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April 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Father of Waffle House shooting suspect had taken son’s guns away 3 times and returned them – Tony Briscoe and Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-waffle-house-shooting-suspect-morton-20180423-story.html

— Madigan hasn’t made ‘final decision’ on legal marijuana issue – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: Pot is poison. If you promote pot, you shout that you promote destruction. If you smoke pot, if you want to smoke pot, and/or if you want others to smoke pot, you shout that you lack moral fiber, that you are evil, and/or that you have mental problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-marijuana-20180424-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— U-46 board member Traci O’Neal Ellis who made controversial flag comments resigns – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180423/u-46-board-member-who-made-controversial-flag-comments-resigns
— Pressure state lawmakers for change in political boundary maps – Kimberly Brisky and Jeff Raines
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180424/pressure-state-lawmakers-for-change-in-political-boundary-maps
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment stress the Waffle House shooter
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180423/editorial-time-to-get-serious-about-gun-violence

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois’ sales tax structure is so backward – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180424/BLOGS10/180429967
— The 0.3%: Million-dollar earners in Illinois – SABRINA GASULLA (DIERSEN: How many of the 19,800 million-dollar earners in Illinois live in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct? If there are 300 or more households in your precinct, is one or more of them a million-dollar earner?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180420/ISSUE01/180429990/the-0-3-million-dollar-earners-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Only 1 in 300 Illinois households can brag they earn at least $1 million a year. Still, that ratio is higher than in neighboring states and on par with percentages in tax havens Florida and Texas. And in sheer numbers, Illinois has more million-dollar earners than ever.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— U.S. Rep. Davis: Focus on security, not gun control, to protect schools – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/u-s-rep-davis-focus-on-security-not-gun-control/article_e99c69e2-bc14-5dce-9857-0edc6d586c85.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois’ late fees skyrocket over past 3 years – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180423/illinois-late-fees-skyrocket-over-past-3-years

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Bustos Disagrees With Welfare-To-Work – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Are you able-bodied? Of course, because I am still able-bodied, Bustos, as well as all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes would support requiring abled-bodied federal retirees like me to work to qualify for Civil Service Retirement System pensions and for federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies. To prove that I still able-bodied, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that even though I am 69 years old, I continue to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263990#.Wt8oOMuKSM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As written, the provisions in the farm bill would expand state welfare-to-work programs already in place. It would require able-bodied adults without dependents under six years old to either work or enroll in job training programs for at least 20 hours per week to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.)

 

MCDONOUGH VOICE
— Area Democrats seek support for a blue wave – Michelle Langhout
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20180424/area-democrats-seek-support-for-blue-wave

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Legislators Have History Of Bringing Babies To Work – MARY HANSEN (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but how soon, if not already, will Illinois politicians WHO ARE MALE bring their comfort dogs to work? Will they hint/imply/argue/shout that if they could a) harass women and/or b) drink booze, gamble, smoke pot, and/or engage in other destructive vices at work, they would not need a comfort dog? Just kidding.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-legislators-have-history-bringing-babies-work#stream/0

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Grass is Greener campaign looks to lure Illinois residents to Indiana – Joseph S. Pete (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps in Illinois make it clear that they want all individuals, all organizations, and all companies in Illinois that are members of the following groups to move to Indiana: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/grass-is-greener-campaign-looks-to-lure-illinois-residents-to/article_a882a64b-21c3-57b5-9056-8555c1d35a81.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Glen Ellyn approves limiting tobacco sales to 21 and older – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/24/glen-ellyn-approves-limiting-tobacco-sales-to-21-and-older/ax55bz9/

 

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump Calls the U.S.-France Relationship ‘Unbreakable.’ History Shows He’s Right. (DIERSEN: But anti-American individuals, anti-American organizations, anti-American companies, anti-American governments, and anti-American countries are working very hard to turn France against America. The aforesaid anti-Americans are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/president-trump-calls-u-s-france-relationship-unbreakable-history-shows-hes-right/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters falsely state that “Last week, Tim Schneider, the Rauner-backed candidate, won the spot to lead the Illinois Republican Party.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/24/madigan-lives-to-fight-another-decade-states-eye-popping-1b-in-penalties-suburban-express-bizarro-page-of-shame-265538

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— New leadership elected for county political parties – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2018/04/23/new-leadership-elected-for-county-political-parties/akfr308/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The newly elected Kendall County Republican Party leadership is Chairman Joseph Gillespie, Vice Chairman Daniel Nicholson, Secretary Kevin Schramek, Treasurer James Bailey, and Sergeant at Arms Troy Parlier. Gillespie of Yorkville replaces James Marter of Oswego as chairman.)

 

WIRE POINTS
— Rating agencies warn, Illinois flirts with junk – Ted Dabrowki and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/rating-agencies-warn-illinois-flirts-with-junk-wirepoints-original/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rauner, Pritzker messages lost in excessive campaign spending, Batinick says – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: I have been the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman since 1999. From I see, in my precinct, those who vote for Democrats do not care about Illinois’ financial problems or corruption, but they despise, if not hate, Trump and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511397582-rauner-pritzker-messages-lost-in-excessive-campaign-spending-batinick-says

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois House approves spending of $635K on three “lactation and wellness” rooms at State Capitol (DIERSEN: During the early 1990s, to help GAO a) hire, retain, and promote young women and b) to get rid of its employees who smoked (overwhelmingly old White men), GAO gutted the smoking room in its Chicago office and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511397874-illinois-house-approves-spending-of-635k-on-three-lactation-and-wellness-rooms-at-state-capitol
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Lactation rooms should provide, at a minimum, a lockable door; a work surface and chair; a small utility-type sink; storage for cleaning supplies and paper towels; adequate HVAC service, including a thermostat; and well-placed electrical outlets,” according to the AIA. “Telephone service and network connections for the room are also recommended to increase worker safety and productivity. Accessibility guidelines should be met for all the features of the room.” AIA standards also dictate the coating used for the table work surface (“plastic laminate”), the size of the table (“20 inch deep by 30 inch wide”), the location of power outlets and other “useful accessories” that must be required, including “a trash can, a paper towel dispenser, a coat rack or coat hooks, a full-length mirror, a magazine rack, and a bulletin board.” The Illinois Capital Development Board, which would handle the lactation room construction, estimated the construction cost at $211,856 per room or $847.42 per square foot, provided the room were 250 square feet. The only ‘no’ vote was State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), who suggested the state should pay its $8.4 billion in unpaid bills before considering new projects like this one. The bill, House Bill 1042, now goes to the Illinois State Senate for approval. Last month, the Senate passed a resolution to approve the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would render female-only accommodations like a lactation room unconstitutional.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— New ad campaign warn taxpayers about progressive tax – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/new-ad-campaign-warn-taxpayers-about-progressive-tax/article_42037ea0-4701-11e8-a201-27a33ef36416.html
— Madigan re-elected as head of Democrat Party in Illinois – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/madigan-re-elected-as-head-of-democrat-party-in-illinois/article_4b31e9a8-473d-11e8-ac32-6b22954d8158.html

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Lawmakers push net neutrality at state level – Raquel Martin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who if they could have, they would have stopped me by now from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They are nasty rule-or-ruin types. They focus on destroying individuals, destroying organizations, destroying companies, destroying governments, and destroying countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate. According to them, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/lawmakers-push-net-neutrality-at-state-level/1136892136
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Monday net neutrality rules expired nationwide but Williams is spearheading a plan to keep regulations in place in Illinois. She fears without it, internet providers will be able to charge higher rates and limit access. “Right now consumers can access the internet not as a luxury but as a necessity and when that’s something that you need for everyday life, if that’s for access to government services, to go to school or to do work for small business, we think that should be open for everyone.” Though the FCC okayed changes nationally, she’s taking control where she can. Under her proposal, providers who don’t abide by net neutrality rules can’t do business with the state.)

 

ILLINOIS CHURCH ACTION ON ALCOHOL & ADDICTION PROBLEMS
— Gambling Action Alert (DIERSEN: I just called my Senator Mike Connelly’s office and asked for him to not only vote NO on SB 3166 and SB 3452, but to also speak against those bills.)
http://ilcaaap.org/gambling-alert/
(FROM THE ALERT: Call your Senator to Vote NO on SB 3166, SB 3452 Senator Terry Link is sponsoring two bills to expand gambling. SB 3166 and SB 3452 are on 3rd reading and could be called for a vote at any time. SB 3166 allows licensed veterans establishments to operate video gambling machines in a municipality or unincorporated area of a county that has banned video gambling. The Video Gambling Act allows municipalities to “opt out” of video gambling. SB 3166 would open the door for video gambling in other liquor pouring establishments to “even the playing field”. Problem, Pathological Gambling Rates High Among Veterans: About 8% of U.S. veterans are problem gamblers, and an additional 2% are pathological gamblers, a study from the Department of Veterans Affairs reveals. People who have more posttraumatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression tend to have more gambling problems. “Read more SB 3452 legalizes Internet betting on horse racing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from computers, smart phones, I-pads and tablets. The General Assembly approved a three-year Advanced Deposit Wagering “pilot program” in 2009. SB 3452 would extend Internet gambling on horse racing until 2022. SB 3452 will not save horse racing, but will make track owners and their ADW companies richer. For Immediate Action Call your State Senator TODAY and ask him/her to Vote NO on SB 3166 and SB 3452 -expansion of gambling. (Capitol Switchboard – 217-782-2000) Share this Alert with your faith community Forward to 10 others.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Queering Government Schools: Just Say No – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to send a child to a public school is to encourage that child to engage in LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about LGBTQ promoters in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents because 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 hint/imply/argue/shout that if had gone to a public grade school like they did, I would be promoting LGBTQ activity like they do.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/queering-government-schools-just-say-no/
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-queering-government-schools-just-say-no/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades homosexual and “trans” activists have used schools to indoctrinate children with the disordered and destructive “LGBTQ” ideology. Thirteen years ago, the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education published an article titled “Trans-Friendly Preschool” by now-ordained Rev. Laurel A. Dykstra, a “bisexual Christian activist” who has twins via a sperm donor. I wrote about her article for IFI in 2008—a decade ago. Here are some of Dykstra’s ideas for training up children in the way they should go:)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner’s new website slams Pritzker-Madigan “corruption” (DIERSEN: I have been the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman since 1999. From I see, in my precinct, those who vote for Democrats do not care about Illinois’ financial problems or corruption, but they despise, if not hate, Trump and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/24/rauners-new-website-slams-pritzker-madigan-corruption/
— Madigan and lone chairmanship “No” vote together on Joravsky’s show (FROM THE ARTICLE: I doubt we’ll ever see Rauner and Ives appear together on Dan Proft’s radio show.) (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If/when Rauner loses to Pritzker, who will the Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs blame? ANSWER: Those who supported Ives in the primary. I supported Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. I should write a book about those who continue to blame me, but not Dan Proft, for Jim Ryan’s defeat in the general election.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/24/todays-must-listen-madigan-and-lone-chairmanship-no-vote-together-on-joravskys-show/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Speaker Michael Madigan was a guest on “The Ben Joravsky Show” radio program yesterday, which is odd in and of itself. The anti-machine Chicago Reader columnist ain’t exactly a member of the Madigan wing of the Democratic Party. But making this even more interesting, Madigan appeared on the show with Peter Janko, who was the lone vote against Madigan’s bid for party chairman yesterday. Everyone appeared to get along fine, partly because Madigan kept the focus on defeating Gov. Rauner. Madigan was also asked what he would say to Alaina Hampton if he could.)
— Madigan says he hasn’t made up his mind on legalizing marijuana (DIERSEN: Pot is poison. If you promote pot, you shout that you promote destruction. If you smoke pot, if you want to smoke pot, and/or if you want others to smoke pot, you shout that you lack moral fiber, that you are evil, and/or that you have mental problems.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/24/madigan-says-he-hasnt-made-up-his-mind-on-legalizing-marijuana/
— Comptroller: State racked up “two decades worth of late payment interest penalties in just over two years”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/24/comptroller-state-racked-up-two-decades-worth-of-late-payment-interest-penalties-in-just-over-two-years/

 

GOPUSA
— Mass. Senate candidate fights city order to remove anti-Warren ‘fake Indian’ signs (DIERSEN: What about Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs who are fake Republicans?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44383

 

CNS NEWS
— Liberals Killed Equal Rights Amendment, Not ‘Religious Right’ – Bill Donohue
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/liberals-killed-equal-rights-amendment-not-religious-right
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Times looks even more hypocritical when it says that while there are laws granting equal rights to women, “The E.R.A. would add an extra layer of legal protection for women—and men—against discrimination.” Yet when it comes to laws offering a new round of legal protection for the unborn, or for white men victimized by affirmative action, the same New York Times says we have enough laws on the books for them.)

 

BLAZE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Parkland survivor questioned by officers after going to gun range with his father to learn to shoot – Breck Dumas (DIERSEN: Who taught you how to shoot? During the late 1950s, one of my relatives who lived on my grandparents’ farm in Grant Park taught me how to shoot.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/23/parkland-survivor-questioned-by-officers-after-going-to-gun-range-with-his-father-to-learn-to-shoot

 

DAILY CALLER
— DHS Chief Promises Swift Detention, Deportation Of ‘Caravan’ Migrants – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/23/kirstjen-nielsen-detention-deportation-caravan-migrants/
— Congress Can’t Be Trusted To Protect Your Data – Jeremy Cerone (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates talked and acted like my Democrat superiors had given them copies of a) my tax returns and financial disclosure forms 1971-1977 and then b) my and my wife’s joint tax returns and financial disclosure forms 1978-1997.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/24/congress-cant-be-trusted-to-protect-your-data/
— Trump White House Staffers Encouraging Republicans Not To Defend Pruitt – JASON HOPKINS (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that IF I HAD ANY DEFENDERS, I would still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/23/trump-white-house-republicans-not-defending-scott-pruitt/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Syracuse charges 18 fraternity members with satire ‘beyond the bounds of free speech’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/44265/

 

POLITICO
— Trump vows to bar ‘caravans’ of asylum-seeking migrants from entering U.S. The president also hinted he may make border security a condition for a new NAFTA agreement. – CRISTIANO LIMA (DIERSEN: One could argue that U.S. citizens who promote illegal immigration a) should lose their U.S. citizenship and b) should be deported.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/23/trump-caravans-border-nafta-545624

 

REUTERS
— Migrant ‘caravan’ that angers Trump nears U.S.-Mexico border – Edgard Garrido
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/migrant-caravan-that-angers-trump-nears-u-s-mexico-border-idUSKBN1HU2ZB

 

CBS NEWS
— “Men only” job ads show ongoing discrimination in China: Report
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-job-ads-discrimination-human-rights-watch-report/

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump warns immigrant caravan approaching U.S. border of prosecution, deportation With the group of about 500 migrants just 12 hours from the U.S. border, Trump directed the DHS to not allow “large caravans of people” into the U.S. – Adam Edelman and Nicole Acevedo
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-warns-immigrant-caravan-approaching-u-s-border-prosecution-deportation-n868486

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ronny Jackson, Trump’s V.A. Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment – Nicholas Fandos (DIERSEN: Have you worked in a hostile work environment? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997 in its Chicago office, the work environment became increasingly hostile for its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/politics/ronny-jackson-veterans-affairs.html?emc=edit_na_20180424
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is examining allegations that President Trump’s nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department oversaw a hostile work environment as the White House physician and allowed the overprescribing of drugs, according to congressional officials briefed on the committee’s work. They have also received claims that Dr. Ronny L. Jackson drank too much on the job. The allegations, which have been under investigation since last week, forced the postponement of Dr. Jackson’s confirmation hearing, planned for this Wednesday as senators scrutinize the nominee’s time leading the White House medical staff. Officials familiar with the allegations against Dr. Jackson declined to offer precise details but said that they suggest a pattern of behavior, not just one or two isolated incidents.)
— ERA: A Rebuke to Trump, a Century in the Making – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/opinion/a-rebuke-to-trump-a-century-in-the-making.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Then there’s the question of what the E.R.A. would do. Even the most die-hard proponents of the amendment acknowledge that it’s unlikely to radically advance women’s rights, at least in the short term. That’s because, for decades, many courts have applied the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to sex discrimination, creating a body of case law that’s functioned as a sort of de facto E.R.A. As to whether the amendment could actually undo some programs that are beneficial to women, like sex-based affirmative action efforts, legal experts point to the fact that though the Constitution already protects the rights of people regardless of race, race-based affirmative action continues to exist. They also point to parts of the country that have state-level E.R.A.s and have not had such outcomes.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Shrinking workspaces – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate were beyond furious when I got a preferred corner office instead of a cube when GAO moved into a new building in 1990. I would not have gotten that office if the GAO manager who had hired me in 1980 and had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, had not promoted me to GS-13 in 1986. I would not have gotten a preferred office if my working for the Post Office for almost 3 years and for IRS for almost 9 years had not been counted for seniority purposes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/04/24/qa-for-federal-workers-shrinking-workspaces/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Near-Junk Illinois to Sell More Bonds—Will Investors Buy In? Worst-rated state in the country set to add to more than $30-billion debt pile – Gunjan Banerji
https://www.wsj.com/articles/near-junk-illinois-to-sell-more-bondswill-investors-buy-in-1524574801
— Retirees Are Less Confident About Having Enough to Live On Driving concerns are rising medical and long-term care costs, uncertainty surrounding Social Security and Medicare – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: Will you and your spouse have enough to live on in retirement? My wife and I will, but with a far lower standard of living than if the Democrats who run the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my $125,325 salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars. We spend little or nothing on meals out, booze, entertainment, vacations, pets, and other immediate pleasures.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retirees-are-less-confident-about-having-enough-to-live-on-1524562200
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Other findings indicate that workers may be overestimating how long they will be able to remain on the job. While workers expect to retire at a median age of 65, retirees typically reported leaving the workforce at 62. While 79% of workers plan to work for pay in retirement, just 34% of retirees said they have actually done so. About 65% of American workers said they or a spouse have saved money for retirement. Almost half reported that the total value of their savings, excluding home equity, is below $25,000. In contrast, 21% said they have saved $250,000 or more.)
— Driver Plows Van Into Toronto Pedestrians, Kills 10 Police arrest Alek Minassian of Toronto after a brief standoff; motive remains unclear – Vipal Monga and Jacquie McNish (DIERSEN: Some people use guns to kill others, some people use vans to kill others.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/van-strikes-pedestrians-in-toronto-1524508659

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP BRANDS MIGRANT CARAVAN A ‘DISGRACE,’ ORDERS HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS TO TURN AWAY IMMIGRANTS AT BORDER – MARIE SOLIS
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-migrant-caravan-immigrants-border-897670

 

WALLET HUB
— 2018’s Most Gambling-Addicted States – Adam McCann (DIERSEN: Tragically, Illinois is ranked 9th. I should write a book about gambling promoters who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me.)
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-addicted-to-gambling/20846/

 

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— California governor candidate John Cox says pot users should be hospitalized – Joshua Stewart (DIERSEN: At a minimum, they should not be allowed to drive vehicles or own firearms. To use pot is to damage your brain.)
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-cox-marijuana-20180423-story.html

 

WTMJ TV
— What really happens if you don’t pay your taxes by April 17 (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880.)
https://www.tmj4.com/financial-fitness/what-really-happens-if-you-dont-pay-your-taxes-by-april-17
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “In some cases, [accounts] will be escalated to a revenue officer, which is a person that goes out in the field and collects taxes,” Harris says. That’s more likely for people who owe tens of thousands of dollars or more, he says.)

 

FED SMITH
— Should There Be Term Limits for Congress? – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: All of my critics/opponents, all of their operatives, and all of their dupes want term limits. They stress a) HOW MUCH BETTER TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois is doing without me as its chairman, b) HOW MUCH BETTER Wheaton Chamber of Commerce is doing without me as a Government Affairs Committee member, c) HOW MUCH BETTER Milton Township Republican Central Committee is doing without me as its webmaster, d) HOW MUCH BETTER Illinois Center Right Coalition is doing without me as a Steering Committee member, e) HOW MUCH BETTER American Association of Political Consultants is doing without me as a Midwest Chapter board member, f) HOW MUCH BETTER GAO is doing without me as an employee, g) HOW MUCH BETTER IRS is doing without me as an employee, and h) HOW MUCH BETTER the Post Office is doing without me as an employee.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/04/23/term-limits-congress/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 818 James Court, Wheaton – $524,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448290_zpid/

April 23 Evening Edition

WGN TV
— Madigan re-elected as state Democratic Party chairman (DIERSEN: Who will the 18 newly elected members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) elect as the IRP chairman when they meet in Springfield Tuesday, May 22? What weighted vote will each IRP SCC member have? Who has announced their candidacy for the IRP chairman position? Will Chapin Rose’s wining the 15th Congressional District IRP SCC position be challenged? Who have the 18 newly elected IRP SCC members picked to be their deputies?)
http://wgntv.com/2018/04/23/madigan-re-elected-as-state-democratic-party-chairman/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Re-elected party boss, Madigan looks to future: ‘I’m a very young 76-years-old’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: If Madigan had been a federal employee, the federal government would have gotten rid of him if he had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-wins-record-term-as-party-boss-asks-dems-to-turn-a-page-in-history/
— Madigan wins record term as party boss, asks Dems to ‘turn a page in history’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-wins-record-term-as-party-boss-asks-dems-to-turn-a-page-in-history/
— Emanuel finally breaks silence about Madigan, Quinn sexual harassment scandal – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-finally-breaks-silence-about-madigan-quinn-sexual-harassment-scandal/
— Emanuel to lay out third-term agenda in specific terms – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Those who vote for Democrat candidates want them to use the power of government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-to-lay-out-third-term-agenda-in-specific-terms/
— Emanuel cautions fellow Democrats to drop impeachment talk – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-cautions-fellow-democrats-to-drop-impeachment-talk/
— The shameful silence of America’s CEOs – Robert Reich (DIERSEN: What do you say to CEOs who want Trump to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-shameful-silence-of-americas-ceos/
— Bad Illinois gun law to blame for Waffle House shooter having an AR-15 – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/bad-illinois-gun-law-blame-waffle-house-shooter-having-ar-15-reinking-travis/
— Between now and Friday, here’s how you can bring greater democracy to Illinois Gerrymandering in Illinois has results in many uncontested local elections — and others in which incumbents have only token opposition. – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/between-now-and-friday-heres-how-you-can-bring-greater-democracy-to-illinois/
— Madigan still deciding whether to hit or pass on marijuana legalization – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/madigan-still-deciding-whether-to-hit-or-pass-on-marijuana-legalization/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan gets another term as Illinois Democratic chairman despite sexual harassment complaints on his watch – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Beyond tragically, Madigan correctly hints/implies/argues/shouts that anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP). They focus on getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-michael-madigan-democratic-party-election-20180423-story.html
— Gov. Rauner’s increasingly tough path to re-election – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-rauner-reelection-sam-mccann-20180423-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Remember, it’s only April. Rauner has time to recoup. But as of now the numbers aren’t with him. The Republican base isn’t with him. The momentum isn’t there. And now, McCann. Representing a district southwest of Springfield, McCann is a study in contrasts. He was elected as an outsider and tea party conservative in 2010. He voted against same-sex marriage, against driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants and remains a strong supporter of gun rights. He sided recently with Rauner to shield gun shops from state licensing and other regulations. Conservative agenda: Check. But on other positions important to conservatives — smaller government and pension reform — he has been a reliable vote for Democrats. He voted against every pension reform bill that came to the Senate floor, including a bill eliminating pensions for lawmakers. He stood with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and voted to override Rauner’s veto — the only GOP member to do so — on a bill empowering the union at the bargaining table. He voted against closing underused state facilities. He voted against more flexibility for local mayors when negotiating contracts with public employee unions. He voted against consolidating local governments. Conservative agenda: Fail. You could call him AFSCME’s favorite Republican. “I consider myself a voice for working people,” he told me during his re-election campaign in 2016. “I have never voted to diminish or impair pensions. I’m a conservative Republican and constitutionalist. The Constitution is painfully clear that pensions shall not be diminished or impaired. I think the tea party should embrace those commitments to working people.”)
— Appeals court to rule on lawsuit over Lincolnshire’s right-to-work ordinance – Todd Shields
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnshire/ct-lsr-lincolnshire-right-to-work-tl-0426-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump/NRA blames Trump and NRA for the Waffle House shooter.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-waffle-house-shooting-huppke-20180423-story.html
— You can still work your way through college – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I was able to work my way through college because a) my parents were undeservedly filthy rich and b) I avoided the draft.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-201804131730–tms–kidmoneyctnsr-a20180413-20180413-story.html
— Metra looks for ways to combat missed fare problems – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-metra-fares-20180423-story.html
— For some gay men, ‘Sexuality and experimentation and drug use became intertwined’ – Bill Daley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-meth-gay-relationships-0423-story.html
— Emanuel: Constitutional standard for Trump impeachment hasn’t been met – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-on-trump-impeachment-20180423-story.html
— Emanuel, Schwimmer announce anti-sexual harassment campaign – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-david-schwimmer-sexual-harassment-20180423-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— AP-NORC Poll: Amid strikes, Americans back teacher raises – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180423/news/304239961/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2016-2017, the average salary for a public school teacher was $58,950, down slightly from the previous year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Overall, 78 percent of Americans said that’s not enough. Just 15 percent think teachers are paid the right amount, while 6 percent think they’re paid too much. In a 2010 AP-Stanford poll, 57 percent of Americans said they thought teachers are paid too little. Americans in states with the lowest average teacher salaries – less than $50,000 a year – were slightly more likely to think teachers were paid too little and that the national average should be an important factor in determining salaries.)

 

WTTW
— Michael Madigan Wins 6th Term as Head of Illinois’ Democratic Party – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/04/23/michael-madigan-wins-6th-term-head-illinois-democratic-party

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State paying bills, but not late-payment interest
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/23/state-paying-bills-but-not-late-payment-interest/afqshlh/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Michael Madigan wins re-election as Democratic Party leader – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Are/were you a union member? Are/were you a member of the “working class?” I was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who despise, if not hate, union members and lowly failed members of the working class like I was.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180423/michael-madigan-wins-re-election-as-democratic-party-leader
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About 100 people from a variety of labor organizations gathered outside the State House Inn before the meeting to show support for Madigan’s re-election. Jamie Neuhaus, 44, of Lincoln, a member of Operating Engineers Local 965, was carrying a sign with a picture of Rauner and the words: “Danger: Hazardous to the working class.” “Rauner is a slash-and-burn kind of guy” who is “not used to having somebody stand up to him,” Neuhaus said. Madigan, Neuhaus said, has been able to “stand up to Rauner and hold his ground.”)
— Legislators push Rauner for Quincy veterans home improvement plan
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180423/legislators-push-rauner-for-quincy-veterans-home-improvement-plan

 

SOUTHERN
— On Germany trip, Rauner courts ‘perfect’ investors for Southern Illinois – DUSTIN DUNCAN
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/on-germany-trip-rauner-courts-perfect-investors-for-southern-illinois/article_afc40509-6467-51de-9249-74a1e5745bdd.html

 

MADISON RECORD
— Plank wins MC GOP chairmanship; Control of state party remains in question – Ann Maher
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511397911-plank-wins-mc-gop-chairmanship-control-of-state-party-remains-in-question
(FRO(M THE ARTICLE: While chairmanships appear settled across the state, the election of the 15th Congressional District state central committeeman – between incumbent Bob Winchester or State Sen. Chapin Rose – remains uncertain. The congressional district includes all or part of 33 southern Illinois counties and is led by Congressman John Shimkus of Collinsville. Plank said that Madison County precinct committee men and women chose Winchester over Rose by a margin of approximately 60 to 40 percent, and then as a sign of unity voted by acclamation to place 100 percent of the county’s vote in favor of Winchester. At stake in the controversy is control of the Illinois Republican Party and whether Gov. Bruce Rauner – fresh from an intense primary battle with conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) – can exert influence over it. According to the SE Illinois News, Rauner and current state GOP Chairman Timothy Schneider declared victory after last Wednesday’s convention. “But did they actually win?” the report states. Plank said Monday morning that a winner has still not been declared. The SE Illinois News report indicates that Schneider recruited Rose to challenge Winchester, a Rauner critic who supported Ives in the March primary. It further states that Rose supports Schneider for another four year term, while Winchester does not.)

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/20/downers-grove-north-students-reiterate-call-for-gun-control-during-walkout-rally/d5moans/

 

WSIL
— Rauner promises more jobs in southern Illinois after Europe trip – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38023292/rauner-promises-more-jobs-in-southern-illinois-after-europe-trip

 

WJBC
— Sen. Brady not ‘overly concerned’ about McCann gubernatorial bid
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/04/23/sen-brady-not-overly-concerned-about-mccann-gubernatorial-bid/

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illegal immigrants in Illinois rally for protection at the Statehouse – Ana Espinosa Thur  (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens?)
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/immigrants-in-illinois-took-to-the-capitol-to-rally-for-protection

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Illinois past-due fees since 2015 top $1B – AP
http://fox2now.com/2018/04/23/illinois-past-due-fees-since-2015-top-1b/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Now is the time for pension reform, Khouri says – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511397637-now-is-the-time-for-pension-reform-khouri-says

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— DHS Statement on Caravan Coming North Through Mexico
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/23/caravan-coming-north-mexico/
— McSweeny Budget Transparency Bill Passes House
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/23/mcsweeny-budget-transparency-bill-passes-house/
— Illinois Leaks Spotlights CL Park Board Perks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/23/116063/
— Internet Sales Tax Hike Advances with Support of Local State Senators – Roll Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/23/internet-sales-tax-hike-advances-support-local-state-senators/
— Skillicorn Urges End of Former LITH Deputy Police Chief’s Pension, Collection Prison Cost from Proceeds
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/22/skillicorn-urges-end-former-lith-deputy-police-chiefs-pension-collection-prison-cost-proceeds/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner caught in food stamp work requirement debate – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I have had an unfair advantage in life because a) I have always been able-bodied, b) I avoided the draft, and c) my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents? Do you agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes? What unfair advantages in life have you had?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-caught-in-food-stamp-work-requirement-debate/article_4730ea7a-44e0-11e8-87a7-afb047b51fce.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It would require able-bodied adults without dependents under six years old to either work or enroll in job training programs for at least 20 hours per week to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Attorney General candidate Kwame Raoul filed false Statement of Economic Interest. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/04/attorney-general-candidate-kwame-raoul-filed-false-statement-of-economic-interest/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MCHENRY COUNTY TOWNSHIP CONSOLIDATION BILL LIKELY TO REACH GOVERNOR’S DESK (DIERSEN: In DuPage County, will those who want to keep township government and those who want to get rid of township government stress the many adverse actions that Milton Township officials have taken against me since 2000?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/mchenry-county-township-bill-.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Skinner – a former state representative himself – asked why is Senator Link involved. Sknner listed “two reasons why the bill may be moving ahead: Townships are often the farm team for Republican candidates Democrat Jack Franks would play a dominant role in the duties of abolished township governments into McHenry County government “Rauner has made a big deal about consolidation, of the lack of necessity for the tremendous number of local governments. so a bill signing is expected,”)
— AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY CENSORS DISPLAY THAT OFFENDS MUSLIM PATRONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/aurora-public-library-display-.html
— WAFFLE HOUSE SHOOTER CAUGHT; LAWMAKERS COULD ATTEMPT TO CLOSE RELATIVE GUN LAW EXCEPTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/tazewell-county-former-resident-sought-for-waffle-house-killings.html
— GOVERNOR RAUNER VISITS CONTINENTAL TIRE WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN GERMANY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/governor-rauner-visits-continental-tire-world-headquarters-in-germany.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan on GOP: “They don’t wanna talk about their record because they don’t have a record”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/madigan-on-gop-they-dont-wanna-talk-about-their-record-because-they-dont-have-a-record/
— Sun-Times makes “urgent appeal” for subscriptions, bashes Tribune (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents always sit in judgment of me and sit in judgment of everyone else. They are extremely critical of everyone who they cannot manipulate/dominate and everyone who a) does not glorify and praise them, b) does not pander to them, c) does not serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) does not give them lots of money.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/sun-times-makes-urgent-appeal-for-subscriptions-bashes-tribune/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Zorn is not amused…I enjoy robust competition, but this level of contempt for the other paper vastly exceeds anything I’ve seen in nearly four decades here. […] Traditionally, competing papers, like most competing consumer products, tout their virtues in ads and imply or allude politely to their advantages over other brands. Harsh attack commercials are generally reserved for political campaigns, which is why this Sun-Times spot, which alternates praise for itself with whacks at us — the Sun-Times’ “priority is hardworking people”; the Tribune’s “priorities aren’t so clear,” and so on — feels distinctly political. Not to mention false. Look no further than the massive investigation the Tribune launched into how failures in the Cook County property tax system harm the poor most of all for evidence of our priorities. Look at the extensive analysis of lead in Chicago’s tap water we published earlier this month to see what matters to us. Look at the deep-dive investigation our reporters conducted last fall into children dying from abuse or neglect while under state supervision to see whom we haven’t written off. * But… . . . The ad says the Trib “sits in judgement.” That is, indeed, often the vibe.)

 

GOPUSA
— Gun control lefties go ballistic
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44296
— Will California go from banning religious books to burning them?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44272

 

REUTERS
— Illinois’ vendor lifeline at risk as interest payments lag – Karen Pierog
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget/illinois-vendor-lifeline-at-risk-as-interest-payments-lag-idUSKBN1HU2YP

 

ABC NEWS
— Conservatives, bitter battles cause headaches for GOP in key Senate primaries – EMILY GOODIN (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want RINOs to run as Republicans. RINOs do everything that they can to destroy the Republican Party. I should write a book about RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/conservatives-bitter-battles-headaches-gop-key-senate-primaries/story?id=54675773

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republican candidates all over are parroting the president, spouting his catchphrases and donning his hats as they try to show loyalty. – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/us/politics/trump-republican-party.html
— Thank Trump, or You’ll Be Sorry – Diana Butler Bass
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/opinion/donald-trump-gratitude.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Public Servants Are Losing Their Foothold in the Middle Class – Patricia Cohen and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning public servants. I was a public servant 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/business/economy/public-employees.html

 

USA TODAY
— Starbucks arrests: Restaurant racism is as old as the U.S. – Zlati Meyer (DIERSEN: Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights was racist while I washed dishes there part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/04/20/starbucks-arrests-restaurant-racism-old-u-s/522322002/
— What does it take to become a 401(k) millionaire? – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: One could argue that if you are not on track to have at least $1 million saved for your retirement, that you are in big financial trouble.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2018/04/22/401-k-millionaire-what-does-take-become-one/530526002/
— GOP candidates in states where Trump is popular embrace the president – Maureen Groppe and Michael Collins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/19/texas-tennessee-gop-candidates-states-where-donald-trump-popular-embrace-president/525883002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Warning to My Fellow Liberals Burying our heads in the sand and hoping everyone we disagree with goes away is not an effective solution. – Annafi Wahed
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-warning-to-my-fellow-liberals-1524421064
— Retirement Shock: Need to Find a Job After 40 Years at General Electric Roughly $140 billion in GE stock-market wealth was lost in the past year, not just at Wall Street firms but among former employees who, like many small investors, long believed the company invincible Former General Electric Co. employee Gary Zabroski, of Lynn, Mass., worked at the company 40 years, starting just a couple of years out of high school. He kept much of his savings in GE shares. – Thomas Gryta
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retirement-shock-need-to-find-a-job-after-a-40-years-at-general-electric-1524418855
— The Dreaded Wedding Decision: Which Co-Workers to Invite? The question of which work friends make the cut can create awkward moments at the office – Sue Shellenbarger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dreaded-wedding-decision-which-co-workers-to-invite-1524308400
— In Defense of the Not-So-Busy Retirement Retirees often boast that they have less free time than when they were working. That isn’t necessarily a good thing. – David Ekerdt (DIERSEN: Because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending then out, I have less free time now than when a) I was a full-time student and part-time employee 1966-1970, b) I was a full-time employee, part-time student, and part-time employee 1971-1972, and c) full-time employee and part-time student 1973-1983 and 1992-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-defense-of-the-not-so-busy-retirement-1524449520
— Where Retirees Underestimate Spending Underestimating how much you’ll spend can be costly, so it’s key to know the common pitfalls – Neal Templin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-retirees-underestimate-spending-1524061487
— Research Finds Volunteering Can Be Good for Your Health Data show cognitive benefits with as little as 2 to 2-1/2 hours of volunteering each week, on average – Demetria Gallegos
https://www.wsj.com/articles/research-finds-volunteering-can-be-good-for-your-health-1524449280
— The Difficulty of Downsizing A couple finds how hard it is to let go of things they’ll never use – Kathleen A. Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-difficulty-of-downsizing-1524449460

 

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Faces Rising Yields as Politics Cloud Return to Market – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/illinois-faces-rising-yields-as-politics-cloud-return-to-market

 

WBUR
— Waffle House Shooting Underscores How Gun Laws Vary From State To State – Meribah Knight
http://www.wbur.org/npr/605103200/waffle-house-shooting-underscores-how-gun-laws-vary-from-state-to-state

 

WTVR
— ‘He’s an inspiration:’ Henrico County honors employee for 72 years of service – MELISSA HIPOLIT (DIERSEN: Did you “start at the bottom?” GAO audits IRS. Virtually all my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates a) started their careers with GAO and b) had little or no work experience outside of GAO. They were beyond furious that GAO required me to take ONLY a $19,203 (26%) pay cut, from $91,880 (GS-12 Step 5) down to $72,677 (GS-9 Step 10), in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact that a) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880 in today’s dollars, b) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, d) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) much of what I had done for IRS would be similar to what I would be doing for GAO including interviewing, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, making recommendations, and writing reports.)
http://wtvr.com/2018/04/23/henrico-county-honors-employee-for-72-years-of-service/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elvin Cosby never misses a chance to thank his employees for their hard work. “You’ve been right there for me, you haven’t turned me down yet,” Cosby said to a co-worker who visited his office Monday. Perhaps it’s because he knows what it’s like to start at the bottom, carrying water for Henrico County Public Works’ employees 72 years ago at a salary of 25 cents per hour.)

April 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan expected to be re-elected state Democratic Party chairman Monday (DIERSEN: Who will the 18 newly elected members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) elect as the IRP chairman when they meet in Springfield Tuesday, May 22? What weighted vote will each IRP SCC member have? Who has announced their candidacy for the IRP chairman position? Will Chapin Rose’s wining the 15th Congressional District IRP SCC position be challenged? Who have the 18 newly elected IRP SCC members picked to be their deputies?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-democratic-party-20180423-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-starbucks-black-racism-bias-0423-20180419-story.html
— Waffle House suspect remains on the run, may be armed – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–waffle-house-shooting-20180423-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Illinois native on the run after rampage at Waffle House – Kristine Phillips
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-waffle-house-shooting-nashville-20180422-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois man sought in Nashville Waffle House shooting that killed 4 – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-man-sought-in-nashville-waffle-house-shooting-that-killed-3/
— Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition to Beto O’Rourke – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/praise-the-lord-and-pass-the-ammunition-to-beto-orourke/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Chicago Sun-Times promote “sex workers.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/some-sex-workers-worry-about-their-business-after-feds-shut-down-backpage-com/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: New tollway chief gets $29,000 more than previous CEO – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Schillerstrom says “you have to pay for quality.” GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, all my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates knew full-well that GAO had forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) PAY CUT in today’s dollars to transfer. They knew full-well that GAO could just as well given me a PAY INCREASE to get me to transfer because I had had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used that PAY CUT to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn a) me as being a stupid lazy loser and b) my knowledge of IRS as being worthless. Because it frustrated their efforts to get rid of me, they were furious when I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. They knew full-well that if I had been a Democrat, and especially if I had been a minority and/or a female, GAO would have a) given me a PAY INCREASE to transfer and b) promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180423/new-tollway-chief-gets-29000-more-than-previous-ceo
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois tollway’s new Executive Director Elizabeth Gorman will be paid $215,000 a year, $29,000 more than her predecessor. Gorman, a former Republican Cook County commissioner and PricewaterhouseCoopers executive, was approved by the tollway board Feb. 22. At the time her salary was being negotiated. . .”The bottom line is — you have to pay for quality,” Chairman Robert Schillerstrom said. “What we’re doing there is trying to build a team and we want the best people possible to lead the team because we’re working on really big projects.” Gorman was hired by a unanimous vote of tollway directors, who are appointed by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Hiring a tollway executive director is a somewhat amorphous process. . .This time, Schillerstrom played a lead role in Gorman’s hiring, saying he never spoke to Rauner personally about her candidacy, although the governor’s staff was apprised. Gorman has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, chaired Cook County’s Transportation Committee and was PricewaterhouseCoopers director of state and local government. “She’s got the ability to work with people in the private and public sectors, she understands transportation and frankly she’s worth every cent we pay her,” Schillerstrom said. Gorman served as chairwoman of the Cook County Republican Organization in the late 2000s and is Orland Township Republican Organization committeeman. The Cook County GOP gave Rauner a crucial endorsement in his tight primary race with state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton on Feb. 5. Rauner’s office referred all questions to the tollway. Ives called the salary “outrageous. Board members should have to approve any personnel contract above $150,000 in a public meeting,” she said, adding she has sponsored legislation to that effect.)


— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Batavia woman provides clean needles, naloxone to drug addicts – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180423/batavia-woman-provides-clean-needles-naloxone-to-drug-addicts
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Supplying free needles to people addicted to drugs is a practice ripe for local criticism. Batavia sits in Kane County. The county board rejected zoning for a would-be drug addiction treatment center twice in the past two years. Wheaton, in neighboring DuPage County, rejected a drug-treatment center earlier this year. Mixed into all those decisions was a flood of concerns from local residents about rehab centers bringing drug addicts into their neighborhoods.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Billionaire Bezos and the warehouse workers – BARRY RITZHOLTZ (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who constantly shout that government salaries, benefits, pensions, etc. are too generous, yet say nothing about the tremendous CEO to median salary of employee ratio in the private sector? Ever-increasing, they talk and act like CEOs like Bezos are paying them big bucks to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn government employees and government retirees.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180420/OPINION/180429982/billionaire-bezos-and-the-warehouse-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We have just learned that the median salary of employees at Amazon.com Inc. is $28,446, excluding its chief executive officer and founder, Jeff Bezos. That pitiful number raises an intriguing question: Is Amazon a high-paying tech company or a low-wage retailer? “Both” is the obvious answer, but to this Amazon aficionado that answer is incomplete. The pay figure, which was disclosed for the first time in Amazon’s annual proxy statement, reflects the large number of low-paid retail and warehouse employees who work for the company. The proxy also disclosed that Bezos was paid $1.68 million, making the ratio of what Bezos was paid and the median pay 59-to-1. What does that ratio tell us? Really, not very much. Bezos, according to the proxy, had a 2017 compensation of $81,840 in salary. The rest was in the form of perks, much of it for “security arrangements” and travel. But Bezos’s pay, which seems rather modest when stacked up against the obscene earnings of many other corporate chiefs, is almost irrelevant. That’s because Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with a fortune now estimated at $129 billion (depending upon what Amazon stock is trading at this moment). So that ratio, although accurate, means next to nothing. If you really want to understand the gap between CEO and worker, consider instead the ratio between the net worth of the boss and his employees: I did, and it’s beyond measure. Seriously, 100 billion-to-1 is not an outlandish estimate.)
— Hiring ex-offenders used to be the right thing to do. Now it’s the smart thing. – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180420/ISSUE01/180419848
— Repairing Illinois’ pension shortfall isn’t impossible – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180420/ISSUE05/180419808

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Keeping county officials’ salary frozen makes sense – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, to qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180422/keeping-county-officials-salary-frozen-makes-sense
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most people in Peoria County would be happy to get a six-figure paycheck. At least, that’s our guess in a jurisdiction where the median household income — not individual, household — between 2012 and 2016 clocked in at $51,632 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Why do we provide you that statistic? It’s time again for the County Board to vote to set the salary for the countywide officials who will be elected this November. That trio of folks — the sheriff, the treasurer and the clerk — are each now making at least $103,990. (The sheriff makes $122,058 from the county in recognition of the vast department the office oversees, and an additional $15,000 of pay as “supervisor of public safety.”) It is, in short, pretty good scratch for overseeing those offices for taxpayers. You may recall that when the salaries for the other countywide officials — auditor, coroner, circuit clerk — were set two years ago, there was a drawn-out debate over the topic of pay. Ultimately board members decided to freeze the officials’ salaries. They were lagging slightly behind the trio up for election this year and were making a mere $94,210. Now, to keep the peace, board members hatched a compromise, offering what amounts to a bonus — they called it an “annual service payment” — of $1,250 each year for the auditor, coroner and circuit clerk. That cash isn’t added onto the base, so it isn’t part of any future increases.)
— Stephen Morris: A solid choice – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180422/word-on-street-keeping-county-officials-salary-frozen-makes-sense
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our congratulations to Stephen Morris, who was elected unanimously last week as the new chairman of the Peoria County Republican Party. We’ve gotten to know him quite well during his tenure on the Peoria County Board, where he now serves as vice chairman. He’s stepping down from that post later this year after self-imposing a term limit. In the role, he’s been a reliable conservative, and more than willing to poke at some longstanding practices of the board and pursue streamlining of local government. He’s also shown himself willing to work constructively from the board’s GOP minority to find common ground rather than gridlock. He succeeds Carol Hornickle, who has also been a joy to work with in her brief tenure.)
— Alleged shooter is well known to Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office – Steve Stein
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180422/alleged-shooter-is-well-known-to-tazewell-county-sheriffs-office

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Looming taxes on US exports could cost Illinois millions, McHenry County experts say
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/13/looming-taxes-on-u-s-exports-could-cost-illinois-millions-mchenry-county-experts-say/a50dxee/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Much too busy in Springfield to bother with passing an Illinois budget – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article209145554.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Parkhurst v. Dugan: ‘Very active’ race expected – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/very-active-race-expected/article_35b47776-424c-11e8-a2e0-576b1b2f09a6.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Alyssia Benford responds to lawsuit against her, other DuPage Township trustees She’s running as a Republican for the State House of Representatives – ALEX ORTIZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/18/benford-responds-to-lawsuit-against-her-other-dupage-township-trustees/ainea7q/

 

WSIL TV
— Sen. Duckworth places blanket hold on all Trump Administration nominees for HUD positions – Hannah Gebresilassie (DIERSEN: Constructively, Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives largely succeeded in placing a “blanket hold” on hiring and promotions at GAO while I worked for the Democrats who ran the agency 1980-1997. One can understand why my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despised if not hated GAO’s employees who were Republican like me.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38015037/sen-duckworth-places-blanket-hold-on-all-trump-administration-nominees-for-hud-positions

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Pritzker highlights push for legalization of marijuana on 4/20 – Catherine Henderson (DIERSEN: If you push pot, you are “truly evil.”)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/04/22/city/pritzker-highlights-push-for-legalization-of-marijuana-on-4-20/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Northwestern’s food workers oppose “background checks, drug tests and the federal E-verify program.” What percent of Northwestern food workers a) cannot pass a background check, b) use illegal drugs, and/or c) are in America illegally.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/04/22/campus/roughly-70-workers-march-amid-concerns-about-food-provider-change/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The workers’ petition asks Sodexo and Aramark to transfer I-9 employee eligibility verification forms to Compass, and for Compass to accept those forms without requiring new paperwork. It also asks Compass not to participate in background checks, drug tests and the federal E-verify program — which checks if employees are eligible to work in the U.S. — for existing employees. Participation in the E-verify program could threaten the jobs of workers who are undocumented. The University does not reveal if or how many undocumented workers are at NU.)

 

CHICAGO READER
— Monument to fascist Balbo likely to remain, but aldermen could still rename street A plaque explaining the controversial Italian aviator’s legacy could be added to the lakefront memorial, officials said. – John Greenfield
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/balbo-monument/Content?oid=46044522

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch Berkowitz debate trial attorney Matt Belcher- Gov. Rauner v. JB Pritzker & billions of taxpayer dollars lost to corrupt Dems?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/watch-berkowitz-debate-wattorney-belcher-rauner-v-pritzker-billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-lost-to-corrupt-dems-cable-web/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Politico promotes Betsy Ankney, Rauner’s campaign manager. What does Ankney think of those who share your demographics? What will she say to “Republican” political consultants who will advise her and Rauner to demonize, to denigrate, to condemn, to get rid of, to throw under the bus, and to flush down the toilet all those voters, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/23/rauners-best-bet-mccanns-ceiling-rahms-opponents-sun-times-blank-page-265357
— The Chicago Sun-Times’ cover today? A blank page (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to have a “blank page.” They want you to know ONLY that they tell you, no more and no less.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/23/rauners-best-bet-mccanns-ceiling-rahms-opponents-sun-times-blank-page-265357
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Imagine #Chicago without the Sun-Times. Today’s front page is a reminder that without your support we won’t survive. Please go to our website to learn how to subscribe for as little as 25 cents/day.” At the bottom of the page reads: “this page intentionally left blank. Your complete Sun-Times inside.” See here This goes to the heart of the newspaper struggle, which is educating readers that it costs money to sustain quality journalism on paper and online.)

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— Rauner Campaign Statement on Mike Madigan’s Re-election as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois (DIERSEN: Who will the 18 newly elected members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) elect as the IRP chairman when they meet in Springfield Tuesday, May 22? What weighted vote will each IRP SCC member have? Who has announced their candidacy for the IRP chairman position? Will Chapin Rose’s wining the 15th Congressional District IRP SCC position be challenged? Who have the 18 newly elected IRP SCC members picked to be their deputies?)
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: In advance of today’s Democratic Party of Illinois’ State Central Committee meeting and state party chairman vote, the Rauner campaign issued the following statement: “Today, Mike Madigan will be re-elected as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, but we won’t hear a peep from JB Pritzker. Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike are sick of Madigan’s corrupt system, yet Pritzker’s campaign is based on giving Madigan total control of the state. This November, a vote for JB Pritzker is a vote for Mike Madigan and the same broken system that’s hurt Illinois for decades.”)

 

BOST FOR CONGRESS
— MEDIA ADVISORY: Bost To Launch Women’s Coalition (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the Bost campaign sent me this. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but b) who pander to Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat media, fail/refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists, and/or c) treat me like I am NOT “credentialed media.”)
http://bostforcongress.com/blog/
(FROM THE MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Rep. Mike Bost will join supporters in Belleville today for a campaign rally marking the launch of his campaign’s women for Bost coalition. Credentialed media is invited to attend. “As we prepare to launch our women’s coalition, I look forward to standing with the women who power our campaign,” Bost said. “They’re mothers, business owners, community leaders, and Tracy and I are blessed to call them friends. I’m honored to have their support in our fight for the 12th district.” WHO: Mike Bost and Women for Bost Coalition WHAT: Women for Bost Coalition Launch & Rally WHEN: Monday, April 23rd @ 5:00pm CT WHERE: The Country Cafe (1550 East St, IL-15, Belleville, IL 62221) CONTACT: For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Dustin Rhodes at 618-402-9202 or dustin@bostforcongress.com.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner campaign paid Pat Brady’s firm for consulting (DIERSEN: Pat Brady is an anti-conservative, so therefore, he is an anti-Republican. Those who are anti-conservative hire those who are anti-conservative. Those who are anti-Republican hire those who are anti-Republican.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/rauner-campaign-paid-pat-bradys-firm-for-consulting/
— Why did Reinking have those guns?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/why-did-reinking-have-those-guns/
— Rauner responds *** Chuy Garcia endorses Madigan for another term as party chairman (DIERSEN: Who will the 18 newly elected members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) elect as the IRP chairman when they meet in Springfield Tuesday, May 22? What weighted vote will each IRP SCC member have? Who has announced their candidacy for the IRP chairman position? Will Chapin Rose’s wining the 15th Congressional District IRP SCC position be challenged? Who have the 18 newly elected IRP SCC members picked to be their deputies?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/23/chuy-garcia-endorses-madigan-for-another-term-as-party-chairman/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Organizer: ‘Misrepresentation’ to say Wheaton gathering was anti-Trump – Steve Jordahl
https://onenewsnow.com/church/2018/04/23/organizer-misrepresentation-to-say-wheaton-gathering-was-anti-trump

 

TOWNHALL
— Romney Refuses to Say Whether or Not He Will Endorse Trump – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/04/22/mitt-romney-refuses-to-say-whether-or-not-he-will-endorse-trump-n2473399

 

BLAZE
— Secret Service once arrested Waffle House killer, police previously confiscated his guns – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/22/revealed-law-enforcement-knew-waffle-house-killer-secret-service-previously-confiscated-his-guns

 

GOPUSA
— FBI well aware of Waffle House shooting suspect
http://www.gopusa.com/fbi-well-aware-of-waffle-house-shooting-suspect/

 

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
— Bankrupt Public-Employee Pensions: The Next Big Financial Crisis? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would be more than overjoyed if the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) would go bankrupt and my CSRS pension would be cut or eliminated.)
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/bankrupt-public-employee-pensions-the-next-big-financial-crisis/

 

THE HILL
— Romney forced into GOP primary for Utah Senate nomination – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384301-romney-finishes-second-in-utah-gop-senate-primary
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “GOP support for Trump begins to crack.”
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/384374-juan-williams-gop-support-for-trump-begins-to-crack

 

NBC NEWS
— Paul Ryan’s former driver is running for his congressional seat (DIERSEN: Are you a “former?” A am a former yard work, newspaper boy, dish washer, golf shoe cleaner, slag chipper, gasoline pumper, mailman, automobile assembly line worker, security guard, tire, automotive service, and major appliance salesman, delinquent tax collector, auditor, etc.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/paul-ryan-s-former-driver-running-his-congressional-seat-n868336

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump. Maybe Not Anymore. – Maggie Haberman, Sharon LaFraniere and Danny Hakim (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who I have supported/promoted the most since 2000, but who have subsequently have thrown me under their bus, but who have flushed me down their toilet.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/us/politics/trump-michael-cohen.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For years, a joke among Trump Tower employees was that the boss was like Manhattan’s First Avenue, where the traffic goes only one way. That one-sidedness has always been at the heart of President Trump’s relationship with his longtime lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, who has said he would “take a bullet” for Mr. Trump. For years Mr. Trump treated Mr. Cohen poorly, with gratuitous insults, dismissive statements and, at least twice, threats of being fired, according to interviews with a half-dozen people familiar with their relationship. “Donald goes out of his way to treat him like garbage,” said Roger J. Stone Jr., Mr. Trump’s informal and longest-serving political adviser, who, along with Mr. Cohen, was one of five people originally surrounding the president when he was considering a presidential campaign before 2016. Now, for the first time, the traffic may be going Mr. Cohen’s way. Mr. Trump’s lawyers and advisers have become resigned to the strong possibility that Mr. Cohen, who has a wife and two children and faces the prospect of devastating legal fees, if not criminal charges, could end up cooperating with federal officials who are investigating him for activity that could relate, at least in part, to work he did for Mr. Trump.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP candidates are now mimicking Trump’s authoritarianism. That’s ominous. – Greg Sargent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/04/23/multiple-gop-candidates-are-now-mimicking-trumps-authoritarianism/
— The unspoken factor in Amazon’s search for a new home: Jeff Bezos’s support for gay rights – Jonathan O’Connell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are gotten rid of if they do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-unspoken-factor-in-amazons-search-for-a-new-home-jeff-bezoss-support-for-gay-rights/2018/04/20/9cfa8c66-31e6-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83_story.html
— Georgia police invoke law made for KKK to arrest anti-racism protesters – Meagan Flynn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/23/georgia-police-invoke-anti-mask-law-made-for-kkk-to-arrest-racism-protesters/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Sheriff: Suspect’s Firearms Card Was Revoked A sheriff in Illinois says Travis Reinking’s state firearms card was revoked last year, but his guns were given to his father with the promise they wouldn’t be shared with his son.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2018-04-22/the-latest-us-rep-calls-for-gun-control-after-shooting

 

DAILY BEAST
— Nashville Schools on Lockout Amid Manhunt for Waffle House Shooting Suspect (DIERSEN: What about all the Waffle Houses across the country?)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/schools-stage-lockout-amid-manhunt-for-waffle-house-shooting-suspect

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— IRS tech modernization legislation passes the House – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/04/20/irs-tech-modernization-legislation-passes-the-house/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voter Distrust of Political News Hits New High (DIERSEN: Who encourages others to distrust you? I should write a book about those who encourage others to distrust me.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2018/voter_distrust_of_political_news_hits_new_high

April 22 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For elected officials in Northwest Indiana, social media serves as a help line and a sounding board – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: How friendly/accessible is your Republican State Representative? This afternoon is one example of my Republican State Representative Jeanne Ives’ outstanding friendliness and accessibility. She saw me going door to door in the part of my precinct that had been part of her precinct before the 2015 gerrymandering. I was delivering election results (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) to the 112 voters who had cast Republican ballots. She stopped her SUV and we talked for about 15 minutes about many current issues of the day.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-social-media-mayors-st-0422-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I try to make myself very accessible so people can get to know Tom McDermott, not only Mayor McDermott,” he said.)
— Suspect in Tennessee Waffle House shooting still at large and possibly armed, police say – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-waffle-house-shooting-nashville-20180422-story.html
— Confederate group, activists hold competing ceremonies at Oak Woods Cemetery – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-ida-b-wells-confederate-mound-20180422-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity say “Your entire career can be derailed” and “For gay teachers, coming out remains risky.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-gay-teachers-coming-out-0418-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ex-Illinois man sought after 4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180422/ex-illinois-man-sought-after-4-dead-in-waffle-house-shooting-in-tennessee
— Aurora library apologizes for display criticized as Islamophobic – Charles Keeshan
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180422/aurora-library-apologizes-for-display-criticized-as-islamophobic
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting protests.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180422/news/304229911/

 

ABC7
— Man wanted in deadly Waffle House shooting in Tennessee had delusions about Taylor Swift, arrested at White House – Chuck Goudie
http://abc7chicago.com/man-wanted-in-deadly-waffle-house-shooting-in-tennessee-had-delusions-about-taylor-swift-arrested-at-white-house/3377973/
— Aurora mayor apologizes after library displays poem some call anti-Muslim
http://abc7chicago.com/society/aurora-mayor-apologizes-after-library-displays-poem-some-call-anti-muslim/3379404/
— ‘Were you admitted on merit or quota?’ Former education official questions student’s Harvard acceptance – Danny Clemens (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://abc7chicago.com/education/merit-or-quota-fmr-official-questions-teens-harvard-acceptance/3379020/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Waffle House suspect had previous bizarre interactions with police
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/waffle-house-suspect-had-previous-bizarre-interactions-with-police

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Proposal would let more voters try to cut property taxes – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180422/proposal-would-let-more-voters-try-to-cut-property-taxes

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It just keeps getting weirder – RICH MILLER
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-22/rich-millercapitol-fax-it-just-keeps-getting-weirder.html

 

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— Proposed LGBT history bill triggers controversy – Blaise Mesa
http://www.columbiachronicle.com/metro/article_c62dbf4e-44d9-11e8-8417-0b4a98d0b033.html

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— GOP Misfits in Illinois Undermine President Trump’s Minority Outreach – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14460
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “What do you have to lose by trying something new?” – Donald J. Trump That was a question then-candidate Donald Trump regularly repeated on the campaign trail. It was part of a message he regularly directed specifically to African Americans. The obvious point being that black voters were being betrayed and taken for granted by politicians of the past like Hillary Clinton. This President is serious about rebuilding America and restoring economic opportunity to all, regardless of race or creed. And it’s not just rhetoric. We’re witnessing the results on a daily basis. Donald Trump is a man of his word. I wish we could stop there and declare to black citizens in Illinois that everything is fine. Just hold on, help is on the way. Unfortunately, we can’t. While our President is literally working night and day to make us proud again of Republican leadership, some local yokels in Illinois – actually let’s call them what they are, failed misfits – are actively undermining our President’s positive work and destroying the Republican brand in Illinois. I’ll give you just the latest illustration by telling the story of what I witnessed at a GOP event last week in Chicago. Last Wednesday, April 18, each of the 102 counties in Illinois held a Republican county convention. Every two years this is where the county GOP chair and other county party officers are picked. And every 4 years, this being one of those years, the county conventions are also the place where under the easily rigged system only the Illinois Republican Party uses, the 18 members of the state central committee (“SCC”) are picked. One member is selected from each of the state’s U.S. congressional districts. The SCC is the State GOP’s senior governing board and its members pick the state party chairman. The current state chair is Governor Rauner flunky, Tim Schneider of suburban Cook County.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Selects Erik Sivertsen as GOP Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/22/mchenry-township-selects-erik-sivertsen-gop-chairman/
— County Board Members’ Compensation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/22/county-board-members-compensation/
— Saturday Afternoon Polling
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/saturday-afternoon-polling/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Southern Poverty Law Center Cashes In On Trump Era; Controversial Nonprofit Nears Half BILLION In Assets – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/21/splc-nonprofit-assets/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— 4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee; suspect sought – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/4-dead-in-waffle-house-shooting-in-tennessee-suspect-sought/2018/04/22/fbed1d02-468a-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— Think it’s harmless? Now nine in ten teens at drug clinics are being treated for marijuana use Cannabis is responsible for 91% of drug addiction cases involving teenagers Skunk – high-potency herbal cannabis – causing more people to seek treatment Backs up research that skunk is having detrimental impact on mental health – Stephen Adams and Martin Beckford
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5642917/Nine-ten-teens-drug-clinics-treated-marijuana-use.html

April 19 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the following were elected to the (IRP) State Central Committee yesterday evening:
Congressional District 1 – Shaun Murphy, Evergreen Park
Congressional District 2 – Judy Diekelman, Thornton
Congressional District 3 – Sean Morrison, Palos Park
Congressional District 4 – Jay Reyes, Riverside
Congressional District 5 – Jack Dorgan, Rosemont
Congressional District 6 – Bob Grogan, Downers Grove
Congressional District 7 – Mark Hosty, River Forest
Congressional District 8 – Ryan Higgins, Schaumburg
Congressional District 9 – Char Foss-Eggman, Park Ridge
Congressional District 10 – Mark Shaw, Lake Forest
Congressional District 11 – Roger Claar, Bolingbrook
Congressional District 12 – Barb Viviano, O’Fallon
Congressional District 13 – Fred Floreth, Springfield
Congressional District 14 – Stan Bond, Montgomery
Congressional District 15 – Chapin Rose, Mahomet
Congressional District 16 – John McGlasson, Pontiac
Congressional District 17 – Jan Weber, Geneseo
Congressional District 18 – Mike Bigger, Wyoming
https://illinois.gop/2018-scc/

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Ballot hijinks lead Southern Illinois Republicans to challenge party leadership vote – W.J. Kennedy
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511395529-ballot-hijinks-lead-southern-illinois-republicans-to-challenge-party-leadership-vote
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Rauner and his hand-picked state GOP Chairman Timothy Schneider are declaring victory in Southern Illinois. But did they actually win? State party officials claim Southern Illinois Republicans voted for a new state central committeeman yesterday, replacing longtime incumbent, former legislator Bob Winchester of Rosiclare with State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet). Rose supports Schneider for another four year term; Winchester does not. But county chairmen say an examination of the vote count shows Rose didn’t win and that the fix was in. They’re promising to challenge what they say are manipulated results. “Rauner’s people showed their true colors yesterday,” a source told SE Illinois News. “They’re glad to cheat to win.” “This has made us even more bitter” In the balance is one of 18 spots on the State Republican Party Central Committee, which governs the party and exerts influence up and down the ballot. On Wednesday, GOP precinct committeemen voted to elect their county chairmen and the state central committee members, who will convene in May to choose a party chairman. Schneider recruited Rose to challenge Winchester, a Rauner critic representing Southern IIlinois’ 15 Congressional District, which includes 33 counties. Winchester supported State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) in the March primary. “Many of us were already bitter and this has made us even more bitter,” Rhonda Belford, Hardin County GOP Chair, told SE Illinois News. “Bob Winchester stood tall for southern Illinois and all of Illinois, and this is how they treat him.” Belford said that some of her fellow county chairmen were offered financial rewards by Schneider. Others were threatened with retribution if they didn’t support Rose over Winchester. “They know not what they do,” she said. “This is all about money, but it’s the wrong kind of money, and in the end it’s probably not going to win them the race anyway.” Winner takes all? Mark Shaw, State Central Committeeman from Lake County’s 10th congressional district, said that he is concerned that some counties may have voted by acclamation, a procedural move that would have given Rose 100 percent of the vote when he may have received just over 50 percent. Shaw, who grew up in Mt. Carmel in Wabash County, said that voting by acclamation could be a violation of state law and some legal action may be in order. Results do show that Winchester received zero votes in nine of 33 counties, including four of the ten most populated, a result that Shaw and others said would be an impossibility. Several counties, sources tell SE Illinois News, didn’t even offer Winchester as a candidate for consideration. In Fayette County, home to Rauner Downstate Director Randy Pollard, Winchester was not presented as an option, sources say. “Pollard asked for a voice vote by acclamation for Chapin (Rose) and just moved on,” a source said. “He didn’t even mention Winchester was a candidate, much less the incumbent.” Rose also received zero votes in 13 counties carried 100 percent by Winchester. In all, 22 of 33 counties voted by acclamation, representing 63 percent of Rose’s vote and 59 percent of Winchester’s. County votes are weighted based on their respective turn-out in the March primary. “There are a lot of irregularities here,” Shaw said. “We want to see the raw data on a precinct level presented to the party.” The Shimkus Machine Aides to U.S. Rep. John Shimkus (R-Collinsville) actively recruited Rose to challenge Winchester, offering to help him replace Shimkus in Congress when the opportunity presents itself, sources say. Sources in Madison County, Shimkus’ home which carries the second-largest weighted vote in the district, say that when they, too, voted by acclamation for Winchester, a lawyer volunteer for Shimkus present protested and said acclamation votes were not legal. Shimkus’ District Director, Deb Detmers Fansler, then threatened Madison County precinct committee members by phone. Madison County submitted each candidate’s vote totals to the state GOP, sources say, along with the caveat that they voted by acclamation to deliver all of them to Winchester, who won 59 percent of the actual vote. State GOP officials didn’t include Madison County’s acclamation vote in their official totals; it would have meant Winchester won re-election by 644 votes. Chicago GOP Chairman Chris Cleveland said he would push to see the actual vote data as well. “This was a very contentious election, and it’s important that we have full transparency in the results,” Cleveland said. “That means complete, precinct-level reporting that we can verify.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pols high on marijuana legalization hope to clear the air on 4/20 pot ‘holiday’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pols-high-on-marijuana-legalization-hope-to-clear-the-air-on-4-20-pot-holiday/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Thursday, Healthy & Productive Illinois, a “marijuana policy group” that has argued against legalization, released its own study. The group argues it would cost the state $670.5 million a year to legalize pot, outweighing annual estimated tax revenue projections of about $566 million. They’re not the only ones not joining the party. Gov. Bruce Rauner told a Downstate TV station in December that it would be a “mistake” to legalize marijuana in Illinois. The Republican governor has, in the past, said he wants more studies on the “ramifications” in states that have legalized the drug. “I do not support legalizing marijuana. I think that’s a mistake. You know there’s a massive, human experiment going on in Colorado, and California, other places. We should see how that’s impacted lives and addiction and hurt young people before we make any decision about it here,” Rauner said in an interview on WSIL in Marion. “I do not support legalizing marijuana.” Still, Rauner instituted a medical marijuana pilot program that started doling out weed to patients in 2015. And Rauner last year signed a bill that decriminalized the possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana, making it a ticketable offense subject to fines of $100 to $200.)
— Anti-cannabis group contends state would go to pot legalizing marijuana – Alexandra Arriaga (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/anti-cannabis-group-contends-state-would-go-to-pot-legalizing-marijuana/
— Babies OK in City Council, flowers and convicted aldermen not so much – Heather Cherone
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/babies-welcome-in-city-council-flowers-and-convicted-aldermen-not-so-much/
— Playboy runs a victory lap in Washington – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/playboy-runs-a-victory-lap-in-washington/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel wins court ruling in sanctuary city lawsuit against Trump administration – John Byrne (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Chicago make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-sanctuary-city-ruling-20180419-story.html
— Downstate Republican’s third party governor bid poses new threat to Rauner – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-20180419-story.html
— Lake County sheriff Mark Curran talks mass shootings, the need for more resources for mental illness – Rick Kambic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/libertyville/news/ct-lbr-school-community-safety-glmv-chamber-tl-0426-story.html
— As pay and benefits stagnate, nontenured faculty and graduate students in Illinois, Chicago look to unions – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-campus-labor-unrest-20180418-story.html
— Road to homeownership gets rockier this spring as rates rise – AP (DIERSEN: Mortgage rates were much higher when I took out mortgages in 1972, 1974, and 1976 and when my wife and I took out mortgages in 1978 and 1984. SEE: http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/pmms30.html)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-road-to-homeownership-20180418-story.html
— Some in GOP budge on recreational pot – Kurtis Lee (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180419/281698320342311
— Senate allows babies in chamber despite concerns from older, male senators – Laurie Kellman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-senate-babies-chamber-duckworth-20180418-story.html
— Duckworth brings baby to Senate floor to send message to ‘working parents everywhere’ – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: Of course, Duckworth would agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me since the 1980s because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. Those who my wife and I sued during the 1980s had counted on us spending our money on raising children rather than on legal fees.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-tammy-duckworth-baby-senate-rules-change-0419-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County clerk wants disbanding Aurora Election Commission’s money – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180419/kane-county-clerk-wants-disbanding-aurora-election-commissions-money-
— Jeb Bush: Time to challenge ‘bad behavior’ in politics – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180419/jeb-bush-time-to-challenge-bad-behavior-in-politics
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bush offered his own prescription for challenging a “poisonous” political environment that he said is “disproportionately located in ZIP codes around Washington, D.C.” “First, voters should penalize rather than reward politicians irrespective of their party that use racist language or call people Nazis or disparage the disabled or make fun of people in order to push someone down to make themselves look better,” he said to loud applause. “That should be a penalty.” Public figures, Bush said, should be held to a higher ethical standard, regardless of party allegiance. “Bad behavior and the kind of language that we accept today, or the kind of actions that we find intolerable for someone we don’t agree with, should have the exact same response to someone that’s on your team,” he said. ” … Right now, we’re so hyperpartisan that if it’s a Democrat doing something outrageous, Republicans are just righteously there to attack, but if it’s a Republican, you hear nothing and vice versa. “To challenge this notion, sometimes bad behavior is just bad behavior.”)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will McCann take votes away from Rauner—or Pritzker? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180419/BLOGS02/180419816/will-mccann-take-votes-away-from-rauner-or-pritzker
— Chicago teen gun ownership rises even as it falls in L.A., N.Y. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180419/BLOGS02/180419821/chicago-teen-gun-ownership-rises-even-as-it-falls-in-l-a-n-y

 

ABC7
— Racially derogatory social media posts lead to drug arrest of Harvard man
http://abc7chicago.com/racially-derogatory-social-media-posts-lead-to-drug-arrest-of-harvard-man-/3366819/
— Sen. Duckworth makes history, casts vote with baby on Senate floor – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sen-duckworth-makes-history-casts-vote-with-baby-on-senate-floor/3367107/

 

CBS2
— Parkland Survivor Seeks More Minority Input In #NeverAgain Movement – Jim Williams
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/19/parkland-survivor-mei-ling-ho-shing-never-again-movement/

 

WLS AM
— McCann hoping to win over Jeanne Ives supporters – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/04/19/mccann-hoping-to-win-over-jeanne-ives-supporters/

 

WTTW
— Third Candidate Enters Race for Illinois Governor – Paris Schutz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/04/19/third-candidate-enters-race-illinois-governor

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Morrison Ready For Uphill Battle Against Schneider In Cook County Board Race Republican Incumbent Has Campaign Cash Advantage; Democrat Hoping For Blue Wave – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/morrison-ready-for-uphill-battle-against-schneider-in-cook-county-board-race/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— State Sen. Sam McCann of Plainview launches independent bid for governor
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/state-sen-sam-mccann-of-plainview-launches-independent-bid-for/article_ce02e1d7-6049-5ac4-bcb4-47d69dbed29f.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Public employee tally: Bottom 100 townships in Illinois
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511369314-public-employee-tally-bottom-100-townships-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Milton, Downers Grove and Naperville employ the fewest government workers per capita among townships in Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Shannon Teresi Gets GOP Fall Ballot Nod for McHenry County Auditor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/19/shannon-teresi-gets-gop-fall-ballot-nod-mchenry-county-auditor/
— Observer Kicked Out of McHenry County Democratic Party Convention
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/18/observer-kicked-mchenry-county-democratic-party-convention/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP RELEASES LIST OF THOSE ELECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/il-gop-releases-list-of-those-elected-wednesday-night-to-the-state-central-committee.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party has just released the list of those elected Wednesday night to the State Central Committee. Changes took place in four of the 18 CDs: Bob Grogan in the 6th, Mark Hosty in the 7th, Char Foss-Eggeman in the 9th and Chapin Rose in the 15th. Word is the 15th CD race may be disputed, but overall, the SCC leans more conservative post-election.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— McCann denies he resigned from the SGOP caucus, threatens legal action over access to “key resources”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/19/mccann-denies-he-resigned-from-the-sgop-caucus-threatens-legal-action-over-access-to-key-resources/
— Pritzker camp responds *** Rauner campaign claims Dem shenanigans with McCann
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/19/rauner-campaign-claims-dem-shenanigans-with-mccann/

 

EAGLE FORUM
— On April 20, Weed Out Marijuana Four Twenty is a Dangerous Day – Anne Schlafly Cori
http://eagleforum.org/publications/press-releases/on-april-20-weed-out-marijuana.html

 

GOPUSA
— Forget Reading, Writing and Arithmetic! Protest, Baby!
http://www.gopusa.com/forget-reading-writing-and-arithmetic-protest-baby/

 

POLITICO
— OUTRAGEOUS: Appeals court rules against Trump policy punishing sanctuary cities – JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/19/appeals-court-ruling-trump-sanctuary-cities-537823

 

NBC NEWS
— New third party candidate could be a headache for Rauner in IL-GOV
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/new-third-party-candidate-could-be-headache-rauner-il-gov-n867516

 

CNN
— The typical Amazon employee makes less than you think – Seth Fiegerman
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/19/technology/amazon-employee-salary/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/opinion/history-white-power.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Giuliani says he is joining Trump’s legal team to ‘negotiate an end’ to Mueller probe – Robert Costa and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/giuliani-says-he-is-joining-trumps-legal-team-to-negotiate-an-end-to-mueller-probe/2018/04/19/b175fc10-4411-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Asking About Current Pay Is the New Taboo for Prospective Employers New laws around the U.S. are trying to close wage gaps in the workforce – Kelsey Gee
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-employers-avoid-salary-history-questions-when-hiring-new-workers-1524067909
— Is the GOP the Party of Trump? – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-gop-the-party-of-trump-1524091461

 

USA TODAY
— DHS: All we want to do is read the news Department of Homeland Security just wants a ‘news clip’ company to aggregate stories from around the world: Opposing view – Tyler Q. Houlton
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/18/dhs-news-service-editorials-debates/33962875/

— Financial stress is rising for low- and middle-income U.S. households – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/04/18/financial-stress-higher-low-middle-income-americans/391061002/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner’s Point Person on Legionnaires’ Makes $20K Monthly Gov. Bruce Rauner’s point person on the Legionnaires’ disease crisis at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy is making $20,000 a month. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-19/rauners-point-person-on-legionnaires-makes-20k-monthly
— Trump Administration Vows to Fight Injunction President Donald Trump’s administration has criticized a nationwide injunction preventing it from withholding public safety grants from cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement policies. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-19/the-latest-chicago-claims-victory-in-immigration-lawsuit

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Agencies Must Change Their Recruiting Strategies – Meroe Park and Abby Cashman (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2018/04/agencies-must-change-their-recruiting-strategies/147565/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— OMB director eyes redistribution of federal pay – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They want to redistribute pay a) away from their employees who are Republican, and especially away from those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and b) toward their employees who are Democrat, and especially toward those who are minority, female, and/pr younger.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2018/04/19/omb-director-eyes-redistribution-of-federal-pay/

 

CORVETTE MUSEUM
— 2019 CORVETTE ZR1 TO PACE 102ND INDIANAPOLIS 500
http://www.corvettemuseum.org/2019-corvette-zr1-to-pace-102nd-indianapolis-500/

April 19 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the tabulation of votes for all the IRP State Central Committee (SCC) races is not complete. I have asked IRP to issue a press release as soon as the votes are tabulated, and also, to issue a press release with the weighted vote that each IRP SCC member will have as soon as that information is available. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— 214 of DuPage County’s 471 (45%) elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attended the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s (DCRCC) outstanding biannual county convention Wednesday evening, April 18, 2018, at the Jack Knuepfer Administration Building in Wheaton, and unanimously reelected Brian Krajewski as DCRCC Chairman and unanimously elected Paul Hinds as DCRCC Secretary.

 

Program participants included Atkinson, Cronin, Cuzzone, Diersen, Durante, Elliott, Fitzpatrick, Grogan, Hakim, Hayden, Henry, Holder, Holz, Jackson, Kachiroubas, Keller, LeVan, Lollino, Mackay, Mendrick, McGowen, Minor, Morretti, Morrisey, Musson, Prater, Reboletti, Santucci, Schultz, Swatkowski, Throwbridge, Valle, Veenstra, Wehling, Wilkins, Wilson, and Yetski.

 

Attendees include Anderson, Bohn, Bucholz, Carlson, Carlyle, Caruso, Crane, Dabrowski, Dangelo, Dillard, Eckhoff, Falbo, Furstenau, Given, Hart, Higgins, Hogan, Holan, Hundhausen, Khouri, Kmiecik, Larsen, Lewis, Lowe, Marchese, Monino, A. Murphy, Nathawani, Puchalski, Romano, Ryan, Sender, Shaw, Slinger, Tully, Vician, Yurgaitis, Zannis, Zay, Zegel, and Zito.

 

Winfield Township had the best turnout of elected committeemen with 17 of 26 (65%), then Naperville Township with 15 of 27 (56%), then Milton Township with 41 of 76 (54%), then Downers Grove Township with 47 of 100 (47%), then Addison Township with 21 of 45 (47%), then Bloomingdale Township with 24 of 56 (43%), then Lisle Township with 15 of 37 (41%), then Wayne Township with 15 of 42 (36), and then York Township with 19 of 62 (31%). – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

NBC5
— Sen. Sam McCann Announces Run for Illinois Governor as Conservative Party Candidate Gov. Bruce Rauner issued a statement calling McCann “the worst kind of political opportunist”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sam-mccann-illinois-governor-race-conservative-party-rauner-pritzker-480262403.html

 

CBS2
— Jeb Bush Remembers His Mother: ‘She Taught Us To Serve Others’ – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: How do you serve others? I serve Illinois Republicans by spending 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/18/jeb-bush-speech-barbara-death/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those in attendance remembered Barbara Bush as a classy woman with a backbone of steel, whose own kids called her “The Enforcer.” “Her sweetness always carried through the toughness, but they’re both there and they go together,” said Regional Transportation Authority chairman Kirk Dillard, a former Illinois state senator.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New county Democratic chief Preckwinkle pledges to expand party appeal – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party appeals to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-toni-preckwinkle-democratic-chairman-20180418-story.html
— Democrats still looking votes to override Rauner’s gun store licensing veto – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-gun-veto-20180419-story.html
— Disgraced ex-supervisor Philippe Loizon with Cook County Probation Department sues judge, saying he was fired because he’s white – Todd Lighty (DIERSEN: In all likelihood, because Loizon is an old White male, Loizon, like me, will be denied his right to a jury trial. Ever-increasingly, old White males lack “jury appeal” because ever increasingly, to curry favor with those who are younger, minority, and/or female, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn old White males as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots. To hint/imply/argue/shout that I am disgraced federal employee, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-loizon-evans-lawsuit-20180418-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A white supervisor in the Cook County Adult Probation Department has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was wrongly dismissed last year, while numerous black employees in the department have received little or no discipline for alleged misconduct. Philippe Loizon, a former deputy chief who made about $115,000 a year, on Tuesday sued Chief Judge Timothy Evans, alleging that Evans, the county’s first African-American chief judge, had discriminated against him because of his race. Evans fired Loizon in May 2017 following a series of Tribune investigations into accusations that a rogue unit of officers under Loizon’s command had improperly teamed up with Chicago police and the FBI to conduct warrantless searches of homes, and coerced probationers to work as police informants. The county paid $110,000 to two Chicago men who alleged in federal civil rights lawsuits that probation officers, joined by the FBI and city police, conducted illegal searches of homes. And a series of gun cases fell apart following accusations of those questionable searches. Loizon, who was assigned to desk duty for two years before he was dismissed, said the Tribune’s accusations were false and were “based primarily on information provided to the reporters by convicted felons.” He said he had a “clean personnel record” and received outstanding job reviews during his 29 years with the probation department. He alleged Evans treated him differently because he is white. “Evans imposed discipline against Loizon in a manner and at a level he had never imposed on an African-American employee of the (department), despite conduct of an egregious nature by some of the African-American employees,” according to the suit. Evans’ spokesman, Pat Milhizer, declined to comment, citing a state Supreme Court rule that he said forbids judges and court personnel from commenting on pending court matters. One of Loizon’s lawyers, Gregory Friedman, declined to comment Wednesday, referring the Tribune to a statement he issued last June. In that statement, Friedman said Loizon was an exemplary employee who was wrongly fired, and that the Tribune had “done a great disservice to a good man. “Throughout his employment, Mr. Loizon performed his duties in an outstanding manner and in conformity with Departmental polices,” Friedman wrote then. “Philippe Loizon was a diligent and dedicated probation officer and Deputy Chief.” In his suit, Loizon identified 12 current and former probation officers, all of whom are black, who allegedly committed misconduct or violated department policy, yet received little or no punishment at all. The suit cited a probation officer who frequently worked to turn probationers into police informants; an officer who falsely claimed to meet with probationers who actually turned out to be in jail or dead; and an officer who shot and wounded a 14-year-old boy. Loizon said that none of those employees were disciplined. Loizon is seeking reinstatement as deputy chief, back pay with interest, compensatory and punitive damages, and his lawyers’ fees and expenses.)
— Jeb Bush speaks in Chicago area day after mother’s death: ‘She would have been very upset if I stayed home’ – Graydon Megan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-dob-jeb-bush-elmhurst-tl-0426-story.html
— AG candidate Kwame Raoul’s campaign hired ex-Blagojevich aide convicted in state fraud scheme – Bill Lukitsch, Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have made it clear that they would hire a convict before they would hire me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-kwame-raoul-campaign-worker-20180418-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Southern Illinois state Sen. Sam McCann running for gov as third-party candidate – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/southern-illinois-senator-joins-govs-race-as-third-party-candidate/
— Pritzker, other Illinois Democrats in DC: Foxx Emily’s List ‘rising star’ – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-other-illinois-democrats-in-dc-foxx-emilys-list-rising-star/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Downstate conservative roils governor race by declaring candidacy – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180419/downstate-conservative-roils-governor-race-by-declaring-candidacy
— Why new gun control walkouts are drawing mixed responses from schools – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180417/why-new-gun-control-walkouts-are-drawing-mixed-responses-from-schools

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s where the real estate market has been hottest in 2018 – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180419/CRED0701/180419837

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— La Salle County Republicans buck state party wishes in choosing leadership Jerry Long backed colleague Demmer but McGlasson still region committeeman – Tamara Abbey
http://www.newstrib.com/free/la-salle-county-republicans-buck-state-party-wishes-in-choosing/article_cfdb2a76-43ea-11e8-8d98-3355804d297a.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— McCann launches Conservative Party bid for Illinois governor – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20180419/mccann-launches-conservative-party-bid-for-illinois-governor

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gun licensing proponents ‘making progress’ on override vote – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180418/gun-licensing-proponents-making-progress-on-override-vote
— Remap proponents trying to get issue before voters, but it’s not looking good – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180418/remap-proponents-trying-to-get-issue-before-voters-but-its-not-looking-good
— McCann to run for governor as Conservative Party candidate – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180419/mccann-to-run-for-governor-as-conservative-party-candidate

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Shannon Teresi appointed as McHenry County auditor
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/18/shannon-teresi-appointed-as-mchenry-county-auditor/a9dg6g1/

 

MORRIS HERALD
— Grundy Republicans host candidates at dinner Candidates gearing for November elections – KEVIN SOLARI
http://www.morrisherald-news.com/2018/04/16/grundy-republicans-host-candidates-at-dinner/at7wlks/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— More Progressive Tax Talk in Springfield – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263726#.WtiDD3ly-M8

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Downers Grove North students plan April 20 walkout in memory of Columbine – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/16/downers-grove-north-students-plan-april-20-walkout-in-memory-of-columbine/awb2bd3/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois governor’s race rattled by new candidate Illinois state Sen. Sam McCann – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/19/illinois-governor-race-new-candidate-537367

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Sen. McCann announces run for Illinois governor
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-mccann-announces-run-for-illinois-governor

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Gubernatorial Candidates Have Fence-Mending Ahead – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: What does Rauner say to his advisors who tell him that the harder that he works against the Illinois Republican Party platform, the more votes that he will get from Democrats and from Independents?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/gubernatorial-candidates-have-fence-mending-ahead#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last month, the state’s voters decided on the Republican and Democratic nominees for governor. But the primaries behind them, the winners still have to convince those who wanted someone else at the top of the ticket. Incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner probably thought he didn’t need to worry about his only Republican opponent, state Rep. Jeanne Ives, during the primary campaign. In the past, he’d called her a “fringe candidate” and decided to forgo campaigning against her until just a few weeks before election day. When the votes were tallied election night, Rauner had snuck past Ives by just 3 percentage points. It was closer than most expected, and the governor acknowledged that in his victory speech by saying he had heard the message those dissatisfied voters were sending him. “I have traveled the state and I have listened to you,” he said in his election night speech. . .Rauner, on the other hand, must try to get more than the 50 percent of Republicans who voted to renew their trust in him and get them out to the polls in November. Chris Mooney, a political science professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, said the governor has the more difficult task of restoring trust with a large segment of his party’s base. “And so the question is can Rauner look to them – he doesn’t have to worry about them voting for Pritzker, I think that’s pretty clear. What he has to do is get them to come out to vote in November.” . . . Rauner has done his best to separate himself from President Trump, but there are similarities in their backgrounds. Both tout success in business and very wealthy. Rauner’s wealth has been a key rallying point for Democrats, who view him as out of touch with the working class and spotlight his attacks on organized labor to make their point. . .Rauner has been traveling the state campaigning, it appears he has yet to bring Ives’ backers into the fold. This may not be an easy feat to accomplish – even for the wealthy governor. Ives was heavily outspent, but she was able to easily tap into the dissatisfaction among conservatives who felt Rauner had broken his promise on key legislation, including a measure to allow public funding for abortions. Despite a push from conservative groups – and even Chicago Cardinal Blaise Cupich – to hold the governor to his word, Rauner signed the legislation into law. Ives herself makes that point, saying many of her supporters feel betrayed. “There are supporter voters of mine, they are saying we are not going to vote for him regardless of what he says.” While the circumstances might be different, the insurgent campaign Ives ran harkens to Donald Trump defeating establishment Republicans on his way to the White House. Those who felt left out, or maybe taken for granted, went for Trump and sent a message. In Illinois, Rauner doesn’t deny there is still work for him to do. Soon after election night, Rauner hit the campaign trail to acknowledge there were some divisive issues. “And I know now, as I’ve known for a while that we need to find common ground to bridge the divides.” As for Ives, she has said she will vote for Rauner but made it clear she has no plans to campaign for him. While both Pritzker and Rauner will spend the next several months telling all voters why they should be elected, they’ll also be busy mending fences – in their own political backyards.)

 

NRA ILA
— Illinois: Committee Passes Bill to Allow Local Infringement of Second Amendment
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180418/illinois-committee-passes-bill-to-allow-local-infringement-of-second-amendment

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Three Women, One Man Elected to Lead McHenry County Republicans – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/18/three-women-one-man-elected-lead-mchenry-county-republicans/
— Number of Petition Signatures Needed to Township Abolition Petitions – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/18/number-petition-signatures-needed-township-abolition-petitions/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri: More taxes will cause people to flee Illinois – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511393049-khouri-more-taxes-will-cause-people-to-flee-illinois

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Illinois GOP criticizes Bristow for comment about lawmaker raises – Robert Davis (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government talked and acted like they had been threatened by Democrat politicians with adverse actions they did not meet/exceed the Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets that they had been given. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511394529-illinois-gop-criticizes-bristow-for-comment-about-lawmaker-raises
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Does Monica Bristow honestly believe that she, (House Speaker Mike) Madigan, and her fellow Democrat colleagues deserve a pay raise? If anything, they deserve a pay cut after all the damage they’ve done to Illinois. Monica Bristow is the worst kind of politician – one who is in it for the money, not the middle class,” Illinois Republican Party Spokesman Aaron DeGroot said in the release.)

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Rauner outspent Ives 4-1 for lackluster 3-point victory
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-rauner-outspent-ives-4-1-for-lackluster-3-point-victory/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Homosexual Teacher Shames First-Graders at Illinois School – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/homosexual-teacher-shames-first-graders-at-illinois-school/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DGA, ILGOP, Pritzker, Rauner respond – Brady accepts caucus resignation *** Sen. Sam McCann announces for governor as Conservative Party candidate Sen.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/19/sen-sam-mccann-announces-for-governor-as-conservative-party-candidate/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Gun-Rights Groups File Suit on Behalf of Illinois Day-Care Operators ‘We’re in court to make sure that the state cannot discriminate against day care operators’ – Stephen Gutowski
http://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-rights-groups-file-suit-behalf-illinois-day-care-operators/
— Dream Democrat Agenda Includes Reparations Behind closed doors, wealthy liberal donors plot universal healthcare, free college, and reparations – Brent Scher and Joe Schoffstall (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that those who share my demographics should pay reparations.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/revealed-dream-democrat-agenda-includes-reparations/


DAILY CALLER
— Tucker: Affirmative Action College Admissions Are Benefitting Foreigners, Hurting American-Born Minorities – Christian Datoc (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes glorify and praise Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/18/tucker-affirmative-action-college-admissions-are-benefitting-foreigners-at-the-detriment-of-american-born-minorities/

 

HOT AIR
— You Won’t Believe What Tax Reform Will Cost Wealthy Californians In 2019 – ED MORRISSEY (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/04/18/wont-believe-tax-reform-will-cost-wealthy-californians-2019/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump’s tax cuts will be anything but for about 1 million California taxpayers who will owe Uncle Sam more money a year from now. They’re the Californians who will lose a collective $12 billion because the new law caps a deduction they have been able to take for paying their state and local taxes, according to a new analysis by the Franchise Tax Board. Very wealthy Californians earning more than $1 million a year will pay the lion’s share of that money, with 43,000 of them paying a combined $9 billion. It’s not all coming from the wealthy. Another $1.1 billion will come from households earning less than $250,000, hiking their tax liability $4400 on average. That’s not peanuts, but it’s a far cry from the average $209,302 per family that will be owed by those households earning more than a million dollars a year. Put this another way. That represents the federal tax liabilities that everyone else in the country subsidized through SALT. The “progressive” income tax used taxes paid by people in low-tax states to repay the wealthy for their taxes in places like California. The SALT deduction really only comes into play for people who can itemize enough to outstrip the standard deductions, so its benefit plays mostly to the wealthy anyway. It also plays mostly to the benefit of a very few states. California and New York taxpayers soak up almost third of all benefits from SALT deductions; add in New Jersey, Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania, and they account for more than half of its benefits.)

 

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY
— Illinois Senate Republicans Betray Pro-Life Movement in Vote for Equal Rights Amendment – John Schlafly
https://mailchi.mp/cbc03f3e5849/stop-con-con-in-iowa-1225969?e=665804f6c7

 

LIFE ZETTE
— OUTSTANDING: GOP Candidate for Governor Sees Anti-Sanctuary ‘Revolution Brewing’ Republican John Cox highlighted an increasing number of jurisdictions in the Golden State that are opting out of controversial policies – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/gop-candidate-governor-sees-anti-sanctuary-revolution-brewing-in-california/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois students facing radical LGBT sex ed indoctrination – Elizabeth Johnston
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/illinois-students-facing-radical-lgbt-sex-ed-indoctrination

 

GOPUSA
— Cuomo restores voting rights to paroled felons by executive order (DIERSEN: What percent of felons vote for Democrats?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44067

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— MEDICAL STUDIES DOCUMENT DANGERS RELATED TO MARIJUANA
http://www.poppot.org/2018/04/18/medical-studies-document-dangers-related-to-marijuana/

 

THE HILL
— Guest clashes with Ingraham over losing advertisers – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/383899-guest-removed-from-ingrahams-fox-news-show-after-knocking-her-for-losing

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Laura Ingraham’s Guest Mocks Her On Live TV For Losing Advertisers “A high school kid shut you down!” – Ed Mazza (DIERSEN: Who is dismissive of you? I should write a book about those who have been most dismissive of me. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They count on me keeping my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham_us_5ad82393e4b03c426dab4120
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Fox News host appeared to reach her limit with Morones before he even made the crack, saying he was being dismissive of fellow guest John Cox, a Republican candidate for governor in California, during a debate over immigration. “You’ve been so incredibly rude and nasty since almost the first second of this appearance,” she said, according to footage posted online by Media Matters. Moments later, Morones vanished from the screen.)

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump is running again. An anti-Trump says that “many Republicans aren’t ready to back him” again.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/19/politics/congress-republicans-trump-second-term/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use a baby to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/tammy-duckworth-senate-baby-rules/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump rewrites history on rationale for firing Comey – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: Of course, officially, my Democrat GAO superiors deny that they forced me to take the early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. But why then did they a) give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) not promote me beyond GS-13, d) get rid of my mentor in 1987, e) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and f) force me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980?)
https://apnews.com/9dc286128f7b441aafc04f45a86d0c37/Trump-rewrites-history-on-rationale-for-firing-Comey

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture Researchers in Singapore explained how they created a robot that could devise and execute a plan to put together an Ikea chair. – Niraj Chokshi (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, researchers will never be able to create a robot that can put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/science/robots-ikea-furniture.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tax Overhaul Remains Unpopular, Poll Shows Overall, 27% view law as good idea, while 36% see it as bad idea; Republicans hoped law would become more popular after enactment – Janet Hook (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-overhaul-remains-unpopular-poll-shows-1523912555

 

CHEAT SHEET
— These Are the Presidents Who Came From Poverty (and How Donald Trump Compares) – Jess Bolluyt (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that the I have always been privileged. I should write a book how much money the parents of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes had/have.)
https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/presidents-who-came-from-poverty.html/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Gov. Cuomo’s cruel, chilling threat to community organizers – JAVIER VALDES and JONATHAN WESTIN
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gov-cuomo-cruel-chilling-threat-community-organizers-article-1.3942017

 

WCNC
— Man says someone torched his Corvette because he’s gay Torched tires, charred rims and a smoldering V8 engine are all you can make of what used to be Seth Headley’s 1992 Corvette. The 27-year-old said his roommate frantically woke him up around 5 a.m. telling him his car was engulfed. – Fred Shropshire, Mitzi Morris
http://www.wcnc.com/article/news/man-says-someone-torched-his-corvette-because-hes-gay/275-542956530

 

FED SMITH
— Is Pay-for-Performance Coming? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Democrat supervisors in the federal government use the tremendous subjectivity in Pay-for-Performance a) to reward their employees who are Democrat, and especially their Democrat employees who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)

https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/04/18/pay-performance-coming/

 

AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE
— Ford Mustang Celebrates Its 54th Birthday – Todd Lassa
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/ford-mustang-celebrates-its-54th-birthday/?wc_mid=4035:11757&wc_rid=4035:1595831&_wcsid=F7E1FD70A3F1997719B31E6DC7785DA48A5E9717FFA530FD
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ford also took the opportunity to announce that the Mustang is the world’s bestselling sports car for its third year in a row. Ford sold 125,809 Mustangs in 146 countries in 2017, with sales of 81,866 in the U.S., and 7,125 in China. Ford says it has sold 418,000 globally since the Mustang went international again in 2015, and despite the cost of gasoline elsewhere, the GT with its 5.0-liter V-8 is the most popular model. So perhaps the marque might claim “world’s bestselling muscle car,” too.)

April 18 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you live outside of Cook County, if you have an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, questions to ask him/her today – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
– Are you going to attend your Republican county party convention this evening, and if not, why not?
– What is your weighted vote, that is, how many Republican ballots were cast in your precinct for the March 20, 2018 primary?
– Who are the candidates for Republican county party offices, how well do you know them, what have they promised to do if elected, who has endorsed them, which ones are you going to vote for, and why?
– Who are the candidates for the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee position for your congressional district, how well do you know them, what have they promised to do if elected, who has endorsed them, which ones are you going to vote for, and why?
– Who are the newly elected officers of your Republican township party organization, how well do you know them, what did they promise to do if elected, who endorsed them?

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Toni Preckwinkle expected to ascend to Cook County Democratic chairman today – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Why isn’t the Chicago Tribune reporting like this on races for a) Illinois Republican Party (IRP) county and township party offices and b) IRP State Central Committeemen offices?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-preckwinkle-democratic-chairman-20180417-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every two years, potential candidates line up to make their pitches to party leaders. The ones who win endorsement are asked to contribute $40,000 to the party, which uses the money on election mailings, robocalls and get-out-the-vote efforts. And when the primaries are done, the party works to elect the nominees in the general election. The names of endorsed candidates are placed on palm cards — lists of party-endorsed candidates handed out by precinct committeemen. But what was once a monolithic effort is no longer. Many ward and township committeemen now go their own way, omitting the names of endorsed candidates and sometimes replacing them with their preferred candidates — as happened with Kaegi in many townships and wards.)
— Emanuel to appear at event sponsored by conservative Koch brothers – Rick Pearson and Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-koch-brothers-20180418-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Casten
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-roskam-casten-campaign-money-st-0418-story.html
— Trump campaign rebukes Indiana candidate signs – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–indiana-senate-rokita-20180418-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Machine shifting gears? Toni Preckwinkle poised to make history – Alexandra Arriaga (DIERSEN: Why isn’t the Chicago Sun-Times reporting like this on races for a) Illinois Republican Party (IRP) county and township party offices and b) IRP State Central Committeemen offices?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/machine-shifting-gears-toni-preckwinkle-poised-to-make-history/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Given this moment of heightened racial awareness … having a black woman as head of the political party in Cook County says that at least there is an overt acknowledgement that African Americans and women are good leaders,” said Jacky Grimshaw, a former aide to Mayor Harold Washington, the city’s first black mayor. “That’s not to say that the party has overcome its racial bias.” The party that Preckwinkle would lead looks different than the one Berrios took over in 2007. Berrios spokeswoman Monica Trevino said in a statement that under Berrios’ leadership, the number of minority Democratic candidates increased by 76 percent, and twice as many women have been slated for countywide office. “The leadership of the Cook County Democratic Party is mostly men, mostly white and mostly old school,” Carol Marin wrote in a 2007 Sun-Times column prior to Berrios’ election as chairman. Berrios took over shortly before Barack Obama won his election as the first African American U.S. president. “There’s even more reason to breathe some life, some youth and some real diversity into the leadership of this sickly organization,” Marin wrote back then.)
— The question now is what can Blago offer Trump? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What should I offer to do to curry favor with my critics/opponents? Should I offer to a) include in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails only what they want me to, b) stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, c) resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, d) glorify and praise them, e) pander to them, f) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, g) give them lots of money, and/or h) accept blame for causing all of their problems, for causing all of your problems, for causing all of my problems, and for causing all of everyone’s problems? Just kidding.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-the-question-now-is-what-can-blago-offer-trump/

 

WGN TV
— IRS extends tax-filing due to glitch with agency’s website – AP
http://wgntv.com/2018/04/17/irs-extends-tax-filing-due-to-glitch-with-agencys-website/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immediate help needed: IRS badly needs a new computer system – Stephen Mihm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-irs-computer-system-outage-0418-story.html
— Doctor working for Cook County tallied $248K in unauthorized expenses — including piano, flights, iTunes charges – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-cook-county-doctor-expense-reports-20180413-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The top large companies to work for – MONICA GINSBURG (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government could hint/imply/argue/shout that the federal government is the best place to work for if you are a Democrat, and especially if you are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. The federal government uses Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to waste the careers of and to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran that it does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180412/ISSUE01/180419965#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180418

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— UNACCEPTABLE: Bill giving cities control over assault weapons rules passes Senate committee – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180417/bill-giving-cities-control-over-assault-weapons-rules-passes-senate-committee
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Critics charged, however, the legislation would threaten people’s constitutional rights and the lack of uniformity in the “patchwork” of ordinances could lead to confusion that would open up gun owners to criminal liability. “When you talk about patchwork and you bring in cell phones and cigarettes, they don’t compare,” said Ed Sullivan of the Illinois Rifle Association. “You don’t have a right to a cigarette or a right to a cell phone, but you do have a constitutional right to a semiautomatic weapon.”)
— Time to throw away golden parachutes for public employees – Editorial (DIERSEN: Do/will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint my early retirement as being a “golden parachute?” Since September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $4,322/month in today’s dollars TO NOT COME TO WORK. So far, in today’s dollars, that has been $1,067,534. However, being forced to retire is an “adverse action.”)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180417/our-view-time-to-throw-away-golden-parachutes-for-public-employees

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Both of C-U’s statewide-office candidates (Harold & Raoul) in good financial shape – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: One could hint/imply/argue/shout that if you have sought or accepted money from Rauner, that is, from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), after Rauner dumped the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the IRP platform, you too have dumped the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-04-18/tom-kacich-both-c-us-statewide-office-candidates-good-financial-shape.html
— Police, fire pensions putting heavy pressure on towns – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-18/jim-dey-police-fire-pensions-putting-heavy-pressure-towns.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Lawmakers in Springfield are moving resolutions to oppose President Donald Trump’s policies in Washington D.C. – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: To get elected, Trump promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Trump’s policies should be opposed when they do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263655#.WtcaiYyKSM8

 

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Nichols’ Use of Racial Affinity Groups Questioned, and Defended – Larry Gavin
http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=16&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=14941
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Commissioner Kirsanow’s Letter Mr. Kirsanow, an African American who is generally regarded as holding conservative views, made clear in his letter that he was sending the letter as one member of the Commission, not on behalf of the Commission. Mr. Kirsanow said he assumes the segregated meetings were instituted in response to a recommendation in District 65’s May 2017 Equity Report that the District create “social identity affinity groups.” He said, “I am astonished that District 65 spent taxpayer money on a report that includes the recommendation, ‘separate teachers by race.’ Separating teachers by race fosters racial division and is prima facie unlawful. By its nature, it forces teachers to view themselves in terms of what divides them, rather than what they have in common. It also encourages a binary view of society that, depending on your perspective, is either, ‘whites against everyone else’ or ‘everyone else against whites.’ It may even foster a sense among both groups that they are threatened by the other. “However well-intentioned, this is segregation for the 21st century,” Mr. Kirsanow said. “Unless a legitimate, nondiscriminatory educational reason can be articulated, the segregation almost certainly would be found unlawful. Discussions of politically correct notions of ‘privilege,’ unsupported by methodological rigor, do not qualify as legitimate reasons, and they are by their own definition discriminatory.” The letter also suggested that the District’s hiring practices may run afoul of prohibitions against racial discrimination in hiring. He also raised a question about the Equity Report’s analysis of the achievement gap. While stating that the achievement gap is concerning, he says, “It’s interesting that the equity report assiduously avoids any examination of the home lives of the children as a possible partial explanation for the achievement gap. “The racially-conscious efforts you and District 65 have undertaken will foster racial division instead of racial understanding. Sending teachers to racially separate meetings is a stark picture of the future you are sowing. You are encouraging students and teachers to view each other as members of groups, not as individuals.”)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Bill Allowing Voters to Abolish Township Government Passes House
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/18/bill-allowing-voters-abolish-township-government-passes-house/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Q&A with GOP State Central Committee candidate Charlene Foss-Eggemann – Glenn Minnis
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511393071-q-a-with-gop-state-central-committee-candidate-charlene-foss-eggemann

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives disappointed with House members who shot down victims right to notification about ethics complaints – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Constructively, federal employees who file complains about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation have “no rights at all.” The federal government is run by Democrats who promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Republican Presidents, Republican U.S. Senators, and Republican U.S. Representatives have done little or nothing about the aforesaid. They certainly threw me under the bus, they certainly flushed me down their toilet.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511392329-ives-disappointed-with-house-members-who-shot-down-victims-right-to-notification-about-ethics-complaints
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) has rarely ever been more disappointed in the actions of lawmakers in Springfield than she is over the way they ultimately responded to House Bill 4840. “I thought this would be an easy bill to get out of committee,” Ives told the Prairie State Wire of the bill she argues would have given Illinois residents who file an ethics complaint with the sate inspector general more of a voice in the process. “It made complete sense to me because as it is they have no rights at all.”)

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— A MAYOR’S MOST IMPORTANT JOB – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/a-mayors-most-important-job/
— TRUMP’S VITALLY IMPORTANT ANTI-POVERTY INITIATIVE – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trumps-vitally-important-anti-poverty-initiative/

 

BREITBART
— Business, GOP, Squash E-Verify Ballot in Florida – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: If you oppose E-Verify, you are anti-American, anti-Republican, anti-employee, anti-Trump supporter, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/04/17/business-squashes-e-verify-ballot-florida/

 

DAILY CALLER
— OUTRAGEOUS: Gorsuch Joins Liberals To Make Deportations Harder – Kevin Daley
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/17/gorsuch-joins-with-liberals-deportations/
— AP’s Latest History Textbook Says Christians And Conservatives Are Racists – JOSHUA GILL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/17/ap-us-history-textbook-christians-conservatives-racists/
— Starbucks’ Latest Controversy Demonstrates The Elite’s Racial Hypocrisy – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/18/starbucks-elite-racial-discrimination/
— 6 Rules To Remember When Building A Website For Your Business – ROB TEITELMAN (DIERSEN: Beyond tragically, ever-increasingly, conservatives and Republicans a) dump their websites, b) stop sending out emails, and c) jump in bed with the Democrat Facebook. Facebook is anti-conservative and anti-Republican.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/17/6-rules-to-remember-when-building-a-website-for-your-business/

 

ROLL CALL
— NRCC Chairman Urges Members to Keep Talking Taxes Republicans view the tax overhaul as a salient campaign issue – Bridget Bowman (DIERSEN: The problem with that is that many millions of voters a) have never paid any federal income tax, b) have paid very little federal income tax, and/or c) will pay very little or no federal income tax for the rest of their lives. Overwhelmingly, the aforesaid voters want members of the following groups to pay lots more federal income tax: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservatives, patriotic people, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, married couples, homeowners, those who have no dependents, etc.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/nrcc-chairman-urges-members-to-keep-talking-taxes

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— I.R.S. Website Crashes on Tax Day as Millions Tried to File Returns – Alan Rappeport
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/us/politics/want-to-pay-your-taxes-come-back-later-says-irs.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Provides a Preview of Its Privacy Makeover – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: If you want privacy, government and politics are not for you. I you have any skeletons in your closet, government and politics are not for you. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use everything that they can find out about you against you.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-provides-a-preview-of-its-privacy-makeover-1524027600
— Prizes for Everyone: How Colleges Use Scholarships to Lure Students Merit awards are important component of many schools’ enrollment strategies – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, how much “merit” did you display? Were you considered to be college material? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Further, my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. I am sure that many thought that I would soon come down with type 1 diabetes too.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/prizes-for-everyone-how-colleges-use-scholarships-to-lure-students-1523957400
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At George Washington University, nearly half of all undergraduates receive the school’s Presidential Academic Scholarship. The prizes go to “the most competitive applicants in the pool,” admissions materials say, and include awards of $5,000 to $30,000 for each student. At some other colleges, a solid majority of students get similarly hefty scholarships. At still others, virtually everyone gets them. Hundreds of colleges and universities are using academic scholarships and other merit-based financial aid to gain an edge in a battle for students. The scholarships make students feel wanted and let families think they’re getting a good deal, like a shopper who buys an expensive sweater on sale.)

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— A Growing Cult of Millennials Is Obsessed With Early Retirement. – ELIZABETH O’BRIEN (DIERSEN: The earlier that you retire, the less money that you will have to spend during your retirement, that is, the lower that your standard of living will be while you are retired.)
http://time.com/money/5241566/vicki-robin-financial-independence-retire-early/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Former Minnesota FBI agent pleads guilty to leaking to media – AP (DIERSEN: Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leak to the Democrat news media? They routinely leak to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media and they do not want me to a) know about their events and other activities, promote their events and other activities, c) attend their events, or d) report on their events and other activities.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/doj-fbi/2018/04/17/former-minnesota-fbi-agent-pleads-guilty-to-leaking-to-media/

April 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Governor’s race price tag: $150 million — and it’s only half over – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/governors-race-price-tag-150-million-and-its-only-half-over/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, who gave Rauner a run for his money in the primary, spent about $12.58 per vote. She garnered 341,836 statewide votes, while spending about $4.3 million since first announcing her run. Ives received $3.926 million in contributions, with $2.5 million from Richard Uihlein and $20,000 from conservative radio host Dan Proft. Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman also contributed $5,000 to Ives’ campaign. The bulk of Ives’ campaign money — $2.74 million — was spent on advertising. She also spent $385,680 on a pamphlet called “The Governor You Don’t Know: The Other Side of Bruce Rauner,” which was published and sent out to voters’ homes.)
— Judges order state to hand over $1.4M in withheld tax revenue to Harvey – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/judges-order-state-to-hand-over-1-4m-in-withheld-tax-revenue-to-harvey/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State legislators pounce on Harvey’s pension woes to push reform, appellate court rules in city’s favor – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-harvey-legislative-reform-st-0417-story.html
— Rauner spent four times more than Ives en route to narrow primary victory
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-cash-20180417-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner spent over four times more than state Rep. Jeanne Ives in the months before his narrow primary victory on March 20. The first-term governor spent about $17.7 million in the first quarter, according to campaign records filed late Monday. That’s compared with about $4.3 million spent by Ives, who lost by just three percentage points. And Democrat J.B. Pritzker spent nearly double what Rauner did, reporting $34 million in expenses this year, far more than state Sen. Daniel Biss’ $5.8 million and Kenilworth businessman Chris Kennedy’s $3.9 million. Rauner starts the fall campaign with about $38.5 million in his campaign fund for what some observers predict could be the most expensive governor campaign in history. Pritzker showed about $8.1 million in the bank at the start of the month. He’s given his campaign $7 million since the primary ended, bringing his self-funding total to $76.5 million.)
— Mock Indiana? Think again – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-indiana-finances-illinois-20180416-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-starbucks-20180416-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Emanuel plan to get police to buy homes in more violent neighborhoods hasn’t netted many sales yet – John Byrne (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who despise if not hate religious people, conservatives, and/or Republicans, but who hypocritically move into and/or stay in religious, conservative, and/or Republican areas to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that religious principles, conservative principles, and/or Republican principles bring forth?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-police-home-buying-program-20180410-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Starbucks to train workers on ‘unconscious bias,’ CEO says – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180416/news/304169875/
— Elgin pet food pantry wants to serve veterans, open second location – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My government and/or political critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise dogs, b) pander to dogs, c) claim that dogs love them, d) own dogs and spend lots of time and money on dogs, e) want to own dogs or own more dogs, and/or d) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those like me who do not glorify and praise dogs, pander to dogs, claim that dogs love them, own dogs and spend lots of time and money on dogs, and/or want to own dogs or own more dogs. They are furious that I have lots more time and lots more money because I have never owned a dog. My parents never owned dogs. My grandparents on my father’s side never owned dogs. I was a mailman 1966-1969. I see and hear far too many dogs that are neglected, mistreated, if not abused by their owners.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180416/elgin-pet-food-pantry-wants-to-serve-veterans-open-second-location

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The best workplaces for baby boomers – ANNE MOORE (DIERSEN: If you are a baby boomer working for the federal government, your Democrat superiors are doing everything that they can to get rid of you unless you are a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180412/ISSUE01/180419962

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Effingham County now a ‘sanctuary’ for gun owners – Graham Milldrum (DIERSEN: Who is leading the effort to make your county, your township/ward, and your municipality a sanctuary for individuals, organizations, and companies that anti-Trumps are doing everything that they can to get rid of including those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/effingham-county-now-a-sanctuary-for-gun-owners/article_325483da-d0cd-53dc-a983-61abf873834d.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers hint/imply/argue/shout that if pot is legalized, no one would push synthetic pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180416/woman-arrested-for-allegedly-selling-synthetic-marijuana-in-springfield

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State funding to provide additional $7.26M for McHenry County schools
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/16/state-funding-to-provide-additional-7-26m-for-mchenry-county-schools/a9y6rnu/

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— State honors bicentennial farm family – AP (DIERSEN: What is your connection with farming? During the 1950s and early 1960s, I spent lots of time at my mother’s parents’ farm in Grant Park. My father’s mother was raised on a farm in Crete. My ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in Crete in 1854.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/State-honors-bicentennial-farm-family-12839796.php

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Lawmakers Talk Net-Neutrality – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263593#.WtXp1YyKSM8

 

WSIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
http://news.wsiu.org/post/committee-considering-bill-urge-illinois-schools-note-historic-contributons-lgbtq-people#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction. What if Rauner’s advisors succeed in convincing him to promote pot to get reelected?
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/04/17/weed-week-rauners-reefer-madness-rules-despite-overwhelming-support-for-legal-pot

 

BGA
— Fact-Check: Is Chicago Gun Violence Really ‘Killing’ the City’s Bottom Line? Chicago’s former top cop, now a challenger to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s re-election, says murders and shootings cost city taxpayers more than is spent on all other programs combined. The claim is a wild exaggeration based on a misreading of research. – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://www.bettergov.org/news/fact-check-is-chicago-gun-violence-really-%E2%80%98killing%E2%80%99-the-citys-bottom-line
— Following BGA Analysis, Sen. Cullerton Introduces Plan to Limit Rich Severance Packages Cullerton legislation was prompted by BGA examination of multiple golden parachute cases that cost Illinois taxpayers millions along with research on best practices in other states.
https://www.bettergov.org/news/following-bga-analysis-sen-cullerton-introduces-plan-to-limit-rich-severance-packages

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Journalism’s would-be savior ends ‘scandalous reign’
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/04/16/robservations-journalisms-savior-ends-scandalous-reign/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Taxpayers Beware – House of Cards Begins Epic Collapse
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/04/taxpayers-beware-house-of-cards-begins.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Police pension fund changes bring questions from GOP House panel members – Angela Underwood
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511392989-police-pension-fund-changes-bring-questions-from-gop-house-panel-members

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— House backs disconnection measure called unneeded, seen as special deal for one suburb – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511390708-house-backs-disconnection-measure-called-unneeded-seen-as-special-deal-for-one-suburb

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MORE THAN 100 TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENTS FILE IN OPPOSITION TO TOWNSHIP CONSOLIDATION BILL A House bill that would allow communities to consolidate local township governments has earned support from both parties – and the opposition of township officials. – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: Did your township file a witness slip?)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-than-100-township-governments-file-in-opposition-to-township-consolidation-bill/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One common critique of consolidation measures by government officials is that services would be diminished. But HB 3133 provides that the responsibilities and obligations of a dissolved township be transferred to its receiving county, suggesting that residents could expect continued delivery of public services at a reduced cost. This concept is not without precedent: DuPage County has eliminated multiple units of local government, while consolidating the services of others, since the passage of a 2013 consolidation law that only applied to DuPage County. In a 2015 report, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti held up the DuPage example as a model for fiscal reform for other counties. Sure enough, lawmakers representing Lake and McHenry counties successfully pushed through the General Assembly a similar consolidation bill that extended much of DuPage County’s consolidation powers to both counties.)
— 18 EMPLOYEES MAKE MORE THAN $100K AT PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK Two tennis pros make more than $100,000 in total compensation at Highland Park’s park district. – Brendan Bakala (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/18-employees-make-more-than-100k-at-park-district-of-highland-park/

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— State EPA suffering from lack of staff – Raquel Martin (DIERSEN: Those who run the federal government face less scrutiny because Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives a) successfully led the effort to gut GAO during the 1980s and 1990s and b) continue to assure that GAO continues to be just a shell of what it once was.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/state-epa-suffering-from-lack-of-staff/1126233695

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Consequences of Implementing the ERA
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-consequences-of-implementing-the-era-illinois-family-spotlight-090/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 17TH CD STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEMAN RACE HEATS UP AS GOP ELECTION NEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/17th-cd-state-central-committeeman-race-heats-up-as-gop-election-nears.html
— IVES: PUSHES “B” WORD AS OPTION FOR DEBT-RIDDEN LOCAL ILLINOIS GOVERNMENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/ives-pushes-b-word-as-option-for-debt-ridden-local-illinois-governments.html
— LAWSUIT CLAIMS U OF ILLINOIS MUZZLED STUDENT JOURNALISTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/lawsuit-claims-u-of-illinois-muzzled-student-journalists.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Has Giving Leftists What They Want Made America Better? – Lloyd Marcus (DIERSEN: Which elected officials who represent/represented you have given the most to lefties? Which of them who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have done the most to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, erosion of First and Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/has_giving_leftists_what_they_want_made_america_better.html

 

FEDERALIST
— DISGUSTING, BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS, BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE: Law Students Protest Free Speech Talk With Shouts Of ‘F-ck The Law’ A protestor’s sign put it, ‘Rule of law = white supremacy, violence against [people of color], violence against immigrants.’ These were law students protesting the rule of law. – Ilya Shapiro
http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/17/law-students-protest-free-speech-talk-shouts-f-ck-law/

 

GOPUSA
— Hogg boycott increased Laura Ingraham’s viewers by 20%
http://www.gopusa.com/hogg-boycott-increased-laura-ingrahams-viewers-by-20/
— Colo. teachers: ‘Weed money’ must go to teacher’s salaries
http://www.gopusa.com/colo-teachers-weed-money-must-go-to-teachers-salaries/
— Kids being used to sue Florida governor over climate change (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats have their children wear brown shirts?)
http://www.gopusa.com/kids-being-used-to-sue-florida-governor-over-climate-change/

 

BLAZE
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Canada’s Liberal party to consider making all illicit drugs legal – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/16/canadas-liberal-party-to-consider-making-all-illicit-drugs-legal

 

LIFEZETTE
— Big Tech Leading Censorship ‘War’ on Conservatives, Report Says From Google to Facebook to Twitter, social media firms are blocking and diminishing right-leaning views at every turn – Brendan Kirby (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Google, Facebook, and Twitter.)
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/big-tech-leading-censorship-war-on-conservatives-report-says/

 

FOX NEWS
— California’s crazy-intrusive politicians can’t keep their hands off anything — Next up? Homeschoolers! – Sam Sorbo
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/04/17/californias-crazy-intrusive-politicians-cant-keep-their-hands-off-anything-next-up-homeschoolers.html

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Don’t Try To Please Everybody – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: Should I stop trying to please my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, b) that I cause all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems, and c) that blame me for all defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000?)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/04/17/dont-try-to-please-everybody/

 

THE HILL
— OUTRAGEOUS: Trump pick Gorsuch casts deciding Supreme Court vote against deporting immigrant Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s selection last year for the Supreme Court, cast the deciding vote in a decision released Tuesday that sided with an immigrant who had fought his deportation. Gorsuch ruled with the court’s four liberal justices in favor of the immigrant, James Garcia Dimaya, who argued that his convictions on two burglary charges did not represent a violent crime. – LUIS SANCHEZ
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/383512-supreme-court-invalidates-law-requiring-the-deportation-of

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— No One’s Talking About the New Tax Law Republicans hoped to make their $1.5 trillion overhaul the centerpiece of the 2018 midterm elections. But Americans, including President Trump, have lost interest. – Jim Tankersley and Karl Russell
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/economy/tax-law-talking.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump fills the job of White House communications director — with himself – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/04/17/daily-202-trump-fills-the-job-of-white-house-communications-director-with-himself/5ad5664530fb046acf7bccab/
— GAO Report on Scott Pruitt’s Installation of a Secure Phone Booth in His Office In this April 16, 2018 report, the Government Accountability Office found that Environmental Protection Agency violated federal appropriations law and the Antideficiency Act by spending $43,000 to install a secure phone booth in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s personal office without notifying Congress first. (DIERSEN: Before federal agencies take adverse actions against their employees, they should be required to formally notify the employee’s U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that since 1966, my Republican U.S. Representatives, my Republican U.S. Representatives, and their staffs have despised me if not hated me and wanted the Post Office, IRS, and GAO to take adverse actions against me.)
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/gao-report-on-scott-pruitts-installation-of-a-secure-phone-booth-in-his-office/2903/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tax Overhaul Remains Unpopular, Poll Shows Overall, 27% view law as good idea, while 36% see it as bad idea; Republicans hoped law would become more popular after enactment – Janet Hook (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Those who oppose that a) do not want government to encourage marriage or homeownership, b) are not married or have a spouse who has little or no income, and/or c) pay little or no real estate tax.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-overhaul-remains-unpopular-poll-shows-1523912555
— FRONT PAGE: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Yes, It’s Tax Day and You’re Still Doing Returns for Your Adult Children Parents are preparing returns for their grown children even into their 40s, with no plans to hand over the chore – Katherine Bindley (DIERSEN: Do you prepare your own tax returns? Because they make tax laws for all of us, all U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators should be required to prepare their own tax returns, and they if fail/refuse to do that, they should be barred from having anything to do with tax laws. I have prepared my own tax returns since I was 16 years old in 1965. I have filed itemized returns since I was 24 year old in 1973. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $96,403-$102,830. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and my wife and I have paid less federal income tax since 1978 because we have itemized. However, because of the marriage penalty, my wife and I have paid more federal income tax since 1978. It seems that those who are not married and those whose spouse has little or no income want to keep the marriage penalty or even increase it. It seems that those who pay little or no real estate tax and/or state income tax want those deductions to be capped. I am more than happy to teach U.S. Representatives, U.S. Senators, and their staffs how to use Quicken and Turbotax.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/yes-its-tax-day-and-youre-still-doing-returns-for-your-adult-children-1523891041
— Sean Hannity Was a Client of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen The Fox News commentator’s name is ordered revealed by a federal judge – Erica Orden and Nicole Hong (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Needless-to-say, if anyone paid me for my consulting services, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) would shout at the rooftops that those clients were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) would viciously destroy those clients.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sean-hannity-was-a-client-of-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-1523908997
— FRONT PAGE: Facing Historic Labor Shortages, Companies Snap Up Teenagers – Jennifer Levitz and Eric Morath (DIERSEN: What jobs did you have when you were young? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivered mail 1966-1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facing-historic-labor-shortages-companies-snap-up-teenagers-1523895726

 

BLOOMBERG
— Hey, Republicans: Whose Party Is This, Anyway? – Jonathan Bernstein (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who believe that Bruce Rauner bought and paid for, that is, owns, the Illinois Republican Party lock, stock, and barrel? He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-17/hey-republicans-whose-party-is-this-anyway
— Democrats’ ‘Civil War’ Is More Civil Than War Forget the talk of a crackup. The party will stick together until Trump is gone. – Francis Wilkinson
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-17/democrats-will-be-unified-as-long-as-trump-is-president
— Delivering Your Tax Refund Is the Least of the IRS’s Problems – Ben Steverman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS. They include my Democrat and IRS and GAO superiors, Republican U.S. Senators, Republican U.S. Representatives, and their staffs. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $96,403-$102,830.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-17/delivering-your-tax-refund-is-the-least-of-the-irs-s-problems

 

DAILY ADVERTISER
— Steve Scalise is liked and respected. But will he be elected House speaker? – Deborah Barfield Berry (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, it is all but impossible to be “liked and respected” if those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in your state a) hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and even worse things, b) blame you for all of their problems, for all of your problems, and for all of everyone’s problems, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share your demographics.)
https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/04/17/steve-scalise-liked-and-respected-but-he-elected-house-speaker/521153002/

 

NEWS PATROLLING
— Illinois Governor issues Proclamation on Hindu prayers at Illinois Senate & House
http://www.newspatrolling.com/illinois-governor-issues-proclamation-on-hindu-prayers-at-illinois-senate-house/

April 16 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. QUESTION: What should Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) candidates promise to do, and do, if they are elected? ANSWER: Defend and advance the IRP platform. Be loyal to the platform and NOT to whoever gives them, or the IRP, the most money. Notify in a timely manner all the party leaders and elected Precinct Committeemen in their congressional district of the date, time, and location of IRP SCC meetings. Seek input for agenda items from the aforesaid before each IRP SCC meeting. Provide the aforesaid with IRP SCC meeting agendas as soon as they are finalized. Attend all IRP SCC meetings and actively represent the Republicans in their district. Provide the party leaders and elected Precinct Committeemen in their district with a summary of major actions taken at IRP SCC meetings within a week after the meetings. Appoint a member to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee who is a Republican, and NOT a RINO, a Democrat plant, a Libertarian plant, or a Green plant. Appoint a Deputy IRP SCC Member who can and will help you do the aforesaid. Further, IRP SCC candidates should be extremely financially secure because RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, because they are disciples of Saul Alinsky, and because they have destroyed and will destroy those who defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the IRP platform. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Do you support all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform? I do. Are you a conservative? I am. How would you react if a Republican candidate hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that conservatives run the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Central Committee, etc., b) that those conservatives should stop purging “those who don’t completely align with our platform,” and c) that Rauner’s rejection of the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the IRP platform did not justify a primary challenge? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner attempts conservative “purge” of Illinois GOP leadership (DIERSEN: Incumbents who go against their party’s platform want a primary challenge. It certainly looks like Rauner went against the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform to get a conservative to challenge him in the primary. It certainly looks like Rauner’s reelection strategy was to use his crushing that conservative to run as an anti-conservative to get votes from Democrats like most Republican candidates in Illinois do. Obviously, Rauner erroneously assumed that he would crush Ives.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511392525-rauner-attempts-conservative-purge-of-illinois-gop-leadership
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party. At issue: the re-election of current Illinois GOP Chairman Timothy O. Schneider of Bartlett, a close ally of Rauner and a sharp critic of State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) in the recent gubernatorial primary. “He’s in trouble,” a source close to the situation told Prairie State Wire. Lake County GOP Chairman Mark Shaw is mounting a strong challenge to Schneider, sources say. Republican precinct committeemen gather at their county conventions this Wed. to nominate and elect eighteen State Central Committee members, or one from each Illinois congressional district. State Central Committee members will meet in May to select the state party chairman. Rauner and his allies have targeted three members for defeat– John McGlasson of Pontiac (16th Congressional District/U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger), Robert Winchester, Sr. of Rosiclare (15th Congressional District/U.S. Rep. John Shimkus) and Fred Floreth of Springfield (13th Congressional District/U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis). DeWitt County GOP Chairman Dustin Peterson dropped his challenge to Floreth on Friday, after reports that he had once been arrested for a DUI. Challenging McGlasson is State Rep. Thomas Demmer (R-Dixon) and Winchester, State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet). . .Sources say Rauner allies have offered to have Rose will withdraw his candidacy and put a designee of Winchester, a retired state employee who spent ten years in the Illinois House (1974-84) and joined the State Central Committee in 2002, on the Illinois GOP payroll. Illinois House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) and Illinois Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) are backing Rose’s bid and criticizing Winchester for being disloyal to the governor, sources say. Winchester campaigned at the Bond County Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday night, but Rose did not appear. Detmers Fansler, a former aide to then-Illinois Secretary of State George Ryan, was ousted from the State Central Committee in 2014 after backing then-chairman Pat Brady, a Rauner ally who sought to change the party platform to support gay marriage.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— APRIL 7, 2018 FLASHBACK: WILL THE GOV SUCCEED IN PULLING THE ILGOP FURTHER LEFT? STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS NEXT TEST
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/will-the-gov-succeed-in-pulling-the-ilgop-further-left-state-central-committee-elections-next-test.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Tea Party leader Denise Cattoni told Illinois Review that she’s concerned about the state and its future if conservatives disengage from voting in the fall. But, as a vocal supporter of Jeanne Ives in the gubernatorial primary, she understands the discouragement many conservatives are expressing. She publicly shared her concerns on her Facebook page Friday in a post addressing precinct committeemen. “The ILGOP is trying to purge all conservatives from the State Central Committee.)

— PETITION SUBMITTED ASKING DOJ TO SUE ILLINOIS OVER SANCTUARY STATE STATUS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/petition-submitted-asking-doj-to-sue-illinois-over-sanctuary-state-status.html
— MCCANN TO ANNOUNCE INDEPENDENT BID MONDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/mccann-to-announce-independent-bid-monday.html
— WEYERMULLER: COVERING PROLIFE PROTEST AT RAUNER’S $500 A PLATE DINNER WITH SCOTT WALKER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/weyermuller-covering-prolife-protest-at-rauners-500-a-plate-dinner-with-scott-walker.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— APRIL 5, 2018 FLASHBACK: Circular firing squad battle moves to state central committee races
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/05/circular-firing-squad-battle-moves-to-state-central-committee-races/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every four years, Republican Party conventions of precinct committeemen are held in every Illinois county for the purpose of electing state central committee members in each of the state’s congressional districts. The filing deadline was March 26th. Dave Diersen posted a list of contested races. I’ve added incumbent (i) designations… . . . That’s a lot of challenges. I asked Dan Proft if he was behind any of these candidates in an attempt to take over the party. Chris Cleveland was a big Jeanne Ives supporter, for example, as was David Smith, Patrick Harlan and others on that list. Proft’s texted response… Think you’ve got it reversed. It reads to me as if Rauner and his big government apparatchiks are working to continue their purge of conservatives from the party per their backing candidates against McGlasson, Floreth and Winchester. Message to Ives and her supporters: leave the party. I checked in with the ILGOP, former statewide candidate Bob Grogan and the Ives campaign, but haven’t yet heard back. . .KOL: What is going on in the 6th? All three are Rauner allies, so I thought)

 

BAKERSFIELD
— APRIL 16, 2018 FLASHBACK: Four big risks from Bolton’s purge of National Security Council – Hal Brands (DIERSEN: I should write a book about conservatives in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who have been purged by Republican Party leaders a) because they are “too conservative,” that is, because they support too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and/or because they fail/refuse to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/four-big-risks-from-bolton-s-purge-of-national-security/article_0c51cd9a-401a-11e8-b8eb-175c5de86dcb.html

 

DAILY COMMERCIAL
— APRIL 14, 2018 FLASHBACK: GOP should follow FDR’s example, purge extremists – David J. Meltsner (DIERSEN: Who is a Republican extremist? According to Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township, Republican extremists support all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) and should be purged. I should write a book about past and present IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders who focus on purging those like me who support all the planks in the IRP platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks.)
http://www.dailycommercial.com/opinion/20180413/david-j-meltsner-gop-should-follow-fdrs-example-purge-extremists

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— MARCH 16, 2018 FLASHBACK: The Attempted Purge of a Rare Pro-Choice Republican (Rauner) in Illinois – Ed Kilgore (DIERSEN: In Illinois, far too many “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. fail/refuse to defend/advance the right to life plank in the party’s platform. Far too many of them focus on getting rid of those like me who support the right to life plank in the party’s platform.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/the-attempted-purge-of-a-rare-pro-choice-republican.html

 

NEW CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
— TRUMP POISED TO PURGE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT – TOM BOGGIONI (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors constantly purged their employees who were Republican, and especially those like me who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am extremely proud that they failed to purge me for almost 3 years at the Post Office, almost 9 years at IRS, and almost 18 years at GAO.)
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/04/trump-poised-to-purge-justice-department-a-matter-of-when-not-if-says-confidante/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— On “Flannery Fired Up,” which airs Friday evening and Sunday morning on FOX 32, Mike Flannery talks to U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam about Trump, taxes and town halls.
http://ep-fox.s3.amazonaws.com/captures/0C9/CF8/0C9CF8215AC54104B0798EEB497150FD.mp4

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Retiring Paul Ryan could be more ‘liberated’ in dealing with Trump, Democrat says – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: What have you wanted to be liberated from? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am no longer the following not because they succeeded in getting rid of me, but because I wanted to be liberated: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-paul-ryan-raja-krishnamoorthi-20180416-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The best workplaces for women – LENA SINGER (DIERSEN: For Democrats, and especially for Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, the federal government is the best place to work because the federal government gives preference big time to the aforesaid. To make way for the aforesaid, the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180412/ISSUE01/180419961
— Is Illinois doomed to another budget crisis? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180413/ISSUE05/180419921

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Schools face heavy burden with proposed pension obligation shift
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/04/13/schools-face-heavy-burden-with-proposed-pension-obligation-shift/asgr178/

 

WSIL TV
— Lawmakers react to potential override of Gun Licensing Bill – Roni LeForge
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37961595/lawmakers-react-to-potential-override-of-gun-licensing-bill

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— CASTEN CALLS: Volunteers were lining up to support Roskam’s November opponent Sean Casten this weekend. Consider this: — Reid McCollum (@MccollumReid) on Twitter: “3 volunteer trainings for @SeanCasten yesterday & 1pm had to turn people away. I’d estimate they had 200+ in all. The people want change in #IL06! #FlipThe6th.” Today — Casten is to hold a news conference this morning to hit Roskam just before tax filing day, or, as Casten’s campaign puts it: “to raise awareness of the huge tax bite facing area homeowners because of Peter Roskam’s irresponsible tax plan.” (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/16/journalists-applauds-ferro-exit-underwood-outraises-hultgren-blagos-last-legal-gasp-fitzgerald-stands-by-libby-prosecution-264440

 

PROPUBLICA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Should I apply to be the ProPublica Newsletter Editor? Just kidding. Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are “underrepresented:” Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.propublica.org/jobs/newsletter-editor-contract
(FROM THE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: We know there are great candidates who may not fit into what we’ve described above, or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself. We are dedicated to improving our newsroom, in part by better reflecting the people we cover. (Here is a breakdown of our own staff.) We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. And we are taking steps to meet that commitment. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Devilish Details in School Sexuality-Indoctrination Bill – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/devilish-details-in-school-sexuality-indoctrination-bill/
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-devilish-details-in-school-sexuality-indoctrination-bill/

 

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— CENSORED! How Online Media Companies Are Suppressing Conservative Speech – Ashley Rae Goldenberg and Dan Gainor
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/ashley-rae-goldenberg/2018/04/16/censored-how-online-media-companies-are-suppressing
https://info.mrc.org/censored

 

BREITBART
— Biden: Republicans ‘Don’t Want Black Folks Voting’ – PAM KEY (DIERSEN: Democrats remain furious that they lost the Civil War. Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have increasingly shouted at Blacks and at everyone else that Republicans are White Supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worst things who should be gotten rid of. How soon will Democrats call for Blacks and everyone else to get rid of Republicans once and for all? Already, Republicans have bought a tremendous amount of firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/15/biden-republicans-dont-want-black-folks-voting/

 

TOWNHALL
— Showdown in November: Fearsome Blue Wave or Flaccid Democrat Failure? – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/04/16/showdown-in-november-fearsome-blue-wave-or-flaccid-democrat-failure-n2471191

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Budget Woes, Out-Migration Color Illinois Gov. Race – Hilary Gowins
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/14/budget_woes_out-migration_color_illinois_gov_race.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New Yorker magazine bemoans Chick-fil-A’s ‘creepy infiltration’ – Bradford Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/15/new-yorker-bemoans-chick-fil-creepy-infiltration-n/

 

ABC NEWS
— Comey opens up about the shocking way he found out he was fired by Trump – MEGHAN KENEALLY (DIERSEN: Right up to the end of August of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors unethically led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I would first be eligible for regular retirement when I turned 55 on September 29, 2003. In February of 1971, my Firestone Stores boss fired me immediate after I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. Then, Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. Right up to the end of August of 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors unethically led me to believe that they were going to let me continue working part-time while took classes at NIU. All of a sudden, they declared that my being available to work all Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and all days that NIU was not in session was not good enough.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/comey-opens-shocking-found-fired-trump/story?id=54486383

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Poll: Democrats’ advantage in midterm election support is shrinking – Dan Balz and Scott Clement (DIERSEN: In response to this, will Democrats shout even louder at everyone that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-democrats-advantage-in-midterm-elections-has-been-cut-more-than-half/2018/04/15/5450d99e-3f6e-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States and Cities Are Short on Cash Governments are struggling as mounting pension obligations crowd out the rest of their budgets. Oregon faces a severe, self-inflicted crisis. – Mary Williams Walsh (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my $4,322 monthly Civil Service Retirement System pension is excessive and that my $1,500 monthly federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy is excessive. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are either not getting a pension or are not earning credits toward a pension. Few, if any, of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would do what I did to earn a pension – survive tremendous pressure to get rid of me from my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to work for the same employer for almost 30 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/business/pension-finance-oregon.html

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1112 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $855,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447929_zpid/

April 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— So-called ‘migrant caravan’ of asylum-seekers departs Mexico City for U.S. – Danny Clemens (DIERSEN: How soon will Mexico officially declare war on America? Mexico has unofficially declared war on America by its illegally sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by its illegally keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and by its illegally sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/smaller-migrant-caravan-departs-mexico-city-for-us/3342706/
— Public officials facing less scrutiny by journalists – BGA (DIERSEN: Similarly, those who run the federal government face less scrutiny because Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives  a) successfully led the effort to gut GAO during the 1980s and 1990s and b) continue to keep GAO a shell of what it once was.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-public-officials-facing-less-scrutiny-by-journalists/3338139/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is a lack of transparency, efficiency, service or accountability. The job of journalists and watchdogs is to hold government officials and politicians accountable. But with fewer and fewer professional reporters on the case, as print and broadcast media keep shedding staff to cut costs, such as the Chicago Tribune cutbacks last month, public officials face less scrutiny. The BGA believes that the Riverdale library’s transgressions should be investigated by the Illinois attorney general. However, there aren’t enough watchdogs left to shine a light on every Riverdale and hold all their officials accountable, and that should alarm every taxpayer in Illinois. You can read the full Better Government Association story online at www.bettergov.org.)

 

NBC5
— Controversial Robocall Targets Emanuel – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/controversial-robocall-targets-emanuel-479771483.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment promote those who want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/14/gun-control-gun-rights-palos-heights/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who to want abolish the Second Amendment promote those who want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-palos-league-guns-st-0416-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FBI raid of Trump lawyer’s office sought info on ties to Chicago cab operators – Mitchell Armentrout and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fbi-raid-of-trump-lawyers-office-sought-info-on-ties-to-chicago-cab-operators/
— GOP devotes $250M to midterm strategy: Keep House majority – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gop-devotes-250m-to-midterm-strategy-keep-house-majority/
— Trump-supporting boxer wearing ‘America 1st’ trunks beaten by Mexican fighter
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/trump-supporting-boxer-wearing-america-1st-trunks-beaten-by-mexican-fighter/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Lead or get out of the way – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-lead-or-get-out-of-the-way/article_a7265403-0286-50b4-90de-5df2357c0e32.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— County clerks hope election funds will support new equipment – Matt Hopf
http://www.whig.com/20180413/county-clerks-hope-election-funds-will-support-new-equipment#//

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Durbin critical of Trump’s airstrikes in Syria
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article208910749.html
— Gun rights advocates rally at state capitols across U.S. – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article208906819.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— If Illinois legalizes marijuana, what happens to pot-sniffing dogs? The answer is unclear. – RYAN VOYLES (DIERSEN: If Illinois legalizes marijuana, the need for pot-sniffing dogs will increase dramatically because more and more and more pot will be illegally pushed on children.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/public_safety/if-illinois-legalizes-marijuana-what-happens-to-pot-sniffing-dogs/article_c99b5c86-5ca7-525e-a75f-8ec808a05160.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— More cash for struggling schools – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, did it have lots of cash? Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Crete-Monee High School had lots of cash when I attended it 1962-1966 and that is why I was able a) to pass the Post Office employment test, b) to graduate in the top 20% of my class, c) to get an ACT score of 24, d) to get accepted by UIC, and e) to get a student draft deferment.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/more-cash-for-struggling-schools/article_7fa59ee6-3dbf-11e8-8e30-e36e8eeb3730.html
— Illinois political parties morally bankrupt – Jim Nowlan
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/jim-nowlan-illinois-political-parties-morally-bankrupt/article_39764d7e-3b91-11e8-96a5-ef5163fc65e1.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Sources confirm McCann to enter gubernatorial race as independent – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511389885-sources-confirm-mccann-to-enter-gubernatorial-race-as-independent

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— SENATE BILL AIMS TO DEFLATE ‘GOLDEN PARACHUTE’ PAYOUTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/senate-bill-aims-to-deflate-golden-parachute-payouts-for-public-officials/

 

BLAZE
— LGBT courses will be added to Illinois public schools’ curriculum if lawmakers approve pending bill – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, they want you to leave Illinois, like the Nazis made it increasingly clear that they wanted Jews to leave Germany.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/14/lgbt-courses-will-be-added-to-illinois-public-schools-curriculum-if-lawmakers-approve-pending-bill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What have opponents said? But this is different, opponents said, because it goes against the religious beliefs of other students. Adding LGBT beliefs to public school curriculums would force some students to hear about personal values counter to what they believe, said Ralph Rivera, a lobbyist with the conservative Illinois Family Institute. “Where’s the protection for students and parents who have a religious belief?” Rivera told the Chicago Tribune. “Which has always been the case, this is not a new, avant-garde thing that they find this behavior to be against their religious beliefs and their churches’ or synagogues’ beliefs. No one seems to be mindful of that. They don’t care.” The Illinois Association of School Boards is also leery of the proposal. The board typically opposes most state requirements for schools because they believe districts, not lawmakers, should make such decisions, the Chicago Tribune reported. . .Illinois has a history of supporting LGBT issues. For example: The state approved same-sex marriage before the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it nationwide. Last year, lawmakers approved a measure to allow transgenders in the state to change the sex listed on their birth certificates. A new law plans the “gay panic defense,” which allowed criminals charged with first degree murder to maintain they “acted out of passion after learning their victim was gay or transgender.”)

 

GOPUSA
— Hispanic Caucus vows to stop Census citizenship question ‘at all costs’ (DIERSEN: What percent of those living in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are illegals?)
http://www.gopusa.com/hispanic-caucus-vows-to-stop-census-citizenship-question-at-all-costs/
— Leftists exchange school discipline for peace circles, burning sage and talking sticks
http://www.gopusa.com/leftists-exchange-school-discipline-for-peace-circles-burning-sage-and-talking-sticks/

 

THE HILL
— Is Paul Ryan the latest sign of crumbling Republican Party? – LLOYD GREEN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what discourages people from a) voting for Republican candidates, b) helping elect Republican candidates, c) becoming/staying a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, d) becoming a committee chairman or officer of a Republican organization, e) running for a government office as a Republican, f) etc.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/383150-is-paul-ryan-the-latest-sign-of-crumbling-republican-party

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making women anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/sunday-review/mom-is-running-for-office.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Sure, McCabe and Comey made mistakes. But that’s not why they were fired. – Max Boot (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I was a BAD employee, and a) NOT because I complained to them about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; b) NOT because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; c) NOT because I filed a lawsuit against them in 1998 that charged them with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; d) NOT because I have always been a Republican, e) NOT because many of them disapproved of my demographics, including my national origin and religion, f) NOT because many of them disapproved of my conservatism, and g) NOT because many of them disapproved of my avoiding the draft. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who a) state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who b) side with my Democrat superiors against me. They reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, b) they promote patronage and political affiliation discrimination, c) they promote age discrimination, d) they promote retaliation, e) they disapprove of my demographics, including my national origin and religion, f) they disapprove of my conservatism, and/or g) they disapprove of my avoiding the draft.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sure-mccabe-and-comey-made-mistakes-but-thats-not-why-they-were-fired/2018/04/14/29d2c0a8-3fe4-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html

 

FOX MILWAUKEE
— $16.78/hour starting pay: Milwaukee Post Office hiring city carrier assistants (DIERSEN: This is similar to the part-time job that I got working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. My Democrat superiors could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://fox6now.com/2018/03/20/16-78-hour-starting-pay-milwaukee-post-office-hiring-city-carrier-assistants/

 

WNDU
— President Trump aiming to cut down on government aid abuse – Travis Robinson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that government employees, and especially federal employees, are not contributing members of society.)
http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Indiana-assistance-programs-line-up-with-President-Trumps-executive-order-479435913.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the order, in 2017, the federal government spent over $700 billion on low-income assistance. The goal of the order is to make sure everyone receiving that money is actually trying to be a contributing member of society.)

 

DAILY TRIBUNE
— You’re losing a major tax deduction this year. Stop complaining about it. – Dalton Conley (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.dailytribune.com/opinion/20180414/youre-losing-a-major-tax-deduction-this-year-stop-complaining-about-it

 

BRINKWIRE
— Equal earnings help couples say ‘I do’ and stay together (DIERSEN: The more equal that the salaries are that married couples have, the more marriage penalty that they pay. My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://en.brinkwire.com/263068/equal-earnings-help-couples-say-i-do-and-stay-together/

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FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump administration outlines roadmap to modernizing federal workforce – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Have you reskilled yourself? In 1990, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to audits of federal financial institution regulators. In 1992, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2018/04/trump-administration-outlines-roadmap-to-modernizing-federal-workforce/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Reskilling” is becoming an increasingly popular buzz word from OPM this year, and it’s a key component of the administration’s workforce priorities.)