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March 16 Morning Edition

BRUCE RAUNER
— VIDEO: DIERSEN HEADLINE:  Rauner disgustingly, outrageously, falsely, and unethically hints/implies/argues/shouts that Ives has surrendered to Madigan. What next will Rauner disgustingly, outrageously, falsely, and unethically hint/imply/argue/shout? Will he hint/imply/argue/shout that Diersen has surrendered to the Democrats, to the Democrat plants, to the Libertarians, to the Libertarian plants, to the Greens, to the Green plants, and to the RINOs who run Illinois?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxuSguxzMwQ&feature=youtu.be

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— National Review Endorses Ives for Governor “Ives is both a superior candidate to the governor and a solid politician in her own right.”
https://mailchi.mp/a3013f062831/national-review-endorses-ives-for-governor

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Jeanne Ives for Governor – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/jeanne-ives-illinois-governor-endorsement-rauner-forfeited-conservative-support/

 

BREITBART
— Democrats Attack Jeanne Ives, Just 7 Points Behind Bruce Rauner in Illinois – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/15/democrats-attack-jeanne-ives-just-7-points-behind-bruce-rauner-in-illinois/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Ives Within Striking Distance Of Rauner – Rick Pearson
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/ives-within-striking-distance-of-rauner

 

CHICAGO MORNING ANSWER
— State Representative Jeanne Ives talks about her run against Governor Rauner in the Republican primary
http://morninganswerchicago.com/2018/03/14/state-representative-jeanne-ives-talks-run-governor-rauner-republican-primary/

 

WGN TV
— Gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives on who is worse for the future of the state, Rauner or Mike Madigan – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
http://wgnradio.com/2018/03/16/gubernatorial-candidate-jeanne-ives-on-who-is-worse-for-the-future-of-the-state-rauner-or-mike-madigan/

 

WLS AM
— Ives says she can win, Rauner’s support is thin – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/16/ives-says-she-can-win-rauners-support-is-thin/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— After spending millions in Dem primary, Rauner accuses “Washington liberals” of “hijacking” the GOP primary
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/after-spending-millions-in-dem-primary-rauner-accuses-washington-liberals-of-hijacking-the-gop-primary/
— Rauner attended Quincy campaign event after Quincy veterans’ home presser
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/rauner-attended-quincy-campaign-event-after-quincy-veterans-home-presser/

 

DAILY HERALD
— It’s Rauner who divided state GOP – Chuck Smith, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180316/its-rauner-who-divided-state-gop
(THE LETTER: The March 12 “Opinion — The Choice for Governor,” clearly shows that the Daily Herald has a very liberal agenda as well as a flawed crystal ball, which you also used to support and predict Hillary Clinton in the last presidential election. It was very obvious in that election that the Daily Herald editorial staff clearly missed the wave of support for Donald Trump. You continue to report that Jeanne Ives cannot win in November. It is obvious that you recognize that Gov. Rauner has lost his base of support that marginally put him in office. As such, he cannot statistically win re-election in November. Rauner is your choice to run against the winner of the Democratic primary. Jeanne Ives has a rapidly growing wave of support while Gov. Rauner has lost his base that put in him in office. In your endorsement, it is stated that Rauner has demonstrated his commitment to the fundamental values of the Republican Party. This could not be further from the truth. Rauner lied to Cardinal Cupich and his constituents when he said he would not sign the bill authorizing Medicare funding of abortions. He also approved the bill making Illinois a sanctuary state. Rauner owns the 32 percent income tax increase, because he failed to do his job as a leader to keep the Republican leaders unified to the values of the constituents that put them in office. These are not Republican values. It is Gov. Rauner that has divided the Republican Party. Jeanne Ives has the knowledge, legislative experience, and drive to lead this great state from the brink of financial disaster. She has a reputation as a smart, honest, and committed legislator that truly represents the financial interests of the Illinois taxpayer.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Most suburban school districts increased cash reserves last year – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/most-suburban-school-districts-increased-cash-reserves-last-year
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DuPage judge Patrick O’Shea’s legal woes provide fodder for lawyers’ ‘Hannibal O’Shea’ skit – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/dupage-judges-legal-woes-provide-fodder-for-lawyers-hannibal-oshea-skit
— More layoffs hit Chicago Tribune newsroom – Robert Feder (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency shrank. It was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. During my last 4 years there, all its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran who had 25 or more years of federal service and who had not made Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 were strongly “encouraged” to take GAO’s early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/feder-more-layoffs-hit-chicago-tribune-newsroom
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180315/editorial-student-protests-rise-to-level-that-deserves-attention

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump factor looms large in Illinois governor primary campaigns – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: What will the anti-Trump voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois do? Will they cast a Republican primary ballot and vote for those candidates who are the most anti-Trump?  Or will they cast a Democrat primary ballot and vote for those candidates who are the most anti-Trump? How many of the voters are anti-Trump in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct, while 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-race-donald-trump-factor-20180315-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For Republicans, it’s a question of whether the enthusiasm that gave Trump more than 2 million votes and victories in 91 of the state’s 102 counties in 2016 (despite an overall loss to Hillary Clinton here) will manifest itself in the primary for governor. . .When Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives explains to voters why she’s challenging Gov. Bruce Rauner in the primary election, she cites the honor code of her West Point alma mater: “I will not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those that do.” The governor, Ives contends, lied to her and other social conservatives in 2014 when he said he had no social agenda, and she points to his signature on a law to expand abortion rights. At the same time, however, the Wheaton legislator has embraced Trump and urges what she calls the “silent majority” that elected him to rise up against Rauner. Trump’s lies in office are well chronicled — just Wednesday, he boasted that he made up facts on trade during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump also has a history of cheating, including his affair with actress Marla Maples that broke up his first marriage, and the current fallout from $130,000 paid by his lawyer to a porn star who goes by the name Stormy Daniels as “hush money” about an alleged affair. How does Ives reconcile campaigning on an honor code that prohibits lying and cheating as a rationale to take on Rauner, while not only tolerating but actively promoting Trump? Asked that question recently, Ives paused for several seconds. “For me, it’s a personal affront to what Gov. Rauner has done because I’m part of that Republican caucus he lied to, OK?” she said. “So, it’s a very personal thing. That’s the thing. I can affect him (Rauner) and the outcome of this election. I can’t necessarily affect Donald Trump.” . . . “These two primary races at the governor’s level are pretty good examples of this issue of differentiation. Jeanne Ives has been very clear and very pointed about differentiating herself from Rauner in very specific ways,” he said. “Whereas the Democrats have to say, ‘Well, I’ve got this slightly different take on (things).’ Nuances are a problem.” With Ives, there’s not much nuance to her support for the president. “I think we should have a working relationship with (Trump),” she said after a recent gathering of the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents at Water Tower Place. “And look, I’ve been disappointed by a lot of other politicians who have lied about what their intentions are, have done the wrong thing. But you still work with them. You still work with them,” she said. “But in the case of Rauner, I can actually affect change where he has personally lied about his policies.” Ives has supported Trump attacks on sanctuary cities and illegal immigration while criticizing Rauner’s approval of legislation that would prevent local law enforcement from holding someone based solely on their legal status or detaining someone without a judicially issued warrant. Ives’ challenge means Rauner’s attempts to distance himself from Trump have become a factor for the governor ahead of the primary, Mooney said. “Rauner’s spent his time ignoring (Trump), (the president) is sort of a pariah in the state, and that’s annoyed the Trump supporters in the state, and then Jeanne Ives comes along,” Mooney said. “If she wouldn’t have been there, raising (Rauner’s) ambiguity about Trump and all of that, in the fall, the Democrat, whoever it would be, would definitely hammer him on Trump, associate him with Trump,” he added. “But without Ives putting out these sort of RINO (Republican In Name Only) criticisms and so forth, those (Trump) people might have just gone ahead and would vote for (Rauner).” Trump presents a problem for a Republican governor running in a Democratic-leaning state. For nearly two years, Rauner routinely has avoided using the president’s name in public, and he skipped the 2016 GOP convention that nominated Trump. Asked by reporters about Trump-proposed policies on immigration, health care and other issues and Rauner regularly demurs — at one point saying he had “no obligation” to discuss “every policy change in Washington.” Instead, Rauner has focused his primary campaign on his frequent political target, veteran Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, going so far as to try to link Madigan to Ives despite vast ideological differences between the Democratic leader and the GOP challenger. The assertion rated a “Pants on Fire” from PolitiFact Illinois. The election, Rauner told reporters, is “about the people against a corrupt, broken system. It’s about the people of Illinois demanding more value for their taxes and a lower tax burden, the people of Illinois demanding more jobs, more economic opportunity and the people of Illinois demanding an end to the corruption in our system by getting term limits.” The governor said his campaign message is one of “unification” that transcends party labels. But Rauner has had difficulty finding a base. His approval of legislation expanding taxpayer-funded abortions to women covered by Medicaid and state employee health insurance motivated Ives to challenge him. GOP conservatives viewed Rauner’s move as a betrayal after he had vowed to veto the bill. On the other hand, Rauner’s support of the measure could help him if he makes it to the November general election, winning favor with GOP-leaning moderate suburban women, a critical demographic in an evolving collar county landscape. Rauner followed that up, however, with his Tuesday veto of legislation that would have required the state licensing of gun shops. That’s legislation those same suburban women, many of them mothers of school-age children, would support. Before then, however, Rauner has to win the primary election, and he knows the voting power of Downstate gun-rights supporters. David Yepsen, the former head of the Paul Simon Public Policy Center at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, said the Trump impact in the primaries may only be just the beginning heading toward the outcomes of the November general election. “There is a Trump effect, and it can be a harmful one to Republican chances in Illinois in November. There is a Democrat wave starting to form, and it manifests itself in the energy you see in these groups, the turnouts in primaries in other states,” said Yepsen, a former national columnist for The Des Moines Register. “It’s history. It’s the midterm election and the party in power (in the White House) is going to take a hit.” he said. “In Illinois, Republicans don’t have a lot of margin.”)
— National Democrats get into Republican governor race – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-20180316-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Governors Association is launching two ads in the closing days of the primary campaign, electing to play in the Republican sandbox. One ad goes after Gov. Rauner. The other takes on his challenger, state Rep. Jeanne Ives. In ad about Rauner, a definition of the word “worst” appears on screen as a female narrator says: “Worst. It’s not a word we like to hear in Illinois but worst is where Gov. Rauner has taken Illinois since he took office.” In ad about Ives, a male narrator says: “When is a conservative leader too conservative for Illinois? Meet Jeanne Ives. She’s been rated as one of the most conservative in the state.” Each spot ends with a phone number on screen for people to call either Rauner or Ives. The numbers are not their campaign offices, however. They’re state government phone numbers in Springfield. The DGA’s decision to play in the Republican primary comes after Rauner forces have been doing it for nearly a year in the Democratic governor primary. Back-to-back ads back in May from the state Republican Party, which Rauner heavily subsidizes, and from Rauner’s campaign sought to contrast Rauner’s wealth as “self-made” compared with Pritzker’s “inherited” wealth. Rauner is a private equity investor, while Pritzker, a billionaire entrepreneur and investor, is an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune.)
— DuPage ranked No. 1 healthiest county in Illinois – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-healthiest-county-in-illinois-st-0316-20180314-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— National Review endorses Ives in GOP primary over Rauner – Stefano Esposito

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/national-review-endorses-ives-in-gop-primary-over-rauner/
— New Democratic ad attacks Jeanne Ives — but gets her message out against Rauner – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/new-democratic-ad-attacks-jeanne-ives-but-gets-her-message-out-against-rauner/

 

WTTW
— Progressive Democrats: Madigan Offered Deal to Keep Power – Paris Schutz (DIERSEN: What if Republicans offered Rauner a deal to keep him in power? But wait, he who pays the piper calls the tunes, and Rauner pays the piper, that is, a) Rauner pays the Illinois Republican Party and many if not virtually all the Republican county, township, and ward party organizations in Illinois and b) Rauner pays many, if not most, of the Republican candidates and elected officials in Illinois.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/15/progressive-democrats-madigan-offered-deal-keep-power

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Ives Blasts Rauner Over Ads – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=261909#.Wqu_vcuKSM8

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Ives, Harold to speak at Lockport Township GOP event – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511363127-ives-harold-to-speak-at-lockport-township-gop-event

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner’s sanctuary law born in DuPage County – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511362015-rauner-s-sanctuary-law-born-in-dupage-county

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Ives: Rauner is doubling down on his lies – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/ives-rauner-is-doubling-down-on-his-lies/article_a1c39b72-27c1-11e8-ad25-972cd1014506.html

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Rauner pays his staff more than $10 million – not $4.9 million
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/03/14/rauner-pays-his-staff-more-than-10-million-not-4-9-million/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Big Names and Big Money in Illinois as Governor Faces Challenges on All Sides – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/illinois-governor-election.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago leads U.S. in underwater homes – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180316/CRED0701/180319924/chicago-has-more-underwater-homeowners-than-new-york-and-l-a-combined

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Ethics complaint filed against Sheriff Kramer Complaint alleges Kramer committed ethics violation – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/03/14/ethics-complaint-filed-against-sheriff-kramer/anjytq5/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jon Zahm, a political consultant to the Tindall campaign, alleged that in wearing official clothing and driving the county-issued car, Kramer used taxpayer resources for political gain in violation of the county’s ethics ordinance against prohibited political activities. “No officer or employee shall intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any compensated time, as defined herein,” the ethics ordinance states. “No officer or employee shall intentionally use any property or resources of the County of Kane in connection with any prohibited political activity.” Among the prohibited political activities is, “Managing or working on a campaign for elective office” Zahm’s complaint alleges that Kramer wore an official shirt and drove his official police car when he attended two election events.)

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Republicans use Lincoln-Reagan Day to build enthusiasm for elections – Edward Husar
http://www.whig.com/20180316/republicans-use-lincoln-reagan-day-to-build-enthusiasm-for-elections#//

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A break from nasty election ads? If only – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-16/jim-dey-break-nasty-election-ads-if-only.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Push for gun laws faces resistance in most states – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180315/ap-review-push-for-gun-laws-faces-resistance-in-most-states
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as operatives and as dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180314/from-voice-springfield-teens-explain-why-they-walked-out

 

SOUTHERN
— Northern Illinois gun range to offer free classes to teachers – AP
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/northern-illinois-gun-range-to-offer-free-classes-to-teachers/article_c983a3b7-9a6b-5253-b031-3f7e0e33fdbc.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois Senate passes gun bills, participates in walk out – BRENDEN MOORE AND MAXIMILIAN KWIATKOWSKI
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-senate-passes-gun-bills-participates-in-walk-out/article_3f46999b-a304-5baf-bc50-7e5707c42cdc.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County referendum seeks voter support for election commission, clerk merger – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/13/dupage-county-referendum-seeks-voter-support-for-election-commission-clerk-merger/atgt69y/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Our antiweed governor better take note: downstate is also going to pot – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/03/16/our-antiweed-governor-better-take-note-downstate-is-also-going-to-pot

 

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Why Are Student Opinions Being Trivialized? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Students are dominated by their teachers.)
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2018/03/why-are-student-opinions-being-trivialized/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House blasts Hillary Clinton for remark about ‘backward’ Trump voters – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: 211 voted for Hillary in my precinct, but only 137 voted for Trump. To what extent do those 211 demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being backward? How should I react to that?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/15/hillary-clinton-blasted-sarah-sanders-remark-about/

 

GOPUSA
— Bill Gates: ‘I don’t agree with the America first rhetoric’
http://www.gopusa.com/bill-gates-i-dont-agree-with-the-america-first-rhetoric/
— Brown wants more money for census fearing non-citizens will not be counted
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41560

 

INSIDE SOURCES
— Union Leader Argues Job Training Isn’t Enough – Connor D. Wolf (DIERSEN: IRS and GAO provide their employees with lots of training. IRS wasted the training that it provided me 1971-1980 by its refusal to promote me beyond GS-12. GAO wasted the training that it provided me 1980-1997 by its refusal to promote me beyond GS-13 and its forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. IRS and GAO would not have wasted that training if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.insidesources.com/union-leader-job-training-not-enough/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trumka addressed the issue while speaking during a panel discussion at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. He argued that training alone isn’t enough and that more needs to be done to ensure workers aren’t hurt by these new technologies. He added that unions already train many workers but that hasn’t fully addressed the issue. “We train people, that’s what we do,” Trumka said during the discussion. “That’s not the issue, training them to do what? And if in fact the logical conclusion is technology shrinks all the jobs so that there are not enough jobs for those in the society, that training only makes you, first it makes you, in my instance, you’re an unemployed miner, then you get trained to be a computer programmer, so then I was an unemployed computer programmer.” The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in a 2011 report that the federal government spends about $18 billion annually on job training programs. Former President Barack Obama, for instance, invested $90 million into a federal program focused exclusively on apprenticeships – an area the current administration has been looking to expand.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Bobby Rush Forced To Pay 15 Percent Of Salary Annually Due To $1 Million Loan He Never Paid – Henry Rodgers (DIERSEN: I would not be surprised at all to learn that Bobby Rush played a major role in GAO’s forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, I served many wage garnishments. SEE: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/what-is-a-levy)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/15/chicago-bobby-rush-wage-garnishment/?utm_medium=email
— Liberals Mock Don Jr. After Vanessa Trump Files For Divorce – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted me as being someone who no woman would marry, let alone stayed married to. Of course, a) they were furious when I got married in 1978 and b) they remain furious we are still married. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who have never been married, b) who have been divorced, and c) who have major marital problems.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/15/donald-trump-jr-vanessa-trump-divorce/
— Hillary Can’t Stop Hating The Deplorables – Scott Greer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who state that they are conservative and/or Republican and b) who can’t stop hating me and other deplorables.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/16/hillary-clinton-hate-deplorables/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— We’re going to court against Google
http://email.conservativehq.com/q/11mAnQbR3FawbHnfokyXol1/wv

 

THE HILL
— Republicans insist tax law will help in midterms – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: All Republicans would get many more votes in November if Roskam increased the SALT cap from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378735-republicans-brush-off-doubts-about-tax-strategy

 

NBC NEWS
— Time for conservatives to accept Trump’s imperfections and learn how to work with him Supporting Trump is not quite the profound moral dilemma it’s been made out to be. – Keith Koffler (DIERSEN: Who stresses your imperfections? Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that your imperfections as fatal? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who stress my imperfections and hint/imply/argue/shout that they are fatal. They would not do that if I glorified and praised them, if I pandered to them, if I served as one of their operatives or dupes, or if I gave them money.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/time-conservatives-accept-trump-s-imperfections-learn-how-work-him-ncna856771

 

NEW YORK POST
— Teacher put on leave for questioning school walkout – Jackie Salo (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on leave since 1997 because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Constructively, so far, they have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,063,212 ($4,322/month X 246 months) in today’s dollars to stay home and to not come to work.)
https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/teacher-put-on-leave-for-questioning-school-walkout/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Illinois Primary, Democrats Take Aim at One of Their Own Veteran Rep. Dan Lipinski faces a primary challenge from the left – Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who state that they are conservative and/or Republican who took the lead in a) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) ending Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, d) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, and e) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-illinois-primary-democrats-take-aim-at-one-of-their-own-1521201600

 

NEWSWEEK
— ERIKA HAROLD: ILLINOIS GOVERNOR DEFENDS REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE HAUNTED BY ‘ANTI-GAY’ ADOPTION COMMENTS – KASHMIRA GANDER
http://www.newsweek.com/illinois-governor-stands-anti-gay-adoption-candidate-844346

 

FED SMITH
— House Dems Concerned About Whistleblower Reports of Targeting Career Federal Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always focused on getting rid of their employees who were not sufficiently “supportive” of the Democrat Party platform. It is called political affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/03/15/house-dems-concerned-whistleblower-reports-targeting-career-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two Democrats in the House of Representatives said in a letter today that they have information from a whistleblower indicating that high-level officials at the White House and State Department communicated about the need to conduct a “cleaning” of career federal employees that they believed were not sufficiently “supportive” of President Trump’s agenda.)

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— If the Internet Didn’t Exist, Where Would Newspapers Be? – Paul Fanlund (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of traffic to newspaper websites.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-if-the-internet-didnt-exist-where-would-newspapers-be/

March 10 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Candidates Sound Off on Harold Gay Adoption Comment Controversy – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives and anti-Republicans do everything that they can to destroy candidates, including candidates who are minority and/or female, who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/AG-Candidates-Sound-Off-on-Gay-Adoption-Comment-Controversy-476430433.html
— Biss, Kennedy Criticize Pritkzer for Campaign Spending Pritzker has pumped $63 million of his own money into the campaign – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/daniel-biss-chris-kennedy-hit-jb-pritzker-on-spending-476433233.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Downstate Illinois vote could be primary election key for both parties – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: In the 2014 Republican Illinois gubernatorial primary, Rauner got 40% of the vote, but together, the other three candidates got 60% of the vote – Dillard got 37%, Brady got 15%, and Rutherford got 8%. Dillard, Brady, and Rutherford ran to the right of Rauner. What if Brady and Rutherford had withdrawn and had thrown their support to Dillard? Why has Rauner gone so strongly negative against Ives? Rauner talks and acts like he wants those in Illinois who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform to vote for him in the primary election and in the general election. Ever-increasingly, Rauner runs as an anti-conservative and as an anti-Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-race-downstate-20180309-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives’ message “hits a lot of the buttons” of socially conservative Downstate Republicans, said Mooney, who cited the candidates’ opposition to abortion, transgender and immigrant rights as well as her attacks on Chicago. “She gives the movement conservatives Downstate something to love.”)
— Your negative political ad will sway my vote — against you – Mary Schmich (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always had their operatives and their dupes spread negatives about me and spread negatives about a) others who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) others who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, c) others who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and d) others who refuse to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-negative-political-ads-mary-schmich-20180309-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House candidate Dilara Sayeed accused of paying for publicity – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if the get rid of me. But are they being paid at least $15 an hour?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-house-candidate-accused-of-paying-for-publicity/
— Gov’s ex-lawyer Dennis Murashko ready to ‘move on,’ says probe cleared him of ‘false’ complaint – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was 25 years old, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors filed a false complaint against me. GAO did not clear me of that false complaint until 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866 By then, of course, my IRS career was ruined.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/govs-ex-lawyer-ready-to-move-on-says-probe-cleared-him-of-false-complaint/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Today, the Office of the Executive Inspector General notified me that the Office has concluded the investigation into the false, malicious, and defamatory complaint against me. The case has been closed as unfounded,” Murashko wrote in a statement Friday. “In layman’s terms, the complaint has always been a lie.” The specifics of the complaint remain unclear. In the weeks after his ouster, sources told Politico Murashko was accused of “using his position to dole out plum duties to someone with whom he had a personal relationship.”)

 

WBEZ
— Obama: Up Or Out – Jennifer White, Colin McNulty (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who promote “up or out,” that is, what do you say to those who promote age discrimination? What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that non-veteran White males in the federal government are lazy, stupid, and far worse things if they did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who did not promote me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) until I was 23, to GS-11 (currently $67,638) until I was 24, to GS-12 (currently $81,071) until I was 25, and to GS-13 (currently $96,404) until I was 38?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/making-obama/up-or-out/f2378d3c-de46-4165-87f6-2a91a5ebecac
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After his failed run for Congress in 2000, former President Barack Obama faced debt and an endangered political career. Obama, who was a state senator at the time, found himself questioning whether to attempt moving forward or leave politics completely. He continued to set his ambitions higher and planned to run for the U.S. Senate. Episode five of Making Obama dives into the essential next steps Obama had to take to advance his political career. Hear how he built a political record and won over some powerful backers who helped make him a viable candidate for the U.S. Senate.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Biss calls his 2013 comments on state workers ‘sloppy’ – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How many of those who share your demographics live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at politicians that members of the following groups are dying off fast and should be dumped: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. One could argue that Rauner and his supporters agree that members of the aforesaid groups should be dumped.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180309/biss-calls-2013-comments-on-state-workers-sloppy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. Daniel Biss, the Evanston Democrat among candidates seeking his party’s nomination for governor, says his talk in 2013 about how few state workers live in his district was “a sloppy way of making a point about pragmatic reality.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Remap is a niggling detail – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Politicians use remapping to punish, if not to get rid of, those who refuse to glorify and praise them, those who refuse to pander to them, those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or those who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about the aforesaid politicians who got the DuPage County Election Commission in 2015 a) to gerrymander my precinct and b) to remap fellow Republican Precinct Committeeman Jeanne Ives into my precinct.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-remap-a-niggling-detail/article_b8a01279-7969-5ae1-80c5-2a27be2e78e3.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner ‘all in’ to make Republicans the majority party Governor makes stop at annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Deer Grove – RACHEL RODGERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Rauner talks and acts like his advisors have told him that for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to become the majority party, Rauner has to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/10/rauner-all-in-to-make-republicans-the-majority-party/alyktp9/

 

WGEM
— Early voter turnout smaller for Illinois primaries – Patrick Doss (DIERSEN: So far, how many registered voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a)have cast a Republican primary ballot, b) have cast a Democrat primary ballot, c) have switched their party affiliation from Republican or from Independent to Democrat by casting a Democrat ballot, and d) have switched their party affiliation from Democrat or from Independent to Republican by casting a Republican ballot?)
http://www.wgem.com/story/37692140/2018/03/09/early-voter-turnout-smaller-for-illinois-primary

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— With gun control on the agenda, Second Amendment supporters rally behind Ives – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511359133-ives-touts-nra-marks-in-gubernatorial-bid

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Plan would force Illinois governors to detail true employee costs – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/plan-would-force-illinois-governors-to-detail-true-employee-costs/article_7d5c12b4-23a7-11e8-a4e2-c3a1c2d2ac18.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Paul Simon Institute Polls Satisfy Everyone but Illinois Citizens – Pat Hickey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/paul-simon-institute-polls-satisfy-everyone-but-illinois-citizens/
— Political Agitation at Schools Vulnerable Kids
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-political-agitation-schools-vulnerable-kids/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Gun Confiscation Begins in Illinois – Daniel John Sobieski (DIERSEN: Did you own firearms before you were 21? I did.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/03/gun_confiscation_begins_in_illinois.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— Treasury Report: True U.S. Government Shortfall Is $88.9 Trillion, an Average of $704K Per Household – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/treasury-report-true-u-s-government-shortfall-88-9-trillion-average-704k-per-household/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Times Scholarship Winners Excelled Through Adversity – Sarah Maslin Nir (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that unlike me or you, they “Excelled Through Adversity.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents. To justify their demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with silver spoons in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. They stress that I am a White male and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s. They stress that my parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They stress my good health, that is, that I was 1-A for the draft in 1966. They stress that I avoided the draft with four student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the federal government grossly overpaid, b) that I should not have been promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, and c) that my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies are much too generous. They stress that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/nyregion/times-scholarship-winners.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Myths abound about standardized tests, but the research is clear: They provide an invaluable measure of how students are likely to perform in college and beyond – Nathan Kuncel and Paul Sackett (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, to help hire, retain, and promote minorities and females, the federal government has lowered its hiring, retention, and promotion standards and made its standards much more subjective. The federal government has eliminated the Federal Service Entrance Examination which I passed in 1970. IRS and GAO have eliminated passing the CPA examination to get promoted. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-the-sat-and-act-1520521861

 

JD SUPRA
— Do Millennials Post a Retention Risk? According to GAO, It’s Reasonable For Agencies to Consider It.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/do-millennials-post-a-retention-risk-56657/

 

FEDWEEK
— Management Agenda to Be Watched for Signs of Buyouts, Early Outs (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered a $25,000 buyout to all its employees, including me, who had 25 years or more of federal service. Constructively, once you have been offered a buyout, whatever career that you had is over.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/management-agenda-watched-signs-buyouts-early-outs/

 

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— Howard Stern Beats Lawsuit Over Airing of I.R.S. Agent’s Call With Taxpayer – Debra L Rothenberg (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years.)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/howard-stern-beats-lawsuit-airing-irs-agents-call-taxpayer-1093454

 

CRAIG’S LIST
— FOR RENT: Office Space on Roosevelt Road – 400 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton
https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/off/d/wheaton-office-space-on/6524629804.html

March 9 Morning Edition

NBC5
— AG Candidate Held ‘Shocking’ View On Gay Adoption When She Was Miss Illinois Contestant – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/erika-harold-miss-illinois-gay-adoption-question-476297063.html
— State Representative’s Former Girlfriend Says Madigan Knew of Abuse Allegations – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: What have you been accused of? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes accuse me of supporting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. They accuse me of supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. They accuse me of opposing the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Former-State-Representatives-Girlfriend-Says-Madigan-Knew-of-Abuse-Allegations-476343213.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illegal immigrant linked to fatal hit-and-run not detained despite ICE request
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/illegal-immigrant-linked-to-fatal-hit-run-not-detained-despite-ice-request

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump announces tariffs, says we must address ‘assault on our country’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-business-brace-for-rollout-of-trumps-tariff-plan/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP candidates for DuPage sheriff work in that office – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-sheriffs-race-primary-st-0311-20180309-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Aurora may limit video gambling – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-video-gambling-st-0308-20180308-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Abortion advocates plan to attack Breen.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-20180309-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Abortion-rights group Personal PAC plans to start dropping mailers critical of Republican state Rep. Peter Breen of Lombard, an early signal that Democrats could see the seat as a top target in November. Breen is an attorney and leading abortion opponent who helped spearhead the lawsuit challenging Illinois new law expanding access to taxpayer-funded abortions. He is the House GOP floor leader at the Capitol. Personal PAC President Terry Cosgrove said the group is spending money early to take on Breen because the House district he holds is a “moderate” one that went for Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Breen doesn’t have a primary opponent but will face Democrat Terra Costa Howard of Glen Ellyn in the fall. “It takes a lot of hard work to get voters to understand what their state representative has been up to,” Cosgrove said. He declined to say how much his PAC plans to spend on the race, but it’s already launched a website critical of Breen. Breen surfaced in the news recently because he wrote a letter to Republican leaders saying GOP House candidate Burt Minor “is not fit to serve” because of “inappropriate” comments that attorney general candidate Erika Harold said he made to her about race and sexual orientation. Breen is a former Lombard official in his second House term. In 2016, he won re-election with more than 56 percent of the vote.)
— Rep. Lipinski spent $510,000 in two months in race against primary challenger Newman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-20180309-story.html
— Michael Madigan wouldn’t intervene in domestic battery case involving Democratic candidate, woman says – Stacy St. Clair, Ray Long and Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rita-accuser-politics-madigan-20180309-story.html
— Elizabeth Warren seeks to neutralize ‘Pocahontas’ barbs – AP (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at 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. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-20180305-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180308/students-across-suburbs-to-protest-gun-violence-schools-responses-vary
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men protest men.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180308/news/303089985/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pritzker says “I’m running for governor because everything that we care about is under siege right now by a racist, xenophobic, misogynist president in Washington, D.C., and his local silent partner, Bruce Rauner.” Pritzker should acknowledge that Rauner and his supporters reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180308/jb-pritzker-use-illinois-governors-office-to-help-people

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Group Finds Pay Spiking For Some Public Employees – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=261407#.WqJcr4yKTcs

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Trump says re-opening of Illinois plant is proof his tariff move will benefit American workers – CHUCK RAASCH
http://jg-tc.com/herald-review/business/state-and-regional/trump-says-re-opening-of-illinois-plant-is-proof-his/article_ae954ef2-097c-5fe0-9bae-4f49323cd505.html

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Marter hosting town hall meeting with filmmaker
http://www.newstrib.com/free/marter-hosting-town-hall-meeting-with-filmmaker/article_dc0bdc06-22e7-11e8-a808-8740a8b025cb.html

 

STATELINE
— Bill to Make Illinois State Income Tax ‘Progressive’ Filed in Legislature While bill cannot become law, it could fuel debate on changing taxes – Scott Picken (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/bill-to-make-illinois-state-income-tax-progressive-filed-in-legislature/1021309501

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 7% of DuPage County residents enrolled in food stamp program (DIERSEN: The cost of living in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton is very high.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511351568-analysis-7-of-dupage-county-residents-enrolled-in-food-stamp-program

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner’s proposed income tax cut is contingent on pension and health care reform – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauners-proposed-income-tax-cut-is-contingent-on-pension-and-health-care-reform-03-08-2018

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Has Long Believed America Is A Victim Of International Trade
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-has-long-believed-america-victim-international-trade#stream/0

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Emails indicate impact Rauner’s wife had on abortion bill, Edgar County Watchdogs says – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511358656-emails-indicate-impact-rauner-s-wife-had-on-abortion-bill-watchdog-group-says

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftist Anti-Gun Protest in Government Schools Next Week – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/leftist-political-protest-schools-next-week/

 

GOPUSA
— Elizabeth Warren pressured to take DNA test (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at 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. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.gopusa.com/elizabeth-warren-pressured-to-take-dna-test/

 

BREITBART
— ‘Dreamers’ Say They Are Done Believing Democrats’ Empty Promises – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/08/dreamers-say-they-are-done-believing-democrats-empty-promises/

 

NEWSMAX
— GAO Report: Taxpayers Gave Abortion Providers $1.5 Billion in Recent Years – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gao-abortion-healthcare-funding/2018/03/08/id/847588/

 

TRUTH IN MEDIA
— Internet Purge of Dissenting Voices? – Ben Swann (DIERSEN: I am a dissenting voice in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) because those who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC a) reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform and b) reject those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
http://truthinmedia.com/reality-check-internet-purge-dissenting-voices/

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Illinois bill to confiscate guns from young Americans quickly gains steam — even from some Republicans – Luis Miguel
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/09/600am-il-bill-to-confiscate-guns-from-young-amercians-quickly-gains-steam-even-from-some-republicans-611556#

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run education in America encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-teens-lgbtq/more-u-s-schools-offering-safe-spaces-for-lgbtq-youth-idUSKCN1GK2V9

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s True: False News Spreads Faster and Wider. And Humans Are to Blame. – Steve Lohr (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not false is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/technology/twitter-fake-news-research.html
— How Russian Trolls Crept Into the Trump Campaign’s Facebook Messages – Kenneth P. Vogel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/russian-trolls-trump-campaign-florida-matt-skiber.html
— Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Opens Door to Further Trouble for Trump – Jim Rutenberg and Mike McIntire
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/stormy-daniels-trump-legal-case.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Japan Inc. Rethinks Women’s work – Mari Saito (DIERSEN: Tt was extremely difficult for my superiors to hire and retain minorities and females because the jobs that I had were so bad. Qualified minorities, females, and veterans took better jobs elsewhere. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/business/japan-women-construction.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Notre Dame Becomes a Bit Less Catholic It sued when Obama demanded it cover birth control. Now it has partly given in. – Alexandra DeSanctis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/notre-dame-becomes-a-bit-less-catholic-1520552864

 

USA TODAY
— Parkland kids can protest, but they don’t know what they are talking about – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/08/parkland-shooting-kids-can-protest-guns-but-we-shouldnt-assume-they-know-more-goldberg-column/401160002/

 

GOVERNING
— Why Sessions Suing California May Have Done Democrats a Favor – Joe Garofoli (DIERSEN: All the individuals, companies, and governments that I have sued treated me like they wanted me to sue them. I should write a book about them. They all believe that because my demographics are so bad, no jury would rule in my favor.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/tns-california-sanctuary-lawsuit-democrats.html

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— The Census should count LGBTQ people because we count. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Emails-prove-DOJ-halted-LGBTQ-inclusion-in-census-Task-Force-responds/62179.html

March 8 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Sen. Duckworth: Babies should be allowed on Senate floor
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sen-duckworth-babies-should-be-allowed-on-senate-floor/3190337/

 

NBC5
— Find Out Who’s on Your Ballot Ahead of the Illinois Primary Election (DIERSEN: Twice I have delivered a copy of the sample ballot to all the households in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter.  I did that soon after the ballots were available and then again with literature from all the candidates that provided literature. The candidates in contested races in my precinct are Rauner/Sanguinetti v. Ives/Morthland; Harold v. Grasso; Minor v. Grant v. Byrne; Bibbiano v. Mendrick; and Eckhoff v. Almiron v. McGowen v. Zaruba v. Chinchilla v. Tatro.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/sample-ballot-illinois-primary-election-476283613.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— They like Mike: Durbin, Duckworth go to bat for ‘progressive’ Madigan – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-touts-madigan-as-progressive-in-pitch-for-party-leadership-spot/
— Illinois comptroller wants halt to payroll ‘off-shoring’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-comptroller-wants-halt-to-payroll-off-shoring/
— Losing bidder claims city ID compromises security of personal information – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/losing-bidder-claims-city-id-compromises-security-of-personal-information/
— A man who supports Cook County Board of Commissioners candidate Alma Anaya was charged with misdemeanor theft for allegedly stealing yard signs bearing the name of Anaya’s chief opponent. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/man-accused-of-stealing-yard-signs-of-county-board-candidate/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How President Donald Trump’s tariffs will hurt Illinois.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-how-president-donald-trumps-tariffs-will-hurt-illinois/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 5 myths about gerrymandering – Ari Berman (DIERSEN: In 2015, to get rid of me, nasty vicious disgusting politicians succeeded in getting the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to outrageously gerrymander my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. Without giving me a timely opportunity to object, the DCEC, DCRCC, and MTRCC took away about 100 residences from the west side of my precinct and gave me about 100 residences from the west side of Jeanne Ives’s precinct 86 to the east, including Ives’ residence. But then, they redrew Ives into Precinct 65 to the southeast, I am told, because she successfully insisted that be done. Nasty vicious disgusting politicians use gerrymandering to get rid of those like me a) who refuse to glorify and praise them, b) who refuse to pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, or d) who refuse to give them money. I should have sued them; maybe I still can.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-gerrymandering-maps-elections-politics-myths-0309-20180308-story.html
— An FBI fable: The case of the cannabis candidate – Editorial (DIERSEN: I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980. IRS hired me at GS-7 (currently $45,703) when I was 22 years old and promoted me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $67,638) in 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $81,071) in 1974. I was a GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) in 1980. I was a GAO Analyst 1980-1997. GAO hired me at GS-9 Step 10 (currently $72,677) when I was 31 years old and promoted me to GS-11 Step 10 (currently $87,933) in 1981, to GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) in 1982, and to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $96,404) in 1986. When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997, they were paying me at the GS-13 Step 10 level (currently $125,325).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-cannabis-candidate-wolf-fbi-20180308-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And, his campaign says he’s a former FBI agent. Nice resume highlight, if true. But it isn’t. Wolf was never an FBI agent. According to the FBI, Wolf was a “non-special agent professional support employee,” the Tribune’s Gregory Pratt reports. Not nearly as dazzling as “FBI agent,” right?)
— The Chicagoans who served in World War I – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side was one of the 16 from Crete who fought the Germans in WWI.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flash-wwi-world-war-hemingway-mccormick-0311-20180307-story.html
— An Illinois town (Granite City) celebrates as Trump’s tariffs prompt U.S. Steel to bring jobs back – Samantha Bomkamp
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-us-steel-granite-city-jobs-20180309-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Will suburbs decide who wins Democratic primary for governor? – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180308/will-suburbs-decide-who-wins-democratic-primary-for-governor
— Elk Grove Township seeking applicants for vacant trustee seat (DIERSEN: Milton Township Trustee Marty Keller has resigned and Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen will vote at their March 14, 2018 meeting to recommend a replacement.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180308/elk-grove-township-seeking-applicants-for-vacant-trustee-seat
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: As the Democrats who run Illinois drive the state further and further and further down, more and more and more community college students cannot afford food. Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for tuition, books, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and room and board at NIU 1969-1970 (three semesters at University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) and then a summer session at Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/ ) came from my part-time Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1969 that paid $15.85-$16.91 an hour in today’s dollars and my part-time jobs working on a Chrysler automobile assembly line in Belvidere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Assembly_Plant) and as a security guard at the University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180308/editorial-suburban-colleges-show-citizenship-with-anti-hunger-efforts

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois comptroller wants to stop governors’ payroll “off-shoring” – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180308/illinois-comptroller-wants-to-stop-governors-payroll-off-shoring

 

GALESBURG REGISTER STAR
— Chris Kennedy positions himself as anti-establishment candidate in governor’s race – Rebecca Susmarski (DIERSEN: The Republican establishment in Illinois sides with Rauner, that is, it rejects the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180308/chris-kennedy-positions-himself-as-anti-establishment-candidate-in-governors-race

 

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Northern Star want to get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, and even worse things.
http://northernstar.info/opinion/editorials/illinois-officials-ignore-prejudice/article_e83d9632-2309-11e8-9564-fb73336939f3.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Governor Campaign takes politics to a new low – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/illinois-governor-campaign-takes-politics-to-a-new-low/
— “We need to use this to rewrite the narrative” – Polls, wife’s prodding drove Rauner’s change of heart on Chicago Schools’ Bailout – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/we-need-to-use-this-to-rewrite-the-narrative-polls-wifes-prodding-drove-rauners-change-of-heart-on-chicago-schools-bailout/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Everyone is Talking About Jeanne Ives
https://mailchi.mp/02f1b4e46022/everyone-is-talking-about-jeanne-ives
— Ives Calls On Sessions, Trump to Come to Illinois
https://mailchi.mp/f2ef5c90ba20/ives-calls-on-sessions-trump-to-come-to-illinois
— More Diana Rauner Emails Reveal The Extent of the First Lady’s Political and Policy Influence “A First Lady with policy and messaging expertise and influence who is not controllable.”
https://mailchi.mp/a5f2c52e37c8/more-diana-rauner-emails-reveal-the-extent-of-the-first-ladys-political-and-policy-influence
— Chapter Six: No Budget For You (DIERSEN: What has limited your budget? Since 1997, my wife and I have had $73,461 less to spend each year in today’s dollars because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” My GAO salary was $125,325 in today’s dollars, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $73,461 less than that, it is only $51,864.)
https://mailchi.mp/3a2f6d45938e/chapter-six-no-budget-for-you

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois vendor debt jumps to $9.38 billion – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511357570-illinois-vendor-debt-jumps-to-9-38-billion
— Ives, Rotheimer push for action on bill giving accusers in harassment cases more rights – Glenn Minnis
(DIERSEN: Have you ever accused anyone of anything? In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat GAO superiors retaliated against me for that a) by throwing me off audits of IRS, b) by giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) by always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and e) by doing everything that they could to stop me from getting a job that would be appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. What is Ives’ position on the aforesaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, many of whom read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511356790-ives-rotheimer-push-for-action-on-bill-giving-accusers-in-harassment-cases-more-rights

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Advisory referendum on recreational use of marijuana should not be a priority, Nybo says – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511355998-advisory-referendum-on-recreational-use-of-marijuana-should-not-be-a-priority-nybo-says

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: New plan could allow some Illinois students to use medical pot – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/new-plan-could-allow-some-illinois-students-to-use-medical/article_ce57c9ae-2214-11e8-a5ba-379f0f9d7f0f.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan paying for robocalls in state central committee races (DIERSEN: Who does Rauner want the next Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member to be for your congressional district? Who does Ives want the next IRP SCC member to be for your congressional district? Needless-to-say, the heavier the weighted vote that an IRP SCC member has, the more clout that IRP SCC member has.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/08/madigan-paying-for-robocalls-in-state-central-committee-races/
— Illinois Chamber is helping Dunkin again
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/08/illinois-chamber-is-helping-dunkin-again/
— Ives TV ad may violate West Point’s rules
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/08/ives-tv-ad-may-violate-west-points-rules/
— Mendoza bill: “If an employee works in the Governor’s office, they will be paid from the Governor’s payroll”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/08/mendoza-bill-if-an-employee-works-in-the-governor%e2%80%99s-office-they-will-be-paid-from-the-governor%e2%80%99s-payroll/
— Mrs. Rauner’s e-mail shows her thoughts on last year’s staff purge (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have a policy of not putting into writing things that incriminate them.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/08/mrs-rauners-e-mail-shows-her-thoughts-on-last-years-staff-purge/
— Will Madigan’s #MeToo moment pass? Or is it different this time?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/08/will-madigans-metoo-moment-pass-or-is-it-different-this-time/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— NRA blasts comparisons with terrorist organizations – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/nra-blasts-comparisons-terrorist-organizations/

 

FREEDOM’S BACK
— Racial Quotas Kill Kids – Ann Coulter
http://www.freedomsback.com/racial-quotas-kill-kids/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Obama did a lot of bad things, but pound for pound, one of the worst was the January 2014 “Dear Colleague” letter sent jointly by his Education and Justice Departments to all public schools threatening lawsuits over racial discrimination in student discipline. The letter came after years of his administration browbeating schools for their failure to discipline every race of student at the same rate. As the Huffington Post put it: “American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds.” The evidence? “Five percent of white students were suspended annually, compared with 16 percent of black students, according to the report.” Q.E.D. According to theory, there’s NO WAY blacks and Hispanics are doing things that require more school discipline than whites or Asians. So if more black students are expelled than Asians, well, gentlemen, we have our proof of racism. To comply, schools would have to stop suspending black kids for breaking a teacher’s jaw, but suspend Asians for dropping an eraser.)

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Take your kids out of class: Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson discuss the decline of masculinity – Dorothy Cummings McLean
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/take-your-kids-out-of-class-tucker-carlson-and-jordan-peterson-discuss-the

 

LIFE NEWS
— Report Shows Americans Forced to Send $1.5 Billion to Planned Parenthood Abortion Business – STEVEN ERTELT
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/03/08/report-shows-americans-forced-to-send-1-5-billion-to-planned-parenthood-abortion-business-2/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Keeping an Obama Holdover at VA Is Proving Disastrous – Michelle Malkin
http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/08/give-va-secretary-david-shulkin-the-boot/

 

THE HILL
— Illinois ‘cannabis candidate’ accused of abuse, misrepresenting resume – JOSH DELK
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/377235-illinois-cannabis-candidate-accused-of-harassment-and-misrepresenting
— White House budget office slams King’s ‘distasteful, condescending remarks’ about female director – NIV ELIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/377443-white-house-budget-office-slams-kings-distasteful-condescending-remarks-about

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rauner Not the Answer to Illinois’s Problems There isn’t much that Illinois has done, before 2015 or since, that your readers would recognize as something these pages would celebrate. – Jeanne Ives, Wheaton, Ill.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rauner-not-the-answer-to-illinoiss-problems-1520528342

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— GAO looks inward, setting up new plan – James Christian Blockwood (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, all GAO employees will be members of one or more of the following groups: Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, GAO will not have any employee who are all of the following: Republican, White, male, older, and non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-drive/2018/03/james-christian-blockwood-gao-looks-inward-setting-up-new-plan/
— New social media guidance to help feds comply with the Hatch Act – Eric White
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/03/new-social-media-guidance-to-help-feds-comply-with-the-hatch-act/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 61% Say Drug Testing for Jobs Is Needed (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you want to go on the dole, all you need to do is to use illegal drugs.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/march_2018/61_say_drug_testing_for_jobs_is_needed

March 8 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Mayor Demands To Know Where Governor Stands On Gun Dealer Licensing (DIERSEN: Republican voters should demand to know where each of the candidates on March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballots in their precinct stand on defending and advancing all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks. Do they promise to veto or vote against anything that promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminution of First or Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, etc.?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3823280-mayor-demands-to-know-where-governor-stands-on-gun-dealer-licensing/
— Tax Audits: How To Avoid Common Mistakes – Audrina Bigos (DIERSEN: I suggest using Quicken and TurboTax.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/07/avoiding-a-tax-audit/

 

ABC7
— Attorney general candidates face off over campaign contributions in forum (DIERSEN: Where does your money come from? He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Voters believe that activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, journalists, reporters, etc. serve as operatives or as dupes for whoever gives them the most money. Everyone involved in government, in politics, in journalism, in reporting, in etc. should be required to disclose a) the amounts and sources of all their income, b) descriptions and valuations of all their financial and other assets, and c) descriptions and amounts of all their debts.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/attorney-general-candidates-face-off-over-campaign-contributions-in-forum-/3187095/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a separate forum for the two Republican candidates, Erika Harold defended her recent decision to take $300,000 from Governor Bruce Rauner. Harold was heckled when she said she could be independent. “I have a record of already standing up for the things that I think are right and opposing him and that’s a record,” Harold said. “So if you want to heckle in the audience, you can look and see my record.” “I’m self-funding my campaign, that’s how serious I am about this and that’s what I’m doing,” said Republican candidate Gary Grasso.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lipinski challenger Newman went into restaurant business with convicted felon – Katherine Skiba and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-marie-newman-felon-dan-lipinski-congress-20180305-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Domestic battery case resurfaces as longtime Democratic lawmaker Robert Rita faces primary challenge – Ray Long, Stacy St. Clair, Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-rita-accuser-politics-20180305-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a color photo, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-temporary-protected-status-salvadorans-0305-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Join the fight, Illinois, to save net neutrality – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents want the power to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not that, the power to stop everyone from reading those emails, and if not that, the power to dictate the content of those emails. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the following should dictate the content of the emails: a) the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), and Republican Party, b) my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) those Republican officials who represent my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and/or America.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-join-the-fight-illinois-to-save-net-neutrality/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Emanuel ratchets up pressure on Rauner to sign gun bill (DIERSEN: Who ratchets up pressure on you to do what? Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have ratcheted up their pressure on me to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and failing that, a) to pressure me to include links in the emails only to articles that they posted or that they bless, b) to pressure me to not include any of my comments on the articles, c) to pressure me to carry out their blacklist orders, d) to pressure me to glorify and praise them, e) to pressure me to pander to them, f) to pressure me to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, g) to pressure me to give them money, h) to pressure me to etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/emanuel-ratches-up-pressure-on-rauner-to-sign-gun-bill
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Daily Herald blames voters for deceptive political ads.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180308/slusher-deceptive-political-ads-grow-because-voters-let-them
— Video gambling not suited to family-friendly town – Matt Garling, West Chicago
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180308/video-gambling-not-suited-to-family-friendly-town

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Proft paper’s story on couple called ‘selective journalism’ – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180307/bernard-schoenburg-proft-papers-story-on-couple-called-selective-journalism
— Chris Kennedy positions himself as ‘outsider’ in governor’s race – Rebecca Susmarski (DIERSEN: If you wanted to position yourself as being an outsider, what would you stress? I would stress that even though I have been a Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) member since 1999 and I have the best record by far for attending MTRCC monthly meetings and fundraisers, those who dominate MTRCC a) have never asked me to serve as a committee chairman or as an officer, b) rudely dumped me as MTRCC webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and c) rudely and overwhelmingly defeated me when I ran for MTRCC Treasurer in 2004. Further, I would stress that a) those who dominated TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 rudely dumped me in 2012, b) those who dominated the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) in 2011 rudely dumped me in 2011, c) those who dominated the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) in 2007 rudely dumped me in 2007, d) those who dominated the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC) in 2004 rudely dumped me in 2004, and e) those who dominated GAO in 1997 rudely dumped me in 1997. I should write a book about those who dominate MTRCC, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC MC, GAO, etc. who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.sj-r.com/nationworld/20180307/chris-kennedy-positions-himself-as-outsider-in-governors-race
— Illinois House seeks accounting of Quincy Legionnaires’ crisis – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180307/illinois-house-seeks-accounting-of-quincy-legionnaires-crisis

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Northwest Suburban Republicans Take Lincoln Day Dinner To Niles – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/northwest-suburban-republicans-take-lincoln-day-dinner-to-niles/

 

WVIK
— Madigan’s #MeToo Problem – KATIE BUCK (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government, my superiors had an Affirmative Action problem. Democrat politicians put tremendous pressure on them a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://wvik.org/post/madigan-s-metoo-problem#stream/0

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Has People Calling and Knocking on Doors – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/07/rauner-people-calling-knocking-doors/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Will Rauner sign the Left’s insane gun control bills after the March 20th primary?
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/03/07/will-rauner-sign-democrats-gun-control-bills-primary/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOW MUCH WOULD THE PROGRESSIVE TAX COST YOUR FAMILY?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-much-would-the-progressive-tax-cost-your-family/

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Jeanne Ives’ GOP insurgency Challenging an unpopular governor from the right – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at Ives that every vote that she does not get in the primary is because of me and because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about those critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They are scapegoaters supreme.)
http://illinoistimes.com/article-19749-jeanne-ives%25E2%2580%2599-gop-insurgency.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Source of policy, messaging expertise, and influence that is not controllable in Governor’s Office revealed! – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/source-of-policy-messaging-expertise-and-influence-that-is-not-controllable-in-governors-office-revealed/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Big Brother Is Coming for Your Kids, and He’s Wearing a Dress – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/big-brother-coming-kids-hes-wearing-dress/

 

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez: Immigrants Who Look Like ‘King of Wakanda’ Not Welcome in Trump’s America – TONY LEE (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, and companies are NOT WELCOME where you live? I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/07/luis-gutierrez-immigrants-look-like-king-wakanda-not-welcome-trumps-america/

 

PJ MEDIA
— DHS Asks That ‘the Public Understand’ DACA Removals Will be ‘Rare Instances’ – BRIDGET JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Are you a member of a protected class? DACA beneficiaries are members of a protected class. Members of other protected classes include other illegals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and veterans. Supposedly, those over 40 years old are members of a protected class, but that is false.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/dhs-asks-public-understand-daca-removals-will-rare-instances/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Sarah Sanders Embarrasses Reporter — ‘I Would Be Happy To Forward Those To You’ – Justin Caruso (DIERSEN: Who wants to embarrass you? I should write a book about those who want to embarrass me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/07/sarah-sanders-reporter/

 

FOX NEWS
— Americans should applaud Trump for starting to end our nation’s wholesale surrender on trade – Scott Paul
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/07/americans-should-applaud-trump-for-starting-to-end-our-nations-wholesale-surrender-on-trade.html

 

THE HILL
— GOP rejects Dems’ attempt to stop Pruitt’s first-class travel – TIMOTHY CAMA (DIERSEN: My Democrat Post Office superiors did not want me to take any sick days. My Democrat IRS superiors did not want me to claim any partial day per diem (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) or deduct any job-related education expenses. My Democrat GAO superiors did not me to be assigned to audits of IRS.)
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/377279-gop-rejects-dems-attempt-to-stop-pruitts-first-class-travel

 

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO Latinos make it clear that they can and that they will get rid of you if you do not a) glorify and praise Latinos, b) give preference to Latinos, c) pander to Latinos, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for Latinos, and/or e) give money to Latinos.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/analysis-trump-skips-tough-immigration-talk-latinos

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Race-Based Mortgage Penalty – Editorial (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that if I had been a minority, I would not have been able to get mortgages to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old, to buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, or to buy a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976 and b) that if I had been a minority, my wife and I would not have been able to get a mortgage to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 or to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/opinion/mortage-minority-income.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— No group is less supportive of the NRA’s policies than black Americans – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Democrats have never wanted Blacks to own guns, and especially since the Civil War.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/08/no-group-is-less-supportive-of-the-nras-policies-than-black-americans/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Russian Online Trolls Tried to Torpedo Mitt Romney’s Shot at Secretary of State Online campaign targeted the ex-GOP nominee as Donald Trump considered him in late 2016 – Rob Barry and Shelby Holliday (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, since 2000, I have let online trolls use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to defeat their candidates.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-trolls-tried-to-torpedo-mitt-romneys-shot-at-secretary-of-state-1520505000
— With Eye to Midterms, Democrats Offer Alternative Tax, Infrastructure Plan   Plan would repeal elements of new tax law to fund infrastructure; GOP leaders deem it dead on arrival – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Of course, the SALT cap should be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-eye-to-midterms-democrats-offer-alternative-tax-infrastructure-plan-1520445576
— Check Your Withholding Math or Risk a Painful Tax Shock Many taxpayers have bigger paychecks now, but other changes from the overhaul will affect what they actually owe – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/check-your-withholding-math-or-face-an-unhappy-tax-surprise-1519986601
— Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone’s Mic How to limit the amount of data Facebook and advertisers are collecting about you – Joanna Stern (DIERSEN: What does Facebook know about you? Facebook is a Democrat website. Facebook knows that I am a Trump supporter, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, former federal employee, federal retiree since 1997, union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, American nameplate car owner, married since 1978, childless, pet-less, and much more.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-really-is-spying-on-you-just-not-through-your-phones-mic-1520448644

 

GOVERNING
— Vacancies Aren’t Unique to Trump. States Struggle to Fill Top Positions, Too. When an agency head leaves, some states take years to find a permanent replacement. What takes so long?
http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-vacancies-state-government.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are a number of reasons why it’s difficult to find people to lead government departments. For one, qualified candidates can often make much more money in the private sector. In March 2017, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) compared the total compensation of Medicaid directors to the top managed care executives with whom they often work. In the 10 states examined, the private executives made $314,278, on average, which is more than double Medicaid directors’ average pay of $152,439. Money aside, people who take these jobs have to be willing to withstand constant criticism from within and outside of government. The work is strenuous and finding a work-life balance can seem impossible. Robinson recalls the following comment made to him by a chief information security officer who left his job for the private sector. “He said, ‘Doug, I’ll make twice as much money and I’m going to work half as much. And it’s highly unlikely that my name will be in the front page of the paper.”)

 

FED SMITH
— Can Government Compete In The Talent Market? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/03/07/can-government-compete-talent-market/

March 6 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Madigan Warns Democratic Lawmakers After Sexual Harassment Controversy: ‘I Will Personally Get Involved’ – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-sexual-harassment-springfield-caucus-476035493.html

 

CBS2
— Illinois Attorney General Race Heats Up – Derrick Blakley,
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/06/illinois-attorney-general-race-2018/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Speaker Madigan warns House Democrats to keep relationships with staff ‘strictly professional’ – Monique Garcia, Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-speaker-madigan-sexual-harassment-statement-20180306-story.html
— Citadel’s Ken Griffin is still Illinois’ richest person — and he’s getting richer – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: What are the main reasons why you have less money today? For me, the main reason is the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They did not promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old and they never promoted me to GS-14. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-forbes-billionaires-illinois-20180306-story.html
— Kennedy wants Illinois to pull pension investments from gun companies – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs call for everyone to divest from companies that are NOT anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chris-kennedy-daniel-biss-guns-20180306-story.html
— Publicly slighting millions of NRA members isn’t good for business — or America – Megan McArdle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-nra-mcardle-boycott-delta-parkland-guns-0307-20180305-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan gives ‘crystal clear’ warning to House Democrats on harassment – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-gives-crystal-clear-warning-to-house-democrats-on-harassment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A candidate running as a Republican promotes pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction. If you promote pot, you should run as a Libertarian, as a Democrat, or as a Green.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ryan-edward-byrne-republican-candidate-illinois-house-42nd-district-2018-primary/
— Kennedy calls for legislator pension fund to divest from guns, jabs Biss – Mitch Dudek (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs call for everyone to divest from companies that are NOT anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-calls-for-legislator-pension-fund-to-divest-from-guns-jabs-biss/
— When elected officials think they own your government – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/when-elected-officials-think-they-own-your-government/
— 401(k)s aren’t the solution to Illinois governments’ pension woes – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-401ks-arent-the-solution-to-illinois-governments-pension-woes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Anti-Trump’ Oscars were a ratings disaster; conservatives are delighted – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180306/anti-trump-oscars-were-a-ratings-disaster-conservatives-are-delighted
— 10th Congressional District GOP candidates critical of Affordable Care Act, but wouldn’t have voted to repeal – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180306/gop-candidates-critical-of-affordable-care-act-but-wouldnt-have-voted-to-repeal
— COD student Benjamin Hamgeri participates in prestigious accounting internship (DIERSEN: Compared and contrasted to Hamgeri, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress a) that prior to 1979 when I was 30 years old, I did not think I could pass the CPA examination, b) that I failed to major in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970, c) that I failed make accounting my MBA area of concentration at Loyola 1972-1976, d) that I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until 1976, e) that I did not pass the CPA examination until 1979, f) that I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until 1980, and g) that I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180306/cod-student-participates-in-prestigious-accounting-internship
(FROM THE ARTICLE: College of DuPage student Benjamin Hamgeri recently took part in the prestigious Mary T. Washington Wylie Accounting Internship Preparation Program. Sponsored by the Illinois CPA Society, the program is for African American and other underrepresented students who have at least a 3.0 GPA and a sophomore or junior standing. Hamgeri was one of only 25 college or university students in Illinois selected to participate, with each receiving a $500 scholarship. The Bensenville resident heard about the program from COD Accounting Professor Maureen McBeth. “I owe it all to her,” he said. “She is such a great teacher and approached me about this opportunity, which I had not heard about before.” During the three-day training program, held at the beginning of the year, participants networked with peers and listened to presentations from professionals at the major accounting firms in Chicago. Hamgeri also toured Grant Thornton, one of the city’s top firms, and gained valuable interviewing tips. “Everyone was enthusiastic to be there, and it was great to speak with people working in the field,” he said. “On the last day, we had a chance to interview with different accounting firms for 20 minutes each. It was good to find out what they look for when hiring, and the experience encouraged me to get out of my comfort zone.” Although his brother is an accountant and his mother studied accounting, Hamgeri initially wanted to do something else for a career. “I was interested in business but not sure what specific area to study,” he said. “I was at Illinois State University but I really didn’t want to go to college, so I returned home to refocus. Although my sister came to College of DuPage, I didn’t want to because I didn’t want to attend what I thought was just a bigger version of my high school. I found that COD is so much more.” Taking classes with McBeth helped Hamgeri see accounting the right career for him. “I never had a teacher take so much interest in me, going the extra mile to help me develop as a student,” he said. “She made me realize how prestigious accounting was. The stigma is that you sit at your desk all day. Instead, accounting is a form of communication — it’s the language of business. It tells you whether or not your business will succeed, and it’s always changing.” Hamgeri plans to become a CPA but is still determining what area of accounting to pursue. Because of College of DuPage, he is optimistic about school and his future. “COD helped relieved the pressure of attending a large university,” he said. “It’s much easier to focus here and everyone’s door is open, from meeting with professors to finding a tutor. I’ve learned to ask questions and not be afraid of what other people say. “At COD, you’re getting a good education. And if you are enthusiastic and hungry to learn more, the world is yours.”)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin leads Illinois on billionaire list
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180306/NEWS07/180309927/ken-griffin-leads-illinois-on-billionaire-list

 

WBEZ
— State Board Regularly OKs Gun Licenses Despite Police Warnings – Miles Bryan
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/state-board-regularly-oks-gun-licenses-despite-police-warnings/8305a761-bd66-405a-acf0-10dac6b825a1

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Abortion bill, corruption inspire Ives’ challenge of Rauner – Chuck Sweeny (DIERSEN: What would inspire you to run for a government office or a political office? For me, it would be if an elected official or party leader failed/refused to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. I would be especially inspired to run if he/she failed/refused to defend/advance the traditional marriage, right to life, or immigration planks. I would be especially inspired to run if he/she promoted dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, diminution of First or Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/abortion-bill-corruption-inspire-ives-challenge-of-rauner

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy: ‘Get the dirty money out of politics’ – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: The dirtiest of dirty money is money that “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders take to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, diminution of First or Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/06/democratic-governor-candidate-chris-kennedy-get-the-dirty-money-out-of-politics/anj9bl/

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Drew Collins, executive director of the Illinois Republican Party, apologizes for Kinzinger ad featuring VAC volunteers – LINDSAY GLOOR
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/03/06/gop-official-apologizes-for-kinzinger-ad-featuring-vac-volunteers/a55oe7o/

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— What exactly is downstate Illinois? – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: Most, if virtually all of my current critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes live in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, or in DuPage County. Few of them have lived or worked outside of DuPage County. They have always painted me as being a newcomer and an outsider. I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1976, Chicago 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972, in Flossmoor in 1966, in Park Forest 1966-1969, in Chicago 1971 and 1973-1997, in Harvey 1972-1973, and in Joliet 1973-1974.)
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20180306/scott-reeder-what-exactly-is-downstate-illinois

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner supporting proposals to shift state’s teacher pension costs to local schools – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-supporting-proposals-to-shifts-state-s-teacher-retirement-debt/article_1f44b252-20bf-11e8-939c-97601c72c46f.html

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Straub — and controversy — continue to dog Durkin ahead of primary – Michael McGrady
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511356286-straub-and-controversy-continue-to-dog-durkin-ahead-of-primary

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Rips Emanuel Over Plan to Allow Use of Municipal ID for Voting Teams Up with Chicago Ald. To Combat Voter Fraud
https://mailchi.mp/7dbf1fd6e3d6/ives-rips-emanuel-over-plan-to-allow-use-of-municipal-id-for-voting

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner contributes $305K to Erika Harold, and other money news
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/rauner-contributes-305k-to-erika-harold-and-other-money-news/
— More confusion over future of Quincy veterans’ home
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/more-confusion-over-future-of-quincy-veterans-home/
— Simon poll: 84 percent say Illinois is heading in the wrong direction, 66 percent favor legal weed (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/poll-84-percent-say-illinois-is-heading-in-the-wrong-direction-66-percent-favor-legal-weed/
— Simon poll: 53 percent opposes GOP tax cut, Congressional Dems favored 43-28 (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, it would be great if Roskam would raise the SALT cap from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/simon-poll-53-percent-opposes-gop-tax-cut-congressional-dems-favored-43-28/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he enjoys pitting White House staffers against each other: ‘I like conflict’ – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who pitted their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German-American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/6/trump-says-he-enjoys-conflict-white-house-staffers/

 

FOX NEWS
— Hatch Act explained: What is the federal law? – Kaitlyn Schallhorn (DIERSEN: One of the Hatch Act’s purposes is “to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation.” Democrat superiors in the federal government always violate the Hatch Act. During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, virtually all my superiors were Democrats who advanced fellow Democrats. If I had been a Democrat, they would have promoted me into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old, notwithstanding the fact that I am White, male, and non-veteran.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/06/hatch-act-explained-what-is-federal-law.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Enacted in 1939, the Hatch Act bars federal employees from participating in political activity while on duty, in the workplace or in an official capacity. . .“The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation,” OSC states.)

 

GOPUSA
— Judge rules Trump DACA phaseout legal
http://www.gopusa.com/judge-rules-trump-daca-phaseout-legal/
— Colorado, marijuana’s black market hub
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40726
— Gun rights advocates take aim at new age restrictions
http://www.gopusa.com/gun-rights-advocates-take-aim-at-new-age-restrictions/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sex change surgeries skyrocket amid transgender movement, study finds
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40829

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Where Trump Amnesty Proposal Could Repeat Reagan’s Mistakes – Fred Lucas
http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/06/where-trump-amnesty-proposal-could-repeat-reagan-mistakes/
— What Percentage of Americans Have Concealed Carry Permits? – Kush Desai (DIERSEN: Because ever-increasingly, all levels of government are ever-increasingly dumping members of the following groups, members of the following groups should consider getting concealed carry permits: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/06/fact-check-what-percentage-of-americans-have-concealed-carry-permits/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Aliens Are Stealing Our Birthright: The Right To Vote
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27525

 

THE HILL
— Pussy Riot to appear onstage with Illinois Dem gubernatorial candidate Daniel Bill – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/377037-pussy-riot-to-perform-at-campaign-rally-for-illinois-dem-gubernatorial
— Kellyanne Conway found to have violated Hatch Act – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: One of the Hatch Act’s purposes is “to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation.” Democrat superiors in the federal government always violate the Hatch Act. During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, virtually all my superiors were Democrats who advanced fellow Democrats. If I had been a Democrat, they would have promoted me into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old, notwithstanding the fact that I am White, male, and non-veteran.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376945-watchdog-kellyanne-conway-violated-hatch-act-twice-in-tv-appearances

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Salary data about federal employees is being hidden. Congress is not pleased – KATE IRBY (DIERSEN: I worked for the Post office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article203799934.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Spends More on Domestic Security as Xi’s Powers Grow Beijing invests in policing at home amid push by president to solidify authority – Josh Chin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-spends-more-on-domestic-security-as-xis-powers-grow-1520358522

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Audit: Rauner Budget Office Failed to Collect $2M Owed by U.S. The Illinois office responsible for the state budget failed to collect $2.4 million in federal rebates. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-03-06/audit-rauner-budget-office-failed-to-collect-2m-owed-by-us

March 4 Evening Edition

WASHINGTON POST
— Wheaton gun show bans AR-15 sales, landing it at the center of a national gun-control debate – Mark Guarino
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/an-illinois-gun-show-bans-ar-15-sales-landing-it-at-the-center-of-a-national-gun-control-debate/2018/03/04/12502e6a-1fec-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The last place one might expect to hear pushback against the National Rifle Association would be at a gun show here, a western suburb of Chicago that reliably votes Republican every election cycle and is the proud home of the Billy Graham Center Museum. . .Organizers halted an advertised raffle that would have awarded an AR-15 to the winner, and vendors were told they would not be allowed to sell the weapon at the monthly show. Frank Cesare — of the Pioneer Valley Sportsman’s Association, which has hosted the show for more than 40 years — said the decision, followed complaints the group received after the Parkland shooting and as gun-control advocates planned to protest. “We did the ban to try to calm the situation down and show them we are willing to work with them,” he said, referring to the protesters. Cesare said that the ban on AR-15s also would remain in place for April’s show and that the club is “waiting to see” what the mood is like before deciding on shows later in the year. But the move has forced the club into the gun culture war that has gained new energy across the United States since Parkland. . .Clustered near the fairgrounds entrance were about 30 protesters who joined on Facebook as “Friends Who March,” a group that emerged from last year’s Women’s March. When organizer Jax West, 46, of Lisle, Ill., heard the AR-15 raffle and sales were canceled, she said she was “really appreciative” of the gesture but wanted to show up anyway to “keep them honest.” West said the protesters are not anti-gun; her partner is an NRA instructor and teaches concealed-carry classes. “We just need sensible gun laws,” West said, noting that the Parkland massacre has allowed both sides of the gun-control debate to have a conversation. “I don’t think that’s a discussion that could have happened. Now that is changing.” The conversation Sunday got a bit rowdy, when a group of counterprotesters assembled across the fairgrounds entrance. Many in NRA caps and holding Second Amendment signs confronted West’s group, arguing that any suggestion of further gun regulation “infringes on our rights,” said Mike Robleski, 64, of Lisle, Ill.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Like a pinball machine: Lawmakers struggle to negotiate with an erratic Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/like-a-pinball-machine-lawmakers-struggle-to-negotiate-with-an-erratic-trump/2018/03/04/a520197a-1e4e-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— War of words at DuPage County Fairgrounds between pro-gun and anti-gun groups gets heated – Diane Moca
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-gun-show-protest-st-0307-20180306-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rutkowski admitted that the two sides represented in Wheaton Sunday were not coming together, a sentiment reinforced by the many passing cars that honked, gave a thumbs up or made an obscene gesture in a show of support or disgust for one of the sides. Tolomei said he was happy the gun control advocates “respected the show floor,” and did not attempt to enter or disrupt the show, which was open to the public at a cost of $5. Tolomei said his association has not made a decision about displaying AR-15s at future shows, including the next one on April 29.)
— Lawmakers struggle to negotiate with unpredictable Trump – John Wagner and Seung Min Kim
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-lawmakers-negotiate-trump-20180304-story.html

 

NBC5
— JB Pritzker Adds $7 Million to Campaign War Chest – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jb-pritzker-7-million-primary-funding-biss-criticism-bruce-rauner-475775183.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump flips the bird to Chicago business and American trading partners.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-chicago-business-trading-partners/
— ENDORSEMENT: Erika Harold for attorney general in the Republican primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-erika-harold-for-attorney-general-in-the-republican-primary/
— Early voting kicks off Monday throughout suburban Cook County
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/early-voting-kicks-off-monday-throughout-suburban-cook-county/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats’ seek to help wealthy in response to tax changes – AP (DIERSEN: One could argue that U.S. Republican Senators and U.S. Republican Representatives a) want to discourage marriage, b) want to discourage homeownership, and c) consider married couples who pay more than $10,000 a year in SALT taxes to be wealthy. Needless-to-say, Roskam should immediately increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180304/news/303049941/
— Inside the alliance fighting to save the FCC’s net neutrality rules – Brian Fung (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have wanted the power to a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. So far, they have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, ending my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, and ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180303/inside-the-alliance-fighting-to-save-the-fccs-net-neutrality-rules

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois Bicentennial: Lincoln pivotal in bringing state government to Springfield – KATE SCHOTT (DIERSEN: How long have you lived in Illinois? How long have your ancestors lived in Illinois? Who paints you as being a newcomer? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois continue to paint me as being a newcomer even though I have lived in my precinct since 1984, in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978, and in Illinois since 1948. They stress that unlike me, they were born and raised in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County, that they attended grade school and high school there, that they attended churches there, that they raised children there, etc. They viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown of Crete where I lived 1948-1972, where my ancestors have lived since 1854, and where my brother continues to live in a home that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land his grandfather bought in 1864.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2018-03-04/illinois-bicentennial-lincoln-pivotal-bringing-state-government-

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Rauner: Battle for Illinois turnaround ongoing – Chris Kaergard (DIERSEN: In the battle a) against promoting LGBTQ activity, b) against promoting abortion, and c) against promoting mass/illegal immigration, Rauner sides with the Democrats.)
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180304/rauner-battle-for-illinois-turnaround-ongoing

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Indictment doesn’t prove Greitens’ guilt. But does it make him a ‘governor who cannot govern’? – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: In 1988, when I was 40 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors painted as being “career ending” my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1974, when I was 25 years old, my Democrat IRS superiors painted as being “career ending” their disallowing my claim for partial day per diem (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866). In 1968, when I was 19 years old, my Democrat Post Office superiors painted as being “career ending” their disallowing my sick leave request.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/indictment-doesn-t-prove-greitens-guilt-but-does-it-make/article_cdf32f05-3c87-5cbd-8a9b-8078e304d08e.html

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— A Dream Deferred: Meet the U of C Students Organizing for a Clean Dream Act – Alexandra Epstein, Annabelle Rice, Audrey Fromson, and Grace Hauck (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/3/4/dream-deferred-uchicago-organizers-deferred-action/

 

DAILY NORTH SHORE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats Get New Trier High School Students To Walkout March 14.
http://jwcdaily.com/2018/03/04/new-trier-students-plan-walkout/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chicago Tribune’s John Kass: Rauner is Lying “The governor twisted her words from a debate the two had before the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board. I was there. She crushed him in that one.” (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have twisted my words and actions the most. They are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their end. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://mailchi.mp/7db41a8c5288/chicago-tribunes-john-kass-rauner-is-lying

 

BLAZE
— Two employees resign over Dick’s Sporting Goods decision stop selling ‘assault-style weapons’ – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted me to resign because they gave preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. But my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors knew that I became an IRS employee in 1971 because Oldsmobile had withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Another words, they knew that I knew that because of my demographics, no matter who the employer was, I would have to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/04/two-employees-resign-over-dicks-sporting-goods-decision-stop-selling-assault-style-weapons

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Parkland Shooter Did Not Use High-Capacity Magazines – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/report-parkland-shooter-did-not-use-high-capacity-magazines/

 

THE HILL
— Priebus counsels White House staff to ignore ‘distractions’ – KYLE BALLUCK (DIERSEN: Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are distractions that should be ignored and b) that everyone should only read/listen to what they put out or bless.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376632-priebus-counsels-white-house-staff-to-ignore-distractions
— Trump hits Bush: Invading Iraq ‘the single worst decision ever made’ – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376605-trump-hits-bush-invading-iraq-the-single-worst-decision-ever-made

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Mocks George W. Bush, Calls Iraq Invasion ‘Single Worst Decision Ever Made’ The president, whose flip-flopping position on the Iraq War is well-documented, sarcastically referred to Bush as a “real genius.” – Dominique Mosbergen
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-george-w-bush-iraq_us_5a9baa3be4b0479c0253414a

 

POLITICO
— SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 FLASHBACK: You Won’t Like Mexico When It’s Angry President Trump’s insults are pushing the Mexican political system into dangerous territory. – JORGE GUAJARDO (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) because it sends many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) because it keeps many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) because it sends many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. What if America a) sent many millions of its citizens into Mexico illegally, b) kept many millions of its citizens in Mexico illegally, and c) sent many mountains of illegal drugs into Mexico illegally? Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with Mexico in its war against America.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/11/donald-trump-us-mexico-relations-215594

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Primaries Begin, Divided Voters Weigh What It Means to Be a Democrat – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat is to be a morale relativist who believes that their end justifies their end. To be a Democrat is to be a disciple of Saul Alinsky. To be a Democrat is to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/us/politics/democrats-primaries-division.html

 

FAMILY WEALTH ADVISORY
— Estimating Your Retirement Income Needs (DIERSEN: My $51,864 Civil Service Retirement System pension and my $2,064 Social Security together is only 43% of my 1997 $125,325 salary in today’s dollars.)
http://familywealthadvisory.com/estimating-retirement-income-needs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Use your current income as a starting point
It’s common to discuss desired annual retirement income as a percentage of your current income. Depending on who you’re talking to, that percentage could be anywhere from 60 to 90 percent, or even more.)

March 4 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What percent of the votes in the March 20, 2018 Republican primary in your precinct do you predict that Ives and Rauner will get? – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: In the November 8, 2016 general election, Trump got just 137 (39%) votes and Clinton got 211 (61%) votes in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. What percent of the votes in the March 20, 2018 Republican primary in your precinct do you predict that Ives and Rauner will get? Will the results mirror the November 8, 2016 general election? Will those who voted for Trump, vote for Ives? Will those who voted for Clinton, vote for Rauner? QUESTION: Which voters are going to vote for Ives? ANSWER: Those who do not hate Trump, those who do not hate conservatives, those who do not hate Republicans, and those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. Those who will vote for Ives count on her to protect Trump supporters, conservatives, Republicans and especially those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the IRP platform. QUESTION: Which voters are going to vote for Rauner? ANSWER: Those who hate Trump, those who hate conservatives, those who hate Republicans, those who hate government employees, those who hate unions, past union members, current union members, and future union members, and those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the IRP platform. Those who will vote for Rauner count on him to use his second term to get of Trump supporters, conservatives, Republicans, government employees, unions, past union members, current union members, future union members, and especially those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the IRP platform.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Four men (Rauner, Uihlein, Griffin, Pritzker) dominate the turf in Illinois’ political ‘playground of the rich’ – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/four-men-dominate-the-turf-in-illinois-political-playground-of-the-rich/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Internet becomes a potent tool of deception – Craig Timberg and Drew Harwell (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being full of deception. Of course, according to my critics/opponents, everything is deception EXCEPT WHAT THEY PUT OUT OR BLESS.)
“Net becomes a potent tool of deception”
— A sobriety rule faces questions – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) drink lots of booze, b) want to drink lots of booze, c) make money from selling booze, and/or d) want government to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-liver-transplant-sober-policy-0304-story.html
— Workplace monitoring gets personal, and employees fear it’s too close for comfort. They’re right. – Robert Reed (DIERSEN: If you take a job with the federal government, you should expect that sooner or later, each and every one of your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates will know EVERYTHING about you, including your salary, your spouse’s salary, political affiliation, finances, religion, age, health, marital status, sexual orientation, draft status, national origin, how long your ancestors have been in America, and much more. You should expect that if you are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates will use that information against you.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/reed/ct-biz-amazon-workplace-privacy-dilemma-robert-reed-0304-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: To build or not to build? – Hal Bundrick (DIERSEN: Have you had a home built? My wife and I had our home built in Wheaton in 1984. I should write a book about the lessons that we learned. They include a) do not use a builder that insists on an arbitration clause, b) do not count on the builder or the municipality to disclose drainage, easement, or other defects in the lot or the subdivision, c) do not count on the builder to comply with building codes, and d) do not count on the municipality that issued the building permit to enforce building codes. SEE: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1975935/diersen-v-joe-keim-builders-inc/)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–nerdwallet-building-home-20180222-story.html
— Ahead of walkouts over gun issues, students and schools wonder: Can kids be punished for protesting? – Vikki Ortiz Healy (DIERSEN: Democrats run public education in America. Those Democrats focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-student-walkout-rights-20180228-story.html

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have “Gun control advocates protest in front of suburban gun shop.”
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/03/gun-control-advocates-protest-in-front-of-suburban-gun-shop/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Endorsement: Governor (Republican): Rauner (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which voters are going to vote for Rauner? ANSWER: Those who hate Trump, those who hate conservatives, those who hate Republicans, those who hate government employees, those who hate unions, past union members, current union members, and future union members, and those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Those who will vote for Rauner count on him to use his second term to get of Trump supporters, conservatives, Republicans, government employees, unions, past union members, current union members, future union members, and especially those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/01/our-view-endorsement-governor-republican-rauner/ay1i8sq/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Politicians not shying from pot-legalization issue – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-04/tom-kacich-politicians-not-shying-pot-legalization-issue.html
— Harold faces long campaign trail in run for AG – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-04/jim-dey-harold-faces-long-campaign-trail-run-ag.html
— Yes, Speaker Madigan, you have a culture problem – AUSTIN BERG
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-04/austin-berg-yes-speaker-madigan-you-have-culture-problem.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hampton shed a clear light on what’s kept the toxic Statehouse culture afloat for decades: loyalty and fear. Look at the bizarre remarks from Alderman Pat O’Connor, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s floor leader in Chicago City Council, when asked if Madigan should step down from his state Democratic Party chairmanship. “If the allies had pulled Eisenhower out of his position when the troops were landing on Normandy, you would take the head of those forces and throw those forces into disarray,” he said. “If you look at the state party and feel that it’s important that we elect individuals that the party has backed, then you wouldn’t take your leadership out when you’re about to have the election.” Victims be damned; can’t you see it’s an election year? Notably, Madigan’s list only included cases within the Legislature. It did not include any instances reported in the campaign world, where the speaker is the only legislative leader in the nation to also serve as the state party chairman. Madigan’s deflection of responsibility regarding Statehouse culture is insulting to the men and women who have put up with a toxic work environment in Springfield and in political offices across the state. Organizational culture comes from the top. And no one has been at the top longer than Madigan. He is the longest-serving state legislative leader in American history.)
— Arming us would spell nothing but trouble – Jeff D’Alessio
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-04/teachers-arming-us-would-spell-nothing-trouble.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Revenue Estimate Makes Progress – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What is your revenue estimate for 2018? Mine is only $53,928 – my $51,864 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and my $2,064 Social Security. My CSRS pension would be much higher if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=261160#.Wpva1Ojwbcs

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Ives brings ‘truth tour’ to Q-C – BRIAN ACHENBACH (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which voters are going to vote for Ives? ANSWER: Those who do not hate Trump, those who do not hate conservatives, those who do not hate Republicans, and those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Those who will vote for Ives count on her to protect Trump supporters, conservatives, Republicans and especially those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ives-brings-truth-tour-to-q-c/article_8fe2e6bc-43ce-5ded-9a42-4961336a8a2f.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Exemption shades the bigger picture with Madigan – Editorial (DIERSEN: Because my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes know that I am litigious, they avoid putting things in writing that incriminate them. Further, they put in writing their pretextural reasons that they use to justify their taking adverse actions against me.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-exemption-shades-the-bigger-picture-with-madigan/article_abf77596-0fd2-5bc3-9ae1-fc9744003f65.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Would having access to the correspondence of House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, shed light on his handling of sexual harassment allegations by associates? We don’t know — and it’s designed that way because the documents of Madigan, like all Illinois lawmakers, are exempt from the state Freedom of Information Act. The legislation, enacted in 1984, is a critical tool to ensure our public bodies are transparent and that, to quote the act, “all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts and policies of those who represent them as public officials and public employees.” That sounds good, but the General Assembly has elected to exclude one noteworthy group from disclosure rules — lawmakers themselves. The argument is legislators deal with sensitive constituent issues and share draft legislation that are negotiating documents. (Congress has a similar exemption and cites similar logic.) That means a citizen can get, say, five years’ worth of internal emails of the local township cemetery board, the calendar of Gov. Bruce Rauner and any other documents related public business, but can’t see any paperwork for our elected citizen legislature. For Madigan, that also means all correspondence is exempt for his two high-profile positions — as speaker, which he’s held since 1983, and as head of the state Democratic party, his position since 1998. Such a blank exemption bars the public from getting a full picture about what Madigan knew and when he knew it about the allegations. In one, a political consultant is accused of sending sexual text messages to a female staffer. Another consultant was removed because of inappropriate behavior involving a candidate in 2016, Madigan’s office said.)

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Durbin, Duckworth want action on Quincy vets home
http://www.whig.com/20180304/durbin-duckworth-want-action-on-quincy-vets-home#//

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Support Ives for governor – Elisha French, Galesburg
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20180303/letter-support-ives-for-governor

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— One man’s service is another’s cronyism – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180303/chuck-sweeny-one-mans-service-is-anothers-cronyism

 

INDIANA GAZETTE
— How the left wins culture war – David Brooks (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, more gun control, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things? Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? I should write a book about the aforesaid hate promoters in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They focus on promoting hated against me and hatred against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/how-the-left-wins-culture-war/article_6740f082-bb59-5371-a32e-bb919dc8682c.html

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Release New TV Ad: Ives Won’t. Neither Should You.
https://mailchi.mp/b084571663a9/ives-release-new-tv-ad-ives-wont-neither-should-you

 

CAPITOL FAX
— EEOC gives Alaina Hampton greenlight to sue Michael J Madigan and Democratic Party of Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/02/eeoc-gives-hampton-greenlight-to-sue-mjm-and-dpi/

 

HOT AIR
— The Kids Are Pawns, Democrats Use Parkland Students To Get Out The Vote – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/03/kids-pawns-democrats-use-parkland-students-get-vote/

 

BLAZE
— Gun company that sells AR-15 has perfect response to Dick’s Sporting Good’s new firearm policy – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/03/gun-company-that-sells-ar-15-has-perfect-response-to-dicks-sporting-goods-new-firearm-policy

 

THE HILL
— Drudge mocked for ‘shock announcement’ on Trump’s 2020 reelection plans – JOE CONCHA (DIERSEN: Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have a) viciously mocked every decision that I have made to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) viciously mocked every comment that I have made concerning those articles. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are disciples of Saul Aninsky.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/375788-drudge-mocked-for-shock-announcement-on-trumps-2020-reelection-plans
— Left brings campaign against gunmakers to Wall Street – SYLVAN LANE
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/376532-left-brings-campaign-against-gunmakers-to-wall-street

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A look at the Republicans running for Illinois governor (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which voters are going to vote for Rauner? ANSWER: Those who hate Trump, those who hate conservatives, those who hate Republicans, those who hate government employees, those who hate unions, past union members, current union members, and future union members, and those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Those who will vote for Rauner count on him to use his second term to get of Trump supporters, conservatives, Republicans, government employees, unions, past union members, current union members, future union members, and especially those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/A-look-at-the-Republicans-running-for-Illinois-12725372.php

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Once Banned, Now Loved and Loathed: How the AR-15 Became ‘America’s Rifle’ – Ali Watkins, John Ismay and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/us/politics/ar-15-americas-rifle.html
— Power to the Parents – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/opinion/sunday/parents-teenagers-voting.html
— Is a Late-Career Change Worth It? – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors unethically, if not illegally, treated my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old as being a “career change” to force me to take a $19,203 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They knew dam-well that most of what I would do for GAO as an Analyst would be extremely similar to what I had done for IRS as a Revenue Officer. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors were overjoyed that I had to suffer such a tremendous pay cut; maybe my Democrat IRS superiors helped orchestrate it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/business/is-a-late-career-change-worth-it.html
— Reaping the Benefits of an Aging Work Force – Kerry Hannon (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. I should write a book about those who focus on promoting age discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/business/retirement/aging-workers-opportunity.html
— Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 – Laurence Steinberg (DIERSEN: Democrats run public education in America. Those Democrats focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/opinion/sunday/voting-age-school-shootings.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “What if Republicans Win the Midterms?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/sunday-review/what-if-republicans-win-the-midterms.html

 

USA TODAY
— Why weekends matter to your health – Tricia Gilling (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) take Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and other days off, b) take vacations, and c) belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the fact that I have sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email every morning since 2004 and every evening since 2015.)
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/life/2018/03/04/why-weekends-matter-your-health/377172002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rest. Sleep is when your mind and body reorient themselves for the day to come. The right amount of good quality sleep helps properly regulate hormone levels related to stress, muscle recovery, and mood. Similarly, quiet periods of rest and thought are proven to be the most fertile times for creativity and problem-solving. Pushing ourselves to be productive every waking moment can be counterproductive. Make time to let your mind wander, and you may stumble upon a great new idea, artistic project, or good friend. Long-term rest and recovery refer to a seasonal training program that builds in days or weeks of time away from strenuous exercise. I recommend these longer breaks, called vacations or retreats because you will benefit from more sleep, more varied pursuits and the freedom to explore new interests.)

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— More Early Voting Sites Opening for Illinois’ Primary Additional voting sites are opening across Illinois for people who want to cast an early ballot for the March 20 primary. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-03-04/more-early-voting-sites-opening-for-illinois-primary

 

CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL
— White male privilege explains gun violence – Norma Winter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, White males are blamed for all problems, and especially White males who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, politicians pander to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/norma-winter-white-male-privilege-explains-gun-violence/article_7df1fba8-2ab1-56a1-b128-72241c9c57f8.html

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Leader of gay GOP group still believes Trump is ‘pro-LGBT’ president – Carlos Santoscoy
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/91981396

 

KELLER WILLIAMS
— FOR SALE: 824 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $478,000
https://angiecoleman.kw.com/property/il/wheaton/60189/wheaton/824-golf-lane/5a9aee66a198341f264e7e2c/

March 3 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Democrats take aim at gun control, school safety, each other in ABC 7 debate – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/democrats-take-aim-at-gun-control-school-safety-each-other-in-abc-7-debate/3166346/

 

NBC5
— Democrat Gubernatorial Candidates Sharpen Attacks During Final Debate Biss and Kennedy still looking to overtake Pritzker – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/democratic-gubernatorial-candidates-heat-up-before-final-debate-475699593.html
— Legislative Leaders Say They Won’t Join Madigan in Releasing List of Misconduct Allegations Senate Democrats say they will not be releasing a list of harassment or retaliation complaints anytime soon – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Who wants complaints to be filed and made public? My Democrat superiors in the federal government talked and acted like they wanted me to complain about political affiliation discrimination, about reverse discrimination, about age discrimination, and about retaliation. They used my complaints to hint/imply/argue/shout at their young Democrat minority and female employees that they were doing everything that they could to get rid of their non-veteran White male employees who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Top-Senate-Leaders-Wont-Join-Madigan-in-Releasing-Harassment-List-475695663.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Election-year politics getting in your hair? Some answers to straighten things out – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-illinois-elections-kass-0304-story.html
— Democratic debate: Kennedy wouldn’t want daughters interning in Springfield, cites sexual harassment culture – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-kennedy-biss-democratic-governor-debate-20180302-story.html
— 50 years after landmark report on riots, Kerner Commission’s last survivor still worries about racism – Mary Schmich (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are a racist? Ever-increasingly, members of Group A hint/imply/argue/shout that members of Group B are racists and even worse things. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and Members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-kerner-commission-fred-harris-mary-schmich20180302-story.html
— Local politicians Khouri, Zito have sights set on state office in 49th District GOP primary – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-49th-district-primary-st-0304-20180302-story.html
— Police arrest Plainfield teen suspected of killing his parents at Central Michigan University – Matthew Walberg, Angie Leventis Lourgos and John Keilman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-james-eric-davis-central-michigan-shooting-20180302-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Libertyville village administrator hired in 2016 on paid leave – Mick Zawislak (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors and their supporters have had me on paid leave since 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, my Democrat GAO superiors and their supporters have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,058,890 ($4,322 X 245 months) in today’s dollars to stay home and to not come to work. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors’ strongest supporters. They include past and present U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/libertyville-village-administrator-hired-in-2016-on-paid-leave
— Candidate in 59th GOP primary drops opponent from suit over mailers – Steve Zalusky
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/candidate-in-59th-gop-primary-drops-opponent-from-suit-over-mailers
— Court affirms Geneva Ethics Commission’s rejection of complaint against mayor – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180302/court-affirms-geneva-ethics-commissions-rejection-of-complaint-against-mayor

 

WBEZ
— U.S. Becoming More Segregated, Says Author Of Landmark Report On Race – Max Green (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/us-becoming-more-segregated-says-author-of-landmark-report-on-race/78e2588d-5c0b-4d17-b60d-246fbb2d43f3

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats trade familiar jabs in Illinois governor debate – AP (DIERSEN: What jabs are most frequently thrown at you? For me, it is that I am “too conservative,” that is, that I support too many planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Most commonly, those who throw jabs at me reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things. Most commonly, they disapprove of, if not hate, one or more of my demographics, most commonly, my age (I am 69 years old), my religion (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), my nation origin (100% German), my having been a union member, my having been a federal employee, and my being a federal retiree.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180302/democrats-trade-familiar-jabs-in-illinois-governor-debate

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Back, forth until Election Day – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-back-forth-until-election-day/article_3de1d69f-4dc9-51af-a541-410ff786eeb6.html

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Ives appeals to pro-life voters at Galesburg meet-and-greet – Rebecca Susmarski
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180302/ives-appeals-to-pro-life-voters-at-galesburg-meet-and-greet

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Endorsement in GOP gubernatorial primary – Rauner
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/03/01/our-view-endorsement-in-gop-gubernatorial-primary-rauner/ay1i8sq/

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Local higher ed leaders pick apart pension reform ideas – JARAD JARMON
http://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-higher-ed-leaders-pick-apart-pension-reform-ideas/article_9bb0e39e-e7d2-52c5-a3a3-4d815f6458ef.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— OUR ENDORSEMENT: Republicans should stay with Rauner
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/01/our-endorsement-republicans-should-stay-with-rauner/ayhd206/

 

WAND
— GOP & Dems craft bipartisan gun bill – Doug Wolfe
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37635899/gop-dems-craft-bipartisan-gun-bill

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Forensic accountant named to tally Vegas shooter’s assets – AP (DIERSEN: I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997 when I was 48 years old. Previously, I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/forensic-accountant-named-to-tally-vegas-shooters-assets/1001375004

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Who Wants To Arm Teachers? Republican Men – DOMENICO MONTANARO
http://nprillinois.org/post/who-wants-arm-teachers-republican-men#stream/0

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Proposition to Dissolve DuPage Election Commission on March Ballot
https://www.nctv17.com/news/proposition-to-dissolve-dupage-election-commission-on-march-ballot/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Pensioners fired from adjunct faculty posts not protected by age discrimination law, pensions clause – Jonathan Bilyk (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination, a) because they believe in it, c) because they are shielded from it because they are rich, LGBTQ, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or their ancestors have not been in America for a long time, or c) because they want to save themselves from age discrimination by currying favor with those who promote age discrimination. They all completely agree that if you are/were a non-veteran White male federal employee, you are lazy, stupid, a disgusting failed loser, and even worse things if you did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 and I never made GS-14 or beyond.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511354722-judge-pensioners-fired-from-adjunct-faculty-posts-not-protected-by-age-discrimination-law-pensions-clause

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Recreational marijuana use on ballot in Cook County amid several Republican battles for state House seats – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511353958-recreational-marijuana-use-on-ballot-in-cook-county-amid-several-republican-battles-for-state-house-seats

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mendrick basing sheriff’s bid on leadership, expertise and experience – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511353694-mendrick-basing-sheriff-s-bid-on-leadership-expertise-and-experience

 

BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson says Obama would have been impeached if he said what Trump said – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/02/tucker-carlson-accuses-trump-of-betraying-his-base-heres-why

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: China Presses Its Internet Censorship Efforts Across the Globe – Paul Mozur (DIERSEN: Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents have worked extremely hard to stop me a) from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. So far, they have succeeded in ending 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, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/technology/china-technology-censorship-borders-expansion.html
— When Growing Old Is a Blessing – Jessica Bruder (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination, a) because they believe in it, c) because they are shielded from it because they are rich, LGBTQ, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or their ancestors have not been in America for a long time, or c) because they want to save themselves from age discrimination by currying favor with those who promote age discrimination. They all completely agree that if you are/were a non-veteran White male federal employee, you are lazy, stupid, a disgusting failed loser, and even worse things if you did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 and I never made GS-14 or beyond.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/books/review/john-leland-happiness-is-a-choice-you-make.html
— Why Driving Fewer Miles May Not Lead to Lower Auto Premiums – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Because I drive my 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX, 2005 Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Mustang very few miles, I would be more than happy to pay $1 a mile for car insurance.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/your-money/driving-fewer-miles-may-not-lower-auto-premiums.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Separate and Unequal’ Review: ‘Two Societies, One Black, One White’ A 1968 report on urban riots is a case study in the futility of leadership by blue-ribbon panel. – Edward Kosner (DIERSEN: Since the Civil War, Democrats have always blamed Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/separate-and-unequal-review-two-societies-one-black-one-white-1520030079
— To Be Successful, Make Your Own Luck – Janice Kaplan and Barnaby Marsh (DIERSEN: What did you do to make your own luck? 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.wsj.com/articles/to-be-successful-make-your-own-luck-1519921269
— Check Your Withholding Math or Risk a Painful Tax Shock Many taxpayers have bigger paychecks now, but other changes from the overhaul will affect what they actually owe – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/check-your-withholding-math-or-face-an-unhappy-tax-surprise-1519986601
— Tone-Deaf: How Facebook Misread America’s Mood on Russia Social-media giant played down allegations Russia exploited its platform, deepening perceptions it is oblivious to public concern about its social impact – Deepa Seetharaman, Robert McMillan and Georgia Wells (DIERSEN: In 2016, the Russians had great success in cranking out votes for Clinton in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Cook County, in Chicago, and in Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tone-deaf-how-facebook-misread-americas-mood-on-russia-1520006034

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— Anthony Scaramucci is barred from visiting the White House – David Choi (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want to ban me from the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes work harder against me than they work against any Democrat. I should write a book about the many adverse actions that they have taken against me in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.)
https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/How-Anthony-Scaramucci-rose-to-the-top-of-Wall-11728719.php

 

WPXI
— – Lehigh University’s board of trustees will not revoke President Donald Trump’s honorary degree after nearly two-thirds of the school’s faculty voted to do so. – AP (DIERSEN: Who wants to revoke your degree(s)? Members of the following groups want to revoke my four degrees: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wpxi.com/news/pennsylvania/university-overrules-staff-vote-to-revoke-trumps-degree/709934555

 

FORBES
— The ‘Big Dogs’ of Illinois Municipal Government: 2017 Edition – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/03/03/the-big-dogs-of-illinois-municipal-government-2017-edition/#68136ce34221

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Teens Will Keep Leaving Facebook The social network is losing teen users at an alarming rate. – Leo Sun (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/02/26/a-foolish-take-the-kids-will-keep-leaving-facebook.aspx

 

FEDERAL SOUP
— Lawmakers want OPM, agencies to improve hiring process (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/03/01/lawmakers-want-opm-agencies-to-improve-hiring-process.aspx

 

GUARDIAN
— Dreamers must be protected – as Indigenous Peoples were not – Betty Lyons (DIERSEN: Were your ancestors “indigenous peoples?” Ever-increasing, to promote illegals, anti-Trumps shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their vicious discrimination against minorities and against females, b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, and c) the sooner that you should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/03/dreamers-daca-indigenous-peoples-americas

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Pelosi, HRC on opposite sides over re-election of anti-LGBT Democrat Lipinski – Chris Johnson
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/03/02/pelosi-hrc-odds-re-election-anti-lgbt-democrat/

March 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump gives support to toughest gun control measures in decades – Tanja Babich
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-gives-support-to-toughest-gun-control-measures-in-decades/3159499/

 

NBC5
— New Ad Urges Rauner to Show Leadership on Gun Reform Effort
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/democratic-governors-association-bruce-rauner-ad-gun-control-reform-475572653.html
— How Many Homes Do the Candidates for Illinois Governor Own? – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: In 2015, my critics/opponents gerrymandered my home into the same precinct with Jeanne Ives’ home. My critics/opponents tell me that the precinct line was then redrawn at Ives’ request so that she would be in Precinct 65. In its February 1978 4-page article on me, Money Magazine stressed that I owned two homes; I owned a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building and I rented out a town home that I owned in University Park.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-candidates-for-governor-homes-biss-pritzker-kennedy-rauner-475554503.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Take-a-Look-at-The-Homes-of-Candidates-For-Illinois-Governor-475486433.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I think if you can’t remember how many houses you have, you probably are not qualified to be the governor of the state of Illinois,” Kennedy continued, in a lightly-veiled shot at Pritzker. But Kennedy didn’t go so far as to agree with Biss. “I don’t think Americans believe in class warfare and I think for Sen. Biss to introduce that notion that somehow success in life disqualifies people from higher office, I think that’s wrong-headed and un-American,” he said. And on the Republican side, while Rauner’s nine properties – including his Winnetka mansion, two condos in Chicago, two Montana ranches, a Wyoming farm, a Utah condo, a New York penthouse and a beachfront Florida home – made headlines in 2014, his primary opponent state Rep. Jeanne Ives, owns just one residence in suburban Wheaton. Regardless of how many homes the candidates may own, the one that wins election – not just the March primary, but the general in November – will have one more home to live in: the Springfield governor’s mansion.)

 

CBS2
— Bill to License Gun Shops Sent To Rauner For Approval – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/01/illinois-gun-laws-rauner/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Senate approves marijuana ballot question (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-senate-approves-marijuana-ballot-question-1
— Illinois General Assembly approves Medicaid funding plan – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-general-assembly-approves-medicaid-funding-plan

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal marijuana question a step closer to being on November ballots in Illinois – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-marijuana-20180301-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-five-things-asylum-maryori-20180301-story.html
— WeatherTech’s founder lost three dogs to cancer. He says his new pet bowls are safe enough for a human. – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-weathertech-pet-bowls-20180223-story.html
— IRS releases tool you can use to check if your employer is messing up your taxes – Jeff Stein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-irs-tax-calculator-20180301-story.html
— Former NFL linebacker knocks child-size mannequin to floor as lawmakers consider banning tackle football for young people – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-football-20180301-story.html
— Berrios skips hearing on his property tax assessment practices weeks before election – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-joe-berrios-assessment-hearing-20180301-story.html
— Congress leaves Washington with no action on gun control or school safety – Seung Min Kim, Mike DeBonis and Ed O’Keefe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congress-gun-control-school-safety-20180301-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— NO ENDORSEMENT: Illinois House, 42nd District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/no-endorsement-ryan-edward-byrne-illinois-house-42nd-district-gop-primary-burt-minor-amy-grant/
— ENDORSEMENT: Jim Durkin for Illinois House in 82nd District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-jim-durkin-for-illinois-house-in-82nd-district-gop-primary/
— ENDORSEMENT: Kinzler for Ill. House in the 46th District Republican primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-kinzler-for-ill-house-in-the-46th-district-republican-primary/
— ENDORSEMENT: Tonia Jane Khouri for Ill. House in the 49th District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-tonia-jane-khouri-for-ill-house-in-the-49th-district-gop-primary/
— ENDORSEMENT: Marko Sukovic for Illinois House in 59th District GOP primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-marko-sukovic-illinois-house-59th-district-gop-primary-karen-feldman/
— All you need to know on early voting, registration, IDs—even selfies – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/voting-101-all-you-need-to-know-on-early-voting-registration-ids-even-selfies/
— Rauner mum on gun bill action as opponents set him in their sights – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-mum-on-gun-bill-action-as-opponents-set-him-in-their-sights/
— Kennedy dubs Rauner ‘worst governor’ and ‘ugly’ Disney character – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/kennedy-calls-rauner-worse-than-some-governors-who-ended-up-behind-bars/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Palatine GOP stacked deck to get Rauner endorsed – State Rep. Tom Morrison, Palatine
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180301/morrison-palatine-gop-stacked-deck-to-get-rauner-endorsed
— Trump says some lawmakers too fearful of NRA to take action – AP (DIERSEN: How many will vote for Trump in 2020 if he demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the NRA and its members?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180301/news/303019993/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump as being a racist.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180301/news/303019934/
— Schaumburg trustees recommend rules for mayor’s travel costs – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/schaumburg-trustees-recommend-rules-for-mayors-travel-costs
— Glen Ellyn could lease McKee House site sooner than planned – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/glen-ellyn-could-lease-mckee-house-site-sooner-than-planned
— Naperville city prosecutor Katita Athanikar stepping to bench as DuPage judge – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/naperville-city-prosecutor-stepping-to-bench-as-dupage-judge
— Longtime Elk Grove Township trustee Andrea Koshaba resigns – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180301/longtime-elk-grove-township-trustee-resigns

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Anti-gay views of Madison County Mental Health Board candidate cause flap – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity a) dominate everything and b) get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article202363224.html
— Bost applauds Trump’s foreign steel tariffs; United Steelworkers endorses Kelly – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article202902854.html

 

WHEATON PATCH
— How DuPage County’s Judicial Candidates Stack Up: Bar Association See how the county Bar Association rated the candidates for circuit court judge. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me: 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, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They dismiss/belittle the fact a) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) that GAO promoted me in 1986, and c) that my ending salary in 1997 was $122,325 in today’s dollars.)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/how-dupage-countys-judicial-candidates-stack-bar-association
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The recommendations were made after DCBA reviewed written applications from all six candidates, in addition to looking into their backgrounds and completing interviews. The reviewing committee included DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, retired judges Edward R. Duncan and William Ferguson, several former DCBA presidents, and other DCBA members.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives gets $400K, Biss raises $150K in small donations (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who stress that I do not make political contributions? In my defense, a) GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000 a year and b) I give those email subscriptions free of charge and without any advertising to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/ives-gets-300k-biss-raises-150k-in-small-donations/
— IEA says it helped McSweeney “kill” Rauner’s pension tax shift
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/iea-says-it-helped-mcsweeney-kill-rauners-pension-tax-shift/
— RGA responds *** DGA runs expensive digital ad attacking Rauner over guns
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/dga-runs-digital-ad-attacking-rauner-over-guns/
— A look at the Democratic candidates’ many houses
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/01/a-look-at-the-democratic-candidates-many-houses/

 

NEWSMAX
— Hallucinating Foes Blinded to CPAC’s Very Real Inclusiveness – Deroy Murdock (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, a) CPAC is more and more and more Libertarian and b) CPAC welcomes and promotes individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-conservative.)
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/acu-core-cspan-omb/2018/03/01/id/846190/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Jordan Peterson explains why boys become school shooters – and it’s not ‘toxic masculinity’ – Dorothy Cummings McLean
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jordan-peterson-explains-why-boys-become-school-shooters-and-its-not-toxic

 

THE HILL
— Michael Steele deserves so much more credit for his RNC leadership – SHERMICHAEL SINGLETON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blame me for all that problems that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and other organizations in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois have had since 2000.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/376305-michael-steele-deserves-so-much-more-credit-for-his-rnc-leadership

 

WASHINGTON POST
— No, Michael Steele doesn’t need to show ‘grace’ when insulted on his race – Jonathan Capehart (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government are extremely proud that they a) gave preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that they discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, and that they especially discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/03/01/no-michael-steele-doesnt-need-to-show-grace-when-insulted-on-his-race/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— YouTube Hiring for Some Positions Excluded White and Asian Males, Lawsuit Says – Kirsten Grind and Douglas MacMillan (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers announce they are no longer hiring members of the following groups and that they are getting rid of their employees who are members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
A former employee alleges tech firm set quotas for hiring minorities
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youtube-hiring-for-some-positions-excluded-white-and-asian-males-lawsuit-says-1519948013

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 426 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $324,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447952_zpid/