January 3 Morning Edition

ABC7
— House Republicans Effectively Gut Congressional Ethics Watchdog – ABC News (DIERSEN: Republicans and Democrats effectively gutted GAO while I worked for the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/news/house-republicans-effectively-gut-congressional-ethics-watchdog/1683304/

 

WGN TV
— Deadly police-involved shooting in Villa Park – SEAN LEWIS
http://wgntv.com/2017/01/02/deadly-police-involved-shooting-in-villa-park/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD EDITORIAL WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE UNETHICALLY MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NEWS ARTICLE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Tribune sides with foreign countries and their citizens against America and its citizens and encourages people a) to come to America, Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago illegally, b) to stay in America, Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago illegally, and c) to bring others to America, Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago illegally.  The aforesaid is treasonous.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-immigrants-met-20170102-story.html
— Estimating the Chicago area’s undocumented immigrant population – Tribune graphics  (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  According to this article, 511,000 live in Illinois and of that number, 184,000 live in Chicago, 124,000 live in the rest of Cook County, 43,000 live in Kane County, 39,000 live in Lake County, 36,000 live in DuPage County, and 22,000 live in Will County. 89% of the aforesaid are 18 or older.  How many of the aforesaid used their false identifications to vote for Clinton and the other Democrat candidates in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-undocumented-immigrants-gfx-20170103-htmlstory.html
— House GOP votes to gut Congress’ independent ethics watchdog  (DIERSEN: Republicans and Democrats effectively gutted GAO while I worked for the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-house-gop-independent-ethics-office-20170102-story.html
— Interfaith group celebrates ‘tolerance’ on World Peace Day – David Sharos  (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under they RINOs, ever-increasingly, America is more and more and more anti-Christian, and especially more and more and more anti-Protestant.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-interfaith-prayer-service-naperville-st-0104-20170102-story.html
— How will the workplace change under Trump? Here are a few guesses – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-workplace-under-trump-0103-biz-20170103-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OUTSTANDING: E-Verify. A chief rallying cry of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign involved limiting immigration to boost employment among native-born Americans, and a position paper outlining how he would do that includes mandating E-Verify nationwide to keep employers from hiring those in the country without legal permission. E-Verify, a system for employers to electronically check a new hire’s identity information against government databases before permitting them to work, has been required of federal contractors and vendors since 2007. Some states require public or private employers to use the system; Illinois does not. Critics of E-Verify raise concerns about privacy, implementation burdens and inaccuracies that keep legal immigrants from working.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House GOP votes to gut independent ethics office – AP (DIERSEN: Republicans and Democrats effectively gutted GAO while I worked for the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-gop-votes-to-gut-independent-ethics-office/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County deputy shoots, kills teen near Villa Park – Sara Hooker and Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109852/
— Brookmans poised to keep 20-year hold on Des Plaines’ 5th Ward – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109908/
— Facebook or Fakebook? – Steven and Cokie Roberts
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170103/discuss/170109996/
— The money numbers you need to know – AP  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with envy.  They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that a) I have money because I avoided the draft and because I have always been overpaid and b) that my wife and I have money because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.  They are furious that my wife and I converted much of are income into wealth.  I assert that all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have spent a far higher percent of their income on “immediate pleasures” than my wife and I have.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/business/301029908/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. YOUR WEALTH RATIO  A wealth ratio is a measure of how effectively you’ve converted your lifetime income into wealth. . .2. YOUR OVERHEAD RATIO  How much of your after-tax income is eaten up by basic, must-have expenses? If you’re having trouble making ends meet, calculating your overhead ratio can help explain why. It also can be handy to know when you’re determining if you can afford new loan payments or how much to save in an emergency fund. . .3. YOUR TAX RATES  Your tax bracket doesn’t reveal the amount of taxes paid on your total income. Instead, the bracket (also called the marginal tax rate) reflects how much Uncle Sam claimed of the last dollar you earned. If you’re a single filer in the 25 percent federal tax bracket, the first $9,275 of your 2016 taxable income is taxed at the 10 percent rate, the next $28,375 at 15 percent and the amount above $37,650 at 25 percent.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Congress set to usher in new era of all-Republican rule – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/03/congress-set-to-usher-in-new-era-of-all-republican-rule/aeyekkg/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois Gun Shop Owners Say Sales Dropped After Election
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-gun-shop-owners-say-sales-dropped-after-election
— New Illinois Lawmakers To Be Sworn In Tuesday
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/new-illinois-lawmakers-to-be-sworn-in-tuesday-01-03-2017
— Cloudy Outlook For Springfield Economy Without State Budget – Eric Feldman
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/cloudy-outlook-for-springfield-economy-without-state-budget-01-03-2017
— Woman Seeking to Press Charges After Downtown Springfield NYE Fight – Brendan Cullerton
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/woman-seeking-to-press-charges-after-downtown-springfield-nye-fight-01-03-2017

 

WSIL TV
— Bruce Springsteen questions Trump’s competence for office
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34170612/bruce-springsteen-questions-trumps-competence-for-office

 

WQAD
— Smiddy says Madigan has “kinda outlived his usefulness” – JIM MERTENS
http://wqad.com/2017/01/02/smiddy-says-madigan-has-kinda-outlived-his-usefulness/

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Failed state? Illinois is in danger of becoming one – Rich Miller
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/12/29/rich-miller-failed-state-illinois-is-in-danger-of-becoming-one/c3e9l2t/
— Poll: Americans enter 2017 on optimistic note – AP  (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter?  How optimistic are the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois about getting rid of you?)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/01/02/poll-americans-enter-2017-on-optimistic-note/ahokwug/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump to ‘repeal a lot’ of Obama’s actions on day one, top aide says  President-elect didn’t specify which actions
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-to-repeal-a-lot-of-obamas-actions-on-day-one-top-aide-says/635056980

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Policy Institute, Madigan camp clash on population loss, business climate – John Breslin
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511060612-policy-institute-madigan-camp-clash-on-population-loss-business-climate

 

DNA INFO
— See How Chicago Has Grown Since 1830 — And What It Could Look Like in 2030 – Justin Breen  (DIRSEN: How long have you and your ancestors lived in northeast Illinois?  During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. On my father’s side, in 1844, my great great grandfather immigrated to Chicago and worked in a brick factory. In 1854, he homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township.  In 1864, he bought 10 acres in northeast Crete and he and my great grandfather began operating Crete’s only hardware store at the northeast intersection of Main and Exchange; tragically, in 1966, the building was torn down and the land sold.  In 1902, my great grandfather had the 1285 Main Street built on the aforesaid 10 acres; it is one of Crete’s landmark homes; tragically, it was sold during the 1940s.  In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built on the aforesaid 10 acres. Between 1948 and 1954, my father, my mother, and I lived in an apartment above the aforesaid hardware store.  In 1954, my father, my mother, my brother, and I moved into the 1286 Wood Street home.  My father lived there until he died suddenly in 1969.  My mother lived there until she died last year.  I lived there until 1972.  My bother continues to live there.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160317/downtown/see-how-chicago-has-grown-since-1830-what-it-could-look-like-2030
— For Growing Number Of Kids Shot In Chicago, The Trauma Never Ends – Kelly Bauer  (DIERSEN: How safe was/were the neighborhood(s) that you grew up in?  The Crete neighborhoods (Main & Exchange 1948-1954 and the 1200 bock of Wood Street 1954-1972) that I grew up in were very safe.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that to paint me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and as having always been previleged.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161230/englewood/children-shot-tacarra-morgan-daliah-goree-ptsd-childhood-trauma-gun-violence

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch UChicago Prof. Geof Stone opine on criteria for rejecting a S. Ct. nominee and much more – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/01/watch-uchicago-prof-geof-stone-opine-on-criteria-for-rejecting-a-s-ct-nominee-and-much-more-berkowitz-wstone-cableweb/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER & INGOLD: MEDIA PLAYED LIKE A “PHISH” OVER RUSSIAN HACKING INCIDENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/thorner-ingold-media-played-like-a-phish-over-russian-hacking-incident.html

 

GOPUSA
— California gun owners brace for shortages, price hikes under new ammo regs
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=18739

 

PJ MEDIA
— Cops Blame ‘Black Lives Matter’ for Alarming Violence in Chicago – WALTER HUDSON
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/01/02/cops-blame-black-lives-matter-for-alarming-violence-in-chicago/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Obama ‘Farewell Address’ is anything but goodbye – Jennifer Harper
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/2/obama-farewell-address-is-anything-but-goodbye/
— A Chinese conglomerate is poised to take over U.S. movie theaters – Richard Berman
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/2/chinese-conglomerate-poised-to-take-over-us-movie-/

 

HOT AIR
— Report: Trump tells Schumer he likes him better than Ryan or McConnell
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/02/report-trump-tells-schumer-he-likes-him-better-than-ryan-or-mcconnell/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Julian Assange: Obama Is Trying To ‘Delegitimize’ Trump With Russia Hack Claims – Chuck Ross  (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois focuses on delegitimizing individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and/or countries?  I should write a book about the aforesaid delegitimizers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/02/julian-assange-obama-is-trying-to-delegitimize-trump-with-russia-hack-claims/

 

FOX NEWS
— The Method in Donald Trump’s Messaging Habits  The president-elect appears to have at least three purposes in commenting so freely on matters large and small – Gerald F. Seib
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/01/03/method-donald-trumps-messaging-habits
— The Luck of The Donald: Trump’s Opponents Have Set Him Up for Some Major Successes – William McGurn  (DIERSEN: How lucky are you?  Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute your successes to luck?)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/01/03/luck-donald-trumps-opponents-have-set-him-some-major-successes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Everything in life is luck.” The words are attributed to Donald Trump and they continue to make regular appearances in the press notwithstanding that the president-elect long ago declared it fake news. “I never made this ridiculous statement,” he tweeted in 2014, in language that sounds much closer to the spirit of @realDonaldTrump.  Even so, it takes nothing away from Mr. Trump’s stunning Nov. 8 victory to note that he enters the Oval Office a very lucky president.)

 

FOX BUSINESS
— State Tax Refund: When Will You Get Your Money Back in 2017? – Dan Caplinger
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/01/02/state-tax-refund-when-will-get-your-money-back-in-2017.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois didn’t start sending out refunds until March 1 during its most recent tax season. Once it did, those who had already e-filed their returns were told to expect to get refunds within two to three weeks. This Illinois tax website Opens a New Window.  has answers to frequently asked questions, including a link to the Where’s My Refund tool to track your own personal refund.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump could clear path for privatizing air traffic control – KYLE FELDSCHER
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-could-clear-path-for-privatizing-air-traffic-control/article/2610544

 

THE HILL
— Trump slaps GOP for weakening ethics watchdog – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/312463-trump-slaps-gop-for-weakening-ethics-watchdog

 

POLITICO
— Paul Ryan’s new reality: Second fiddle to Trump  The House speaker, set to be installed for another term Tuesday, has seen his world upended perhaps more than any major GOP figure. – RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/paul-ryan-donald-trump-233079

 

CNN
— Ford cancels Mexico plant. Will create 700 U.S. jobs in ‘vote of confidence’ in Trump – Heather Long and Poppy Harlow
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/03/news/economy/ford-700-jobs-trump/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Rebukes House Republicans Over Bid to Gut Ethics Office – ERIC LIPTON and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/us/politics/trump-house-ethics-office.html
— Donald Trump, Bureaucracy Apprentice – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What do you know about the federal government? GAO audits federal agencies.  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $92,632-$120,427). For almost 9 of those years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators; for almost 6 years, on audits of many other federal agencies; and for 3 years, on audits of IRS.  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $77,899-$88,286. I served on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/opinion/donald-trump-bureaucracy-apprentice.html
— With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Hobble Independent Ethics Office – ERIC LIPTON
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/us/politics/with-no-warning-house-republicans-vote-to-hobble-independent-ethics-office.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/opinion/to-stop-trump-democrats-can-learn-from-the-tea-party.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans Stonewalled Obama. Now the Ball Is in Their Court.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/us/politics/republicans-congress-trump-white-house.html
— EDITORIAL WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE UNETHICALLY MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NEWS ARTICLE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the New York Times sides with foreign countries and their citizens against America and its citizens and encourages people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.  The aforesaid is treasonous.
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/us/illegal-immigrants-raids-deportation.html
— France Lets Workers Turn Off, Tune Out and Live Life – ALISSA J. RUBIN  (DIERSEN: From what I see, in America, if you are a member of any of the following groups and you assert the “right to disconnect,” you will be immediately terminated: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/world/europe/france-work-email.html
— Where Is America’s Heartland? Pick Your Map – EMILY BADGER and KEVIN QUEALY
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/03/upshot/where-is-americas-heartland-pick-your-map.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Nonprofits would rather spite Trump than help those in need – Naomi Schaefer Riley
http://nypost.com/2017/01/03/nonprofits-would-rather-spite-trump-than-help-those-in-need/
— With Trump’s win, America sees a brighter future – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups do not see a brighter future under 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://nypost.com/2017/01/03/with-trumps-win-america-sees-a-brighter-future/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Congress under GOP control kicks off Tuesday with robust agenda before Trump takes office – CAMERON JOSEPH
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/congress-returns-work-big-to-do-list-trump-era-article-1.2932198

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Murder and Policing in Chicago  As cops retreat under political pressure, homicides rise 57%. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/murder-and-policing-in-chicago-1483402668
— The Luck of the Donald  Ironically, Trump’s opponents have set him up for some major successes. – WILLIAM MCGURN  (DIERSEN: How lucky are you?  Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute your successes to luck?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-luck-of-the-donald-1483398472
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Everything in life is luck.” The words are attributed to Donald Trump and they continue to make regular appearances in the press notwithstanding that the president-elect long ago declared it fake news. “I never made this ridiculous statement,” he tweeted in 2014, in language that sounds much closer to the spirit of @realDonaldTrump.  Even so, it takes nothing away from Mr. Trump’s stunning Nov. 8 victory to note that he enters the Oval Office a very lucky president.)
— The ‘Fight for $15’: Coming to a City Hall Near You  The Trump administration should show local officials the research proving that minimum wages cost jobs. – MICHAEL SALTSMAN  (DIERSEN: What about $25/hour for jobs that require a high school diploma, $35/hour for jobs that require a bachelor’s degree, $45/hour for jobs that require a master’s degree, $55/hour for jobs that require a professional certification, $65/hour for jobs that require a professional license, etc.?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fight-for-15-coming-to-a-city-hall-near-you-1483398785
— Empathy: The Most Overrated Virtue – SHAI HELD  (DIERSEN: All my nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that they are filled with empathy.  They talk and act like they are filled with empathy for those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-most-overrated-virtue-1483398073
— FRONT PAGE: The Champions of the 401(k) Lament the Revolution They Started  The dominant vehicle for retirement savings has fallen short of its early backers’ rosy expectations; longer life spans, high fees and stock-market declines – TIMOTHY W. MARTIN  (DIERSEN: Are you in line to get a pension?  Are you getting a pension?  Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use my Civil Service Retirement System pension against me.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-champions-of-the-401-k-lament-the-revolution-they-started-1483382348

 

USA TODAY
— Republican Congress puts priority on targeting regulations – Herb Jackson  (DIERSEN: I suggest targeting the Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, pay-for-performance, and early retirement regulations that Democrats in the federal government use to give preference to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or to younger, that is, that they use to discriminate against their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.  My Democrat superiors in the federal government used the aforesaid regulations to waste my career and to force me to retire.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/02/republican-congress-puts-priority-targeting-regulations-trump/96003180/

 

WKBW
— Trump threatens GM: Make Cruze in US or ‘pay big border tax’ – CNN
http://www.wkbw.com/news/national/trump-threatens-gm-make-cruze-in-us-or-pay-big-border-tax

 

DAILY BEAST
— Bruce Springsteen: Trump Encouraged ‘Un-American’ Behavior  (DIERSEN: Democrats encourage Americans to be 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/01/02/bruce-springsteen-doubts-trump-s-competence.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

 

CITY A.M.
— Britain: Working for longer isn’t an option for those who are forced into early retirement, survey finds – Oliver Gill
http://www.cityam.com/256254/working-longer-isnt-option-those-forced-into-early

 

THE NATIONAL
— In this special year, we can all give in our own way – Peter Hellyer (DIERSEN: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising to everyone who wants to read them. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too.  They have contained links to almost 256,700 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20170102/OPINION/170109852/2340

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Will Donald Trump’s election put America first and global conflict next?”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/03/donald-trump-america-first-global-conflict-nouriel-roubini

January 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— WHITE HOUSE RELEASES DETAILS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FAREWELL SPEECH IN CHICAGO – Jessica D’Onofrio and Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/details-released-on-obamas-farewell-speech-in-chicago/1682256/

 

NBC5
— Trump Says Emanuel ‘Must Ask for Federal Help’ if Chicago Violence Persists  “Chicago murder rate is record setting – 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016,” Trump tweeted. “If Mayor can’t do it he must ask for Federal help!” – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/trump-tweet-chicago-violence-409343705.html

 

CBS2
— CBS 2’s Jay Levine Sets Interview With President Obama Before Farewell  (DIERSEN: I nominate Jeff Berkowitz to interview Obama.  Berkowitz has “conducted approximately five hours of video interviews with Barack Obama, including six one half hour one-on-one TV interview shows.” SEE:
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/about-me/)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/02/cbs-2s-jay-levine-sets-interview-with-president-obama-before-farewell/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Person fatally shot by DuPage County deputy during domestic call
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/226695535-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump: Chicago should ask for crime help; Rahm did last month – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-to-rahm-ask-federal-government-for-crime-help/
— U.S. Sen. Warren seeks to pull pot shops out of banking limbo – AP  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sen-elizabeth-warren-marijuana-businesses-banking-limbo/
— CPD begins 2017 initiatives to reduce violence  (DIERSEN: To get rid of GAO’s non-veteran White male employees who had not made GS-13 (currently $92,632) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $109,463) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $160,300) by age 40, the Democrats who ran GAO a) began their “pay-for-performance” initiative in 1989 and b) began their early retirement initiative in 1993.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cpd-begins-2017-initiatives-to-reduce-violence/
— Alabama band to march at inauguration, igniting controversy  Other historically black schools such as Howard University, which performed at President Barack Obama’s first inaugural parade, said they won’t march. – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/talladega-college-band-march-at-donald-trump-inaugural-parade/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tweets Chicago might need federal help on violence – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-tweet-chicago-violence-met-20170102-story.html
— President Obama confirms farewell address in Chicago – Christi Parsons
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-obama-confirms-farewell-address-in-chicago-20170102-story.html
— With computers unsafe, a volunteer emerges to be Trump’s message courier – Rex Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-courier-hacking-huppke-20170102-column.html
— Former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue III said to be Trump’s pick for agriculture secretary – Marvin G. Perez and Jennifer Jacobs
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-sonny-perdue-agriculture-secretary-20170102-story.html
— DuPage sheriff’s deputy shoots man to death after domestic call
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dupage-fatal-police-shooting-20170102-story.html
— After Mariah Carey’s disaster on live TV, the blame game begins – Glenn Whipp
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-mariah-carey-new-years-eve-20170102-story.html
— Politicians pressure CTA unions over jobs program for ex-felons – Mary Wisniewski  (DIERSEN: It may come out that Rush and/or Davis succeeded in getting my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire in 1997 so that my Black Democrat subordinate could have my job and have my preferred corner office.  Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and their supporters would have no problem with that because they promote patronage.  SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-cta-second-chance-12-29-17-20161229-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congressmen Bobby Rush and Danny Davis and other prominent Chicago leaders spoke out on Thursday for a CTA jobs program for ex-offenders which could shut down due to a conflict with the rail and bus unions. Democratic Congressmen Bobby Rush and other prominent Chicago politicians and community leaders spoke out on Thursday in support of a CTA jobs program for ex-felons, which is set to end on Saturday because of a conflict with rail and bus unions. Rush, a longtime labor supporter, harshly criticized the unions, saying that putting the Second Chance Program in the middle of contract negotiations was “inhumane” and “insensitive.” Rush said the nine-year-old program that provides temporary jobs cleaning buses and trains is the “only chance” for some ex-felons, victims of abuse and other hard-to-place workers.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Skillicorn stepping down as East Dundee trustee – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109898/
— The GOP’s path to repealing Obama’s health care law – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/business/170109899/
— Dick Clark Productions rejects Mariah Carey’s sabotage claim – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/301029989/
— TRAGIC: The number of St. Charles establishments offering video gambling is set to grow more than five times beyond the three businesses that pioneered the machines just in September. – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/business/170109875/
— Rutland Twp. supervisor kicked off ballot – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109863/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump jabs critics, says he knew he’d win – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/the-latest-trump-jabs-critics-says-he-knew-he-d/article_d986807f-9f17-51a0-9b1c-b3309f35d069.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— State Report Says Illinois Spending Could Exceed Tax Revenue By $13 Billion – BRIAN MACKEY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/state-report-says-illinois-spending-could-exceed-tax-revenue-13-billion

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— GOP Congress feels it has mandate to undo Obama’s agenda – AP
http://www.qconline.com/news/politics/gop-congress-feels-it-has-mandate-to-undo-obama-s/article_ba17afd4-d0ff-11e6-b1fe-2ba1f2344643.html

 

CLINTON HERALD
— Why has the homicide epidemic been left to spread? – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: What the “root causes” of the “homicide epidemic?” Sooner or later, the Democrats who run Chicago will blame Republicans.)
http://www.clintonherald.com/opinion/why-has-the-homicide-epidemic-been-left-to-spread/article_0f2cb49e-d0f4-11e6-95a2-7f4a38c423c0.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— If you’re caught carrying marijuana, you’ll only have to pay a fine  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article124147499.html

 

WJBC
— Illinois’ temporary budget lapses – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/01/02/illinois-temporary-budget-lapses/

 

CHICAGO INFORMER
— David Smith lays out Illinois Family Institute’s legislative agenda for 2017
http://chicagoinformer.com/369319/david-smith-lays-out-illinois-family-institutes-legislative-agenda-for-2017/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? MARCHING WITH FATHER PFLEGER AND REV. JACKSON
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/wheres-weyermuller-marching-with-father-pfleger-and-rev-jackson.html
— TAKING THE PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ON THE ROAD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/taking-the-pro-life-message-on-the-road-video.html
— WILL ILLINOIS EXPLORE THE “RIGHT TO DISCONNECT” FOR EMPLOYEES?  (DIERSEN: From what I see, if employees who are members of any of the following groups assert a “right to disconnect,” they will be immediately terminated: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/will-illinois-explore-the-right-to-disconnect-for-employees.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump takes dig at Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/2/the-latest-trump-takes-dig-at-chicago-mayor-rahm-e/

 

BREITBART
— ANTI-AMERICAN: Chicago Sun-Times: Make All Universities ‘Sanctuary Campuses’ – John Binder
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/01/02/chicago-paper-make-universities-sanctuary-campuses/
— Media Suddenly Find ‘Courage’ to Stand up for First Amendment – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/01/02/first-amendment-media-suddenly-finds-courage-confront-trump/
— Kicking Money Out of Politics: Trump Boots Koch Brother from Golf Course – KATIE MCHUGH
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/02/kickng-money-out-of-politics-trump-boots-koch-brother-from-golf-course/
— Eight Immigration Victories Won for Americans in 2016 – KATIE MCHUGH
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/02/8-immigration-victories-won-for-america-in-2016/

 

BLAZE
— The GOP claims mandate, plans to implement far-reaching conservative agenda – Sarah Lee
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/02/the-gop-claims-mandate-plans-to-implement-far-reaching-conservative-agenda/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— OBAMA DUMPS “REFUGEES” INTO RED STATES – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/02/obama-dumps-refugees-into-red-states/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Vermont Residents Don’t Want To ‘Foot The Bill’ For Syrian Refugees – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/02/vermont-residents-dont-want-to-foot-the-bill-for-syrian-refugees/
— Journalists Exposed By WikiLeaks Will Now Cover Trump White House – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/02/journalists-exposed-by-wikileaks-will-now-cover-trump-white-house/
— Black Leaders Brace To Resist Trump’s Potential Agenda – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/02/black-leaders-brace-to-resist-trumps-potential-agenda/

 

GOPUSA
— Another Wake-up Call Against Open Borders
http://www.gopusa.com/another-wake-up-call-against-open-borders/
— Obama’s Indifference to White ‘Deaths of Despair’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=18723

 

NEWSMAX
— Wall Street Banks: Trump’s Economy to Fall Far Short of Lofty Goals in 1st Year – F McGuire
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/donald-trump-wall-street-economy-banks/2017/01/02/id/766438/

 

BUZPAC REVIEW
— How long should we wait for Trump to ‘repeal a lot’ of Obama’s actions? How about day ONE? – Samantha Chang
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/01/02/long-wait-trump-repeal-lot-obamas-actions-day-one-430758

 

THE HILL
— Biographer: Golf course incident typical of Trump’s ‘erratic behavior’ – MALLORY SHELBOURNE
http://thehill.com/homenews/312381-trump-biographer-says-he-played-at-golf-course-before
— Bruce Springsteen questions whether Trump is fit to serve – MELANIE ZANONA  (DIERSEN: One could ask Springsteen what does he know about government or politics?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/312418-bruce-springsteen-questions-whether-trump-is-fit-to-serve

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Many Americans Don’t Believe Trump Can Handle Presidential Duties.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americans-lack-confidence-in-trump_us_586a8081e4b0de3a08f91111

 

REUTERS
— Trump says Chicago must seek U.S. help if no progress cutting murders – Daniel Trotta
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-chicago-idUSKBN14M155

 

CBS NEWS
— The Republicans who could cause trouble for Donald Trump’s agenda – EMILY SCHULTHEIS  (DIERSEN: Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-people-who-could-cause-trouble-for-donald-trumps-agenda/

 

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump seems eager to make national divisions much worse.”
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-seems-eager-make-national-divisions-much-worse

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump calls for ‘federal help’ to combat Chicago’s shockingly high murder rate – CAMERON JOSEPH
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-calls-federal-combat-chicago-murder-rate-article-1.2931945
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “We’re not opposing Donald Trump with the unified fierceness he deserves.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-not-opposing-trump-fierceness-deserves-article-1.2931856
— Historically black college band criticized for agreeing to march at Trump’s inauguration
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/historically-black-college-band-hit-accepting-trump-invite-article-1.2932145

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s inability to tolerate critics may be his biggest problem.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/01/02/trumps-inability-to-tolerate-critics-may-be-his-biggest-problem/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s never-ending quest for adoration.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/01/02/trumps-never-ending-quest-for-adoration/

 

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans Don’t Think Donald Trump Can Handle Being President.”
http://time.com/4620230/donald-trump-gallup-poll-president/

 

WALL STREET JORNAL
— Republican Congress Promises to Move Quickly Toward Goals  First task is to dismantle Affordable Care Act, but effort is creating a maze of challenges – SIOBHAN HUGHES and  KRISTINA PETERSON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-congress-promises-to-move-quickly-toward-goals-1483370025
— The Method in Donald Trump’s Maddening Communications Habits  The president-elect appears to have at least three purposes in commenting so freely on matters large and small – GERALD F. SEIB
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-method-in-donald-trumps-maddening-communications-habits-1483377825

 

FORBES
— How To Become The ‘Must Hire’ Candidate In A Job Interview – George Bradt  (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.forbes.com/sites/georgebradt/2017/01/02/how-to-become-the-must-hire-candidate-in-a-job-interview/#202ef76f3bb3

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump blasts Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel for record-setting 762 homicides and 4,331 shooting victims in 2016 and says he ‘must ask for Federal help’ if he can’t fix Windy City – DAVID MARTOSKO
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4080790/Chicago-records-762-homicides-2016-making-bloodiest-12-months-20-YEARS-Windy-City.html

January 2 Morning Edition

ABC7
— TRUMP SAYS HE HAS INSIDE INFORMATION ON HACKING – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-says-he-has-inside-information-on-hacking/1682068/

 

NBC5
— How to Get Tickets for Obama’s Farewell Speech in Chicago  A public ticket distribution will take place at McCormick Place on Jan. 7, according to the White House. Tickets are free, and one ticket per person will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis.- Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republicans” who rarely, if ever, criticized Obama, but who viciously criticize Trump?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/How-to-Get-Tickets-for-Obamas-Farewell-Speech-409324595.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Chicago paid $670,000 in 2016 over lawsuits alleging open records violations – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-foia-violation-lawsuits-met-20170101-story.html
— Pension plans no longer a sure thing – Terry Savage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/terrysavage/tca-pension-plans-no-longer-a-sure-thing-20161223-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Very few workers today will get pensions. Most company defined-benefit pension plans were changed long ago into 401(k) plans, where your eventual checks will depend on the amount you contributed and the performance of the investments you chose. But for millions of union workers, part of the attraction of paying union dues over a lifetime of work was the promise of a pension. Many of those pensions are so-called multi-employer plans, which cover workers for unrelated employers in the same industry. Now, as a result of years of mismanagement, bad investments or bad assumptions on returns, some funds are running out of money to keep their pension promises to union workers. Pension defaults or cuts now appear likely because of a law passed as part of the 2014 omnibus spending bill designed to keep the government from shutting down. The Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act allows union pension plans to appeal to the Treasury Department to cut pension benefits — even for current retirees — if the plan trustees can demonstrate the cuts are a solution to extreme hardship.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The work workout  These office moves can fight off unhealthy effects of sitting all day – Kenny Kline  (DIERSEN: I sit 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-try-a-mini-workout-at-work-20161228-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF CRONIN: Merger, mosquitos, money: Cronin on the issues facing DuPage – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109907/
— How St. Charles native Mark Vargas’s tie got mixed up with Trump, Mexico – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109906/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I’m an American of Mexican decent, and I’m also a Republican,” Vargas said. “It was serendipitous this election that I got connected with President Fox.”  Fox’s use of the tie inched Vargas toward a goal made as a student at Judson University in Elgin. Watching the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks he decided to stick his neck out in the name of service to his country. He landed an internship with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, followed by work on businessman Ron Gidwitz’ 2006 gubernatorial campaign. Then he moved to Washington, D.C., gambling that the $72 in his checking account wouldn’t run out before his luck did. He scored a job interview at the Pentagon for a position that would involve spending most of his time in Iraq. There was only one question during the interview: why did Vargas want the job? He gave a response he’d been thinking about ever since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “I believe we’re waging the battle of my generation in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq,” Vargas said. “One day, I want to look back and say that I was a small link in bringing stability to a war-torn country.” Vargas got the job, and spent 2008 through 2010 helping create Iraq’s version of a chamber of commerce.)
— Suburban faith leaders share messages of peace, unity – Madhu Krishnamurthy  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “faith leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170101/news/170109918/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With minority religious communities facing backlash and the country’s deep political and social divisions, the theme for this year’s event was “Breaking Down Walls: Stories of Hope.” “No matter who we are, you have chosen each and every one of us to love and protect one another,” said Gemma Guenther of DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church. Audience members spontaneously joined in singing as the Midwest Ismaili Choir performed “We Are The World.” The sounds of classical Indian string instruments and melodic chanting of meditation hymns set a serene atmosphere of calm.)
— We spend less as we age – Scott Burns  (DIERSEN: My aunt is spending $230 a day to live in an assisted living facility.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/business/170109963/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois makes reintegration easier for cons – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What about reintegration of former federal employees?  I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.  From what I see, people view cons much more favorably than the view federal employees.)
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/other-view-illinois-makes-reintegration-easier-for-cons/article_7012d0d6-435b-548b-bb6c-298f68f34aae.html

 

WSIL
— For Trump, the 1980s still hold relevance – AP  (DIERSEN: What did you do during the 1980s? I worked for GAO. I got assigned to audits of IRS for 3 years and got promoted to GS-13.  But then, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in getting rid of the GAO manager who had hired me, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS, and who had promoted me to GS-13. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I earned an master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA. I served as an officer and then as a director of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.  My wife and I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton, had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton, and filed lawsuits concerning that home.  My wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.  We frequently went on short vacations after her business trips to luxury golf resorts across America.  We owned a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, a 1978 Chevy Chevette, and a 1972 Chevy Corvette.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34164658/for-trump-the-1980s-still-hold-relevance

 

WJBD RADIO
— Republican Senators Offer Strong Words Against Russia, Putin – ABC Radio  (DIERSEN: Who says “strong words” against you?  I should write a book about the strong words that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have said against me.  Between 2004 and 2012, the aforesaid operatives and dupes talked and acted like my critics/opponents had promised them lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and lots more if they succeeded in a) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, b) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, c) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, d) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, e) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, and f) defeating me in bid to serve as MTRCC Treasurer.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/world-news/2017/01/01/republican-senators-offer-strong-words-against-russia-putin

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— In Illinois Gridlock And Rise Of Trump, Third Party Candidate Sees Opportunity For 2018 – BRIAN MACKEY  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plants, to Libertarian plants, and to Green plants?  There are no Republican plants.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/illinois-gridlock-and-rise-trump-third-party-candidate-sees-opportunity-2018#stream/0

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— County board member urges Governors State to bar illegal immigrants – Michael Carroll
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511063288-county-board-member-urges-governors-state-to-bar-illegal-immigrants

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Meier says state will never stop bleeding population without job growth – Glenn Minnis  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois. Those Democrats only want employers that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://metroeastsun.com/stories/511061297-meier-says-state-will-never-stop-bleeding-population-without-job-growth

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— GOP seeks uniformity on illegal immigrant student policies – Michael Carroll
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511063279-gop-seeks-uniformity-on-illegal-immigrant-student-policies
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An Illinois legislator wants to see the state adopt a uniform, transparent and fiscally sound policy on the question of illegal immigrant students attending state universities. State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said publicly funded universities in Illinois lack a uniform standard on accepting illegal immigrants, leading to a patchwork of policies that may be unfair to legal residents of Illinois. “Who it’s unfair to is our own students who cannot attend,” Ives recently told DuPage Policy Journal. “I think that we had a flight of students leaving our state for other universities that give them a better deal.” Illinois State University reported that it had 49 students who identified themselves as not in the country legally during the fall 2016 term. The number of illegal aliens who applied to become students in fall 2017 is 79. The university stresses on its website a core value of diversity. “Undocumented students … who apply to Illinois State are treated identically to any other U.S. citizen or permanent resident,” the university’s policy states. Illegal immigrants who want to study at the university may also be eligible for the in-state tuition rate; they will be asked to complete an affidavit when applying for that tuition rate, according to the university website. However, Illinois State University policies on need-based financial aid and state departmental scholarships are more nuanced. The school is prevented from handing out state or federal funds based on need to illegal immigrants, but those students can freely apply for state scholarships if they meet certain minimum requirements, according to the university website. Ives said she is uncertain if a new state law would need to be passed to create a statewide policy on whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to attend publicly funded universities. Taxpayers are already footing the bill for illegal immigrants to get primary and secondary education — through 12th grade — and Ives thinks state fiscal policies need to be realistic. “We have no budget, and we’re really broke,” she said of the state’s continuing fiscal crisis. Meanwhile, Chicago, a self-identified sanctuary city, seems to encourage illegal aliens to attend publicly funded colleges, Ives said.)
— Edgar County Watchdogs: DuPage County flouted advance-notice law on ballot referenda – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511058385-watchdog-group-dupage-county-flouted-advance-notice-law-on-ballot-referenda

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Rauner implored to take tougher stance in battle with AFSCME – Vimbai Chikomo
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511061812-rauner-implored-to-take-tougher-stance-in-battle-with-afscme

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— KNIGHT: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS DIES HARD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/knight-political-correctness-dies-hard.html
— RHOADS: CELEBRATE TRUMP-PENCE INAUGURATION WITH ILLINOIS STATE SOCIETY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/rhoads-you-can-still-come-to-inauguration.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Corrupt Politician Exposed: Citizens Demand Sanctuary in Their Own Country – Arthur Schaper  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they a) want to fill America’s cities with illegals and b) want to drive out of those cities those individuals, organizations, and companies that are 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://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2017/01/02/corrupt-politician-exposed-citizens-demand-sanctuary-in-their-own-country-n2266088
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The phrase “sanctuary city” should be redundant. Cities should be sanctuaries for citizens. Period. The surrounding walls of a community kept inhabitants safe from marauding tribes in the Middle Ages. To this day, Vatican City has its ancient surroundings. Israel has a fence, with a cement wall in key sections, to protect their citizenry from Islamic terrorists and West Bank agitators. Those cities are safe, or at least safer. American citizens, though, are finding less safety in their cities. In California, there are at least 35 sanctuary cities in the lawless sense: illegal aliens can live and work in these areas, and not worry about local enforcement cooperating with federal immigration authorities to deport them. How has this policy worked out? Ask Maria Espinoza of the Remembrance Project, and the thousands of American lives lost to illegal aliens—murderers, drunk-drivers, rapists, etc. who found safe haven on American streets. “Sanctuary cities” are Orwellian nonsense writ large. There is no safety, there is no security, and they undermine the very concept of city, which exists to serve and protect … citizens. In urban centers across the country, the very concept of “city” has been notoriously abused. Chicago, along with Los Angeles and New York City, have brazenly announced their sanctuary city status. Windy City Mayor Rahm Emanuel comforted the illegals in his midst that he would do everything possible to shield them from deportation. It’s too bad many of the residents (legal or not) get shot by gang bangers and mafia interests.)
— White Male Survival Guide 2017 – Katie Kieffer  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites to curry favor with those who are anti-White?  What do you say to males who demonize, denigrate, and condemn males to curry favor with those who are anti-male?  What do you say to older people who demonize, denigrate, and condemn older people to curry favor with those who are anti-older people? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://townhall.com/columnists/katiekieffer/2017/01/02/white-male-survival-guide-2017-n2266079
(FROM THE ARTICLE: China got it wrong: 2017 is not the year of the rooster—it’s the year of the white male. 2017 is the year the white man takes back his worth. Black Male Supremacists. Unheard of. Brown Male Supremacists. Unheard of. Because it’s only trendy for American elites to bash white males. Especially white males who never owned slaves; white males who never “stole” land from Native Americans or Mexicans; and white males who never hired an unqualified male over a qualified female in the workplace. How do white men handle the hatred hurled their way? Good question. I’ve prepared a short survival guide for white men who wish to reclaim their dignity in America. Mayday, Mayday, Mayday  “Mayday” is an international radio call signal to denote distress. Elitist comments like the following seven examples help illustrate the distress in which white males find themselves.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Charlie Sheen’s Trump death wish: How Twitter is turning political debate toxic – Howard Kurtz
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/02/charlie-sheens-trump-death-wish-how-twitter-is-turning-political-debate-toxic.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Let’s All Pray Trump Can Maintain the Courage of His Convictions – Denis Kleinfeld  (DIERSEN: What do you say to my churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who pray that I lose the courage of my convictions?)
http://www.newsmax.com/finance/deniskleinfeld/donald-trump-investors-reality-stock-market/2017/01/01/id/766365/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Dear Baby New Year, THIS is What Liberals Have in Store For You in 2017 – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/01/01/dear-baby-new-year-liberals-store/

 

GOPUSA
— A Silent March for the Dead of Chicago
http://www.gopusa.com/a-silent-march-for-the-dead-of-chicago/

 

BLAZE
— Top Senate Democrat: We will work to undermine, slow down Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/01/top-senate-democrat-we-will-work-to-undermine-slow-down-trump-cabinet-confirmation-hearings/

 

BREITBART
— SEIU Cuts Budget by 30 Percent Following Trump Victory – LEE STRANAHAN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/02/winning-seiu-cuts-budget-30-response-trump-victory/
— Washington Post’s Fake News of Russian Vermont Power Plant Hack – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/31/washington-posts-fake-news-russian-vermont-power-plant-hack/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Versus the Blue Wall in Washington – G. Murphy Donovan
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/trump_versus_the_blue_wall_in_washington.html

 

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— Trump is Shortening Inaugural Day Ceremonies; Here’s Why… – C.E. Dyer
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/trump-is-shortening-inaugural-day-ceremonies-heres-why

 

POLITICO
— Black pols plan Trump resistance  ‘Our community is counting on us as the last line of defense between Donald Trump and the worst of what America could offer,’ one African-American lawmaker says. – HEATHER CAYGLE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/african-american-lawmakers-trump-resistance-233040

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How Trump made hatred profitable for Milo Yiannopoulos.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/opinions/milo-yiannopoulos-and-trump-profitable-hate-ben-ghiat-opinion/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mar-a-Lago, the Future Winter White House and Home of the Calmer Trump – MAGGIE HABERMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/us/trump-mar-a-lago-future-winter-white-house.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you if you do not promote Islam.
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/business/media/anti-muslim-vitriol-brands-promote-inclusion.html
— Why Corporations Are Helping Donald Trump Lie About Jobs – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs run America. They only want employers and employees that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/opinion/why-corporations-are-helping-donald-trump-lie-about-jobs.html
— The Best Time to Retune Your Career? It’s Probably Right Now – Kevin Granville  (DIERSEN: What would “New York Times reporters and columnists” have advised me to do at the start of a) 1981 through 1997 concerning my GAO career and b) 1972 through 1980 concerning my IRS career?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/business/best-time-to-retune-career.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: January is the big month for buying gym memberships. The excesses of the holiday season leave many of us looking to make improvements in our lives — a search that often leads straight to the elliptical machine. But what about your job and career? How have those been working out? Many people spend most of their waking hours at work or thinking about work. In the dim chill of a Monday morning in January, the prospect of another year at a job that fails to satisfy can be daunting, if not downright depressing. Is it time to ask for a raise, or to look for a new job altogether? Or do you just want to be happier where you are? You’ve come to the right place. New York Times reporters and columnists have tackled these topics in recent years, asking the questions you may have now, and are ready with answers.)

 

NEW YORK POST
— ‘That’s never happened’: Button maker sells out of Trump merchandise – Carl Campanile  (DIERSEN: How fast is Trump merchandise selling in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://nypost.com/2017/01/02/thats-never-happened-button-maker-sells-out-of-trump-merch/

 

USA TODAY
— Applause for NYPD move to allow turbans for Sikhs in uniform – Melanie Eversley  (DIERSEN: What is the next move?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/30/applause-nypd-move-allow-turbans-sikhs-uniform/95988158/

 

THE NEW YORKER
— INTELLECTUALS FOR TRUMP  A rogue group of conservative thinkers try to build a governing ideology around a President-elect who disdains ideology. – Kelefa Sanneh  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all Republicans voted for Trump because he promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/intellectuals-for-trump
— THE TRUMP-ERA CORPORATE BOYCOTT  For decades, we held corporations responsible for labor practices and environmental records. Now we target them for real or imagined political messages. – James Surowiecki (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, corporations a) pander to the Democrat Party and b) talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/the-trump-era-corporate-boycott

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How Dwindling Union Power Helped Usher In Trump – ALAN DRAPER
http://prospect.org/article/how-dwindling-union-power-helped-usher-trump

 

FED SMITH
— GSA Lowers Mileage Reimbursement Rates for 2017 – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Do/did get your mileage reimbursed?  The Post Office reimbursed me for the miles that I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and my 1969 Dodge Charger SE delivering mail in Park Forest 1966-1969.  IRS reimbursed me for the miles that I drove my 1962 Chevy BelAir collecting delinquent taxes in Chicagoland 1972-1980.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/02/gsa-lowers-mileage-reimbursement-rates-for-2017/

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Rosie O’Donnell-Donald Trump Feud Update: Comedian Calls President-Elect ‘Mentally Unstable’ – SUMAN VARANDANI  (DIERSEN: Democrats always hint/imply/argue/shout that non-Democrats are mentally ill.)
http://www.ibtimes.com/rosie-odonnell-donald-trump-feud-update-comedian-calls-president-elect-mentally-2468292

January 1 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— States checking power grid computers after Russians hack into electric utility in Vermont – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/226455464-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Politicians, entertainers open up on their Catholicism in new book – Robert Herguth
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pols-entertainers-open-up-on-their-catholicism-in-new-book/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Happy New Year! What will your obituary say? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: I hope that my obituary says that since 2004 and to the day I died, I send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, and that since 2015 and to the day I died, I sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every evening too.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-new-year-write-your-obituary-edit-0101-jm-20161229-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Workplace tips for the new year – Rex W. Huppke  (DIERSEN: What workplace tips did you fail/refuse to take from your Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates?  I failed/refused to take their tips that I a) become a veteran, b) become a Democrat, c) help them get rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) NOT complain about political affiliation discrimination, e) NOT complain about reverse discrimination, f) NOT complain about age discrimination, g) NOT complain about retaliation for the aforesaid complaints, and h) NOT become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-0101-biz-20161228-column.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Career help at colleges lacking, report says – Ally Marotti  (DIERSEN: I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management.  The only career advice that I can remember getting from NIU was that I should enlist.  Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship deferment would be approved, and therefore, they believed that I was draft bait.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-university-career-services-0101-biz-20161229-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Bridge helps teens cope with stress – Kay Manning  (DIERSEN: How much stress were you under when you were a teen?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I was under NO stress when I was a teen because a) I graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, my ACT was 24, and UIC accepted me, b) I had jobs doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail, c) I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, and a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442, d) I had student draft deferments, and e) my parents provided me with room and board.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-holiday-giving-bridge-youth-and-family-met-20161230-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More suburbs banning alcohol smoking, powdered alcohol – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170101/news/170109935/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The new year we’re ringing in looks a lot like the old year – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161231/ISSUE05/312319997/the-year-ahead-in-chicago-springfield-and-d-c-politics

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— It’s time to set Illinois on a path for success – Gov. Bruce Rauner
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161231/gov-bruce-rauner-its-time-to-set-illinois-on-path-for-success

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Lawmakers to blame for state exodus – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who wants you to leave Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, your precinct, and/or your home?  I should write a book about the nasty/troubled/failed/hateful/vicious people who want me to leave Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, Precinct 9, and my home.)
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-views-lawmakers-to-blame-for-state-exodus/article_33059fdc-c425-5b17-be6a-97245f00036c.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Deep-pocketed Rauner loaded for bear, but vulnerable – Scott Reeder
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/deep-pocketed-rauner-loaded-for-bear-but-vulnerable/article_f6eaf4a3-3eb5-5954-b161-eebdcef521a2.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Illinois loses political clout as population declines – Doug Wilson  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Illinois focus on driving out of Illinois those individuals, organizations, and companies that are 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://www.whig.com/20170101/illinois-loses-political-clout-as-population-declines#

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump visit trumped all other local stories in 2016
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/trump-visit-trumped-all-other-local-stories-in/article_5be03f23-2659-5030-81e8-ced59fb59d30.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Shimkus loses bid to chair powerful House committee – MOLLY PARKER  (DIERSEN: What bids have you lost? I lost my bids to be a GS-13 at IRS 1975-1979 and at GAO 1980-1985. I lost my bids to be a GS-14 at GAO 1987-1997.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/shimkus-loses-bid-to-chair-powerful-house-committe/article_62f1b290-0186-5ebe-9bb8-6da3e38615f5.html

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Uihlein donates $500 to Algonquin TWP Republican Central Committee  (DIERSEN: What do the officers of the following organizations think of you: Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization?  Do the aforesaid officers inspire you to give money to the aforesaid organizations?)
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511054602-uihlein-donates-500-to-algonquin-twp-republican-central-comm

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— ‘USA Today’ Holds Curt Schilling’s Current Political Positions Against Him for Hall of Fame Bid – Warner Todd Huston  (DIERSEN: Which of your political positions do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hold against you?  They hold against me my acceptance and advocacy of the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. They hold against me my acceptance and advocacy of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/31/usa-today-holds-curt-schillings-current-political-positions-hall-fame-bid/
— The Top 30 Fake Hate Crimes Busted Since Election Day – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/31/top-30-fake-hate-crimes-busted-since-election-day/

 

STEYN ONLINE
— License to Dye – Mark Steyn
http://www.steynonline.com/7657/license-to-dye

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Holds New Year’s Bash at Mar-a-Lago
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-trump-the-latest/2016/12/31/id/766315/

 

BREITBART
— California Black Lives Matter Proud of Facebook Post Saying They Spit in Police Officer’s Starbucks – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/30/california-black-lives-matter-proud-facebook-post-saying-spit-police-officers-starbucks/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump expresses doubts about online security – AP
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/01/trump-expresses-doubts-about-online-security.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s Twitter ‘freaks the mainstream media out,’ incoming White House spokesman says – Ben Wolfgang
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/1/sean-spicer-incoming-white-house-spokesmantrumps-t/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— 2017: The Beginning of the Era of Disruption – Daniel Wagner
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-wagner/2017-the-beginning-of-the_b_13921496.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama – JAMES RISEN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/opinion/sunday/if-donald-trump-targets-journalists-thank-obama.html
— Lessons From the Media’s Failures in Its Year With Trump – Nicholas Kristof  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly the media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/opinion/sunday/lessons-from-the-medias-failures-in-its-year-with-trump.html
— What Does It Mean to Acknowledge the Past? – ANGELA FLOURNOY  (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) for your parents’ sins against minorities and against females, b) for your grandparents’ sins against minorities and against females, c) for your great grand parents’ sins against minorities and against females, and d) for the rest of your ancestors’ sins against minorities and against females.  Under the Democrats, you are especially demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, a gun owner, German American, and/or a draft avoider.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/opinion/sunday/what-does-it-mean-to-acknowledge-the-past.html
— Why Aren’t There More Female Billionaires? – ROBERT FRANK  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have.  Since 1966, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/business/why-arent-there-more-female-billionaires.html
— Feminism Lost. Now What?  “It’s amazing to me the lightning speed at which these issues have receded. The story is the total omission of women.” – SUSAN CHIRA  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have.  Since 1966, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/opinion/sunday/feminism-lost-now-what.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— How Trump could exact revenge against the NFL – Claire Atkinson  (DIERSEN: Who blames you for their problems, for your problems, and/or for everyone’s problems?  I should write a book about my critics/opponents who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.  The aforesaid “exact revenge” against me by discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. It seems like they urged the Republicans in my precinct to vote for Kasich in the primary election and for Clinton in the general election.  Previously, they, their operatives, and their dupes exacted revenge by ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster position, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/how-trump-could-exact-revenge-against-the-nfl/

 

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Kathleen Parker says “Election of Trump released ‘a malevolent spirit’ across America.”  Ever-increasingly, Parker sides with those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/opinion/columnists/parker/kathleen-parker-election-of-trump-released-a-malevolent-spirit-across/article_82a1c505-f2b4-5a20-88d7-4bb2db8536e7.html

 

GUARDIAN
— How Trump’s savvy army won the internet war  As new research reveals, right wingers understand far better than liberals how cyberspace can connect like-minded souls – John Naughton
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/01/donald-trump-savvy-army-won-internet-war

December 31 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— CPD, CFD will be out in force this weekend for New Year’s celebrations – Lisa Chavarria
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/226353479-story
— Chicago Police: Man fatally shoots teen who tried to rob him
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/226347627-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Does legalizing pot spur kids to try it? – Dennis Thompson  (DIERSEN: Tragically, yes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-legalizing-pot-effect-on-kids-health-0104-20161228-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Why Aurora man builds crosses for Chicago homicide victims – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161230/news/161239900/

 

BUREAU COUNTY NEWS
— A strategy to derail Madigan and cronies  Put House Dems on the defensive for their support of speaker – Jim Nowlan
http://www.bcrnews.com/2016/12/27/jim-nowlan-a-strategy-to-derail-madigan-and-cronies/aftjycj/

 

WSIL TV
— Russia, brushing off Obama, looks to friendlier Donald Trump – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34152123/putin-says-russia-wont-expel-diplomats-trump-offers-praise

 

WAND
— Local Veterinarians Seeing Pets Getting into Medical Marijuana – Kathleen Cohen
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34156000/local-veterinarians-seeing-pets-getting-into-medical-marijuana

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— State held ‘auction’ of residents while closing Jacksonville facility – AP
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20161230/state-held-auction-of-residents-while-closing-jacksonville-facility

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— FLASHBACK: Trump quotes from Ibendahl’s editorial at three rallies
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14240

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Hechts donate $300 to Mendrick for Sheriff
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511054126-hechts-donate-300-to-mendrick-for-sheriff

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Lisle CUSD 202 Told To Raise Taxes To Maximum Law Allows – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/video-lisle-cusd-202-told-to-raise-taxes-to-maximum-law-allows/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— American Universities Teaching Hate, It’s Not Just for Terrorists Anymore – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/30/american-universities-teaching-hate-not-just-terrorists-anymore/

 

TOWNHALL
— 2016 Was The Year of the Deplorables – Todd Starnes
http://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2016/12/31/2016-was-the-year-of-the-deplorables-n2265439

 

BREITBART
— Faked News: Your Guide to 22 Post-Election Hate Hoaxes – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/30/faked-news-your-guide-to-22-post-election-hate-hoaxes/

 

BLAZE
— Comparing Trump to Hitler, Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer quits over inauguration invite acceptance – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/30/comparing-trump-to-hitler-mormon-tabernacle-choir-singer-quits-over-inauguration-invite-acceptance/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— In last weeks, Obama dumps 502 refugees on Nebraska – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2016/12/31/in-last-weeks-obama-dumps-502-refugees-on-nebraska

 

LIFE NEWS
— Democrats Will Never Appeal to Christian Voters Until They End Their Love Affair With Big Abortion  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote abortion.)
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/12/30/democrats-will-never-appeal-to-christian-voters-until-they-end-their-love-affair-with-big-abortion/

 

CSN NEWS
— Roseanne Barr Tweets: Obama Pushes Anti-Jewish Laws Just Like The Nazis – Michael W. Chapman
http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/roseanne-barr-tweets-obama-pushes-anti-jewish-laws-just-nazis

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump, the New York Times, and the Constitution: Who Needs an Education? – Peter Nichols
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/12/trump_the_new_york_times_and_the_constitution_who_needs_an_education.html

 

THE HILL
— Four Cabinet spots still open in the Trump administration – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/312197-4-cabinet-spots-still-open-in-the-trump-administration

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Facebook Bans Author Who Branded Name-Calling Trump Backers A ‘Nasty Fascistic Lot’  “We’re living in strange, Orwellian times,” warns Kevin Sessums. – Mary Papenfuss
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-ban-sessums-trump-backers-fascistic_us_5866ec6ee4b0de3a08f87d8f
— The Biggest LGBT Advances Of 2016 – Matt Baume (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBT activity.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-biggest-lgbt-advances-of-2016_us_5866ac8ce4b04d7df167d467

 

REUTERS
— Illinois budget woes reignite with spending deal’s imminent lapse – Dave McKinney
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget-idUSKBN14J1Y8

 

CNN
— See who’s in Trump’s inaugural parade – Gregg Birnbaum
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/30/politics/trump-inauguration-parade/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Grand Old Party? Donald Trump remaking GOP in his image
http://www.wbal.com/article/211393/130/grand-old-party-donald-trump-remaking-gop-in-his-image

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Join Our Board: Companies Hotly Pursue New Wave of Women in Tech – PUI-WING TAM  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, it was extremely difficult for my superiors to meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.  Minorities and women who were qualified for the jobs that I had at GAO 1980-1997, at IRS 1971-1980, and at the Post Office 1966-1969 could always get better jobs in the private sector that paid better, that had better advancement opportunities, and that did not have the terrible stigma of being a government employee.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/technology/join-our-board-companies-hotly-pursue-new-wave-of-women-in-tech.html
— ‘Church Militant’ Theology Is Put to New, and Politicized, Use – SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, church leaders talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/us/church-militant-theology-is-put-to-new-and-politicized-use.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.): A Republican role model for 2017 – Jennifer Rubin  (DIERSEN: The harder that you work against Trump, the more that anti-Trumps glorify and praise you.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/12/30/a-republican-role-model-for-2017/
— Federal agencies rush to fill job openings before Trump takes office Jan. 20 – Lisa Rein and Juliet Eilperin (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/federal-agencies-rush-to-fill-job-openings-before-trump-takes-office-jan-20/2016/12/30/de0c1030-cdd8-11e6-a747-d03044780a02_story.html
— An addiction crisis along ‘the backbone of America’ – Joel Achenbach
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/12/30/an-addiction-crisis-along-the-backbone-of-america/
— Central Americans continue to surge across U.S. border, new DHS figures show – Abigail Hauslohner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/central-americans-continue-to-surge-across-us-border-new-dhs-figures-show/2016/12/30/ed28c0aa-cec7-11e6-b8a2-8c2a61b0436f_story.html

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— Media guilty of double standard on terror attacks – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-goldberg-0101-20161231-story.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that all Republicans are racists.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-america-schools-zero-tolerance-racism-article-1.2928823

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Obama Sanctions Trump, er, Putin  The real aim is to excite Democratic partisans gearing up to oppose the incoming administration. – HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-sanctions-trump-er-putin-1483143183
— GOP’s Freedom Caucus Shows Readiness to Work With Paul Ryan  Group of fractious lawmakers’ shift comes amid an aim to overhaul health and tax laws – BYRON TAU
http://www.wsj.com/articles/gops-freedom-caucus-shows-readiness-to-work-with-paul-ryan-1483102801

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBT activity.
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-blues-promote-lgbt-inclusion-with-its-first-ever/article_7d1d8414-a1a5-5354-8418-31976ddea9ae.html

 

FORBES
— The 10 Most Ridiculous College Protests Of 2016 – Karin Agness
http://www.forbes.com/sites/karinagness/2016/12/30/the-10-most-ridiculous-college-protests-of-2016/#6f993a2a4f84

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Tech Companies Are Basically Begging Women to Join Their Boards to Up Diversity – Dayna Evans  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, it was extremely difficult for my superiors to meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.  Minorities and women who were qualified for the jobs that I had at GAO 1980-1997, at IRS 1971-1980, and at the Post Office 1966-1969 could always get better jobs in the private sector that paid better, that had better advancement opportunities, and that did not have the terrible stigma of being a government employee.)
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/tech-companies-diversity-boards.html

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why celebrate the New Year? Under President Trump, 2017 could be even worse.”  Before Trump defeated Clinton, the future looked much worse for individuals, for organizations, for companies, for governments, and for countries that are 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://www.salon.com/2016/12/31/why-celebrate-the-new-year-under-president-trump-2017-could-be-even-worse/

December 29 Morning Addition

DAILY HERALD
— Hearing Trump’s vision – Kerry Lester  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, etc. in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton a) who do not want me to know about their activities or their events, b) who do not want me to promote their activities or their events, c) who do not want me to attend their events, and/or d) who do not want me to report on their activities or their events?  The aforesaid blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161229/news/161229008/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Major Republican donors in Illinois might have voted for President-elect Donald Trump, but their money hasn’t followed into his war chest as it has for past candidates, such as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The tide could be beginning to change, thanks to a visit to Chicago on Friday by Vice President-Elect Mike Pence that’s being organized by Wheaton resident and GOP fundraiser Lisa Wagner, who developed deep ties over the years with Republican officials in Indiana, Pence’s home state. “Pence didn’t come to Illinois during the campaign,” says Wagner, who tells me she had a week to organize the 11 a.m. Chicago Club event, after the Republican National Committee called and told her Pence was available. “He’s been around Donald Trump in a way few others have, and this is an opportunity for people to hear about his vision and what it’s like.” The event’s host committee includes GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton and Illinois GOP Chair Tim Schneider of Bartlett. Tickets start at $2,700 per person and go as high as $33,400 per couple who sign up as co-chairs.)
— DuPage mayors look ahead to 2017 and back at accomplishments
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161229/news/161229218/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: Maine Twp., Naperville teachers among highest paid in suburbs – Russell Lissau  (DIERSEN: Who says that you are/were overpaid?  According to this article, “Maine Township High School District 207 topped the list with an average teacher salary of $110,929. That’s well above the $63,453 state average.”  In 1997, when I was 49 years old, in today’s dollars, GAO paid me $120,427 (GS-13 Step 10). My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.  I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $77,899-$88,286.  I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $92,632-$120,427.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161229/news/161229005/
— Making America 1953 again – George Will  (DIERSEN: In 1953, America was far less 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 THAN AMERICA IS TODAY.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161229/discuss/161229072/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 2 residents from now-shuttered group homes found; 1 remains missing – Patricia Callahan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/grouphomes/ct-group-homes-resident-found-met-20161228-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Future campus sex assault investigations uncertain under Trump – Stacy St. Clair and Jodi S. Cohen  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-men use Trump to demonize men, to denigrate men, and to condemn men.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-universities-title-ix-investigations-20161228-story.html

 

WTTW
— Illinois’ Fiscal Mess Will Take a Decade to Fix – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/12/28/study-illinois-fiscal-mess-will-take-decade-fix

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Illinois Towns Face Tale of Two Minimum Wages
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/12/29/illinois-towns-face-tale-two-minimum-wages.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rauner prepares for tough 2018 governor race – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: Those who want Rauner to lose will advise him to pander to Illinois voters 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/12/27/reeder-rauner-prepares-for-tough-2018-governor-race/a3xk2qh/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The interesting thing is that despite his loaded campaign coffers, Rauner is vulnerable. First of all, midterm elections almost always favor the party that doesn’t hold the White House. And given the animosity Democratic voters hold toward Donald Trump, particularly in blue states such as Illinois, Rauner likely will be swimming against the tide. It doesn’t mean he will drown, but it will be a tougher race than when he first captured the Executive Mansion. And I make that statement reluctantly. Of all of the governors who have served in my lifetime, he comes the closest to matching my own libertarian ideology. I want government out of my wallet and out of our private lives. But Illinoisans are weary of the constant war between Madigan and Rauner. Rauner views his election as a voter indictment of the longtime political boss, who he blames for Illinois’ fiscal ills. And he’s right for blaming Madigan. But Rauner has done a poor job of messaging about why he is engaged in this struggle. I’ve covered every governor since James R. Thompson, and this administration has done the worst job by far of sharing its vision for the state. Because of this, voters view this conflict as a personality clash between two egos rather than a conflict between divergent political philosophies.)

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Duckworth vows to fight for steelworkers during Granite visit – Brittany Johnson  (DIERSEN: Democrats always fight for those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thetelegraph.com/news/94411/duckworth-vows-to-fight-for-steelworkers-during-granite-visit

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Hear the voice of experience – Rich Miller  (DIERSEN: What experience do you have? I gained experience a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years — Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980 (the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $77,899-$88,286), and GAO 1980-1997 (the last 11 years at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $92,632-$120,427), serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; and d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/12/24/hear-the-voice-of-experience/c18jwwg/

 

WSIL TV
— SIU students ask for “sanctuary campus” – Anna Giles  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat professors crank out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34143317/siu-students-ask-for-sanctuary-campus

 

TIME
— Mautino: New job, new scrutiny – David Giuliani  (DIERSEN: None of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes have ever been scrutinized.  They should be scrutinized.  Who gives them money?)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/new-job-new-scrutiny/article_cf09c55f-cf29-54c8-a3be-c5a72658c258.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Walls going up on Lutheran High School addition – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161228/walls-going-up-on-lutheran-high-school-addition

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Pressure’s on for Trump to make diplomats safer – AP
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/pressure-s-on-for-trump-to-make-diplomats-safer/article_4aa8a667-62f1-5f71-8416-21f3714790a9.html

 

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Filmmaker Michael Moore Shares Detailed Plan To Derail The Trump Administration  “There’s no crying in TrumpLand – Let’s get to work,” Moore said.  (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats nominate Moore to run against Trump in 2020?)
https://chicagodefender.com/2016/12/28/filmmaker-michael-moore-shares-detailed-plan-to-derail-the-trump-administration/

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— ELECTION 2017: ST. CHARLES WILL SEE SOME COMPETITION IN WARDS 2 AND 4
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2016/12/election-2017-st-charles-will-see-some-competition-in-wards-2-and-4/

 

KENDAL COUNTY NOW
— Illinois to ring in New Year with nearly 200 new state laws
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2016/12/22/illinois-to-ring-in-new-year-with-nearly-200-new-state-laws/ac2euma/

 

BRUCE DUMONT
— VIDEO: Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont 12/25/16
https://vimeo.com/196906770

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Cub Scouts Reject Girl Who Wishes She Were a Boy Written By Laurie Higgins  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/cub-scouts-reject-girl-wishes-boy/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— God Does Value What You Do – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What do you do? I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in which I discourage dependency on government, LGBTQ activity, abolition, illegal immigration, preference giving, promiscuity, booze, pot, gambling and other vices, etc.  All of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote one or more of the aforesaid.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2016/12/29/god-does-value-what-you-do/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Dangerous Hatemongering: Are Democrats Working to Get President Trump Assassinated? – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/28/dangerous-hatemongering-democrats-working-get-president-trump-assassinated/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Transition to Trump: Trump receives warning from the affirmative action police – Jeffrey A. Rendall  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that my demographics are terrible – conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German-American, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, childless, no pets, American-nameplate car owner, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, retired federal employee for more the 19 years, overweight, etc.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/24795-transition-trump-trump-receives-warning-affirmative-action-police
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the Donald Trump transition team has worked diligently since Election Day to find the most qualified people to serve in leadership roles in his upcoming administration, the forces of the left are keeping score — not only in terms of the backgrounds and histories of the nominees, but also on what they look like. Of course there have been a plethora of media reports about Trump choosing too many out-of-touch rich people, militaristic generals and greedy profit-centered business tycoons to run federal departments. But what’s really bothering liberals the most is the lack of so-called “diversity” in Trump’s proposed leadership circle. S.A. Miller writes in the Washington Times, “A top adviser to Donald Trump on diversity issues is offering no apologies for the preponderance of white men filling the Cabinet and key jobs in the new administration, insisting that the lack of minorities reflected the president-elect’s color-blind approach to hiring decisions. “Bruce Levell, who spearheaded a minority outreach effort for the Trump campaign and now serves as an adviser to the transition team, said that Mr. Trump isn’t looking to check off diversity boxes with his hiring decisions — and that’s OK with black and Hispanic Americans.” Well, it’s not okay to the most race-conscious black and Hispanic Americans. They want to see as many non-white faces surrounding Trump as possible. Miller also notes that of 18 Cabinet-level picks so far, Mr. Trump has selected 13 white men, two women of Asian descent and one white woman. The only black nominee so far is retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate Ben Carson, tapped to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. And that’s not all — of seven senior counselors named to his point, only Kellyanne Conway has two X chromosomes. Almost sounds like a poker game, doesn’t it? There’s little doubt that “affirmative action” will be a hot topic for the left in assaulting the Trump administration in the coming years. Whereas our society judges organizations such as the NFL for the quantity of minority coaches it employs, the left will certainly be counting the number of minorities in positions close to Trump – and they’re not going to like what they see. These same people may not feel as much angst towards the dearth of representation of women, however, because to liberals, Republican and conservative women don’t count towards their quotas. To them, if a woman doesn’t have some sort of bra-burning advocacy for abortion on demand in her background, she doesn’t count towards membership in the female gender. And the same definitely goes for homosexuals as well, or as is more commonly accepted these days, folks in the “LGBTQ community.” (What exactly does the “Q” – queer – demographic constitute that isn’t covered by the other letters?) It’s common knowledge that close Trump advisor Peter Thiel is homosexual, but he hasn’t yet been offered an official position in the administration, so he won’t count towards an affirmative action head count either. In fact, Thiel is enduring the usual level of leftist hatred for his willingness to work with Trump. As a candidate to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Thiel is being attacked from all sides. Robert Goldberg writes at The Hill, “Trump has promised to find ways to accelerate the pace of medical innovation. And so groups such as Public Citizen and the Center for American Progress that make a living and maintain a media presence bashing the pharmaceutical industry are howling that Thiel wants to water down the scientific and conflict of interests standards regulating the FDA and NIH, in order to allow Big Pharma to get rich by exposing consumers to dangerous, ineffective treatments.” While it’s true that in this case the liberals aren’t specifically targeting Thiel’s sexual orientation, the fact that “one of them” is actually advocating for loosening government controls must anger them to the core. The same goes for their opposition to Ben Carson taking over the direction of HUD. If a black man favors more private enterprise in housing, that’s a bad thing. Meanwhile, the media and liberals fail to note that Trump has placed several Jewish individuals in prominent roles. Commerce and Treasury nominees Wilbur Ross and Steve Mnuchin are both Jewish, right? Muslims must feel slighted. I’m sure that’s the way the left looks at it. It all doesn’t really matter, however. When push comes to shove, Trump could assemble a cabinet chock full of so-called ethnic minorities, women and folks with alternative lifestyles and he would still be labeled as racially and culturally biased by the left because of his colorblind policies. They’re not interested in someone’s background half as much as what he or she believes government’s role should be in enforcing the leftist accepted cultural norms. Need proof? George W. Bush elevated African-Americans to positions never held before by people of color and was there any credit given? Wasn’t Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice black enough? Does Elaine Chao lose her Asian identity because she’s a Republican and is married to Mitch McConnell? And we don’t even need to mention Justice Clarence Thomas here, a man who’s endured decades of race hatred and scorn because he dares to be conservative and black at the same time. So don’t give too much credence to the left’s ethnic scorecard where Trump’s team is concerned. There’s just no way to satisfy them, short of packing his cabinet with the Eric Holders and Loretta Lynches of the world.)

 

BREITBART
— Washington Post Stokes ‘Ominous Negative Feeling’ Among Migrant Schoolchildren – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/12/28/wapo-stokes-ominous-negative-feeling-among-migrant-schoolchildren/

 

FOX NEWS
— San Francisco grapples with growing crime, blight after years of liberal policies – Tori Richards
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/27/san-francisco-grapples-with-growing-crime-blight-after-years-liberal-policies.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— 15 ‘USEFUL INFIDELS’ FOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA  CNN star, Ben Affleck, current CIA director head up revealing list – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2016/12/15-useful-infidels-for-muslim-brotherhood-in-america/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Obama and Kerry: Poster boys for moral relativism – Patricia McCarthy
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/12/obama_and_kerry_poster_boys_for_moral_relativism.html

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Small Biz Owners Look Forward to Trump Era – STEPHEN KRUISER  (DIERSEN: To turn small business owners against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to small business owners that I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997, that for almost 30 of those years, I was a federal employee, and that for more than 19 years, I have been a federal retiree.)
https://spectator.org/small-biz-owners-look-forward-to-trump-era/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— LBJ vs. the Nuclear Family  The consequences of his Great Society have been profound. – TIMOTHY S. GOEGLEIN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/lbj-vs-the-nuclear-family/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Should Have a Celebrity-Free Inauguration – CHRISTIAN TOTO
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443394/donald-trump-inauguration-celebrity-free-entertainment

 

POLITICO
— Congress leaves Trump with unlimited war powers  The failure to pass a war authorization against the Islamic State will mean few checks on his provocative campaign vows. – AUSTIN WRIGHT
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/congress-trump-military-force-232815

 

CNN
— Trump lawsuits to watch in 2017 – Laura Jarrett  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed?)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/politics/trump-lawsuit-watchlist/

 

AOL NEWS
— Gallup poll: President Obama is ‘Most Admired Man’ in U.S. (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who admires Obama?  ANSWER: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/29/gallup-poll-obama-most-admired-man-us/21643610/

 

MERCURY NEWS
— California DMV licensed 800,000 undocumented immigrants under 2-year-old law – TATIANA SANCHEZ (DIERSEN: How many of these 800,000 voted for Clinton?)
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/28/dmv-licensed-800000-undocumented-immigrants-under-2-year-old-law/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Chicago Murder Rate Spikes, Many Fear Violence Has Become Normalized – JULIE BOSMAN and MITCH SMITH
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/chicago-murder-rate-gun-deaths.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “A Flashback to My Soviet Childhood  Twenty-five years ago this month, a culture of paranoia destroyed the Soviet Union. I now see similar neuroses in America.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/opinion/a-flashback-to-my-soviet-childhood.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Retirement watch: 4 California members of Congress who might bow out by 2018, and one who almost definitely will – Sarah D. Wire  (DIERSEN: Have you ever been the subject of a “retirement watch?”  I was between October 1, 1993 when I was 45 years old and September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old. That was GAO’s early retirement window for those like me who had 25 or more years of federal service.  My Democrat GAO superiors wanted all those like me who were eligible for their early retirement “offer” to take it, and especially those who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.  My Democrat GAO superiors especially wanted me to take their “offer” because I had been an active member of a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-member-retire-watch-20161229-story.html

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— 8 years of Obama vacations cost $85 million – ANITA KUMAR
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article123335079.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Police Step Up Minority Recruitment  Facing a surge in murders, the department hopes diversifying amid expansion would bolster community trust – SHIBANI MAHTANI and WILL CONNORS  (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors URGE EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY URGE MINORITIES, TO NOT TRUST THOSE WHO ARE 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://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-police-step-up-minority-recruitment-1482933601

 

BLOOMBERG
— What History Has to Say About the Economy Trump Will Inherit  The economy was stronger in 2016 than several previous election years – Andre Tartar
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-29/what-history-has-to-say-about-the-economy-trump-will-inherit

 

WITN
— U.S. Postal Service apologizes after six canaries dead on arrival  (DIERSEN: I delivered lots of mail while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, but never delivered canaries.)
http://www.witn.com/content/news/US-Postal-Service-apologizes-after-six-canaries-dead-on-arrival-408512265.html

 

SACRAMENTO NEWS REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Bigots on a warpath: Donald Trump’s election brings surge of hate crimes and questions about Sacramento Sikh youth’s murder. Activists plan to protest upcoming inauguration at state Capitol and in Washington, D.C.”
https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/bigots-on-a-warpath-donald/content?oid=23157877

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Radical Unpredictability of Donald Trump.”  How predictable are you?  I believe that I am very predictable.  You can safely predict that I will continue to do what I can to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/the-radical-unpredictability-of-donald-trump.html

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— Be Nice, Because People Who Care for Others Live Longer – Alexandra Sifferlin  (DIERSEN: Absolutely none of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes are nice.  They do not care for others.  They focus on destroying individuals and organizations that they cannot manipulate or dominate.)
http://time.com/4618363/longevity-care-grandparents-research/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Fury as Charlie Sheen says Trump should be the next celebrity to die prompting backlash from web users calling him a ‘scumbag’ and a ‘useless cockroach’ – GARETH DAVIES
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4073106/Fury-Charlie-Sheen-says-Trump-celebrity-die-prompting-backlash-web-users-calling-scumbag-useless-cockroach.html

December 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ISRAELI PM CALLS KERRY SPEECH A ‘DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT’ – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/israeli-pm-calls-kerry-speech-a-deep-disappointment/1676745/

 

NBC5
— New Taxes Chicago Residents Will Face in 2017 – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/new-taxes-chicago-residents-2017-408543245.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County Sheriff’s deputies being investigated for lying about work hours – Rummana Hussain
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sheriffs-deputies-being-investigated-for-lying-about-work-hours/amp/
— You spent $50 million on what? – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-you-spent-50-million-on-what/
— Trump can be defense hawk and budget hawk – Byron York
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-trump-can-be-defense-hawk-and-budget-hawk/
— Rahm hauls in $1.6 million in campaign cash in 2016 – Mick Dumke and Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rahm-hauls-in-1-6-million-in-campaign-cash-in-2016/

— Make colleges a sanctuary from deportation threat – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against America’s citizens.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-make-colleges-a-sanctuary-from-deportation-threat/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans on pace to control Illinois General Assembly by 2020 – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-partisanship-st-1229-20161228-story.html
— Who had the lousiest year? – Lara Weber
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-lousy-year-illinois-newsmakers-perspec-1229-md-20161228-story.html
— Bernie Sanders, Democratic leaders call for ‘Day of Action’ to oppose health care cuts – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-bernie-sanders-democrats-healthcare-20161228-story.html
— Clarendon Hills village president glad he ran as write-in candidate – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/clarendon-hills/news/ct-dch-len-austin-tl-0105-20161228-story.html
— Cook County sheriff’s office probes whether 60 deputies lied about work hours – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-deputies-attendance-investigation-20161228-story.html
— Asian-American professor sues UIC, alleging race discrimination – Corilyn Shropshire
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-uic-professor-sues-discrimination-1229-biz-20161228-story.html
— David Murphy, a Wisconsin state assemblyman attacks University of Wisconsin’s class on ‘The Problem of Whiteness’ – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-university-of-wisconsin-whiteness-class-20161228-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Press must build trust by constantly monitoring its reports and presentation – Editorial  (DIERSEN: I monitor the press 10+ hours each and every day.  Ever-increasingly, the press acts like it exists a) to elect and to reelect Democrats and b) to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161228/discuss/161229069/
— Anonymous donor provides boost to People’s Resource Center – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161228/news/161229063/
— VERY SAD: Palatine council to take up video gambling in spring – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161228/news/161229055/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Could Trump nix Chicago Stock Exchange’s China deal? – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161228/NEWS01/161229915/could-trump-nix-chicago-stock-exchanges-china-deal
— Emanuel emails show bumpy road to luring jobs to Chicago – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago want employers 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161228/BLOGS02/161229925/emanuel-emails-show-bumpy-road-to-luring-jobs-to-chicago

 

NBC5
— Rauner Doubles Down on Workers’ Compensation Reform in New Op-Ed – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rauner-pushes-workers-comp-reform-new-op-ed-408538865.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rauner banks on winning 2018 battle – Scott Reeder
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20161228/my-view-rauner-banks-on-winning-2018-battle

 

TIMES
— Riling readers with Rauner piece – Jim Nowlan
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-riling-readers-with-rauner-piece/article_efd25fa0-7c9b-5a2c-a272-70a32edd7b90.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois concealed carry classes aim at increasing safety – HUEY FREEMAN
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article123280674.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump: ‘NOT’ a smooth transition after Obama roadblocks  President-elect expresses frustrations on Twitter – EUGENE SCOTT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-not-a-smooth-transition-after-obama-roadblocks/632782979

 

WJBD
— Trump Takes Credit for Bump in Consumer Confidence – ABC News
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/12/28/trump-takes-credit-for-bump-in-consumer-confidence
— Trump Blasts Obama for Disrupting ‘Smooth Transition’
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/12/28/trump-blasts-obama-for-disrupting-smooth-transition

 

WJOL
— Gloria Steinem To Co-Chair Women’s March After Trump’s Inauguration – ABC News
http://www.wjol.com/syndicated-article/?id=287584

 

WAND
— Trump accuses Obama of ‘inflammatory’ roadblocks – AP
http://www.wandtv.com/story/34139467/trump-accuses-obama-of-inflammatory-roadblocks

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— The Road to Potential Consolidation in Naperville in 2016 –
http://www.nctv17.com/the-road-to-potential-consolidation-in-naperville-in-2016/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who reject many planks in the Republican Party platform glorify and praise Mark Kirk.
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/December-2016/Mark-Kirk-The-Last-Lincoln-Republican/

 

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
— RTA Worked With Service Boards And Partners To Move Transit Forward In 2016 – Kirk Dillard
http://www.publicnow.com/view/5845D49AAAD47D5E69F14E6F79F5F33FD1A4EE21

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino – Lawsuit answer admits violation of law – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/illinois-auditor-general-frank-mautino-lawsuit-answer-admits-violation-of-law/
— Chatham Mayor Tom Gray Censured for Obscene Gesture at Ethics Hearing – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/chatham-mayor-tom-gray-censured-for-obscene-gesture-at-ethics-hearing/
— Village of Chatham – Resignation of Village Clerk requested for election law violations – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/village-of-chatham-resignation-of-village-clerk-requested-for-election-law-violations/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE: IMRF DIRECTOR ON PENSIONS  The head of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, or IMRF, has dismissed calls for pension reform, disregarding the fact that pensions aren’t manageable, benefits aren’t affordable, and previous “reforms” propped up pensions on the backs of new workers. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/defending-the-indefensible-imrf-director-on-pensions/?linkId=32785751

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER & INGOLD: OBAMA’S LAME-DUCK LAND MINES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/thorner-ingold-obamas-lame-duck-land-mines.html
— KERRY: “ISRAEL CAN EITHER BE JEWISH OR DEMOCRATIC. IT CANNOT BE BOTH…”  (DIERSEN: What do say to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that “Diersen can either be a Republican Precinct Committeeman or the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, but he cannot be both?”)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/kerry-israel-can-either-be-jewish-or-democratic-it-cannot-be-both.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Filmmaker Michael Moore Calls for Civil Disobedience, Disruption of Trump’s Inauguration
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/12/28/michael-moore-five-ways-keep-donald-trump-out-office
— Food Stamp Fraud at All-Time High: Is It Time to End the Program?
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/12/27/food-stamp-fraud-all-time-high

 

BREITBART
— Obama Added $7.917 Trillion to the National Debt, 68 Percent Spike – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/27/obama-added-7-917-trillion-to-the-national-debt-68-percent-spike/
— Huffington Post’s Stein: ‘Destruction of the Democratic Party’ Under Obama Makes You Wonder What Electoral Benefits He Gave It – IAN HANCHETT
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/28/huffpos-stein-destruction-of-the-democratic-party-under-obama-makes-you-wonder-what-electoral-benefits-he-gave-it/
— Top Mexican Officials Admit to Bribery Scheme in Texas – ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/12/28/top-ranking-mexican-officials-plead-guilty-extorting-bribes-texas-businesses/
— Boko Haram Jihadists Teach Boy Soldiers How to Rape Women – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/12/28/boko-haram-jihadists-teach-boy-soldiers-rape-women/

 

BLAZE
— Nicolas Cage reportedly worried taking role positively portraying Ronald Reagan will damage his career – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/28/nic-cage-reportedly-worried-taking-role-positively-portraying-ronald-reagan-will-damage-his-career/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump: We Can’t Allow Israel To Be Treated With ‘Disdain And Disrespect’ – Russ Read
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/28/trump-we-cant-allow-israel-to-be-treated-with-disdain-and-disrespect/
— Oh No: That Other Time A Super-Rich President Appointed Family Advisers To Top Roles In The White House – Christopher Bedford
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/27/oh-no-that-other-time-a-super-rich-president-appointed-family-advisers-to-top-roles-in-the-white-house/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— How Catholics Swung the Electoral College to Donald Trump – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/24788

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THE SENSIBLE WAY TO HELP THE POOR AND REDUCE POVERTY – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to help the poor and reduce poverty?  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 $18,459 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, they disallowed my education deductions, and 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://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/12/28/the-sensible-way-to-help-the-poor-and-reduce-poverty/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— LOL Illinois: Corporate Group Works to Keep State From Becoming a Laughingstock – Bob Adelmann
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/24948-lol-illinois-corporate-group-works-to-keep-state-from-becoming-a-laughingstock

 

THE HILL
— Trump slams Obama for ‘inflammatory’ statements – MALLORY SHELBOURNE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/311970-trump-slams-obama-for-inflammatory-statements-during-transition
— White-supremacist groups: We will revolt if Trump disappoints us – JENNIFER CALFAS
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/312028-white-supremacist-groups-we-will-revolt-against-trump-if-he
— Franklin Graham, Cardinal Dolan to take part in Trump inauguration – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/homenews/campaign/312013-ny-archbishop-dolan-to-take-part-in-trump-inauguration

 

POLITICO
— Trump reverses: Transition is going ‘very, very smoothly’  The comment came hours after he tweeted that Obama was throwing up roadblocks: ‘Thought it was going to be a smooth transition – NOT!’ – LOUIS NELSON and NOLAN D. MCCASKILL
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-tweet-barack-obama-roadblocks-transition-233000

 

CNN
— Trump declares victory: Sprint will create 5,000 U.S. jobs – Heather Long
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/28/news/economy/donald-trump-sprint-jobs/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The media got a lot wrong this year, but the criticism has been over the top – Doyle McManus  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) dominate the media, b) falsely deny that they are Democrats, and c) falsely deny that they are in the media to help elect and reelect Democrat candidates and to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-mea-culpa-20161228-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Obama is doing everything he can to make things hard for Trump – Michael Goodwin
http://nypost.com/2016/12/27/obama-is-doing-everything-he-can-to-make-things-hard-for-trump/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats argue that only 0.09% of food stamp spending is fraudulent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/28/fox-news-wonders-if-we-should-cancel-food-stamps-since-0-09-percent-of-spending-is-fraudulent/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How to Tweet if You’re in Government and Not Donald Trump: Write, Review, Edit, Seek Approval, Wait, Edit, (Maybe) Send  The president-elect, poised to become the first tweeter-in-chief, will assume control of a federal bureaucracy that muffles its social-media presence under pages of rules; ‘Twitter committees’ – ARUNA VISWANATHA and  NATALIE ANDREWS  (DIERSEN: Who do your critics/opponents want you to get permission from?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I should get specific permission from all of the following before I include anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: past and present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) officers, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, executive committee members, and employees, c) Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee officers, members, and deputies, d) IRP officers and employees, e) the IRP National Committeeman, f) the IRP National Committeewoman, and g) all the Republican elected officials who represent my precinct.  While I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the MTRCC webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should have gotten specific permission from the past and present officers of the aforesaid organizations before I included anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-tweet-if-youre-in-government-and-not-donald-trump-write-review-edit-seek-approval-wait-edit-maybe-send-1482942440
— Electric Cars: Still Unpopular with Buyers and Unprofitable for Sellers  Auto makers face hurdles to widespread adoption despite rollout of midpriced vehicles – CHARLEY GRANT
http://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-cars-still-unpopular-with-buyers-and-unprofitable-for-sellers-1482940661

 

INDEPENDENT
— Finland to begin paying basic income to unemployed citizens  Scandinavian country becomes first to adopt policy with new trial of 2,000 unemployed people – Ben Kentish  (DIERSEN: What would be a reasonable “basic income” in the United States? $30,000 if no high school diploma, $40,000 with a high school diploma, $50,000 with a bachelor’s degree, $60,000 with a master’s degree, $70,000 with a professional certification, $80,000 with a professional license?)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-universal-basic-income-ubi-citizens-560-euros-monthly-job-poverty-unemployment-a7492911.html

 

BBC
— Google: Our job to help remove hate and harmful content  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that anything that Trump supporters say or do is “hate and harmful.”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38368285

December 26 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Pence in town Friday  Wheaton resident and Republican fundraiser Lisa Wagner is organizing a lunch Friday in Chicago to be headlined by Vice President-elect Mike Pence. According to the email invitation sent by Wagner to a number of local Republicans, the host committee includes GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton and Illinois GOP Chair Tim Schneider of Bartlett. Tickets to the 11 a.m. Chicago Club event start at $2,700 per person and go as high as $33,400 per couple who sign up as co-chairs. The fundraiser supports the Republican National Committee. – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161226/news/161229341/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 11 dead, 33 wounded in shootings so far Christmas weekend
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-christmas-weekend-shootings-violence-20161226-story.html
— Bow out, Auditor General Mautino: A top finance watchdog won’t turn over his own financial records – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-auditor-general-mautino-madigan-investigation-edit-1227-md-20161227-story.html
— As Obama’s nominees languish in GOP Senate, Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies – Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-court-vacancies-20161225-story.html
— Most common mistakes business owners make that lead to lawsuits – David Finkel  (DIERSEN: I should write an article about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20161226/281938837575715
— Ways to tame a toxic workplace – Kate L. Harrison  (DIERSEN: How toxic is/was your workplace?  GAO’s Chicago office was an especially toxic workplace while I worked there 1980-1997 a) because the agency was always downsizing and the office was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes, b) because the agency was always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, and c) because the agency was always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to make way for the aforesaid by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-ways-to-tame-a-toxic-workplace-20161219-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “The new American idiots — are you one of them?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-the-new-american-idiots-are-you-one-of-them-20161222-story.html
— Resurrecting Chicago, block by block: Another 1,000 homes in 2017? Maybe more? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-land-bank-resurrecting-chicago-edit-jm-20161223-story.html
— Body cameras useful, but costly, police in Lake County say – Frank S. Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-police-body-cameras-equipment-st-1226-20161223-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Performance-based bonuses at some Illinois school districts raise eyebrows – Diane Rado  (DIERSEN: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO imposed their extremely subjective “pay-for-performance” system to help the agency a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-teachers-holiday-bonuses-met-20161226-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Suburbs look to opt out of Cook County sick time, minimum wage laws – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-minimum-wage-paid-sick-time-opt-out-cook-county-met-20161218-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 43 shot, 11 fatally, in Christmas weekend shootings in Chicago
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/15-shot-3-fatally-in-city-attacks-since-friday-evening/
— Rahm emails reveal secret golf course planning – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-rahm-emails-reveal-secret-golf-course-planning/
— A Rauner vs. Pritzker race could be awkward for Diana – Shia Kapos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/a-rauner-vs-pritzker-race-could-be-awkward-or-diana/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— The real Rauner – Rich Miller
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-the-real-rauner/article_199274e4-6258-52f4-8792-a5ae9b9a79fa.html
— 17 new Illinois laws for 2017 – Dan Petrella
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/new-illinois-laws-for/article_bc8f6bf1-a408-56b5-a1f9-d88eaea42c26.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Madison County Deemed “Judicial Hellhole” Again – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=232631#.WGEEaBsrKM8

 

BGA
— U OF I RESEARCHERS OFFER SOBERING REALITY AND FIXES FOR ILLINOIS – Andy Shaw
http://www.bettergov.org/news/u-of-i-researchers-offer-sobering-reality-and-fixes-for-illinois

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AFSCME ENDS 2016 THE WAY IT STARTED IT: COSTING TAXPAYERS MILLIONS – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/afscme-ends-2016-the-way-it-started-it-costing-taxpayers-millions/
— WHAT 2017 BRINGS THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: LAME DUCK AND THE END OF MADIGAN’S SUPERMAJORITY – Heather Weiner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/what-2017-brings-the-illinois-general-assembly-lame-duck-and-the-end-of-madigans-supermajority/

 

FOX NEWS
— Bryn Mawr student  Andi Moritz says she dropped out after ridicule for backing Trump  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are extremely intolerant, nasty, rude, vicious, and even worse things. How many anti-Trumps are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Will those anti-Trumps succeed in getting rid of you?)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/12/26/bryn-mawr-student-says-dropped-out-after-ridicule-for-backing-trump.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Our Fight Against Liberal Fascism Has Only Just Begun – Kurt Schlichter
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2016/12/26/sorry-but-our-fight-against-liberal-fascism-has-only-just-begun-n2263156

 

BREITBART
— Giuliani: Obama ‘Lackadaisical’ With Regards to Terrorism – TRENT BAKER
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/25/giuliani-obama-lackadaisical-in-regards-to-terrorism/

 

BLAZE
— Julian Assange mocks Hillary Clinton in new interview: She ‘destroyed herself’ – Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: What did you do that destroyed yourself?  My critics/opponents could argue that I destroyed my federal career a) by avoiding the draft, b) by not becoming a Democrat, c) by not helping my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) by opposing political affiliation discrimination, e) by opposing reverse discrimination, f) by opposing age discrimination, g) by giving up trying to have children, h) by not adopting, i) by not becoming a foster parent, and j) by becoming an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged the federal government with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/25/julian-assange-mocks-hillary-clinton-in-new-interview-she-destroyed-herself/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Trump has turned the enemy’s tactics against itself  Revisiting Rules for Radicals: A Trump Campaign Guide Book – Robert Klein Engler  (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes ARE DISCIPLES OF SAUL ALINSKY.)
http://canadafreepress.com/article/revisiting-rules-for-radicals-a-trump-campaign-guide-book
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Can we say anything more about Donald Trump and his election campaign that has not already been said? Let’s look again at Saul Alinsky’s book RULES FOR RADICALS. Could it be that Trump used some of Alinsky’s ideas to win the election? RULES FOR RADICALS was first published in 1971. That’s almost 50 years ago. Here is a book dedicated to Lucifer. Remember him? Not the light bearer, but he who goes by another name: SATAN. Here is a book that supposedly influenced Barack Obama when he was a community organizer in Chicago. Here is also a book that influenced a young Hillary Clinton when she was growing up in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. Perhaps the most important point Alinsky makes in the preface to his book is that the new radicals (1960s-70s) have to work within the system. Change happens by corroding the system from the inside out. Did Trump realize that and worked to change the Republican Party from the inside out? Consider what has happened in higher education since the 60s. The old radicals are now in the system. In fact, the radicals of the 60s ARE the system. They are the ones who now ought to be exposed and displaced. f we were to follow Alinsky’s advice, today, we would have to oppose the system, we would have to support Donald Trump who ran for president as an outsider. When discussing the relationship between means and ends in politics, Alinsky manages to turn self-aggrandizement into a virtue. Alinsky claims, “He who sacrifices the mass good for his personal conscience…doesn’t care enough for the people to be “‘corrupted’ for them.” Isn’t this a most profound insight into what motivates the Clintons and other Democrats in politics today? The Clintons (Obama, too) have persuaded the “people” that they are working for the good of the masses and their alleged personal corruption is the sacrifice they make for that end. Some Democrat politicians will lie and fornicate because in the end they believe their personal vices are unimportant because their politics will abolish poverty, bring about an end to racial discrimination, and install world peace. All of this is done in the light, while in the shadows we see they care little about the masses. Their true end is power and self-aggrandizement. Remember the old union song, “The working class can kiss my #, I’ve got the foreman’s job at last.” Be that as it may, is it possible to learn something from Alinsky, to out Alinsky, so that we may change our society for the better, instead of changing it for the better of politicians and elites? When it comes to tactics, Alinsky is at his practical best. Ironically, he offers advice for those who would today overthrow those who read and used his book, yesterday. Alinsky claims, “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Has this not been one of the underlying themes that moved the Trump campaign forward? Consider the attendance at a Trump rally compared to the attendance at a Clinton rally. Beyond that, consider how Trump’s campaign has applied Alinsky’s rule number three: “Whenever possible, go outside the experience of the enemy.” Among other things, the debates between Clinton and Trump offered a good example of going outside the experience of the enemy. When Trump makes the tweet that he will bring to sit in the audience one of the women of Bill Clinton had an extramarital affair with, he has gone outside the experience of the enemy. The Trump campaign is a classical example of going outside the experience of not only the Democrats, but the media and the chattering elites as well. The media calls Trump unpredictable and blustering. Instead, Trump is the new radical, using Alinksy against Alinsky. If Alinsky’s book has any relevance today, it is to establish the Trump campaign as the new radicals. By wining the election, Trump has undone the old undoers. Trump has turned the enemy’s tactics against itself.)

 

POLITICO
— Trump readies war room to defend Cabinet picks  With fights looming on Treasury, EPA and State, the team builds out a rapid response operation. – ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NANCY COOK
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-cabinet-picks-war-room-rapid-response-232940
— Trump’s sherpas  Experts guide the president-elect’s nominees through the Senate confirmation process. – ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NANCY COOK
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-cabinet-picks-nomination-sherpas-232941

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— As Obama accomplished policy goals, Dems flounder – LISA LERER  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who held/hold leadership positions in Republican organizations who worked/work against a) most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.postregister.com/articles/news-depth/2016/12/26/obama-accomplished-policy-goals-dems-flounder#

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Wielding Claims of ‘Fake News,’ Conservatives Take Aim at Mainstream Media – JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/us/politics/fake-news-claims-conservatives-mainstream-media-.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: At Least 27 Shot, 7 Fatally, in Chicago Over Christmas Weekend – KATIE ROGERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/us/chicago-shootings-gun-violence.html
— For Fact-Checking Website Snopes, a Bigger Role Brings More Attacks – DAVID STREITFELD  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, they want me to get their specific authorization before I include a) links to articles in the emails and b) make any kind of comment on those articles.  My critics/opponents demand that everyone serve as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/technology/for-fact-checking-website-snopes-a-bigger-role-brings-more-attacks.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Women Are a National Security Issue – VALERIE M. HUDSON and DARA KAY COHEN  (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 woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/opinion/womens-rights-are-a-national-security-issue.html
— Brands Start Planning for Unexpected Criticism by Trump – ZACH SCHONBRUN  (DIERSEN: Who do you expect criticism from?  I expect criticism from those who  a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/business/media/advertising-brands-criticism-by-trump.html
— The Housing Crisis Lives On for Minorities – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I got mortgages in 1972, 1974, and 1976 because I am White and b) that my wife and I got mortgages in 1978 and 1984 because we are White.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/opinion/the-housing-crisis-lives-on-for-minorities.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Carl Paladino, Knucklehead: Trump’s racist NY supporter – Editorial
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/carl-paladino-knucklehead-trump-racist-ny-supporter-article-1.2921982

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Some Donald Trump Nominees Face Stiff, and Costly, Confirmation Battles  Cabinet picks with vast holdings must work to get their books in line ahead of Senate hearings – REBECCA BALLHAUS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/some-donald-trump-nominees-face-stiff-and-costly-confirmation-battles-1482753602

 

BISMARCK TRIBUNE
— Diversity is a deceiving word – Thomas Sowell  (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/diversity-is-a-deceiving-word/article_0fe93cb6-ebc5-5343-8703-27c1b465a8e8.html

 

SKY VALLEY CHRONICLE
— Crony capitalism allows Rick Perry, a man with zero experience and expertise in the field, to become America’s Energy Secretary – Jim Hightower  (DIERSEN: Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation a) allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, to not promote me beyond GS-13, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and to force me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) allowed my Democrat IRS superiors to not promote me beyond GS-12, to disallow my education deductions, and to disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and c) allow my Democrat Post Office superiors to force me resign in 1969 and to disallow my sick leave requests.)
http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/FEATURE-NEWS/Rick-Perry-br-i-Crony-capitalism-allows-a-man-with-zero-experience-and-expertise-in-the-field-to-become-America-s-Energy-Secretary-i-2711094

 

LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM
— Who made kids soft and Trump president? We did! – Tim Grobaty
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20161225/who-made-kids-soft-and-trump-president-we-did

 

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Post-election, Democrats still push a losing message – Michael Busler  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps continue to make it clear that they want to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.commdiginews.com/business-2/post-election-democrats-still-push-a-losing-message-75752/

 

ALTERNET
— 6 Compelling Executive Actions Obama Has Taken That Are Targeted by Trump  Immigration, women’s rights, climate change, labor, gun control, nuclear treaties all imperiled. – Steven Rosenfeld
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/6-compelling-executive-actions-obama-has-taken-are-targeted-trump

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why Donald Trump won — and how Hillary Clinton lost: 13 theories explain the stunning election.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/26/13-theories-on-why-trump-won-and-how-clinton-lost_partner/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What populist revolution? So far Donald Trump is supercharging the failed Republican policies of the past.”
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/26/what-populist-revolution-so-far-donald-trump-is-supercharging-the-failed-republican-policies-of-the-past/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Satire won’t rid us of Trump, but it will make us feel better.” Ever-increasingly, the Guardian makes it clear that it is 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/26/satire-donald-trump-bigotry-prejudice-humour-escapism

 

DAILY MAIL
— Donald Trump will be able to fill more than 100 federal court positions when he takes office – almost DOUBLE the number Obama could after winning in 2008 – LIAM QUINN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4065922/Donald-Trump-able-100-federal-court-vacancies.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Fewer Americans Use The Postal Service This Holiday Season  (DIERN HEADLINE: The Post Office hired me in 1966 for the Christmas rush because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/decemeber_2016/fewer_americans_use_the_postal_service_this_holiday_season

December 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Fleeing taxpayers aren’t frogs in Madigan’s pot – John Kass  (DIERSEN: What discourages you from leaving Illinois?  My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844; I have lived in Illinois since 1948; my wife and I have lived in Wheaton since 1978; the four universities that I earned degrees from are in Illinois; my wife and I have lived in our home since 1984; religious/conservative/Republican values have brought prosperity and safety to Wheaton, to Milton Township, and to DuPage County; and all those who represent my precinct in congress, state senate, state house, county, and township are Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-illinois-population-decline-kass-1222-20161221-column.html
— From Indianapolis to London: Are gay bars going extinct?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-gay-bars-indianapolis-20161222-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Outside mayor’s house, marchers call on him to quell gun violence – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mayor-rahm-emanuel-vigil-marchers-gun-violence/
— Gov and Dems looking like ushers at Illinois exit door – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest to get you to leave Illinois?  For me, they include those who I have sued, those who blame me for their election defeats, those who focus on destroying those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and those who promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, booze, pot, and/or gambling.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-gov-and-dems-looking-like-ushers-at-illinois-exit-door/
— In bitter divide, repeal of North Carolina LGBT law fails – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/repeal-of-north-carolina-lgbt-law-fails/
— Outside mayor’s house, marchers call on him to quell gun violence – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mayor-rahm-emanuel-vigil-marchers-gun-violence/

 

DAILY HERALD
— $75K loan  Records show College of DuPage Chair Deanne Mazzochi of Elmhurst loaned her campaign $75,000 Dec. 16. Mazzochi was elected to a 6-year term in April 2015, but could use the funds to help other candidates. Three of the board’s seven members are not running for re-election: including trustees Erin Birt and Dianne McGuire, as well as David Olsen, who was appointed to replace former board chair Katherine Hamilton. Olsen was named this summer to fill Sandack’s post over the summer and won election to a two-year term in November. – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161222/news/161229679/

 

WGN RADIO
— Rick Pearson: “We Can’t Stop Pointing Out What The Truth Is” – JOE YGELMAN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  According to them, only they determine what is true or not true.  They demand that I not do anything without their specific authorization.)
http://wgnradio.com/2016/12/21/rick-pearson-we-cant-stop-pointing-out-what-the-truth-is/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Crain’s, with 42,887 full-time employees as of the end of 2015, the United States Government employees the most people in the Chicago area.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/lists?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=1643&djoPY=%40pGKJyF3ZKmUM
— Survey: Are you on a path to promotion?  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  If you work for the federal government, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are on a path to promotion: Democrat, minority, female, young, and someone who helps their superiors get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GVYHZXZ

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Group asks Sangamon County Board to stop prayers – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray that GOD would not only stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but that GAO would a) severely punish me for having sent those emails out and b) severely punish those who have read the emails for reasons other than opposition research. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who want video gambling in Wheaton pray that GOD would send me straight to HELL so that Wheaton can have video gambling.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161221/bernard-schoenburg-group-asks-sangamon-county-board-to-stop-prayers
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois anything but rosy when you consider the numbers – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161221/our-view-illinois-anything-but-rosy-when-you-consider-numbers

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Judge: Medical providers don’t have to give info on abortion – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/judge-medical-providers-don-t-have-to-give-info-on/article_d0910a6b-85e5-503f-8702-c272c339a594.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Moving out  More and more Illinoisans have had enough – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What discourages you from leaving Illinois?  My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844; I have lived in Illinois since 1948; my wife and I have lived in Wheaton since 1978; the four universities that I earned degrees from are in Illinois; my wife and I have lived in our home since 1984; religious/conservative/Republican values have brought prosperity and safety to Wheaton, to Milton Township, and to DuPage County; and all those who represent my precinct in congress, state senate, state house, county, and township are Republicans.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-12-22/moving-out.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/editorial/quick/quick-will-you-reach-out-your-helping-hand/article_023ca91c-417d-537e-b9e4-610fa39e8adb.html

 

EAST PEORIA TIMES COURIER
— The press: ‘You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone’ – Bill Knight  (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, who will they replace me with?  How much will they pay my replacement – $200,000, $500,000, $1 million+ per year?  How much will they charge for GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails – $500, $750, $1,000+ a year?)
http://www.eastpeoriatimescourier.com/news/20161222/press-youre-gonna-miss-me-when-im-gone

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump Adviser Defends His Wealthy Cabinet, Administration Picks  (DIERSEN: Where did your wealth come from?  My wealth came from money that I earned working for GAO 1980-1997; for IRS 1971-1980; for Firestone Stores 1970-1972; for Chrysler and University Plaza Dormitory in 1970; for the Post Office 1966-1969; for John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club in 1966; and S.S. Kresges 1964-1966.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/12/22/trump-adviser-defends-his-wealthy-cabinet-administration-picks

 

LAWNDALE NEWS
— Governor Bruce Rauner kicks-off the Grand Opening of the Hispanic Innovation Center – Chicago (HICC)  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise entrepreneurs and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn lowly wage earners.  I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997.)
http://www.lawndalenews.com/2016/12/governor-bruce-rauner-kicks-off-the-grand-opening-of-the-hispanic-innovation-center-chicago-hicc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  HICC provides International Hispanic entrepreneurs access to experienced professional resources to understand the US Market, develop effective business plans, access US based talent, connect, network and transform their businesses with help of the Chicago professional business community.)

 

WHEATON LEADER
— Wheaton City Council approves increase in property tax levy  Suess, Fitch vote against increase – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/12/20/wheaton-city-council-approves-increase-in-property-tax-levy/anl086j/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford Wins Injunction – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/pregnancy-care-center-rockford-wins-injunction-temporarily-halts-illinois-abortion-referral-mandate/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Vitriolic Keith Olbermann Demands Fans ‘Never Call Trump President’ – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/21/vitriolic-keith-olbermann-demands-fans-never-call-trump-president/

 

GOPUSA
— Michelle Obama’s Christmas Lump of Coal – Michelle Malkin
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=18584

 

BREITBART
— Illinois Loses More Residents than Any Other State for Third Year in a Row – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/21/report-illinois-loses-more-residents-than-any-other-state-for-third-year-in-a-row/

 

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— CBS News Report on Haiti Recovery Focus on American Red Cross, but Ignore Clinton Foundation Scandals – Spencer Irvine
http://www.aim.org/on-target-blog/cbs-news-report-on-haiti-recovery-focus-on-american-red-cross-but-ignore-clinton-foundation-scandals/

 

NEWSMAX
— Millions of Mexican Immigrants Urged to Apply for US Citizenship – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/millions-mexican-immigrants-us-citizenship/2016/12/21/id/765095/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Harry Reid Says He ‘Did What Was Necessary’ By Lying About Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns – Chuck Ross  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/21/reid-i-did-what-was-necessary-by-lying-about-romneys-tax-returns/
— Kellyanne Conway: White House Will Have ‘Great Deal Of Press Availability’ – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/22/kellyanne-conway-press-will-have-daily-access-to-donald-trump/

 

CNS NEWS
— FRC’s Perkins: Trump’s Sec. of State Must Ferret Out LGBT and Abortion Activists in State Dep’t – Michael W. Chapman
http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/trumps-sec-state-must-ferrot-out-lgbt-and-abortion-activists-state-dept

 

THE HILL
— The media’s student loan forgiveness myth – ALAN COLLINGE
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/311437-the-medias-student-loan-forgiveness-myth
— Dems seek more vetting for Trump nominees before hearings – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/311487-dems-seek-more-vetting-for-trump-nominees-before-hearings

 

CNN
— Dreamers prepare for fight against Trump – Rosa Flores  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/politics/dreamers-trump-immigration/

 

AOL NEWS
— Bill O’Reilly’s ‘white establishment’ comments ignite firestorm over his racism – EMILY C. SINGER
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/21/bill-oreillys-white-establishment-comments-ignite-firestorm/21632884/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Bored, Broke and Armed: Clues to Chicago’s Gang Violence – JOHN ELIGOND
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/us/chicago-gang-violence.html
— The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China. It’s Automation. – Claire Cain Miller  (DIERSEN: What I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor CANNOT BE AUTOMATED.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/upshot/the-long-term-jobs-killer-is-not-china-its-automation.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s conflicts of interest could conflict federal employees.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/22/trumps-conflicts-of-interest-could-conflict-federal-employees/
— Texas AG: Lawyer speech code proposed by American Bar Association would violate the First Amendment – Eugene Volokh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/12/20/texas-ag-lawyer-speech-code-proposed-by-american-bar-association-would-violate-the-first-amendment/

 

USA TODAY
— Half of Americans have missed out on the ‘Trump Rally’ – Adam Shell
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/12/22/stocks-trump-main-street/95695856/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. stock market has generated $1.8 trillion in paper profits since Election Day, but nearly half of Americans haven’t made a penny in the so-called “Trump Rally.” The reason: they don’t own stocks. Only 52% of Americans polled by Gallup in early April said they “have money invested in the stock market,” matching the lowest stock ownership rate in the 19 years Gallup has been tracking that statistic. The percentage of Americans invested in the stock market is down from its peak of 65% back in 2007 prior to the financial crisis and worst stock market rout since the Great Depression, Gallup data show. The fallout from the Great Recession took a big toll on Americans’ sense of financial well-being, sapping their confidence in the job market, the economy and Wall Street. “Fear is a powerful emotion and has caused investors to flee stocks since the recession,” says Randy Warren, chief investment officer at Warren Financial Service. The lack of broad individual investor participation in the stock rally since Nov. 8 is notable, given that Trump’s surprise win over Hillary Clinton was driven by the billionaire businessman’s promise to bolster the fortunes of the U.S. middle class.)
— Google charitable donations set record – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: If you give money to charities that promote the Democrat Party platform, you are a Democrat.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/20/google-charitable-donations-set-record/95636922/
— Teachers who sexually abuse students still find classroom jobs  DESPITE DECADES OF SCANDALS, AMERICA’S SCHOOLS STILL HIDE ACTIONS OF DANGEROUS EDUCATORS – Steve Reilly
http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/2016/12/22/Teachers-who-sexually-abuse-students-still-find-classroom-jobs/95346790/

 

NPR
— ‘Dawn Of A New Unified Republican Government’ Coming In 2017 – SUSAN DAVIS (DIERSEN: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Republicans to fail.)
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/22/505618360/-dawn-of-a-new-unified-republican-government-coming-in-2017

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want cheap labor promote Mexico and promote the citizens of Mexico.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latino-drivers-of-economic-growth-1482363118
— Michelle’s Trump Despair  Donald Trump out-hoped the liberals who thought they owned hope. – DANIEL HENNINGER  (DIERSEN: Liberals do not want members of the following groups to have hope: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/michelles-trump-despair-1482363263

 

BLOOMBERG
— Amazon Nets $13 Million in Tax Credits From Illinois – Michael J. Bologna
https://www.bna.com/amazon-nets-13-n73014448991/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— More Young Americans Are Living With Their Parents Than in Decades – Kerry Close
http://time.com/money/4608925/living-parents-americans-millennials/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— VA Bonus Dustup, Trump’s Government ‘Accountability’ Play and More
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2016/12/va-bonus-dustup-trumps-government-accountability-play-and-more/134094/
— With Sequestration Looming, GAO Suggests How Agencies Can Do More With Less – Eric Katz
http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/12/gao-suggests-how-agencies-can-do-more-less/134092/

December 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— PRESIDENT OBAMA BANS ARCTIC DRILLING IN WAY TRUMP CAN’T REVERSE – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/obama-bans-arctic-drilling-in-way-trump-cant-reverse/1665639/
— NEW LAWS 2017: ILLINOIS LAWS THAT TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-laws-2017-illinois-laws-that-take-effect-january-1/1665227/

 

NBC5
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois Loses More Residents Than Any State in 2016  The state lost 37,508 residents in 2016, bringing Illinois’ population to 12,801,539 people. This marks the third straight year the state’s population has dipped. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-loses-residents-2016-407669025.html
— Calumet City Residents to Vote on $15 Minimum Wage for All Workers  The city is now the first in Illinois to allow residents to vote in a referendum on the minimum wage – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: What is next?  $25/hour for jobs that require a high school diploma?  $35/hour for jobs that require a bachelor’s degree?  $45/hour for jobs that require a master’s degree?  $55/hour for jobs that require a professional certification?  $65/hour for jobs that require a professional license?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/calumet-city-vote-15-dollar-minimum-wage-407638215.html
— Illinois GOP Ad Ties Chris Kennedy to Madigan  “Chris Kennedy comes from a legendary American family with a history of public service, but instead of following in their footsteps, Chris Kennedy chose to serve corrupt politicians like Mike Madigan,” Illinois GOP spokesman Steven Yaffe said. – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, who would your critics/opponents tie you to?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-GOP-Ad-Ties-Chris-Kennedy-to-Madigan-407648595.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “With Trump spokesman, lots more questions than answers.”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-GOP-Ad-Ties-Chris-Kennedy-to-Madigan-407648595.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois’ new, former comptrollers have battle of words – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/224704124-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Firing Speaker Madigan: Legislators, oust him now or doom Illinois to 2 more years of dysfunction – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-oust-speaker-michael-madigan-illinois-edit-1221-jm-20161220-story.html
— City Council must allow public comment, judge rules – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-open-meetings-met-1221-20161220-story.html
— Clinton, Trump and the end of hope? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-michelle-obama-oprah-kass-1221-20161220-column.html
— New Year’s resolutions for Madigan, Rauner – Eric Zorn  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  What new year’s resolutions does Zorn have for those who share you demographics?  From what I see, Zorn would want you to STOP DOING BAD THINGS if you are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-resolutions-madigan-rauner-zorn-perspec-1223-md-20161220-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The promises Trump’s voters need him to keep.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-economy-jobs-wages-20161220-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Exelon competitors behind ‘grassroots’ BEST group – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-exelon-competitors-behind-grassroots-best-group/
— Nuns get holiday reprieve from nearby strip club; lawsuit goes on – Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/nuns-get-holiday-reprieve-from-nearby-strip-club-lawsuit-goes-on/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois lost people in the last year: Census Bureau – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161220/BLOGS02/161229993/illinois-lost-people-in-the-last-year-census-bureau

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Will the GOP be the pro-Putin party? – E.J. Dionne
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161220/ej-dionne-will-gop-be-pro-putin-party

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— PUBLIC WELCOMED TO COMMENT AT JAN. 10 HEARING ON ELECTION COMMISSION PROPOSAL
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2016/12/20/public-welcomed-comment-jan-10-hearing-election-commission-proposal/68517

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS’ CORPORATE HANDOUT PROGRAM HALTED TEMPORARILY  The expiration of the state’s EDGE program – which has given large companies more than $1 billion in tax credits the last 15 years – is good news for taxpayers and should encourage lawmakers to pass real reforms. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-corporate-handout-program-halted-temporarily/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Facebook Set to Use Left-wing Snopes, PolitiFact, and FactCheck.Org to Quash Conservative News Sites – Warner Todd Huston  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want to quash all conservative websites except those conservative websites that they manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/20/facebook-set-use-left-wing-snopes-politifact-factcheck-org-quash-conservative-news-sites/

 

NEWSMAX
— GAO Sting Exposes Obamacare Fraud a Second Time – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/government-accountability-obamacare-health-insurance-fraud/2016/12/20/id/764913/

 

GOPUSA
— The families of three victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Fla., have sued three social media websites (Facebook, Twitter, and Google) for allegedly providing support to the Islamic State. – UPI
http://www.gopusa.com/families-of-pulse-nightclub-victims-sue-facebook-twitter/
— The Diversity Fraud – Thomas Sowell  (DIERSEN: Democrats promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion only because those who benefit from the aforesaid overwhelmingly vote for Democrats and are overwhelmingly 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/the-diversity-fraud/
— Bill Clinton insists Comey, ‘angry white men’ made Hillary lose – Michael Haverluck  (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest to make you angry? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to make me angry.  So far, I have sued only a few of them.)
http://www.gopusa.com/bill-insists-comey-angry-white-men-made-hillary-lose/

 

FEDERALIST
— ‘Fake News’ Is The Legacy Media Shaking Down Facebook  The ‘fake news’ hysteria is an attempt to intimidate Facebook into setting up the ‘legacy media’ as gatekeepers and toll collectors for the digital media. – Robert Tracinski (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents would love to be hired as “gatekeepers and toll collectors for the digital media.”  All the operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents “need money.”)
http://thefederalist.com/2016/12/19/fake-news-legacy-media-shaking-facebook/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— ‘Students of color’ conference at University of California reportedly dissolves into a fight over who is most oppressed – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/12/students_of_color_conference_at_university_of_california_reportedly_dissolves_into_a_fight_over_who_is_most_oppressed.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— The Student Debt Crisis Is Driving Elderly People Into Poverty  This isn’t how it’s supposed to work. – Zach Carter  (DIERSEN: What if I had taken out student loans to pay for the courses I took at IIT 1992-1997, at DePaul 1976-1980, at Loyola 1972-1976, at NIU 1969-1970, and/or at UIC 1966-1968 AND I HAD FAILED/REFUSED TO PAY THOSE LOANS BACK?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/student-debt-elderly-poverty_us_58595c6be4b08debb78b2f2a

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What’s Trump up to? Don’t ask his spokesman.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whats-trump-up-to-dont-ask-his-spokesman/2016/12/19/1e133264-c634-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html
— ISIS claims responsibility for Berlin attack, says driver was ‘soldier of the Islamic State’ – Anthony Faiola, Souad Mekhennet and Stephanie Kirchner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/truck-rams-into-berlin-christmas-market-in-deliberate-attack-killing-12/2016/12/20/2c73c5ec-c63b-11e6-acda-59924caa2450_story.html
— The disturbing trend of people losing Social Security benefits to student debt – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel  (DIERSEN: I went on Social Security in 2010 when I was 62 years old.  What if I had taken out student loans to pay for the courses that I took at IIT 1992-1997, at DePaul 1976-1980, at Loyola 1972-1976, at NIU 1969-1970, and/or at UIC 1966-1968 AND I HAD FAILED/REFUSED TO PAY THOSE LOANS BACK?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/12/20/the-disturbing-trend-of-people-losing-social-security-benefits-to-student-debt/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For President-Elect Trump, Loyalty Comes Second  Many of Donald Trump’s picks to fill his administration suggest situational pragmatism is a guiding force on his path to the White House – MICHAEL C. BENDER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents DEMAND BLIND LOYALITY and they have their operatives and their dupes DESTROY THOSE WHO ARE NOT BLINDLY LOYAL.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They include past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-president-elect-trump-loyalty-comes-second-1482247614

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-White, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American do more and more and more to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/20/miles-from-border-diplomat-offers-aid-mexicans-trump-era/JGzFHR3EiCFTR2BZNGNpAK/story.html

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— Gambling industry hopes bet on Trump will pay off – AP
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/gambling-industry-hopes-bet-on-trump-will-pay-off/

 

TIME GAZETTE
— Bill Clinton Says Donald Trump Won Because He Understands ‘Angry White Men’  (DIERSEN: What do you say to White men who demonize, denigrate, and condemn White men to curry favor with those who are anti-White and/or anti-men?)
http://timegazette.com/2016/12/bill-clinton-says-donald-trump-won-because-he-understands/

 

DANBURY NEWS TIMES
— Young immigrants to host ‘protection gathering’ in Danbury ahead of Trump’s inauguration – Julia Perkins  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who voted for Trump and especially those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Young-immigrants-to-host-protection-10809006.php

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Don’t See Need for More Legal Immigrants Even with Border Control  (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats.  RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/december_2016/most_don_t_see_need_for_more_legal_immigrants_even_with_border_control
— Are Safe Spaces, Trigger Warnings Hurting College Graduates?  (DIERSEN: It seems like ever-increasingly, colleges focus on turning students against those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for long time.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/education/are_safe_spaces_trigger_warnings_hurting_college_graduates

 

NEXT GOV
— TRUMP DOESN’T NEED SILICON VALLEY TO ELIMINATE GOVERNMENT WASTE – Frank Konkel  (DIERSEN: Yes, but virtually all GAO employees are Democrats and GAO’s top priority is hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2016/12/trump-doesnt-need-turn-silicon-valley-eliminate-government-waste/134023/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President-elect Donald Trump met with a powerful group of Silicon Valley tech executives last week to discuss ways to root out government waste. He would do better to confer with the Government Accountability Office, the independent, nonpartisan federal agency that supports Congress to meet its constitutional responsibilities, and improves performance and ensures accountability on behalf of all Americans. Amid the turmoil of presidential transition, with more than 4,000 political appointees to be named and additional professional turnover difficult to quantify, GAO is a rock. Only one of its 3,000-plus employees, U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, is appointed, and his 15-year term runs through 2025. What’s more, GAO wants to help the incoming president-elect, as Dodaro explained last week at an event hosted by Nextgov. “Under the Presidential Transition Act, GAO has a special responsibility—we’re referred to as a resource that incoming administrations are encouraged to talk to, to find out about their management challenges, risk and responsibilities,” Dodaro said. “So we take that responsibility very seriously, and we don’t wait until people to come us.”  After the election, GAO unveiled its Transition App, for example, allowing users to view a range of serious issues organized by topic and agency. New personnel within an agency can use it to get up to speed about waste, fraud, abuse and other issues plaguing their new workplace. The app boils nearly 6,000 open recommendations from GAO to roughly 10 priority recommendations per agency. “The app was created specifically to help the incoming administration and Congress understand the issues across government,” Dodaro said. The app also directs users to more information, including links to a management agenda concerning issues like finance and cybersecurity, and GAO’s most important product, the High Risk List. The 2015 iteration of the list included IT acquisition and veteran health care among several dozen of the riskiest, problematic federal programs. That GAO has already identified opportunities to improve technology—an issue Trump presumably addressed with the Silicon Valley tech execs—and veteran health care—which Trump during the campaign trail often criticized the current administration of executing so poorly on—ought to catch the attention of Trump’s transition team. Dodaro, speaking last week, said GAO will deliver its next high-risk list in February, following Trump’s inauguration. GAO will also release a report on technology, encompassing feedback from a forum Dodaro hosted on IT that included tech executives, members of Congress and other experts. IT is actually a momentum area for GAO, with the executive branch implementing 23 percent more of approximately 800 recommendations the watchdog made in 2016 compared to 2015. In data center consolidation alone, GAO has identified upward of $8 billion in savings across agencies, or almost 10 percent of the federal IT budget. And that’s only a drop in the bucket compared GAO’s overall work. In fiscal 2015, it identified $136.7 billion in improper payments made by programs like Medicaid. In fiscal 2016, GAO found $63.4 billion in financial benefits to taxpayers, rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, returning $112 to taxpayers for every $1 spent on the agency. GAO also identified a tidy 1,234 ways to make government more efficient. If Trump is serious about rooting out government waste, he should spend an afternoon with GAO, rather than a room full of Silicon Valley tech executives. Or, as one columnist for Government Executive suggested recently, Trump could trade Twitter for GAO’s transition app.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— Alec Baldwin reveals his pay for critically acclaimed impersonation of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live – Paul Chavez
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4053756/Alec-Baldwin-reveals-pay-critically-acclaimed-impersonation-Donald-Trump-Saturday-Night-Live.html