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WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with painkillers to push pot.
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/05/medical-pot-bill-reaches-rauners-desk/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner campaign gets back on the airwaves with ad about Prizker phone call with Blagojevich – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-tv-ads-20180604-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Spring break over: Rauner, Pritzker begin general election TV war – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-launch-air-war-tuesday-with-tv-ad-linking-pritzker-to-blagojevich/
— Miss America drops swimsuit competition and won’t judge on looks – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/miss-america-swimsuits-judge-appearance/
— 2 vehicles stolen on South Side: police – Taylor Hartz (DIERSEN: Have you had a car stolen from you in the south side of Chicago? In 1973, my 1962 Chevy BelAir was stolen from the parking lot while I was working in IRS’s office at 63rd and Halsted.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2-vehicles-stolen-on-south-side-police/
— Manafort accused of several tries to tamper with witnesses – (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always made it extremely clear to my supervisors, to my coworkers, and to my subordinates that they would get rid of them if they came to my defense. My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they have made it very clear to everyone that they will get rid of them if they come to my defense.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/manafort-accused-of-several-tries-to-tamper-with-witnesses/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making students anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/parkland-students-to-hold-town-hall-in-naperville

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Illinois, the more planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that the Democrat news media in Illinois promotes you.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-05/late-political-pioneers-son-shares-memories-mom-with-teachers-champaign.html
— Another one bites the dust? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have failed in their efforts to get a) a minority to publically call me a racist or a White supremacist or a KKK member, b) anyone to publically call me a Nazi, c) a woman to publicly call me a sexist or a sexual harasser, d) anyone to publically call me an ageist, and d) anyone to publicly call me a bigot. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes know that I would immediately sue them.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-05/editorial-another-one-bites-the-dust.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Darin LaHood honors candidates accepted by U.S. service academies – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: Would a U.S. service academy have accepted you? None would have accepted me. I just barely made into the top 20% of my high school class. My ACT was only 24. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). I had washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights a) four weekday evenings a week and Saturdays while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and b) full time during the summer of 1965.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180604/darin-lahood-honors-candidates-accepted-by-us-service-academies

JOURNAL COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to the Democrats, the ERA is needed because Republican men discriminate against women.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Denying-equal-rights-not-12967912.php

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— More Illinois high school grads are leaving, for better and for good – Editorial
https://www.bnd.com

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Some Sangamon County gun owners pushing for gun sanctuary resolution – Ana Espinosa
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/some-sangamon-county-gun-owners-pushing-for-gun-sanctuary-resolution
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But in the changing climate, some Sangamon County taxpayers want the board members to know how they feel about their Second Amendment rights. “That’s what this resolution is,” resident Rosanna Pulido said. “It’s a pushback in a sense it may not have teeth as some people say but it’s drawing a line in the sand and that’s what needs to happen.” The Sangamon County administrator says they received many requests to take symbolic action on the number of issues. “Our policy really is to avoid that and say no unless it is something that directly impacts county government,” McFadden said. Some residents say they will be attending the county board meeting on June 12 at 7 PM to express themselves. “Be at the county board meeting, sign up to speak, and let your voice be heard,” Pulido said.)

CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: City Club of Chicago promotes LGBTQ activity big time. How soon, if not already, will City Club of Chicago allow only those who promote LGBTQ activity to speak at or to attend its events?
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/2306/taking-pride-in-our-story-chicago-and-its-lgbtq-community

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone who is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time blasts Ives.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/05/with-friends-like-republican-jeanne-ives-illinois-women-dont-need-enemies

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidates, elected officials, and party leaders at the Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s outstanding booth at the Taste of Wheaton Saturday, June 2, 2018, included Tim Elliott, Sal Falbo, Amy Grant, Jay Kinzler, Chris LeVan, Jeff Mackay, Paula McGowen, John Monino, Nick Nathwani, Darlene Senger, and Karen Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Public finance watchdogs: Proposed budget sets Illinois up to fail over time – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/public-finance-watchdogs-proposed-budget-sets-illinois-up-to-fail/article_0095b2a8-65c9-11e8-b029-eb87f464250e.html

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Davis takes residents for a ride – Emily Braun (DIERSEN: What do you give people? Since 2004, each and every morning, I have given people a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email that is free of charge and contains no advertising, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Doing that requires me to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year for internet services, newspaper subscriptions, etc. Since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 303,400 articles and information on many upcoming events. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being worthless, if not destructive.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/davis-takes-residents-for-a-ride/1217868226
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Congressman Rodney Davis made Champaign his destination to help several people get to theirs. He gave three rides driving for Uber and donated the money to charity. He says it was a great opportunity to engage with people from the community and to get to know what being on the other side of the Uber experience is like. Davis is running as the incumbent for the 13th Congressional seat. His opponent is Democrat Betsy Londrigan.)

WIREPOINTS
— Madigan’s mistake: Illinois Speaker lauds progressive tax schemes that hit middle-income earners – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/madigans-mistake-illinois-speaker-lauds-progressive-tax-schemes-that-hit-middle-income-earners-wirepoints-original/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner, Pritzker release first TV ads of the general election
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/05/rauner-pritzker-release-first-tv-ads-of-the-general-election/
— Batinick defends new pension law (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/05/batinick-defends-new-pension-law/

GOPUSA
— Carpentersville rescinds English language resolution (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans are overjoyed.)
http://www.gopusa.com/illinois-village-rescinds-english-language-resolution/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More than 1,000 people shot in Chicago so far this year
http://www.gopusa.com/more-than-1000-people-shot-in-chicago-so-far-this-year/
— Boehner’s Right — It’s Trump’s Party Now (DIERSEN: In Illinois, it’s Rauner’s party now. What do Rauner and his supporters think of you? One could argue that Rauner and his supporters want to get rid of a) all those who voted for Ives, b) all those who voted for Trump, c) all those who support the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, d) all those who support the right to life plank in the IRP platform, and e) all those who support the immigration plank in the IRP platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/boehners-right-its-trumps-party-now/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON SEATTLE TIGHTENS: 42,000 pounds of garbage: Seattle cleaning up, clearing out people living in vehicles
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47330

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s war on the Washington bureaucracy – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Of course, because my superiors in the federal government did not cite job performance problems to justify their a) forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) taking other adverse actions against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that they took those adverse actions against me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, and NOT because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trumps-war-on-the-washington-bureaucracy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bill Valdez fired two people during his 20 years as a manager in the federal workforce. One went quietly after an instance of undisputed misconduct. The other, accused of doing almost no work, refused to leave and used entrenched civil service protections to stay on the federal payroll for another eight years, claiming discrimination, disability, and unfair treatment. Such long goodbyes have proved so arduous and frustrating that many managers just give up, essentially resigning their ability to manage their staff. But they are about to become much less common, as President Trump signed three executive orders last month gutting rules that allow bad workers to prevent legitimate firings, and ending lucrative perks for the labor unions that helped put them in place. . .Once the new employee discipline procedures are implemented, “you give someone notice that their performance is unsatisfactory, and if they do not respond, you can remove them within 30 days,” he added. In the case of the employee who survived Valdez’s attempt at firing for eight years, he recalled, “it got conflated with other issues that delayed the dismissal.” “A federal employee who is removed from public service for performance issues has a right to appeal not only the performance issues but the other issues he or she believes are associated with that … even to federal courts,” he said. “What this [new] process does is say if you’re removed from federal service for poor performance, and if you wish to adjudicate this, go ahead, but you’re not going to do this while you’re put on administrative leave.” “What tends to happen is most appeals are ruled in the agency’s favor,” Valdez added, particularly from the Merit Systems Protection Board. . .The union leader says the reforms are a step toward making federal workers “at will” employees, allowing for political considerations in hiring and firing decisions. “Everyone knows President Trump has no respect for the rule of law and this is just the latest case,” Cox added. The White House official who worked on the orders says this is false, and that the federal workforce isn’t moving to at-will employment. But staff must be liable to firing for cause, either poor performance or misconduct.)

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Hogg and Company Begin Nationwide Tour in an Attempt To Expose NRA Contributions, Register Voters – Randy DeSoto
https://www.westernjournal.com/hogg-and-company-begin-nationwide-tour-in-an-attempt-to-expose-nra-contributions-register-voters/

THE HILL
— How lawmakers have landed an endorsement from Trump – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican candidates who do not want Trump’s endorsement? Anti-Trumps would stress to those candidates who are NOT Protestant, NOT conservative, NOT patriotic, NOT White, NOT male, NOT older, a veteran, NOT rich, NOT a gun owner, NOT German American, and/or NOT someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time that Trump IS Protestant, IS conservative, IS patriotic, IS White, IS male, IS older, IS NOT a veteran, IS rich, IS a gun owner, IS German American, and/or IS someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Anti-Trumps would especially stress to those candidates who are veterans that Trump avoided the draft like I did.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/390679-how-lawmakers-have-landed-an-endorsement-from-trump

POLITICO
— Trump abandons loyalty test in midterm primary endorsements The president is giving his imprimatur to candidates who didn’t even vote for him in 2016 in hopes of keeping GOP control. – CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO (DIERSEN: What if Trump had endorsed Ives? I should write a book about 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 and their loyalty tests. I would focus on those a) who demand blind loyalty, b) who destroy those who do not give them blind loyalty, and c) who despise/hate those like me who are loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/05/trump-primary-election-endorsements-623657

REUTERS
— Most Americans oppose businesses refusing to serve gay people – Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who have taken many adverse actions against me because I refuse to promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-baker-poll/most-americans-oppose-businesses-refusing-to-serve-gay-people-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1J02WN

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-election-year-immigration-split-roils-republicans-1528116647
— Trump Says Philadelphia Eagles Won’t Visit White House President effectively disinvites Super Bowl champion over national anthem protests – Andrew Beaton and Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-philadelphia-eagles-wont-visit-white-house-1528159712

FORBES
— 30,000 Six-Figure Illinois Educators Cost Taxpayers $3.7 Billion – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/06/04/the-exclusive-100000-club-meet-30000-members-at-the-illinois-teachers-retirement-system-trs/#590285f76129

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Some popular post-work assumptions are false – Robert Powell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/05/30/retirement-myths-vs-retirement-realities/635583002/

BALTIMORE SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s lies are pure self-aggrandizement.” What do you say to those a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my motives for sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn the articles that I include links to in those emails, and c) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn the comments that I make on articles linked to in those emails?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-rr-trump-lies-letter-20180604-story.html

FEDERAL TIMES
— These agencies have the most harassment complaints – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Because most people, if not virtually all people, despise/hate past/present/future non-veteran White male federal employees, most people, if not virtually all people, assume that past/present/future non-veteran White male federal employees are sexual harassers.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2018/06/04/most-feds-dont-trust-agencies-to-punish-sexual-harassment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Few federal employees file formal complaints with their agency in response to sexual harassment and even fewer believe that their agency took corrective action against a harasser, according to a recent Merit Systems Protection Board Survey. “Employees may conclude that the risks of reporting harassment outweigh any potential personal or organizational benefits, and decide not to use agency procedures for addressing sexual harassment and holding the harasser(s) accountable for their misconduct,” the report said. Only 11 percent of employees filed a formal complaint of the harassment, with only eight percent believing that their harasser received punishment. Meanwhile, 61 percent of those surveyed simply chose to avoid their harasser.)

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Facebook security officer: Not all speech is “created equal” – Andre Damon (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails?)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/06/05/cens-j05.html

WORKERS WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “Worker pressure forces Google to end Pentagon contract.”
https://www.workers.org/2018/06/04/worker-pressure-forces-google-to-end-pentagon-contract/

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: James Allsup, someone who anti-Trumps call a “hate marcher,” has become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Whitman County in Washington state. My anti-conservative critics/opponents would a) stress that I used to regularly attend CPACs and b) call me a “CPAC attender.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlottesville-hate-marcher-elected-by-republican-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On June 2, Allsup posted a picture of a certificate on Facebook. “As of today I am officially an elected official in the state of Washington and Republican party,” he wrote. “Cool!” The piece of paper certified that Allsup was now a precinct committee officer for the Whitman County, Washington Republican Party. Allsup’s certificate declares that he was awarded the post after his candidacy remained uncontested for four days. The county’s auditor confirmed the certificate’s authenticity to The Daily Beast. Allsup’s post is a small one on its face, but it’s influential. “If you want to take over a political party in this state, the best thing to do is to start at the PCO level and get a whole bunch of people who agree with your views elected as PCOs,” Hugh Spitzer, a professor of law at the University of Washington, told The Daily Beast.)