Valley’s vision of universal basic income is wrong – Leonid Bershidsky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-universal-basic-income-robots-20170810-story.html
— Facebook and Twitter should stop allowing fake users  Social networks should be obliged to ban anonymous accounts. – Leonid Bershidsky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-twitter-facebook-fake-accounts-20170809-story.html
— Will Jeff Sessions come after legalized marijuana, a drug ‘only slightly less awful’ than heroin? – Rick Anderson  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-legal-marijuana-20170810-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker poised to get Cook County Dems’ endorsement for gov – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: Which candidates want your endorsement?  Not that my endorsement means anything, but since 2000, my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their nasty operatives and their nasty dupes viciously destroy any candidate that I might endorse. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-pritzker-poised-to-get-cook-county-dems-endorsement-for-gov/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Pritzker gets boost from Stratton pick for running mate.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-pritzker-gets-boost-from-stratton-pick-for-running-mate/
— Owners accept players’ violence, not Kaepernick’s activism – Rick Morrissey
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/morrissey-owners-accept-players-violence-not-kaepernicks-activism/amp/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburbs to lose out on hundreds of thousands in sales tax – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170810/lester-suburbs-to-lose-out-on-hundreds-of-thousands-in-sales-tax
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tom Cullerton says that he “works to eliminate red tape for Illinois’ businesses.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170809/tom-cullerton-works-to-eliminate-red-tape-for-illinois-businesses
— New stormwater systems in Elgin would have to be paid by residents – Elena Ferrarin  (DIERSEN: Since 1984, outrageously, because Wheaton approved a woefully inadequate storm water drainage plan for my Cove Court subdivision, I have had to spend many thousands of dollars and many hundreds of hours making lot drainage improvements and repairs.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170810/new-stormwater-systems-in-elgin-would-have-to-be-paid-by-residents
— Important guidelines for teaching about religion will have a suburban touch – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170809/editorial-important-guidelines-for-teaching-about-religion-will-have-a-suburban-touch

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Four things Chicago must do to rise from the bottom of the pack – MARIN GJAJA AND JUSTIN MANLY  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago focus on driving out of Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170810/OPINION/170819999
— This tax reform idea could cost you–a lot – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170810/CRED0701/170819998
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With federal tax reform on Congress’s agenda after its August recess, two ideas that have been circulating have the potential to hit Chicago-area homeowners, one of them much harder than the other. Two federal tax deductions—one for mortgage interest and the other for state and local taxes—are in the crosshairs of reformers. The mortgage interest deduction would likely be revised, not eliminated, because it’s a hallowed perk of homeownership, most reports say. But the loss of the state and local tax deduction would cut deeper in the Chicago region anyway, analysts in the real estate, mortgage and tax realms told Crain’s this week. Eliminating the state and local tax deduction could transfer almost $2.9 billion a year out of household wealth and into federal coffers, according to Brian Bernardoni, senior director of government affairs and public policy for the Chicago Association of Realtors. That is, unless that larger tax reform package includes adjustments to the general tax rate that offset this amount.)

 

WTTW
— Trump and GOP Take on Tax Policy After Health Care Flop – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/09/trump-and-gop-take-tax-policy-after-health-care-flop#new_tab

 

DNA INFO
— ‘Weed World’ Van With $98,000 Worth Of Pot Seized In River North – David Matthews and Erica Demarest  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170809/river-north/weed-world-van-with-98000-worth-of-pot-busted-river-north-report

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner names Sam Pfister to federal affairs job in D.C. – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: What do you base your knowledge of the federal government on?  I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $94,610-$122,991, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, audits of many other federal agencies for almost 6 years, and audits of IRS for 3 years. 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, $79,563-$90,173.  The aforesaid experience helped me become a Certified Government Financial Manager.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170809/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-names-sam-pfister-to-federal-affairs-job-in-dc

 

TIMES
— Jason Haskell wants to face Kinzinger – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/republican-wants-to-face-kinzinger/article_9341ad05-8427-567c-840e-458be534724a.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Rural Exodus – NORMAN WALZER AND BRIAN HARGER
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-rural-exodus#stream/0

 

WQAD
— Deadline looms for Illinois schools to receive state education funding – JESYKA DERETA  (DIERSEN: What deadlines loomed for you?  Because I was a non-veteran White male federal employee, I had to make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40 or my career would be wasted and I would be gotten rid of.)
http://wqad.com/2017/08/10/deadline-looms-for-illinois-schools-to-receive-state-education-funding/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— How Wheaton saved its historic House of Seven Gables
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/08/09/how-wheaton-saved-its-historic-house-of-seven-gables/dyvgoz4/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Critics of SB1 veto blast Rauner’s changes without numbers to back up claims – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/critics-of-sb-veto-blast-rauner-s-changes-without-numbers/article_2e0c812e-7d50-11e7-8392-ffc559a4796a.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN CALLS SESSION ON GOVERNOR’S DAY  The House speaker’s spokesman claims the session is not a political move. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigan-calls-session-on-governors-day/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pregnancy Centers Win Second Injunction against Illinois Abortion Referral Mandate – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/pregnancy-centers-win-second-injunction-illinois-abortion-referral-mandate/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— KORECKI: TWITTER FIGHT ALERT — Rauner’s new Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Michael Lucci, got into a bit of a Twitter tiff on Wednesday with Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller. The war? Seemed to start when Miller corrected Lucci, who was in an exchange over the school funding bill. It then morphed into whether Miller deleted Lucci’s written remarks in the comments section on Miller’s popular Capitol Fax blog. Rich Miller: “I never admitted that or anything close to that. Please, seek help.” Michael Lucci: “Do you want me to start posting comments you deleted? Like when I caught you supporting a policy that was born of racism?” Miller responds: “Are they in the same box as your first tooth?”  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who pander to Rich Miller, but who fail/refuse to keep
diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and press advisory lists?)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/10/politico-illinois-playbook-pritzker-taps-stratton-as-running-mate-rauner-staffers-tweet-war-madigans-governors-day-surprise-221792

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP: “Juliana Stratton Owes Her Political Career to Mike Madigan”  (DIERSEN: Who do you owe your career to?  My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My GAO Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/ilgop-juliana-stratton-owes-her-political-career-to-mike-madigan/
— Crete-Monee superintendent predicts Rauner AV will mean cuts for his district  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/crete-monee-superintendent-predicts-rauner-av-will-mean-cuts-for-his-district/
— Rauner: “I’ll never claim to be a perfect person”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/rauner-i%e2%80%99ll-never-claim-to-be-a-perfect-person/

 

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel welcomes criminal aliens – Hans von Spakovsky and Benjamin Janacek, Heritage Foundation
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/08/09/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-welcomes-criminal-aliens.html

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago’s lawsuit against sanctuary city crackdown is absurd
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28391
— Media language police hate it but Trump’s ‘fury and fire’ sure beats Obama’s butt-kissing
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28465
— Concealed carry now allowed on campus, so this teacher showed up in armor (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they hate those who support the Second Amendment.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28453
— Low-energy Jeb: Donald Trump’s first 200 days have been ‘exhausting’ (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shot shows that you have “low energy?”  My critics/opponents would stress a) that I did not earn a job-related bachelor’s degree until I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn job-related professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a job-related professional license until I was 32.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28434
— The feds are spending millions to encourage low-income Californians to shop at farmers markets
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28457

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— GOP governor welcomes ‘Barack Obama Day’ – Chad Groening  (DIERSEN: My RINO critics/opponents, their RINO operatives, and their RINO dupes are far closer to Obama than they are to Trump.)
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/08/09/gop-governor-welcomes-barack-obama-day
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An Illinois-based pro-family activist says he’s appalled that the state’s Republican governor signed legislation designating “Barack Obama Day.”  Gov. Bruce Rauner made it official, signing Senate Bill 55 which means beginning in 2018 Illinois will recognize August 4 as “Barack Obama Day.” Rauner says it won’t be a formal state holiday with paid time off but it will be a day of acknowledgment and celebration. Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth says Rauner is the perfect example of a “Rhino Republican.” “A Republican governor heaping praise on the most immoral promoting president in American history, Barack Obama,” LaBarbera complains, “who ushered in homosexual so-called marriage, who mocked the authority of the Bible, who promoted abortion, who loves Planned Parenthood. With Republicans like that, who needs Democrats?” The argument from liberals that there is a similar holiday honoring President Ronald Reagan is a ridiculous comparison, he also insists. “To compare the two is an insult to Ronald Reagan,” LaBarbera insists. “Ronald Reagan was one of the greatest presidents we ever had.” Reagan led the West in a fight to crush Communism, LaBarbera recalls, while Obama “sucked up” to Cuba’s dictators. It’s insulting, he says, to put Obama in the same category.)

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE SHAMEFUL BLACKOUT OF THOMAS, SOWELL AND WILLIAMS – Larry Elder  (DIERSEN: Me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are blacked out by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/the-shameful-blackout-of-thomas-sowell-and-williams/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional staffers lament need for resources and raises, but not transparency and accountability – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/9/congress-staffers-report-dire-risk-from-slim-budge/

 

THE BLAZE
— Freedom Foundation sues Seattle over tax targeting the ‘rich’ – Beth Baumann (DIERSEN: What the Democrats who run Seattle really want to tax are those individuals, organizations, and companies that are Republican.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/09/freedom-foundation-sues-seattle-over-tax-targeting-the-rich/
— If protecting my child’s innocence means I’m keeping him in a ‘Christian bubble,’ so be it – Matt Walsh  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote a) LGBTQ activity, b) abortion, c) booze, gambling, pot and other vices, and/or d) other terrible things would say that I grew up in a “Missouri Synod Lutheran bubble” in Crete.)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/if-protecting-my-childs-innocence-means-im-keeping-him-in-a-christian-bubble-so-be-it/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s A List Of The 5 Biggest NY Times Screw Ups This Year – Jack Crowe (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would paint as being screw ups a) my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like and b) my including comments in those emails that they do not like.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/09/heres-a-list-of-the-5-biggest-ny-times-screw-ups-this-year/

 

HOT AIR
— Current Google Employee: ‘Google Is Run Like A Religious Cult’ – JOHN SEXTON
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/08/09/current-google-employee-google-run-like-religious-cult/

 

TOWNHALL
— Poll: Sweeping Support for Major Elements of Trump’s New Immigration Proposal – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/08/10/poll-trumps-new-immigration-proposal-is-pretty-popular-n2366646

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Google Receives 95 Theses of Diversity and Inclusion – MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450237/google-anti-diversity-memo-threatens-political-correctness-religion

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Google is more afraid of liberal outrage than federal law – Philip Wegmann  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were more afraid of Democrat politicians than federal law.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/google-is-more-afraid-of-liberal-outrage-than-federal-law/article/2630905

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s war on leaks is really a war on whistleblowers.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/opinions/whistleblowers-opinion-litman-knobler/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— When Government Defames  No judicial remedy exists if a federal official slanders you – AZIZ HUQ  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have slandered me. They feel free to do that because I have always had a policy of forgiving those who trespass me.  But I am reconsidering that policy.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/opinion/government-defamation-white-house-slander.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Imagine that a senior government official takes to Twitter, makes a call to a national news outlet or goes on national television to disparage you. Imagine that he tells lies about you to a national audience, lies harmful to your professional or personal future. What could you do to remedy the situation? You might seek a retraction. Perhaps you would go to colleagues and friends to privately plead your side of the case. Or if you were lucky enough to have a national platform of your own, maybe you would try to correct the defamatory statement in public. But one thing you couldn’t do is sue. No judicial remedy exists when a federal official defames someone. This gap in the law isn’t a result of a conscious decision by Congress or federal judges to protect the government’s ability to defame you. It was created inadvertently. In an age when the political lie is being weaponized to increasing effect, it’s an oversight Congress should redress.)
— The Alt-Right Finds a New Enemy in Silicon Valley – KEVIN ROOSE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/business/alt-right-silicon-valley-google-memo.html
— Eric Bolling, Suspended by Fox News, Sues Over Lewd-Photo Article – EMILY STEEL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/business/eric-bolling-fox-news-lawsuit-lewd-photo-article.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Disgraced ex-White House communications boss Anthony Scaramucci blasts reporter for recording phone interview – ELIZABETH ELIZALDE
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scaramucci-blasts-reporter-recording-phone-interview-article-1.3398437

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trumpian Fury on North Korea – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Will those who oppose declaring war against North Korea stress that unlike Mexico, North Korea a) has not illegally sent many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally, b) has not illegally kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, or c) has not illegally sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally? Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumpian-fury-on-north-korea-1502320336
— Intolerant Democrats Devour Their Own  The party’s left wing wants to purge anyone opposed to abortion or single-payer health. – Karl Rove  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders who focused/focus on purging those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), gambling, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. I should write a book about past and present MTRCC leaders who focused/focus on purging those like me who support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intolerant-democrats-devour-their-own-1502320565
— Liberalism’s Summer of ’17  Liberals whine about being governed by Trump. Pity those governed by them. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalisms-summer-of-17-1502320215
— How Trump Won, in Two Dimensions  A study shows the 2016 electorate was more socially than economically conservative. – F.H. Buckley  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who hint/imply/argue/shout that for Republicans, “the platform is the problem.” They want Republicans to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), gambling, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-won-in-two-dimensions-1502320256

 

USA TODAY
— Googler fired for diversity memo had legit points on gender – Cathy Young
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/googler-fired-diversity-memo-had-point-researchers-agree/548518001/
— How German Jews joined the U.S. Army and helped beat the Nazis – George Petras  (DIERSEN: My outstanding grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my outstanding uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my outstanding father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. It is sad to see that Germany is again turning against America.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/07/25/how-german-jews-joined-u-s-army-and-helped-beat-nazis/493634001/
— It’s taking longer than ever to get hired, Glassdoor survey shows – Kellie Ell (DIERSEN: If I had been a veteran, I would have had the veterans preference, and the Post Office, IRS, and GAO would have offered me jobs much sooner than they did. If I had been a veteran, the Post office, IRS, and GAO would not have wasted my career and gotten rid of me because I failed to make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40. If I had been a veteran, I might still be a GAO employee because GAO’s employees who are veterans are a protected class.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/09/its-taking-longer-than-ever-get-hired-glassdoor-survey-shows/551001001/
— Americans are saving less as income lags spending – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: How did you save by the time you were 29? According to the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine, a) for 1977, when I was 29 years old, my income was $26,563, my expenses were $22,041, and I saved $4,522 and b) as of December 31, 1977, my assets were $113,487, my debts were $59,537, and my net worth was $53,950. My income included $22,449 IRS salary and $2,675 rental income. My expenses included $9,479 mortgage payments and condo fees, $4,900 income taxes, $2,198 food and entertainment, $1,568 pension contributions, and $823 tuition and books.  My assets included a $60,000 Outer Drive East (ODE) condo, a $26,000 University Park town home, $7,393 in retirement contributions, $6,333 in savings, and a $6,000 1972 Corvette. My debts included a $38,795 ODE condo mortgage and a $19,380 University Park town home mortgage.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/09/americans-saving-less-income-lags-spending/549177001/

 

WISCONSIN GAZETTE
— Retired naval officer calls for gay marriage in GOP platform  A retired Navy captain is asking Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to support adding marriage equality to the GOP platform. McDonnell chairs the committee that will propose a platform at the national convention in Tampa later this month. Retired Navy Capt. Joan Darrah, in a letter to McDonnell, said the freedom to marry is in keeping with the party’s ideology. (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity work very hard against those like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/retired-naval-officer-calls-for-gay-marriage-in-gop-platform/article_d53933a7-81c9-5dd3-ba8a-436a551a7f10.html

 

NEWS NETWORK
— With A DACA Summer Job, A Bumper Crop Of Worry – ESMY JIMENEZ  (DIERSEN: Less competition from illegals and from recent legal immigrants was a major reason why I was able to get jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/daca-summer-job-bumper-crop-worry

 

AUTO WEEK
— Would you drive this biodegradable car made from sugar beets and flax?  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say YES!)
http://autoweek.com/article/green-cars/dutch-students-create-biodegradable-car-sugar-beets-and-flax

 

LOOP NET
— OFFICE BUILDING FOR SALE: 100 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $1,399,999
http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20452453/100-W-Roosevelt-Rd-Wheaton-IL/

August 9 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Republican Central Committee held an outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, August 9, 2017, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.  Congressman Peter Roskam and Representatives Peter Breen and Jeanne Ives gave outstanding updates on current issues.  Attendees included Bibbiano, Boris, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Crain, Dangelo, Elliott, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Grant, Keller, Krzyzewski, LeVan, Lofgren, McGowen, Menna, Molitor, Rash, Ryan, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— IL school superintendents speak at hearing about school funding – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/education/il-school-superintendents-speak-at-hearing-about-school-funding-/2289586/

 

NBC5
— Could Override of Education Funding Veto Be Unconstitutional? Lawmakers Say Maybe – Charlie Wojciechowski
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Lawmakers-to-Return-to-Springfield-for-More-Education-Funding-Talk-439460763.html
— Suburban, Downstate School Funding Payment Expected Thursday
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/school-funding-illinois-439310243.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Senate to take up Rauner school-funding veto Sunday – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/272842737-story
— Giant inflatable chicken resembling President Donald Trump placed near White House
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/272874393-story

 

WGN RADIO
— Gubernatorial candidate Ameya Pawar: “Governor Rauner is obsessed with punishing the teachers union and he wants CPS to go bankrupt” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2017/08/09/gubernatorial-candidate-ameya-pawar-governor-rauner-is-obsessed-with-punishing-the-teachers-union-and-he-wants-cps-to-go-bankrupt/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Speaker Madigan calls legislators to work — on Governor’s Day – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/speaker-madigan-calls-legislators-to-work-on-governors-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin called the scheduling “no coincidence.”  “They just didn’t pick this date out of thin air. They know it’s Republican Day. I think the whole point is to create some type of controversy for the day. And this is old school. It comes out of the old playbook. We’ll deal with it,” Durkin said. Durkin said Republican House legislators typically attend a luncheon on Governor’s Day, with some taking on speaking roles. But he said he’ll be on the House floor. . .Rauner is expected to speak at a Governor’s Day breakfast, as well as attend State Fair events in the afternoon during a rally.)
— Chicago to refinance up to $2.5 billion in debt, save tens of millions – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-to-refinance-up-to-2-5-billion-in-debt-save-tens-of-millions/
— Something’s hinky when a candidate for judge has to fork over $40,000 – Aaron Goldstein
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/democratic-party-practice-nothing-but-a-quid-pro-quo/
— Wisconsin senator suggests brain tumor affected McCain’s health care vote – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-ron-johnson-mccain-vote-20170809-story.html
— Chance the Rapper: ‘I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-chance-trump-0810-chicago-inc-20170809-story.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lawmakers hear how education-funding impasse will affect schools – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-state-education-funding-met-0810-20170809-story.html
— Death stalks many Mexico reporters – AP
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170809/282750586830180
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump makes false claims about America’s nuclear arsenal.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-false-claims-nuclear-arsenal-20170809-story.html
— Commissioners seek to curb Preckwinkle’s legal power after soda tax suit against retailers – John Byrne  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would love it if they could get Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States, etc. to sue me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-toni-preckwinkle-beverage-tax-20170809-story.html
— Ex-Google engineer says gender memo was out of love for company – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-google-engineer-gender-memo-20170809-story.html
— Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh tweets gay slur, lists slurs he’d never use – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-joe-walsh-0810-chicago-inc-20170809-story.html
— Emanuel says city will save millions through new debt structure – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-debt-restructuring-met-0810-20170809-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want cheap labor.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-immigrants-workers-visas-trump-chapman-perspec-0810-jm-20170809-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburbs’ share of state income taxes keeps growing – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170809/suburbs-share-of-state-income-taxes-keeps-growing
— Comptroller Susana Mendoza continues borrowing push to pay bills – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170809/comptroller-susana-mendoza-continues-borrowing-push-to-pay-bills
— How states are handling Trump’s voter information request – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170809/news/308099969/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— From Illinois’ woes to the state of credit: Jamie Dimon lets loose – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170809/NEWS01/170809841/did-jamie-dimon-just-compare-illinois-to-puerto-rico

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State Republicans facing ‘big loss’ of experience – Tom Kacich  (DIERSEN: When I lacked experience, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes glorified and praised experience. When I gained experience, they demonize, denigrated, and condemned experience.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-09/tom-kacich-state-republicans-facing-big-loss-experience.html

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Illinois’ other welcoming communities not worried about Chicago’s Trump suit – Benjamin Yount
http://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/illinois-other-welcoming-communities-not-worried-about-chicago-s-trump/article_0f628fd6-7a65-5b15-b88b-4ed7fd2cb90e.html

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Public hearing set for Lottery finalist’s private manager proposal Monday, August 14, in Chicago
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3913874/Public-Hearing-Set-for-Lottery-Finalists-Private.pdf

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Illinois Pension Scam: Unconstitutional and Corrupt – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/illinois-pension-scam-unconstitutional-corrupt/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHEELER FILES BILL TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENTS FROM RETALIATION LAWSUITS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would love it if they could get Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States, etc. to sue me.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/wheeler-files-bill-to-prohibit-governments-from-retaliation-lawsuits-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— House schedules session for Governor’s Day
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/09/house-schedules-session-for-governors-day/
— Rep. Wheeler blames “betrayal” of GOP defectors and Rauner’s predicament
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/09/rep-wheeler-blames-betrayal-of-gop-defectors-and-rauners-predicament/

 

GOPUSA
— McCain, Flake under fire at home for failing to support Trump  (DIERSEN: Which Republicans in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality are under fire for failing to support Trump?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28388
— Licenses, ID Cards Sold to Illegal Aliens by Corrupt State Workers Used for Voter Fraud
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28427
— Trump’s illegal immigration numbers show major changes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28429
— An American soldier is more likely to come out of Iraq or Afghanistan alive than a young black man in Kansas City.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28301
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average homicide rate in Kansas City is 21.3 per 100,000 — that is 11 cities higher than Chicago’s 16.2, but still far behind the deadliest city in America: New Orleans, where 48.4 people die for every 100,000 who live there.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Salvadoran Newspaper Tells Immigrants Which States Aren’t Safe To Live In Illegally – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/09/salvadoran-newspaper-tells-immigrants-which-states-arent-safe-to-live-in-illegally/
— Brandeis University Social Justice Journalism Grant Excludes White Men – Ian Miles Cheong
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/09/brandeis-university-social-justice-journalism-grant-excludes-white-men/

 

BREITBART
— Frank Gaffney: We Ignored Our Nuclear Arsenal While North Korea Developed Theirs – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/08/09/gaffney-ignored-nuclear-arsenal-north-korea-developed/
— Food Stamp Enrollments Down in 46 Out of 50 States – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/08/food-stamp-enrollments-46-50-states/

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Dem Rep Has Painting of Statue of Liberty in a Hijab Hanging in His Office  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/08/painting-statue-liberty-hijab-hangs-rep-j-luis-correa-office
— Dan Rather Praises White House Leakers: ‘They Did a Public Service’ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would praise my Democrat superiors in the federal government. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, 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.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/09/dan-rather-praises-trump-white-house-leakers-says-they-did-public-service

 

NEW AMERICAN
— What Will Barack Obama Day in Illinois Celebrate? – Steve Byas
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/26662-what-will-barack-obama-day-in-illinois-celebrate

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— BRING DIVERSITY TO GOOGLE BY BREAKING IT UP – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267514/bring-diversity-google-breaking-it-daniel-greenfield

 

AOL NEWS
— You can now fulfill your lifelong dream of sleeping in Donald Trump’s childhood bed for $725 a night – GIANLUCA MEZZOFIORE
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2017/08/09/you-can-now-fulfill-your-lifelong-dream-of-sleeping-in-donald-tr/23072068/

 

NEWSWEEK
— REMINDER: U.S. NUCLEAR SYSTEM RUNS ON EARLY COMPUTERS AND 8-INCH FLOPPY DISKS – MAX KUTNER
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-nuclear-bombs-north-korea-floppy-disks-648874

 

FORTUNE
— Who Does Donald Trump Follow on Twitter? – Chris Morris
http://fortune.com/2017/08/09/donald-trump-follow-on-twitter/

August 8 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Education Funding Concerns Rise as Start of School Year Nears – Susan Carlson
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Education-Funding-Concerns-Rise-as-Start-of-School-Year-Nears-439180883.html

 

CBS2
— Housing Secretary Ben Carson Meets With Officials, Residents In Lead Contaminated East Chicago  (DIERSEN: How much lead did you ingest when you were 0-5 years old, 6-10 years old, 11-15 years old, 16-20 years old, etc.?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/ben-carson-lead-contamination-east-chicago/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Man in ICE custody charged with 6 robberies in Chicago, suburbs
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/272580881-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s history as a sanctuary city – Kori Rumore  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-sanctuary-history-htmlstory.html
— The socialist movement is getting younger and turning into a left-wing force – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-socialist-movement-bernie-sanders-20170806-story.html
— Stop interrogating women about when they’ll start having kids – Carrie Pallardy  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs (dual income, no kids). They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-babies-women-having-kids-perspec-0808-jm-20170807-story.html
— Emanuel’s latest emails: High-speed O’Hare tunnel, rapper’s charter school pitch – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-emails-ohare-tunnel-met-08-08-20170807-1-story.html
— CPS announces layoffs, says it will delay budget proposal to give state more time to act on funding – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-schools-budget-plan-delay-met-20170807-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 27 people arrested, 234 hospitalized over 4 days of Lollapalooza
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/12-arrests-128-medical-transports-in-2-days-at-lollapalooza/
— Even after hefty lobbyist fines, Rahm pals sought help via email – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents what help with? My critics/opponents a) want help with promoting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things and/or b) want help with destroying those who do not pander to them, serve as one of their operatives or dupes, do not give them money, and/or have sued them.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ethics-boards-hard-line-not-getting-through-to-some-emanuel-friends/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Top three points for voters’ contract with Republicans – Ann Coulter  (FROM THE ARTICLE: Build the wall. . .Supreme Court. . .Stop wasting money and precious lives on pointless wars)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170808/top-three-points-for-voters-contract-with-republicans
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Vindictive, autocratic  Upset by group that fought soda tax, Preckwinkle’s response is beneath her – Editorial  (DFIERSEN: I should write a book about the most “vindictive, autocratic” people in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton.  They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  They are scapegoaters who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170807/editorial-cook-county-takes-soda-tax-fight-to-dangerous-new-level
— Illinois bumbles while horse racing crumbles – Barry Rozner
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20170807/rozner-illinois-bumbles-while-horse-racing-crumbles

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups are devastated that immigrants are bypassing Chicago for other cities: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170808/BLOGS02/170809885

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Appellate Judge Steigmann accused of using office to book lectures – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170807/appellate-judge-steigmann-accused-of-using-office-to-book-lectures

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Corps’ Asian carp plan would cost Illinois $95 million – AP
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/corps-asian-carp-plan-would-cost-illinois-million/article_07ff245f-f107-5e70-9459-e69e477627de.html

 

TIMES
— Immigration bill sparks debate – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/immigration-bill-sparks-debate/article_a67a50ae-7c58-5f73-947d-f7d1451255c6.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Bost says HUD Secretary Carson’s decision to visit Cairo Tuesday speaks volumes about his compassion, leadership style – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/bost-says-hud-secretary-carson-s-decision-to-visit-cairo/article_ecc5669a-9c48-59d9-b6af-b91e38f76798.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Ag Secretary Purdue visits Illinois; talks trade, immigration, regulation – Tim Landis
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/08/08/ag-secretary-purdue-visits-illinois-talks-trade-immigration-regulation/ay9o9yi/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— States taking more of a lead on immigration, citing federal inaction  Only 3 states (Alaska, Massachusetts and North Carolina) did not enact legislation – TAL KOPAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/states-taking-more-of-a-lead-on-immigration-citing-federal-inaction/784985975

 

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard to Receive North American APTA Award
http://suburbanchicagoland.com/2017/08/07/rta-chairman-kirk-dillard-to-receive-north-american-apta-award/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Fortner says ‘cycle ends,’ won’t seek re-election – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511175035-fortner-says-cycle-ends-won-t-seek-re-election

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— District U-46 Board Member’s Dishonest FB Post About Rep. Ives – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/district-u-46-board-members-dishonest-fb-post-rep-ives/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Coles County – Federal Lawsuit seeks injunction pertaining to property tax assessments – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/coles-county-federal-lawsuit-seeks-injuction-pertaining-to-property-tax-assessments/
— Illinois OEIG unmasks whistleblower to County Board – JOHN KRAFT (DIERSEN: What about you has been unmasked? I should write a book about my Democrat supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who unmasked to my Democrat superiors a) my opposition to patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and that I was a b) draft avoider, b) conservative, c) Republican, d) Missouri Synod Lutheran, e) non-poor, f) a gun owner, g) 100% German American, h) childless, i) someone whose ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, etc.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/illinois-oeig-unmasks-whistleblower-to-county-board/

 

GOPUSA
— Sharia comes to London, as Muslim mayor bans sexy ads
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28272
— TREASONOUS: Another Maryland city weighs giving illegal aliens the right to vote
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28343
— Google execs blast engineer’s manifesto on gender ‘differences’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28357

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump launches ‘real news’ service to fight negative media coverage, slipping support – Dave Boyer  (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs and who do not want anyone to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? The aforesaid do not want the Illinois House Republicans, the Illinois Senate Republicans, etc. to include
diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and press advisory lists.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/7/donald-trumps-real-news-service-fights-negative-me/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump campaign has launched a weekly news service on social media to provide supporters with positive coverage of the president, amid surveys showing that Mr. Trump’s base of support and job approval ratings are shrinking. Conservative television commentator Kayleigh McEnany, who was named Monday as spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, served as anchor of the Trump campaign’s “News of the Week” video for the first time last weekend. After summing up positive economic news and Mr. Trump’s support for stricter legal immigration limits, Ms. McEnany signed off her first report from Trump Tower by telling viewers on Facebook and Twitter, “Thank you for joining us, everybody. I’m Kayleigh McEnany, and that is the real news.” RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said Ms. McEnany’s “wealth of experience will be invaluable to the RNC as we continue to support President Trump and build on our majorities in Congress as we head into 2018.” Ms. McEnany, who left a job at CNN, said she is “eager to talk about Republican ideas and values and have important discussions about issues affecting Americans across this country.” The Trump campaign said it will use the fledgling service to “continue to promote real news” about how Mr. Trump is making America great again. Like the president’s frequent tweeting, the campaign said it will use “news of the week” on social media to “talk to Americans directly.”)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote ‘Anti-Diversity’ Memo – Ian Miles Cheong (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Constructively, in 1997, me when I was 49 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO fired me because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. 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://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/google-fires-engineer-who-wrote-anti-diversity-memo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The formerly anonymous author who penned the “anti-diversity” memo at Google that leaked this weekend, James Damore, has been fired for speaking his mind. Following the social media outrage with calls for his termination and the creation of industry blacklists, Google CEO Sundar Pichai released a company-wide notice stating that the senior engineer violated the company’s Code of Conduct. Damore has since confirmed his dismissal. In the memo, Damore called the tech giant’s diversity initiatives as an “ideological echo chamber,” and advocated for diversity of ideas and meritocracy. He suggested that basic psychological variances can explain the lack of women in certain sectors of the industry. Pichai’s memo, titled “Our words matter,” states that the contents of the email were “fair to debate, regardless of whether a vast majority of Googlers disagree with it,” according to Recode. “However, portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace,” continued Pichai. “Our job is to build great products for users that make a difference in their lives. To suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK. It is contrary to our basic values and our Code of Conduct, which expects ‘each Googler to do their utmost to create a workplace culture that is free of harassment, intimidation, bias and unlawful discrimination.” Damore’s email has become radioactive for Google, with many within the company also calling for repercussions. The Daily Caller viewed evidence of multiple internal emails showing conversations between various senior engineers demanding retribution for the memo’s contents and circulation. Bloomberg reports that Damore was fired after internal discussion as multiple employees supported firing him for airing his views. The senior engineer confirmed his dismissal in an email to the publication. Google is currently caught up in a dispute with the Department of Labor over a claim that it systemically discriminates against women through a gender gap.)
— Forget California, Oregon Is The Foremost ‘Sanctuary State’ In The US – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/forget-california-oregon-is-the-foremost-sanctuary-state-in-the-us/

 

PJ MEDIA
— D’Souza: Trump Joins Gandhi, Churchill, Mandela, Founding Fathers as Nationalists – NICHOLAS BALLASY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/07/dsouza-trump-joins-gandhi-churchill-mandela-founding-fathers-as-nationalists/

 

THE BLAZE
— Dutch Airlines tries to tweet pro-gay message, and fails hilariously – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: Do you fail/refuse to promote LGBTQ activity like me? Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity. Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/07/dutch-airlines-tries-to-tweet-pro-gay-message-and-fails-hilariously/
— Things get bloody when Antifa thugs attack pro-Trump rally in Portland – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: How soon will Antifa thugs show up in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/07/things-get-bloody-when-antifa-thugs-attack-pro-trump-rally-in-portland/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— It’s still all about God and guns in the rural Midwest
http://2020.washingtonexaminer.com/howard-county/why-trump-clobbered-hillary-clinton-rural-midwest/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Google, Searching for Lawyers – JIM GERAGHTY  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want employees who are NOT anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/morning-jolt/450246/Firing-Google-Memo-May-Result-in-Lawsuit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When does one employee holding an opinion contrary to another employee’s become harassment? My guess is that a lawsuit at Google is going to explore that question under the harsh glare of public scrutiny. Google on Monday fired the employee who wrote an internal memo suggesting men are better suited for tech jobs than women, escalating a debate over free speech at the company. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in an email to his staff that the employee’s memo violated company policy. Google, part of Alphabet Inc., didn’t publicly name the memo’s author. Software engineer James Damore, who said in an email that he wrote the memo and was fired for it, said he was considering legal action against Google for firing him after he complained to federal labor officials about executives’ alleged efforts to silence him. Mr. Damore published an internal memo last week that criticized Google’s efforts to increase diversity at the company, arguing the program discriminated against some employees. He said men were generally better at engineering jobs than women and a liberal bias among executives and many employees made it difficult to discuss the issue at Google.)

 

THE HILL
— Trump spurs wave of state immigration laws – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/345648-trump-spurs-wave-of-new-immigration-laws?rnd=1502139291
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump ‘working vacation’ draws scrutiny.” Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345671-trump-working-vacation-draws-scrutiny

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Political Payoff of Making Whites Feel Like a Minority – Lynn Vavreck (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/upshot/the-political-payoff-of-making-whites-feel-like-a-minority.html
— Shown the Door, Older Workers Find Bias Hard to Prove – ELIZABETH OLSON  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/dealbook/shown-the-door-older-workers-find-bias-hard-to-prove.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Many Politicians Lie. But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/us/politics/lies-trump-obama-mislead.html
— Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart – DAVID LEONHARDT  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who rail against government salaries, who rail against government benefits, and who rail against government pensions, but say nothing about skyrocketing inequality in the private sector. They are either extremely wealthy or talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for those who are extremely wealthy.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many Americans can’t remember anything other than an economy with skyrocketing inequality, in which living standards for most Americans are stagnating and the rich are pulling away. It feels inevitable. But it’s not. A well-known team of inequality researchers — Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman — has been getting some attention recently for a chart it produced. It shows the change in income between 1980 and 2014 for every point on the distribution, and it neatly summarizes the recent soaring of inequality. The line on the chart (which we have recreated as the red line above) resembles a classic hockey-stick graph. It’s mostly flat and close to zero, before spiking upward at the end. That spike shows that the very affluent, and only the very affluent, have received significant raises in recent decades. This line captures the rise in inequality better than any other chart or simple summary that I’ve seen. So I went to the economists with a request: Could they produce versions of their chart for years before 1980, to capture the income trends following World War II. You are looking at the result here. (CHART) The message is straightforward. Only a few decades ago, the middle class and the poor weren’t just receiving healthy raises. Their take-home pay was rising even more rapidly, in percentage terms, than the pay of the rich.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Speak for Venezuela, Pope Francis  The first Latin American pontiff is harder on Trump than on Caracas’s despot. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/speak-for-venezuela-pope-francis-1502144547
— Immigration Anxieties, Then and Now – Walter Russell Mead  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote mass/illegal immigration want cheap labor and/or are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-anxieties-then-and-now-1502144233
— Google Uproar Highlights Questions Over What You Can or Cannot Say at Work  Companies that foster open discussions risk blowback when an employee voices contentious or offensive opinions – Yoree Koh and  Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, you will be fired if you do anything other than glorify and praise: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, women, minorities, young people, veterans, Islam, the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, the Green Party platform, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-uproar-highlights-questions-over-what-you-can-or-cannot-say-at-work-1502175014
— Google Fires Employee Who Wrote Memo Criticizing Diversity Initiatives  Chief Executive Sundar Pichai says in email the employee violated company policy; memo suggested men are better suited for tech jobs than women – Jack Nicas  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Constructively, in 1997, me when I was 49 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO fired me because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. 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.wsj.com/articles/google-fires-employee-who-wrote-memo-criticizing-diversity-initiatives-1502159711

 

USA TODAY
— I invested early in Google and Facebook and regret it. I helped create a monster. ‘Brain hacking’ Internet monopolies menace public health, democracy, writes Roger McNamee.  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes glorify and praise Google and Facebook.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/my-google-and-facebook-investments-made-fortune-but-now-they-menace/543755001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: With Congress stalled on health care, blacks still looking within their communities to bridge health disparities – Deborah Barfield Berry  (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/07/churches-community-groups-step-up-address-black-health-disparities/530013001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Millennials buying first homes have mom and dad to thank  For many, saving for down payment isn’t possible otherwise. – Adam Shell  (DIERSEN: Did your parents help you buy your first home?  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that after I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 when I was 21 years old, I lived with my mother and brother in Crete until September of 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. In my defense, my father had died suddenly in October of 1969, my mother had never attended high school and had been a housewife and homemaker, and my brother was 5 years younger than me. While I lived with them, I used my Firestone Stores salary and my IRS salary to help pay the bills, but I also saved to buy that town home.  I would not have bought a new 1972 Chevy Corvette in October of 1971 if my 1969 Dodge Charger SE had not been stolen in August of 1971.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/07/millennials-move-back-parents-save-house/512027001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Back to basics: Save up for big purchases – Peter Dunn  (DIERSEN: What have you borrowed money to buy? I borrowed money to buy a new 1972 Chevy Corvette in 1971, a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. The down payments came from money that I had saved working for Firestone Stores and for IRS. My wife and I borrowed to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.  The down payments came from money that my wife had saved working for the FBI and for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions and from money that I had saved working for IRS and working for GAO.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170808/282033327289386

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Army worker Todd Thomas fired for posting ‘beard updates’ on Facebook – Clark Kauffman  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as having been a far worse federal employee than Todd Thomas.)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/08/08/army-worker-fired-posting-beard-updates-facebook/540322001/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Here’s how much the top-earning women make in every US state (34% in Illinois) compared to men – Lauren Lyons Cole and Andy Kiersz  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, big businesses are run by Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/top-two-percent-every-us-state-2017-7/#-4

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Justice Department triples number of probes into federal employee leaks – Eric Tucker
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/doj-fbi/2017/08/07/justice-department-triples-number-of-probes-into-federal-employee-leaks/

 

RUSMUSSEN REPORTS
— 40% Favor Affirmative Action  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/education/40_favor_affirmative_action

August 7 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Chicago Files Suit Against Justice Department Over Efforts to Deny Funding to Sanctuary Cities  The City of Chicago will continue to stand up to President Trump,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-sanctuary-city-lawsuit-funding-doj-trump-439004813.html
— Back Home, Speaker Ryan Can’t Escape Questions About GOP  Failure to produce major legislation could cost Republicans their House majority in the 2018 midterms and, for Ryan, his job as speaker and Republican leader – Scott Baur
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Speaker-Ryan-Cant-Escape-Questions-About-GOP–439009573.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago Sues Attorney General Sessions Over Plan To Withhold Funds From Sanctuary Cities (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/rahm-emanuel-lawsuit-justice-department-sanctuary-cities/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel sues Trump’s Justice Department over sanctuary city policy – John Byrne and Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-lawsuit-met-0808-2-20170807-story.html
— Prtizker adds another $7 million to his campaign – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-seven-million-20170807-story.html
— FRONT PAGE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Pence calls suggestion of 2020 bid “offensive.” – Laura King
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pence-2020-white-house-rumors-20170806-story.html
— Lessons from a terrible job – Melanie Curtin  (DIERSEN: What employment “lessons” have you learned? From working for the federal government for almost 30 years, I learned that the Democrats who run the federal government will waste your career and get rid of you if you are not a Democrat, and especially if you are a Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. 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. Further, non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-lessons-from-a-terrible-job-20170731-story.html
— Shamed for having a pre-existing condition: How our leaders add insult to the health care debate – Elizabeth Weitzman  (DIERSEN: What medical problems do you have?  Sooner or later, if you seek/hold a government office or a political office as a Republican, anti-Republicans will use their newspapers, their television stations, their radio stations, their websites, their etc. to make everyone aware of your medical problems. To the extent that they can, they will hint/imply/argue/shout that you brought your health problems on yourself. For example, if I sought a government office or a political office, they would shout that I brought my type 1 diabetes and my being 50+ pounds overweight on myself because I spend 10+ hours a day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of exercising like they do.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-health-care-pre-existing-disease-shame-perspec-0807-jm-20170804-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s promised lawsuit against Trump administration is a reality – Jon Seidel and Nader Issa  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicagos-promised-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-is-a-reality/
— DIERSEN HEALINE: An anti-Rauner says “Legislators should override Rauner’s amendatory veto.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-legislators-should-override-rauners-amendatory-veto/
— CPS internship program gives alumni ‘ladder to success’ – Rachel Hinton  (DIERSEN: When you were in high school and in college, did the jobs that you had help you climb the “ladder to success?” One could say that the jobs that I had did not. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964 while I was a freshman and sophomore in high school; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-internship-program-gives-alumni-ladder-to-success/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before her junior year at Gordon S. Hubbard High School, Jasmin Murillo never thought she would be working in technology. But during the summer between her junior and senior years, her career path changed a bit. Through an internship program run by Genesys Works, she worked with Exelon Corp. as a junior tech coordinator. Now, nearing the end of her third year with the program, she credits it for changing her life.)
— We still need affirmative action – Jenica Roenneburg, Lena  (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?  ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS: Those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-legislators-should-override-rauners-amendatory-veto/
— CPS lays off 950, including 356 teachers, delays releasing its budget – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cps-lays-off-950-including-356-teachers-delays-releasing-its-budget/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Fortner won’t seek re-election – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS has NOT received the statement cited in this article.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170807/fortner-wont-seek-re-election
— How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child’s brain – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170806/how-severe-ongoing-stress-can-affect-a-childs-brain

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Going nowhere fast?  There’s no good reason why Democrats and Republicans can’t find common ground on the school funding reform issue. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-08-07/going-nowhere-fast.html

 

SOUTHERN
— ‘Never give up’ HUD Secretary Carson says, citing Winston Churchill, as he prepares to visit Cairo on Tuesday – MOLLY PARKER (DIERSEN: When have you determined that it was not worth the fight and have given up? I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, or a Post Office employee.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/never-give-up-hud-secretary-carson-says-citing-winston-churchill/article_212ae907-1cc1-5fee-82ac-a0d207451e90.html

 

WJBC
— Sen. Brady: Dems lack support to override education bill veto – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/08/07/sen-brady-dems-lack-support-to-override-education-bill-veto/

 

LOYOLA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: John and Kathy Schreiber donate $6 million to the Arrupe College to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://loyolachicago.imodules.com/controls/email_marketing/admin/email_marketing_email_viewer.aspx?sid=1548&eiid=5341&seiid=4839&usearchive=1&puid=b771635e-fe78-45d2-985c-ebea9ccdea6a&csid=277905

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Republicans undergoing identity crisis, Skillicorn contends – Hoang Tran
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511174573-republicans-undergoing-identity-crisis-skillicorn-contends

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Dems Have Been Using The Same Line Since 1979. How’s It Working Out?
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/dems-have-been-using-the-same-line-since-1979-hows-it-working-out

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Arts Council pays grandmother to teach granddaughter – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/illinois-arts-council-pays-grandmother-to-teach-granddaughter/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Trib Demagogue Who “Identifies” as Reporter, Goes After State Rep. Ives – Laurie Higgins  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Tribune promotes gender confusion and LGBTQ activity.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/chicago-trib-demagogue-identifies-reporter-goes-state-rep-ives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I thought my view of the Chicago Tribune couldn’t get lower and then I read a piece by Mr. Kim Janssen on State Representative Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), one of the most courageous, ethical lawmakers in Springfield. Last week, Rep. Ives posted a link to my article titled “Christians Must Exit Government Schools” on her Facebook page. Subsequently, Janssen wrote an article titled “Lawmaker compares teachers who support transgender rights to ‘dirty old men,” ostensibly about Rep. Ives, which was published online Friday night. As I predicted, the Trib waited to publish it in their Sunday print edition rather than publishing it in the slim and little-read Saturday edition. It seems that the Trib powers-that-be want to use my politically incorrect writing to do as much political damage to Rep. Ives as possible. Clarification for the Trib: Lawmaker Ives did not compare teachers who support alleged “transgender rights” to dirty old men. I compared teachers who expose children to obscene material to dirty old men. Further clarification: Gender-dysphoric persons have no ethical or moral “right” to use opposite sex restrooms and locker rooms. In an email to Rep. Ives after his article was published, Janssen doubled-down on the absurd claim that objectively male and objectively female persons have a “right” to access opposite-sex private spaces, accusing Rep. Ives of having a “history of opposition to transgender rights.” Janssen’s assertion reveals his ideological bias. “Trans”-identifying persons have no more ethical “right” to use opposite-sex facilities than do I or Mr. Janssen. The current manifestation of the sexual revolution is not a fight for equal rights or a fight to gain rights that have been denied to some group. Artificially feminized men and artificially virilized women are declaring that they deserve special, a-historical privileges. They have decided that while all other humans must use private spaces that correspond to their objective, immutable biological sex, they—that is, “trans”-identifying persons—may use private spaces that do not correspond to their objective, immutable biological sex. They are demanding to be treated differently from most humans. Perhaps a better way to define what gender-pretenders are doing is to say they have arrogated the unilateral authority to declare that all spaces in which humans undress or engage in bodily functions will no longer correspond to objective, immutable sex but, rather, will correspond to subjective, internal feelings about one’s sex. “Trans”-identifying persons, however, have no authority or right to decide that feelings trump objective sex when it comes to accessing private spaces. In his “news” article about Rep. Ives—really an article about my article—Janssen cites the ethically impoverished Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which labels IFI a “hate group” based on our views of volitional homoerotic activity, marriage, and the “trans” ideology, views with which the SPLC disagrees. The only way IFI, which holds orthodox theological views, can be deemed a “hate group” is by redefining hatred.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Rep. Fortner to retire at end of term
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/07/rep-fortner-to-retire-at-end-of-term/
— FORTNER JOINS RANKS OF NON-RETURNING STATE LAWMAKERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/fortner-joins-ranks-of-non-returning-state-lawmakers.html
— THORNER: THE DANGEROUS GAME OF ‘GENDER MAKE-BELIEVE’ WITH CHILDREN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorner-the-dangerous-game-of-gender-make-believe-with-children.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner admin points back at Mendoza *** Mendoza: Bonding delay is costing taxpayers $2 million a day in interest
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/07/mendoza-bonding-delay-is-costing-taxpayers-2-million-a-day-in-interest/

 

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Liberals Get a Holiday to Celebrate Their Messiah – Barack Obama – Todd Starnes
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2017/08/07/illinois-liberals-get-holiday-to-celebrate-their-messiah–barack-obama-n2365515

 

GOPUSA
— GOP in sneak mode, planning to unseat Trump in 2020  (DIERSEN: Far too often, the leaders of Republican organizations are in “sneak mode.” Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WHO ARE PAST AND/OR PRESENT LEADERS OF THE MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE, THE DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE, THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY, ETC. DO NOT WANT ME TO KNOW WHAT THE AFORESAID ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE, ARE DOING, AND ARE PLANNING. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AFORESAID LEADERS OF THE AFORESAID ORGANIZATIONS DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO KEEP ME IN THE DARK.)
http://www.gopusa.com/gop-in-sneak-mode-planning-to-unseat-trump-in-2020/
— Illegal aliens cost taxpayers nearly $750 billion over lifetime
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28191
— Local news stinks too  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, news organizations, including local news organizations, act as arms of the Democrat Party, as arms of the Libertarian Party, and/or as arms of the Green Party.  If news can be spun to promote the platforms of the aforesaid parties, news organizations do that.  Otherwise, they downplay that news or censure that news.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28256

 

LUTHERN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Who Tells You The Truth? – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: Who lies to you? I should write a book a) about those who have lied to me and b) about the lies that they have told me. Who lies to others about you? I should write a book a) about those who have lied to others about me and b) about the lies that they have told others about me. The aforesaid liars are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky. To give themselves cover, all most all of the aforesaid liars are a member of a church, attend church services, and/or give money to a church.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/08/07/who-tells-you-the-truth/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams NY Times: ‘Totally Inept’
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/trump-twitter-russia-media/2017/08/07/id/806164/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— STATE THAT CAN’T PAY ITS BILLS GETS OBAMA HOLIDAY – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267501/state-cant-pay-its-bills-gets-obama-holiday-daniel-greenfield

 

BLAZE
— If you live in Illinois, you’ll begin celebrating ‘Barack Obama day’ next year – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/06/if-you-live-in-illinois-youll-begin-celebrating-barack-obama-day-next-year

 

BREITBART
— Planned Parenthood to Preschoolers: ‘Genitals Don’t Make You a Boy or Girl’ – DR. SUSAN BERRY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote sexual confusion and LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/05/planned-parenthood-to-preschoolers-genitals-dont-make-you-a-boy-or-girl/

 

DAILY CALLER
— While Trashing Trump, Apple Is Selling Its Soul To Do Business In China – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/06/while-trashing-trump-apple-is-selling-its-soul-to-do-business-in-china/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— North Carolina State admin proposes exclusive housing for ‘women of color’ – Toni Airaksinen  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will North Carolina State banish those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9538

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you blast Trump, anti-Trumps promote you.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345549-ex-rnc-head-trump-is-obsessed-with-his-own-self-image

 

POLITICO
— Obama’s army takes on Trump  Organizing for Action, a hub of the Democratic protest movement, is learning to live without the former president. – EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/06/obama-trump-protest-organizing-for-america-241353

 

CNN
— Like it or not, the Republicans own President Trump – Julian E. Zelizer
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/06/opinions/republicans-own-trump-opinion-zelizer/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Reporters Not Being Pursued in Leak Investigations, Justice Dept. Says – NOAH WEILAND  (DIERSEN: When I include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that my critics/opponents do not like, my critics/opponents NEVER GO AFTER THE AUTHORS OF THOSE ARTICLES OR THE PUBLISHERS OF THOSE ARTICLES. INSTEAD, THEY GO AFTER ME. THEY GO AFTER ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT I HAVE A POLICY OF FORGIVING THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST ME AND THAT VIRTUALLY NO INDIVIDUALS AND VIRTUALLY NO ORGANIZATIONS STAND UP FOR ME. My critics/opponents stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc. I am reconsidering my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/us/politics/trump-leaks-deputy-attorney-general-journalists.html
— Germany Joins the Resistance – Anna Sauerbrey  (DIERSEN: How soon will Germany again declare war on America?  I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought Germany in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought Germany in WWII, and that my father would have fought Germany in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/opinion/german-politicians-cool-merkel.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/opinion/trump-legal-immigration-senseless.html
— America’s Whiniest ‘Victim’ – Charles M. Blow  (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?  ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS: Those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/opinion/donald-trump-unfair.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bill de Blasio Will Push for Tax on Wealthy to Fix Subway – EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS  (DIERSEN: What things need to be fixed in your municipality?  Who would your mayor want to tax in your municipality to fix those things?  Mayors who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WOULD WANT TO TAX THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/nyregion/bill-de-blasio-will-push-for-tax-on-wealthy-to-fix-subway.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google’s New Diversity Chief Criticizes Employee’s Memo – Jack Nicas  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans, Whites, men, older people, and non-veterans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-new-diversity-chief-criticizes-employees-memo-1502037022
— College Is Trade School for the Elite  Even education in the humanities has become vocationalized, though the transformation is subtle. – Allen Guelzo (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.  To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-is-trade-school-for-the-elite-1502051874
— Life Among India’s Lowly  The lowest members of the caste system are born into forms of misery and humiliation from which it is nearly impossible to escape. Tunku Varadarajan reviews ‘Ants Among Elephants’ by Sujatha Gidla. (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were those in your hometown?  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, everyone in my hometown Crete was undeservedly filthy rich, German-national origin, Lutheran, racist, sexist, bigoted, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-among-indias-lowly-1502052029
— What Is Harvard Hiding?  Evidence of bias against Asian-Americans deserves legal scrutiny. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-harvard-hiding-1501888626

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump has a sickening fetish for cruelty.”  Who are the cruelest people in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/05/trump-has-fetish-cruelty-christian-schneider-column/537483001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that immigration does not hurt U.S. workers or lowers wages. Employers want cheap labor. If there had been more recent immigrants in northeast Illinois since 1962, I would not have gotten the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/08/04/jobs-report-disputes-trump-claim-immigration-hurts-u-s-workers-and-lowers-wages/540206001/
— Ageism is forcing many to look outside Silicon Valley, but tech hubs offer little respite – Jon Swartz  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2017/08/04/ageism-forcing-many-look-outside-silicon-valley-but-tech-hubs-offer-little-respite/479468001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Diversity debate divides Silicon Valley – Elizabeth Weise and Jon Swartz  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/06/diversity-debate-divides-silicon-valley/543487001/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Draining the swamp: Now what? – Mike Causey  (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but Trump should nominate me to head OPM.  My bachelor’s degree from NIU in personnel management.  Personnel management was my area of concentration for my MBA.  I have almost 30 years experience working for the federal government, almost 3 years experience working for the Post Office, almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which as a GS-12 Step 1-5, currently $79,563-$90,173, almost 18 years working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10, currently $94,610-$122,991. Since 1989, GAO has used Nesterczuk’s “banding” to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/08/draining-the-swamp-now-what/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The surprise decision of George Nesterczuk to withdraw as a candidate to head the Office of Personnel Management cheered federal unions and some, maybe many, feds who remember the Reagan years as a nervous time to be a fed. But his withdrawal from consideration can also be viewed as a blow to the administration’s promise/threat to shake, rattle and roll the federal bureaucracy, making it skinnier and more responsive. And less fireproof. Or not. It is equally possible that the next OPM director, when nominated and confirmed, could come in with an even tougher agenda, but with less knowledge of how the civil service systems function. Nesterczuk’s departure — five months after he was nominated — is also an example of the problems many agencies are facing because so many key political jobs are either vacant or held by appointees from the Obama administration. The rudderless OPM has been without a confirmed director since 2015. Although the agency is little known outside of government and outside of Washington, it plays a critical role in the work lives of civil servants and retirees. Nesterczuk’s first federal job was as an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. After leaving government, he was active in Republican politics in Maryland and ran Ronald Reagan’s campaign in the state. He was later appointed as associate director for executive personnel at OPM under its controversial director Donald Devine. During the Reagan years, many federal workers — and especially federal and postal unions — felt unloved, at best, and under attack at worst. Nesterczuk drew additional union fire for helping set up a Bush administration initiative called the National Security Personnel System. It was a Defense Department program the administration hoped to expand to other agencies. Under it, managers would have the ability to set employee pay within bands (rather than the traditional 15 grades) based on their performance. Unions balked at it, and complained that they had little input. As a result, the 200,000 workers put under the NSPS were all from outside union bargaining units. Pay raises for many exceeded the regular annual federal pay raises. This being Washington, each side had a conspiracy theory with each claiming both success and the moral high ground. The Bush administration said it was proof that when motivated and given more opportunities, workers rose to the challenge. Unions said the same thing, in reverse. They claimed that political appointees at the Pentagon gave NSPS workers bigger raises to prove that the new system worked, And possibly stick it to unions too. In any case, the Democratic Congress unraveled it and the 200,000 feds who had been under the NSPS were blended back into their previous grades, but often at higher pay. For critics of the Reagan administration’s approach to the federal workforce, Nesterczuk is credited/blamed for working under and closely with Devine during what some people refer to as the “Devine Years.” One former congressional staffer-turned lobbyist who followed the federal-postal beat said: “Remembering that the demise of the CSRS retirement plan occurred as a result of the bipartisan agreement between Democrat Tip O’Neill and Republican Ronald Reagan to bail out Social Security by forcing new federal employees into that program, Mr. Nesterczuk’s previous tenure at OPM was marked by no significant lasting cuts in employee benefits, the congressional establishment of the successful Federal Employees Retirement System (over the objections of Nesterczuk and his old boss [Devine] who wanted only a “super IRA” for feds), and the start of significant membership growth by at least two civil service unions that have sustained their efforts to this very day. The unions may cheer Nesterczuk’s withdrawal, but it is useful to remember that his past record is one of ineffectiveness. Now President Trump has a chance to nominate someone who can really do some damage.”)

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s malignant pattern: He woos people, rips them off and then abandons them — and he won’t stop  Trump has followed the same manipulative script over and over again, in politics as in business. We’re the marks.” In 2005, I became the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman; in 2003, I became a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member; in 2008 and in 2000, I became the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster; in 2003, I became an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member; in 2001, I became an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, and in 1999, I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Knowing what I know now about the manipulative/domineering/scapegoating/rude/nasty/vicious people who dominated the aforesaid organizations back then and/or today, I would not have sought/accepted the aforesaid positions.
http://www.salon.com/2017/08/06/trumps-malignant-pattern-he-woos-people-rips-them-off-and-then-abandons-them-and-he-wont-stop/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 13% Have Switched Parties or Gone Independent Recently  (DIERSEN: Unlike the Democrats, the Libertarians, and the Greens, the Republican Party allows Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs to hold leadership positions in the Republican Party.  That has to stop or the Republican Party is doomed.  I should write a book about past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who held/hold leadership positions in the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc.  The aforesaid Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs have always focused on getting rid of Republicans like me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2017/13_have_switched_parties_or_gone_independent_recently

August 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— VIDEO: President Trump greets wedding guests in Bedminster, N.J.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/video-trump-greets-wedding-guests-in-bedminster-nj/2279263/

 

NBC5
— Restraining Order Issued Over Ex-NIU President Severance Pay
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/northern-illinois-university-president-severance-438749993.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 12 arrests, 128 medical transports in 2 days at Lollapalooza
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/272229595-story
— Planned Parenthood: Teach your preschoolers ‘their genitals don’t determine their gender’  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion and LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/271999929-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Politicians to pay, literally, for tax-happy cliches – John Kass  (DIERSEN: What about making politicians pay for using Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to harm Republicans?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-toni-preckwinkle-soda-tax-john-kass-met-0806-20170804-column.html
— Fired and rehired: Hundreds of officers fired for misconduct returned to policing – Kimbriell Kelly, Wesley Lowery and Steven Rich  (DIERSEN: Of course, the Democrats who run GAO would never rehire me.  They want to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-police-officers-misconduct-fired-rehired-20170805-story.html
— Loyola program opens college doors for vulnerable students – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: Were you a vulnerable student? Thanks to my outstanding parents, I was not. They had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. They sent me to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. They provided room a board while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. The aforesaid enabled me to have jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-arrupe-college-loyola-university-met-20170805-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Loyola University Chicago was Blanca Rodriguez’s dream school. The Jesuit institution’s $21,000 tuition was out of the question for her family, but Rodriguez soon will be a Loyola graduate anyway thanks to a program for low-income students designed to get them halfway to a bachelor’s degree with little or no debt. Rodriguez is in the first graduating class of Arrupe College, a two-year program run by Loyola at its Water Tower Campus in the Gold Coast neighborhood. Established in 2015, Arrupe offers three types of associate degrees, mostly fulfilling general education requirements that will enable students to segue into bachelor’s programs at other schools. Arrupe’s students are among the city’s most vulnerable — and not just because they often cannot afford tuition. Many students or their parents are living in the U.S. illegally and face a threat of deportation. Some experience homelessness or food insecurity. Others are young parents. Many live in crime-plagued neighborhoods, have lost close relatives to gun violence and avoid taking late-day classes because they are scared to use public transportation at night.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries promote Maxine Waters?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–tv-black-girls-rock-20170806-story.html
— Why some employers are becoming more generous with retirement savings plans – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees and government retirees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned. Because of that, to hire and to retain employees, governments have had to pay higher salaries and offer better retirement and other benefits. 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/business/columnists/ct-companies-give-employees-more-401k-money-marksjarvis-column-0807-biz-20170803-column.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an effort to recruit employees in competitive fields and help motivate older workers to leave the workplace when they hit retirement age, companies are becoming more generous with their retirement savings plans. After pulling back on the extras during the recession, companies are devoting more to 401(k) matches, the free money they give employees who participate in company retirement savings plans.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump defends his working vacation – AP  (DIERSEN: When I started working for IRS in 1971, I did not take any vacation days until I was in the “use-it-or-lose-it” status in 1973.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170805/news/308059899/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Education funding latest in political theater – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-education-funding-latest-in-political-theater/article_706348b2-dcaa-5134-886a-3020e2c63f06.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner asks “Will Rauner’s changes sabotage S.B. 1?”
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-08-06/rich-millercapitol-fax-will-rauners-changes-sabotage-sb-1.html
— Working toward working together – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats have made it very clear that they do NOT want to “work together” with Republicans.  Illinois Democrats have made it very clear that they want to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170805/bernard-schoenburg-working-toward-working-together

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois 13th Congressional District candidate’s positions seem likely to appeal to Democrats – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-06/tom-kacich-candidates-positions-seem-likely-appeal-democrats.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Treat all school districts fairly – Editorial  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, it is “fair” to take money from the taxpayers in Republican School districts and to give that money to Democrats who run Democrat school districts.)
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/08/04/our-view-treat-all-school-districts-fairly/amjhtwc/

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Bailout a blunt but fair term when it comes to CPS funding – Editorial
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/bailout-a-blunt-but-fair-term-when-it-comes-to/article_0b83d5a4-d279-5cf0-9d02-3acdca6b679a.html

 

HERALD TRIBUNE
— Paul Schimpf talks SB 1, highway plan – Pete Spitler
http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/news/20170805/schimpf-talks-sb-1-highway-plan

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Governor’s Proposed Changes to Education-Funding Bill Look Like an Effort to Kill It.”
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/governor-looks-to-kill-education-funding-bill

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps promote the “Four tribes of Trump’s GOP opposition.”  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who have worked harder against me than they have worked against any Democrat, any Libertarian, or any Green. They crow that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/four-tribes-of-trumps-gop-opposition/784096535

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen says Democrats might have cost schools funding for year – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511174414-breen-says-democrats-might-have-cost-schools-funding-for-year
— Winfield School District 34 placed on financial “Recognition” list by state board of education
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511140544-winfield-school-district-34-placed-on-financial-recognition-list-by-state-board-of-education

 

WEST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Rauner school funding change ‘supports every single child,’ Jil Tracy contends – Caitlin Nordahl
http://westcentralreporter.com/stories/511167865-rauner-school-funding-change-supports-every-single-child-tracy-contends

 

JANESVILLE GAZETTE
— Foxconn deal gets better and better… for Illinois – Editorial
http://www.gazettextra.com/20170806/our_views_foxconn_deal_gets_better_and_better_for_illinois

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Fill 72 Precinct Committeeman Slots  (DIERSEN: What percent of the Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain slots in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are filled with real Republicans rather than RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, or Green plants?)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/06/democrats-filling-precinct-committeeman-slots/
— Chuck Wheeler – a Dangerous Enough County Board Member to Merit an Anonymous Hit Piece
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/04/chuck-wheeler-a-dangerous-enough-county-board-member-to-merit-an-anonymous-hit-piece/
— One of Jack Franks’ Political Patronage Hires Quits County Government
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/04/one-of-jack-franks-political-patronage-hire-quits-county-government/
— Anonymous Attack Piece on Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/03/anonymous-attack-piece-on-jack-franks/
— Anonymous Attack on Crystal Lake County Board Members
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/02/anonymous-attack-on-crystal-lake-county-board-members/
— National GOP Looking at Big Tax Increase for Illinois Residents
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/01/national-gop-looking-at-big-tax-increase-for-illinois-residents/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hunting RINOs is tough, but here’s how you do it – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, RINOs should not be allowed to seek or to hold any kind of elected or appointed government office or political office as a Republican.  RINOs who hold government offices and/or political offices work very hard against me.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/5/hunting-rinos-tough-heres-how/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STEP UP DEFIANCE OF PRESIDENT ‘You have Donald Trump, who ran and said he would drain the swamp, meaning them’ (DIERSEN: What have you been defiant about?  I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat GAO superiors would say that I was defiant a) when I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation at GAO and b) when 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.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/federal-employees-step-up-defiance-of-president/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jeff Flake: Opportunist or consistent conservative? – W. James Antle III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeff-flake-opportunist-or-consistent-conservative/article/2630727

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— GOP should focus on illegal immigration first. No ‘Comprehensive’ Immigration Reform – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450179/immigration-stop-illegal-entry-doing-anything-else

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Affirmative Action Policies Evolve, Achieving Their Own Diversity – VIVIAN YEE (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/05/us/affirmative-action-justice-department.html
— What Does It Take to ‘Assimilate’ in America? – LAILA LALAMI  (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/magazine/what-does-it-take-to-assimilate-in-america.html
— The Transformation of the ‘American Dream’ – ROBERT J. SHILLER (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents enabled me to seek the “American Dream.” They had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. They sent me to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. They provided room a board while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. The aforesaid enabled me to have jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. The aforesaid allowed me to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/upshot/the-transformation-of-the-american-dream.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump defends trip to Bedminster: ‘This is not a vacation’ – AP
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-updates-trump-tweets-bedminster-not-a-vacation-htmlstory.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Better affirmative action to give qualified kids a fair shot at college admission – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What unfair advantages did you have?  My critics/opponents, their operative stress a) that my parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948; b) that they sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, c) that they had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962; d) that they sent me to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966; e) that they provided room a board while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969; f) that the aforesaid unfairly enabled me to have jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; g) that the aforesaid unfairly enabled me to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968; and h) that the aforesaid unfairly enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/better-affirmative-action-give-qualified-kids-fair-shot-article-1.3385308

 

NEWS & ADVANCE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to dump the ‘Huddled Masses’ into your state, into your county, into your township/ward, into your municipality, and into your precinct.
http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/columnists/mercer_marsha/forget-about-the-huddled-masses/article_72df59f2-7954-11e7-b36a-3b3fb09914ef.html

 

GUARDIAN
— Google staffer’s hostility to affirmative action sparks furious backlash  Manifesto arguing against promotion of race and gender diversity attributes lack of women in tech to ‘biological causes’- Nicola Davis (DIERSEN: Because all the job that I have had during my life are viewed as being “BAD” jobs, a) few Democrats, few minorities, few women, few younger people, and few veterans wanted those jobs and b) my superiors had an extremely had time meeting their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/06/google-staffers-manifesto-against-affirmative-action-sparks-furious-backlash

 

SALON
— Salon struggling to pay its rent – Keith J. Kelly  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free and they contain no advertising because I can afford to donate all the time and all the money needed to put the emails out each and every morning and each and every evening.  I donate 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each year for internet services, newspaper and magazine subscriptions, etc.  Further, he who pays the piper calls the tunes and I only want the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling to call my tunes.)
http://nypost.com/2017/08/03/salon-struggling-to-pay-its-rent/

August 5 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Dan Proft spoke at Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen’s outstanding Summer Volunteer Appreciation Dinner in Aurora Saturday evening, August 5, 2017. The 200+ attendees included Bond, Foote, Holan, Hunt, Khouri, Marchese, Minor, Skillicorn, Smith, and Zahm. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Illinois school funding – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-illinois-school-funding/2275538/

 

NBC5
— ‘Barack Obama Day’ Is Now an Illinois Holiday – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/barack-obama-day-illinois-holiday-438732933.html

 

CBS2
— President Trump’s Weekly Address; Democrats’ Weekly Address
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/05/president-trumps-weekly-address-democrats-weekly-address-4/
— Naperville Dealership Displays ‘Unnecessary Intimidation,’ Striking Mechanics
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/05/dealership-intimidation-against-striking-mechanics/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Why nuclear energy is the future in Illinois and globally – U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kinzinger-why-nuclear-energy-is-the-future-in-illinois-and-globally/
— Gun crimes must be top target for Chicago’s U.S. attorney – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-gun-crimes-must-be-top-target-for-chicagos-u-s-attorney/
— We still need affirmative action – Jenica Roenneburg, Lena (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-legislators-should-override-rauners-amendatory-veto/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Employer-based health coverage likely to stay awhile – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-employers-20170804-story.html
— Pence hands over AOL emails from time as Indiana’s governor – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–pence-email-20170804-story.html
— Duke Univ. president: Diversity forces new view of problems – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-nc–duke-president-20170805-story.html
— Affirmative action back in the spotlight – Mary Sanchez (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201708041622–tms–msanchezctnms-a20170804-20170804-column.html
— Trump court appointee did not clear Wisconsin vetting – AP  (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek jobs with the federal government because they know that they cannot clear the federal government’s vetting process.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-wi–trump-nominees-wisconsin-20170804-story.html
— Trump begins 17-day ‘working vacation’ at his New Jersey golf club – John Wagner and Elise Viebeck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-working-vacation-new-jersey-20170805-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Congress must prove its mettle this fall; it has no choice – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170805/news/308059940/
— Report: 1,020 layoffs coming to suburban companies – Anna Marie Kukec  (DIERSEN: One would expect that overwhelmingly, those laid off will be Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, draft avoiders, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170805/report-1020-layoffs-coming-to-suburban-companies

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner has to pivot or he’s toast. Here’s why. – RICH MILLER  (DIERSEN: Because I did not pivot and become a Democrat, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170805/ISSUE11/170809907/illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-is-pivoting-in-the-wrong-direction
— Foxconn, we hardly knew you—and don’t want you – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170805/ISSUE07/170809917/with-foxconn-in-wisconsin-illinois-wins
— Rauner drafts an unlikely ally to take on a common enemy – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170805/ISSUE05/170809908/gov-bruce-rauner-ctu-on-same-page-when-it-comes-to-tifs

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sending the bill let the arguments begin in earnest – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170805/statehouse-insider-sending-bill-let-arguments-begin-in-earnest
— We still need affirmative action – Jenica Roenneburg, Lena  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170805/letter-we-still-need-affirmative-action

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Pritzker touts record of good works, job creation – Chuck Sweeny  (DIERSEN: What good works can you tout?  I can tout a) that I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising since 2000, b) that since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 277,400 articles and have gone out each and every morning, c) that since 2015, those emails have gone out each and every evening too, and d) that those emails have included information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170805/chuck-sweeny-pritzker-touts-record-of-good-works-job-creation

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— DOES RAUNER KNOW HOW SB 31 COULD DETRIMENTALLY AFFECT ILLINOIS? WE ASKED 4 QUESTIONS. – Mary Anne Hackett
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/72996/rauner-know-sb-31-detrimentally-affect-illinois-asked-4-questions/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Who are the Village of Oak Brook’s highest-paid employees?
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511139340-who-are-the-village-of-oak-brook-s-highest-paid-employees

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
– Effingham County – More disregard for the rule of law- Meeting behind closed doors – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/effingham-county-more-disregard-for-the-rule-of-law-meeting-behind-closed-doors/
— Did Orland Park Public Library Commit Misconduct By Not Producing Restaurant Receipt? – KEVIN DUJAN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/did-orland-park-public-library-commit-misconduct-by-not-producing-restaurant-receipt/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY CONTRIBUTES TO ILLINOIS MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION EFFORT  The popular Chicago-based game company is helping efforts to legalize and regulate marijuana, which could extend to Illinois. – Joe Tabor (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/cards-against-humanity-contributes-to-illinois-marijuana-legalization-effort/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Church Pastor Refuses to Compromise; His Critics Ignore 2,000-year-old Doctrine – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/church-pastor-refuses-to-compromise-his-critics-ignore-2000-year-old-doctrine/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Huge collateral damage caused by Rauner AV.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/05/huge-collateral-damage-caused-by-rauner-av/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— REPUBLICAN DONOR SUES GOP OVER FAILED OBAMACARE REPEAL  ‘Engaged in a pattern of racketeering which involves massive fraud’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/republican-donor-sues-gop-over-failed-obamacare-repeal/

 

THE HILL
— Federal employees step up defiance of Trump – DEVIN HENRY (DIERSEN: I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat GAO superiors would say that I was defiant a) when I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation at GAO and b) when 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.)
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/345404-federal-employees-step-up-defiance-of-trump

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/05/opinion/sunday/white-resentment-affirmative-action.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— The media needs Trump more than he needs them – Michael Walsh
http://nypost.com/2017/08/05/the-media-needs-trump-more-than-he-needs-them/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump has a sickening fetish for cruelty.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/05/trump-has-fetish-cruelty-christian-schneider-column/537483001/

 

THE ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/myth-of-reverse-racism/535689/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly has read this grim WWI novel after every promotion since age 25 – Richard Feloni  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My GAO Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-general-john-kelly-2017-8

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 3 Signs You Need to Adjust Your Retirement Plan  Retirement plans shouldn’t always be set in stone. Here’s how to know when yours needs an update. – Maurie Backman
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/08/05/3-signs-you-need-to-adjust-your-retirement-plan.aspx