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August 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— State Rep. Scott Drury announces plan to combat ‘corrupt’ state government – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rep-drury-announces-plan-to-combat-corrupt-state-govt-/2273457/

NBC5
— Schools Scramble for Answers as Funding Impasse Drags On – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/suburban-downstate-schools-scramble-for-answers-as-funding-impasse-continues-438419463.html

CBS2
— Trump Taps Chicago’s Next U.S. Attorney: Lawyer John Lausch
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/03/chicagos-next-federal-prosecutor/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Dems blast Rauner’s rewrite of school funding bill – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/271827282-story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump takes credit for strong U.S. job numbers, low unemployment – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-takes-credit-for-strong-u-s-job-numbers-low-unemployment/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Cardinal’s School of Thought Cupich meets with Rauner seeking tax benefits for those who give to parochial, private school scholarships – Tina Sfondeles and Lauren FitzPatrick (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and I to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/quiet-voice-in-education-talks-wants-pols-to-get-religion/
— Koschman cop gets $37K in OT while fighting suspension – Tim Novak
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/koschman-cop-sam-cirone-gets-37k-overtime-pay-while-fighting-one-year-suspension-the-watchdogs/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— School funding talks continue, and so does the blame game – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-education-funding-20170804-story.html
— Without Trump, Pritzker and Rahm would be lonely, sad and a bit lost – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-distraction-kass-0804-20170803-column.html
— Latino families at risk because of Senate Bill 7 – Elizabeth Hernandez
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-hernandez-column-st-0803-20170802-story.html
— How do Dems solve a problem like the speaker? – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-madigan-frankenstein-governor-rauner-zorn-perspec-0804-20170803-column.html
— On Mike Madigan’s watch… – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: What happened on your watch? While I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the organization a) had a breakfast meeting the third Saturday of each month except August and December, b) had a picnic each August, and c) had a Christmas party each December. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes destroyed TAPROOT.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-on-mike-madigan-s-watch-20170803-story.html
— Oreo-maker Mondelez’s new CEO could make more than $55M in his first year – Greg Trotter (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponent, their operatives, and their dupes who constantly rail against government salaries, government benefits, and government pensions, but say nothing about overpaid private sector executives and underpaid private sector workers? My aforesaid critics/opponent, their operatives, and their dupes would never seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-oreo-mondelez-ceo-pay-0804-biz-20170803-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats shout at Illinois women that Illinois Republicans underpay them notwithstanding the fact that virtually all employers in Illinois are Democrat.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-womens-issues-st-0804-20170803-story.html
— Smog follows Chicagoans on vacation to Wisconsin, Michigan – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lake-michigan-vacation-areas-smog-20170803-story.html
— Preckwinkle doubles down on foolish: Vengeance is mine, sayeth the soda taxer – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-soda-tax-preckwinkle-merchants-edit-0804-jm-20170803-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “If Donald Trump were an immigrant, he’d probably be deported.” How many pointed would you get?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-merit-immigration-deported-20170804-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For insight into how thoughtfully designed this new system is, let’s try a high-profile test case: the leader of the free world. Under the bill, points would be awarded for age, education, extraordinary achievement, English-language proficiency, entrepreneurial initiative and having a high-paying job offer.)

DAILY HERALD
— Congress recessing, leaving much undone, tensions with Trump – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170804/news/308049982/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Durbin moves to lift ban on trade with Cuba – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always sided with Cuba against America.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170803/BLOGS02/170809933/durbin-moves-to-lift-ban-on-trade-with-cuba

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Quad City Times sides with the Democrats.
http://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-mccombie-anderson-should-back-schools-over-rauner/article_9bc3025e-aa12-5552-8a7b-043141b4ad30.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Peoria’s Republican Lawmakers Stand With Rauner On School Funding – TANYA KOONCE
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/peorias-republican-lawmakers-stand-rauner-school-funding#stream/0
— Illinois Republicans Pushing For School-Choice System – TONY ARNOLD (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and I to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/illinois-republicans-pushing-school-choice-system#stream/0

WGLT
— Republican Joe Alexander From Clinton Plans Run For Mitchell’s Seat – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/republican-clinton-plans-run-mitchells-seat#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans use the Statue of Liberty poem to screw America and to screw Americans.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/white-house-policy-adviser-downplays-statue-of-libertys-famous-poem/782243246

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Issues: ERA — Yesterday And Today – RACHEL OTWELL
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-era-yesterday-and-today-0#stream/0

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Illinois Pension Scam: State Officials (Including Conservatives) Have Known About it for Many Years – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/illinois-pension-scam-state-officials-including-conservatives-known-many-years/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Leslie Heffez’s current annual pension is $581,227. Leslie paid in $768,611, and can expect to get out $21,945,104 in lifetime benefits based upon life expectancy averages. Das Gupta’s current annual pension is $494,773. It took only one year for Das to recoup everything he paid into the system, which was $475,331. He could receive $5,290,301 before the grim reaper comes calling. Herand Acarian gets $392,682 every year. Not bad for having paid in only $628,987, and with a good long life, Herand could get back $6,843,239 or more. Eddie Williams wins the $200k column, bringing in six times the annual average Illinois household income (which is approximately $50k) at $299,991. Eddie coughed up a whole $277,792 to invest into the system, and has already received $842,452 in benefits. (Please read those numbers again.) If he stays healthy, he could cash in for as much as $5,527,649 over his lifetime. After flipping through over four full pages of pensions exceeding $200,000, Rick Taylor tops off the $100-k’ers at an annual pension of $199,909. For the record, Ricky paid in $229,400, has already received $1,162,854 (he retired at age 56), and life expectancy charts could gift him $7,267,441 or more if he eats right and gets enough exercise.)
— Healthcare Reform in Congress Aims to Promote Life – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/healthcare-reform-congress-aims-promote-life/

NEWSMAX
— Illegals Cost 6 Times More to Support Than Deport – Jason Devaney
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/study-illegals-cost-support/2017/08/03/id/805566/

GOPUSA
— RINOs, right on cue, blast Trump-backed immigration curbs (DIERSEN: Who are the lead RINOs in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28193
— Competing to Glamorize Abortion (DIERSEN: Which “Republicans” take the lead in promoting abortion in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote abortion have always worked very hard against me.)
http://www.gopusa.com/competing-to-glamorize-abortion/
— Justice Dept to cities: Focus on crime committed by illegal aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/justice-dept-to-cities-focus-on-crime-committed-by-illegal-aliens/
— Senators seek to protect Mueller from termination (DIERSEN: Who has sought to protect you from adverse actions? My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might seek to protect me. Consequently, I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, a Post Office employee, etc.)
http://www.gopusa.com/senators-seek-to-protect-mueller-from-termination/

BREITBART
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: McCain Wants Congress to Pass ‘Gang of Eight’ Amnesty Bill When He Returns – TONY LEE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/03/mccain-wants-congress-to-pass-gang-of-eight-amnest-bill/
— Polls Show Huge Public Support for Donald Trump’s Immigration Reforms – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/03/polls-show-huge-public-support-donald-trumps-immigration-reforms/

DAILY CALLER
— America’s Preschools Aren’t Gay Enough, Taxpayer-Funded University Of Michigan Sociologist Warns – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/americas-preschools-arent-gay-enough-taxpayer-funded-university-of-michigan-sociologist-warns/

PJ MEDIA
— Undocumented DREAMers ‘Make America More American,’ Pelosi Says – NICHOLAS BALLASY (DIERSEN: Democrats always put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/03/undocumented-dreamers-make-america-more-american-pelosi-says/

THE HILL
— Trump turns on GOP Congress – JORDAIN CARNEY AND CRISTINA MARCOS
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/345253-trump-turns-on-gop-congress

CBS NEWS
— Trump holds rally in West Virginia alongside party-switching governor
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-holds-rally-in-west-virginia/
— America’s job problem: Low-wage work is growing fastest – AIMEE PICCHI (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor. What low-wage jobs have you had? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/americas-job-problem-low-wage-work-is-growing-fastest/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/politics/legal-immigration-jobs-economy.html
— China’s Internet Censors Play a Tougher Game of Cat and Mouse – PAUL MOZUR (DIERSEN: Who wants to censor you? Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups want to censure me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/business/china-internet-censorship.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Trump’s war on legal immigration would cripple the economy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-war-on-legal-immigrants-will-cripple-the-economy/2017/08/02/c4f0de20-77c2-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— TRAGIC: Why the Young Tune Politics Out The reasons for staying informed are being outweighed by the desire to be left alone. – Samuel Dubke
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-young-tune-politics-out-1501800481
— Higher Ed Goes Lower Scholars are choosing sources based on authors’ identities instead of their insights. – Jillian Kay Melchior (DIERSEN: What are your identities? Mine include Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 20 years, married for more than 29 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, earned bachelor’s degree when I was 21, earned master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, earned a professional license when I was 32, lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1976, Chicago 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978, etc. Because of the aforesaid identities, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that no one should choose me as a source for anything.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-ed-goes-lower-1501800650
— Lawsuit Accusing Harvard of Anti-Asian Bias Revives Scrutiny of Affirmative Action Asian students recently asked Harvard for data showing academic performance of enrolled students by ethnicity – Nicole Hong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawsuit-accusing-harvard-of-anti-asian-bias-revives-scrutiny-of-affirmative-action-1501785317

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: President’s vacation has critics working overtime – David Jackson (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/03/donald-trump-going-vacation-his-critics-hate/533420001/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2017/08/03/report-trump-spend-17-days-his-new-jersey-golf-club/104250396/
— TRAGIC: Calif. town may be going to pot: Cannabis firm trying to create marijuana mecca – Rosalie Murphy and Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/08/03/calif-town-may-going-pot-firm-trying-create-marijuana-mecca/538168001/
— Jobs supporting middle-class living will lag others over next 5 years – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/04/low-wage-jobs-like-health-care-aides-grow-over-next-5-years/537234001/

DETROIT NEWS
— Half of Detroit’s 8 mayoral candidates are felons – Christine Ferretti, Mike Martindale and Robert Snell (DIERSEN: Criminals vote for criminals.)
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/08/02/half-detroit-mayoral-candidates-felony-convictions/104244406/

AMARILLO GLOBE NEWS
— How about a ‘Contract With Republicans?’ – Ann Coulter
http://amarillo.com/opinion/opinion-columnist/2017-08-03/coulter-how-about-contract-republicans

FORTUNE
— The Trump Administration Is Taking on Affirmative Action in Colleges
http://fortune.com/video/2017/08/04/affirmative-action-in-college/

NEW REPUBLIC
— This Is the Wrong Way to Fight Inequality – RACHEL M. COHEN (DIERSEN: Democrats fight inequality by screwing Republicans. What would your superiors say that they did to fight inequality? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/144182/wrong-way-fight-inequality

August 3 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Do you support or oppose Trump’s Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment, or RAISE Act? Members of the following groups oppose the act: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trumps-immigration-plan-is-dead-in-the-water-activists-say/2270263/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Asked about Trump, Emanuel talks Rauner – John Byrne, Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: If Rauner would be more anti-Trump, would Democrats go easier on Rauner?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-donald-trump-20170803-story.html
— My family couldn’t afford to be Jewish – Leslee Komaiko (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned Missouri Synod Lutherans as being filty rich.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-being-jewish-expensive-20170802-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel accuses Rauner of ‘governing through anger’ on school veto – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What has made people angry at you? People are angry at me because support planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform that they reject, because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, because I supported one of their opponents in an election, because I filed lawsuits against them, because I fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, because I do not give them money, etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-accuses-rauner-of-governing-through-anger-on-school-veto/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How have Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and immigration impacted you? Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and immigration to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-trump-aims-to-make-it-harder-for-families-to-rise/
— Tab for Justice Dept. probe of CPD now $5.7M and counting – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government spent millions of taxpayer dollars in connection with their wasting my federal career and their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Who cares about that?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/tab-for-justice-dept-probe-of-cpd-now-5-7m-and-counting/amp/
— Amazon, in sign of growth, holds job fair for US warehouses – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Do you need/want a job? From what I see, to get hired, you need to stress that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, that is, that you are a “good little Democrat.”)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amazon-in-sign-of-growth-holds-job-fair-for-us-warehouses/
— ‘Black Chicago Eats’ month aims to uplift city’s black-owned eateries – Maudlyne Ihejirika (DIERSEN: How much money do you spend in eateries? I spend very little a) because I spend 10+ hours in my home each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) because I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend in eateries because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My GAO salary in today’s dollars was $122,991 a year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 (59%) less a year.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-chicago-eats-month-aims-to-uplift-citys-black-owned-eateries/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/reich-tips-for-summer-political-sanity/
— ‘Trunk party’ gives 60 Chicago students college essentials – Amanda Svachula (DIERSEN: Because I did not need a “trunk party” to attend NIU in 1969, my critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being filthy rich.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trunk-party-gives-60-chicago-students-college-essentials/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County seeks input on county programs, spending with survey – Robert Sanchez and Evan Shields (DIERSEN: How will DuPage County respond to those individuals, organizations, and companies that want the county to get rid of its residents, its organizations, its companies, and its governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170802/dupage-county-seeks-residents-feedback-on-services-spending
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170802/dupage-county-seeks-input-on-county-programs-spending-with-survey

DNA INFO
— Donald Trump Gets 70 Percent Tax Cut For Vacant Trump Tower Storefront – David Matthews (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter who owns property? Anti-Trumps talk/act like they will viciously destroy any organization or company that might rent/buy Trump’s storefront.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161006/downtown/trump-tower-tax-break

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat Day to bring Jesse White announcement – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170802/bernard-schoenburg-democrat-day-to-bring-jesse-white-announcement
— Teens get their chance to learn about being a police officer – Jason Nevel (DIERSEN: Will teens get a chance to learn about being an IRS Revenue Officer? I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170801/teens-get-their-chance-to-learn-about-being-police-officer

STATELINE
— Illinois Legislators In Battle Over Senate Bill One Illinois Legislators try to come to compromise with education funding – Elliot Wilson
http://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-legislators-in-battle-over-senate-bill-one/781584699

CHICAGO NOW
— “Cultural Appropriation” is Detrimental to YOUR Civil Liberties. Here’s Why: – Laura DionJones (DIERSEN: What is your culture? Who wants to appropriate it?)
http://www.chicagonow.com/commit-to-get-fit/2017/08/cultural-appropriation-is-detrimental-to-your-civil-liberties-heres-why/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pritzker’s reticence to rip Madigan seen as proof he’s speaker’s choice – Ruth de Jauregui
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511167960-pritzker-s-reticence-to-rip-madigan-seen-as-proof-he-s-speaker-s-choice

DAILY ILLINI
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ousted on list of top 10 party schools – Jessica Bursztynsky (DIERSEN: Did you go to college to “party?” I did not. I went to college so that I could have better career opportunities. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. I lived in the “pricey” University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb weekdays during my first semester at NIU and then full-time during my last two semesters and in the “pricey” Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb during the summer of 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as having always been filthy rich.)
http://dailyillini.com/news/2017/08/02/illinois-ousted-list-top-10-party-schools/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Cook County & Cook County Sheriff hit with civil penalty on FOIA violation – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/cook-county-cook-county-sheriff-hit-with-civil-penalty-on-foia-violation/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ LATEST $500 MILLION BORROWING: MORE EVIDENCE IT DOESN’T DESERVE A BAILOUT – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-latest-500-million-borrowing-more-evidence-it-doesnt-deserve-a-bailout/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Ives: Hidden budget items have ‘fed the beast’ of Illinois fiscal crisis – Jacob Bielanski
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/ives-hidden-budget-items-have-fed-the-beast-of-illinois/article_418f3c34-7254-11e7-9e5c-539d4374f40e.html
— While flood waters recede in McHenry County, property taxes increase – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/while-flood-waters-recede-in-mchenry-county-property-taxes-increase/article_f80eba12-77cb-11e7-ab30-87eed0ea81eb.html

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How have Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion impacted you? Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/taking-action-against-colleges-and-universities/781772801

CAPITOL FAX
— Cards Against Humanity launches effort to legalize marijuana in Illinois (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/cards-against-humanity-launches-effort-to-legalize-marijuana-in-illinois/
— ISBE: 62 percent of Illinois school districts lost enrollment in one year
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/isbe-62-percent-of-illinois-school-districts-lost-enrollment-in-one-year/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS UNDER ATTACK. WE MUST DEFEND IT. – Raynard Jackson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want to force everyone to speak, read, and write foreign languages.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-english-language-is-under-attack-we-must-defend-it/

GOPUSA
— 22 percent of federal prison population here illegally (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28099
— CNN reporter Jim Acosta displays full blown political advocacy in challenge to immigration policy (DIERSEN: Unlike many other reporters who unethically deny their political affiliation, I proudly proclaim that I am a Republican.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28111
— NAACP issues state travel warning over Missouri ‘Jim Crow’ bill
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28121
— Favor factory? Huma emails reveal Clinton allies seeking jobs, meetings (DIERSEN: Virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial problems, severe health problems, and/or other severe problems. They talk and act that if succeed in getting rid of me, my critics/opponents will give them lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and lots more.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28124?omhide=true

AOL NEWS
— Ann Coulter says marijuana is making ‘people retarded’ – NICK CARDONA (DIERSEN: Do you smoke pot? Do you want to smoke pot legally? As more and more and more Americans smoke pot, America will go downhill faster and faster and faster.)
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/02/ann-coulter-says-marijuana-is-making-people-retarded/23062212/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter says marijuana is destroying the country. She was speaking at Politicon, a nonpartisan political event over the weekend. Coulter, who has a history of making very controversial — and some might say offensive remarks went off when she was asked whether or not weed should be legal. “You can legalize all the drugs you want when there isn’t a welfare state. No marijuana makes people retarded, especially when they’re young.” he debate started when Coulter’s fellow panelist, Ana Kasparian brought up the racial differences between blacks and whites when it comes to marijuana charges. Coulter pointed to a study that revealed black people are more likely to lie about their weed use than other races. However, she didn’t say who did the study or any information about the study to back up her claim. Meanwhile, Kasparian said no one should be prosecuted for marijuana possession calling it a waste of our resources.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump endorses merit-based system that would cut legal immigration by half – Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: How has immigration impacted you? Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/2/trump-backs-immigration-bill-cut-green-card-limits/
— Two ‘Never Trump’ national GOP officials thank Reince Priebus, the man Trump fired – Ralph Z. Hallow
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/3/reince-priebus-man-donald-trump-fired-thanked-two-/

WORLD NET DAILY
— U.S. TOWN BANS RESIDENTS FROM CRITICIZING MOSQUE New restrictions on speech about Islam akin to ‘surrender’ – Bob Unrul (DIERSEN: So far, how has Islam impacted you? Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/u-s-town-bans-residents-from-criticizing-mosque/

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— OUTSTANDING: 261 “Sanctuary Cities” to Lose Millions in Funding; Here’s The List – Calvin Freiburger
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/261-sanctuary-cities-lose-funding

DAILY CALLER
The DOJ Targets The Root Of Campus Insanity – SCOTT GREER (DIERSEN: Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/the-doj-targets-the-root-of-campus-insanity/
— Bitter Jim Acosta Claims White House Targeting Muslims, Mexicans And The Media – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Who targets you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes target individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/bitter-jim-acosta-claims-white-house-targeting-muslims-mexicans-and-the-media-video/

NEWSMAX
— Amazon Job Fair Lures 20,000 Applicants (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that Amazon will hire you: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Companies/amazon-warehouse-job-fair/2017/08/03/id/805513/

BREITBART
— RAISE Act Is First Serious Attempt to Reduce Immigration In Generations – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/02/raise-act-is-first-serious-attempt-to-reduce-immigration-in-generations/
— Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Women Should Form Our Own Party’ if Dems Back Pro-Life Candidates – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/08/02/rosie-odonnell-women-should-form-our-own-party-if-dems-back-pro-life-candidates/
— Book Ban: Muslim News Site Demands Amazon Withdraws Kassam’s ‘No Go Zones’ – JACK MONTGOMERY
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/02/cair-linked-muslim-network-demands-amazon-withdraw-kassams-no-go-zones/

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Reince Priebus Never Stood a Chance He was a bad fit for Donald Trump’s Mad Max-like universe. – JONATHAN V. LAST (DIERSEN: Are/were you a “bad fit?” One could say that I never stood a chance in the federal government and that I was a “bad fit.” Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/reince-priebus-never-stood-a-chance/article/2009104

NEWS & OBSERVER
— Church is no place to preach politics – A.C. SNOW (DIERSEN: What do you see in your church? From what I see, ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.newsobserver.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/ac-snow/article165063192.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Problem of Competitive Victimhood – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON (DIERSEN: Who are the most divisive individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Divisive individuals, divisive organizations, divisive companies, divisive governments, and divisive countries shout at those who have health, financial, and/or other problems that members of the following groups caused all their problems: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, those who have pensions, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450094/identity-politics-2016-election-democrats-try-more-inclusive-message

THE HILL
— Why Trump needs Republican good ol’ boys – RAOUL LOWERY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Are you a “Republican good ol’ boy?” I have never been one.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/344833-why-trump-needs-republican-good-ol-boys
— Sanders urged to woo black voters – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What will Sanders say to Blacks to woo them over? ANSWER: He will shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. Sanders will especially demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345051-sanders-urged-to-woo-black-voters

POLITICO
— New White House chief of staff Kelly called Sessions to assure him his job was safe – JOSH DAWSEY and JOSH GERSTEIN (DIERSEN: Is/was your job safe? Prior to September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors MISSLED me to believe that my job was safe, that is, that they would let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I would be 55 in September of 2003. They could hint/imply/argue/shout that I should have “seen the writing on the wall.” They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, they had not promoted me beyond GS-13, they had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, they had gotten rid of the GAO manager who had hired me, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me to GS-13 in 1986, and they had forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/john-kelly-jeff-sessions-241276

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOVERNOR AGAIN SEEKS TO PIT CHICAGO AGAINST REST OF ILLINOIS.” Who pits others against you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pit individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am a Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), rich, a gun owner, 100% German American, a draft avoider, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s. They stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I was a union member for almost 12 years, that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, that I have been a federal retiree for almost 20 years, that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $50,856/year, that my federal health, dental, and vision insurance is $17,288/year, that my Social Security is $2,028/year, that I have only owned American nameplate cars, that I am childless, that I am pet-less, that I oppose the promotion vices including booze, gambling, and pot, that I have sued those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, I etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to pit everyone against me.)
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2017/Gov-Bruce-Rauner-has-reignited-an-age-old-but-divisive-political-strategy-on-a-new-front-in-Illinois-Schools/id-5768cf7b4df24c499bbdf4a247ec6c82%22

CNN
— NAACP issues its first statewide travel advisory, for Missouri – Nancy Coleman (DIERSEN: Should Trump issue travel advisories for Trump supporters in those precincts, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, and states that voted for Clinton? Should Trump supporters wear body cameras to document insults, harassment, threats, attacks, etc. from anti-Trumps?)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/naacp-missouri-travel-advisory-trnd/index.html

REUTERS
— Trump and senators seek to slash legal immigration – Ayesha Rascoe and Mica Rosenberg
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN1AI1ZU?il=0

CNBC
— Here’s how much you have to save per paycheck to be a millionaire by 67 – Kathleen Elkins (DIERSEN: How much money have you saved for your retirement? From what I see, you are in big trouble if you are not on track to have at least a million dollars saved for your retirement by the time you are 67. My 87 year old aunt is spending $230 a day to live in an assisted living facility.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/01/how-much-of-your-paycheck-you-have-to-save-to-be-a-millionaire.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Amazon’s Jobs Fair Sends Clear Message: Now Hiring Thousands – NOAM SCHEIBER and NICK WINGFIELD (DIERSEN: Do you need/want a job? From what I see, to get hired, you need to stress that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, that is, that you are a “good little Democrat.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/technology/amazons-jobs-fair-sends-clear-message-now-hiring-thousands.html
— Trump Can’t Save American Christianity – ROD DREHER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/opinion/trump-scaramucci-evangelical-christian.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Keeps His Conservative Movement Allies Closest.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/politics/trump-conservative-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How would you handle a forced retirement? – Michelle Singletary (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old. One way that I have handled that forced retirement is to spend less money. I spend less money a) because I spend 10+ hours in my home each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) because I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My GAO salary in today’s dollars was $122,991 a year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 (59%) less a year.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/07/31/how-would-you-handle-a-forced-retirement/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Critics Try to Smear Trump’s Election-Integrity Commission Calling us racists and ‘voter-suppression superstars’ is shameful and corrosive to civility. – Hans von Spakovsky and J. Christian Adams
https://www.wsj.com/articles/critics-try-to-smear-trumps-election-integrity-commission-1501709170
— Facebook’s New-Graduate Hires Help Diversify Workforce Company makes an effort to hire women straight out of college – Yoree Koh (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Firestone stores hired me in 1970 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, 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. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-new-graduate-hires-help-diversify-workforce-1501689604
— The Coming ObamaCare Bailout ‘Cost-sharing’ subsidies are illegal without an appropriation by Congress. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-coming-obamacare-bailout-1501715525

USA TODAY
— No going back: Anthony Scaramucci’s White House job could cost him $7.5 million – Gregory Korte
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/03/anthony-scaramuccis-white-house-job-could-cost-him-7-million/531376001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anthony Scaramucci took no salary during his short tenure as White House communication director — yet his 10-day career detour could end up costing him more than $7.5 million. That’s because the New York hedge fund founder left the White House before he could obtain a “certificate of divestiture” giving him the special tax treatment available to federal employees who give up assets in order to avoid conflicts of interest. Without that certificate, the sale of Scaramucci’s Skybridge Capital to a Chinese holding company will be taxed at the capital gains rate of 15%. According to Scaramucci’s financial disclosure report, his 43.8% share of the sale is worth at least $50 million; other estimates put that number even higher. The Office of Government Ethics would not comment on whether Scaramucci’s application for that special tax treatment. But granted certificates are a matter of public record, and no such certificate has been granted to Scaramucci. And under OGE regulations, an application must come from a current employee of the executive branch.)
— Saving for retirement in the most tax-efficient manner possible – Robert Powell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/powell/2017/08/02/powell-saving-retirement-most-tax-efficient-manner-possible/506793001/
— Facebook makes diversity gains but still struggles in key area – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Firestone stores hired me in 1970 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, 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. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/02/facebook-makes-diversity-gains-but-still-struggles-key-area/531344001/

MADISON
— 5 Tax Issues You’ll Face in Retirement – Wendy Connick
http://host.madison.com/business/investment/markets-and-stocks/tax-issues-you-ll-face-in-retirement/article_a744fb6f-a521-50bc-9d1b-4c9e33ca6d49.html

KKTV
— Black market marijuana bust leaves bruises on Colorado’s marijuana industry (DIERSEN: The more that pot is pushed legally, the more that pot is pushed illegally.)
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Black-market-marijuana-bust-leaves-bruises-on-Colorados-marijuana-industry-436622893.html

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEDLINE: How has immigration impacted you? Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/white-house-celebrates-american-dream-week-in-the-worst-way-possible

BUZZFEED
— Trump Has Launched A “Real News” Program On His Facebook, Hosted By His Daughter-In-Law In one video, Lara Trump said she’d be back every week to provide updates on the president’s accomplishments. – Claudia Koerner
https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/trumps-daughter-in-law-hosting-real-news-videos-for-the

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
— New Workers Must Save 20% of Income to Match Baby Boomers’ Retirement Report finds new workers face “hostile economic environment.”
https://www.ai-cio.com/news/new-workers-must-save-20-income-match-baby-boomers-retirement/

MOTLEY FOOL
— 3 Common Retirement Mistakes That Can Put a Crack in Your Nest Egg Think you have retirement all figured out? Think again. – Katie Brockman (DIERSEN: The less that you save for your retirement, the sooner that you will run of money and go on welfare. The more that your retirement income is taxed, the sooner that you will run out of money and go on welfare.)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/08/03/3-common-retirement-mistakes-that-can-put-a-crack.aspx
(FRTOM THE ARTICLE: 1. Underestimating health-related expenses Healthcare is expensive, and you’re more likely to suffer illnesses and injuries as you age. Health problems such as Alzheimer’s and hip fractures from falls are far more common in older adults, and they’re also incredibly expensive to treat. (The average cost to care for a person with Alzheimer’s during the patient’s last five years of life is about $287,000, and the average hospital visit after a fall costs about $30,000.) Medicare will help cover some of the costs of health problems, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have to pay anything out of pocket. You’ll still be responsible for your deductible, coinsurance, and copays, and Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care, eye exams, most dental care, or hearing aids.)
— Should You Pay Down Your Mortgage or Save for Retirement? If you have a bit of cash each month to put toward your future, is that money best spent paying down debt or investing for retirement? – Katie Brockman
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/08/02/should-you-pay-off-your-mortgage-or-save-for-retir.aspx

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Aide Forcefully Defends Bid to Reduce Legal Immigration – Justin Sink (DIERSEN: How has immigration impacted you? Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-02/trump-endorses-bill-to-award-immigrant-visas-based-on-merit
— 5% Is the New 8% for Pension Funds Most targets are still too high, and that’s a problem for employees and taxpayers. – Lisa Abramowicz
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-02/5-is-the-new-8-for-reliable-returns-for-pension-funds
— Older Americans Aren’t as Poor as We Thought There’s a widening wealth gap between the old and young. – Ben Steverman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-01/older-americans-aren-t-as-poor-as-we-thought

BENEFIT NEWS
— Public pension returns barely broke even in fiscal 2016 – Bloomberg
https://www.benefitnews.com/articles/public-pension-returns-barely-broke-even-in-fiscal-2016

GOVERNING
— Pension Plans Had a Great Year, But Retirees Likely Won’t Benefit From It One good investment year isn’t enough to fix struggling systems’ problems. – LIZ FARMER
http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-stock-market-pension-plans-investment-turns.html

FEDERAL TIMES
— Efforts to increase federal Hispanic workforce have stalled since Clinton era – Eric Englert (DIERSEN: How have Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion impacted you? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, its top priority was a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/career/2017/08/02/efforts-to-increase-federal-hispanic-workforce-have-stalled-since-clinton-era/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Daring to Defend the Federal Bureaucracy – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: Do you promote patronage? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2017/08/daring-defend-federal-bureaucracy/139908/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Mustang Reclaims Lead In July Pony Car Sales – AARON BRZOZOWSKI
http://fordauthority.com/2017/08/ford-mustang-reclaims-lead-in-july-pony-car-sales/

AUTOWEEK
— Don’t count out gasoline motors yet THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE STILL HAS ROOM TO ADVANCE (DIERSEN: Do you own a car with a gasoline motor? My critics/opponents want to banish not only gasoline engines, they want to banish cars.)
http://autoweek.com/article/technology/dont-count-out-gasoline-motors-yet

RASMUSEN REPORTS
— Voters Don’t Credit Trump For Improving Economy (DIERSEN: Voters Should Credit Trump For Improving Economy.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/july_2017/voters_don_t_credit_trump_for_improving_economy
— More Than Ever Are Optimistic About Economic Opportunity in America
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/july_2017/more_than_ever_are_optimistic_about_economic_opportunity_in_america

August 2 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner takes aim at CPS funding in rewriting education plan – Monique Garcia, Rick Pearson and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-met-0802-20170801-story.html
— Emanuel: Republican lawmakers will feel pressure to defy Rauner on education bill – John Byrne and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-veto-met-0803-20170802-story.html
— Foxconn — how the cookie crumbles for Illinois’ economy – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-foxconn-illinois-wisconsin-jobs-edit-0803-jm-20170802-story.html
— Pregnant Beecher mom, 3 young sons killed in crash laid to rest – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-beecher-crash-funeral-st-0803-20170802-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fitch: Rauner veto creates ‘uncertainty,’ could affect school ratings – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fitch-rauner-veto-creates-uncertainty-could-affect-school-ratings/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner’s school veto will cause pain beyond Chicago, Dems say. Here’s how. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/BLOGS02/170809950/rauners-school-veto-will-cause-pain-beyond-chicago-dems-say-heres-how
— How I fell for Emanuel’s budget spin – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170801/BLOGS02/170809982/how-i-fell-for-emanuels-budget-spin
— Over 500 at Allstate lose claims jobs to new app – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/NEWS07/170809946/over-500-at-allstate-lose-claims-jobs-to-new-app

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner, Madigan, Cullerton must seek school compromise – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170802/editorial-rauner-madigan-cullerton-must-seek-school-compromise
— Sugar Grove trustee Kevin Geary resigns due to move – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/sugar-grove-trustee-resigns-due-to-move
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Senate Republicans slowly turning their backs on Trump.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170802/news/308029972/

ABC7
— Report says Trump called White House a ‘dump’ at his golf club – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/report-says-trump-called-white-house-a-dump-at-his-golf-club/2269230/

CBS2
— Emanuel: Rauner “Governing Through Anger” In Rewriting School Funding Plan
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/02/rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-education-funding-veto/

WGN TV
— Trump administration prepares to investigate ‘race-based discrimination’ in colleges – CNN
http://wgntv.com/2017/08/02/trump-administration-prepares-to-investigate-race-based-discrimination-in-colleges/

WLS AM
— Emanuel accuses Rauner of acting like Trump – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/02/emanuel-accuses-rauner-of-acting-like-trump/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— With stage set on SB1, lawmakers should choose people they represent over party – Editorial (DIERSEN: What should lawmakers do if the “people they represent” want them to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170801/editorial-with-stage-set-on-sb1-lawmakers-should-choose-people-they-represent-over-party

MADISON RECORD
— Edgar County Watchdogs file suit in connection with Mautino investigation – Jon Campisi
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511158604-edgar-county-watchdogs-file-suit-in-connection-with-mautino-investigation

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Preservationists worry about fate of house near Wheaton 1887 house was designed by well-known Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/08/02/preservationists-worry-about-fate-of-house-near-wheaton/awxqh9x/

REVIEW & HERALD
— Rauner calls for support of school funding changes – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rauner-calls-for-support-of-school-funding-changes/article_34274eb9-eaf8-5a84-9471-714600ddf2e8.html

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner again seeks to pit Chicago against rest of Illinois when it comes to funding schools.”
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-again-seeks-to-pit-chicago-against-rest-of-illinois/article_202cfd2d-a6b8-5a04-93e1-d269014f4ca3.html

KELLY FOR ILLINOIS
— Chicago radio host to Trump: Help me stop Illinois’ sanctuary state law
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/chicago-radio-host-to-trump-help-me-stop-illinois-sanctuary-state-law

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Facing an unfair property tax bill?
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511167945-facing-an-unfair-property-tax-bill

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bloomington’s Mayor Renner and Co. circling the wagons and making up excuses – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/bloomingtons-mayor-renner-and-co-circling-the-wagons-and-making-up-excuses/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY SUGARY DRINK TAX KICKS IN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/cook-county-sugary-drink-tax-kicks-in-.html
— DI LEO: ILLEGAL ALIENS AND THE CHALLENGE OF STATISTICS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/illegal-aliens-and-the-challenge-of-statistics.html
— TAXES ARE KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/taxes-are-killing-small-businesses.html
— THORNER: ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS FOR COMMON SENSE IN THE MILITARY?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorner-are-we-willing-to-accept-political-correctness-for-common-sense-in-the-military.html

CAPITOL FAX
— SDem analysis: Rauner AV would blow a $221 million hole in state budget
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/sdem-analysis-rauner-av-would-blow-a-221-million-hole-in-state-budget/
— Proft papers start push for $100 million tax credit program for private school scholarships
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/proft-papers-start-push-for-100-million-tax-credit-program-for-private-school-scholarships/
— IL AFL-CIO’s Carrigan responds – CFL’s Ramirez responds – IFT’s Montgomery responds *** ILGOP goes full-on Mother Jones in response to new Pritzker ad
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/ilgop-goes-full-on-mother-jones-in-response-to-new-pritzker-ad/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Government is the affirmative action problem, private action is the solution – Neal McCluskey (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/government-is-the-affirmative-action-problem-private-action-is-the-solution/article/2630442

GOPUSA
— Kasich a closet Democrat, says tea party leader – Chad Groening
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28033
— Transforming the military, one tweet at a time (DIERSEN: All the while that I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, it was “distracted” with hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28035
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anything that distracts from the military’s main mission or makes it harder for our troops to survive in combat is a stealth attack on our men and women in uniform. Mr. Trump made it clear that military readiness overrides all other considerations, including hurt feelings or threats by disappointed interest groups.)

FOX NEWS
— Huckabee Sanders Rips Into Media: ‘You Want to Create a Narrative That Doesn’t Exist’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/01/sarah-huckabee-sanders-russia-create-narrative-doesnt-exist
— GOP Pulls in $75M in Trump’s First 6 Months, Double Obama’s First 6 Months
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/02/gop-fundraising-trumps-first-6-months-doubles-obamas-first-6-months

DAILY CALLER
— Asian Group Comes Out In Support Of DOJ Effort To Curb Affirmative Action – Amber Randall (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/asian-group-comes-out-in-support-of-doj-effort-to-curb-affirmative-action/

NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Whines We Need Affirmative Action Because of ‘Systemic Racism’ ‘Slavery’ – Kristine Marsh (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/08/02/view-whines-we-need-affirmative-action-because-systematic-racism

ONE NEWS NOW
— D’Souza: Wake up, fight back, or lose to the Left – Billy Davis and Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/08/02/dsouza-wake-up-fight-back-or-lose-to-the-left

THE HILL
— Trump, GOP senators unveil measure to cut legal immigration – JORDAN FABIAN AND JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344924-trump-gop-senators-unveil-measure-to-cut-legal-immigration

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “White House’s ‘We Don’t Care Much For Brown Folks Week’ Going OK Could be better, probably couldn’t be worse.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-houses-we-dont-care-much-for-brown-folks-week-going-ok_us_5982442ce4b00f0084adeaea

CNN
— Trump backs plan that would curb legal immigration – Sara Murray and Dan Merica
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/trump-skills-immigration-plan-cotton-perdue/index.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Trump administration takes up the cause of oppressed white people – Paul Waldman (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/08/02/the-trump-administration-takes-up-the-cause-of-oppressed-white-people/
— Of course the Trump Justice Department wants to target affirmative action – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/02/of-course-the-trump-justice-department-wants-to-target-affirmative-action/

NEW YORK POST
— White House downplays reports affirmative action being targeted – Marisa Schultz (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://nypost.com/2017/08/02/white-house-downplays-reports-affirmative-action-being-targeted/

KANSAS CITY STAR
— NAACP issues first-ever travel advisory for a state — and it’s Missouri – IAN CUMMINGS (DIERSEN: Should Trump issue travel advisories for Trump supporters in those precincts, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, and states which voted for Clinton? Should Trump supporters wear body cameras to document insults, harassment, threats, etc. from anti-Trumps?)
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article164851802.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— STRUGGLING AMERICANS ONCE SOUGHT GREENER PASTURES—NOW THEY’RE STUCK The country is the least mobile since after World War II, even in economically depressed rural locales – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: Where have you lived? Since the 1840s, all my ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois. I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1976, Chicago 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/struggling-americans-once-sought-greener-pasturesnow-theyre-stuck-1501686801

BLOOMBERG
— How Trump’s Attack on Affirmative Action Could Succeed An aggressive Justice Department could make the case, or wait for the Supreme Court’s makeup to change. – Noah Feldman (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-02/how-trump-s-attack-on-affirmative-action-could-succeed

KIPLINGER
— Worst Jobs for the Future: Legislator
http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/business/T012-S001-worst-jobs-for-the-future-2017/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Total number of jobs: 56,514 Projected job growth, 2016-2026: 1.5% Median annual salary: $20,500 Typical education: Bachelor’s degree It’s an ugly time to be in politics. The number of positions for local, state and federal legislators rarely changes, so competition can be fierce as we’ve all seen on the national stage. And despite what you might think about fat-cat politicos, government paychecks for the majority of elected officials are actually pretty light. On the bright side, opportunities to enter the field arise with every election, and pay for the top 10% in the field goes up to above $95,000 a year. Alternate Career You can still affect change by pursuing a career as a social and community service manager. (And you can always get back into politics from this career path; it worked for Barack Obama.) Like many of our best jobs for the future, this occupation benefits from the aging population. As boomers increasingly lean on social services, such as adult day care and meal-delivery programs, managers of such businesses will be in greater demand. In fact, the number of these managers is expected to grow 15.7% by 2026 from 149,920 currently. Plus, the median salary is much more generous at $62,349 a year. You need at least a bachelor’s degree in social work, urban studies, public administration or a related field to get started. But reaching these managerial heights typically also requires relevant work experience of five years or more. And some employers prefer applicants with master’s degrees.)

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Panders to White Fragility – JAMIL SMITH (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-s-department-of-justice-officially-becomes-the-department-of-retribution

August 2 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Trump Joining With GOP Senators to Push Immigration Changes Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a hallmark of his administration and has tried to slash federal grants for cities that refuse to comply with federal efforts to detain and deport those living in the country illegally – Ken Thomas and Jill Colvin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Trump-GOP-Senators-Immigration-Changes–438107103.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Insurers want to hike Obamacare rates in Illinois up to 43 percent – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/insurers-want-to-hike-obamacare-rates-in-illinois-up-to-43-percent/
— Too many crimes on the CTA going unsolved – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-too-many-crimes-on-the-cta-going-unsolved/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker details health care plan, rivals say it’s not enough – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-healthcare-20170802-story.html
— Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake takes GOP to task over Trump – AP (DIERSEN: The more that you blast Trump, the more that anti-Trumps promote you.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-arizona-senator-trump-20170801-story.html
— The Republican Party was born of moral outrage — and is dying for lack of it – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: Republicans should be more outraged by efforts by anti-Trumps to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-health-care-gop-expired-grossman-20170801-story.html
— Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia – AP (DIERSEN: What sanctions have the federal government imposed on you? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have imposed the aforesaid sanctions if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-sanctions-20170802-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a color photo of Jake Griffin unethically made to look like a news article, the Daily Herald calls for the State of Illinois to tax retirement income. What about those like me who were forced to retire early? Illinois’ not taxing retirement income was one factor that helped my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. What about COLAs? COLAs are always far less than inflation. What about health care costs? The older that you are, the higher that your health care costs are. Health care costs have always gone up far more than inflation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170802/how-not-taxing-retirees-income-costs-illinois
— How retirement income became exempt from state tax – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170802/how-retirement-income-became-exempt-from-state-tax
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Buyer remorse sets in for flyover country Trump voters.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170802/buyer-remorse-sets-in-for-flyover-country-trump-voters
— To many, Illinois tax hike is inhumane – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: If you do not pay state income tax, a state income tax hike does not affect you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170801/mccaleb-to-many-illinois-tax-hike-is-inhumane
— 2 Venezuelan opposition leaders jailed as crisis escalates – AP (DIERSEN: Because I support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being someone who is trying to be an “opposition leader” because certain past and present leaders of Republican organizations in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois reject many planks in the Republican Party platform, in the IRP platform, and the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), First Amendment, and Second Amendment planks. Most commonly, they promote vices including booze, gambling, and pot.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170801/news/308019961/
— Retired judge: Barrington students in photo weren’t acting racist – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/retired-judge-barrington-students-in-photo-werent-acting-racist

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Sun-Times investors lost $80 million – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, newspapers act like they exist to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform rather than to make a profit.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/NEWS06/170809973
— How Exelon will keep getting bailout money in Illinois—whether it needs it or not – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/NEWS11/170809972/how-exelon-will-keep-getting-bailout-money-in-illinois-x2014-whether

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump reportedly described White House as a ‘real dump’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/271479819-story

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— School funding reform cannot wait – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170801/our-view-school-funding-reform-cannot-wait

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Adam Andrzejewski follows money, irritates powerful – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: Who is irritated at you and at what you do? Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors a) are irritated at me and at what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) were irritated at what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, etc.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-01/jim-dey-watchdog-follows-money-irritates-powerful.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Recreational Marijuana Legalization Debate In Illinois – RACHEL OTWELL (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/recreational-marijuana-legalization-debate-illinois#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— Website draws attention to lack of female presence in Illinois governor race – Jaclyn Driscoll
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/website-draws-attention-to-lack-of-female-presence-in-illinois-governor-race

XRADIO
— Local Legislators Backing Governor’s Amendatory Veto of Ed Funding Bill – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/29195-local-legislators-backing-governor-s-amendatory-veto-of-ed-funding-bill

CHICAGO NOW
— Gain insights into Gov. Rauner’s new regime’s approach: Watch Berkowitz w/Rauner insider Dan Proft
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/08/gain-insights-into-gov-rauners-new-regimes-approach-watch-berkowitz-wrauner-insider-dan-proft-cableweb/

MCHENRY TIMES
— Skillicorn laments lack of reforms in school funding bill – Caitlin Nordahl
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511167822-skillicorn-laments-lack-of-reforms-in-school-funding-bill

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives targets multiple aspects of school funding measure – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511168880-ives-targets-multiple-aspects-of-school-funding-measure
— Ives disagrees with evidence-based school funding – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511167864-ives-disagrees-with-evidence-based-school-funding

SAGAMON SUN
— Illinois state politics fueled by the privately-educated (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri synod.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511168040-illinois-state-politics-fueled-by-the-privately-educated
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If one aspires to become a politician in Illinois, there’s one tried and tested route. Attend private elementary and high schools. Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes the Sangamon Sun, researched the K-12 school choices of Illinois’ top elected officials– present and past– and found a clear, unmistakable trend. They may politically support Illinois’ public schools, but an increasing number of elected officials are opting out of using them personally.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Christians Must Exit Government Schools – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/christian-parents-must-exit-government-schools/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PAY $850 MILLION IN INTEREST ON $500 MILLION LOAN – Robert Brutvan
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-to-pay-850-million-in-interest-on-500-million-loan/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois GOP blasts Democratic leaders for not hosting annual rally at state fair – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: When you attend GOP rallies and other events, how welcome do you feel? How do activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. treat you at those rallies and other events?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-gop-blasts-democratic-leaders-for-not-hosting-annual-rally/article_b9a67afe-76cb-11e7-b3bc-4f1249e7bb75.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Executive Director Nick Klitzing isn’t surprised by the move. “It says something about their lack of a commitment to agriculture,” Klitzing said. “It says something about their lack of commitment of having regular people who aren’t party bigwigs, who don’t give tons of money.” Klitzing said it’s another example of things being run with an iron fist by Madigan, the longtime party leader. “The same way that he rules as the speaker of the House of the state legislature is exactly the same way he rules the Democratic Party of Illinois,” Klitzing said. Republicans still plan a rally during Governor’s Day Wednesday, Aug. 16. Democrats also didn’t host a statewide convention in 2016. These gatherings feature speeches from various party leaders. Klitzing said these types of events are important for the party faithful. “Those opportunities at a convention and meetings, it gives people, regular people, an opportunity to meet their legislators,” Klitzing said, “to meet their elected officials, to interact with them and voice their opinions.”)
— Adios Illinois; more consider fleeing tax unfriendly Illinois – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-adios-illinois-more-consider-fleeing-tax-unfriendly-illinois/article_0f46358a-76b3-11e7-acca-436a6a2a1a5c.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Lieutenant Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti applauded her boss, saying that, as someone who once knew poverty, “all children deserve access to a world class education.” She struck a hopeful note, saying she was “confident” both legislative houses “will support a clean school funding bill that puts more money in the classroom for our students.” (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being someone who has never known poverty.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/02/rauner-vetoes-state-education-bill-rahm-accuses-governor-of-fuzzy-math-chicago-homicides-cross-400-mark-johnson-says-overall-shootings-are-trending-down-221652

CAPITOL FAX
— Cutting classroom money while protecting pension money
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/cutting-classroom-money-while-protecting-pension-money/
— Question: Should legislators be barred from serving as state party chairs? (DIERSEN: One could also ask should elected/appointed officials be barred from serving as a) members of their State Central Committee (SCC) and b) as officers of their state, county, township, and ward party organizations. In Illinois, Republicans are barred from directly electing members of the Illinois Republican Party SCC.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/01/question-of-the-day-2522/

GOPUSA
— Procter & Gamble’s Identity-Politics Pandering (DIERSEN: How soon will P&G officially dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/procter-gambles-identity-politics-pandering/

NEWS ONE
— DOJ Targets Affirmative Action The Trump administration wants to pressure universities to end admission policies that “discriminate against Whites.” – Nigel Roberts
https://newsone.com/3729986/doj-affirmative-action-college-admissions/

DAILY CALLER
— DOJ Source Shuts Down NYT Affirmative Action Story – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/doj-source-shuts-down-nyt-affirmative-action-story/
— Trump DOJ Suing Over Affirmative Action In Universities – Kevin Daley (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. I became a federal employee in 1971 because Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my Democrat superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/trump-justice-department-will-sue-to-curtail-affirmative-action/
— Panicked NYT Warns Reporters Not To Talk To ‘College Students’ – Nick Givas (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who act they have been warned by my critics/opponents to not talk to me. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy anyone who talks to me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/panicked-nyt-warns-reporters-not-to-talk-to-college-students/

NEWSMAX
— Tom Brokaw: Trump Holding His ‘Hard Core’ Base of Supporters – Cathy Burke (DIERSEN: Are you demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being “hard core.” I am demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being “hard core” by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/tom-brokaw-trump-supporters-base/2017/08/01/id/805147/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Health Care Costs for Prison Inmates Up 37% Since 2009 Drug abuse treatment increased by 44 percent in the same time frame – Ali Meyer
http://freebeacon.com/issues/health-care-costs-prison-inmates-37-since-2009/

THE HILL
— Trump approval in GOP-leaning poll drops below Obama’s lowest – MALLORY SHELBOURNE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344920-trump-approval-in-gop-leaning-poll-drops-below-obamas-lowest

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump isn’t changing the Republican Party. The Republican Party is changing Trump. – Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins (DIERSEN: When you get elected or appointed to a government office or to a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/02/trump-isnt-changing-the-republican-party-the-republican-party-is-changing-trump/

BOSTON GLOBE
— The solar eclipse path will overwhelmingly pass over Trump Country – Matt Rocheleau (DIERSEN: Do you live in Trump Country? I do not. The majority of those who voted in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois voted for Clinton. Those who voted for Clinton want to get rid of individuals like me, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/01/the-solar-eclipse-coming-trump-country/Ldd7MhDroW1cdYCwCBoxbO/story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump embodies every one of the Seven Deadly Sins.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/31/how-trump-embodies-seven-deadly-sins-brian-klaas-column/523664001/
— Pass GOP tax cuts by Thanksgiving or get ready for Speaker Pelosi – Newt Gingrich and Brad Anderson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/02/pass-gop-tax-cuts-thanksgiving-get-ready-speaker-nancy-pelosi/529438001/
— Just 21 years old, Nihar Suthar has already saved over $100,000 – Tanisha A. Sykes (DIERSEN: How do you compare to Suthar? Suthar puts me to shame. According to the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine, a) for 1977, when I was 29 years old, my income was $26,563, my expenses were $22,041, and I saved $4,522 and b) as of December 31, 1977, my assets were $113,487, my debts were $59,537, and my net worth was $53,950. My income included $22,449 IRS salary and $2,675 rental income. My expenses included $9,479 mortgage payments, $4,900 income taxes, $2,198 food and entertainment, $1,568 pension contributions, and $823 tuition and books. My assets included a $60,000 Outer Drive East (ODE) condo, a $26,000 University Park town home, $7,393 in retirement contributions, $6,333 in savings, and a $6,000 1972 Corvette. My debts included a $38,795 ODE condo mortgage and a $19,380 University Park town home mortgage.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/02/21-year-old-saves-over-100-000/475019001/
— Sleep study finds that the fewer hours you snooze the heavier you are likely to be – Matthew Diebel
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2017/08/01/sleep-study-fewer-hours-you-snooze-heavier-you-likely/528475001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Even Kelly can’t stop Trump’s tweeting Only way to get to ‘get the truth out,’ the president says – David Jackson (DIERSEN: How often do the following communicate with the Republican voters in your precinct: your Republican Precinct Committeeman, the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization, the officers of your Republican county party organization, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, and the Republican elected/appointed officials who represent all or part of your precinct? I communicate with the aforesaid twice each and every day with GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/08/01/after-hiring-new-chief-staff-trump-pledges-keep-tweeting/528553001/

TIME
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: 3 Trump Appointees Owe Thousands of Dollars in Back Taxes – Dave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
http://time.com/4883523/donald-trump-taxes-appointees/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ObamaCare for Congress Trump can change a rule that exempts Members from the law’s pain. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What did you and your spouse do to qualify for your health insurance? Because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my wife and I a) qualify as members of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) for life and b) get a 75% (currently $17,288/year) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for life.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/obamacare-for-congress-1501629597
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Insecure Workers Face Risk Of Illness – Laurn Weber (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to make feel insecure. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/worried-sick-about-losing-a-job-1501588800

BARRON’S
— Why State Budgets Shouldn’t Bet On Casino Gaming Analysts at S&P Global warn that New England states hoping that commercial casino revenues will help fill their coffers may face long-term credit risk. – Johanna Bennett
http://www.barrons.com/articles/why-state-budgets-shouldnt-bet-on-casino-gaming-1501520010

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Voters Say Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/july_2017/most_voters_say_trump_is_his_own_worst_enemy

August 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 74 murdered, 410 shot in Chicago in July 2017, police say – Jessica D’Onofrio
http://abc7chicago.com/74-murdered-410-shot-in-chicago-in-july-2017-police-say/2265874/

NBC5
— New Capitol Showdown Looms Over Illinois School Funding Plan – Sara Burnett and Sophia Tareen
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/New-Capitol-Showdown-Looms-Over-Illinois-School-Funding-Plan-437858053.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago Killings on Pace to Exceed 2016, One of the City’s Bloodiest in Decades Last month saw 74 murders, 321 shootings and 410 shooting victims, police announced Tuesday
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Killings-on-Pace-to-Exceed-2016-One-of-the-Citys-Bloodiest-in-Decades-437850253.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago ends July with more than 400 murders, on pace to exceed 2016
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/271250314-story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker gives $2 million to Democratic Governors Association in June – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-gives-2-million-to-democratic-governors-association-in-june/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Next move is Rauner’s after Senate sends him school funding bill – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-funding-veto-met-0801-20170731-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: United States District Judge Susan R. Bolton sides with Mexico against America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sheriff-joe-arpaio-verdict-20170731-story.html
— Turmoil, dysfunction tarnish Bellwood library board – Angie Leventis Lourgos and Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bellwood-library-met-20170731-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— New Capitol showdown looms over Illinois school funding plan – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170801/news/308019994/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump on tricky legal ground with ‘Obamacare’ threat.” To retaliate against Trump, will Democrat doctors refuse to treat Republicans?
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/trump-on-tricky-legal-ground-with-obamacare-threat
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: United States District Judge Susan R. Bolton sides with Mexico against America.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/defiance-that-made-arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio-popular-led-to-downfall
— Senate Democrats say ‘no’ to cuts for rich in GOP tax plan – AP (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, you are rich if you are not on welfare.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170801/news/308019946/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gene Robke of Carlyle viciously demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republicans.
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article164628927.html

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Freeze gambling parlors in downtown La Salle? Council to consider issue – Jeff Dankert
http://www.newstrib.com/free/freeze-gambling-parlors-in-downtown-la-salle-council-to-consider/article_783d3d5a-76b7-11e7-a49c-63f164becbc8.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Stroke patient gets probation on pot charge – Lisa Hammer
http://www.qconline.com/news/crime/stroke-patient-gets-probation-on-pot-charge/article_6664ebee-ef6d-51a5-9dab-b015a0753837.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Back to the Future, Berkowitz w/ Proft on Gov. Rauner’s regime change
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/back-to-the-future-berkowitz-w-proft-on-gov-rauners-regime-change-cableweb/

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Cash Poor Schools Don’t Support SB1 – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=249289#.WYCBD4jyuM8

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Casino hopes fading away – Editorial
http://www.commercial-news.com/editorials/editorial-casino-hopes-fading-away/article_29af1f98-8279-5606-ab53-b10ab8d20ae2.html

KANKAKEE TIMES
— How much do public servants get paid in Kankakee County? (DIERSEN: When did you first start earning more that $100,000/year in today’s dollars? In 1988, when I was 40 years old, GAO paid me $100,917 (GS-13 Step 3) in today’s dollars. I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years. Before that, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://kankakeetimes.com/stories/511167379-how-much-do-public-servants-get-paid-in-kankakee-county

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Gubernatorial Candidate Pritzker Goes On Offensive Against Trump – TONY ARNOLD
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/gubernatorial-candidate-pritzker-goes-offensive-against-trump

WHEATON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Candidates for Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors includes Marty Keller, Milton Township Trustee
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102873944500&ca=f1b0a4a2-2d8e-4bbb-bec8-d9cee6e59113

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— JULY 12, 2017 FLASHBACK: Wheaton ‘watchdog’ Jan Shaw questions school district’s financial sense – Justin Stoltzfus
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511147203-wheaton-watchdog-questions-school-district-s-financial-sense

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Illinois drivers can expect another hit at the gas pump soon
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/511164905-illinois-drivers-can-expect-another-hit-at-the-gas-pump-soon

CHICAGO ARGUS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner asks “Does anybody really feel compelled to give political millionaire Rauner their own money to help get him re-elected?”
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/08/does-anybody-really-feel-compelled-to.html

POLITIFACT
— Sorry Illinois politicians, PolitiFact is back – Bob Secter
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/article/2017/aug/01/better-government-association-joins-politifact-fac/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner’s Chicago schools “bailout” claim rooted in political histrionics, not numbers.”
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2017/aug/01/bruce-rauner/rauners-chicago-schools-bailout-claim-rooted-polit/

NEWSMAX
— Scaramucci Escorted Off White House Grounds – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/youre-fired-communications-director-Anthony-Scaramucci/2017/07/31/id/804910/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: George Washington’s warnings against faction are still prescient today – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/26159-outsiders-vs-insiders-george-washington%E2%80%99s-warnings-against-faction-are-still-prescient

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— WHY THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES A BETTER JOB THAN THE GOVERNMENT – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: At least since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger. 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. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/07/31/why-the-private-sector-does-a-better-job-than-the-government/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump call to cut Congress’ perks an about-time moment – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/1/donald-trump-call-to-cut-congress-perks-an-about-t/
— JULY 19, 2017 FLASHBACK: Weaponizing language and communication The new ‘AP Stylebook’ embraces political correctness and a liberal version of truth – Tammy Bruce
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/19/fake-news-language-bias-must-be-spotted-and-avoide/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Don’t Be a Gossip – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: Everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails has already been posted on a website.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/08/01/dont-be-a-gossip/

ROLL CALL
— Complications for Trump Threats to Congressional Health Care Issues include lack of OPM chief, threat to staffers – Niels Lesniewski (DIERSEN: To punish me, my critics/opponents would love to cut/eliminate my $17,288/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They care nothing that to qualify for that subsidy, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/complications-trump-threats-congressional-health-care

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: United States District Judge Susan R. Bolton sides with Mexico against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/sheriff-joe-arpaio-convicted-arizona.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: When illegals break laws, prosecutors are under tremendous pressure to go easy on them, that is, to let them off the hook.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/prosecutors-dilemma-will-conviction-lead-to-life-sentence-of-deportation.html
— While Other U.S. Companies Flee China, Starbucks Marches In – Andrew Ross Sorkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/business/dealbook/sorkin-china-starbucks.html
— Campus Political Fights Come Home for the Summer – DANA GOLDSTEIN (DIERSEN: When you were earning your bachelor’s degree, did your Democrat professors succeed in turning you into a “good little Democrat?” Mine did not. I majored in business at UIC 1966-1968 an at NIU 1969-1970. I commuted to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1968. I came home weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 to work at the Park Forest Post Office. I worked full-time at the Park Forest Post Office during the summer of 1969 like I had done the summers of 1967 and 1968. My Democrat Post Office superiors succeeded in forcing me to resign at end of the summer of 1969. My father died suddenly in October 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/parents-students-summer.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Excess At the Top The CEO Pay Machine – Philip Delves Broughton (DIERSEN: Trump’s lousy $400,000 salary is only 3.25 times what my $122,991 GS-13 Step 10 pay is in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-better-way-to-reward-ceos-1501542185
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1978 the average chief executive at a large company was paid 26 times more than the average worker. By 2014, depending on your method of calculation, he was paid 300 to 700 times more. It has become standard for a CEO to make more than $10 million a year, and a few make more than $100 million. These aren’t founders or major shareholders but hired guns, managers playing with house money. It is not like this everywhere. In the U.K., the fifth largest economy in the world, the pay ratio of CEO to average worker is 84 to 1. In Japan, the third largest, it’s 16 to 1.)

BUSINESS INDIER
— This 59-year-old mother of 2 is making millions selling legal marijuana gummies – Veronika Bondarenko (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/wana-brands-nancy-whiteman-colorado-legal-marijuana-industry-edibles-entrepreneur-2017-7

BOULDER DAILY CAMERA
— Resist COLA cuts for federal retirees – Paula Simmons (DIERSEN: Federal COLAs have always been far less than inflation.)
http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_31183630/paula-simmons-resist-cola-cuts-federal-retirees

WMC ACTION NEWS 5
— IRS employee sues over being put on city’s blacklist (DIERSEN: What blacklists are you on? Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups have always had me on their blacklists: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/36017470/irs-employee-sues-over-being-put-on-citys-blacklist

MADISON
— Reince Priebus brought it on himself – John Nichols (DIERSEN: The federal government would have promoted into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 a) if I had been a Democrat, b) if I had painted myself a being a yes-man, c) if I had helped my superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) if I had not complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, reverse discrimination, or retaliation, and e) if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged the federal government with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/column/john_nichols/john-nichols-reince-priebus-brought-it-on-himself/article_c4c76e8d-ddef-5895-a90d-24471bb0a3d8.html

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Millennials want their dream home now – not in 20 years – Angus Raine (DIERSEN: Where are you on the “property ladder?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been are filled with envy. They are furious a) that I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24 in 1972, that I bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago when I was 25, and that I bought a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago when I was 27 and b) that my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29 and that we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton when I was 35.)
http://moneymag.com.au/millennials-dream-home/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When I bought my first home in the late 1980s, I didn’t care that it was ramshackle, I just wanted to get my foot on the property ladder. Now you hardly ever hear the term ‘property ladder’, and millennials want their dream family home now – not in 20 years. But that’s how long it took me to progress through a series of houses until I bought my current family home. I’m calling for a cultural shift: we need to return to viewing property ownership as a long-term, gradual strategy. So, if you’re a first-home buyer, just how do you climb the property ladder? First, you might need to rethink your expectations of a first home. Buying in the best location you can afford is more important than getting the perfect home immediately. And while many people think that the next logical step is to buy a bigger house, you are better off moving to progressively better locations. That will build value faster than graduating to bigger homes in the same suburb and will take you to the next rung on your journey up the property ladder.)

July 31 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Monday is deadline for Illinois school funding bill – Jessica D’Onofrio
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/monday-is-deadline-for-illinois-school-funding-bill/2263044/

NBC5
— Senate Leader Expected to Send Governor School Funding Bill
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Senate-Leader-Expected-to-Send-Governor-School-Funding-Bill-437626193.html

CBS2
— Governor Expected To Get Education Funding Plan, Issue Prompt Veto
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/31/education-funding-senate-bill-1-amendatory-veto-governor-bruce-rauner/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner expected to finally receive, quickly veto school funding bill today
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-funding-20170731-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: CPS buys short-term relief with bonds that will carry costs for decades – Juan Perez Jr. and Peter Matuszak
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-chicago-school-long-term-bond-cost-met-20170731-story.html
— Eligible veterans benefit from the Aid and Attendance pension – Elliot Raphaelson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201707181556–tms–savingsgctnzy-a20170718-20170718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The objective of this pension is to provide financial aid to veterans who have served on active duty during war-time, even if only one day was served during their time of duty, to help offset the cost of long-term care. Specifically, veterans who need assistance with activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, and other activities may be eligible. Veterans who are bed-ridden, or have limited eyesight may also be eligible, as well as veterans who are patients in a nursing homes and/or assisted living facilities for either physical or mental conditions.)
— Want to be happier? It’s going to cost you. – Ashley V. Whillans, Elizabeth W. Dunn (DIERSEN: When were you happier? I was happier 1972-1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7, currently $44,853, to GS-12, currently $79,563; but then, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. I was happier 1986-1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted to GS-13, currently $94,610; but then, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the manager who had hired me, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS, and who had promoted me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-happy-outsource-cooking-cleaning-20170728-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— President Trump convenes Cabinet with new chief of staff – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-swears-in-new-chief-of-staff-john-kelly/
— Donald Trump insists there’s no chaos at White House – Bill Ruminski
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-insists-theres-no-chaos-at-white-house/
— White House to Senate: Pass health bill now or else – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-house-pushes-to-pursue-gop-health-care-bill/

DAILY HERALD
— New state lawmaker John Curran won’t get third pension – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: When have you suffered big losses of income? In 1980, when I was 31 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO succeeded in forcing me to suffer an $18,847/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. I had been a GS-12 Step 5 (currently $90,173/year) at IRS and became a GS-9 Step 10 at GAO (currently $71,326/year). In 1997, when I was 49 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO succeeded in forcing me to suffer a $72,135 (59%) loss of income for in today’s dollars for the rest of my life by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” I had been a GS-13 Step 10 (currently $122,991) at GAO and became a Civil Service Retirement System retiree (currently $50,856/year). My critics/opponents stress that since 2010, I have gotten Social Security (currently $2,028/year).)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170731/new-state-lawmaker-curran-wont-get-third-pension
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Curran will receive an annual salary of $67,836 as a state senator. Previously, he was being paid roughly $130,000 annually as an assistant state’s attorney and $51,081 a year as a county board member. In addition to changing jobs, Curran chose not to enroll in the pension fund covering the Illinois General Assembly. “I have turned it down,” he said. Curran said he made that decision “because I truly believe that’s what my constituents would want.” Still, he’s going to get two pensions.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF FITZGERALD AND MCCAIN: Fitzgerald praises McCain Senator ‘stepped into the shoes of the lion’ – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. All during the time (2000-2005) that Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending in the federal courts in Chicago, Dennis Hastert was the Speaker of the House, Peter Fitzgerald was my U.S. Senator, and Henry Hyde was my U.S. Representative. One could conclude that Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde sided with the Democrats who ran GAO, that is, that Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid a) because Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge in the case (Amy St. Eve) and the attorney who represented GAO (Patrick Fitzgerald), b) because GAO never offered to settle, c) because the district court denied my 7th Amendment rights and granted GAO summary judgment, and d) because the appellate court upheld that decision. Hyde may have tried to help me with my lawsuit against GAO because in 1989, he intervened for me, and if he had not done that, the Democrats who ran GAO back then might have succeeded in getting rid of me. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always sided with the Democrats who ran/run GAO.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170731/fitzgerald-mccain-stepped-into-the-shoes-of-the-lion
http://e-edition.dailyherald.com/launch.aspx?eid=22ec4a39-29d6-4713-98b5-d53feeb53da3
— Transgender soldier fears life setback after Trump’s tweet – AP (DIERSEN: What life setbacks have you suffered? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” My Democrat GAO superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170731/news/307319977/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Too soon to wonder about President Pence? Maybe. But . . . – ADAM WREN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170729/ISSUE01/170729856

WBEZ
— Is Notoriously Segregated Chicago Becoming More Integrated? – Adeshina Emmanuel, Carolina Cruz, Reuben Unrau (DIERSEN: Democrats used to encourage integration, but now they encourage segregation. Democrats want minorities to consolidate and to concentrate their voting power to defeat Republicans.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/is-notoriously-segregated-chicago-becoming-integrated/5dc5045b-6b0d-41c9-81b7-ecc52b76a222

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser preaches unity despite $21,000 in legal fees, ongoing disputes – Jordan J. Wilson
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/07/29/algonquin-township-highway-commissioner-andrew-gasser-preaches-unity-despite-21-000-in-legal-fees-ongoing-disputes/debvpla/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Senate Bill 1 is needed to end education inequality – Kathi Griffin and Dan Montgomery (DIERSEN: For Democrats, to end inequality is to use government to take more money away from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170730/guest-column-senate-bill-1-is-needed-to-end-education-inequality

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Prep, not pep, the focus of Wheaton Tea Party event – Justin Stoltzfus
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511164911-prep-not-pep-the-focus-of-wheaton-tea-party-event

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bloomington’s Mayor Renner has city pay for girlfriend’s Japan trip – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/bloomingtons-mayor-renner-has-city-pay-for-girlfriends-japan-trip/
— Bloomington’s Mayor Renner threatens suit over exposure of Truth, demands apology – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/bloomington-mayor-renner-threatens-suit-over-exposure-of-truth-demands-apology/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DESPITE BEING BROKE, ILLINOIS STILL WANTS TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON ABORTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/despite-being-broke-illinois-still-wants-to-spend-more-money-on-abortion.html
— REICK: CHICAGO MESSES ITS BED, THEN ASKS US TO CLEAN IT UP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/reick-chicago-messes-its-bed-then-asks-us-to-clean-it-up.html
— BERG: ILLINOIS JOB GROWTH IS….SLOW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/berg-illinois-job-growth-isslow.html
— THORNER: FREE MARKET ROAD SHOW EXAMINES THE WORLD AFTER BREXIT AND TRUMP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/thorner-free-market-road-show-examines-the-world-after-brexit-and-trump.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives denounces suggested school funding deal
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/31/ives-denounces-suggested-school-funding-deal/
— A comparison of Trump and Rauner, and Pritzker jumps in hard
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/31/a-comparison-of-trump-and-rauner-and-pritzker-jumps-in-hard/
— Some reliable Madigan haters begin to turn on the governor
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/31/some-reliable-madigan-haters-begin-to-turn-on-the-governor/
— Rauner vows to “oppose this tax hike until it’s gone”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/31/rauner-vows-to-oppose-this-tax-hike-until-it%e2%80%99s-gone/
— The stunning costs of CPS borrowing
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/31/the-stunning-costs-of-cps-borrowing/

GOPUSA
— Trump threatens to halt Obamacare subsidies to Congress and insurance companies
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27915
— Agitators stage protest in favor of illegal aliens (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who love illegal aliens as much if more that they hate individuals like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27924
— Government Waste is Alive and Well (DIERSEN: GAO is supposed to fight government waste, but the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 wasted me, wasted my career, and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27949

FOX NEWS
— Why the media prefer Kelly over Priebus – Howard Kurtz (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents prefer those who replaced me as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that the aforesaid organizations are doing much better now that they have gotten rid of me.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/31/white-house-shakeup-watch-why-media-prefer-kelly-over-priebus.html

DAILY CALLER
— Ivanka Wants People To Expect Less Of Her – Alex Pfeiffer (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1989 and for GAO 1980-1997, extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates earned job-related masters degrees, job-related professional certifications, or job-related professional licenses. Instead, they used the job-related masters degrees that I earned in 1976, 1980, and 1997, the job-related professional certifications that I earned in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and the job-related professional license that I earned in 1981 TO EXPECT MUCH MORE OUT OF ME.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/30/report-ivanka-wants-people-to-expect-less-of-her/

RED STATE
— Reince Priebus Helped Bring Us Trump, So Good Riddance To Him – Jay Caruso
http://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2017/07/30/reince-priebus-helped-bring-us-trump-good-riddance/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— It’s Time To Drain The Swamp In The GOP – George Rasley (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if Republican voters disagree with Trump, disagree with other Republican elected/appointed officials, disagree with the leaders of the Republican Party, disagree with the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), disagree with the leaders of their Republican county party, and/or disagree with the leaders of their Republican township/ward party, THEY TAKE IT OUT ON THEIR REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN/CAPTAIN. THEY HINT/IMPLY/ARGUE/SHOUT THAT REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN/CAPTAINS PUT ALL THE AFORESAID INDIVIDUALS INTO PLACE. In Illinois, Republican voters can stress that they are barred from directly electing members of the IRP State Central Committee. The IRP SCC runs the IRP.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/26151

THE HILL
— Trump fuels doubts over GOP’s agenda – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: What is your agenda? My agenda is to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes cast many doubts over that agenda. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/344548-trump-fuels-doubts-over-gops-agenda

POLITICO
— Lawsuits could force feds to pay Obamacare insurers The companies claim the federal government owes them billions from a program meant to stabilize Obamacare marketplaces. – PAUL DEMKO
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/30/lawsuits-obamacare-insurers-241112
— Hackers descend on Las Vegas to expose voting machine flaws – KEVIN COLLIER (DIERSEN: How many attempts have been to hack your election commission? How many of those hacks were successful? According to the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump, but 211 voted for Clinton. That is inconsistent with the precinct’s voting history. I am considering asking the DCEC to allow me to look at the actual ballots to verify the 137 and 211 numbers.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/30/hackers-voting-machines-las-vegas-241130
— McCain Once Almost Left the GOP. What About Now? Years ago, he seriously considered defecting. Would he do it again? – PHILIP SHENON (DIERSEN: If you are not going to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, you should leave the party. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/30/mccain-once-almost-left-the-gop-what-about-now-215437

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— SESSIONS INTENDS TO HOLD ON TO THE JOB HE LOVES (DIERSEN: I “loved” my job working for GAO notwithstanding the fact that my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_SESSIONS_DIGS_IN?SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-07-30-10-33-21

REUTERS
— Republicans call on new Trump chief of staff to fix White House chaos (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents prefer those who replaced me as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that the aforesaid organizations are doing much better now that they have gotten rid of me.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN1AF0S7?il=0
— Putin bans VPNs to stop Russians accessing prohibited websites (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents a) want to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and from visiting www.gopillinois.com and b) want to force everyone to read their emails and to visit their websites.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-internet-idUSKBN1AF0QI

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Goes Rogue He was always an outsider. But now he’s cut all ties to the establishment. – MATTHEW CONTINETTI
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/donald-trump-reince-priebus-firing.html
— What the ‘Government Schools’ Critics Really Mean – KATHERINE STEWART (DIERSEN: Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/donald-trump-school-choice-criticism.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican asks “Who Ate Republicans’ Brains?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/republicans-trumpcare-obamacare-lies.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s warped view of loyalty and the conceit of ‘the Oct. 8th coalition’ – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/07/31/daily-202-trump-s-warped-view-of-loyalty-and-the-conceit-of-the-oct-8th-coalition/597ea60230fb045fdaef100e/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump Deepens GOP Divide President’s turbulent week fuels frustration in his party, though core supporters remain loyal – Siobhan Hughes and Thomas M. Burton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-deepens-gop-divide-1501458066
— Hacker Cracks Voting Machine in Less Than 2 Hours At demonstration to test security of election technology, a computer specialist exploits an old Windows XP flaw – Robert McMillan and Byron Tau (DIERSEN: How many attempts have been to hack your election commission? How many of those hacks were successful? According to the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump, but 211 voted for Clinton. That is inconsistent with the precinct’s voting history. I am considering asking the DCEC to allow me to look at the actual ballots to verify the 137 and 211 numbers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hacker-cracks-voting-machine-in-less-than-2-hours-1501357973

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Can a president at war with both Republicans and Democrats govern? – Susan Page
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/30/analysis-can-president-without-party-govern/523535001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: Marijuana’s legalization fuels black market in other states – Trevor Hughes (DIERSEN: The more that pot is pushed legally, the more that pot is pushed illegally.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/07/31/marijuana-black-market/507417001/
— What’s the big deal with legal pot? No one knows yet – Trevor Hughes (DIERSEN: If you push pot, you push destruction.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/07/31/marijuana-social-consequences/507384001/
— Tired of the corporate grind? A welder’s torch may be your ticket – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. The more of the following that you are, the more that working for the federal government is a grind: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/31/tired-corporate-grind-welders-torch-may-your-ticket/518006001/

DAILY BEAST
— How Mexican Cartels Prey on Chicago’s Chaos As Mexico’s cartels manage to get more and more heroin into the U.S. each year, Chicago’s gangs are scrambling to be the ones to distribute it. – Jeremy Kryt
http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-mexican-cartels-prey-on-chicagos-chaos

INC.
— Let’s Align Habits To Organizational Values Companies spend a lot of time and energy developing statements of purpose and values for their people to live by. Yet often these efforts don’t bring about any change in behaviors. – Adam Fridman (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If you do not promote the Democrat Party platform, they try to not hire you, but if you get hired anyway like I did, they do everything that they can to get rid of you including getting rid of those who hired and/or promoted you, always having you under investigation, not promoting you, forcing you to take a big pay cut to transfer between federal agencies, giving you unrealistic performance expectations, giving you bad assignments, giving you bad superiors, giving you bad supervisors, giving you bad coworkers, giving you bad subordinates, giving you unfair performance appraisals, always ranking you low for pay-for-performance purposes, and forcing you to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.inc.com/adam-fridman/lets-align-habits-to-organizational-values.html

FED SMITH
— Bill Would Prevent VA From Rehiring Previously Fired Employees – Ian Smith (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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/30/bill-prevent-va-rehiring-previously-fired-employees/

RUSMUSSEN REPORTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose the Border Wall? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/july_2017/most_voters_say_no_to_border_wall
— Most Democrats, GOP Voters Don’t Agree With Party Leaders (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if Republican voters disagree with Trump, disagree with other Republican elected/appointed officials, disagree with the leaders of the Republican Party, disagree with the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), disagree with the leaders of their Republican county party, and/or disagree with the leaders of their Republican township/ward party, THEY TAKE IT OUT ON THEIR REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN/CAPTAIN. THEY HINT/IMPLY/ARGUE/SHOUT THAT REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN/CAPTAINS ELECTED/APPOINTED THE AFORESAID PARTY LEADERS. In Illinois, Republican voters can stress that they are barred from directly electing members of the IRP State Central Committee. The IRP SCC runs the IRP.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2017/most_democrats_gop_voters_don_t_agree_with_party_leaders

July 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Can new White House chief of staff impose discipline where it counts? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-reince-priebus-trump-kass-met-0730-20170728-column.html
— DIERSEN: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-page-trump-bullying-perspec-0730-md-20170728-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-transgender-culture-war-perspec-20170728-column.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: In a front page editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps call for Republicans to resist Trump.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170730/281487866425242
— Loaded ‘illegal alien’ phrase introduced in sanctuary cities crackdown – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those a) who illegally come to America illegally, b) who illegally stay in America illegally, and c) who illegally bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-sanctuary-cities-st-0728-20170727-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Companies say Apple removed their privacy apps from China – AP (DIERSEN: One could say that when push comes to shove, Apple sides with China against America.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170729/news/307299929/

WBEZ
— JULY 6, 2017 FLASHBACK: The Cost Of Jobs Officials say jobs are key to reducing violence, but they’re not facing the scale. So WBEZ took a crack at the calculations. – Chip Mitchell (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I held jobs that should have been given to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to younger people, and to veterans. In my defense, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned all the jobs that I have had as being BAD jobs. So therefore, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans to have BAD jobs. 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the BAD jobs that I had. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. )
http://interactive.wbez.org/everyotherhour/the-cost-of-jobs/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— There’s at least one reason to look forward to Monday – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170729/statehouse-insider-theres-at-least-one-reason-to-look-forward-to-monday
— EMILY’s List seeks to oust Davis in 2018 – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170729/bernard-schoenburg-emilys-list-seeks-to-oust-davis-in-2018
— How is Rauner’s new staff affecting his administration? – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170729/how-is-rauners-new-staff-affecting-his-administration
— Obstinate partisanship leads to lack of trust in public officials – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170729/our-view-obstinate-partisanship-leads-to-lack-of-trust-in-public-officials

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois leaders have nothing on Gopher State’s politicians – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-30/jim-dey-illinois-leaders-have-nothing-gopher-states-politicians.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘It’s the right thing for kids. Doesn’t that count?’ – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170729/editorial-its-right-thing-for-kids-doesnt-that-count

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How do you share concerns with a representative who won’t hear them? – SHANNON RUSSELL, The Indivisible 12th (DIERSEN: The Indivisible 12th denies that it was “formed by Democratic Party insiders.”)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article164385227.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Some Foreign Investment Bypassing Illinois – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Because anti-Trumps run Illinois, if a company invests in Illinois, it shouts that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=249178#.WX2xZxFSRZI

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Latest fight at Illinois Capitol threatens money for schools – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/07/28/latest-fight-at-illinois-capitol-threatens-money-for-schools/a24mdrl/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— More Gov’t Gun Running – We need outside prosecutors to fix inside corruption and malfeasance – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/more-govt-gun-running-we-need-outside-prosecutors-to-fix-inside-corruption-and-malfeasance/

FOX NEWS
— Conway, other Trump supporters laud decision to replace Priebus with Kelly (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes laud the decisions that the leaders of the following organizations made to replace me: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, etc. Of course, the aforesaid organizations are doing much better now that I am gone.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/29/conway-other-trump-supporters-laud-decision-to-replace-priebus-with-kelly.html
— Reince Priebus Says There’s No Ill Will: ‘I’m Going to Be Team Trump All the Time’ (DIERSEN: My complaints are NOT against GAO, but against a) the Democrat politicians who manipulate/dominate GAO and b) the GAO employees who serve as operative or dupes for Democrat politicians.)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/07/29/reince-priebus-says-theres-no-ill-will-im-going-be-team-trump-all-time

THE HILL
— Priebus: Neil Gorsuch is my greatest accomplishment in the White House – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: My greatest accomplishment while I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 was assuring that the organization had a) breakfast meetings the third Saturday of each month except August and December, b) picnics in August, c) Christmas parties in December, and d) speakers at the aforesaid events. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers who I recruited to speak at TAPROOT events.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344480-priebus-neil-gorsuch-is-my-greatest-accomplishment-in-the-white-house

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage girls and women to be lesbians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/gays-lesbians-women-elections.html
— Is Being ‘Unapologetic’ the New Patriotic — or a Form of Resistance? – WESLEY MORRIS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to apologize for causing their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are scapegoaters. Most commonly, since 2000, they want me to apologize for causing Republican candidates to lose primary elections and general elections.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/magazine/is-being-unapologetic-the-new-patriotic-or-a-form-of-resistance.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to do more to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/magazine/the-emptiness-of-trumps-promises-of-tolerance.html
— What to Do When You’ve Picked the Wrong Suburb – BROOKE LEA FOSTER (DIERSEN: Did you pick the wrong suburb to live in? In 1978, my wife and I picked Wheaton to live in. Sadly, more and more and more of those who move into Wheaton are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/realestate/what-to-do-when-youve-picked-the-wrong-suburb.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Learning Who Gets to Be a Victim – TRESSIE McMILLAN COTTOM (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors THAT THEY ARE VICTIMS OF THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/how-we-make-black-girls-grow-up-too-fast.html
— What to Do With the Kids This Summer? Put ’Em to Work – BEN SASSE (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents did not have to put me to work. I learned early on that my parents had far less money than many other families had in Crete. That is a major reason why 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; and worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, never attended college, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother was raised on a farm and never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/opinion/sunday/what-to-do-with-the-kids-this-summer-put-em-to-work.html

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Treasury wrongly ends plan to help save for retirement – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to this article, approximately 55 million Americans lack access to a workplace retirement plan. Do/did you have access to a workplace retirement plan? I paid into the Civil Service Retirement System 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Most, if not virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents do/did not access to a workplace retirement plan.)
http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Treasury-wrongly-ends-plan-to-help-11718287.php

USA TODAY
— 4 financial milestones to reach before you retire – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: How large is your retirement nest egg? 80% of my ending GAO salary in today’s dollars is $98,393. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856/year and my Social Security is only $2,028/year so I am $45,509/year short. According to Social Security, I can expect to live 16 more years, so my retirement nest egg should be at least $728,144. Sadly, my retirement net egg is less than that because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2017/07/28/4-financial-milestones-to-reach-before-you-retire/103976662/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 4. Amass a large enough nest egg to replace 80% of your yearly income In the absence of a crystal ball, it’s hard to predict exactly what your living expenses will look like in retirement. But as a general rule, you should expect to need at least 80% of what you previously earned times the number of years you expect your retirement to last. The latter is something you may have to guess at, but if it helps (which it should), the Social Security Administration says that 25% of today’s 65 year olds will live past the age of 90. If you’re planning to retire at 66 and would rather be optimistic about your health going forward, then you’d be wise to plan for a 25-year retirement (at a minimum). Assuming that’s the case and you’re currently within a few years of retirement earning $100,000 a year, to be on the safe side, assume you’ll need $80,000 per year times 25 years, or $2 million. Of course, not all of that has to come from independent savings. Say you’re entitled to $2,000 a month, or $24,000 a year, in Social Security benefits. That means you’ll only need $1.4 million in your IRA or 401(k) — less if your investments perform well in retirement, thus generating income, and you withdraw from savings at a moderate pace. If your nest egg has enough to meet that target, or get relatively close, you can feel comfortable pulling the trigger on retirement. Otherwise, it might pay to work a few extra years, amass some more savings, and simultaneously cut down on the number of years you’ll need those savings to pay for. But if you want a shot at a reasonably comfortable retirement lifestyle, you’ll need the right amount of savings to get there. It’s as simple as that. Once you leave your career behind you, you may have limited options for generating additional income. So before you retire, make sure to have a decent chunk of emergency savings, pay off your home, get out of debt, and establish a respectable nest egg. Otherwise, you risk encountering more financial stress later in life than you bargained for.)

DAILY BEAST
— Benjamin Franklin Was America’s First Political Leaker – Andrew Belonsky (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes slanderously hint/imply/argue/shout that I use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to provide “confidential information to the public in a surreptitious way and without official authorization.” My critics/opponents want me to get their “authorization” before I do anything. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being a leaker. Should I sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a leaker?)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/benjamin-franklin-was-americas-first-political-leaker

DAILY MAIL
— The final indignity: Priebus is abandoned by White House staffers who make hasty exit from his SUV when Trump tweets from Air Force One that he is out of a job – Cheyenne Roundtree, Jessica Chia, and Geoff Earle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4741476/Reince-Priebus-given-boot-presidential-motorcade.html

MOTLEY FOOL
— Thinking About Getting an MBA? Here’s What You Need to Consider An MBA can certainly propel your career forward, but you’ll sacrifice a lot to get one. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fool.com/careers/2017/07/28/thinking-about-getting-an-mba-heres-what-you-need.aspx

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 55% Say Congress More Responsive to Media Than to Voters (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps run the media.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2017/55_say_congress_more_responsive_to_media_than_to_voters

July 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Donald Trump replaces Reince Priebus with John Kelly as chief of staff
http://abc7chicago.com/news/donald-trump-replaces-reince-priebus-with-john-kelly-as-chief-of-staff/2258023/
— GOP blame-game begins after Senate sinks health care drive – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gop-blame-game-begins-after-senate-sinks-health-care-drive/2256887/

NBC5
— First Lady Has Complicated Relationship with SB-1 – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-deep-dish-diana-rauner-bruce-rauner-illinois-democrats-437258393.html

CBS2
— Trump Says He Has Chicago’s Crime Problem Solved
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/28/trump-crime-problem-solved/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Man shot dead on Near North Side is 400th homicide this year
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/270625847-story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump ousts Reince Priebus as chief of staff, names Gen. John Kelly as replacement – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-reince-priebus-john-kelly-20170728-story.html
— Illinois election officials to review new request from Trump-formed panel for voter data – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-illinois-elections-met-0729-20170728-story.html
— How an obscure procedural move became latest flashpoint for Rauner, Democrats – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-democrats-legislation-on-hold-met-20170728-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump in August” and ask “Can his flailing presidency ever deliver results?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-presidency-failure-edit-0730-20170728-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS finds fewer school-funding allies in suburbs – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-cps-finds-fewer-school-funding-allies-in-suburbs/
— Trump hits Chicago crime again in New York speech – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/transcript-trump-hits-chicago-crime-again-in-new-york-speech/
— Crime on the L, CTA buses is up; 90% of serious incidents go unsolved – Robert Herguth and Nader Issa
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/crime-on-cta-l-trains-buses-up-but-90-percent-of-serious-incidents-go-unsolved-the-watchdogs/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Republicans crow over their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump and Republicans.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-gop-lost-on-health-care-because-most-americans-have-a-heart/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lyons-buyers-remorse-over-trump-creeps-in-flyover-country/
— All Americans deserve the same health care as Sen. John McCain – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify for the health care insurance that you have now? I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years to be a member of the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/). What did you do to qualify for Medicare? I paid into Medicare 1964-1966, 1970 – 1972, and 1983-1997.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-all-americans-deserve-the-same-health-care-as-sen-john-mccain/
— Mayor Emanuel denies president’s repeated claim on city crime – Micheal Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-mayor-emanuel-denies-presidents-repeated-claim-on-city-crime/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner’s special session a sideshow to fomenting downstate-Chicago clash – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170728/NEWS02/170729854/rauners-special-session-a-sideshow-to-fomenting-downstate-chicago
— Fact-checking the school funding fight – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170728/BLOGS02/170729857/school-funding-battle-is-loaded-with-fuzzy-springfield-style-math
— GOP blame game begins after Senate sinks health care drive – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170728/NEWS03/170729860/gop-blame-game-begins-after-senate-sinks-health-care-drive

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— New Poll: Rauner Approval Rating 34-Percent (DIERSEN: What is your approval rating? My approval rating is very low with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors because I am a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), rich, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.)
http://www.effinghamradio.com/2017/07/28/new-poll-rauner-approval-rating-34-percent/

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 19 ATTORNEYS GENERAL PROMOTE LGBTQ ACTIVITY IN THE MILITARY
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170728/AP/307289819

WAND
— Republican and Democrats name education funding reform negotiators – Michon Lindstrom
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35998074/republican-and-democrats-name-education-funding-reform-negotiators
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republicans assigned to negotiate are Senator Jason Barickman, R-Bloomington, Senator Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, Representative Avery Bourne, R-Raymond and Representative Bob Pritchard, R-Hinkley. The Republicans released a statement late Friday afternoon that urged for quick negotiations.)

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— State reps skip legislative session, volunteer as CPS janitors
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511162848-state-reps-skip-legislative-session-volunteer-as-cps-janitors

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Durkin demands Democrats get back to work on school funding bill – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511162915-durkin-demands-democrats-get-back-to-work-on-school-funding-bill

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Temporary Restraining Order sought to halt NIU Presidential Golden Parachute payout – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/temporary-restraining-order-sought-to-halt-niu-presidential-golden-parachute-payout/
— Shirley Madigan’s Illinois Arts Council stonewalling public records requests again – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/shirley-madigans-illinois-arts-council-stonewalling-public-records-requests-again/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS’ JOBS GROWTH WORSE THAN EVERY NEIGHBORING STATE – Austin Berg and Kevin Angell
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-jobs-growth-worse-than-every-neighboring-state/

CAPITOL FAX
— Annual State Fair Democrat Day rally canceled
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/28/annual-state-fair-democrat-day-rally-canceled/
— Cullerton appoints – GOP urges quick negotiations – Durkin, Brady appoint negotiators *** Madigan responds to Rauner offer, appoints two members to negotiate
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/28/madigan-responds-to-rauner-offer-appoints-two-members-to-negotiate/
— Martire: Tax hike still leaves Illinois $2.5 billion short
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/28/martire-tax-hike-still-leaves-illinois-25-billion-short/
— New ILGOP video: “Get back to work”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/28/new-ilgop-video-get-back-to-work/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— American Failure – ROD DREHER
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/american-failure/

CNN
— Reince Priebus out, John Kelly in as White House chief of staff – Jeremy Diamond
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/politics/john-kelly-chief-of-staff/index.html
— Reince Priebus, shortest-serving chief of staff in White House history – Grace Hauck, Dylan Stafford and Ryan Struyk (DIERSEN: Despite my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me, I survived a) almost 18 years as a GAO employee 1980-1997, b) almost 9 years as an IRS employee 1971-1980, and c) almost 3 years as a Post Office employee 1966-1969.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/politics/reince-priebus-chief-of-staff-white-house-history/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Reince Priebus Pushed Out After Rocky Tenure as Trump Chief of Staff – PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/politics/reince-priebus-white-house-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn rich people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/being-rich-wrecks-your-soul-we-used-to-know-that/2017/07/28/7d3e2b90-5ab3-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Names Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as New Chief of Staff Kelly to replace former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus – Rebecca Ballhaus and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-names-homeland-security-secretary-john-kelly-as-new-chief-of-staff-1501275333

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP’S DONE LITTLE TO STOP CHICAGO’S GUN ‘CARNAGE’ – AIDAN QUIGLEY (DIERSEN: What did Obama do to stop the carnage?)
http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-done-little-stop-chicagos-gun-carnage-643602

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Ten Republicans Urge Oversight Committee Chair Not to Cut Retirement Benefits for Feds – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: How many Republican federal employees and Republican federal retirees live in your precinct, your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? How viciously are they targeted?)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/07/republicans-pen-letter-disavowing-retirement-cuts-feds/139794/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It also would . . . reduce COLAs for Civil Service Retirement System workers by 0.5 percent. The Republicans who wrote Wednesday’s letter cited the “significant numbers of federal workers” in their districts, and said those people “have already sacrificed” in the name of deficit reduction. Signatories were Reps. Rob Bishop, R-Utah; Tom Cole, R-Okla.; Rob Wittman, R-Va.; Chris Smith, R-N.J.; Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.; Barbara Comstock, R-Va.; Walter Jones, R-N.C.; Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.; Peter King, R-N.Y.; and Austin Scott, R-Ga. “Our strongest objection is how the proposals break a promise to employees and retirees who have based career planning on longstanding promised benefit calculations,” the lawmakers wrote. “They and their families don’t deserve to be treated in this cavalier manner. No one needs to remind us of the deficit and the debt problem our nation faces, but federal employees are an easy political target.”)

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— 10 House Republicans and 18 senators speak out against federal retirement cuts – Nicole Ogrysko
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-money/2017/07/10-republicans-remind-oversight-leader-of-their-opposition-to-federal-retirement-cuts/
— Last-minute Veterans Choice funding bill filled with key VA hiring flexibilities – Nicole Ogrysko (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://federalnewsradio.com/veterans-affairs/2017/07/last-minute-veterans-choice-funding-bill-filled-with-key-va-hiring-flexibilities/

DAILY KOS
— The Government Accountability Office is investigating Trump’s abuses against the ACA – Walter Einenkel
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1684591

July 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ political machine is still humming – Austin Berg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-berg-column-st-0728-20170727-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: If old library becomes landmark, city would be forced to buy it, mayor says – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-library-preservation-mayor-response-st-0728-20170726-story.html
— Wisconsin won Foxconn factory, but Illinois won’t lose out – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-foxconn-illinois-wins-robert-reed–0730-biz-20170727-column.html
— Wall Street agency: Chicago will need $1.3 billion more for pensions by 2023 – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-pensions-kroll-report-20170728-story.html
— Officers who responded to Steve Scalise shooting receive Medal of Valor – Ellie Silverman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-steve-scalise-shooting-medal-of-valor-20170727-story.html
— ‘A wonderful, loving family’: Boy dies from Beecher crash that killed pregnant mother, 2 brothers – Zak Koeske, Alicia Fabbre (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents had me baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete in 1948. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, then sent me to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and then had me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) at Hope Lutheran Church in 1962. I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn MSLs as being “too conservative.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-third-boy-dead-beecher-crash-tl-0727-20170727-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Thursday evening, about 200 people gathered at Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete to pray for the Schmidt family. The family was headed to Vacation Bible School at the church when the wreck occurred. “I believe you all understand when I say I wish we weren’t here,” Pastor Frank Italiano told his congregation. . .The service was the second one for the family. On Wednesday night, 200 people gathered at Firemen’s Park for a prayer vigil, where two local pastors offered prayers, blessings and a message of hope. The solemn event was organized by a group of local mothers who did not know the Schmidt family but were touched by the tragedy.)
— What Trump’s attacks on Sessions can teach employees dealing with aggressive bosses – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-sessions-bullying-boss-0728-biz-20170727-story.html
— Will Congress help companies use forced arbitration to undercut consumers? – Lauren Saunders
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-wells-fargo-consumers-congress-perspec-0728-jm-20170727-story.html
— GOP blame-game begins after Senate sinks Obamacare repeal bill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-obamacare-repeal-20170728-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Scaramucci battles White House leaks with kerosene and match – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/scaramucci-doubles-down-on-complaints-of-leaks/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Sessions promote LGBTQ activity.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-squabbling-trump-and-sessions-team-up-against-lgbtq-people/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/allow-transgender-people-to-be-their-best-and-most-honorable-selves/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/col-jennifer-pritzker-trumps-transgender-ban-a-huge-step-backward/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump succeeding in breaking Republicans’ spirit.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/charen-trump-succeeding-in-breaking-republicans-spirit/

DAILY HERALD
— Tollway wants higher I-90 speeds, but officials warn of confusion – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170728/tollway-wants-higher-i-90-speeds-but-officials-warn-of-confusion
— Kane Co. sheriff helps trim deficit; Lauzen calls for same from others – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170726/news/170729251/
— The truth behind business migration – John Carpenter, President and CEO, Choose DuPage, Lisle
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170728/the-truth-behind-business-migration

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kinzinger rips Trump over transgender tweet – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170727/BLOGS02/170729873/kinzinger-rips-trump-over-transgender-tweet

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Why not Illinois? Illinois not only isn’t competitive with neighboring states, it’s also not trying to be competitive with neighboring states – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-07-28/why-not-illinois.html

CANTON DAILY LEDGER
— Incomes getting more unequal, tied to anti-union efforts – Bill Knight (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor, b) hate unions, c) hate past, present, and future union members, and d) want wages and benefits to be cut for everyone but themselves. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
http://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20170727/incomes-getting-more-unequal-tied-to-anti-union-efforts

WSIL TV
— New poll shows signs of trouble for Rauner – Brandon Richard (DIERSEN: What do you get blamed for? Will anti-Trumps want to keep me as the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman a) because only 137 voted for Trump in that precinct while 211 voted for Clinton and b) because Trump got fewer votes than Clinton in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35986915/new-poll-shows-signs-of-trouble-for-rauner
— Sessions not leaving unless pushed – AP (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What did I “gain” by taking my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old? ANSWER: No longer having to come to work and enduring their tremendous efforts to get rid of me. QUESTION: What did I lose? First, the difference between my salary ($122,991/year in today’s dollars) an my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension (currently $50,856/year) or $72,135/year in today’s dollars until I would taken regular retirement and then the difference between what my CSRS pension would have been (much more than $50,856/year) and $50,856/year for the rest of my life. So far, during the last 238 months, I have lost $1,430,856 in today’s dollars, that is, what my salary would have been ($2,439,500) minus the CSRS pension payments that I have received ($1,008,644). But the lost money is nothing compared to the ammunition that my Democrat GAO superiors gave my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They use my being forced to take early retirement to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be a racist, a sexist, a bigot, or even far worse things.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35986299/ap-exclusive-sessions-not-leaving-unless-pushed

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Senate sends Russia sanctions bill to Trump’s desk White House has not said if Trump will sign it – JEREMY HERB (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the unsuccessful attempt that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes made to sanction me at the start of the 2006 Illinois Center Right Coalition Annual Convention (ICRC) in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. Previously, my Democrat GAO superiors had sanctioned me by forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, ICRC, American Association of Political Consultants, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc, SIDE WITH MY DEMOCRAT SUPERIORS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST ME.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/senate-sends-russia-sanctions-bill-to-trumps-desk/776589126

DARIEN PATCH
— Candidates Investigated For DuPage County Associate Judge Position The DuPage County Bar Association Judiciary Committee will investigate 14 candidates (Alan J. Brinkmeier, Ronald D. Menna, Jr., Christine T. Cody, Azam Nizamuddin, Maureen R. Dunsing, Margaret M. O’Connell, Kevin A. Halverson, J. Damian Ortiz, Angelo J. Kappas, John J. Pcolinski, Jr., Nicholas C. Kirkeles, Nemura G. Pencyla, Ann M. Lampariello-Perez, and Jay M. Reese) for the position of Associate Judge. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/candidates-investigated-dupage-county-associate-judge-position

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How Does Chicago’s Sanctuary Law Stack Up Against Other Cities? You don’t have to look too far to find a city with more protective laws. – MAURICIO PEÑA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) illegally encourage people to illegally come to America illegally, b) illegally encourage people to illegally stay in America illegally, and c) illegally encourage people to illegally bring others to America illegally. Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/July-2017/Chicagos-Welcoming-City-Ordinance/

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— New poll shows signs of trouble for Rauner’s re-election chances
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/07/27/poll-trouble-rauner-reelection-chances/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Winger backs Rauner vow to spread public school funding evenly – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511162657-winger-backs-rauner-vow-to-spread-public-school-funding-evenly

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois is Broke but Legislators Still Want to Spend More Money on Abortion – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-broke-legislators-still-want-spend-money-abortion/
— Illinois: Safe Haven for Abortionists, Killing Zone for the Unborn – Tami Jackson (DIERSEN: What percent of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois promote abortion, that is, what percent vote for Democrats and RINOs?)
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-safe-haven-abortionists-killing-zone-unborn/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILGOP RELEASES VIDEO – “GET BACK TO WORK”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/ilgop-releases-video-get-back-to-work.html
— SHAPIRO SLAMS ‘SNOWFLAKES’ AT CAPITOL HILL HEARING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/shapiro-slams-snowflakes-at-capitol-hill-hearing.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker campaign attacks new House GOP floor leader as “radical” (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Outstandingly, Breen focuses on defending and advancing the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/28/pritzker-campaign-attacks-new-house-gop-floor-leader-as-radical/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pritzker campaign is not happy…Rep. Peter Breen is reportedly taking over as House Republican floor leader, a move that solidifies Illinois Republicans’ dramatic shift to the right under failed Governor Bruce Rauner. Breen will replace moderate Rep. Steven Andersson who was exiled following his leadership in overriding Bruce Rauner’s reckless budget veto. The new floor leader will have the opportunity to make his radical social conservative views priorities for House Republicans. Here are just a few of the extreme right-wing stances that Breen has taken recently: Defended a new Rauner hire that compared abortion to Nazi eugenics. Fought against a bill strengthening the Illinois’ Equal Pay Act, calling it “the stupidest bill we’ve considered.” Lied about the potential risk Illinois women face in maintaining access to reproductive healthcare. Opposed marriage equality. “Peter Breen’s ascension to House leadership is another sign of the radical right-wing takeover led by Rauner and his team of ’superstars’ who are desperate for a political win,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “The damage he’s done to Illinois so far is unconscionable. Bruce Rauner continues to line his administration with ideologues eager to help him hold children and families hostage to his political agenda—a move that means more damage is coming.”)
— Rauner says he’s asked “key” Republican legislators to negotiate on SB 1
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/28/rauner-says-hes-asked-key-republican-legislators-to-negotiate-on-sb-1/
— Board of Elections to take up new Kobach Commission request at August 22nd meeting
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/28/board-of-elections-to-take-up-new-kobach-commission-request-at-august-22nd-meeting/

LIFEZETTE
— Trump Confidante: President Forcing Priebus Out to Elevate Loyalists Sources say explosive Scaramucci offensive against Reince a sign of looming outsider takeover of White House – Jim Stinson (DIERSEN: Who/what are you loyal to? I am loyal to those who defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/trump-confidante-president-forcing-priebus-out-to-elevate-loyalists/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Rep. Gutierrez Calls for Democratic Party to ‘Eliminate’ Trump in 2018 – Nick Kangadis (DIERSEN: Who has called for you to be eliminated? I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should be eliminated. They are full of hatred.)
http://www.mrctv.org/blog/rep-gutierrez-calls-democratic-party-eliminate-trump-2018

COLLEGE FIX
— ‘No Safe Spaces’ documentary maker tells lawmakers: We need family values to defeat censorship – JEREMIAH POFF (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents either fail/refuse to promote family values or work against family vales. Many of them promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, and vices including booze, gambling, and pot.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/34975/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Listen To God’s Voice – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and that they give money to a church. They talk and act like God told them to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, IRS employment, etc. They talk and act like God tells them every day to get rid of me.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/07/28/listen-gods-voice/

GOPUSA
— Media Keep Butchering the Facts About Obamacare
http://www.gopusa.com/media-keep-butchering-the-facts-about-obamacare/

BREITBART
— Can Luis Gutierrez Read? A Breitbart Investigation – TONY LEE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/26/can-luis-gutierrez-read-breitbart-news-investigates/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Never Should Have Trusted A Reporter’: Scaramucci Responds To The New Yorker Piece – Amber Randall (DIERSEN: Of course, ever since I became a reporter for GOPUSA in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at everyone that no one should trust me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/never-should-have-trusted-a-reporter-scaramucci-responds-to-the-new-yorker-piece/
— Here’s Where The 19 Million Obamacare-Dependent Folks Live – Robert Donachie
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/heres-where-the-19-million-obamacare-dependent-folks-live/
— Survey: National Anthem Protests Reason For Poor NFL Ratings – KENT STROBL
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/survey-national-anthem-protests-reason-for-poor-nfl-ratings/

FOX BUSINESS
— Ford’s Mustang remains on top, thanks to global appeal
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-apos-mustang-remains-top-171600281.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Michael Steele sides with Democrats against Republicans. Everyone attributes that to the RNC’s dumping him as its chairman. Obviously, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to side with the Democrats. They dumped me as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/344191-opinion-steele-yes-we-reps-will-own-obamacare-failure

POLITICO
— Senate rejects Obamacare repeal In dramatic floor vote, McCain ‘no’ vote helps upend slimmed down repeal. – JOHN BRESNAHAN, BURGESS EVERETT, JENNIFER HABERKORN and SEUNG MIN KIM
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/27/obamacare-repeal-republicans-status-241025
Pentagon takes no steps to enforce Trump’s transgender ban
— The Defense Department is awaiting guidance from the White House amid fears that thousands of troops could be forced out. – BRYAN BENDER and JACQUELINE KLIMAS (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 18 years old, the Selective Service classified me 1-A (Available for military service) even though my vision has never been correctable to 20/20, I have partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). If I had said that I was a woman or that I wanted to be a woman, the Selective Service would have immediately classified me 4-F (Registrant not qualified for military service).)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/27/trump-transgender-military-ban-no-modification-241029

HUFFINGTON POST
— Scaramucci And The Pale Horse Of Pestilence – Jim Moore (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, all the managers that the Democrats who ran GAO sent to run its Chicago office came with a list of Chicago office to get rid of. Of course, I was always very high on those lists because I am Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), and non-veteran. Further, I did not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, or Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40. Further, I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Further, in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scaramucci-and-the-pale-horse-of-pestilence_us_597ac1e1e4b09982b737637f

CNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The head of GAO while Diersen v. GAO was pending in federal courts says “We have way too many wingnuts in Washington.”
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/28/we-have-way-too-many-wingnuts-in-washington-says-ex-fiscal-watchdog.html

YAHOO NEWS
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Viral photo of breastfeeding mom smoking pot stirs debate – Nisean Lorde
https://ca.style.yahoo.com/viral-photo-mom-smokes-pot-breastfeeding-slammed-critics-181554168.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Health Care Debate: Obamacare Repeal Fails as McCain Casts Decisive No Vote – ROBERT PEAR, THOMAS KAPLAN and EMILY COCHRANE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/us/politics/senate-health-care-vote.html
— Anthony Scaramucci’s Uncensored Rant: Foul Words and Threats to Have Priebus Fired – PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/us/politics/scaramucci-priebus-leaks.html
— Switching Careers Doesn’t Have to Be Hard: Charting Jobs That Are Similar to Yours – CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and QUOCTRUNG BUI (DIERSEN: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I transferred from IRS to GAO. Much of the work that I did for IRS was similar to the work that I did for GAO including investigating, interviewing, gathering data, summarizing data, analyzing data, developing recommendations, and report writing. But the Democrats who ran GAO dismissed/belittled the skills that I developed working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. To transfer, they forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 down to GS-9 Step 10, an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/upshot/switching-careers-is-hard-it-doesnt-have-to-be.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Money Can Buy (Some) Happiness – NIRAJ CHOKSHI (DIERSEN: Since September 30, 1997, I have had $1,430,856 less money in today’s dollars to buy happiness with because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on that date.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/science/study-happy-save-money-time.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Scaramucci: ‘If Reince wants to explain that he’s not a leaker, let him do that’ – Jenna Johnson (DIERSEN: Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being a leaker.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/27/scaramucci-if-reince-wants-to-explain-that-hes-not-a-leaker-let-him-do-that/
— Latest fight at Illinois Capitol threatens money for schools – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/latest-fight-at-illinois-capitol-threatens-money-for-schools/2017/07/28/34bdbf84-7354-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html
— The night John McCain killed the GOP’s health-care fight – Ed O’Keefe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/the-night-john-mccain-killed-the-gops-health-care-fight/2017/07/28/f5acce58-7361-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html
— Senate rejects measure to partly repeal Affordable Care Act, dealing GOP leaders a major setback – Juliet Eilperin, Sean Sullivan and Kelsey Snell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-gop-leaders-work-to-round-up-votes-for-modest-health-care-overhaul/2017/07/27/ac08fc40-72b7-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html
— Democratic senators hit Trump’s retirement cuts for feds, while unions oppose his personnel chief pick – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have made it very clear that they a) wanted my federal pay and benefits to be cut and b) want my federal retirement benefits to be cut. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/07/28/democratic-senators-hit-trumps-retirement-cuts-for-feds-while-unions-oppose-his-personnel-chief-pick/

USA TODAY
— Anthony Scaramucci says Steve Bannon sucks – Josh Hafner
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/27/scaramucci-slams-reince-priebus-steve-bannon-new-yorker-interview/518769001/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Affirmative action divided California Democrats. What changed in the governor’s race? – CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, Whites, males, older people, and non-veterans.)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article164099387.html

TIME
— The Link Between Marijuana and Schizophrenia – Maia Szalavitz
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2005559,00.html

THE WEEK
— It’s time to remove sex-identity from birth certificates – Heath Fogg Davis (DIERSEN: Should men who claim to be women get the Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion benefits that women get?)
http://theweek.com/articles/707021/time-remove-sexidentity-from-birth-certificates

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Court Rules Against Politician Who Banned Access to Her Facebook Page Facebook page of Virginia county politician is forum protected by the First Amendment, judge says – Joe Palazzolo (DIERSEN: Who did/does/would ban you from their Facebook page? Those who did/does/would ban me from their Facebook page are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-rules-against-politician-who-banned-access-to-her-facebook-page-1501176625
— The Democrats’ Biggest Problem Is Cultural Since 1968, the party has been alienating working-class voters. President Trump is the latest result. – Ted Van Dyk (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-biggest-problem-is-cultural-1501193226
— Why Not a Day of Rest From Politics? Mainline Protestant pastors are more left-leaning than their parishioners. – Libby Sternberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton hint/imply/argue/shout that they have gotten all the “religious leaders” in Wheaton to CONDEMN ME TO HELL.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-not-a-day-of-rest-from-politics-1501193333
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against building The Wall.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/drug-cartels-could-defeat-trumps-wall-1501193320
— Ex-Convicts Help Companies Fill Need for Skilled Labor As jobless rate declines, employers increasingly find qualified workers among recently released prisoners – Jeffrey Sparshott (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn all the jobs that I had, so of course, they have no problem with convicts holding those jobs. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-convicts-help-companies-fill-need-for-skilled-labor-1501156800

BLOOMBERG
— If Foxconn Builds It, Will Workers Come? Wisconsin Bets Yes – Michelle Jamrisko (DIERSEN: Have you ever moved to be closer to where you worked? In 1974, when I was 25 years old, immediately after IRS promoted to a GS-12 (currently $79,563/year) job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building and walked to work and to graduate evening business classes at Loyola. In 1976, I bought a one bedroom condo in the building, I continued to walk to work, and I walked to graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-27/if-foxconn-builds-it-will-workers-come-wisconsin-bets-yes

ACLU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/president-trumps-transgender-military-ban-affront-core-tenets-us-military

FED SMITH
— Senator Wants to Stop the IRS From Rehiring Employees It Fired – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, IRS would NOT have a) hired me in 1971, b) promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, or c) let me work there for almost 9 years. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974 (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866), c) did not promote me beyond GS-12, and d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates dismissed/belittled the fact that a) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/28/senator-wants-stop-irs-rehiring-employees-fired/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Republicans Take First Shots at Slashing Individual Federal Employees’ Salaries – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/07/republicans-take-first-shots-slashing-individual-federal-employees-salaries/139799/

DAILY KOS
— Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War vet, confirms Trump’s transgender ban is complete lunacy – Kelly Macias (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Duckworth promotes LGBTQ activity. In 2006, she had one of her LGBTQ goons throw me out of a public event that she had in Wheaton.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/27/1684464/-Senator-Tammy-Duckworth-Iraq-War-vet-confirms-Trump-s-transgender-ban-is-complete-lunacy

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Republicans Welcome Military Transgender Ban; Democrats Don’t (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat or to be a RINO is to promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/social_issues/republicans_welcome_military_transgender_ban_democrats_don_t

July 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Lawmakers meet for 2nd day of school funding session – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/lawmakers-meet-for-2nd-day-of-school-funding-session/2254715/

NBC5
— Rauner Tells Republicans ‘Revolution’ is Coming: Sources – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Tells-Republicans-Revolution-is-Coming-Sources-437054813.html
— Governor Rauner to Illinois Dems: ‘Turn In Your Homework’ – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/governor-rauner-tells-illinois-democrats-to-turn-in-your-homework-437015833.html

CBS2
— Rauner, Dems Heading Toward School-Funding Showdon – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/27/rauner-dems-heading-toward-school-funding-showdon/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— House OKs $1.6B down payment for Trump’s wall – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/270528473-story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The politics of education funding in Illinois is truly deranged – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-illinois-school-funding-zorn-perspec-0728-md-20170727-column.html
— Adam Andrzejewski’s commitment to transparency doesn’t extend to his own biography – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: Based on this, the Chicago Tribune wants me to provide even more details on why I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-100k-forbes-0728-chicago-inc-20170727-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He’ll surely be happy, then, to clear up any confusion over his 2010 Republican primary campaign, which he describes in his biography on his organization’s website as ending in “a close loss on Election Day.” Andrzejewski came in fifth, out of six declared candidates, with 14 percent of the vote. “It was a very credible campaign,” he told Inc. “I only lost by 40,000 votes.” Technically, it was 44,497. But who’s counting?)
— Judge denies windfall to teachers union lobbyist who was substitute for one day – Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-substitute-teacher-pension-windfall-met-728-20190727-story.html
— Scaramucci ignites fierce White House fight: ‘The fish stinks from the head down’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-drama-scaramucci-20170727-story.html
— Trump’s voting commission again asks states for voter data, vows to protect records – Mark Berman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-voter-fraud-commission-data-20170727-story.html
— House GOP passes $788B bill for Pentagon with $1.6 billion for border wall – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congress-spending-pentagon-border-wall-20170727-story.html
— Republicans send mixed signals on immediate Rauner veto of school funding bill – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-veto-mixed-message-met-0728-20170727-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Day 2 of Special Session: Legislators meet for minutes, do nothing – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/day-2-of-special-session-legislators-meet-for-minutes-do-nothing/
— Mendoza compares Rauner to ‘check-bouncer’ after school funding plea – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mendoza-compares-rauner-to-check-bouncer-after-school-funding-plea/
— Scout chief apologizes to any offended by Trump’s ‘political rhetoric’ – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/scout-chief-apologizes-to-any-offended-by-trumps-political-rhetoric/
— Dem pollster: Survey shows Rauner ‘albatross around the neck of GOP’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dga-poll-calls-rauner-extremely-vulnerable-shows-job-rating-dip/

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville business owner Becky Anderson Wilkins enters 5-way Democratic race to unseat Roskam – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170727/naperville-business-owner-enters-5-way-democratic-race-to-unseat-roskam
— Des Plaines spent $189,000 in failed legal fight to fire cop – Chacour Koop (DIERSEN: If I had not taken my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, how many millions of taxpayer dollars would they have spent to fire me? Who would have come to my defense – a) Republicans who have represented me in the U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Senate, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, my precinct and/or b) the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee? Provably none of the aforesaid because they overwhelmingly reject the Rutan decision (http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html) and they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170727/des-plaines-spent-189000-in-failed-legal-fight-to-fire-cop

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner lags in new Dem poll – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170727/BLOGS02/170729867/illinois-gov-rauner-lags-in-new-poll
— What Illinois stands to gain from losing huge Foxconn factory- GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What did I “gain” by taking my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old? ANSWER: No longer having to come to work and enduring their tremendous efforts to get rid of me. QUESTION: What did I lose? First, the difference between my salary ($122,991/year in today’s dollars) an my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension (currently $50,856/year) or $72,135/year in today’s dollars until I would taken regular retirement and then the difference between what my CSRS pension would have been (much more than $50,856/year) and $50,856/year for the rest of my life. So far, during the last 238 months, I have lost $1,430,856 in today’s dollars, that is, what my salary would have been ($2,439,500) minus the CSRS pension payments that I have received ($1,008,644). But the lost money is nothing compared to the ammunition that my Democrat GAO superiors gave my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They use my being forced to take early retirement to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be a racist, a sexist, a bigot, or even far worse things.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170727/BLOGS02/170729870/what-illinois-gains-from-losing-huge-foxconn-factory

WBEZ
— Chicago’s Latino High Schools Face Big Drops In Enrollment — and Funding – Sarah Karp (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps continue trying to fill those schools with illegals.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagos-latino-high-schools-face-big-drops-in-enrollment-and-funding/943ab2c1-8301-42aa-ab7b-32ad7b249f24

SUBURBAN LIFE
— To stand or not to stand: District 99 discusses policy encouraging pledge participation – BOB RAKOW (DIERSEN: One should expect that parents, teachers, administrators, other individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups will ever-increasingly encourage students to NOT stand for the pledge: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/25/to-stand-or-not-to-stand-district-99-discusses-policy-encouraging-pledge-participation/akuq0gr/

WAND
— Illinois Statehouse distrust continues – Michon Lindstrom
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35991134/illinois-statehouse-distrust-continues

FOX ILLINOIS
— No action taken on day two of special session – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/no-action-taken-on-day-two-of-special-session-07-27-2017

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— GOP members meet with governor – Emilee Fannon
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/gop-members-meet-with-governor/776510193

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Representative Chad Hays fails to disclose income. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/state-representative-chad-hays-fails-to-disclose-income/
— Orland Park Public Library Accused of Rampant New FOIA Violations – KEVIN DUJAN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/orland-park-public-library-accused-of-rampant-new-foia-violations/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Is Fox News 32 Chicago Fair and Balanced? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/fox-news-32-chicago-fair-balanced/

CAPITOL FAX
— Breen to be new House GOP floor leader
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/27/breen-to-be-new-house-gop-floor-leader/
— Barickman walks it back, blames the coverage *** Barickman claims Rauner will negotiate when he gets SB 1, cautions on outcome
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/27/barickman-claims-rauner-will-negotiate-when-he-gets-sb-1-cautions-on-outcome/

DAILY CALLER
— IRS Continues To Hire Employees With Performance Problems – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, IRS would NOT have a) hired me in 1971, b) promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, or c) let me work there for almost 9 years. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974 (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866), c) did not promote me beyond GS-12, and d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates dismissed/belittled the fact that a) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/irs-continues-to-hire-employees-with-performance-problems/
— Media Shuns Jobs, Economy To Talk Trump Controversies – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/media-shuns-jobs-economy-to-talk-trump-controversies/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that because of their efforts, “Trump Loses Support In 13 Key Red States.”
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/trump-loses-support-in-13-key-red-states/

GOPUSA
— Minnesota Department of Education ‘segregates’ students uneasy with transgender accommodations (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats get rid of you if you are “uneasy with transgender accommodations.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27602
— Reparations anyone? Leftist urban group demands them for ‘War on Drugs’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27699
— Trump was right: 21 states reveal 8,471 double votes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27746
— Amazon’s Bezos passes Bill Gates as world’s richest person (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being rich. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27821

BREITBART
— Paul Ryan All in For Buddy Reince Priebus: ‘I Think He’s Doing a Great Job As Chief of Staff’ – MATTHEW BOYLE (DIERSEN: Who is “all in” for you? My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy anyone who is “all-in” for me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/27/paul-ryan-all-in-for-buddy-reince-priebus-i-think-hes-doing-a-great-job-as-chief-of-staff/
— Swedish Shop Refuses Woman Service For Not Wearing Hijab – CHRIS TOMLINSON
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/27/swedish-shop-refuses-woman-service-not-wearing-hijab/

FOX NEWS
— Sarah Palin to subpoena two dozen New York Times staffers in lawsuit
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/27/sarah-palin-to-subpoena-two-dozen-new-york-times-staffers-in-lawsuit.html

FOX BUSINESS
— Seems like Scaramucci’s gunning for Reince Priebus’ job: Coulter
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5523459438001/?#sp=show-clips

EAGLE FORUM
— President Trump Upholds Military Readiness; Restricts Transgenders from Military – Tabitha Walter
http://eagleforum.org/publications/press-releases/eagle-forum-applauds-president-trumps-move-to-restrict-transgender-persons-from-american-military.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— 10 States Ready Legal Action to Undo Obama Amnesty for ‘Dreamers’ – Fred Lucas
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/27/10-states-ready-legal-action-undo-obama-amnesty-dreamers/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— John McCain Is No Hypocrite – MAX BLOOM (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as being a hypocrite a) because I avoided the draft, b) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and c) because I am not a member of any church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to any church.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449911/john-mccain-health-care-speech-wasnt-hypocritcal

THE HILL
— Scaramucci: Priebus is a ‘paranoid schizophrenic,’ will be asked to resign – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344215-scaramucci-priebus-is-a-paranoid-schizophrenic-will-be-asked-to
— House approves spending bill with funds for Trump’s border wall – CRISTINA MARCOS AND NIV ELIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/344214-house-approves-spending-bill-with-funds-for-trumps-border-wall

ABC NEWS
— Scaramucci threats, insults inflame fierce White House fight – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/scaramucci-mentions-priebus-deleted-tweet-leaks-48880025

CNBC
— Jeff Bezos faces new enemies now that he’s the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos faces new challenges now that he’s the world’s richest man. His political and business enemies will be even more motivated to move against him. Bezos should learn some lessons from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on how to handle it. – Jake Novak
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/jeff-bezos-facing-new-enemies-as-worlds-richest-man-commentary.html

WASHINGTON POST
— WHO WAS SHE? A DNA TEST ONLY OPENED NEW MYSTERIES. How Alice Collins Plebuch’s foray into “recreational genomics” upended a family tree. – Libby Copeland (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/she-thought-she-was-irish-until-a-dna-test-opened-a-100-year-old-mystery/

NEW YORK POST
— Scaramucci calls Priebus a ‘f–king paranoid schizophrenic’ in rant – Bob Fredericks
http://nypost.com/2017/07/27/scaramucci-calls-priebus-a-f-king-paranoid-schizophrenic-in-rant/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Scaramucci goes on vulgar attack against own communications team, calls Priebus ‘paranoid schizophrenic’ – Megan Cerullo
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scaramucci-calls-reince-priebus-paranoid-schizophrenic-article-1.3362727

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Labor movement turns to social activism to attract millennials – Fatima Hussein (DIERSEN: What percent of millennials are or will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/07/27/labor-movement-turns-social-activism-attract-millennials/456409001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— CHINA’S NEXT TARGET: U.S. MICROCHIP HEGEMONY – Bob Davis and Eva Dou (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, China will use its cheap labor and its abuse of the environment to destroy every industry in America and in the rest of the world. Anti-Trumps have no problem with that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-next-target-u-s-microchip-hegemony-1501168303

FORTUNE
— Scaramucci: Reince Priebus Is ‘a F**king Paranoid Schizophrenic’ – Andrew Nusca
http://fortune.com/2017/07/27/scaramucci-priebus-schizophrenic/

DAILY BEAST
— With Trump’s ‘Green Light,’ Scaramucci Declares Total War on ‘Paranoid Schizophrenic’ Reince Priebus In an interview, Anthony Scaramucci said he and Reince Priebus were like brothers …who may or may not want to kill each other. – LACHLAN MARKAY and ASAWIN SUEBSAENG (DIERSEN: Of course, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my critics/opponents have given them green lights.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/with-trumps-green-light-scaramucci-declares-total-war-on-reince-priebus

FED WEEK
— Preparing for a Mixed Generation Household (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that after I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 when I was 21, I lived with my mother and brother who is 5 years younger than me in Crete until September of 1972. But that was a) because my father had died suddenly at age 47 in October of 1969, b) because my mother had never attended high school and she had never earned income, c) because I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support them, and d) because the job that I had gotten working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights did not pay that much. In June of 1971, I started working for IRS at the GS-7 level (currently $44,853/year), and in June of 1972, IRS promoted me to GS-9 (currently $54,864/year).)
http://www.fedweek.com/publishers-perspective/preparing-mixed-generation-household/

ILLINOIS HOMES
— FOR SALE: 500 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $727,800
http://www.illinoishomes.com/chicago-suburbs-west/wheaton/home/500-Arbor-Avenue,-Wheaton,-IL-60189/9702792/photos