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July 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner: Special session Wed if Dems don’t send school bill Monday – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-dems-play-games-with-schools-cullerton-wants-to-talk/
— 6 killed, 35 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/10-shot-in-chicago-1-fatally-since-friday-night/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Racist emails scandal moves beyond city as Illinois opens an investigation into state employee’s role – Ray Long and Todd Lighty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-water-department-emails-capuzi-20170724-story.html
— Some last-minute options for tuition shortfall – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that tuition and books were much less expensive when I attended UIC 1966-1968, when I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/kidsandmoney/tca-some-last-minute-options-for-tuition-shortfall-20170717-story.html
— For many young workers, job hopping is key to more money – Marco Buscaglia (DIERSEN: Are/were you a job-hopper? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-for-many-young-workers-job-hopping-is-key-to-more-money-20170718-story.html
— Family vacation doesn’t have to break the bank – Anya Kamenetz  (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars.  I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America.  Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/savingsgame/tca-family-vacation-doesn-t-have-to-break-the-bank-20170717-story.html
— Spending oodles on health care is the American way – Tyler Cowen. (DIERSEN: My wife and I a) spend $5,763/year for health, dental, and vision insurance; $2,731/year for Medicare; plus thousands of dollars in out of pocket costs, mainly for my dental expenses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-health-costs-medicine-eu-perspec-0724-jm-20170721-story.html
— The danger of having ideologues in charge in Springfield – John McCarron  (DIERSEN: Those who call me an ideologue are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they promote dependency on government, dependency of charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rauner-ipi-madigan-emanuel-mccarron-perspec-0724-jm-20170723-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in keeping Obamacare.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-gop-health-care-obamacare-repeal-huppke-20170721-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner: Talk of discrimination against CPS “hurtful” and untrue – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170724/rauner-talk-of-discrimination-against-cps-x201churtfulx201d-and-untrue
— For first time in years, state will help pay for burials for the poor – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: What about cremation?  When I die, I want to be cremated for the following reasons: a) my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents; b) my branch on my family tree is extremely small and it is dying; and c) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been very successful in making people in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois HATE ME.  I should write a book about those who have been the most successful in making people HATE ME.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170724/for-first-time-in-years-state-will-help-pay-for-burials-for-the-poor

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The doctor will see you now—for $25,000 – BRIGID SWEENEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170722/ISSUE01/170729954

 

NBC5
— Chris Kennedy Lays Out Plan to Curb Chicago Gun Violence – James Neveau  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats blame all bad things, including Chicago gun violence, on Republicans.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/democratic-candidate-chris-kennedy-lays-out-plan-to-curb-chicago-gun-violence-436205663.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Why two Illinois state fairs? Politics, of course – Tim Landis
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170722/local-business-notes-why-two-illinois-state-fairs-politics-of-course

 

WIFR
— Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski featured at State Representative John Cabello’s fundraising event
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Trumps-former-campaign-manager-featured-at-Cabellos-fundraising-event–436214743.html

 

WSIL TV
— Democrats attempt rebranding with populist new agenda – AP  (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrat Party agenda is to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35952843/democrats-attempt-rebranding-with-populist-new-agenda
— A vacant White House job: first pet – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35952041/a-vacant-white-house-job-first-pet
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Politically ambitious pups and kittens: Put your resumes aside. The job of first pet – an enviable White House gig with luxurious live-in privileges, after-hours access to the president and guaranteed positive press coverage – is not currently available. That’s because President Donald Trump is not looking for a fluffy sidekick at the moment. Asked about plans for a four-legged addition to the White House, Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for Melania Trump, said in a statement: “The first family is still getting settled so there are no plans at this time.” If Trump stays pet-free, he will be breaking with a long held tradition of presidential pet ownership.)

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Statement from County Board Chairman Dan Cronin RE: Curran vacancy
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=55365

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Curran named to replace Radogno in state Senate – Brent Zell (DIERSEN: What do you do?  If you resigned, who would replace you and who would your replacement be?)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511155656-curran-named-to-replace-radogno-in-state-senate

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— YES, THERE IS VOTER FRAUD IN ILLINOIS, NEW DATABASE SHOWS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/yes-there-is-voter-fraud.html
— O’HARE WORKER SEEKING TO “BURY UNBELIEVERS ALIVE” REQUESTS CHARGES DISMISSED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/ohare-worker-seeking-to-bury-unbelievers-alive-requests-charges-dismissed.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner: Special session to commence Wednesday
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/24/rauner-special-session-to-commence-wednesday/
— Is Rauner staffer on the way out?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/24/is-rauner-staffer-on-the-way-out/
— Cullerton again calls on Rauner to hold leaders’ meetings before veto
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/24/cullerton-again-calls-on-rauner-to-hold-leaders-meetings-before-veto/
— ILGOP responds *** Pritzker again tackles the Madigan question
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/24/pritzker-again-tackles-the-madigan-question/

 

GOPUSA
— Leftists terrified of cleaning up voter rolls  (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is on the voter rolls for your precinct?  The longer that your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain has served in your precinct, and the longer that the borders of your precinct have not been changed, and the fewer voters that are registered in your precinct, the better able your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain should be able to identify and report deadwood.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27574
— Fast-track training put officer Mohamed Noor on Minneapolis police force  (DIERSEN: When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors did NOT put me on any kind of fast-track anything. To transfer, they required me to take an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, from $90,173 (GS-12 Step 5) down to $71,326 (GS-9 Step 10). For my first 6 years with GAO and for my last 9 years, they succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS. They did not promote me to GA-13 Step 1, $94,610 in today’s dollars, until 1986 and they never promoted me beyond that. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27562
— Bill Nye: Climate science needs older generations to ‘die’ off  (DIERSEN: If you want older people to die off, that is, if you want to promote age discrimination, vote for Democrats.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27507

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Scaramucci Lays Down the Law With Jake Tapper: ‘The Leaks End Today’ or He’ll Start Firing People – VIRGINIA KRUTA (DIERSEN: Because I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for all “media leaks” suffered since 2000 by the following in Illinois: Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.)
http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/07/928247-scaramucci-lays-law-jake-tapper-leaks-end-today-hell-start-firing-people/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Relentless media war on Trump has failed miserably to dent his resolve – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/26109-outsiders-vs-insiders-relentless-media-war-trump-has-failed-miserably-dent-his-resolve

 

LIFEZETTE
— House Conservatives Set Ambitious Tax Reform Target: The IRS  Over 150 GOP lawmakers see chance to jettison reviled agency as part of comprehensive budget package – Margaret Menge  (DIERSEN: What if Republicans ran IRS instead of Democrats?)
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/house-conservatives-set-ambitious-tax-reform-target-the-irs/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Schiff Encourages Mueller To Investigate Trump Organization – TED GOODMAN (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my Democrat superiors had me “under investigation.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/23/schiff-encourages-mueller-to-investigate-trump-organization/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Public universities pay for-profit company thousands for online diversity training – NATHAN RUBBELKE (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/33768/

 

THE HILL
— What Trump can do to cripple ObamaCare – NATHANIEL WEIXEL (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on crippling Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.)
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/343222-what-trump-can-do-to-cripple-obamacare?

 

POLITICO
— GOP despairs at inability to deliver – ELIANA JOHNSON and JOSH DAWSEY  (DIERSEN: Who wants Trump to fail?  I should write at book about a) those who want me to fail as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) those who wanted me to fail as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, etc.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/23/republicans-trump-despair-deliver-240868

 

REUTERS
— New Trump communications director promises crackdown on media leaks – Timothy Gardner  (DIERSEN: Because I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for all “media leaks” suffered since 2000 by the following in Illinois: Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-scaramucci-idUSKBN1A80QA

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— At Chicago Sun-Times, New Owners Vow Return to Paper’s Working-Class Roots – JULIE BOSMAN and SYDNEY EMBER  (DIERSEN: What percent of working-class people anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/23/business/media/chicago-sun-times-ownership.html
— A Better Deal for American Workers – CHUCK SCHUMER  (DIERSEN: Democrats promise to use government to take money away from those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time AND TO GIVE THAT MONEY TO THOSE WHO ARE anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/opinion/chuck-schumer-employment-democrats.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/opinion/republicans-trumpcare-cbo.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/opinion/transgender-lgbtq-rights-texas.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump marginalizes experts, debases expertise – James Hohmann  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always debased the experience that I gained a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991; b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173; c) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; and c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.  They debase the fact that 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.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/07/24/daily-202-trump-marginalizes-experts-debases-expertise/597548fc30fb043679543214/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Reversal, Colleges Rein In Tuition  Prices of higher education are rising in line with inflation as enrollment stagnates – Josh Mitchell  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that tuition and books were much less expensive when I attended UIC 1966-1969, when I when I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-reversal-colleges-rein-in-tuition-1500822001

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Poll: Americans split 42%-42% on impeaching Trump – Susan Page and Emma Kinery  (DIERSEN: What percent of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want Trump to be impeached? 61% voted for Clinton in my precinct, one would expect that 61% in my precinct want Trump to be impeached.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/24/impeach-donald-trump-poll-americans-split-remove-president/501871001/
— Your next big raise? Don’t hold your breath, some economists say – Paul Davidson  (DIERSEN: What raises have you gotten? During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my salary increased every year because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.  In today’s dollars, I earned $15.56/hour (GS-4 Step 1) when I started working for the Post Office in 1966 when I was 18; $44,853/year (GS-7 Step 1) when I started working for IRS in 1971; $90,173/year (GS-12 Step 5) when I left IRS in 1980; $71,326/year (GS-9 Step 10) when I started working for GAO in 1980; and $122,991/year (GS-13 Step 10) when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997. My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/23/your-next-big-raise-dont-hold-your-breath-some-economists-say/490040001/

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Americans’ retirement benefits have been slashed by a quarter – Ben Steverman
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Americans-retirement-benefits-have-been-11307000.php

 

POST AND COURIER
— Civil service ‘Frankenstein’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation are rampant in the federal government. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/civil-service-frankenstein/article_c9049ea8-6e66-11e7-8bdd-8fc771e6e9ef.html

July 23 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board member John Curran appointed to state Senate vacancy – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170722/dupage-county-board-member-appointed-to-state-senate-vacancy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under state election law, a new member of the Republican party must be appointed to the DuPage County Board within 60 days of Curran’s resignation, which he plans to officially submit Monday, he said. Residents of District 3, which includes parts of Downers Grove, Westmont, Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, Woodridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien and Willowbrook, can apply to at Dupageco.org/countyboard/dist3map. The newly appointed board member will serve the remainder of Curran’s term, which expires Nov. 30, 2018. County Board Chairman Dan Cronin said in a news release Saturday that he will fill Curran’s vacancy until an appointment is made. “While we will truly miss his work and his dedication to DuPage County, we are happy to see him moving on to bigger challenges,” Cronin said. “I’m confident Springfield is gaining an asset who will fight to protect residents of Illinois.” Anyone seeking appointment to the county board should email Cronin at Dan.Cronin@dupageco.org with a resume and letter, not exceeding 300 words, outlining their interest.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 12 ways Trump has failed to deliver for his own voters – Robert Reich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/reich-12-ways-trump-has-failed-to-deliver-for-his-own-voters/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Veterans fight White House on pot – Evan Halper and Lauren Rosenblatt  (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy an individual, you push pot on that individual. If you want to destroy an organization, you push pot on that organization. If you want to destroy a company, you push pot on that company. If you want to destroy a government, you push pot on that government. If you want to destroy a country, you push pot on that country. If you want to destroy a race, you push pot on that race.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/orlando-sentinel/20170723/281685434906947
— Despite budget woes, higher ed pros continue their work – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Do you have “high-quality degrees and credentials?”  Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the bachelor’s degree in management that I earned from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, the MBA that I earned from Loyola in 1976, the master’s degree in accounting that I earned from DePaul in 1980, and the master’s degree in financial markets and trading that I earned from IIT in 1997.  They would stress that none of the aforesaid universities are Ivy League and that my grades were not that great. They would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They would stress that I took CPA and CIA examination review courses and that others got higher scores on the examinations than I did. They would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact that I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant (FA) in 1997.  They would stress that became a CFE, CGFM, CFSA, and FA by grand fathering and not by passing an examination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-higher-ed-illinois-st-0721-20170720-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Their goal is to increase the proportion of adults in Illinois with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by 2025. The rate stood at 40.8 percent when the goal was set in 2008 and rose to 49.6 percent by 2014, according to the Illinois Board of Higher Education.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Are you ready for some more special sessions? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170722/statehouse-insider-are-you-ready-for-some-more-special-sessions
— Looking ahead to covering 2018 elections – Angie Muhs
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170722/angie-muhs-looking-ahead-to-covering-2018-elections

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat Anthony March to challenge Shimkus – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-22/tom-kacich-danville-man-challenge-shimkus.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— High court may be only way to end gerrymandering – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What about those who have precinct lines redrawn a) to reward favored precinct committeemen/captains and b) to punish disfavored precinct committeemen/captains?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-high-court-may-be-only-way-to-end-gerrymandering/article_1190716e-0b1c-5eb9-a333-bb3202282d32.html

 

RIVER CITY READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Staff Shake-Up Hints at Rauner Weakness.”
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/staff-shake-up-hints-at-rauner-weakness

 

HERALD REVIEW
— For loyal Macon County Trump backers, a campaign message still rings true – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/for-loyal-macon-county-trump-backers-a-campaign-message-still/article_0bca40d8-a43c-5986-ac19-b32a9e2a21a2.html

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— DREAM Act divisive, elitist – RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR. (DIERSEN: From what I see, to curry favor with Democrats, employers want to gloat that they hire illegals, and that to make way for them, they do not hire citizens of America and that they get rid of citizens of America.)
http://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/ruben-navarrette-dream-act-divisive-elitist/article_58cdae0d-39bb-588f-af15-c17ff32892f2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What bothered her was the insistence on going to college. What about those kids who go to vocational school or go straight to work? They didn’t deserve legal status? Someone in Washington was playing God again, deciding who stayed and who went according to a narrow definition of positive behavior. Why stop at attending college? Why not demand that beneficiaries of the DREAM Act not accept any public assistance, or abstain from smoking, or never fall into debt or not be unemployed for more than six months at any point in their lives? The new bill from Graham and Durbin is a slight improvement because it covers those who “work lawfully for at least three years.” But it also has a new requirement that recipients speak English and know U.S. history. Great idea. But shouldn’t we start by demanding those things from native-born U.S. citizens? These moral judgments are all subjective and awfully condescending. They’re all about what Graham, Durbin, and the other senators who will eventually support their bill require to make them feel comfortable with overlooking the fact that these young people are in the country illegally. Welcome to this week’s episode of the game show: “Good Immigrant, Bad Immigrant.” If Graham and Durbin want to make themselves useful in the immigration debate, they should stop treating immigrants like they’re some kind of social science experiment. Instead, they should draft a bill that would eventually legalize most of the 11 million people who are in the country illegally — whether or not they went to college or speak English. It’s no wonder that so many DREAMers experience a version of “survivor’s guilt” because they were tossed a life preserver while their parents and siblings are left to drown. All this talk about how the Trump administration is dividing families. You know what really divides families? The DREAM Act.)

 

WMAY
— Superintendents Push Back On Rauner’s Claim They’re Scared Of Madigan  (DIERSEN: Virtually everyone is scared of those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in their municipality, in their township/ward, in their county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world. Virtually everyone panders to, serves as an operative for, or serves as a dupe for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in their municipality, in their township/ward, in their county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois who focus on pandering to, on serving as an operative for, and on serving as a dupe for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.wmay.com/2017/07/22/superintendents-push-back-on-rauners-claim-theyre-scared-of-madigan/

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Governor’s Hometown Awards deadline approaches – Brent Zell (DIERSEN: What is your hometown?  I lived in Crete 1948-1972.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that during those years, Crete was full of rich racists, rich sexists, rich bigots, and rich even worse things. They would stress that during those years, very few depended on government, on charity, or on welfare and that Crete was overwhelmingly White, German-American, Lutheran, conservative, and Republican.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511154448-governor-s-hometown-awards-deadline-approaches

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Breen: Thank God Gov. Rauner doesn’t discriminate against staff over abortion  (DIERSEN: Democrats promote abortion. Democrats run the federal government.  Democrats promote patronage.  Therefore, federal employees are expected to promote abortion.  Therefore, while I was one of its employees for almost 30 years, the federal government discriminated against me because I did not promote abortion.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511155606-rep-breen-thank-god-gov-rauner-doesn-t-discriminate-against-staff-over-abortion

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— The NEA’s School Curriculum: Leftist Politics
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/the-neas-school-curriculum-leftist-politics

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— FSG Painters fined by IL. Department of Labor: Failure to pay prevailing wages on Clark County Park District job – JOHN KRAFT  (DIERSEN: What do you think the prevailing wage should be for someone like me?  I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and 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.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/fsg-painters-fined-by-il-department-of-labor-failure-to-pay-prevailing-wages-on-clark-county-park-district-job/

 

THE BLAZE
— New report reveals the DNC is in financial turmoil while the GOP is thriving – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/22/new-report-reveals-the-dnc-is-in-financial-turmoil-while-the-gop-is-thriving/
— State instructs schools to ‘segregate’ students who feel uncomfortable with transgender bathrooms – Justin Haskins
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/22/state-instructs-schools-to-segregate-students-who-feel-uncomfortable-with-transgender-bathrooms/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— RAPID WHITE HOUSE PERSONNEL CHANGES ELECTRIFY PRESS CORPS  New communications director Scaramucci backed Scott Walker and Jeb Bush before Trump – GARTH KANT (DIERSEN: It is always extremely dangerous to back candidates. I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want to kill me figuratively, if not literally, for backing certain candidates.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/spicer-resigns-from-white-house-post/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How Low Will the Teachers’ Unions Go? – ELLIOT KAUFMAN
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449752/teachers-unions-lies-randi-weingarten-despicable-defense-public-school-monopoly

 

POLITICO
— Scaramucci praises Breitbart in first interview since communications appointment – BRENT GRIFFITHS (DIERSEN: WARNING: If you praise Diersen or praise his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, Diersen’s critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy you.  Diersen’s critics/opponents are filled with hatred and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/22/scaramucci-praises-breitbart-first-interview-240848

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats talk and act like they depend on voter fraud to win elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/the-bogus-voter-fraud-commission.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show their disdain for Western Civilization.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/donald-trumps-plan-to-save-western-civilization.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn baby boomers, and especially baby boomers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/baby-boomers-decline.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that trump supporters are sexists.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/20/opinion/formacist-trump-sexism.html
— What It Was Like to Be Drafted – MARC LEEPSON  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their corporative, and their dupes would shout that I avoided the draft with student draft deferments 1966-1970 and with a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They would call me a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/opinion/what-it-was-like-to-be-drafted.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: For Good Jobs, Look Beyond the Rust – Editorial  (DIERSEN: None of the jobs that I had were “good” jobs. The evidence is that Democrats, minorities, women, younger people, veterans, etc. did not want the jobs that I had.  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/opinion/sunday/president-trump-and-his-way-back-machine.html
— Overcoming an Embarrassing Workplace Slipup From Years Ago – ROB WALKER  (DIERSEN: What workplace slipups did you make?  I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I failed/refused to help my superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because the were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/jobs/workologist-overcoming-slip-ups.html
— Three Things I Should Have Said About Retirement Planning – PAUL B. BROWN  (DIERSEN: What do you know about retirement?  I have been retired for almost 20 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/your-money/retirement-planning-advice.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Congress Aims To Punish Russia, Trump Faces Bind – MATT FLEGENHEIMER and DAVID E. SANGER  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on punishing those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/us/politics/congress-sanctions-russia.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— L.A. voters want to legalize marijuana, so why won’t city leaders do it? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What should elected officials do if voters want them to get rid individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Because of concern that elected officials will do what voters want, members of the aforesaid groups are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-marijuana-limited-immunity-20170722-story.html

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Democrats try to block federal workers from staying at Trump properties – Jamie Dupree
http://jamiedupree.blog.ajc.com/2017/07/23/democrats-try-to-block-federal-workers-from-staying-at-trump-properties/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Democrats struggle with whether to woo back whites or broaden coalition – Joe Garofoli  (DIERSEN: I predict that to get elected, Democrats will strengthen their promise that if elected, they will use government rid of once and for all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Dems-struggle-with-whether-to-woo-back-whites-or-11307886.php

 

THE NATIONAL
— Abrupt resignation of Trump’s press secretary a ‘symptom of an administration in crisis’ – Rob Crilly  (DIERSEN: My abrupt forced retirement from GAO in 1997 when I was 49 years old was a symptom of a government that puts above all else a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) getting rid of its employees who are Republican, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas/abrupt-resignation-of-trump-s-press-secretary-a-symptom-of-an-administration-in-crisis-1.613145

July 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How Rauner’s focus on messaging played into staff shakeup – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-messaging-illinois-policy-institute-met-20170721-story.html
— Durbin, Graham file Dream Act, hoping to ward off legal challenge to DACA – Maria Sacchetti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-durbin-graham-dream-act-immigration-20170720-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan tactics result in income tax hike – Mike Formento, Glen Ellyn  (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, Formento appointed me webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee while he was its chairman 2008-2010.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170722/madigan-tactics-result-in-income-tax-hike
— Bernie Sanders to speak Aug. 30 in Aurora about teen-focused book – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: What does Sanders think of you and think of what you did when you were young?  From what I see, Sanders would demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being selfish and undeservedly rich because I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 and I paid for all my college expenses and graduated debt-free in 1970 with money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170721/bernie-sanders-to-speak-aug-30-in-aurora-about-teen-focused-book
— Kudos to Kellogg’s – Editorial (DIERSEN: I lived in Crete 1948-1972.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that during those years, Crete was full of rich racists, rich sexists, rich bigots, and rich even worse things. They would stress that during those years, very few depended on government, on charity, or on welfare and that Crete was overwhelmingly White, German-American, Lutheran, conservative, and Republican.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170722/the-soapbox-daily-herald-editors-offer-brief-thoughts-on-suburban-topics-in-the-news
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Each week the Northern Illinois Food Bank feeds more than 71,500 people in 13 counties. It relies on hundreds of people, including volunteers. This week about 250 people from Kellogg’s pitched in to pack food. Kellogg’s also donated $10,000 toward hunger relief programs. Yet another ray of sunshine keeps the food bank thriving. I should write a book about the leading Crete-haters in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn.)
— Republicans embrace tax hike targeting Democratic states – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170722/news/307229984/
— Trump tweets that Spicer’s future is ‘bright’ – AP (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What would my Democrat GAO superiors say about my future?  ANSWER: They would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170722/news/307229993/

 

WBEZ
— A Closer Look At The Illinois Policy Institute, The Group That Could Inform Rauner’s Agenda – Tony Arnold  (DIERSEN: What does the Illinois Policy Institute think of you, think of what you have done with your life, and think of what you are doing now?  Has the Illinois Policy Institute ever sought your input on anything?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/a-closer-look-at-the-group-that-could-inform-rauners-agenda/f8758701-cb4e-49cc-b988-d9b2f1f7c629

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEW GAZETTE
— UI trustee nominee Dr. Stuart King often gives to GOP candidates – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-22/ui-trustee-nominee-often-gives-gop-candidates.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— End the legislative extortion: Send the school bill to governor now – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article162967943.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Election Authority to Answer Trump Questions – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: How well does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain know your precinct, that is, how prepared is he/she to deter and detect voter fraud?  How well do the election judges for your precinct know your precinct, that is, how prepared are they to deter and detect voter fraud?)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=248809#.WXMo6hFSRZI

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Spicer: The President did not want me to go – MIRANDA GREEN  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always wanted me to go.  They always wanted to give my job to a Democrat, and especially to a Democrat who was minority, female, and/or younger than me.  It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/spicer-the-president-did-not-want-me-to-go/771631212

 

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Governor Rauner: Put Kids Ahead Of Politics  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government put Democrats ahead of Republicans, minorities ahead of Whites, women ahead of men, younger employees ahead of older employees, and veterans ahead of non-veterans. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and the Veterans Preference. The Veterans Preference is an earned preference.)
http://www.effinghamradio.com/2017/07/21/governor-rauner-put-kids-ahead-of-politics/

 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EVELYN SANGUINETTI
— Sign the Petition to send SB1 to the Governor
https://www.illinois.gov/ltg/pages/sb1petition.aspx

 

NAVISTAR
— Welcome to Navistar Careers (FROM THE POSTING: Navistar Uses E-Verify: Navistar, Inc. participates in E-Verify, a federal pilot program that enables employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility for all persons hired to work in the United States by providing the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS at (888) 464-4218.)
https://salary-navistar.icims.com/jobs/intro?hashed=124489256

 

GOPUSA
— McDonald’s drive-thru: ‘I ain’t servin’ no police!’  (DIERSEN: What do McDonald’s executives, shareholders, customers, suppliers, etc. have to say about that?  What percent of McDonald’s executives, shareholders, customers, suppliers, etc. are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27520
— Denver Moves To Cut Off Communication With ICE  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Colorado shouts that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27551
— Boston fears Islamophobia, blankets city bus stops with ‘building the safe space’ guides (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Massachusetts shouts that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27421
— Without reform, is universal healthcare inevitable? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want Republicans to pay for Democrats’ health care.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27474

 

DAILY CALLER
— Report: Senate Bill Would Legalize 1.8 Million ‘Dreamers’ – Will Racke  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who will work the hardest to defeat Republicans in 2018 and to defeat Trump and all Republicans 2020?  ANSWER: The 1.8 million Dreamers.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/21/report-senate-bill-would-legalize-1-8-million-dreamers/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Media’s Use of ‘Hate Group’ Label Puts Conservatives’ Safety at Risk – Katrina Trinko
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/13/the-medias-use-of-this-hate-group-label-puts-conservatives-safety-at-risk/
— JULY 26, 2016 FLASHBACK: As a Teen Cashier Seeing Food Stamp Use, I Changed My Mind About the Democrat Party – J.D. Vance  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what I saw when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://dailysignal.com/2016/07/26/as-a-teen-cashier-seeing-food-stamp-use-i-changed-my-mind-about-the-democrat-party/
— The Key Facts About Slavery That the Left Conveniently Ignores – Walter E. Williams
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/19/key-facts-slavery-left-conveniently-ignores/

 

NEWSMAX
— CBO: GOP Health Bill’s $13,000 Deductibles Would Be Illegal (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial and/or health problems. They are furious that my wife and I have Medicare and that the federal government subsidizes $17,288 a year of our health, dental, and vision insurance because I am a federal retiree.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/gop-health-bill-deductible/2017/07/21/id/802982/

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Lindsey Graham hints/implies/argues/shouts that Dreamers will take jobs that U.S. citizens do not want. From what I see, Dreamers would never stoop to take the bad jobs that did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/21/lindsey-graham-vote-oppose-amnesty-outsourcing/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump State Dept Unsure Why Palestinian Terrorists Kill Israelis  Stands by report blaming Israel for terror, downplaying Palestinian incitement – Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-state-dept-unsure-palestinian-terrorists-kill-israelis/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Proclaiming God’s promise – not ‘pride’ – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/07/21/proclaiming-gods-promise-not-pride

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 20 Attorneys General encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  Of course, anti-Trumps will use illegals to defeat Trump in 2020.)
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/20-attorneys-general-urge-trump-maintain-protections-dreamers

 

THE HILL
— Priebus on Spicer resignation: ‘It’s good to start fresh’ – BRANDON CARTER (DIERSEN: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois started fresh in 2012, the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce started fresh in 2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee started fresh in 2010 and in 2004, the Illinois Center Right Coalition started fresh in 2007, the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter started fresh in 2004, GAO started fresh in 1997, IRS started fresh in 1980, and the Post Office started fresh in 1969.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343260-priebus-after-spicer-resignation-its-good-to-start-fresh
— White House: Scaramucci will report directly to Trump – JOHN BOWDEN  (DIERSEN: Who was the highest paid boss that you reported directly to? During my last 4 years at GAO 1993-1997, I reported directly to a GS-15 Step 10 (currently $161,900). Most, if not virtually all of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates DID NOT want to work for her or work with her because she was very demanding, female, younger, Jewish, and wealthy. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to her that I was conservative (she was liberal), Republican (she was Democrat), I was 100% German national origin (she was 100% Russian national origin), I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (she was Jewish), and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s (her ancestors were recent immigrants).)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343253-white-house-scaramucci-will-report-directly-to-trump

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Working in White House, Still Making Millions – RACHEL ABRAMS and JESSE DRUCKER  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that during the first 18 months that I worked for IRS 1971-1972, I also worked (with official permission) part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. That part-time income helped me a) help support my mother and brother, b) pay for tuition and books for graduate business classes at Loyola, c) pay off my 1972 Corvette car loan, and d) have a down payment to buy a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/business/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-ethics-filing.html
— After Election, More New Yorkers Tell Volunteer Groups, ‘I Can Help’ – JAMES BARRON  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps always glorify and praise other anti-Trumps. If anti-Trumps are glorified and praised in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America, then your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America are run by anti-Trumps. From what I see, overwhelmingly, those who are glorified and praised in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America are anti-Trumps. Because I am a Trump supporter, anti-Trumps in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn what I do.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/nyregion/new-york-city-volunteer-groups.html
— The Ethics of Adjusting Your Assets to Qualify for Medicaid – RON LIEBER  (DIERSEN: Are your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with envy. Mine are. They are beyond furious that I have a $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System pension for life, that my wife and subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance for life (currently, the federal government pays $17,288/year), and we both are on Medicare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/your-money/estate-planning/the-ethics-of-adjusting-your-assets-to-qualify-for-medicaid.html

 

POLITICO
— House Republicans try to revive ban on Pentagon transgender surgeries – RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/20/house-republicans-try-to-revive-ban-on-transgender-pentagon-surgeries-240770

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Meet Your New Landlord: Wall Street  Big investors transform suburban neighborhoods by buying up single-family homes and renting them out  Four big companies have bought nearly 700 single-family homes in Spring Hill, Tenn. – Ryan Dezember and Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: How many rental homes are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  For what I see, if you are a renter, sadly, most commonly, it is because you have financial problems, and you vote for Democrats who promise to use government to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to you.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-your-new-landlord-wall-street-1500647417
— 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon: A Drag-Racing Beast, Unleashed  Dan Neil rockets down Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Raceway in a 2018 Dodge SRT Challenger Demon, the quickest production car in existence – Dan Neil  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate this car.  Of course, that motivates me to want to buy it.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/2018-dodge-demon-a-drag-racing-beast-unleashed-1500572281

 

NEWSWEEK
— DOES TRUMP HATE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA AS MUCH AS HE CLAIMS? – TOM PORTER  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who glorify and praise the Democrat news media in Illinois and b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-media-fake-news-640672

 

COSMOPLITAN
— Who Is Anthony Scaramucci? 8 Things to Know About the New White House Communications Director. – Rebecca Nelson  (DIERSEN: What “negatives” do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to know about you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to know that I am a Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, a gun owner, a draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, a federal employee for almost 30 years, a union member for 12 years, never promoted beyond GS-13, forced to take early retirement, a federal retiree for almost 20 years, childless, pet-less, American-nameplate car owner, and no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a10342532/anthony-scaramucci-white-house-communication-director/

 

GUARDIAN
— The Democrats’ performance as an opposition party? Pathetic – Steven W Thrasher
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/22/donald-trump-stands-democrats-who-knows

 

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity blast McCain.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/07/john-mccain-may-cancer-doesnt-make-hero/

July 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Preckwinkle calls Rauner ‘evil’ – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats will describe you as being “evil” and even worse things if you do not promote dependency on government, dependency of charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-toni-preckwinkle-20170721-story.html
— With 2 proposed Will County industrial parks, ‘good timing’ for $1M freight study, officials say – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-economic-development-st-0719-20170720-story.html
— Sessions learns loyalty can be a one-way street with Trump – Abby Phillip  (DIERSEN: Who are those who work against you loyal to? Those who work against me are loyal to those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-trump-analysis-20170720-story.html
— Two years in, happy hour in Illinois stirs mixed results – Greg Trotter and Jennifer Smith Richards  (DIERSEN: Conservatives do not promote drinking booze.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-happy-hour-two-years-later-0721-biz-20250101-story.html
— Detroit at crossroads 50 years after riots devastated city – AP  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1967?  I was a full-time student at UIC and I worked part-time the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete.  I sold my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and bought a 1968 Oldsmobile 442. I saved money for new cars and college expenses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-detroit-riots-anniversary-20170716-story.html
— Dennis Hastert is out of prison, but he will never be free – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-hastert-st-0721-20170720-column.html
— The bill for treating a gunshot wound: $21,000 for the first 35 minutes – Jennifer Smith Richards, Annie Sweeney and Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-gun-violence-medical-costs-met-20170720-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sean-spicer-resigns-as-white-house-press-secretary-report/
— Do you have a right to follow Trump on Twitter? – Jacob Sullum  (DIERSEN: I give everyone, including those who want to kill me figuratively, if not literally, the right to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sullum-do-you-have-a-right-to-follow-trump-on-twitter/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups hope that McCain’s health problems will make the DREAM Act a reality: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/could-dream-act-become-a-reality-in-light-of-mccains-health/
— State Rep. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, didn’t list source of income because form was hard to understand – DAN MIHALOPOULOS
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-state-rep-robert-martwick-didnt-list-source-of-income-because-form-was-hard-to-understand-the-watchdogs/

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP reps Steve Andersson and Mike Fortner should resign or retire – Chris Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170721/gop-reps-should-resign-or-retire
— Honorably discharged veterans will soon get to shop tax-free – AP (DIERSEN: Constructively, by their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors gave me a dishonorable discharge. Other adverse actions that they took against me included always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170720/news/307209903/
— Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementia – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170720/hints-that-lifestyle-changes-might-guard-against-dementia
— Report recommends no sanctions for College of DuPage – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170721/report-recommends-no-sanctions-for-college-of-dupage

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How city power players diverted $55 million in blight-fighting TIF cash to Navy Pier – John Chase and Danny Ecker  (DIERSEN: How much blight is there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  Who/what caused that blight?  Who/what is fighting that blight?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170721/ISSUE01/170729970
— What the Sun-Times’ new owners need most – JOE CAHILL  (DIERSEN: Will the new owners do even more to dive out of Chicago, out of Cook County, and out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170721/ISSUE10/170729997

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Judge dismisses lawsuit that would have forced the state to pay social service agencies – KARA BERG
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article162821073.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Christie Clinic doctor raised in Champaign to be newest UI trustee – Jeff D’Alessio (DIERSEN: Where were you raised and when? I was raised in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. They stress that back then, Crete was overwhelmingly White, non-poor, German-American, conservative, Lutheran, and Republican. They paint those like me who were raised there back then as being rich, racist, sexist, bigoted, and even worse things.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-21/christie-clinic-doctor-raised-champaign-be-newest-ui-trustee.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner sets deadline for SB1, says he’ll call special session
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170721/rauner-sets-deadline-for-sb1-says-hell-call-special-session

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— During ‘Made in America’ week, Mar-a-Lago seeks foreign workers  Jobs supposedly can’t be filled by US workers – CNN  (DIERSEN: What bad jobs did you take that Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans shunned?  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. Other bad jobs that I had that Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans shunned were: doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; and pumping gasoline 1971-1972.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/during-made-in-america-week-maralago-seeks-foreign-workers/770795253
— Trump legal team trying to undercut Mueller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the undercutters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, in the Illinois Republican Party, in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, in the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in the Illinois Center Right Coalition, in the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, in the etc.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/wapo-nyt-trump-legal-team-trying-to-undercut-mueller/770662902
— Nobody seems to know what the heck is happening on health care – MJ LEE AND LAUREN FOX  (DIERSEN: Democrats want the federal government, that is, those who pay federal taxes, to give free health care to all those who earn less than say $50,000/year.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/nobody-seems-to-know-whats-happening-on-health-care/770453025

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner declares Americans with Disabilities Act Day, Urbana organization reflect on law’s impact 27 years later – Senait Gebregiorgis  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because of my good health, I have always had an unfair advantage in life. They stress that in 1966, when I was 18, I passed physical examinations to be drafted and to work for the Post Office. While I worked for GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise all the offices’s disabled employees.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-declares-ada-day-urbana-organization-reflect-on-laws-impact-27-years-later

 

WSIL TV
— Trump legal team looking to investigate Mueller aides – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who successfully got a) the Post Office to officially investigate (that is, to disallow) my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969, b) IRS to officially investigate (that is, to disallow) my partial day per diem requests in 1974 (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866), and c) IRS to officially investigate (that is, to disallow) my education deductions in 1978. My Democrat GAO superiors always had me under unofficial investigations to justify their forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, their not promoting me beyond GS-13, their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and their forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35937147/trump-legal-team-looking-to-investigate-mueller-aides

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Downers Grove Food And Beverage Tax Approved  Downers Grove approved a 1% food and beverage tax in a 5-1 vote Tuesday. The tax will go into effect January 2018. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/downers-grove-food-beverage-tax-approved

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Does GOP in Illinois of Rauner era not take candidate recruitment seriously? – Gregory Tejeda  (DIERSEN: The Illinois Democrat Party wants the Illinois Republican Party to recruit candidates who will lose to Democrats, that is, candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/07/does-gop-in-illinois-of-rauner-era-not.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pro-life leader: ‘fabricated outrage’ unfair to women, Rauner
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511151165-pro-life-leader-fabricated-outrage-unfair-to-women-rauner

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Chicago Dems Attempt To Raid Suburban School Districts
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/chicago-dems-attempt-to-raid-suburban-school-districts

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “How Rauner profits: Illinois Policy Institute appointee doubled Illinois’ private equity investment.”
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/07/21/rauner-profits-illinois-policy-institute-appointee/

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— VIDEO: Watch Citizen Kelly’s epic takedown of #NeverTrump Gov. Rauner (DIERSEN: Who has run against you?  If you run against a candidate, you are anti that candidate, so, because William J. Kelly is running against Rauner, Kelly is anti-Rauner.  I should write a book about those in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. who officially or unofficially ran against me.  Many of the aforesaid continue to be hell-bent on destroying me.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCUODWUgxpQ

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Suburban property taxpayers would be on hook for CPS’ $17B in debt if schools bill becomes state law
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511150653-suburban-property-taxpayers-would-be-on-hook-for-cps-17b-in-debt-if-schools-bill-becomes-state-law

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Controversial conservative Brittany Clingen Carl joins Rauner team – Ruth de Jauregui  (DIERSEN: Are/were you controversial?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always called me controversial.  Only those who serve as operatives or as dupes for whoever has the most clout are not controversial.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511150654-controversial-conservative-joins-rauner-team

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner professes ignorance, shifts blame for one-day body man to staff
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/rauner-professes-ignorance-shifts-blame-for-one-day-body-man-to-staff/
— Rauner sets Monday noon deadline, says he’ll call special session if SB 1 not sent to his desk
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/rauner-sets-monday-noon-deadline-says-hell-call-special-session-if-sb-1-not-sent-to-his-desk/
— “Nazi” abortion story to kick back up
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/nazi-abortion-story-to-kick-back-up/
— Kennedy campaign says story was “irresponsibly reported”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/kennedy-campaign-says-story-was-irresponsibly-reported/

 

GOPUSA
— 30 states willing to comply with President Trump’s election integrity commission  (DIERSEN: One could conclude that the other 20 states are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/30-states-willing-to-comply-with-president-trumps-election-integrity-commission/
— Michele Bachmann warns about ‘radical Islam’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27436
— TRAGIC: More U.S. households renting than at any point since 1965
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27500

 

THE BLAZE
— We can’t save the public school system. We can only save our children from it. – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-we-cant-save-the-public-school-system-we-can-only-save-our-children-from-it/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Be Very Worried About the Future of Free Expression – DAVID HARSANY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes do not want me to freely express anything.  They want to manipulate/dominate everyone and everything.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449722/left-free-speech-new-danger
— The Looming Republican Disgrace – RICH LOWRY
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449720/republican-health-care-bill-looming-disgrace

 

DAILY CALLER
— US Postal Service Breaks Election Laws To Support Hillary, Media Silent – WILL RICCIARDELLA (DIERSEN: I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/20/us-postal-service-breaks-election-laws-to-support-hillary-media-silent/
— What Happens When The Races Are Reversed In A Police Shooting – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/21/what-happens-when-the-races-are-reversed-in-a-police-shooting/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Who is ‘wicked’? Billionaire’s got it backwards – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/07/20/who-is-wicked-billionaires-got-it-backwards

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THE LIBERTARIAN HYPOCRISY TEST – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.  I should write a book about Libertarian plants in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, in the Illinois Republican Party, in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, in the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in the Illinois Center Right Coalition, in the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, in the etc. who work against me.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/07/20/the-libertarian-hypocrisy-test/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Stop Diverting Our Defense Dollars To Sex Change Surgery
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/26102

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Huge Free-Speech Win in Illinois: Court Stops State From Forcing Pro-Lifers to Promote Abortions – JAY HOBBS
http://www.christianpost.com/news/huge-free-speech-win-in-illinois-court-stops-state-from-forcing-pro-lifers-to-promote-abortions-192715/

 

THE HILL
— Republicans rally around Sessions after Trump criticism – KATIE BO WILLIAMS AND SCOTT WONG  (DIERSEN: Who rallies around you?  Very few rally around me because my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they have made it very clear that they will use their operatives and their dupes to viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country that might rally around me. They stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/342964-republicans-rally-around-sessions-after-trump-criticism
— Trump attack puts Sessions in a bind – REBECCA SAVRANSKY AND JORDAN FABIAN  (DIERSEN: The following attacks by my Democrat superiors in the federal government put me in a bind. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343018-trump-attack-puts-sessions-in-bind

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary – GLENN THRUSH
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/us/politics/sean-spicer-resigns-as-white-house-press-secretary.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s Fury Erodes His Relationship With Sessions, an Early Ally – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/politics/trump-jeff-sessions-attorney-general.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Trump’s Contempt for the Rule of Law.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/opinion/donald-trump-sessions-interview-law.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In. – KATE ZERNIKE and ABBY GOODNOUGH (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial and/or health problems. They are furious that my wife and I have Medicare and that the federal government subsidizes $17,288 a year of our health, dental, and vision insurance because I am a federal retiree.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/health/affordable-care-act-repeal-popularity-doylestown-pennsylvania.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democratic state attorneys general encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/democratic-state-ags-urge-trump-to-keep-daca-say-it-has-boosted-the-economy/2017/07/20/2b13f43c-6da8-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html
— Hits on federal retirement advance as bill is introduced to fire feds for ‘no cause at all’ – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/07/21/hits-on-federal-retirement-advance-as-bill-is-introduced-to-fire-feds-for-no-cause-at-all/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Future federal employees could lose their jobs much more easily under legislation introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.). He wants all new feds to be considered at-will employees, meaning they “may be removed/suspended without notice or right to appeal for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all,” according to a summary of the legislation. This represents no understanding that civil service protections are designed to protect not just staffers, but also the public from a government bureaucracy riven with political favoritism, as was the case under the spoils system. Even members of Congress eager to fire feds faster must know that this drastic proposal runs afoul of a basic and long-standing principle that says government staffers should be protected from willy-nilly punishment by political operatives. While Rokita’s plan demonstrates the extremes to which the fire-feds-faster crowd will go, presumably, but perhaps not assuredly, there are enough people in Congress who know better. I doubt his legislation will fly. . .Not all Republicans want to punish feds. Nine GOP House members signed a letter in June opposing Trump’s proposal, because it would renege on the retirement promised to feds when they joined the government. “Congress and the administration cannot balance the federal budget on the backs of our federal workers,” said one of the letter signers, Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), after the House plan was released Tuesday. “Many of our federal employees work at the CIA, Pentagon, FBI, law enforcement, homeland security and intelligence agencies.  They and our federal workforce are dedicated hard-working professionals who work day and night to protect our homeland and national security, cure diseases, and provide services that help the American people.”)

 

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
— Senators unveil draft of a new ‘DREAM Act’ that Trump is already rejecting
http://www.sfexaminer.com/senators-unveil-draft-new-dream-act-trump-already-rejecting/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Neutrality’ for Thee, but Not for Google, Facebook and Amazon  The internet giants driving net neutrality are happy to skew your web experience to goose their profits. – Ev Ehrlich  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to drive you only to websites that they manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/neutrality-for-thee-but-not-for-google-facebook-and-amazon-1500591612

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump doesn’t spare loyalists – Susan Page
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170721/281496456342728
— Conservatives are increasingly hostile to higher ed. Who can blame them? – Noah Rothman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/20/conservatives-hostile-higher-education-good-reasons-noah-rothman-column/478906001/
— Review: Dodge Demon is a 840-horsepower slice of muscle-car heaven – Mark Phelan  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate such cars.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/07/20/review-840-horsepower-dodge-demon-slice-muscle-car-heaven/493748001/

 

GAO
— GAO Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion Month through Storytelling  (DIERSEN: GAO should tell its story of how it does not hire, wastes the careers of, and/or gets rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USGAO/2017/07/21/file_attachments/850526/MN4421.pdf

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups want Trump to “take a ‘moral’ stand on immigrants:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/20/trump-undocumented-immigrants-dream-act-congress

July 19 Evening Edition

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republican Party at war with itself hits the wall on health care.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-party-health-care-20170718-story.html
— Five more lobbying violations tied to Emanuel personal emails – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chicago-lobbying-violations-met-0720-20170719-story.html
— Governor, sign ‘Denny’s Law’ on serious sex offenses like Hastert committed – Editorial  (DIERSEN: If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-hastert-release-statute-limitations-edit-0720-20170719-story.html
— Water department email scandal spreads to private contract worker – Ray Long and Todd Lighty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-water-department-emails-met-0720-20170719-story.html
— Social Security is running out of money and time – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-social-security-insolvent-edit-0720-20170719-story.html
— Illinois governor candidates should ‘campaign’ by getting things done – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: What have you gotten done?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all the problems a) that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois has had since 2005, b) that the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee has had since 2003, c) that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee has had since 2000, d) that the Illinois Center Right Coalition has had since 2003, and e) that the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter has had since 2001.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-governor-election-campaign-edit-0719-md-20170718-story.html
— Around 155 arrested in U.S. Capitol protests – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-capitol-protests-arrests-20170719-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Political hiring laid groundwork for racist emails, alderman says – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/political-hiring-laid-groundwork-for-racist-emails-alderman-says/
— Justices allow strict refugee ban but say grandparents OK – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-refugee-ban-enforcement/
— New Rauner hire Brittany Carl compared abortion to Nazi eugenics in blog post – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-rauner-hire-compared-abortion-to-nazi-eugenics-in-blog-post/
— CPS principals await budgets — later than ever, with uncertain funding – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-principals-await-budgets-later-than-ever-with-uncertain-funding/
— 1st image of ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert after release from prison
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/1st-image-of-ex-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-after-release-from-prison/
— Rosie O’Donnell draws criticism over online anti-Trump game – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rosie-odonnell-draws-criticism-over-online-anti-trump-game/
— Trump questions motive of states not turning over voter data – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-election-integrity-states-voter-info/
— Water Department bigots versus institutional racism in Chicago – Editorial  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors talked and acted like Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion required them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/water-department-bigots-versus-institutional-racism-in-chicago/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Fitch agrees: Chicago hit mini-jackpot in new state budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170719/BLOGS02/170719829/fitch-agrees-chicago-hit-mini-jackpot-in-new-state-budget
— Daley vows Kennedy fundraising shakeup – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Democrats raise money from individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170719/BLOGS02/170719834/daley-vows-kennedy-fundraising-shakeup
— 32 million more uninsured under Obamacare repeal bill, CBO says – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What has helped you afford health care insurance?  For me, it was my being a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, and for my wife and I, since 1997 and for the rest of our lives, it will continue to be my being a federal retiree. The federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums.  In addition, we are both covered by Medicare.  Of course, the aforesaid aggravates the hatred that my critics, their operatives, and their dupes have against me.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170719/NEWS02/170719823/senate-repeal-bill-would-leave-32-million-more-uninsured-cbo-says

 

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner criticized for handling of flooding aftermath – Karen Jordan  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do? Mine criticize not only what I have or have not done during my entire life, but they criticize everything that everyone has done or not done during their entire lives.)
http://abc7chicago.com/weather/gov-rauner-criticized-for-handling-of-flooding-aftermath/2234107/

 

NBC5
— Mug Shot of Disheveled Dennis Hastert Released  The 74-year-old was serving time for violating banking laws by trying to pay $3.5 million to silence a man who says he was abused by Hastert when the former speaker was a high school wrestling coach decades ago
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Hastert-Mugshot-Released-435491893.html

 

WLS AM
— Roskam criticizes Republican Senators on healthcare – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/07/19/roskam-criticizes-republican-senators-on-healthcare/

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— HASTERT FITTED WITH ELECTRONIC MONITOR; PHOTO RELEASED
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170719/AP/307199783

 

STATELINE
— Gov. Rauner’s New Team Consists Mostly of Political Outsiders  Staff shakeup made in aftermath of budget defeat – Mark Maxwell
http://www.mystateline.com/news/gov-rauners-new-team-mostly-political-outsiders/769169764

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD

— House Democrats ask FBI to look into Ivanka Trump’s security clearance  Same congressmen goes after Kushner clearance – DANIELLA DIAZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who asked a) for my sick leave requests to be investigated in 1968 and 1969, b) for my partial day per diem requests to be investigated in 1974 (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866), and c) for my education deductions to be investigated in 1978.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/house-democrats-ask-fbi-to-look-into-ivanka-trumps-security-clearance/769188861

 

KFVS 12
— Gov. Rauner signs bill addressing teacher shortage in IL – Joshua Murray (DIERSEN: What shortages did you fill?  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/35922139/gov-rauner-signs-bill-addressing-teacher-shortage-in-il

 

GOPUSA
— Hate for ‘Made in America’ – Michelle Malkin
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27356
— Transit officials won’t release criminal surveillance video: It’s racist
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27272
— Teen Vogue Defends Teaching Kids How to Engage in Sodomy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27350
— American legal protections are disappearing  (DIERSEN: Legal protections are DECREASING for individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and INCREASING for those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27329

 

NEWSMAX
— USPS Broke Law by Letting Employees Do Clinton Campaign Work – Joe Crowe
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/USPS-Hatch-Act/2017/07/19/id/802532/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump: Protecting The Ballot Box Is Necessary To ‘Make America Great Again’ – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/trump-protecting-the-ballot-box-is-necessary-to-make-america-great-again/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HOW MEDIA BECAME PURVEYORS OF ‘FAKE NEWS’  Jane Chastain explains history of link between reporters, government staffers
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/how-media-became-purveyors-of-fake-news/

 

BREITBART
— GOP, Dems Plotting ‘DREAM Act’ for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/07/19/gop-dems-plotting-dream-act-illegal-aliens/

 

THE BLAZE
— Gay activist says it’s time to target Christians: Time to ‘punish the wicked’ – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/19/gay-activist-says-its-time-to-target-christians-time-to-punish-the-wicked/
— Christians, it’s simple: if that TV show won’t bring you closer to God — don’t watch it – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-christians-its-simple-if-that-tv-show-wont-bring-you-closer-to-god-dont-watch-it/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Is media responsible for America’s current ‘civil war’? – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2017/07/18/is-media-responsible-for-americas-current-civil-war#.WW6OVEWxXik.facebook

 

DAILY WIRE
— Our Corrupt Media Is Now Haunted By All The Precedents They Set While Colluding With Obama – ByJOHN NOLTE
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18655/our-corrupt-media-now-haunted-all-precedents-they-john-nolte#

 

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich: Saying gay, lesbian and L.G.B.T. is a step toward respect – Michael J. O’Loughlin
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/07/18/chicagos-cardinal-cupich-saying-gay-lesbian-and-lgbt-step-toward

 

THE HILL
— Democrats launch ‘no confidence’ resolution against Trump – MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/342725-dems-launch-no-confidence-resolution-against-trump

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Implores GOP Senators to Come Together Over Troubled Health Bill  Trump tells senators they were close to a deal and shouldn’t leave town for summer break without one – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-senators-lunch-with-trump-over-health-bills-troubles-1500483205
— Money for Nothing? Universal Basic Income Gains Traction  Mark Zuckerberg is drawing new attention to the concept of giving everyone a salary. (DIERSEN: How big of a “Universal Basic Income” would it take get you to stop working – $15,000, $20,000, $25,000, $30,000, $35,000, $40,000, $45,000, $50,000, or more?
http://www.barrons.com/video/money-for-nothing-universal-basic-income-gains-traction/5E29719E-139E-4EAB-AD5D-C760258ACEA9.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— HOW PUTIN HELPED TRUMP DEFEAT HIS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RIVALS – RYAN GOODMAN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates in Illinois who lose primary and/or general elections that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused them to lose.  While I held the following positions, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates who lost primary and/or general elections that what I did and/or did not do in the following positions caused them to lose: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.newsweek.com/how-putin-helped-trump-defeat-his-gop-primary-rivals-638986

 

FORBES
— 10 Ways To Raise A Kid Who Can Handle Money (And Isn’t An Entitled Jerk) – Diana Hembree
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2017/07/19/10-ways-to-raise-a-kid-who-can-handle-money-and-isnt-an-entitled-jerk/#47f7a73a469a
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 7. Encourage him to limit work during high school to no more than 15 hours a week…. Studies show students who work more than that are less likely to get a college degree. The summer’s the time to fire on all engines (you may want to see whether your city offers stipends or hourly wages for summer jobs involving teens.) 8. …And to get a part-time job while in college. Interestingly, research shows that students who work in an on-campus job up to 20 hours a week get higher grades than those who don’t, according to Kobliner. According to a study from the University of California at Merced, “Kids who help pay for their college costs, whether they need to or not, feel more invested in their education because they are more invested financially.”)

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “It sounds like the White House’s attempts to help the GOP healthcare bill were a disaster.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-health-care-bill-senate-trump-2017-7

 

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “AFTER TRUMPCARE’S COLLAPSE, REPUBLICANS FACE A BRUTAL REALITY.”
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/after-trumpcares-collapse-republicans-face-a-harsh-reality

July 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic group airs TV ads attacking Rauner on school funding bill – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-school-funding-ad-20170719-story.html
— Rahm, enjoy your ‘vacation’ from Chicago – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-europe-0719-20170718-column.html
— Liberal America has a political violence problem – Albert Eisenberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-liberals-antifa-violence-20170718-story.html
— In defense of bureaucracy to protect the little people – Ron Grossman  (DIERSEN: Who/what has protected you?  For me, it has been federal civil service protections.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-trump-west-bureaucracy-grossman-20170712-story.html
— Armed men hold up Naperville restaurant, police say
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-armed-robbery-st-0721-20170719-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Grocery store’s video gambling opens new wagering frontier in suburbs – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/grocery-stores-video-gambling-opens-new-wagering-frontier-in-suburbs
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Bella’s to combine restaurant, wine market, gambling in Wheeling
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170719/bellas-to-combine-restaurant-wine-market-gambling-in-wheeling
— Investigation continues into controversial photo of Barrington High students – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170718/investigation-continues-into-controversial-photo-of-barrington-high-students
— Armed men rob person outside Naperville restaurant – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/armed-men-rob-person-outside-naperville-restaurant

 

WTTW
— What Does It Cost to Run for Governor in Illinois? – Amanda Vinicky  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What does it cost to be eligible to be hired by the federal government at the GS-7 level, currently $44,853? ANSWER: The cost to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree. QUESTION: What does it cost to be eligible to be hired by the federal government at the GS-9 level, currently $54,864? ANSWER: The cost to earn a job-related master’s degree.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/18/what-does-it-cost-run-governor-illinois

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield Park Board should reject video gambling at Sliders stadium – Anita Bedell, Executive Director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170717/letter-springfield-park-board-should-reject-video-gambling-at-sliders-stadium

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— To the incumbents go the campaign spoils – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-19/tom-kacich-incumbents-go-campaign-spoils.html
— Vermilion board chairman Mike Marron ‘ready for the challenge’ of Hays’ seat – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-19/vermilion-board-chairman-ready-challenge-hays-seat.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here comes your bailout for the financially-mismanaged Chicago Public Schools – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article161723983.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois ending most paper professional license renewals  (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
http://www.qconline.com/business/illinois-ending-most-paper-professional-license-renewals/article_9fbef8d7-f471-5068-876a-4fd5c6bcd205.html#new_tab

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTSTANDING: Joliet denies license for cafe gambling on Larkin Avenue – BOB OKON
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/18/joliet-denies-license-for-cafe-gambling-on-larkin-avenue/abb5eda/
— Wheaton City Council approves final plans for Loretto Club housing development – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/07/18/wheaton-city-council-approves-final-plans-for-loretto-club-housing-development/acl7amf/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Protesters “drop dead” in rally against AHCA – Esther Kwon  (DIERSEN: Protesters want a) Republicans to pay for health care for Democrats and b) those who have more money to pay for health care for those who have less money.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-drop-dead-in-rally-against-ahca

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump’s election commission holds first meeting amid pushback  (DIERSEN: Democrats pushback at any and all efforts to stop voter fraud.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/07/19/trumps-election-commission-holds-first-meeting-amid-pushback

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President Trump to nominate Caterpillar board member as Russian ambassador  Huntsman served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011 – Pierce Roberson
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/president-trump-to-nominate-caterpillar-board-member-as-russian-ambassador/768670776
— Letting Obamacare fail ‘cynical, sinister,’ Booker says  Democrats not invited to participate  (DIERSEN: The Democrats’ wasting of my federal career and their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” was “cynical, sinister.”  If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. While I worked for the federal government, extremely few of my coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or job-related professional licenses.  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/letting-obamacare-fail-cynical-sinister-booker-says/768781203

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How Much Money Could Chicago Save By Reducing Violence?  Substantial anti-violence programs aren’t cheap, but neither is violence. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/July-2017/How-Much-Money-Could-Chicago-Save-By-Reducing-Violence/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is 10th CD R Primary Doug Bennett running against an Independent? Jeff – Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/is-10th-cd-r-primary-doug-bennett-running-against-an-independent-berkowitz-wbennett-cableweb/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Illinois budget post-mortem: What remains, what made it, what didn’t … – BGA
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/07/18/illinois-budget-post-mortem-bga/

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Rauner pays new staff lucrative salaries  “All of us owe them a debt of gratitude.” – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-pays-new-staff-lucrative-salaries/768887237
— Rauner opposes Trumpcare after it stalls  Obamacare repeal dies in Senate – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-opposes-trumpcare-after-it-stalls/768884783

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— McCaleb: After two wins, Madigan plays political game with school funding – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-after-two-wins-madigan-plays-political-game-with-school/article_a8e255f6-6c0a-11e7-a843-83ccd44bf811.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— HB 1785: “They’re as Good at Math as They are at Biology” – Ralph Rivera and John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-049/
— Donald Trump’s Pro-Family Remarks in Poland Should Leave Conservatives Optimistic – Joshua Denton
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/donald-trumps-pro-family-remarks-in-poland-should-leave-conservatives-optimistic/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— New Survey Shows We Are Approaching a Post-Christian America – Joshua Denton (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to be anti-Christian.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/new-survey-shows-approaching-post-christian-america/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— They’re back!
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/19/theyre-back/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The last press release I received from the Illinois Republican Party on state issues was July 7th, the Friday before the Monday Rauner purge began… On Monday, the Chicago Machine tipped its hand on SB1. After months claiming that SB1 was about fixing the school funding formula, Chicago Public Schools started making the unsubstantiated argument that an amendatory veto of the bill to remove the Chicago bailout would change the “fundamental purpose” of the legislation. It’s a clear admission by the Chicago Machine that the “fundamental purpose” of SB1 is a Chicago pension bailout, and not school funding reform. It’s time Madigan Democrats in the General Assembly either send SB1 to Governor Rauner for an amendatory veto to remove the Chicago bailout, or pass true bipartisan school funding reform that excludes a multi-hundred million dollar bailout of Chicago at the expense of schools across the state. Otherwise, this is just another case of Mike Madigan and his machine holding Illinois hostage for his Chicago agenda.)
— “You’re paying folks too much”  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/19/youre-paying-folks-too-much/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “The Rauner couple’s unhealthy obsession with media and messaging.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/18/the-rauner-couples-%e2%80%9cunhealthy-obsession-with-media-and-messaging%e2%80%9d/

 

GOPUSA
— Liberal Values Are Bankrupting Us – Star Parker
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27354

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Archbishop rips Vatican-approved magazine’s ‘ignorant’ attack on pro-Trump Catholics – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archbishop-chaput-rips-vatican-approved-magazines-willfully-ignorant-attack
— Same-sex ‘marriage’: Religious right was right all along – Charles LiMandri
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/same-sex-marriage-religiousright-was-right-all-along

 

DAILY CALLER
— Ending DACA Puts America First – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/18/ending-daca-puts-america-first/

 

NEWSMAX
— Target’s Chief Sounds Alarm on Pullback by Hispanic Shoppers – Jonathan Weiss  (DIERSEN: Are you shopping less, and if so, since when and why?  I have been shopping less since 1997 when my income dropped $72,135/year or 59% because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  Instead of a $122,991 GS-13 Step 10 salary, I have a $50,856 pension.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/target-hispanics-shopping-shoppers/2017/07/19/id/802498/
— GOP Becoming Party of Bad Faith – Rich Lowry
http://www.newsmax.com/RichLowry/obamacare-repeal-republican-senate/2017/07/18/id/802332/

 

BREITBART
— Liberal Republican Senators to Block Defunding Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/19/2015-clean-obamacare-repeal-bill-defunded-planned-parenthood-one-year/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DIRTY 2 DOZEN GOP REPS BOW TO ‘TRANS’ DEMANDS  Linda Harvey asks, should taxpayers pay for soldiers’ artificial genitals? – LINDA HARVEY
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/dirty-2-dozen-gop-reps-bow-to-trans-demands/

 

THE HILL
— ICE chief praises Trump, plans to send more agents to sanctuary cities – JOSH DELK
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/342580-ice-director-trump-has-taken-the-handcuffs-off-law-enforcement
— GOP forms circular firing squad – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342630-the-memo-gop-forms-circular-firing-squad

 

POLITICO
— COST OF RAUNER’S NEW HIRES – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/07/19/politico-illinois-playbook-rahm-in-milan-while-rome-is-burning-hastert-already-out-of-prison-cost-of-rauner-new-hires-221398
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We asked the governor’s office what the new staff members — most of whom hail from the Illinois Policy Institute — were paid. Here are salaries for six staffers Rauner hired since last week: Kristina Rasmussen — Chief of Staff — $170,000; Diana Rickert – Deputy Chief of Staff of Communications – $165,000; Laurel Patrick – Communications Director – $120,000; Michael Lucci -Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy – $140,000; Brittany Carl – Communications Specialist – $45,000; Meghan Keenan – Communications Specialist – $45,000)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Voter Purges Are Coming – VANITA GUPTA  (DIERSEN: Are you a precinct committeeman/captain?  How much deadwood is there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/opinion/donald-trump-voting-rights-purge.html
— The Top Jobs in Trump’s Administration Are Mostly Vacant: Who’s to Blame? – KAREN YOURISH and GREGOR AISCH (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/17/us/politics/trump-appointments.html

 

USA TODAY
— Still looking for a raise? The fight for a higher minimum wage to continue in 2018 – Charisse Jones and Kellie Ell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/14/states-and-cities-do-what-federal-government-wont-raise-minimum-wage/443111001/
— Women are talking and these companies make them happiest – N’dea Yancey-Bragg  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had told them that my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates WHO WERE WOMEN would be much happier if the federal government got rid of its employees who were men, and especially those who were Republican, White, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/17/women-talking-and-these-companies-make-them-happiest/479719001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2-year-old start-up just released its 2017 rankings of the best companies where women are happiest. Companies with the top rankings: Boston Consulting Group, Dell, Accenture, PepsiCo, General Electric, Salesforce, Deloitte, PwC, Vanguard Group, Apple, American Express, Kaiser Permanente, Thomson, Reuters.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Balancing Religion and the Office. – Francesca Fontana  (DIERSEN: What religion are you?  I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL).  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years in 3 different agencies, I do not recall any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates being MSLs.  Most, if virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disapprove of MSLs, if not despise MSLs, if not hate MSLs.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that MSLs are “too conservative.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-religion-at-work-still-taboo-not-everywhere-1500386401

 

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago’s Graduation Policy Doesn’t Make the Grade  Requiring students to have a formal plan after high school could put more of them at risk.  (DIERSEN: What was your plan when you were in high school?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-18/chicago-s-graduation-policy-doesn-t-make-the-grade

 

FED SMITH
— House Budget Committee Targets Federal Employee Pensions – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years (1966-1969 and 1971-1997) and I have been a retired federal employee for almost 20 years. Ever-increasingly, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems and those who paint themselves as being advocates for the aforesaid promote hatred of federal employees and hatred of retired federal employees. If someone promoted hatred of you, what would you do about it?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/19/house-budget-committee-targets-federal-employee-pensions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For retired federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), COLAs would be reduced by 0.5%.)

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 426 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $329,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447952_zpid/

July 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner quickly hires new lead political operative as staff shuffle continues – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-new-adviser-20170718-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites use Chicago water department employees to blame all the problems that minorities have on Whites.  Who hired and supervised the Chicago Water department employees?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-water-department-emails-dahleen-glanton-20170717-column.html
— It’s getting harder for kids to move up the economic ladder. He’s got ideas how to fix that. – Kate MacArthur  (DIERSEN: If you earn/earned more money than your parents, what are the main reasons for that? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, he died suddenly from heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21, and he never earned more than about $40,000 a year in today’s dollars. My mother never attended high school and did not get a job until after my father died. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I earned more money than my parents because I was born a healthy White male, I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I have always been privileged, I avoided the draft, and the federal government grossly overpaid me.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-cmap-lazaro-lopez-20170713-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The percentage of Americans earning more than their parents did at the same age has plunged over the past 50 years, especially in Illinois and other Midwestern states. For Chicago-area residents to improve their ability to move up the economic ladder, we must change our education and employment systems, says Lazaro Lopez, chair of the Illinois Community College Board. He will be a panelist on the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s July 19 forum on the future of economic opportunity. It’s part of an effort to engage community members as the agency prepares to develop its 2050 regional plan.)
— Dennis Hastert returns to Illinois to complete sentence after ‘fall from grace’ – Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-released-chicago-20170718-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner tops all gov candidates in cash; Pritzker has most among Dems – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-tops-all-gov-candidates-in-cash-pritzker-has-most-among-dems/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner reported $20,639,341.82 in contributions, with the bulk coming from Illinois’ richest man, Ken Griffin, who dumped $20 million into Rauner’s campaign fund in May. That individual contribution was second in size in state history only to the one that Rauner gave himself last December — $50 million. The incumbent’s campaign spent $3,398,395.34 — including a $1.5 million contribution to the Illinois Republican party — and it’s on the hook for $39,625 in other debts and obligations. Rauner also reported $68,221.41 in in-kind contributions. With $67,633,577.05 cash on hand, his war chest dwarfs his Democratic challengers.)
— Dennis Hastert out of Minnesota prison – Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dennis-hastert-out-of-minnesota-prison-bop-records-show/
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats shout that the only reason why government should exist is a) to take money away from those who have more money and b) to give that money to those who have less money.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jackson-trumps-cold-hearted-agenda-is-immoral/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Encourage good media – Lee Hamilton  (DIERSEN: Who manipulates/dominates you?  My critics/opponents focus on having their operatives and their dupes destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate. They want to destroy me because they cannot manipulate/dominate me.  So far, their tremendous efforts to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out has been unsuccessful.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170718/encourage-good-media

 

ABC7
— Dennis Hastert released from federal prison in Minnesota – AP  (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. All during the time (2000-2005) that Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending in the federal courts in Chicago, Dennis Hastert was the Speaker of the House, Peter Fitzgerald was my U.S. Senator, and Henry Hyde was my U.S. Representative.  One could conclude a) that because Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge in the case and the attorney who represented GAO, b) that because GAO never offered to settle, c) that because the district court denied my 7th Amendment rights and granted GAO summary judgment, and d) that because the appellate court upheld that decision, that Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde sided with the Democrats who ran GAO, that is, that Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.  Hyde may have tried to help me because in 1989, he intervened for me, and if he had not done that, the Democrats who ran GAO back then might have succeeded in getting rid of me.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always sided with the Democrats who ran/run GAO.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/dennis-hastert-released-from-federal-prison-in-minnesota/2229162/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Caterpillar honored at White House Made in America event
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/caterpillar-honored-at-white-house-made-in-america-event-07-18-2017

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner demands school funding bill so he can cut Chicago money – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170717/rauner-demands-school-funding-bill-so-he-can-cut-chicago-money

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Big dogs fight, again … with schools at risk – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-18/jim-dey-big-dogs-fight-again-schools-risk.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Caterpillar ‘ready to pull out all the stops’ for tax reform – Matt Buedel
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170717/caterpillar-ready-to-pull-out-all-stops-for-tax-reform

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— No red carpet for Trump, says London Mayor Khan  Opposes president on immigration – SAMUEL BURKE AND HILARY CLARKE
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/no-red-carpet-for-trump-says-london-mayor-khan/767528406

 

CHIAGOIST
— The Mass, Post-Budget Exodus From Rauner’s Office Keeps Rolling On
http://chicagoist.com/2017/07/18/mass_exodus_from_rauners_office_con.php

 

CHICAGO NOW
— A 10th CD contested Republican Primary: Berkowitz w/Doug Bennett
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/a-10th-cd-contested-republican-primary-berkowitz-wdoug-bennett-cableweb/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois congressmen: Republican voters should be angry if Obamacare repeal fails – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-congressmen-republican-voters-should-be-angry-if-obamacare-repeal/article_e288f054-6a9c-11e7-8d39-8b1d2125ed36.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Election Warehouse Laborer
http://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/55340/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Urge Governor Rauner: Please Veto These Two Terrible Bills (HB 1785 and HB 40) – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/urge-governor-rauner-please-veto-two-terrible-bills/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Poll: Rauner disapproval at 49 percent  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on driving up your disapproval rating?  What do you say to “Republicans” who hint/imply/argue/shout that I drive up their disapproval ratings a) by my including links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they disapprove of and b) by my complaining when they fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/18/poll-rauner-disapproval-at-49-percent/
— The one-day body man (DIERSEN: It seems to be increasingly obvious that there are too many anti-Rauners in the Rauner administration who leak information to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media to harm Rauner.  These anti-Rauners do not want anyone to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/18/the-one-day-body-man/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I had been saving this little tidbit for subscribers tomorrow, but I’m sure there will be plenty of other stuff to tell them. Rauner did, indeed, personally interview Tracy according to my own sources…)

 

GOPUSA
— Bloody Chicago: 56 wounded, 11 fatally, in weekend shootings
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27296
— Years of Dishonesty Cost the GOP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27283

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— ORGANIZING FOR ANARCHY  His party may be falling apart, but Obama’s community organizing group is going strong. – Matthew Vadum
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267308/organizing-anarchy-matthew-vadum

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Unity-challenged GOP has come a long way since last year’s convention – Jeffrey A. Rendall  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents paint you as being a political outsider or as a being political insider?)
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/26073-outsiders-vs-insiders-unity-challenged-gop-has-come-long-way-last-year%E2%80%99s-convention

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— JUNE 20, 2017 FLASHBACK: Denny Hastert and the D.C. Swamp – Lee Cary  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political position.)
http://canadafreepress.com/article/denny-hastert-and-the-d.c.-swamp

 

POLITICO
— RAUNER hiring imbroglio – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Who considers you to be “dispensable?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the following consider me to be dispensable: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes consider virtually everyone and everything to be dispensable.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/07/18/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-hiring-imbroglio-biss-leads-kennedy-pawar-in-fundraising-its-governor-vs-cps-again-221373
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Takeaway 1: It’s Proft and Illinois Policy Institute’s John Tillman who are key Rauner influencers right now. That’s driven out staffers who resigned in protest of the direction they believe Rauner is headed. Takeaway 2: Rauner has a major political problem on his hands because of how he’s handled his office shift. As evidenced by the former staffer quote above and numerous interviews of our own and reported elsewhere, the governor has obliterated any loyalty and potential confidences once held by many of the people who were the closest to his office and campaign for the last three years. More than one has commented that they feel the governor believes those close to him are “dispensable.” These are people who know where the bodies are buried. That means the drip, drip, drip of tidbits, tips and dirt, involving Rauner will be amped up just as he heads into reelection mode.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Old Truth Trips Up G.O.P. on Health Law: A Benefit Is Hard to Retract – JENNIFER STEINHAUER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats want government to take more money from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money, that is, ever-increasingly, Democrats want government to take more money from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/politics/republican-party-health-care-law-obamacare.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trends suggest high school seniors’ GPAs are inflated – Greg Toppo  (DIERSEN: If you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, your critics/opponents will post all the grades that you got in grade school, middle school, high school, and college unless they were all As.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

 

CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
— Civil service needs reform – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/civil-service-needs-reform/article_9fae11f0-6818-11e7-a6a4-7ba99e1ee44c.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-cars promote electric cars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/opinion/a-brighter-future-for-electric-cars-and-the-planet.html
— Getting Radical About Inequality – David Brooks  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/opinion/inequality-pierre-bourdieu.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Who will be the next Trump staffer to go? – Post Opinions Staff  (DIERSEN: Who will be the next Rauner staffer to go?  Will Illinois Republicans again learn of that from the Democrat news media?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/07/18/who-will-be-the-next-trump-staffer-to-go/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s Summer Labor Shortage  Trump’s 15,000 extra guest-worker visas aren’t nearly enough. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Would your critics/opponents have taken the summer jobs that I did when you were in high school and in college?  Few if any of my critics/opponents would have stooped to take the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; I washed dishes during the summer of 1965; I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-summer-labor-shortage-1500332657
— Banking Regulator Urges CFPB to Delay Rule Barring Mandatory Arbitration  Comptroller asks to vet data before consumer bureau proceeds with rule – Rachel Witkowski
https://www.wsj.com/articles/banking-regulator-urges-cfpb-to-delay-rule-barring-mandatory-arbitration-1500313048

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Chicago Cardinal Says ‘We Get the Leaders We Deserve’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats vote for candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-07-17/chicago-cardinal-says-we-get-the-leaders-we-deserve

July 17 Morning Edition

CAPITOL FAX
—  Haevers leaves – Rodriguez leaves *** Mahoney is latest top Rauner administration official to resign (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, when there is news of interest to Illinois Republicans, routinely, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs first give that news to the Democrat news media, and especially to Rich Miller. Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs do not want Illinois Republicans to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Further, when there is news of actions taken by the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC) that might adversely affect elected DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs certainly do not want me to know about it. They know that if I was given the names and contact information of those elected DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen who are affected by DCEC’s proposed precinct line changes, I would immediately notify them.  Just kidding, but not completely, I ask should I consider forming a “DuPage County Elected Republican Precinct Committeeman Association.” What about politicians who want precinct lines to be changed a) to reward those who pander to them and b) punish those who do not pander to them?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/17/mahoney-is-latest-top-rauner-administration-official-to-resign/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mike Mahoney, the governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Legislative Affairs, resigned this morning. I’m told the parting was amicable Here’s Sneed from last week… “The big question: Will Mike Mahoney, the governor’s policy chief, be told to leave? “Mike was the guy who kept the troops together, but the expectation is that there is a lot more to come in the cleaning house department,” a Rauner source said.” It almost goes without saying that this is yet another big loss for the administration. Mahoney was a key player and both House Republican Leader Jim Durkin and Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady reportedly asked the governor to do what he could to keep Mahoney on the payroll. In the end, however, he really had no choice but to leave. I’m told that more resignations are expected as early as today, so stay tuned.  Sources close to the governor’s office confirm that the governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Engagement Phil Rodriguez has also resigned. Rodriguez worked for Comptrollers Topinka and Munger and ran both of their campaigns. He’s moving over to the Tollway.  The governor’s body man, Kyle Haevers, has been told his services were no longer needed and was asked to find an agency to move to. His replacement is Ben Tracy, who has already begun traveling with the governor. Kyle was a loyal Raunerite and has been part of Rauner World since 2014 and helped on the Rep. McAuliffe race last fall.)
— More on the Mike Z resignation
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/17/more-on-the-mike-z-resignation/
— “Radical Candor”  It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what group of people are likely behind the new RadicalCandorIL Twitter account. I followed it closely all weekend and since the resignations are continuing, I thought you might want a ScribbleLive feed…
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/17/live-coverage-radical-candor/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER BEGINS MAJOR OFFICE STAFF RENOVATION; PANIC SPREADS AMONG SPRINGFIELD INSIDERS (FROM THE ARTICLE: Miller is furious because he liked the way things were before.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/rauner-begins-major-office-staff-renovation-panic-spreads-among-springfield-insiders.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump-inspired ‘Make America Great Again’ swimsuit stirring online craze
http://www.fox32chicago.com/entertainment/268295944-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner staff shift doesn’t bode well for state government, Democratic lawmaker Elaine Nekritz says – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: GAO’s staff shift during the 1980s and 1990s did not bode well for its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-monday-edition-20170716-story.html
— McHenry County braces for early week flooding as waters recede in Lake County – Yadira Sanchez Olson and Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/-ct-lns-flooding-northern-illinois-st-0717-20170716-story.html
— Delta tells Ann Coulter her insults are ‘unacceptable’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ann-coulter-delta-airlines-20170717-story.html
— 7.1 million Venezuelans vote in symbolic rejection of president’s plan to rewrite constitution – AP  (DIERSEN: Those in Group A want to rewrite the U.S. Constitution to get rid of those in Group B. Those in Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those in Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-venezuela-constitution-vote-20170716-story.html
— Fans embrace Ivanka Trump’s brand as a political statement – Matea Gold and Drew Harwell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ivanka-trump-brand-fans-20170717-story.html
— Business group warns Republican health-care bill could cost companies – Carolyn Y. Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-republican-health-care-bill-business-20170717-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-find-the-heart-president-trump-to-protect-dreamers/
— Illinois college students relieved MAP grants available again – Lauren FitzPatrick  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, an dupes would use Emma Sheikh to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being someone a) whose parents were undeservedly filthy rich, b) who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, c) who has always been privileged, and d) who was grossly overpaid when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. They would stress that I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, and that I outrageously graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970. They would stress that I avoided the draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and with a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-college-students-relieved-map-grants-available-again/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Area lawmakers discuss Trump’s relationship with Congress – Chris Kaergard
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170716/area-lawmakers-discuss-trumps-relationship-with-congress
— Illinois Bicentennial planning kicks into high gear – David Blanchette  (DIERSEN: My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844, but I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton only since 1978.  Because of that, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a newcomer.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170716/illinois-bicentennial-planning-kicks-into-high-gear

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Law enforcement hits the road to raise money Illinois State Police Memorial Park – John Reynolds
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/07/16/law-enforcement-hits-the-road-to-raise-money-illinois-state-police-memorial-park/afw5ye7/
— Big wheels from Illinois roll into D.C. for ‘Made in America’ week – Chris Kaergard
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/07/16/big-wheels-from-illinois-roll-into-d-c-for-made-in-america-week/a2s6ind/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— White House announces more theme weeks  Manufacturing. Veterans. ‘Dreams’ – ELI WATKINS  (DIERSEN: What if Trump has a “Federal Employee” week and/or a “Retired Federal Employee” week?  Of course, that would be viciously ridiculed. Ever-increasing, everyone blames their problems on federal employees and on retired federal employees.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/white-house-announces-more-theme-weeks/766909149
— Collins: GOP bill would affect ‘most vulnerable’ – ELI WATKINS  (DIERSEN: How vulnerable have you been, and how vulnerable are you now?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I have never been vulnerable and that I never will be vulnerable because I am a White male and b) that I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion because of that, and because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, because I have always been privileged, because I am healthy, because I avoided the draft, because the federal government overpaid me, because my wife has always had a job, because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/collins-gop-bill-would-affect-most-vulnerable/766824994

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Leading Dem Gov Primary Candidates Pritzker, Kennedy & Biss at Rainbow Push: Eye on the Prize. – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/leading-dem-gov-primary-candidates-pritzker-kennedy-biss-at-rainbow-push-eye-on-the-prize/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 36 former employees of Milton Township receiving the highest annual pension payouts
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511139924-here-are-the-36-former-employees-of-milton-township-receiving-the-highest-annual-pension-payouts

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Rauner Views Sandbagging and Beginning of Flooding – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/07/16/governor-rauner-views-sandbagging-and-beginning-of-flooding/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Change Is Coming
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/hkhtb1m20rin3yzyar1om2njwz7qlj

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Rauner’s staff shakeup sends clear signal of what’s to come – Rich Miller  (DIERSEN: One could argue that the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s sent clear signals to their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran of what was to come.  They forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, they did not promote me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/07/17/rauner-staff-shakeup-sends-clear-signal/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— AG: Naperville Police improperly denied School Shooting 911 call and radio traffic – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/07/ag-naperville-police-improperly-denied-school-shooting-911-call-and-radio-traffic/

 

NEWSMAX
— South Carolina Had Almost 150,000 Attempts to Hack Voter-Registration System Election Day Last Year – Brian Freeman  (DIERSEN: How many attempts have been to hack your election commission?  How many of those hacks were successful?  According to the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump, but 211 voted for Clinton.  That is inconsistent with the precinct’s voting history. I am considering asking the DCEC to allow me to look at the actual ballots to verify the 137 and 211 numbers.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/South-Carolina-voter-registration-hack-President-Donald-Trump-Russian-hacking/2017/07/16/id/801957/
— Trump Trolls Poll on Twitter – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/trump-tweet-trolls-polls/2017/07/16/id/801905/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Attacks ‘Fake News Media’ In Latest Round Of Tweets – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/16/trump-attacks-fake-news-media-in-latest-round-of-tweets/

 

THE HILL
— Texas Republicans take aim at liberal cities – REID WILSON  (DIERSEN: When will Illinois Republicans take aim at liberal cities?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/342291-texas-republicans-take-aim-at-liberal-cities

 

POLITICO
— Trump triggers flood of Democratic candidates  For better and for worse, crowded House primaries are becoming a familiar sight on the Democratic side. – CARLA MARINUCCI and MATT FRIEDMAN  (DIERSEN: Will lots of RINOs run as anti-Trumps in Republican primaries?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/16/trump-triggers-flood-of-democratic-candidates-240597

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in driving Trump’s favorable poll numbers down and driving his unfavorable poll numbers up.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/trump-s-standing-takes-hit-even-places-he-won-2016-n783611
— Criticism of College Culture Is Not Higher Education Rejection – ESTHER J. CEPEDA
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/opinion-criticism-college-culture-not-higher-education-rejection-n783101

 

WASHINGTON POST
— As companies relocate to big cities, suburban towns are left scrambling – Jonathan O’Connell (DIERSEN: When a company moves from a Republican area to a Democrat area, that company shouts that it is dumping its customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/as-companies-relocate-to-big-cities-suburban-towns-are-left-scrambling/2017/07/16/81c12cea-618d-11e7-84a1-a26b75ad39fe_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps ask “At the six-month milestone, can Trump turn around his struggling presidency?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/16/analysis-six-months-can-trump-turn-around-his-presidency/478470001/
— STUDY: 69% of 2017 grads expect to make more than $35,000, but only 49% of 2015/2016 grads do.  (DIERSEN: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.  In 1971, I started working for IRS as a GS-7 (currently $44,853) Revenue Officer.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-arizona-republic/20170717/281809988946636

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— La Raza Finally Loses ‘the Race’  The leftist Chicano outfit rebrands itself as UnidosUS. – Mike Gonzalez  (DIERSEN: To support La Raza, or now UnidosUS, is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than your ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/la-raza-finally-loses-the-race-1500229809
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since its inception in 1968, made possible in part by a grant from the Ford Foundation, La Raza has been far more dependent on boardrooms and government than grass-roots support. But with government largess drying up, the liberal political-advocacy group may find itself needing greater support from the rank and file. This won’t be easy. The nation’s “Hispanics” are undergoing a radical shift that most politicians are missing: A white majority is likely to persist in America. “Many children growing up today in mixed families are integrating into a still largely white mainstream society,” sociologist Richard Alba noted in American Prospect last year. These children are “likely to think of themselves as part of that mainstream, rather than as minorities excluded from it.” The name La Raza—“the race” in Spanish—flies in the face of this reality. It is off-putting to many “Hispanics,” an artificial Census category comprising many razas. The organization’s CEO, Janet Murguia, admitted as much in a video announcing the name change: “We must make sure that our name and our organization evolves along with and remains relevant to our ever changing Hispanic community.” Appealing to a broader swath of this diverse group is necessary now that the “fat years” under President Obama are gone. The Obama Justice Department made a practice of settling lawsuits against corporate defendants by requiring they make large donations to groups like La Raza. It was, in the words of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, “a scheme to funnel money to politically favored special interest groups.” In a letter sent to Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the closing days of the Obama administration, Mr. Goodlatte noted that “in just the last two years, DOJ has directed nearly $1 billion to activist groups, entirely outside of Congress’s spending and oversight authority.” Taxpayer money was flowing into La Raza coffers too. When Cecilia Munoz, a top La Raza lobbyist, joined Mr. Obama’s Domestic Policy Council, federal subsidies for La Raza went from $4.1 million to $11 million a year. And La Raza loyally promoted Mr. Obama’s policies as pro-Latino. You can expect the group to continue agitating on behalf of the Democratic Party. Whether UnidosUS becomes more grass-roots-driven than La Raza remains to be seen. The group’s corporate board of advisers still includes Comcast , AT&T , Bank of America , Chevron , Coca-Cola , Ford, Con-Agra Foods and other Fortune 500 firms. Its more than 260 local affiliates train and mobilize an activist core of community organizers but have only a third of the vote on the board. This week’s name change may be a recognition of an imperfect model. Or it may be nothing more than a marketing ploy. The latter is more likely.)
— Republicans Aren’t Team Players – Fred Barnes  (DIERSEN: Those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a team player focus on destroying those like me who fail/refuse to a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) give them money.  I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a team player.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-arent-team-players-1500229048
— South Carolina May Prove a Microcosm of U.S. Election Hacking Efforts  There were nearly 150,000 attempts to penetrate the voter-registration system on Election Day 2016, State Election Commission says – Alexa Corse  (DIERSEN: How many attempts have been to hack your election commission?  How many of those hacks were successful?  According to the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump, but 211 voted for Clinton.  That is inconsistent with the precinct’s voting history. I am considering asking the DCEC to allow me to look at the actual ballots to verify the 137 and 211 numbers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-carolina-may-prove-a-microcosm-of-u-s-election-hacking-efforts-1500202806
— Learn a Language, but Not a Human One  Fluency in coding is a more useful skill than French, Spanish or Russian. – Andy Kessler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/learn-a-language-but-not-a-human-one-1500229654

 

IVN
— You Thought Gerrymandering in Wisconsin Was Bad, Illinois Is Worse – Carl Wicklander
https://ivn.us/2017/07/17/gerrymandering-wisconsin-bad-illinois-worse/

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 7 Countries With Worse Income Inequality Than the United States  It’s not a problem unique to us, and it doesn’t always mean gloom and doom, either. – Brian Stoffe  (DIERSEN: What would your past/present employers say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/17/7-countries-with-worse-income-inequality-than-the.aspx

July 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— John McCain surgery for blood clot could complicate Senate vote – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/john-mccain-surgery-for-blood-clot-could-complicate-senate-vote/2222292/
— Congresswomen protest for ‘right to bare arms’ – CNN  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, I wore a suit and tie.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/congresswomen-protest-for-right-to-bare-arms/2221728/

 

NBC5
— Senator Bernie Sanders Addresses Health Care at Rainbow PUSH Convention – James Neveau  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans should provide Democrats with free health care.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senator-bernie-sanders-speaks-at-rainbow-push-coalition-convention-434722153.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— McConnell delays action on health care bill after McCain surgery – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mcconnell-delays-action-on-health-care-bill-after-mccain-surgery/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in driving Trump’s poll numbers down.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-approval-rating-at-36-percent-washington-post-abc-news-poll/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial in the Naperville Sun with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity big time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-foster-forum-lgbtq-issues-naperville-st-0716-20170715-story.html
— Will County plans to lower property tax rate, finance chairman says – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-lowers-taxes-st-0714-20170706-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: Why Illinois’ personal income growth is 49th in nation – Anna Marie Kukec
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170715/why-illinois-personal-income-growth-is-49th-in-nation

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Governments must do more to listen to citizens – Andy Shaw  (DIERSEN: What about “citizens” who want governments to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  Ever-increasingly, members of the aforesaid groups are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170715/andy-shaw-governments-must-do-more-to-listen-to-citizens
— Medicaid alternatives seen as ‘unrealistic’ by ACA supporter – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170715/medicaid-alternatives-seen-as-unrealistic-by-aca-supporter
— Now hiring: Low unemployment complicates search for workers – Tim Landis  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170715/now-hiring-low-unemployment-complicates-search-for-workers

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— School-funding formula is next big fight – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-07-16/school-funding-formula-next-big-fight.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Quiet after the budget storm? Of course not – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170715/statehouse-insider-quiet-after-budget-storm-of-course-not

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Hey, congressman, mind if we punch you? – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article161583218.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry’s Fiesta Days offers free refreshments to designated drivers – Jordan J. Wilson
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/07/12/mchenrys-fiesta-days-offers-free-refreshments-to-designated-drivers/axdygo1/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Bulk Of Illinois Tax Increase Aimed at Tackling Pension Crisis – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=248369#.WWtdcIjyuM8
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Homeownership For Millenials Increasing, But Not In Illinois – Cole Lauterbach
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in Naperville big time.
https://www.nctv17.com/bill-foster-hosts-lgbtq-panel-in-naperville/

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Indiana already sharing extensive voter data with Trump advisory commission leader – Dan Carden
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/indiana-already-sharing-extensive-voter-data-with-trump-advisory-commission/article_2c595abf-3d3d-5096-bc78-821f4601b8f8.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Housing vouchers continue to stir debate in Naperville – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511112820-housing-vouchers-continue-to-stir-debate-in-naperville
— Hultgren meets five Yorkville workers who escaped persecution around globe – Brent Zell  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at immigrants and at refugees that members of the following groups are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130911-hultgren-meets-five-yorkville-workers-who-escaped-persecution-around-globe

 

SANGAMON SUN
— GOP denounces House passage of ‘radical’ abortion bill – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511112231-gop-denounces-house-passage-of-radical-abortion-bill
— Chicago schools again get huge funding preference, GOP alleges – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511123533-chicago-schools-again-get-huge-funding-preference-gop-alleges

 

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— Phyllis Schlafly’s Proposal to Replace Do-Nothing, Professional Republican Legislators – Nancy Thorner
http://blog.heartland.org/2017/07/phyllis-schlaflys-proposal-to-replace-do-nothing-professional-republican-legislators/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Universal College Admission Tests Help Low-Income Students – SUSAN DYNARSKI (DIERSEN: What was your ACT score?  Mine was only 24.  Sooner or later, if you seek a government office or a political office, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use your ACT score against you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/upshot/how-universal-college-admission-tests-help-low-income-students.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Breitbart.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/opinion/sunday/no-one-cares-about-russia-in-the-world-breitbart-made.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in driving Trump’s poll numbers down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-finds-trump-standing-weakened-since-springtime/2017/07/15/2decf03a-68d2-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html

 

TIMES TRIBUNE
— Courts review political redistricting issues – G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL YOUNG
http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/courts-review-political-redistricting-issues-1.2219377

 

TWIN CITIES PIONEER PRESS
— Growing disgust with the ethos of college campuses does not mean a rejection of higher education – Esther Cepeda  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers crank out “good little Democrats” who despise if not hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/16/esther-cepeda-growing-disgust-with-the-ethos-of-college-campuses-does-not-mean-a-rejection-of-higher-education/

July 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are you an elected official?  What is your position on redistricting, that is, what is your position on changes being made to the borders of the political jurisdiction in which you were elected?  Do you want to be notified in a timely manner of any proposed changes to those borders? To you want the opportunity to be able to object to proposed changes in a timely manner?

 

In DuPage County, elected Precinct Committeemen do not have that opportunity. The DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC) did not post maps of its many proposed changes to many precincts until July 12, 2017 and it will vote on accepting those proposed changes at its July 26, 2017 meeting.  My understanding is that the proposed changes affect about 100,000 voters, an unknown number of polling places, 276 precincts including 101 in Downers Grove Township and 27 in Milton Township, and 60 new precincts would be created including 12 in Downer Grove Township and 6 in Milton Township.

 

I have asked the DCEC for, but I have not been provided with a) a list of the 276 affected precincts broken out by the 9 townships, b) indication of which of those 276 precincts have elected Precinct Committeemen, and c) their contact information. Each of the elected Precinct Committeemen in those 276 affected precincts should have long since have been provided with a detailed map that precisely shows proposed changes to their precinct down to individual addresses.

 

Outrageously, most, if not virtually all of the elected Precinct Committeemen affected by the proposed changes have not been individually notified that DCEC has proposed changes to their precinct borders.

 

I have asked the DCEC to immediately and individually notify by regular mail and by email each and every elected Precinct Committeeman in precincts affected by DCEC’s proposed changes.  Please join me in this request by emailing and/or by phoning the following: Cathy Terrill – Chairperson at cterrill@dupageco.org and 630-407-5697; James S. Lowe – Vice Chair at jlowe@dupageco.org and 630-407-5699; John J. Boske – Secretary at john.boske@dupageco.org and 630-407-5698; and Joseph H. Sobecki – Executive Director at joseph.sobecki@dupageco.org and 630-407-5614. Sadly, there is no indication that what I have asked for will be done.

 

To get a rough indication of DCEC’s numerous proposed changes, visit: http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2017/55317/.

 

I found DCEC’s 2015 “Policy for Precinct Modifications” on DCEC’s website , but I have not yet found DCEC’s 2017 “Policy for Precinct Modifications” on DCEC’s website. 

 

According to several Republican DuPage County Township Party Chairman, the DCEC does not want to deal with individual elected Precinct Committeemen, and therefore, it will only deal with county party chairmen and with township party chairmen concerning proposed changes. Needless-to-say, that is outrageous.  Two years ago, I was not notified in a timely manner of dramatic changes to my Milton Township Precinct 9. Further, it appears that as Democrats flood DuPage County, many changes to many precincts will have to be made every 2 years from now on.

 

While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to delay if not to stop me from getting information that I could have used to avoid the adverse employment actions that they took against me.

 

In my roles as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have done everything that they can to delay if not to stop me from getting information that I could use to avoid adverse actions against me.

 

In my roles as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes did everything that they could to delay if not to stop me from getting information that I could have used to avoid adverse actions against me.


If you are an elected Precinct Committeeman like I have been since 2000, you understand my concerns about this. Again, please join me in asking the DCEC to immediately and individually notify by regular mail and by email each and every elected Precinct Committeeman in precincts affected by DCEC’s proposed changes.  Thanks. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Illinois’ credit rating – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-illinois-credit-rating/2217418/   

 

CBS2
— Governor Rauner Seems To Be Sticking With Plan Of Vetoing School Funding Bill – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/14/governor-rauner-veto-school-funding-bill/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-find-the-heart-president-trump-to-protect-dreamers/
— Gang member, 12, who shot at cop, spends allowance on pot: prosecutors – Stefano Esposito  (DIERSEN: What did you do with your money when you were young?  I saved as much as I could to buy cars and to pay for college expenses. I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, 1962 Chevy BelAir when I was 22, a 1972 Chevy Corvette when I was 23, 1974 Dodge Dart when I was 25, 1978 Chevy Chevette when I was 29, and 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale when I was 29.  I paid for my college expenses at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, and DePaul 1976-1980.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gang-member-12-who-shot-at-cop-spends-allowance-on-pot-prosecutors/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Photo of Barrington students labeled ‘KKK’ sparks protest, claims of racism – John Keilman and Todd Shields
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-kkk-barrington-high-school-met-20170714-story.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Gov. Rauner’s staff shakeup continues – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/268048143-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise those who vote for tax increases.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-sellout-gop-springfield-swanson-zorn-perspec-0716-md-20170714-column.html
— Some politicians who pander to the base risk becoming pariahs – Ted Slowik  (DIERSEN: Democrat politicians pander to their base.  The Democrat Party base is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-political-courage-st-0716-20170714-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Common ground plentiful at Democratic governor candidates forum – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/common-ground-plentiful-at-democratic-candidate-forum/

 

WTTW
— The Week in Review: Rauner Cleans House After Budget Veto
http://video.wttw.com/video/3002775557/

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Moody’s questions Illinois’ ability to pay bills – AP
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170714/moodys-questions-illinois-ability-to-pay-bills

 

WSIL TV
— When will Illinois’ higher income tax affect you? – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35890260/when-will-illinois-higher-income-tax-affect-you

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Catholic journal criticizes Trump ‘value voters’  Promote an ‘ecumenism of conflict’ – DELIA GALLAGHER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/catholic-journal-criticizes-trump-value-voters/765711583
— What DC drama? Dow hits 25th record of 2017  Dow notches its third-straight record close – MATT EGAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/what-dc-drama-dow-hits-25th-record-of-2017/765745276

 

NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— ‘Madigan’s tax increase’ boosts Rauner for 2018 – Russ Stewart
http://nadignewspapers.com/2017/07/15/madigans-tax-increase-boosts-rauner-for-2018/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Teens Nabbing Cars In Early Morning Hours: DuPage County Sheriff’s Office  Undersheriff Frank Bibbiano said a group of teens and young adults is seeking out unlocked cars with keys inside and then stealing the car. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/teens-nabbing-cars-early-morning-hours-dupage-county-sheriffs-office

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Madigan Blames Rauner For Budget Woes
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/madigan-blames-rauner-for-budget-woes

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Madigan, Moylan need to go if Illinois is to grow, GOP opponent says – Karen Kidd
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511147874-madigan-moylan-need-to-go-if-illinois-is-to-grow-gop-opponent-says

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Silencing the Silencers – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if your group does not promote the Democrat Party platform, Democrats will call it a hate group.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/silencing-the-silencers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Frustrated by its inability to win elections, the left is attempting to silence opponents through intimidation, either in the streets or in the courts. The latest example is the hijacking of Guidestar USA by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Guidestar is a database of more than 2 million nonprofit and non-governmental (NGO) organizations. It’s considered the foremost authority on nonprofits, and had a self-avowed reputation for “remaining neutral.”)

 

GOPUSA
— London sees answer to acid attacks in ban of corrosive substances
http://www.gopusa.com/london-sees-answer-to-acid-attacks-in-ban-of-corrosive-substances/

 

BREITBART
— Obama Sets Sights on Post-2020 Redistricting Efforts at D.C. Fundraiser – ADELLE NAZARIAN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/14/obama-sets-sights-on-post-2020-redistricting-efforts-at-d-c-fundraiser/

 

NEWSMAX
— Consumer Sentiment Falls to Lowest of Trump Presidency
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/consumer-sentiment-Donald-Trump-outlook/2017/07/14/id/801660/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— All conservatives must support President Trump… the stakes couldn’t be higher – Cardinal Burke
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/support-for-trump-urgently-needed-to-head-off-threats-to-us-democracy

 

POLITICO
— Governors steer clear of Trump  At the annual NGA summer meeting, the president barely gets a mention. – GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI and MEGAN CASSELLA
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/15/governors-steer-clear-trump-at-nga-240586

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— If Workers Are Scarce, Is It the Work or the Wages? – PATRICIA COHEN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took. 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. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/business/economy/labor-market-wages.html
— How the Medicaid Debate Affects Long-Term Care Insurance Decisions – RON LIEBER  (DIERSEN: My 86-year-old aunt is spending $230 a day out of her life savings to live in an assisted living facility.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/your-money/how-the-medicaid-debate-affects-long-term-care-insurance-decisions.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An A for Activism on Campus  The latest trend in college grade inflation. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: One would expect that the more of the following that students are, the higher the grades that Democrat teachers will give them: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-a-for-activism-on-campus-1500070766
— Jamie Dimon Goes Off  The J.P. Morgan CEO savages Washington’s anti-growth culture. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jamie-dimon-goes-off-1500070817
— First-Time Home Buyers Show More Interest in Market – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: How old were you when you first bought real estate?  I bought a new town home when I was 24. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, who has always been privileged, and who would never had been able to do that if he had not avoided the draft and if he had not been an overpaid federal employee.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-time-home-buyers-show-more-interest-in-market-1500033602

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Judges in Md. redistricting case decry politically motivated electoral map – Ann E. Marimow and Josh Hicks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/judges-in-md-redistricting-case-decry-politically-motivated-electoral-map/2017/07/14/33b44fc2-6814-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html

 

FREDERICK NEWS POST
— Judges consider delay, injunction in Maryland gerrymandering case – Danielle E. Gaines
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/judges-consider-delay-injunction-in-maryland-gerrymandering-case/article_665bdea8-9422-5562-978c-8261eb510570.html

 

HERALD BULLETIN
— Rally aims to renew focus on redistricting – Scott L. Miley
http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/state_news/rally-aims-to-renew-focus-on-redistricting/article_722f2b46-66e1-512e-9436-f0b64e8a946e.html

 

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— On day 5 of redistricting trial, Texas rebuts claim that current political maps discriminate  As lawyers for Texas defended the state’s political maps against charges of intentional discrimination, a lawmaker at the center of the case invoked “legislative privilege” Friday to avoid answering some questions. – JIM MALEWITZ
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/14/redistricting-trial-texas-refutes-discrimination-claims-while-blocking/

 

DALLAS NEWS
— State’s argument in redistricting trial takes hit because of lawmaker’s silence – James Barragán
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/07/14/states-argument-redistricting-trial-takes-hit-lawmakers-silence