April 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— MAYORAL CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN BOLINGBROOK – Will Jones
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayoral-candidates-face-off-in-bolingbrook/1829864/

 

CBS2
— Protesters Gather To Voice Concerns About Neil Gorsuch Nomination
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/01/protesters-gather-to-voice-concerns-about-neil-gorsuch-nomination/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner-backed PAC Liberty Principles spending big money to oust Mayor Dan McLaughlin in Orland Park – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-mayor-ads-st-0402-20170331-story.html
— Democrats have a new and surprising weapon on Capitol Hill: Power – Kelsey Snell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-democrats-leverage-20170401-story.html
— DuPage County: Headscarf issue in mug shot illuminates conflicts between police policy, religious respect – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-head-covering-st-0402-20170401-story.html
— Judge orders end to police pension-padding tactic used by suburban officers – Joe Mahr
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-countryside-police-pension-ruling-met-20170331-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘DREAMERS’ COULD FACE CHOICE: STAY, OR GO WITH DEPORTED PARENTS – Mick Dumke and Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/dreamers-could-face-choice-stay-or-go-with-deported-parents/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban Cook County sets early voting record
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170331/news/170339721/
— Why most voters have few choices at the polls – Jake Griffin  (DIERSEN: From what I see from living in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978, ever-increasingly, those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout make it ever-increasingly clear that they will viciously destroy anyone who seeks a government office or a political office without their permission/direction.  Ever-increasingly, those who have clout make it ever-increasingly clear that they want to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, and governments a) that they cannot manipulate/dominate and/or b) 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170401/news/170409896/
— OUTSTANDING: Huntley bans video gambling cafes, adopts new fees – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170401/news/170409904/
— Once-booming gun industry now recalibrating under Trump – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170401/business/304019983/
— Trump advisers richer than previous White House officials – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170401/news/304019967/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why Chicago tourism has more worries than Trump’s tweets – DANNY ECKER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170401/ISSUE01/170339975/trump-tweets-against-chicago-are-the-least-of-citys-tourism-problems

 

WBEZ
— Rauner Fundraiser Draws Dueling Protests – Benjamin Payne
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-fundraiser-draws-dueling-protests/39617698-b8b5-4d9b-a47f-6392330c2028

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— More Budget Plans Floated in Springfield – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=240435#.WOA5DzvyuM8

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Chicago Isn’t Just Segregated, It  Basically Invented Modern Segregation – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2017/Why-Is-Chicago-So-Segregated/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— PTELL- The political boogeyman during elections – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/ptell-the-political-boogeyman-during-elections/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— J.B. PRITZKER GETS INVOLVED IN BOLINGBROOK MAYORAL RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/jb-pritzker-gets-involved-in-bolingbrook-mayoral-race.html

 

FOX NEWS
— White House: Crime-Ridden Sanctuary City Of Chicago Can’t Have It Both Ways: No Federal Funds For Situation They Created – Melanie Arter
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/04/01/wh-crime-ridden-sanctuary-city-chicago-can-t-have-it-both-ways-no-federal-funds-situation
— Media in ‘Frenzy’ Because Trump Doesn’t Care What They Think – Eric Bolling
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/04/01/eric-bolling-donald-trump-put-media-frenzy-he-doesnt-care-about-feelings

 

GOPUSA
— The Left Loves Maxine Waters’ Fact-free Incendiary Attacks on GOP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22481

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Myth of an Unbiased Mainstream Media – Katrina Trinko
http://dailysignal.com/2017/03/27/the-myth-of-an-unbiased-mainstream-media/

 

PJ MEDIA
— The ‘Racism’ Libel Against the Trump Administration – DAVID P. GOLDMAN
https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2017/03/31/the-racism-libel-against-the-trump-administration/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TREASONOUS: SANCTUARY CITIES FREE 253 ILLEGAL-ALIEN CRIMINALS IN 2 WEEKS  Outlaws becoming ‘main beneficiaries’ of non-cooperation policies – PAUL BREMMER
http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/sanctuary-cities-free-253-illegal-alien-criminals-in-2-weeks/

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show their hatred of Trump supporters.
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/dnc-chair-trump-republican-party-healthcare/2017/04/01/id/782013/
— Republicans Hate This Easy IRA Way to Lift Retirement Savings
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Republicans-Retirement-Savings-Boost/2017/04/01/id/781984/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THANKS, TRUMP: BORDER CROSSINGS DOWN 60%
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/03/31/thanks-trump-border-crossings-down-60/

 

THE HILL
— Window closing for Congress to roll back Obama-era regulations – LYDIA WHEELER
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/regulation/326812-window-closing-for-congress-to-roll-back-obama-era-regulations

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show their hatred of Trump supporters.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rise-hate-crimes-spurs-states-enhance-protections-n738391

 

ABC NEWS
— Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner worth up to $740 million, part of an ultra-wealthy White House staff – ALEXANDER MALLIN
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-worth-740-million-part/story?id=46510855

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bill O’Reilly Thrives at Fox News, Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up  About $13 million has been paid out over the years to address complaints from women about Mr. O’Reilly’s behavior. He denies the claims have merit. – EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT  (DIERSEN: What complaints have been filed against you?  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, no complaints that I discriminated against anyone because of their political affiliation, veteran status, “race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information,” or anything else were ever filed against me.  Nevertheless, the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, and the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 treated me like many such complaints had been filed against me.  They would not have treated me that way if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show their hatred of Trump and of Trump’s supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/why-is-this-hate-different-from-all-other-hate.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Here is what Post reporters found in the financial disclosures of top White House aides – Matea Gold, Rosalind S. Helderman and Amy Brittain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/01/here-is-what-post-reporters-found-in-the-financial-disclosures-of-top-white-house-aides/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s failing presidency has the GOP in a free fall.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-failing-presidency-has-the-gop-in-a-free-fall/2017/03/30/e0882d62-1581-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump’s joyless presidency.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/01/donald-trumps-joyless-presidency/

 

SACREMENTO BEE
— How far can California go as it becomes immigrant sanctuary? – Dan Walters (DIERSEN: How soon will California and Mexico officially declare war on America?  What other foreign countries will join with California and Mexico in declaring war of America?)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article142032079.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— President Trump’s Advisers Made Big Money, Disclosures Show  Disclosures reveal some aides’ portfolios before they divested any assets as required by ethics office – REBECCA BALLHAUS, LIZ HOFFMAN and JAMES V. GRIMALDI
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-adviser-steve-bannon-earned-at-least-1-4-million-last-year-1491008430

 

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Paid White House’s Priebus Almost $500,000, Filing Shows – Jennifer Epstein and Toluse Olorunnipa  (DIERSEN: Who calls your tunes?  He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Neither the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Illinois Republican Party, the Republican National Committee, nor any other individual, organization, company, government, or country has paid me anything for what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. He who pays the piper calls the tunes and I do not want anyone to call my tunes.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-01/gop-paid-white-house-s-priebus-almost-500-000-filing-show
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus received almost $500,000 from the Republican National Committee in 2016 as he led the party to wins at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, according to a financial disclosure form released Friday. Priebus served as chairman of the RNC from 2011 until joining the Trump administration in January. He was paid a base salary of $225,000 in 2016 plus two bonuses totaling $175,000. The party also spent just over $57,000 on rent for a Washington-area home. At the beginning of 2017, the committee paid him an additional $33,000. Appointed by President Donald Trump shortly after the election last year, Priebus has attempted to draw on his long-standing relationships with Republicans in Congress to help shape and shepherd Trump’s agenda. A fixture in Wisconsin politics for most of his adult life, Priebus worked as a litigator at Milwaukee law firm Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, where he became partner in 2006. He went on leave from the firm when he became party chairman and more formally severed ties at the end of 2016, when he received a $450,000 equity buyout. He also was paid a $50,000 bonus by the firm and had $96,408 from his capital account returned to him. Priebus also reported assets totaling at least $350,000 in an American Funds mutual fund and two bank accounts.)

 

NATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW
— Trump’s Twitter attacks on conservative Republicans: so far, they’re backfiring – CHRIS KEALL
https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/trumps-twitter-attacks-conservative-republicans-so-far-theyre-backfiring-ck-201431

 

GUARDIAN
— Bernie Sanders says Trump voters aren’t ‘deplorable’ in jab aimed at Clinton camp – Martin Pengelly
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/01/bernie-sanders-trump-voters-not-deplorable-clinton-warren

March 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats to unveil ‘comeback agenda’ as counter to Rauner’s ‘turnaround agenda’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-democrats-turnaround-agenda-met-story.html
— Illinois congressmen follow party line on measure to force release of Trump tax returns – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-congressmen-trump-tax-returns-20170328-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Successful women demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-midwest-women-in-tech-conference-bsi-20170327-story.html
— Uber report shows diversity deficit in leadership, engineering – Eric Newcomer  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v GAO, if the lawsuit had gone to trial, GAO could have easily proven that GAO paid more to its employees who were minority and/or female than GAO paid to its employees who were White and/or male who had comparable job-related work experience, job-related education, job-related professional licenses, and job-related professional licenses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-uber-diversity-report-20170328-story.html
— Paul Ryan a convenient scapegoat for Trump’s failure – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: Who are leading scapegoaters in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois.  I should write a book about the leading scapegoaters in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-paul-ryan-obamacare-failure-fault-20170328-column.html
— Who’s to blame for high property taxes? Look in the mirror – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-property-taxes-perspec-0329-20170329-story.html
— Medical pot bill in S. Carolina bolstered by conservatives – AP  (DIERSEN: If you do not oppose pot, you should not claim to be religious, conservative, Republican, or American.  To push pot in America is to push the destruction of America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-bc-us–medical-marijuana-south-20170326-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump again puts spotlight on violence in Chicago – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-police-union-chief-meets-trump-0328-20170328-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx treasonously encourages illegals a) to come to Cook County illegally, b) to illegally stay in Cook County illegally, and c) to illegally bring other illegals to Cook County illegally. Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to drive individuals, organizations, and companies that are a member of any of the following groups out of Cook County: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-kim-foxx-girltalk-0329-chicago-inc-20170328-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What does Mayor Rahm Emanuel think of you?  Anti-Trump Emanuel says “Speak out against the hatred and ugliness whirling around us.”  Ever-increasingly, Emanuel promotes hatred against 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 longer than his ancestors. To encourage Emanuel to hate me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I am 100% German national origin, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I am conservative, that I am Republican, that I am American, that I am White, that I am a male, that I am old (68), that I am not poor, that I am a gun owner, that I am a draft avoider, that I oppose illegal/mass immigration, that oppose promotion of dependency on government and on charity, that I oppose promotion of LGBTQ activity, that I oppose promotion of abortion, that I oppose race and gender based preference giving, that I oppose age discrimination, that I oppose patronage, that I oppose political affiliation discrimination, that oppose promotion of booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, and that I oppose diminution of First and Second Amendment rights.  They would stress those Jewish people who have a very low opinion of me including former Money Magazine employees and my former superiors and supervisors in the federal government; if I had been Jewish, Money Magazine and IRS would not have disallowed my education deductions. They would stress that the mayor of Wheaton publicly insults me and that no one comes to my defense.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/speak-out-against-the-hatred-and-ugliness-whirling-around-us/amp/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO
— Here’s a measure of the opioid problem in Chicago and Illinois – BRIGID SWEENEY  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hypocritically rail against opioids but not against pot?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170329/NEWS03/170329849

 

COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS
— Illinois: Find out how healthy your county is and explore factors that drive your health (DIERSEN: DuPage is #1 overall and #5 for health outcomes.)
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/illinois/2017/overview

 

WSIL TV
— No LGBTQ category included in Census proposal for 2020 count – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35022892/no-lgbtq-category-included-in-census-proposal-for-2020-count
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Census Bureau did not include a separate count of LGBTQ Americans in its proposal for the 2020 Census. The category had been sought by gay rights advocates. The bureau counts Americans according to race, gender and other characteristics. Its proposal submitted to Congress this week did not have a separate category for LGBTQ. The Census Bureau said it had no immediate comment. But gay rights advocates say it’s more evidence that Trump is going back on a campaign promise to protect the gay community. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services removed questions on sexuality from two of its surveys. The Trump administration also has canceled an Obama administration directive that students should use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.)

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Mendoza ditched campaign pledge – Editorial
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-mendoza-ditched-campaign-pledge/article_d36e7ea7-bed1-5954-bbb3-b8a1ca9785ae.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A taste of their own medicine – Tom Kacich  (DIERSEN: A major reason why people hate federal employees and hate retired federal employees is that federal employees and retired federal employees like me are eligible to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program.  People want the federal government to screw its employees and screw its retirees just like private sector employers screw their employee and screw their retirees.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-29/tom-kacich-taste-their-own-medicine.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the end of his 65-minute tele-town hall Monday night, U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis was asked whether members of Congress should get their health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. We do, he said. And he pays more for it than he did under a previous program, with a higher deductible and a higher out-of-pocket maximum cost. “I’m part of the only group that has to, by law, has to get their benefits through the Affordable Care Act for health care,” Davis said. “I actually follow more stringent requirements than the Obama White House did. The Obama White House didn’t have to get their health benefits through the Affordable Care Act exchange like members of Congress and members of the Senate do. They were able to join millions of federal employees through the federal employee health benefit program.” Davis didn’t say it, but the reason for the disparity is that’s the way Congress wrote the law. “For a long period of time,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, “it seemed to me that members of Congress needed to be subject to the laws they pass for the rest of the country.” Davis didn’t sound pleased about his enrollment under the ACA. “We don’t get any special benefits. We do have to follow the health care benefits of the Affordable Care Act where every other federal employee does not,” he said. Members of Congress are enrolled under the ACA’s gold tier plan offered by the DC Health Link. According to the Congressional Research Service, the average employer contribution — which comes from taxpayers — is 72 percent. Davis has family coverage under the ACA, and it’s more expensive, with a higher deductible, than what they had before the ACA under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. The breakdown, as provided by Davis spokeswoman Ashley Phelps:)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Court documents: ‘Fairly junior’ staffer was informant in Aaron Schock case – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: When were you a fairly junior staffer?  I was a GS-7 staffer, currently $44,853, at IRS in 1971 when I was 22 years old; a GS-9 staffer, currently $54,864, in 1972; a GS-11 staffer, currently $66,379, in 1973; and GS-12 staffer, currently $79,563, in 1974.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170328/court-documents-fairly-junior-staffer-was-informant-in-aaron-schock-case

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Make that death, taxes and fraud in filing season – Tim Landis
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170328/make-that-death-taxes-and-fraud-in-filing-season

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Davis Examines Failed ACA Repeal Effort – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=240187#.WNuRqxHxZZI

 

DUPAGE WATCHDOG
— No New Taxes –$132.5 Million CUSD 200 Referendum – Janet Shaw
http://dupagewatchdog.org/2017/03/no-new-taxes-132-5-million-cusd-200-referendum/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Case Against Recreational Marijuana: Colorado – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/the-case-against-recreational-marijuana-colorado/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Liberals Shame and Bully Conservative Kids – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/liberals-shame-bully-conservative-kids/
— New Bill Forces Pastors to Take Mandatory Training – Andrew Willis
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/new-bill-forces-pastors-to-take-mandatory-training/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UNBALANCED BUDGET RESPONSE ACT WOULD ALLOW RAUNER TO MAKE CUTS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/unbalanced-budget-response-act-would-allow-rauner-to-make-cuts-to-balance-the-budget/

 

THE BLAZE
— Anti-Trump questions on Illinois school quiz spur outrage: ‘Indoctrination of our youth by liberal academia’ – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/29/anti-trump-questions-on-school-quiz-spur-outrage-indoctrination-of-our-youth-by-liberal-academia/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Luis Gutierrez goes off reservation to defend sanctuary cities – Cheryl K. Chumley
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/29/luis-gutierrez-goes-reservation-defend-sanctuary-c/

 

GOPUSA
— OUTSTANDING: Tough Sheriff says elected leaders of ‘sanctuary cities’ should be arrested
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22440
— Fox Coverage of Illegal Alien Rape ‘Inconvenient’ for Biased Media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22438
— Math and Reading Take Backseat to Social-Emotional Learning  (DIERSEN: Democrat teachers focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22327

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— HOW JEFF SESSIONS PLANS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST SANCTUARY CITIES  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/03/28/how-jeff-sessions-plans-to-fight-back-against-sanctuary-cities/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— 40% of Disney staff ‘gay’ in ’98 – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2017/03/28/caught-on-video-40-of-disney-staff-gay-in-98

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Manage Your Time, Manage Your Life – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: How much time do you spend promoting Christian, conservative, and Republican principles?  I spend 10+ hours each and every day, 70+ hours each and every week, 300+ hours each and every month, 3,650+ hours each and every year, and 36,500+ hours each and every decade.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/03/29/manage-time-manage-life/

 

POLITICO
— Roskam rejects bid to revive failed GOP Obamacare repeal bill – RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/roskam-obamacare-repeal-health-care-236624

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Raves About Chicago Have Become Rants – JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY (DIERSEN: What are your connections with Chicago?  Mine include living there part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978; getting married there in 1978; working there 1973-1997 and the last 6 months of 1971; and taking college classes there part-time 1992-1997 and 1971-1983, and full-time 1966-1968.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/donald-trump-chicago-rahm-emanuel-violence.html
— Equal Pay for Men and Women? Iceland Wants Employers to Prove It – LIZ ALDERMAN  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v GAO, if the lawsuit had gone to trial, GAO could have easily proven that GAO paid more to its employees who were female than GAO paid to its employees who were male who had comparable job-related work experience, job-related education, job-related professional licenses, and job-related professional licenses.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/business/economy/iceland-women-equal-pay.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone who is anti-Trump and anti-male says “The All-Male Photo Op Isn’t a Gaffe. It’s a Strategy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/opinion/the-all-male-photo-op-isnt-a-gaffe-its-a-strategy.html
— Mysterious Buyer of Trump’s Childhood Home Said to Be From China – SARAH MASLIN NIR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/nyregion/donald-trump-house-queens-buyer.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In ‘Apprentice’ defamation case, Trump will argue he is immune from lawsuits in state courts until he leaves office – Rosalind S. Helderman (DIERSEN: Can mayors argue that they are immune from defamation lawsuits until they are out of office?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/28/in-apprentice-defamation-case-trump-will-argue-he-is-immune-from-lawsuits-in-state-courts-until-he-leaves-office/
— Agencies prepare for federal employee layoffs, furloughs – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: First, agencies will get rid their employees who are Republican (if there are any left), than, their employees who are older, then, their employees who are White, then, their employees who are male, and then, their employees who are not veterans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/29/agencies-prepare-for-federal-employee-layoffs-furloughs/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Businesses That Serve (ILLEGALS) Feel Pinched by Trump’s Moves – Cameron McWhirter  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-that-serve-immigrants-feel-pinched-by-trumps-moves-1490723413
— Is the Ivy League’s Admission Bias a ‘Trade Secret’?  Princeton sues to block the government’s release of documents that could show discrimination. – JASON L. RILEY  (DIERSEN: Do you have a degree from Ivy League University?  I do not.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who badmouth the universities that I have degrees from – NIU (1970), Loyola (1976), DePaul (1980), and IIT (1997).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-ivy-leagues-admission-bias-a-trade-secret-1490740763
— Uber Releases Workforce Data Amid Criticism of Company Culture – GEORGIA WELLS and  GREG BENSINGER  (DIERSEN: What is/was the culture where you work/worked?  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, the culture was predominately if not overwhelmingly anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-releases-workforce-data-amid-criticism-of-company-culture-1490721521

 

USA TODAY
— Trump claims immunity from ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s lawsuit – Nick Penzenstadler (DIERSEN: Can mayors argue that they are immune from defamation lawsuits until they are out of office?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/28/trump-claims-immunity-apprentice-contestants-lawsuit/99729932/

 

NPR
— Run-Up To Census 2020 Raises Concerns Over Security And Politics – HANSI LO WANG  (DIERSEN: What will the Democrats and the RINOs tell the illegals to do concerning the census?)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/28/521789446/run-up-to-census-2020-raises-concerns-over-security-and-politics

 

THE ATLANTIC
— Breaking Faith  The culture war over religious morality has faded; in its place is something much worse. – Peter Beinart  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches and their members talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/breaking-faith/517785/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the past decade, pollsters charted something remarkable: Americans—long known for their piety—were fleeing organized religion in increasing numbers. The vast majority still believed in God. But the share that rejected any religious affiliation was growing fast, rising from 6 percent in 1992 to 22 percent in 2014. Among Millennials, the figure was 35 percent.)

 

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
— APPLY NOW! Undergraduate Fall Internship with The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Juliann Phan  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Democrats are nasty. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I only had to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, or from $90,173 to $71,326 to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old.  All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, they demonized, denigrated, and condemned what I had learned about IRS be working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, $79,563-$90,173. They rejected the fact that much of what I did for IRS was similar to what GAO employees do – interview, gather facts, summarize facts, analyze facts, make recommendations, write reports, etc.  They demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact that before I transferred, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, that I had earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and that I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://business.gmu.edu/blog/buzz/2017/03/27/apply-now-undergraduate-fall-internship-u-s-government-accountability-office-gao/
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: About Us: To help the Congress address current and emerging challenges to the well-being and financial security of the American people; To help the Congress to respond to changing security threats and the challenges of global interdependence; To help transform the Federal government to address national challenges; and To maximize the value of GAO by enabling quality, timely service to Congress and by being a leading practices Federal agency.)

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— How can I buy my first home? – Paul Clitheroe (DIERSEN: What enabled you to buy your first home? For me, in 1972, when I was 24, it was a) my working for IRS at the GS-11 level, currently $66,379, b) my working for Firestone Stores part-time, c) my not being subject to the draft, and d) my having saved the down payment.)
http://moneymag.com.au/askpaul-housing-market/

March 28 Morning Edition

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— WHY OPPOSE LEGALIZATION
http://www.poppot.org/marijuana-legalization-is-wrong/
— 10 MYTHS MARIJUANA ADVOCATES WANT YOU TO BELIEVE
http://www.poppot.org/2014/11/05/10-myths-marijuana-advocates-want-believe/
— THE PERSISTENCE OF TRAUMA, PROBLEMS IN ADULTHOOD
http://www.poppot.org/2017/03/27/problems-from-trauma-persist-adulthood/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A long-term study from Denmark, explored a number psychological factors that may or may not have adverse outcomes on the children. The Danish study determined that parental factors most likely to create either violent or suicidal tendencies in adulthood are 1) parents who used marijuana; 2) having parents who are sociopaths or 3) having parents who attempt suicide.   In other words, marijuana abuse is far more serious in predicting adverse behavioral outcomes than other parental mental health conditions such as bipolar disorder and alcoholism.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm, Preckwinkle to defy Sessions over sanctuary city funding – Lynn Sweet, Fran Spielman and Frank Main  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ag-sessions-feds-could-claw-back-funds-for-sanctuary-cities/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are also 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/politics/brown-shooting-shows-trump-immigration-push-makes-us-less-safe/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner makes prediction on Emanuel’s political future: No 4th term – Hal Dardick, Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-rahm-emanuel-2023-met-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-transgender-child-bathroom-20170327-story.html
— ‘Fearless Girl’ statue opposite bull stays through February – AP (DIERSEN: Constructively, the fearless girl statue calls for anti-Trumps to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon will anti-Trumps put fearless girl statutes in the front yards of Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–fearless-girl-wall-street-20170327-story.html
— Chicago area pays steep price for segregation, study finds – Kathy Bergen  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago.  To the extent that Chicago is segregated, it is the Democrats’ fault.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-cost-of-segregation-met-20170327-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump has mental health problems. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that non-Democrats have mental health problems. Communists hint/imply/argue/shout that non-communists have mental health problems.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170328/281642485006439

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Burt Constable talks about recycling political yard signs.  But often the signs can be reused when the candidate runs again.  I have spend about $500 for two beautiful custom-made 4X4 red, white, and blue “Vote Republican” signs that are currently being displayed on the second floor balcony of Ron Dell’s building at the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Warrenville/West street in my precinct in Wheaton.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/news/170328876/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow over their success in harming those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170327/business/303279993/
— Vote no — again — in Wheaton District 200 – Jan Shaw, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/discuss/170328942/
— District 200 officials again ask voters to approve Jefferson plan – Katlyn Smith  (JAN SHAW: The article is definitely pro-referendum.  While what is says may be technically true, it is incomplete. Like much of the “yes” literature it is misleading on the cost.  It says “The owner of a $322,300 home — the average in the district — would pay $180 to $295 annually in additional taxes for the first nine years of the loans.” They leave out, that the same home is projected to pay $531/year for the last 10 years.  See:  Download estimated impact as PDF (http://www.cusd200.org/cms/lib7/IL01001538/Centricity/Domain/2137/Referendum%20Homeowner%20Impact.pdf) They claim that bringing all its early learning services under one roof will be a big enough improvement to warrant the cost of the new building.  Yet, in 2013, Jan Shaw put in a FOIA to try to find out how much money the district was spending on pre-k support staff that traveled (i.e. physical therapists) and was told he couldn’t run the numbers because many work with elementary students as well. The truth is Jefferson could use some work.  But, like many of our homes we need to prioritize and sometimes things must wait until we’ve paid off the debt that we’ve already run up.  With what the district spent on Hubble, had they built a Hubble more in line with the other 3 middle schools, they could have built a new Jefferson at the same time for the same money.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/news/170328871/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Does Chicago pay a price for segregation? – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago.  To the extent that Chicago is segregated, it is the Democrats’ fault.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170328/BLOGS02/170329869
— How we can become an entrepreneurial mecca – Editorial  (DIERSEN: How entrepreneurial are you?  I am not entrepreneurial at all.  To discredit me, to belittle me, and to harm me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that I am not entrepreneurial at all and b) that I was a lowly failed wage earner 1964-1997 who never earned more than $122,991/year in today’s dollars. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise entrepreneurs and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn lowly failed wage earners like I was.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/ISSUE07/170329900

 

ABC7
— COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATS HOLD FORUM WITH GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-co-democrats-hold-forum-with-gubernatorial-candidates-/1821287/

 

WTTW
— Cook County Democrats Consider Who They Want for Governor – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/27/cook-county-democrats-consider-who-they-want-governor

 

DNA INFO
— As High-Poverty Neighborhoods Shrink, Downtown Construction Booms – David Matthews
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170327/downtown/cook-county-population-loss-high-rise-construction

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Blaming conservatives, Trump signals new openness to Democrats  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who blames conservatives for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems?  ANSWER: Just about everyone, but especially 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.  Of course, the aforesaid want Trump to dump conservatives.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170327/rise-blaming-conservatives-trump-signals-new-openness-to-dems
— Illinois: Medical marijuana use rejected for intractable pain, autism – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170327/medical-marijuana-use-rejected-for-intractable-pain-autism

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— CITY LEADERS DEFY WHITE HOUSE THREAT ON “SANCTUARY” POLICIES – AP  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170327/AP/303279586

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton City Council candidates discuss historic preservation at forum  Wheaton League of Women Voters hosts March 23 forum – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/24/wheaton-city-council-candidates-discuss-historic-preservation-at-forum/asu4rie/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Davis Hosts Tele-Town Hall With Plan to Fix Obamacare
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-davis-hosts-tele-town-hall-with-plan-to-fix-obamacare-03-28-2017

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Tired Of Promises, Cairo Wants Problems Solved – Mark Siegler
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521118179/tired-of-promises-a-struggling-small-town-wants-problems-solved

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: No more kicking can on pensions
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-no-more-kicking-can-on-pensions/article_d8a7e0f6-1329-11e7-9362-c3042c8102e8.html
— More than a third of Illinois millennials live with parents
http://ilnews.org/news/economy/study-more-than-a-third-of-illinois-millennials-live-with/article_7be83d5e-12ff-11e7-b0fc-63dff1eaf8b4.html

 

STATE SOLUTIONS
— VIDEOS: State Solutions Launches New TV Ads In Illinois
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3302177a320983d559c9bfb6a&id=4865c3cdc4&e=9a019268f4
(FROM THE POSTING: State Solutions, an affiliate of the Republican Governors Association, launched a new television and digital advertisement effort today in Illinois, highlighting Governor Bruce Rauner’s push to balance the budget, reform government and improve the state by capping spending, freezing property taxes, creating term limits on politicians and adding jobs.)

 

THE ANNIE FREY SHOW
— Bankruptcy an Option for Illinois – talking with Mark Glennon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYFh1NzMN3M

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Durkin weighs in – Rauner whacks Madigan *** Madigan scolds Rauner on Thompson Center sale
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/28/madigan-scolds-rauner-on-thompson-center-sale/

 

GOPUSA
— 13 states urge appeals court to OK Trump travel ban  (DIERSEN: When will Rauner join this group?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22382
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of 12 state attorneys general and one governor is backing President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban targeting six predominantly Muslim countries, telling a federal appeals court Monday that the Republican acted lawfully in the interest of national security.)
— De Blasio Blasts Trump for ‘Mean Spirited’ Order Against Illegal Alien Criminals  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22373
— Muslims Fight US Proposals to Ban Shariah Law  (DIERSEN: That is, Muslims fight to impose Shariah Law on America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/muslims-fight-us-proposals-to-ban-shariah-law/
— The False Compassion of Liberalism  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on making Republicans pay more taxes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/the-false-compassion-of-liberalism/
— Jeb Bush offers unsolicited advice to the President  (DIERSEN: What advice would your critics/opponents give you? My critics/opponents would advise me to a) stop putting together and sending out GOPUSA emails, b) resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, c) apologize to them for causing all of their problems, d) apologize to you for causing all of your problems, and e) apologize to everyone for causing all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22386

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— AG Jeff Sessions Just Gave Sanctuary Cities 4.1 Billion Reasons to Follow Immigration Laws – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
http://ijr.com/2017/03/833905-ag-jeff-sessions-just-gave-sanctuary-cities-4-1-billion-reasons-follow-immigration-laws/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kinzinger: Freedom Caucus hampering GOP’s ability to govern – Seth McLaughlin
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/27/adam-kinzinger-freedom-caucus-hampering-gop/

 

FOX NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Can Trump win over conservative purists — or do deals with Democrats?” QUESTION: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns conservatives as being purists?  ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, abortion, booze, pot, gambling and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, weakening of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/28/deadlock-can-trump-win-over-conservative-purists-or-do-deals-with-democrats.html

 

NEWS BUSTER
— NBC Hires Obama Flack as ‘Analyst’ to Attack GOP – Kyle Drennen  (DIERSEN: I should file FOIA requests to determine how many tax dollars that my critics/opponents are paying their flacks.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2017/03/27/nbc-hires-obama-flack-analyst-attack-gop

 

AMERICAN SECTATOR
— The Liberal Hour at Fox News Is Driving Viewers Away  Who needs Trump Bashing every day at High Noon? – JUDAH FRIEDMAN
https://spectator.org/the-liberal-hour-at-fox-news-is-driving-viewers-away/

 

THE BLAZE
— The White House has a new enemies list – Glenn Beck  (DIERSEN: All activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should be required to publish their enemy lists and a detailed explanation of why each individual, each organization, each company, each government, each country, each etc. is on their lists.)
http://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/the-white-house-has-a-new-enemies-list/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Taxpayers Paid $162.5 Million for Union Work  Federal workers spent 3.5 million hours doing union business on taxpayer dime – Bill McMorris  (DIERSEN: GAO unionized in 2007.  If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might very well still be a GAO employee.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/taxpayers-paid-162-5-million-union-work/

 

POLITICO
— Mar-a-Lago can’t release visitor logs — because it doesn’t keep them  Democrats want to know who goes to President Trump’s private clubs, but no one’s keeping track. – DARREN SAMUELSOHN  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents keep visitor logs? My critics/opponents rely on anonymous sources to justify their harming me.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-visitor-logs-mar-a-lago-236564

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— White House Announces Jared Kushner Is Now Responsible For Everything – Jason Linkins  (DIERSEN: What do/did your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make you responsible for, that is, what do/did they blame you for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jared-kushner-everything-czar_us_58d95499e4b02a2eaab6664f

 

CNN
— 1 in 4 workers have less than $1,000 saved for retirement – Katie Lobosco  (DIERSEN: How much have you saved for your retirement? In today’s dollars, at the end of 1977, when I was 29 years old, IRS was paying me $87,520 (GS-12 Step 4) and I had contributed $26,881 into the Civil Service Retirement System.)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/21/retirement/retirement-confidence-ebri/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Almost one-quarter of workers said they and their spouse combined have less than $1,000 saved for retirement, according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Nearly half of everyone surveyed said they had less than $25,000. Sure, $25,000 can sound like a lot. But it’s a reasonable goal to have that much stashed away by the time you’re 30 years old. Someone in their early 30s earning $50,000 a year should have about $30,000 saved, according to one calculator. This it totally doable if that person has been saving 10% of their income annually, which is the rule-of-thumb suggested by many financial planners. But more than one-third of those surveyed said they’re saving less than that. When it’s time to retire, most people believe they’ll need at least $500,000. (Though, 41% couldn’t even guess how much their nest egg should be.) There’s one big difference between those who are on track and those who aren’t. Most of those workers who said they’ve saved less than $1,000 don’t have access to a savings account like a 401(k) at work. There are roughly 55 million workers in the U.S. who don’t have access to an employer-sponsored plan. To try to help those Americans, President Obama launched a program called the myRA. It’s a starter retirement account that’s similar to a Roth IRA and sponsored by the federal government. But you can only save up to $15,000 in the myRA, and you can’t invest that money in a diversified portfolio — only in a set of conservative investments.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— GAO to review Trump’s use of Mar-a-Lago – Jonathan O’Connell (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/03/28/government-watchdog-to-review-trumps-use-of-mar-a-lago/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue to Stay in Financial District (for Now) – LIAM STACK  (DIERSEN: Constructively, the fearless girl statue calls for anti-Trumps to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon will anti-Trumps put fearless girl statutes in the front yards of Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/fearless-girl-statue-de-blasio.html
— Colin Kaepernick Is Unemployed. Is It Because of His Arm, or His Knee? – VICTOR MATHER  (DIERSEN: If you are unemployed, since when, and why?  I have been unemployed since I was 49 years old in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” According to me, they did that a) because I had been an active member since 1988 in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give my job and my preferred corner office to a Democrat who was a minority, female, and/or younger than me, and c) because I am a Republican who is White, male, older, and non-veteran.  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, including those who claim to be Republican and are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, GAO got rid of me in 1997 and I have been unemployed since 1997 because I am one of the worst people in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world. They can cite the fact that the Mayor of Wheaton publicly insults me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/sports/football/free-agent-colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest.html
— Donald Trump’s Modest Boyhood Home in Queens Sells for $2.14 Million – SARAH MASLIN NIR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/donald-trump-childhood-home-sold.html

 

CBS NEW YORK
— Mayor De Blasio Says ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Can Stay Through February 2018  Others Campaign To Keep Statue In Place Permanently  (DIERSEN: Constructively, the fearless girl statue calls for anti-Trumps to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and contrives that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon will anti-Trumps put fearless girl statutes in the front yards of Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/03/27/fearless-girl-wall-street-stay-extended/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— GAO to probe Trump Mar-a-Lago trips over concerns about security, profits – Reuters (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/watchdog-probe-trump-mar-a-lago-trips-security-profits-article-1.3010923

 

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
— Marijuana user who lost place on transplant list asks lawmakers to change hospital policy  Medical marijuana users currently are not eligible for organ transplants at Maine Medical Center. – KEVIN MILLER
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/03/27/bill-would-prohibit-hospitals-from-rejecting-organ-recipients-who-use-medical-marijuana/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn White working-class men. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will tell you that I was a failed White working-class man 1964-1997 who was grossly overpaid.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/22/truth-about-white-working-class-men-jill-filipovic-column/99384206/
— Americans have an unhealthy obsession with pleasure spending – Peter Dunn   (DIERSEN: So far during your lifetime, what have you spend a) more money on than people who share you demographics and b) less money on than people who share you demographics.  I have spend more money on new cars, college expenses, real estate, collector cars, computers and internet access, insurance, newspapers, magazines, professional association memberships, and professional subscriptions.  I have spent less money on immediate pleasures.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170328/281921657880778

 

DAILY BEAST
— GAO to Review Mar-a-Lago Trips, Trump’s Hotel Profits (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/03/27/government-watchdog-to-review-mar-a-lago-trips-trump-s-hotel-profits.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanctuary City Mayors Vow to Protect Immigrants  Leaders across the country speak out after Trump administration says it will cut Justice Department funds to cities that shelter illegal immigrants – ALEJANDRO LAZO and SHIBANI MAHTANI  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctuary-city-mayors-vow-to-protect-immigrants-1490665641
— Sanctuary Cities to Be Barred From Justice Department Funds, Sessions Says  States, counties and cities that shelter illegal immigrants won’t get justice grants – LAURA MECKLER (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctuary-cities-to-be-barred-from-justice-department-funds-sessions-says-1490637493
— Mexico Autos Output Soars as Trump Administration Settles In  Mexico gains considerable regional share as production in the U.S. and Canada sags – JOHN D. STOLL  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps, that is, anti-Americans, are overjoyed about this.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-gains-share-of-north-american-light-vehicle-production-1490620336
— America Is Ill-Prepared to Counter Russia’s Information Warfare  Propaganda is nothing new. But Moscow is frighteningly effective—and worse is on the way. – Mike Rogers  (DIERSEN: Russians have a much higher opinion of members of the following groups than Democrats and RINOs do: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-is-ill-prepared-to-counter-russias-information-warfare-1490655558
— So Much for Donald Mussolini  Remember when Trump was going to roll over U.S. checks and balances? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/so-much-for-donald-mussolini-1490653551
— The GOP Entitlement Caucus  The Freedom Caucus wastes the best shot at fiscal restraint in years. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gop-entitlement-caucus-1490653793
— Pay for Slay in Palestine  U.S. aid becomes a transfer payment for terrorists. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pay-for-slay-in-palestine-1490653597
— HAREDCOPY ARTICE TITLE: Colleges Offer a Degree – and a Guarantee  Some colleges pledge to help students repay their loans if they earn below a set amount – Douglas Belkin  (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, how much did you earn after you earned your bachelor’s degree?  I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21.  In today’s dollars, I earned $44,853 when I was 23, $54,864 when I was 24, $66,379 when I was 25, $79,563 when I was 26, $90,173 when I was 30, $71,326 when I was 31, $94,610 when I was 38, and $122,991 when I was 49.  I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-colleges-step-up-to-ease-students-debt-burden-1490653047

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Can’t Govern Because He Can’t Build Trust.”  What can people trust you to do? They can trust me a) to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, b) to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email every morning and every evening, c) to carry out my duties as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-27/trump-can-t-govern-because-he-can-t-build-trust

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Will ‘acceptable failure’ be acceptable in Trump administration? – Carten Cordell (DIERSEN: For almost 18 years 1980-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors failed to get rid me. For almost 9 years 1971-1980, my Democrat IRS superiors failed to get rid me. For almost 3 years 1966-1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors failed to get rid me.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/will-acceptable-failure-be-acceptable-in-trump-administration

March 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ILLINOIS CONSIDERS LEGALIZING MARIJUANA FOR A FISCAL BOOST – AP  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois. If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-considers-legalizing-marijuana-for-a-fiscal-boost/1819442/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois considers legalizing marijuana for fiscal boost – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois. If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/244040296-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Will Illinois go for fiscal high by legalizing marijuana? – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois. If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/will-illinois-go-for-fiscal-high-by-legalizing-marijuana/
— Lean times for lawmakers come to an end with paycheck ruling – Andy Grimm  (DIERSEN: When has your income dropped and by how much in today’s dollars?  In 1997, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $72,135 (59%), from $122,991 down to $50,856, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  In 1980, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $18,847 (21%), from $90,173 down to $71,326, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lean-times-for-lawmakers-come-to-an-end-with-paycheck-ruling/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jaime Andrade planned to be a full-time lawmaker when he was appointed to his seat in 2013, but legislating has not exactly provided a reliable paycheck. . .His solution to that cash crunch?. . .“I started driving Uber in June,” Andrade said. . . .He also enrolled in graduate courses at DePaul University (he’s pursuing a master’s degree in accounting) and took out student loans to help cover his living expenses. And he borrowed from his campaign fund to pay for hotels while in the capital, which is allowed under state law.)
— Trump calls on Chicago FOP chief to talk gun violence – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-trump-calls-on-chicago-fop-chief-to-talk-gun-violence/
— Students languish amid grandstanding at Chicago State University – Laura Washington
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/students-languish-amid-grandstanding-at-chicago-state-university/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump twists crime numbers to demonize immigrants.” Democrat and RINO politicians a) profusely glorify and profusely praise immigrants and b) put tremendous pressure on law enforcement to underreport crimes committed by immigrants.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-trump-twists-crime-numbers-to-demonize-immigrants/
— Trump attacks conservative lawmakers over health bill – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-attacks-conservative-lawmakers-over-health-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Indiana woman thought Trump would deport ‘bad hombres.’ Instead, he’s deporting her law-abiding husband. – Peter Holley  (DIERSEN: By definition, if you are in America illegally, you are not law-abiding.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-deportation-indiana-husband-20170326-story.html
— Moving on: Who’ll fix Obamacare now? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Will Illinois Democrats nominate Chance the Rapper to fix Obamacare?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-obamacare-trump-ryan-health-care-edit-0327-20170326-story.html
— Trump is giving a lot of mixed messages about whom to blame on health care – Amber Phillips  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-health-care-analysis-20170326-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-indivisible-trump-resistance-20170326-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Sessions’ ‘lie’ doesn’t meet definition – George Kocan
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170326/discuss/170329218/

 

WGN RADIO
— The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 3/26/17 – JASMINE COOPER  (DIERSEN: The mayor of Wheaton relies on anonymous sources to justify his insulting me in public. How many libelous statements about me did those anonymous activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. include in their emails to him?  How much religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do these anonymous sources have in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois?)
http://wgnradio.com/2017/03/26/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-32617/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tribune reporter Bill Ruthhart joins the show. Bill and last week’s guest Hal Dardick did a great job reading through Mayor Emanuel’s private emails to uncover questionable lobbying efforts. Bill will talk about the process of uncovering Emanuel’s emails and more.)

 

WSIL TV
— Blaming conservatives, Trump signals new openness to Democrats – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34999994/trump-attacks-conservative-lawmakers-over-health-bill

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— SENATORS SEEK VISITOR LOGS FROM WHITE HOUSE, MAR-A-LAGO – AP  (DIERSEN: Who are your critics/opponents?  Have you considered getting their visitor logs?)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170325/AP/303259870

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: As everyone knows full-well, “Welcoming City” is code for “Anti-Trump City” and/or “Anti-Protestant City” and/or “Anti-Conservative City” and/or “Anti-Republican City” and/or “Anti-American City” and/or “Anti-White People City” and/or “Anti-Male City” and/or “Anti-Older People City” and/or “Anti-Rich People City” and/or “Anti-Gun Owner City” and/or “Anti-German American City” and/or “Anti-Draft Avoider (except Bill Clinton) City” and/or “Anti-Those Whose Ancestors Have Been In America For A Long Time City.”
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-26/c-us-message-youre-welcome-here.html

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Algonquin Township’s Miller contributed $102K to pension, could collect more than $3 million  (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is far less generous than Miller’s IMRF pension. Nevertheless, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn me and my CSRS pension.)
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511097265-algonquin-township-s-miller-contributed-102k-to-pension-could-collect-more-than-3-million

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
– Conflict of Interest for District 58 School Board Candidate?  Susan Helsdon hopes her background as teachers’ union president won’t get in the way of her campaign for Downers Grove school board. – Lisa Marie Farver  (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office as a Republican, what is in your background that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use against you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and that I am a Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.  They would stress that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and a union member for almost 12 of those years, that I have been a federal retiree for more that 19 years, that I own America-nameplate cars, that I am childless, and that I am pet-less.)
http://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/conflict-interest-district-58-school-board-candidate

 

DAILY CALLER
— Health Policy Expert: What Went Wrong With Ryancare? Conservatives Were Never Really Welcomed To Weigh In – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/25/health-policy-expert-what-went-wrong-with-ryancare-conservatives-were-never-really-welcomed-to-weigh-in-video/
— Trump Tells Americans To Watch Show That Demands Ryan Step Down – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/25/trump-tells-americans-to-watch-show-that-demands-ryan-step-down/

 

THE HILL
— Ill. gov candidate Daniel Biss runs as fresh face, despite ties to political machine – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/325735-ill-gov-candidate-runs-as-fresh-face-despite-ties-to-political-machine

 

CBS NEWS
— Reince Priebus says it may be time to get Democrats “on board” (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/reince-priebus-democrats-on-board/

 

CNBC
— Trump lashes out at conservatives for health care bill’s failure as GOP infighting grows – Javier E. David  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/26/obamacare-replacement-trump-lashes-out-at-conservatives-for-failure.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump vs. Congress: Now What?  After the president suffered his first defeat on Capitol Hill, can the White House still make good on its legislative promises? He rails against G.O.P. lawmakers, but President Trump needs them to save his agenda. An inside look at a White House in turmoil. – ROBERT DRAPER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/magazine/trump-vs-congress-now-what.html?emc=edit_ta_20170326&nl=top-stories&nlid=5208581&ref=headline

 

NEW YORK POST
— Stressed workers seek relief with drugs and alcohol – John Aidan Byrne  (DIERSEN: To get rid of me, while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to cause me stress. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/26/stressed-workers-seek-relief-with-drugs-and-alcohol/

 

PHILLY
— Philly cancels Cinco de Mayo over ICE fears – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2017/03/26/philly-cancels-cinco-de-mayo-over-ice-fears

 

PRESS TV
— Priebus relays Trump’s ‘warning’ to Republicans to follow suit  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the “warnings” that I have received to “follow suit.”  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/03/26/515707/Trump-warns-Republicans-not-to-defy-him-Reince-Priebus

March 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Supporter’s Husband Faces Deportation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/24/trump-supporters-husband-faces-deportation/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 18 Chicago city workers topped $100K in OT in 2016 – Fran Spielman and Mick Dumke
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs-18-chicago-city-workers-topped-100k-in-ot-in-2016/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-seniors-safety-shouldnt-depend-on-state-paying-its-bills/
— Security, parking, garbage irk Ivanka Trump’s DC neighbors – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/security-parking-garbage-irk-ivanka-trumps-dc-neighbors/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach – Cindy Carcamo and Ben Brazil
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-me-trump-rally-20170325-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Violence erupted at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach on Saturday when an anti-Trump protester allegedly doused the female organizer of the event with pepper spray and was immediately set upon by a group of Trump supporters. After spraying the march organizer, the man, wearing a black mask, was tackled by a group of flag-waving Trump supporters, who started punching and kicking him, according to witnesses at the scene.)
— Former Evanston city worker alleges millions in undeposited cash, checks – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-whistle-blower-tl-0330-20170324-story.html
— Will you have enough? Only 18% very confident about their retirement savings – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: Are the operatives and the dupes who work for your critics/opponents “confident about their retirement savings?”  All the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents appear to have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. They talk and act like they will do just about anything for money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-retirement-savings-worry-study-marksjarvis-0326-biz-20170324-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-biss-democrats-governor-income-tax-zorne-perspec-0326-jm-20170324-column.html
— Yes, Illinois has a budget problem, but legalizing marijuana won’t fix it – Stephen Petersen, Downers Grove
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-yes-illinois-has-a-budget-problem-but-legalizing-marijuana-won-t-fix-it-20170324-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER:  Do state Sen. Heather Steans and state Rep. Kelly Cassidy have no shame? The thought of legalizing marijuana for the purpose of raising revenue from the manufacture and sale of marijuana is yet one more example of stealing from the futures of our children to pay for lawmakers’ pet projects today. I have two children in high school and one in middle school. They are good kids, get good grades, and are active in scouts and the community. I hear stories from them of what some of the other students are up to at Downers Grove North. I read about the heroin epidemic and grieve for the families that have recently lost children. My children tell me they just say no, and I believe them. But I also know what I was up to when I was in high school, and there but by the grace of God go I. I know that Illinois has a budget problem and have been told by Democrats for many years that there is literally nowhere to cut. I have also seen with my own eyes much of the graft in city and state contracting. The Democrats’ positioning is that there are no options but to raise taxes. These lawmakers want to raise taxes through drug use, and I find that despicable. For whatever reason, there has been no grand bargain on expanded gambling for expanded revenue, and that’s got to hurt. Prostitution is still illegal in Illinois, however not rare. My heart goes out to the young ladies and their families whose revenue potentials will be eyed next. Democratic leadership has already spent more money for today than our kids and grandkids could possibly pay back in their lifetimes, so that must make the politicians proud. Their idea of promoting and taxing drug use is a good one to keep money flowing in, but bodes poorly for future generations. By the time the bill comes due these two legislators will be living on their fat, taxpayer-provided pensions, so what do they care? What if there are no public taxpayers left in Illinois to pay it? Steans and Cassidy must think carefully about what they’re doing. And in the meantime, try not to string out the kids for their comfort.)
— Group disappointed to have no ‘impact’ on Roskam’s health care views – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-roskam-meeting-constituents-health-care-st-0326-20170325-story.html
— Schneider credits public engagement for Trumpcare defeat – Luke Hammill  (DIERSEN: What do you say “Republicans” who paint themselves as being anti-Trump?  Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-brad-schneider-grayslake-event-st-0327-20170325-story.html
— New Naperville policy forces Day of Prayer event out of council chambers – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-national-day-of-prayer-st-0326-20170325-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Indoor shooting range, gun store planned for Naperville site – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-shooting-range-gunshop-st-0326-20170324-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— The Mendoza line on legislators pay – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170325/discuss/170329166/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What if money, name and connections aren’t enough to take on Rauner? – RICH MILLER  (DIERSEN: Will the anti-Rauners engage in negative campaigning?  I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who since 2000 have worked harder against me than they have ever worked against any Democrat.  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/ISSUE01/170329890/what-if-money-name-and-connections-arent-enough-to-take-on-rauner
— Illinois’ stack of unpaid medical bills now reaches $3.5 billion – BRIGID SWEENEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/NEWS03/170329904/illinois-unpaid-medical-bills-reach-3-5-billion

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Emboldened Democrats look ahead to next fight – ASHLEY KILLOUGH  (DIERSEN: How hard are anti-Trumps working in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/emboldened-democrats-look-ahead-to-next-fight/680602551

 

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING: Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against pot crackdown – AP  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you are NOT a Republican. If you got elected to or appointed to a government or to a political position as a Republican, and you promote pot, you should immediately resign so that you can be replaced with a Republican.  If you promote pot, you are a Democrat, a Libertarian, or a Green.  You are anti-Republican, anti-conservative, anti-religious, and anti-American.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34995922/colorado-weighs-strategy-for-guarding-against-pot-crackdown
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Colorado is considering an unusual strategy to protect its nascent marijuana industry from a potential federal crackdown, even at the expense of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax collections. A bill pending in the Legislature would allow pot growers and retailers to reclassify their recreational pot as medical pot if a change in federal law or enforcement occurs. It’s the boldest attempt yet by a U.S. marijuana state to avoid federal intervention in its weed market. The bill would allow Colorado’s 500 or so licensed recreational pot growers to instantly reclassify their weed. A switch would cost the state more than $100 million a year because Colorado taxes medical pot much more lightly than recreational weed – 2.9 percent versus 17.9 percent. The measure says licensed growers could immediately become medical licensees “based on a business need due to a change in local, state or federal law or enforcement policy.” The change wouldn’t take recreational marijuana off the books, but it wouldn’t entirely safeguard it either. What it could do is help growers protect their inventory in case federal authorities start seizing recreational pot. The provision is getting a lot of attention in the marijuana industry following recent comments from members of President Donald Trump’s administration. White House spokesman Sean Spicer has said there’s a “big difference” between medical and recreational pot. Sponsors of the bill call it a possible exit strategy for the new pot industry. It’s hard to say how many businesses would be affected, or if medical pot would flood the market, because some businesses hold licenses to both grow and sell marijuana in Colorado. The state had about 827,000 marijuana plants growing in the retail system in June, the latest available data. More than half were for the recreational market. “If there is a change in federal law, then I think all of our businesses want to stay in business somehow. They’ve made major investments,” said Sen. Tim Neville, a suburban Denver Republican who sponsored the bill. If federal authorities start seizing recreational pot, Colorado’s recreational marijuana entrepreneurs “need to be able to convert that product into the medical side so they can sell it,” Neville said. His bill passed a committee in the Republican Senate 4-1 last week.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Senators seek visitor logs from White House, Mar-a-Lago – AP  (DIERSEN: I should the seek the visitor logs for all those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work the hardest against me.  They talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new car, a new home, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Just kidding, but not completely.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/senators-seek-visitor-logs-from-white-house-mar-a-lago/article_a2fc2615-9860-5dfa-a803-dbc3d64131d3.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Lawmakers Relieved to Know They Will Get Paychecks – TONY ARNOLD  (DIERSEN: When has your income dropped and by how much in today’s dollars?  In 1997, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $72,135 (59%), from $122,991 down to $50,856, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  In 1980, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $18,847 (21%), from $90,173 down to $71,326, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/lawmakers-relieved-know-they-will-get-paychecks#stream/0

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Elgin incumbent decries new teachers’ contract – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511092730-elgin-incumbent-decries-new-teachers-contract

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Anti-abortion group voices outrage over House bill – Glenn Minnis
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511093696-anti-abortion-group-voices-outrage-over-house-bill

 

NAPERVILLE CITY COUNCIL WATCHDOG
— National Guard Not Needed In Downtown Naperville
http://citycouncilwatchdog.com/category/naperville-city-council

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Iroquois County Board Member threatens Watchdog with violence – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/03/video-iroquois-county-board-member-threatens-watchdog-with-violence/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— POLL RESULTS SHOW ONLY 1/3 OF ILLINOISANS SAY THEY’VE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE BUDGET IMPASSE – Hilary Gowins  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes depend on the State of Illinois for income and/or for assistance of some kind. They despise if not hate federal employees and federal retirees.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/poll-results-show-only-13-of-illinoisans-say-theyve-been-affected-by-the-budget-impasse/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WEYERMULLER FILES ELECTION BOARD COMPLAINT AGAINST “WILMETTE FRIENDS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/weyermuller-files-election-board-complaint-against-wilmette-friends.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP cave on Obamacare repeal is the biggest broken promise in political history – PHILIP KLEIN
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-cave-on-obamacare-repeal-is-the-biggest-broken-promise-in-political-history/article/2618413

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— De Blasio blames ‘dynamic of hatred’ created by Trump for racist murder – Rick Moran  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled anti-Trumps promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.  For their self-defense, how soon will Trump supporters buy more firearms and more ammunition?)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/03/de_blasio_blames_dynamic_of_hatred_created_by_trump_for_racist_murder.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Are We the Next Europe? – Pam Jablonski
https://townhall.com/notebook/pamjablonski/2017/03/25/are-we-the-next-europe-n2303462

 

BLAZE
— Trump was misled by Paul Ryan on health care bill, says Newt Gingrich – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/25/trump-was-misled-by-paul-ryan-on-health-care-bill-says-newt-gingrich/

 

DAILY WIRE
— At What Age Do Millennials Consider Themselves Adults? The Answer Will Stun You. – AARON BANDLER  (DIERSEN: At what age were you an adult, that is, at what age did you start paying all your own bills?  For me, it was age 21 in 1970, when I started working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights.  I paid not only all my own bills, I helped pay my mother’s and brother’s bills. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969 and I had applied for and I eventually got a financial hardship draft deferment.  I was able to buy a new town home in University Park when I was 24 in 1972.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14747/what-age-do-millennials-consider-themselves-adults-aaron-bandler
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new report has found that millennials don’t consider themselves adults until they reach the age of 30. Yes, you read that correctly. According to The Wrap, research compiled by David Poltrack, CBS’ chief research officer and their ratings expert, as well as Nielsen Catalina Solutions, found that millennials consider themselves adults at age 30 because that’s when they typically are completely responsible for themselves – they no longer reside with their parents and pay entirely for their own bills.)
— ‘Dear White People’ Posters Appear on Campus Ripping White Students – ELLIOTT HAMILTON  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps are anti-White.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14764/dear-white-people-posters-appear-campus-ripping-elliott-hamilton
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the signs, which were shared exclusively with Campus Reform, contained racially-charged language that peddled prejudiced and racist views toward white people. For example, one sign read, “Dear white people, there is no such thing as being ‘colorblind.’ You are perpetuating racism and white supremacy.” Another sign read, “Dear white people, black people can’t be racist. Prejudice, yes, but not racist. Racism describes a system of disadvantage based on race. Black people can’t be racist since we don’t stand to benefit from such a system.” Another sign peddled white stereotypes while insinuating all white people place black people in a box: “Dear white people, are you tired of your hum drum, Wonderbread existence of accidental racism and wishing you could sip on Henny out yo crunk cup without a bitch giving you the side-eye? Course you are.”)

 

THE HILL
— For Democrats, no clear leader – JONATHAN EASLEY  (DIERSEN: Who leads conservatives in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  What have they done during the last week, month, and year that shows their opposition to promotion of dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, further erosion of the First and Second Amendments, etc.?)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/324903-for-democrats-no-clear-leader

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Becomes Ensnared in Fiery G.O.P. Civil War – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN  (DIERSEN: I am on the losing side of that civil war.  I am on the side that supports the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Party Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  The other side talks, writes, and acts like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs who are hell bent on destroying the Republican party in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/politics/trump-health-care-defeat-gop-civil-war.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Ivanka Trump’s Secret Service detail roiling her D.C. neighbors – Paul Schwartzman and Peter Jamison
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/ivanka-trumps-secret-service-detail-roiling-her-dc-neighbors/2017/03/24/6a1860a2-1018-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html

March 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner not a fan of legalizing marijuana – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-chicago-city-council-member-calls-colleague-chump-alderman-takes-it-back-20170323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Responding to recently introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana in Illinois, Gov. Bruce Rauner had a less than enthusiastic response but said he’d be willing to study it. “I’m not a believer that legalizing more drugs will help our society so I’m not philosophically enthusiastic about it, but I’m also open to what actually works to make life better to people,” Rauner told the “Roe Conn Show” on WGN-AM 720 on Thursday. “I’m hearing some pretty bad stories. Now, I haven’t studied it. I think we should do a thoughtful analysis of what’s happening in these other states. I’m hearing a lot of trouble,” he said. “My friends in Colorado have told me some pretty terrible things about addiction problems and behavior problems, etc. over there in Denver.” To sum it up, Rauner said, “I just believe we’re conducting a massive human experiment as we legalize these drugs.”  One Democrat running for the right to take on Rauner next year endorsed the legislation. “Legalizing recreational marijuana is a social justice issue,” said Ald. Ameya Pawar in a statement. “It will reduce the amount we spend as a society arresting and jailing people for low-level nonviolent offenses, when our criminal justice system should be focused on reducing violence,” he said.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with big color pictures unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps treasonously glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigrants-mchenry-detention-center-met-20170323-story.html
— Health care workers protest efforts to overhaul Obamacare – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-health-care-rally-met-20170323-story.html
— Can budget deal ever get done with Rauner, Madigan at the table? – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-speaker-madigan-illinois-budget-met-20170324-story.html
— American democracy: Not so decadent after all – Charles Krauthammer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-health-care-congress-immigration-krauthammer-perspec-0324-20170323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The media. Trump is right. It is the opposition party. Indeed, furiously so, often indulging in appalling overkill. It’s sometimes embarrassing to read the front pages of the major newspapers, festooned as they are with anti-Trump editorializing masquerading as news. Nonetheless, if you take the view from 30,000 feet, better this than a press acquiescing on bended knee, where it spent most of the Obama years in a slavish Pravda-like thrall. Every democracy needs an opposition press. We damn well have one now. Taken together — and suspending judgment on which side is right on any particular issue — it is deeply encouraging that the sinews of institutional resistance to a potentially threatening executive remain quite resilient. James Madison’s genius was to understand that the best bulwark against tyranny was not virtue — virtue helps, but should never be relied upon — but ambition counteracting ambition, faction counteracting faction. You see it even in the confirmation process for Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s supremely qualified and measured Supreme Court nominee. He’s a slam dunk, yet some factions have scraped together a campaign to block him. Their ads are plaintive and pathetic. Yet I find them warmly reassuring. What a country — where even the vacuous have a voice. The anti-Trump opposition flatters itself as “the resistance.” As if this is Vichy France. It’s not. It’s 21st century America. And the good news is that the checks and balances are working just fine.)
— Study finds white working class increasingly dying ‘deaths of despair’ – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are ant-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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TO DIE A DEATH OF DISPAIR.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-white-working-class-deaths-of-despair-20170324-story.html
— With the help of the interior secretary, Washington steps in it again – John Kass  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What do you say to those who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn those who do not own dogs?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-interior-department-dog-days-kass-0324-20170323-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Donald Trump: Touts how health bill defunds Planned Parenthood – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-touts-how-health-bill-defunds-planned-parenthood/
— Chicagoans take triple hit on old Wrigley factory -Tim Novak
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/the-watchdogs-chicagoans-take-triple-hit-on-old-wrigley-factory/amp/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Budget, property taxes key issues in calm COD board race – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/170329421/
— Worried about getting old? Poll sees optimism grow with age – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/303229915/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170324/discuss/170329426/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why I broke up with Facebook – Justin Massa  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Groupings could include past and present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders, c) Illinois Republican Party leaders, d) City of Wheaton leaders and employees, e) Milton Township leaders and employees, f) State of Illinois leaders and employees, g) activists, h) major donors, and i) political consultants.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/OPINION/170329955

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Thumbs Down: To the never-ending Mendoza-Rauner blame game – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What do say to those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170323/thumbs-down-to-never-ending-mendoza-rauner-blame-game

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Thousands of Trump University students want their money back  3,700 file claims on Trump’s lawsuit settlement  (DIERSEN: Should I ask for my money back from IIT, DePaul, Loyola, and NIU?  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had a very opinion of my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, my 1976 MBA from Loyola, and my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. They stressed that none of the aforesaid universities were Ivy League.  In addition, they had a very low opinion of my 1997 Forsenic Accountant certification, my 1996 Financial Services Auditor certification, my 1994 Government Financial Manager certification, my 1990 Fraud Examiner certification, my 1981 CPA license, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor certification, and my 1979 CPA certification.  They would not have had such low opinions if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/thousands-of-trump-university-students-want-their-money-back/679835423

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Who Should Make Cuts? – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: In the federal government, when cuts have to be made, employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran are cut.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=239765#.WNUCzRHxZZI

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— Rauner speaks at Logan County Republican Party’s 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner – Jessica Lema  (DIERSEN: How successful was your Republican county party organization’s 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner?)
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20170323/rauner-speaks-at-logan-county-republican-partys-2017-lincoln-day-dinner

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Local Students Speak Out About Trump Administration – Esther Kwon
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/local-students-speak-out-about-trump-administration

 

STATE LINE
— Rick Perry: Texas A&M’s student body election was ‘stolen’  Lead vote getter was disqualified – EMANUELLA GRINBERG AND TONY MARCO
http://www.mystateline.com/news/national/rick-perry-texas-am-election-stolen/679609673

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: Democrats say they want to see department cuts only to criticize them – Greg Bishop and Dan McCaleb  (DIERSEN: In the federal government, when cuts have to be made, employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran are cut.)
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-democrats-say-they-want-to-see-department-cuts-only/article_fad6ed8e-0fe1-11e7-9c8e-9f3072b92cd1.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— EACH ILLINOIS HOUSEHOLD ON THE HOOK FOR $56K IN GOVERNMENT-WORKER RETIREMENT DEBT – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/each-illinois-household-on-the-hook-for-56k-in-government-worker-retirement-debt/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner says his Colorado friends are telling him “pretty terrible things” about legal weed
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/24/rauner-says-his-colorado-friends-are-telling-him-pretty-terrible-things-about-legal-weed/
— Leader Radogno: “No Governor’s spokesman, even Goldberg speaks for the Senate caucus”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/24/leader-radogno-no-governors-spokesman-even-goldberg-speaks-for-the-senate-caucus/

 

GOPUSA
— Girl Gets Savagely Assaulted; School District Concerned about Backlash Against Attackers and Other Illegals  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ever-increasingly put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22261
— Ramming with vehicles marks the new, go-to method of choice of today’s terrorists
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22244

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ryan unmasks himself as biggest threat to GOP, Trump presidency – Ralph Z. Hallow
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/23/paul-ryan-unmasks-himself-biggest-threat-gop-trump/

 

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
—  IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WON’T COME; AFTER ILLEGAL ALIENS ALLEGEDLY COMMIT BRUTAL CRIME, MARYLAND LAWMAKERS CONSIDER SANCTUARY; MALIBU GIVES SANCTUARY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS (JUST AS LONG AS THEY DON’T TRY TO USE THE BEACH); JUDICIARY WAGES WAR ON TRUMP, JEOPARDIZES NATIONAL SECURITY; NORTH CAROLINA COMMITTEE PASSES ANTI-SANCTUARY ENFORCEMENT BILL
http://view.fairmail.fairus.org/

 

THE HILL
— Your pension could be at the center of America’s next financial crisis – JEFF REEVES
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/325564-the-pension-crisis-will-be-americas-next-financial-crisis

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Natasha Korecki reports on what Rich Miller has behind his $500/year paywall at
https://capitolfax.com/.  Dave Diersen does not have any paywalls at https://gopillinois.com.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes. One could argue that Miller should publish the identities of all his $500 paywall subscribers.  No one pays me for what I do for your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.  No one calls my tunes.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/03/politico-illinois-playbook-lawmakers-paid-as-state-bleeds-16-shots-16-counts-health-care-vote-local-impact-219394

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— SUPREME COURT BOLSTERS RIGHTS OF LEARNING-DISABLED STUDENTS – AP
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2017/03/23/supreme-court-learning-disabled-students/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/election-fraud-voter-ids.html
— Politicians who aren’t real leaders, but play leaders on TV – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: In Illinois, you should not seek or hold a government or a political office as a Republican if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
— Rep. Nunes Is a Lapdog in a Watchdog Role – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have always wanted GAO to be a lapdog instead of a watchdog.  Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/opinion/rep-nunes-is-a-lapdog-in-a-watchdog-role.html
— Americans Agree on Paid Family Leave, but Not on Who Should Pay – Claire Cain Miller  (DIERSEN: Those pay the “marriage penalty” pay for paid family leave and for many other such benefits.  My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978.  Virtually none of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes have ever paid one penny of marriage penalty.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/upshot/americans-agree-on-paid-leave-but-not-on-who-should-pay.html
— The Trump Elite. Like the Old Elite, but Worse! – David Brooks  (DIERSEN: Who are the elites in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who do they glorify and praise and why and who do they demonize, denigrate, and condemn and why?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/the-trump-elite-like-the-old-elite-but-worse.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Schumer Says He Will Lead Filibuster Of Gorsuch Nomination – Robert Barnes, Ed O’Keefe and Ann E. Marimow  (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in harming you in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  I should write a book about those who have taken the lead in harming me in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-to-focus-today-on-testimony-from-friends-foes/2017/03/23/14d21116-0fc7-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF CHAO: Elaine Chao understands ‘being on the outside.’ Why that helps her connect with Trump – Susan Page (DIERSEN: Far too many who want to be on the inside glorify and praise, pander to, serve as an operative for, serve as a dupe for, and/or give money to those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/23/exclusive-transportation-secretary-elaine-chao-uses-past-connect-outsider-president/99447410/

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— What It’s Like When Your Federal Agency Disappears  The latest White House budget calls for the elimination of 19 small federal agencies. Pacific Standard talks to a researcher who lived through that with his own office on the Hill, 28 years ago. – Francie Diep  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about how that agency has virtually disappeared.)
https://psmag.com/what-its-like-when-your-federal-agency-disappears-2c66a95749e8#.9sq7rt7f8

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hawaii Republicans, Down to Five Members in the State Legislature, Try to Regroup  Former Hawaii house minority leader Beth Fukumoto’s decision to join the Democratic Party prompts state GOP officials to re-examine priorities – IAN LOVETT  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, you should not seek or hold a government or a political office as a Republican if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hawaii-republicans-down-to-five-members-in-the-state-legislature-try-to-regroup-hawaii-republicans-down-to-five-members-in-the-state-legislature-try-to-regroup-1490287409
— States Move to Strengthen Laws in Response to Rise in Hate Crimes – JOSEPH DE AVILA and JON KAMP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn members of the following groups as being haters who should be gotten rid of: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-move-to-strengthen-laws-in-response-to-rise-in-hate-crimes-1490301718
— A Seminary Snubs a Presbyterian Pastor  Princeton rescinds an honor to Tim Keller over his traditional theological views. – CASE THORP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, religions act as arms of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-seminary-snubs-a-presbyterian-pastor-1490309996
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This unfortunate outcome was not surprising to anyone who has watched seminaries throughout the country embrace and elevate radical “identity theology.” Identity politics have been dividing Americans for decades. Now identity theologies are splitting Christian denominations, colleges and seminaries in similar fashion. Entire theologies have developed from one’s self-orientation in an attempt to denounce patriarchy, sexism, racism and homophobia. Feminist theology and black-liberation theology produced womanist theology. Now queer theology asks, in the words of Marcella Althaus-Reid, “What can sexual stories from fetishism and sadomasochism tell us about our relationship with God, Jesus and Mary?”)
— Amazon Defeats IRS in Tax-Court Case – RICHARD RUBIN and  LAURA STEVENS  (DIERSEN: I won a split-decision against IRS in Tax Court in 1978 when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-defeats-irs-in-tax-court-case-1490298524
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Are you a glaring counter-example?  I am.  Anti-Trumps justify their call for illegal immigration and for mass immigration by shouting that citizens of America will not take bad jobs. I am a glaring counter-example.  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fewer-immigrants-higher-prices-lower-profits-1490279355
— Cash Handouts for Everyone  Support for a universal income comes from technophiles like Elon Musk, libertarians like Charles Murray and labor leader Andy Stern. Marc Levinson reviews “Basic Income” by Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght. – MARC LEVINSON  (DIERSEN: If America offered universal income, at what level of that income would you stop working – $20,000/year, $30,000/year, $40,000/year, $50,000/year, $60,000/year, $70,000/year, $80,000/year, $90,000/year, $100,000+/year?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cash-handouts-for-everyone-1490309807

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Wall Is 30 Feet of Scary Politics for Builders – Thomas Black  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose the wall?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-24/trump-s-wall-is-30-feet-of-political-trouble-for-edgy-companies

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Ivanka Trump: A White House force, just not an ’employee’ – JULIE BYKOWICZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress I was just a low level federal employee for almost 30 years.  They stress that the federal government never paid me more than $122,991 in today’s dollars and they shout that I was overpaid.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/government-news/2017/03/ivanka-trump-a-white-house-force-just-not-an-employee/

 

SALON
— The Breitbart fear: Federal employees are scared they’ll be targeted by conservative media  Executive branch staffers right-wing hit jobs will cost them their careers – MATTHEW ROZSA
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/23/the-breitbart-fear-federal-employees-are-scared-theyll-be-targeted-by-conservative-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has already left the State Department in chaos with his massive layoffs and marginalization of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Now it appears that, because of Trump’s past habit of getting his information from right-wing news outlets, many government staffers across the executive branch are afraid that conservative media hit pieces against them will cost them their careers. The belief that executive branch staffers are insufficiently loyal to Trump and are secretly working to promote the policies of President Barack Obama has inspired a wave of attack articles from right-wing sites like Breitbart and the Conservative Review, according to Politico. Breitbart has even published a list of so-called “Obama loyalist bureaucrats” that it urged Trump to “either fire immediately or remove from their current positions.” Breitbart’s former CEO, Steve Bannon, is currently Trump’s chief strategist.)

March 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bills to legalize marijuana introduced in General Assembly – Sam Charles  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to MTRCC’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  For a sample of such a resolution, SEE:
http://archive.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/resolution-opposing-legalization-marijuana.pdf  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of Milton Township to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representative Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly and Nybo; Illinois Representatives Breen and Ives; DuPage County officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Redick, Ruscitti, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bills-to-legalize-marijuana-introduced-in-general-assembly/
— Girl who was gang raped on Facebook Live getting online threats – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/girl-who-was-gang-raped-on-facebook-live-getting-online-threats/
— Call for Vallas to lead CSU is divisive  The stereotype — that when things go wrong, a white person has to step in to fix it — persists because too often, black people are OK with letting white people come to their rescue. – Mary Mitchell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-call-for-vallas-to-lead-csu-is-divisive/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Of 10 largest metro areas in U.S., only Chicago’s loses residents  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/of-10-largest-metro-areas-in-u-s-only-chicagos-loses-residents/
— DIERSEN HEDLINE: S.E. Cupp demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/under-trump-is-the-very-idea-of-truth-going-extinct/
— The ‘unkindest cuts’ may actually be kind – John Stossel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-unkindest-cuts-may-actually-be-kind/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago area leads U.S. in population loss, sees drop for 2nd year in a row – Marwa Eltagouri and Grace Wong  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
— Number of shootings down, but gun violence more spread out in Aurora – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/crime/ct-abn-aurora-shootings-spread-2016-st-0306-20170321-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: When politicians take sanctuary in flouting laws they dislike- Victor Davis Hanson  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Democrats want to comply only with those laws that promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201703221030–tms–vdhansonctnvh-a20170323-20170323-column.html
— Islamic State claims responsibility for London car, knife attack that left four dead – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-uk-parliament-attack-20170323-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago metro area loses population for second year in a row – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/BLOGS02/170329938
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: The horrifying health stats on Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods – BRIGID SWEENEY (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/NEWS03/170329937

 

DAILY HERALD
— Surplus state, federal computers provided to needy families – AP (DIERSEN: Since the 1980s, I have spent lots of money on computers.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/303239975
— Subdivision plan would demolish historic building on Loretto Convent site – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/business/170329496/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Part time? Legislators say not – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170322/bernard-schoenburg-part-time-legislators-say-not

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 board candidates split in support of referendum – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/20/district-200-board-candidates-split-in-support-of-referendum/acyw76f/
— Wheaton gives developer green light to raze buildings on Loretto Convent property – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/21/wheaton-gives-developer-green-light-to-raze-buildings-on-loretto-convent-property/asxu5du/

 

NORTH COOK COUNTY
— “A lot of hootin’, yellin’ and screaming:” New Trier School Board member slams “White Privilege” seminar supporters’ behavior at Feb meeting
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511096624-a-lot-of-hootin-yellin-and-screaming-new-trier-school-board-member-slams-white-privilege-seminar-supporters-behavior-at-feb-meeting

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Did Rauner ‘Pull Votes’ Off The Grand Bargain? – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/did-rauner-pull-votes-grand-bargain#stream/0
— Illinois Issues: When Women Are Paid Less Then Men – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented the jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees mare than it paid me – females who had significantly less job-related work experience, job-related education, job-related professional certifications, and no professional license.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-when-women-are-paid-less-then-men#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A True Story About the Southern Poverty Law Center – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Southern Poverty Center. They stress that while I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, I always welcomed LaBarbera to speak at TAPROOT events.  They stress that I include in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails links to articles LaBarbera writes. They stress that I, like LaBarbera, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity. Again, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Southern Poverty Center.  Because I refuse to blacklist LaBarbera, they blacklist me.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/true-story-southern-poverty-law-center/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She told me that the only reason IFI had been included on the hate groups list was that in 2005, IFI’s former executive director Peter LaBarbera had posted a very short article by someone not affiliated with IFI (i.e., Paul Cameron) for which LaBarbera had written an even shorter introduction.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MAKING ILLINOIS A SHELTER STATE FOR ABORTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/making-illinois-a-shelter-state-for-abortion-video.html

 

GOPUSA
— A Nation of Law, Not Politics, with Gorsuch – Star Parker  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Democrats comply only with those laws that promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/a-nation-of-law-not-politics-with-gorsuch/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHAT TO DO ABOUT OBAMACARE AND THE UNINSURABLE? FREE MARKETS AND CHARITY! – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being undeservedly filthy rich, and that therefore, Republicans should pay for the uninsurable.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/what-to-do-about-obamacare-and-the-uninsurable-free-markets-and-charity/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Congress Can Make Regulators Accountable – HENRY I. MILLER & JEFF STIER  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians always held my superiors and my supervisors accountable a) for hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) for making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445992/regulatory-reform-congress-trump-priorities-food-drug-administration

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Obama Admin Loyalists, Government Insiders Sabotage Trump White House  Former admin planted series of landmines to subvert Trump team –  Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/politics/obama-admin-loyalists-government-insiders-sabotage-trump-white-house/
— Warren Angered that Cabinet Nominee Considers President His Boss – Bill McMorris  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the bosses that I had while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Some of them disapproved of the orders that they were given to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/warren-angered-trump-cabinet-nominee-considers-president-boss/

 

POLITICO
— Billionaire J.B. Pritzker running for Illinois governor passed bad check in 1986 – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1986?  I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/illinois-billionaire-j-b-pritzker-passed-bad-checks-236401

 

REUTERS
— Immigration provision cut from Obamacare rollback, angering conservatives – Julia Edwards Ainsley and Yasmeen Abutaleb
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-immigration-idUSKBN16S2RX

 

NEW YORK 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. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps formally declare war on America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/president-trumps-reckless-shame-game.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Gorsuch says he wouldn’t be swayed by Trump or his advisers – Mark Moore  (DIERSEN: Who are you swayed by?  Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are swayed by whoever has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/22/gorsuch-says-he-wouldnt-be-swayed-by-trump-or-his-advisers/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/immigrant-students-american-future-article-1.3005587

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Islamic State-linked news site Amaq carried a statement calling the attacker a “soldier” of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. –  Karla Adam and Brian Murphy  (DIERSEN: How soon will soldiers of the caliphate kill people in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britain-police-say-attacker-acted-alone-but-have-arrested-7-in-sweeps/2017/03/23/178100f4-0f98-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Sen. Al Franken brands Gorsuch a partisan and ‘absurd’ – Evan Halper  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes brand you as being?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress as negatively as they can that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, and that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (68), non-poor, a gun owner, 100% German American, a draft avoider, a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, a federal employee for almost 30 years, a federal retiree for over 19 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, and even worse things.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-al-franken-brands-gorsuch-a-partisan-1490130187-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— You’re more likely to trust news from a trusted Facebook friend – Mike Snider  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on making others distrust you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always focused on making everyone distrust me.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/03/21/study-sharer-digital-news-outweighs-news-source/99447836/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Death Rates Rise for Wide Swath of White Adults, Study Finds  Increases in ‘deaths of despair’—from drugs, alcohol-related liver diseases and suicide – Betsy McKay (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Whites are overjoyed about this.  What do you say to Whites who paint themselves as being anti-White?  They do it either because a) they want to curry favor with anti-Whites, b) they fear anti-Whites, and/or c) they are racists.  I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a racist because a) they want to curry favor with anti-Whites, b) they fear anti-Whites, and/or c) they are racists.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/death-rates-rise-for-wide-swath-of-white-adults-1490240740

 

FORBES
— Three Commandments for Online Activism – Laura Brickman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabrickman/2017/03/22/three-commandments-for-online-activism/#4a0f130f2f4d

March 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA FOR ADULTS  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/1813610/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago lawmakers introduce bills calling for marijuana legalization, taxation  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/243312958-story

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Lawmakers consider ending marijuana prohibition – Courtney Cruse  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to MTRCC’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of Milton Township to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representative Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly and Nybo; Illinois Representatives Breen and Ives; DuPage County officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Redick, Ruscitti, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34974887/illinois-lawmakers-consider-ending-marijuana-prohibition
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to regulate and tax legal marijuana use for adults. Legislation introduced in the House and Senate Wednesday would allow adults 21 and older to purchase marijuana legally from a business licensed by the state. The Senate bill, SB 316, is sponsored by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Heather Steans (D-Chicago), while the House version, HB 2353, was presented by Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago). “Marijuana prohibition is a quagmire that creates far more problems than it prevents,” Cassidy said. “Several states have adopted sensible alternatives to prohibition, and it is time for Illinois to develop its own exit strategy.” Each bill would make it legal to possess, grow, and purchase limited amounts of marijuana. The state would license and regulate businesses to cultivate, process, test, and sell marijuana to adults, and it would create and enforce strict health and safety regulations, such as testing and labeling requirements and restrictions on marketing. “Right now, all the money being spent on marijuana is going into the pockets of criminals and cartels,” Steans said. “In a regulated system, the money would go into the cash registers of licensed, taxpaying businesses. It would generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year in new revenue for our state.”  The bills propose taxing marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce at the wholesale level, and retail sales would be subject to the state’s standard 6.25% sales tax. Based on current usage rates and the market price of marijuana being sold for adults’ use in Colorado, the Marijuana Policy Project estimates regulated marijuana sales could generate between $349 million and $699 million per year in new revenue for Illinois.)

 

CBS2
— Bruce Rauner: Terror Attack In Illinois ‘Just A Matter Of Time’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/22/bruce-rauner-terror-attack-in-illinois-just-a-matter-of-time/

 

NBC5
— Trump to Deliver Commencement Address at Liberty University  President George H.W. Bush was the last president to deliver the Virginia-based university’s keynote address in 1990  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1990?  I worked for GAO on audits federal financial industry regulators.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-to-Deliver-Commencement-Address-at-Liberty-University-416825033.html
— Labor Nominee Says He Won’t Let Politics Influence Hiring  Senate Democrats want to know how he would enforce worker protections in an agency the president wants cut by 20 percent – Laurie Kellman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always promoted patronage and political affiliation discrimination. 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 d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/US-Labor-Nominee-Acosta-Says-Hell-Advocate-for-Workers-416810563.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers propose legalizing recreational marijuana – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-marijuana-legalization-proposal-met-20170322-story.html
— Most Illinois House Republicans follow party on health care – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-obamacare-repeal-met-0323-20170322-story.html
— GOP health care plan, facing conservative revolt, lacks the votes for House passage – Mike Debonis, Juliet Eilperin, David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-health-care-bill-house-20170322-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools chief fires back at Gov. Rauner – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-board-education-met-0323-20170323-story.html
— Aurora mayoral candidates announce more endorsements – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-endorse-st-0322-20170321-story.html
— Chicago lawyer fights Army veteran’s deportation order – Manya Brachear Pashman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-green-card-veteran-ruling-met-20170322-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Obamacare replacement bill could harm disabled Illinoisans.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-replacement-disabilities-0323-biz-20170322-story.html
— Neil Gorsuch earns his Supreme Court seat – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-neil-gorsuch-hearing-edit-0323-20170322-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP briefing leaves Trump ‘somewhat’ vindicated, Dems outraged – Julie Pace and Deb Riechmann
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-lawmaker-trump-communications-may-have-been-monitored/
—  Reince Priebus Getting Trumped? – Michael
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-getting-trumped/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren questions GOP health plan hours before crucial vote – Randall Hultgren
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329579/
— Endorsement: Yes to merge Lisle, Naperville township road districts
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/discuss/170329699/
— Rauner wants to replace prison guards in watchtowers with cameras – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329583/
— Police: Schaumburg man posted anti-Semitic fliers at University of Chicago – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170321/news/170329667/
— TRAGIC: Why video gambling will likely remain legal in St. Charles regardless of April election – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329627/
— IMRF: Simple resolution could end pensions for elected DuPage forest officials – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.  My knowing that I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329542/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forest preserve commissioners are paid $50,000 a year; the president is paid $75,000. The elected officials also are eligible to receive medical and dental insurance through the district. Commissioner Tim Whelan is questioning whether it’s a good idea to end the practice of offering pensions. He said the pension is an incentive for commissioners “to put in the time to benefit the taxpayers.” Whelan is one of five commissioners enrolled in IMRF. The others are Redick, Marsha Murphy, Linda Painter and Al Murphy. Redick, Painter and Marsha Murphy already are eligible for an IMRF pension — and will receive it regardless of whether the district does away with the perk. Whelan and Al Murphy are not yet vested.)
— District 200 asking voters for funds for improvements – Jeff Schuler  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that I should support the tax increase because I am UNDERSERVEDLY FILTHY RICH a) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health insurance subsidy are far too generous, b) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, f) because my parents had enough money to send me to a parochial grade school, g) because my ancestors have in America since the 1840s, h) because I was born a White male, i) because I do not give money to a church, j) because etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329606/
— Why two lines on Naperville property taxes will decrease – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329544/
— Ethics accusation in Geneva mayor race goes to court – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329532/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New shots at Ryancare from Hultgren, Rauner – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329948/gop-obamacare-replacement-takes-flak-from-hultgren-rauner
— Here’s what’s at stake for Chicago under Trump’s budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329959/heres-whats-at-stake-for-chicago-under-trumps-budget

 

WSIL TV
— Republicans rebelling against health care risk Trump’s wrath – AP  (DIERSEN: What have you rebelled against?  I have always rebelled against the promotion of dependency on government and on charity, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, erosion of the First and Second Amendments, and other bad things.  Consequently, I have always incurred the wrath of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote the aforesaid bad things.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34976205/republicans-rebelling-against-health-care-risk-trumps-wrath

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Frerichs Wants “Clarity” on Medical Marijuana from Trump Administration – JEFF BOSSERT
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/frerichs-wants-clarity-medical-marijuana-trump-administration#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump to deliver Liberty University commencement address  Trump spoke at university in January 2016 – DAN MERICA
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-to-deliver-liberty-university-commencement-address/678050703
— Anti-Trumps say “Grieving father: ‘I don’t play Trump songs anymore’  Man says he feels betrayed by new health care bill.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/weird/grieving-father-i-dont-play-trump-songs-anymore/677949436

 

CHICAGO READER
— Potheads rejoice: Illinois lawmakers move to legalize recreational weed – Lee V. Gaines  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like a) they smoke pot and/or b) they want to smoke pot legally.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/03/22/potheads-rejoice-illinois-lawmakers-move-to-legalize-recreational-weed

 

CHICAGOIST
— 8 Arrested At Downtown Protest Against Trump’s Proposed HUD Cuts
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/eight_arrested_at_downtown_protest.php#photo-1
— IL Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Legalize Marijuana Sales To Adults – STEPHEN GOSSETT  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/bills_to_legalize_marijuana.php

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Recent Votes at Naperville City Council Meeting
http://www.nctv17.com/recent-votes-at-naperville-city-council-meeting/
— District 203 Abates Tax Levy
http://www.nctv17.com/district-203-abates-tax-levy/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives honors hero to homeless veterans Robert Adams – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096601-ives-honors-hero-to-homeless-veterans

 

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— COD tuition freeze leaves room for anxiety – Lucas Koprowski
http://codcourier.org/5812/opinion/cod-tuition-freeze-leaves-room-for-anxiety/
— College of DuPage board of trustees places a freeze on tuition for the third straight year – Vandy Manyeh
http://codcourier.org/5805/news/college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-places-a-freeze-on-tuition-for-the-third-straight-year/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The yearn to return to 1950s-era culture – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they hate the 1950s and like they hate all those Whites and men like me who were alive during the 1950s.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/22/inside-the-beltway-the-yearn-to-return-to-1950s-er/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Admin Makes Fight Against Sanctuary Cities Personal, Releases List ‘Naming and Shaming’ Them – PARKER LEE
http://ijr.com/2017/03/829898-trump-admin-makes-fight-sanctuary-cities-personal-releases-list-naming-shaming/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams His Own Supreme Court Nominee: ‘I’ll Criticize Judges’ – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Slams-Neil-Gorsuch/2017/03/22/id/780112/

 

BREITBART
— Illegal Aliens Found Carrying Half Ton of Pot into U.S. – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/03/22/illegal-aliens-found-carrying-half-ton-pot-u-s/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Naperville Makes Effort to Educate On Crime Victim Rights – Allison Thibault
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chicago-suburb-makes-effort-to-educate-on-crime-victim-rights/
— Chelsea Clinton To Receive Lifetime Impact Award For Some Reason – CHUCK ROSS  (DIERSEN: Were you born with a silver spoon in your mouth?  Have you always been privileged?  I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chelsea-clinton-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-for-some-reason/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Clinton’s other achievements include being born to one of the most skilled politicians in American history, growing up in the White House, landing a $600,000 contract with MSNBC, marrying a hedge fund millionaire, and tweeting constantly about President Trump.)

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HIGH SCHOOL ‘MUSLIM PRAYER ROOM’ CHALLENGED  Texas attorney general takes notice but ACLU ‘nowhere to be found’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/high-school-muslim-prayer-room-challenged/

 

POLITICO
— Federal staffers panicked by conservative media attacks  A spate of stories in Breitbart and other outlets have singled out individual career employees, questioning their loyalty to Trump. – NAHAL TOOSI and ANDREW RESTUCCIA
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/government-employees-conservative-media-236321

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Leanna Powell blasts those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, etc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seeing-through-white-privilege-to-cope-with-race-religion_us_58d28e8ce4b062043ad4aeac

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: Most people don’t know President Lincoln was a Republican – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/22/trump-most-people-dont-know-president-lincoln-was-a-republican/
— Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show – Drew Harwell and Amy Brittain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-asked-for-60-million-extra-for-trump-era-travel-and-protection-documents-show/2017/03/22/0967e7b6-0a85-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AT&T Pulling Ads From Google Over ‘Hate’ Videos  Latest company to act over concerns ads were placed on YouTube videos supporting terrorism – JACK NICAS
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-pulling-ads-from-google-over-hate-videos-1490206824

 

WBAA
— Inside The Wealthy Family That Has Been Funding Steve Bannon’s Plan For Years  (DIERSEN: Where did your money come from? My money came from what 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, working on an automobile assembly line and working as a security guard in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://wbaa.org/post/inside-wealthy-family-has-been-funding-steve-bannons-plan-years#stream/0

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Understanding risks as Congress, President review feds’ pay, benefits – Randy Silvey
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/03/understanding-risks-congress-new-president-review-federal-pay-benefits/
— Why some lawmakers are making recruitment calls to get new talent into the VA – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/hearingsoversight/2017/03/lawmakers-making-recruitment-calls-get-new-talent-va/

 

MILITARY TIMES
— Human resources problems causing hiring, retention headaches for VA – Leo Shane III  (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.militarytimes.com/articles/va-human-resources-problems-recruiting

March 22, 2017

JOURNAL COURIER
— Proposal (SB 316 and HB 2353) would make marijuana legal in state  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/107260/proposal-would-make-marijuana-legal-in-state

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Big shot mayors can’t allow just anybody to be an email pal – Editorial (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When a mayor publicly insults one of his constituents, for example, at the end of one of his state of the city addresses, and cites anonymous sources to justify those insults, should that constituent file a FOIA request to identify those anonymous sources?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/big-shot-mayors-cant-allow-just-anybody-to-be-an-email-pal/
— Ethics board targets six more lobbyists who emailed Emanuel – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ethics-board-targets-six-more-lobbyists-who-emailed-emanuel/
— MARCH 13, 2017 FLASHBACK: BGA goes back to court to gain access to Emanuel’s private emails – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bga-goes-back-to-court-to-gain-access-to-emanuels-private-emails/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ethics board to look into possible lobbying violations in Tribune report – Bill Ruthhart and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-ethics-board-met-0322-20170321-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Emanuel pushes his “municipal ID” plan to treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chicago-municipal-id-met-20170322-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Offering such an ID also allows Emanuel to plant a high-profile flag in his campaign to position himself in opposition to Trump as a defender of immigrants’ rights and Chicago as a safe haven for those living here without legal permission. The mayor’s handpicked city clerk, Anna Valencia, is heading up the ID initiative. Valencia’s office insists applicants’ information will be secure and those who apply will be properly vetted, though Valencia has offered no specifics on how the city will achieve those goals or when the program will launch. She declined to be interviewed.)
— VIDEO: Naperville’s 2017 State of the City on NCTV17 (DIERSEN: I did not watch this, but am sure that Mayor Chirico did not insult anyone during his address.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-napervilles-2017-state-of-the-city-on-nctv17-2017-03-20-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Naperville mayor proposes downtown outdoor Wi-Fi work space – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-state-of-the-city-st-0322-20170320-story.html
— No speed limit on the Chicago Way – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-emails-kass-0322-20170321-column.html
— The NRA’s gun market crisis – Firmin DeBrabander  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they are going to get rid of Trump and like they are going to get rid of Trump’s supporters.  For their self-defense, I would expect that most, if not virtually all Trump supporters own firearms and lots of ammunition.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-guns-nra-conceal-open-carry-trump-market-manufacturers-perspec-0322-jm-20170321-story.html
— ‘Deep state’ troubles White House  Trump and staffers think holdovers are intent on sabotage – Jonathan Lemire
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170322/281728384340900
— Pockets of strong Trump support in deep blue Democrat Chicago – Ted Gregory  (DIERSEN: In which precincts in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois did the highest percent of registered voters vote for Trump in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-donald-trump-chicago-supporters-met-20170321-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Say yes to District 200 referendum – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/discuss/170329738/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago officials shudder at Trump budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329959

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Leaving the Land of Lincoln – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-03-21/leaving-land-lincoln.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Not standing up to hate permits it to fester, breed – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors PROMOTE HATRED AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/98727/editorial-not-standing-up-to-hate-permits-it-to-fester-breed

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Whose money is truly tainted? Or, Are Rauner bucks really holier than thou? – Gregory Tejeda
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/03/whose-money-is-truly-tainted-or-are.html

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— ‘Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege’ fliers hung at U. Illinois-Chicago – REBECCA DOWNS (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who focused on turning my many Jewish superiors and Jewish supervisors against me. They stressed that I was 100% German national origin and that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.  In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors had immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/70421/ending-white-privilege-starts-ending-jewish-privilege-fliers-hung-u-illinois-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fliers recently hung at the University of Illinois at Chicago declare “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”  The fliers use Pew Research Center data in an attempt to validate the statement, including that while Jews make up 2 percent of the population in the United States that “44% of these Jewish Americans are in the top 1%.” “Is the 1% straight, white men? Or is the 1% Jewish?” the flier questions. The university acted swiftly, issuing a statement March 15, the same day the fliers were found on campus. “Such actions do not reflect the values we hold as a community. Acts that invoke hatred or violence toward members of our community will not be tolerated on our campus,” campus officials said. “We strongly encourage all members of our university to exercise their right to free speech in a manner that recognizes these principles and avoids prejudice or stereotypes,” they added. Despite the campuswide statement, more anti-Semitic fliers were found posted on campus over the weekend. One discussed “Jewish privilege” with regard to “the special privilege when it comes to top universities.” Another linked the de-hiring of Professor Steven Salaita with then-Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s meeting with “a wealthy Jewish Donor in Chicago.” A third criticized jail time for those who deny the Holocaust. Still another flier equated Auschwitz with Gaza, claiming the “largest Concentration Camp in the world today is owned and operated by Zionists.” While the fliers did not identify the student or organization responsible, they did include various hashtags: #BlackLivesMatter, #WeAreAllMuslims, #WhitePrivilege and #StandwithPalestine. Student Eva Zeltser, who posted images of the fliers on Facebook, said her “heart is broken.” “While I try to abstain from writing personal narratives on Facebook, enough is enough,” she stated. “If you are against hate crimes against one group, you should be against these acts of violence for ALL groups. Found all over the UIC campus. Things like these posters are actively posted to catalyze anti-Semitism and increase hate toward Jews.” The incident at the University of Illinois at Chicago comes as a strong uptick in anti-Semitic incidents on campuses nationwide has been observed. UIC Levine Hillel Center’s Executive Director Rabbi Seth Winberg condemned the posters in an email to The College Fix, noting they have caused anger and sadness. The center asked the university to “conduct a full investigation and to address the campus culture that would allow such hateful targeting of Jews.” “We will not let these hateful flyers deter us from our work to build a vibrant community at UIC,” Winberg added.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW RANKING LISTS ILLINOIS AS #3 MOST CORRUPT STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/new-ranking-lists-illinois-as-3-most-corrupt-state.html
— THORNER: WILL A RESURRECTION OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGE FROM ITS DEMISE?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/thorner-will-a-resurrection-of-american-higher-education-emerge-from-its-demise.html
— COURT RULING CLEARS PATH FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR LAWSUIT TO END MANDATORY UNION FEES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/appeals-court-ruling-clears-path-for-us-supreme-court-to-hear-lawsuit-to-end-mandatory-union-fees.html
— WHY ILLINOIS IS DEAD BROKE – Illinois Policy Institute
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/why-illinois-is-dead-broke-video.html

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Breitbart pushes pot in America. If you push pot in America, you push the destruction of America.
http://www.breitbart.com/marijuana/
https://pro.moneymappress.com/p/NVXMJ39TMRSHORT/LNVXT326/?SID=breitbart-ordamer_032217&h=true

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— A NATION OF LAW, NOT POLITICS, WITH GORSUCH – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Yes, but Democrats and RINOs elect politicians who have passed many laws that discriminate against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/a-nation-of-law-not-politics-with-gorsuch/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House: Md. school rape underscores Trump’s compassion for victims of illegal immigrant crimes – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/rape-underscores-trump-compassion-illegals-crime/
— Political partisans within the ivy-covered halls  Campus authorities may violate IRS rules with their Trump-hating activism – Anne Hendershott
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/betsy-devos-warned-colleges-inculcating-students/

 

GOPUSA
— Rich New Yorkers ask Cuomo to raise their taxes – AP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22154

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Gorsuch: ‘No Such Thing as a Republican or Democrat Judge, Just Judges’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the judges in the lawsuits that I have filed. Their rulings show if they are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or Republican.  By their rulings, the majority of the judges in Diersen v. GAO made it clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, that is, that they were Democrats.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/21/neil-gorsuch-senate-confirmation-hearing-no-republican-or-democrat-judges-country

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Puts Economic Nationalism on the Agenda – Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/andyschlafly/2017/03/22/trump-puts-economic-nationalism-on-the-agenda-n2302223

 

THE BLAZE
— Professor whose in-class anti-Trump tirade went viral nominated for campus award – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/21/unbelievable-professor-whose-in-class-anti-trump-tirade-went-viral-nominated-for-campus-award/

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s penchant for vengeance casts shadow on health care vote  Republican lawmakers thinking of bucking the White House on Obamacare know they’ll face a president who loves exacting retribution. – SHANE GOLDMACHER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are extremely vengeful and they focus on exacting retribution.  They blame me for all their problems and they crow that I am no longer a) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member, and that f) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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, g) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and h) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/donald-trump-vengeance-threat-236320
— Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat  ‘I’m asking for your vote on Thursday,’ the president said. – KYLE CHENEY, RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-health-care-obamacare-repeal-236281
— GOP Takes Up Russia-Aligned Attack On Soros – ISAAC ARNSDORF, ANDREW HANNA and KENNETH P. VOGEL (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with Soros against America.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/george-soros-russia-republicans-214938

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Objectively False Things Continue to Be Believed – AMANDA TAUB and BRENDAN NYHAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents believe that I caused all their problems, that I am causing all their problems, and that I will forever cause all their problems. But in fact, my critics/opponents cause all their own problems, are causing all their own problems, and will forever cause all their own problems.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/upshot/why-objectively-false-things-continue-to-be-believed.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Alan Simpson says “During Donald Trump’s campaign, he repeatedly cast himself as a supporter of L.G.B.T. rights.”  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity have always worked extremely hard against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/how-a-trump-turnabout-on-gay-rights-hurts-republicans.html
— Spicer Says Rape Case Against Undocumented Student Shows Need for Crackdown – LIAM STACKMAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/us/politics/sean-spicer-high-school-rape.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Rockville High rape case draws attention at White House briefing – Bill Turque, Donna St. George and Ovetta Wiggins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/2017/03/21/018ef7a6-0e49-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— White House calls alleged rape by immigrant teens ‘horrendous’ – Bob Fredericks and Danika Fears
http://nypost.com/2017/03/21/white-house-calls-alleged-rape-by-immigrant-teens-horrendous/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Latinos are reporting fewer sexual assaults amid a climate of fear in immigrant communities, LAPD says – James Queally  (DIERSEN: When Clinton, Bush, and Obama were in the White House, illegals knew that they had a friend in the White House, that is, someone who put citizens of Mexico and of other foreign countries ahead of citizens of America. That is a major reason why Trump won.)
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-immigrant-crime-reporting-drops-20170321-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Army says general Ron Lewis’ drunken escapades shouldn’t affect his secret clearance – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: If Lewis claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, he should be dumped.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/21/brig-gen-ron-lewis-ash-carter-eric-fanning-swinging-general/99456588/
— White House links teen rape case to failed immigration policies – Debra Alfarone
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/21/white-house-links-teen-rape-case-failed-immigration-policies/99459772/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Media Attention’ and IRS Abuse  A simple rule fix could end partisan targeting tomorrow. – JOHN J. VECCHIONE  (DIERSEN: Were it not Henry Hyde’s intervention, IRS would never have approved Adversity.Net’s 501(c)(3) application. SEE:
http://www.adversity.net/)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/media-attention-and-irs-abuse-1490137171
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Americans for their political views may have ended with the Obama administration—or even with its exposure in 2013. But it could easily recur. Even now, an internal IRS rule singles out applicants for nonprofit status who might be tied to anything newsworthy. The genesis of the targeting scandal was Section 7.29.3 of the Internal Revenue Manual. As noted in a report my organization is issuing Wednesday, this manual dictates how IRS employees handle everything from customer service to criminal investigations. This particular section tells them to flag for further review any application for tax-exempt status that might “attract media or Congressional attention.” That’s a broad, vague and subjective command that career IRS employees are nevertheless required to follow. Emails between IRS personnel make clear that low-level employees were guided by this rule throughout the targeting scandal. They repeatedly cited “media attention” on the Tea Party as the reason to single out and delay applications from conservative groups. This rule means that IRS enforcement reflects the ideological biases of the media. Aside from a small number of groups related to the Occupy Wall Street movement and the defunct advocacy group Acorn, libertarian and free-market groups were almost exclusively targeted. These provisions of the IRS manual have nothing to do with the merits of a nonprofit application and everything to do with keeping the agency from looking bad. It is inappropriate for a group’s tax-exempt status to be deep-sixed because of negative publicity. In the targeting scandal, this approach allowed partisan concerns to overtake the application process, resulting in the unfair treatment of political viewpoints at odds with the Obama administration. Equal justice under the law demands that the IRS abandon the “newsworthy” criterion. To date, however, the agency has promised only to stop making lists of targeted groups “until further notice.” Even if the halt were permanent, it wouldn’t be enough. IRS officials are still required to follow the manual and pull high-profile applications for enhanced scrutiny. The IRS can change its employee manual today. No new law is required. The simplest explanation for why the agency has not done so lies in the nature of bureaucracies—they refuse to relinquish power even after demonstrated abuse. The procedure for newsworthy applicants provides a convenient cover to shield improper partisan decision-making.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Retirement Remains Worker Worry – ANNE TERGESEN  (DIERSEN: If you are not retired, are you prepared for retirement? Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors used the following facts to justify their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old: a) what my wife and I had saved for our retirement, b) my wife’s salary, c) we had no debts, d) our good health, e) we owned 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, f) we had no dependents, g) we owned a 1997 Chevy Cavalier, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1962 Chevy Impala SS, and h) we could “afford” to suffer a $72,135/year loss of income in today’s dollars ($122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/workers-retirement-confidence-remains-below-pre-recession-levels-1490068865
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Women Gain as Skills Shift for High-Paying Jobs – LAUREN WEBER  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-skills-shift-for-high-paying-jobs-women-see-advantages-1490101201
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Men are losing ground in the labor market, and it’s not just the ones without college degrees. Even those with higher education are seeing their chances of holding a good job drop relative to women, according to new research. Three economists found that the high-paying occupations of the past few decades—from doctors to software engineers to financial advisers—require increasing levels of interpersonal skills such as collaboration, empathy and managing others. “That’s been favoring women in high-paying jobs,” said one of the study’s authors Henry Siu, a professor at the University of British Columbia. Women’s advancement in those jobs accelerated from 1980 to 2000. The trend slowed from 2000 to 2014, but even during that period, college-educated women saw their job prospects essentially hold steady while male peers’ prospects declined, according to Mr. Siu and his co-authors, Guido Cortes at the University of Manchester in England and Nir Jaimovich at the University of Southern California. The economists have been presenting their working paper, “The End of Men and Rise of Women in the High-Skilled Labor Market,” at economics conferences in recent months. Men are still better-represented in so-called good jobs, which the authors define as paying in the top 25% of all occupations or requiring mostly cognitive skills like problem-solving and analysis. But their chances of being in such jobs have fallen over time while women’s chances are rising. In 1980, 66.2% of male college graduates worked in cognitive jobs; by 2000, that proportion had fallen to 63.3%, according to U.S. census data reviewed by the economists. Meanwhile, 58.8% of college-educated women held such roles in 2000, up from 54.2% in 1980. By 2014, 61.4% of college-educated men were in those good jobs, compared with 57.8% for their female counterparts.)
— An Obama Decree Continues to Make Public Schools Lawless  To improve education, allow teachers to administer discipline regardless of race. – JASON L. RILEY
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-obama-decree-continues-to-make-public-schools-lawless-1490138783

 

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Better Marriage Between College and Job Training – Paul Fain  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/22/ideas-improving-higher-educations-primary-role-work-force-development

 

DAILY BEAST
— Manafort Secretly Worked for Russian Billionaire  (DIERSEN: Many thousands, if not millions, in America talk, write, and act like they are secretly working for foreign countries, especially for Mexico.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/03/22/manafort-secretly-worked-for-russians.html

March 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner vs. Mendoza latest front in political battle at Capitol – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-susana-mendoza-battle-met-20170318-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Pawar.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-rauner-term-limits-met-story.html
— Smart moves to avoid college debt burden – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses?  I paid for my bachelor’s degree and for my three master’s degrees with money that earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assemble line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/kidsandmoney/tca-smart-moves-to-avoid-college-debt-burden-20170314-story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Play your part to get promoted – Jeff Pruit  (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the fact that I am a White male, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $161,900, long before I was 40 years old a) if I had been a Democrat, b) if I had been a veteran, and c) if I had helped my superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20170319/282686162042052
— More Kane County Forest Preserve borrowing unwise – Christopher J. Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-voice-letters-opinion-st-0319-20170317-story.html
— Don’t even think about ‘updating’ the Constitution – David A. Super  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT TO UPDATE THE CONSTITUTION TO GET RID OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-constitutional-convention-amendments-20170319-story.html
— Illinois parolees: Often undereducated, unemployed — and soon back behind bars – Ron Berler  (DIERSEN: How many parolees would take the bad jobs that I did? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-prisioners-undereducated-recidivate-college-parole-perspec-0320-jm-20170317-story.html
— Lessons about race, learned from my father – DAHLEEN GLANTON  (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America?  Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats call you a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.  Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats shout that the longer that your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities, against females, and against recent immigrants.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-race-hogansville-glanton-20170320-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Workshops help teachers cope with students’ immigration fears – Andrea Salcedo  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps treasonously a) glorify and praise those who are in America illegally, b) encourage people to come to America illegally, c) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and d) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  As everyone knows, illegals are the future of the Democrat Party.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/workshops-help-teachers-cope-with-students-immigration-fears/
— Agreement reached in Chance the Rapper child support case – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/agreement-reached-in-chance-the-rapper-child-support-case/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a new article, anti-Trumps promote Islam big time.  Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trumps in the 11 Illinois counties that voted for Clinton make it more and more and more clear that if you do not promote Islam, they will get rid of you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329981/
— Is there hope for state budget deal? Several suburban lawmakers say no – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329983/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin tops list of Illinois billionaires
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170320/NEWS07/170329999/ken-griffin-tops-list-of-illinois-billionaires
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Republicans say “No one in Illinois thinks the GOP health bill is a good idea.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170317/ISSUE07/170319871/no-one-in-illinois-thinks-the-gop-health-bill-is-a-good-idea

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in uniting Jews with Muslims against Trump, that is, against those who are 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 longer than their ancestors.
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article139597203.html
— Hoping we get someone in Springfield to turn around – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article139223513.html

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Crete trustees plan annual memorial day parade – Lhalie Castillo
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511092270-crete-trustees-plan-annual-memorial-day-parade

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUE
— The Barbarism of Feminism – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/the-barbarism-of-feminism/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Affirmative right to immigrate’ made up by U.S. courts  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who agrees with “affirmative right to immigrate?” ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, 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=22018
— Trump’s Budget Targets the Do-Nothings  (DIERSEN: Do-Nothings would never take the bad jobs that I did. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22027

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fearful Mexicans scrap Cinco de Mayo – Cheryl K. Chumley  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always a) sided with foreign countries, and especially with Mexico, against America, b) sided with citizens of foreign countries, and especially with citizens of Mexico, against citizens of America, and c) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a racist because I support America’s immigration laws, the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform, and the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes either a) have never been harmed by illegal immigration or b) benefit directly from it.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/20/cinco-de-mayo-canceled-mexicans-fear-trump-deporta/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Cinco de Mayo celebration called El Carnaval de Puebla, held each year in Philadelphia, has just been suddenly canceled — and in short order, it’s due to President Donald Trump. Why? The normal and usual Mexican holiday participants are worried they might get deported. This is a good thing. For years, under Barack Obama, the law-abiding of the nation have watched with a wintry mix of outrage and disbelief as the nation’s illegals stood at podiums — public podiums, immigration officials be hanged — to shed tears for their entitlement rights, and demand the mean ol’ Republicans who want to deport them get in the amnesty line. Jose Antonio Vargas was probably the worse-case scenario of a face-slapping to America’s border control laws. Remember Vargas? He was the guy who penned a long-winded heart-puller in New York Times Magazine entitled, “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” Was he arrested? No. Shortly after writing another piece about the plight of the illegals — to include his personal struggles in a country like America with borders — Team Obama announced the halting of deportation of those age 30 and under who met certain DREAM Act circumstances. Vargas was also the guy who called his illegal self an American — that he just didn’t “have the right papers.” Right. But he was hardly the only illegal in America, under the Obama administration, to boldly go forth as an illegal — to demand equal rights to citizens. Thousands of others took part in public events, outright outing their illegal statuses, outright casting deportation concerns to the wind. And why wouldn’t they? Obama had an open door policy at the border — an open door policy that led him, in the days before the last presidential election, to pretty much encourage those without voting rights to, well, get to the ballot boxes and vote, anyway. His message: Because who’s going to deport them?  When asked in late 2016 by a member of the media if undocumented citizens, dreamers — “I call them citizens” — got in the election game and voted, would immigration officials then know their location and deport them, Obama’s response: “Not true. And the reason is first of all when you vote you are a citizen yourself. And there is not a situation where the voting rolls somehow are transferred over and people start investigating.” Go on, Obama egged. Vote. Nobody’s checking — not in my administration, anyway. Well, new administration. And now illegals across the nation seem to be getting the message that the new sheriff in the White House isn’t so blind to the borders. Typically, up to 15,000 gather in South Philadelphia each year for the Cinco de Mayo celebration. But this year? Different story, it seems. In recent times, Trump’s border control officials have arrested or detained hundreds of illegals. Why just within the last few days, 248 were detained in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia during a mass federal raid that lasted about two weeks. As such, illegals everywhere are starting to think: Hey, maybe we ought not strut about as if we’re citizens any longer. Good idea. “The group of six organizers decided to cancel unanimously,” said Edgar Ramirez, one of the Cinco de Mayo organizers, to a local NBC affiliate about the fate of the event. “Everyone is offended by the actions of ICE. They did not feel comfortable holding the event.” Ramirez’s comments were meant to be critical — were meant to demonstrate just how Trump’s crackdowns were causing undue chaos in the illegal community. But sorry, no sympathy here. For the law-abiding in America, Ramirez’s announcement is just yet another feel-good moment for the election of Trump — another chance to breathe a collective sigh of relief that the adults are back in charge and order, justice and law once again count.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Approval Rating Drops To 40 Percent In Latest Gallup Poll – Kaitlan Collins  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who drives approval ratings up or down in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  ANSWER: Those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  That is why so many glorify and praise, pander to, give money to, serve as operatives for, and serve as dupes for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/18/trump-approval-rating-drops-to-40-percent-in-latest-gallup-poll/

 

BREITBART
— Fifth Democrat (State Senator Daniel Biss) Announces Bid to Topple Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/20/fifth-democrat-announces-bid-to-topple-illinois-republican-governor-bruce-rauner/

 

THE BLAZE
— Secret Service agent who said she wouldn’t ‘take a bullet’ for Trump has finally learned her fate – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, but I nevertheless always complied with my superiors’ orders to give preference to my coworkers and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/19/secret-service-agent-who-said-she-wouldnt-take-a-bullet-for-trump-has-finally-learned-her-fate/

 

FEDERALIST
— Is The Democratic Party Going Extinct?  Today’s Democratic Party is hollowing itself out to progressive ideology—and leaving moderate and historically liberal voters behind. – Dominic Lynch  (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, 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.)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/20/democratic-party-going-extinct/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Today’s Mean Comedians: Influenced by Letterman?  By contrast, the great Johnny Carson was never nasty — comics in 2017 could learn so much from him – Lawrence Meyers
http://www.lifezette.com/popzette/today-mean-comedians-influenced-by-letterman/

 

THE HILL
– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “immigrants commit less crime than US-born citizens.”  To be in America illegally is to commit a crime.  Most illegals are in sanctuary cities and in welcoming cities where police are forced to give them preference, that is, to not arrest them when they commit crimes.
http://thehill.com/latino/324607-reports-find-that-immigrants-commit-less-crime-than-us-born-citizens

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— No Crackdown on Illegal Employers – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Trump should immediately require all employers in America to use E-Verify a) before hiring any new employees and b) to verify that all their current employees are legal.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/opinion/no-crackdown-on-illegal-employers.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump began his campaign assailing immigrants as ruthless lawbreakers who steal American jobs with impunity. To halt them, he has vowed to build a wall along the border with Mexico, hire thousands of new immigration agents, ramp up immigrant detention and subject visa applicants to even more rigorous vetting. His administration has been largely silent, however, about the strongest magnet that has drawn millions of immigrants, legal and not, to the United States for generations: jobs. American employers continue to assume relatively little risk by hiring undocumented immigrants to perform menial, backbreaking work, often for little pay. Meanwhile, as Mr. Trump’s deportation crackdown accelerates, families are being ripped apart, and communities of hard-working immigrants with deep roots in this country are gripped by fear and uncertainty. As long as employers remain off the hook, a border wall and an expanded dragnet can only make temporary dents in the flows of undocumented immigrants.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s crackdown focuses on people in the U.S. illegally – but not on the businesses that hire them – Cindy Carcamo  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Trump should immediately require all employers in America to use E-Verify a) before hiring any new employees and b) to verify that all their current employees are legal.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-employers-20170320-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Nine questions for Judge Gorsuch  (DIERSEN: Nine questions for anyone who claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican: What have you done that shows that you oppose the promotion of 1.) dependency on government and on charity, 2.) LGBTQ activity, 3.) abortion, 4.) mass immigration and illegal immigration, 5.) diminution of the First and Second Amendments, 6.) booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, 7.) reverse discrimination and age discrimination, 8) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, and 9.) Islam.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/19/senate-questions-neil-gorsuch-editorials-debates/99388828/
— Trump budget cuts bankroll new waste: James Bovard – James Bovard  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Agencies will use Trump budget cuts to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/19/trump-budget-cuts-waste-james-bovard-column/99254470/
— FRONT PAGE: The happiest country on Earth: The winner is … – Jessica Durando  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, who focuses on making everyone unhappy? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, 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.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/20/happiest-country-world-united-nations/99280014/

 

DESCRETE NEWS
— Anonymous sources a First Amendment right – Ryan Curtis  (DIERSEN: Who slanders you and how do they justify it?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes slander me and they justify it by citing anonymous sources.)
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865674991/Letter-Anonymous-sources-a-First-Amendment-right.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Universities Feel the Brunt of State’s Fiscal Woes  Schools are taking drastic steps as funding from Springfield dries up – MELISSA KORN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-universities-feel-the-brunt-of-states-fiscal-woes-1489842000
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise Mexico and its citizens. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they are paid agents for Mexico. Constructively, Mexico have been war with America for many decades.  The proof is that Mexico has sent many millions of its citizens into America illegally, it has kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and it has sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nafta-has-made-mexico-a-better-place-1489957421
— Democrats Turn Against Israel – ANDREW STEIN and  DOUGLAS SCHOEN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-turn-against-israel-1489957479
— Should College Students Be Required to Take a Course in Personal Finance? (DIERSEN: When you were in your teens, in your 20s, in your 30s, in your 40s, in your 50s, and in your 60s, what percent of your income did you a) spend on immediate pleasures, b) spent on tuition, and c) save for your retirement?  I have always spend less for immediate pleasures, spent more for tuition, and saved more for my retirement.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I could do that a) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, b) because I have always been privileged, c) because I have had good health, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I have always been overpaid, and f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-college-students-be-required-to-take-a-course-in-personal-finance-1489975500
— How to Raise Your Child to Be a Philanthropist  Experts advise to start talking to children about philanthropy when they’re young and continue to have those discussions as they grow – VERONICA DAGHER  (DIERSEN: How much money do/did your parents have?  To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having always being filthy rich, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors as having been filthy rich.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-raise-your-child-to-be-a-philanthropist-1489757165

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps treasonously a) glorify and praise those who are in America illegally, b) encourage people to come to America illegally, c) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and d) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  As everyone knows, illegals are the future of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-20/in-its-sanctuary-cities-america-is-already-great

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— No Sympathy for the Hillbilly  Democrats need to stop trying to feel everyone’s pain, and hold on to their own anger. – Frank Rich
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/frank-rich-no-sympathy-for-the-hillbilly.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Agency programs under threat in the Trump budget – Carten Cordell (DIERSEN: Agencies are run by Democrats. I predict that instead of cutting programs, agencies will get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/agency-programs-under-threat-in-the-trump-budget

 

AFTERNET
— Why Bernie Is the Most Popular Politician in America  Sanders’ message about the ravages of runaway inequality hit home because it is true. – Les Leopold  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  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.)
http://www.alternet.org/economy/why-bernie-most-popular-politician-america