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May 9 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Officials Create ‘Sanctuary’ Counties To Protect Gun Owners From New Laws In Rural Illinois – CNN
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/08/in-rural-illinois-officials-are-creating-sanctuary-counties-to-protect-gun-owners-from-new-laws/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Civic Federation blasts Rauner budget proposal as ‘precariously balanced’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/civic-federation-blasts-rauner-budget-proposal-as-precariously-balanced/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “5 myths about U.S.-Mexico border”
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180509/281947428485511
— Record job openings equal unemployed for 1st time in nearly 2 decades – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, ever-increasingly, employers only want to hire those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-us-job-posting-20180508-story.html
— Now hiring for a 1-day position  Consequences hit home as the gig economy hits retail (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their operatives and their dupes have been furious that I survived my Democrat superiors’ efforts to get rid of me a) for almost 3 years at the Post Office, b) for almost 9 years at IRS, and c) for almost 18 years at GAO and that because of the aforesaid, I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and an $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for life. Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have never worked for the same employer very long or b) have never been employed. Very few of them are in line to get a pension, are getting a pension, or are getting a health insurance subsidy.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180509/282037622798727
— The Democrats’ frightening embrace of socialism – Ed Rogers
http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/05/ed_rogers_the_democrats_fright.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/fl-op-democrats-embrace-socialism-20180507-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Will Lake County Board enter the gun control debate? – Lee Filas (DIERSEN: Which of your county board members support the Second Amendment and which do not? Needless-to-say, county board members who got elected as Republicans, but do not support the Second Amendment, should immediately resign.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180508/will-lake-county-board-enter-the-gun-control-debate-
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lake County Board members could soon find themselves in a debate whether to place support behind gun control regulations or whether to send a letter to state legislators declaring the county a “sanctuary” against stricter gun laws. Thomas Quigley, of Round Lake Beach, and military veteran Ceasar Soto, of Waukegan, appeared Tuesday before the Lake County Board to speak out against a previous statement made by District 11 county board member Paul Frank about a possible ban of automatic weapons. Quigley requested board members immediately declare Lake County “a sanctuary county for all gun owners,” then told “the gun grabbers on the board to read the U.S. Constitution and study history; all governmental tyranny begins with gun confiscation.” Quigley and Soto spoke up because of statements made during the closing moments of the March 13 county board meeting where Frank, a Democrat from Highland Park, hinted it could be time the board enters the debate on the national gun issue.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: Students are paying more to community colleges while enrollment drops – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180509/students-are-paying-more-to-community-colleges-while-enrollment-drops
— Itasca resident Gavanes appointed to fill DuPage board vacancy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180508/itasca-resident-gavanes-appointed-to-fill-dupage-board-vacancy
— Mormon Church breaks all ties with Boy Scouts, ending 100-year relationship – Samantha Schmidt (DIERSEN: It certainly looks like the “Scouts BSA” will focus on encouraging children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180509/mormon-church-breaks-all-ties-with-boy-scouts-ending-100-year-relationship

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Our lawless downtown is threatening our city’s economy – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: How many years did you live, work, or take college courses in downtown Chicago? I lived in downtown Chicago part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978, I worked there in 1971 and then 1973-1997, and I took college courses there 1972-1980 and 1992-1997 (and 1966-1968, 1971, and 1981-1983 if you count UIC as being downtown).)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180509/BLOGS10/180509857

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Civic Federation says it can’t support Rauner’s budget – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180509/civic-federation-says-it-cant-support-rauners-budget

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— ‘This is our year’: Prtizker urges Illinois Democrats to pull together – DEREK BEIGH (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, it appears that those Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform do NOT want Illinois Republicans to pull together.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/this-is-our-year-prtizker-urges-illinois-democrats-to-pull/article_99b7082a-670c-56f4-8504-3bc1f04eb936.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Locals upset with DuPage Township board
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/05/08/locals-upset-with-dupage-township-board/axgf2q2/

 

KEWANEE STAR COURIER
— Hennepin murder suspect’s gambling debt brought up as possible motive – Gary L. Smith
http://www.starcourier.com/news/20180507/hennepin-murder-suspects-gambling-debt-brought-up-as-possible-motive

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Equal Rights Amendment supporters demand action from lawmakers – Emily Manley
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/equal-rights-amendment-supporters-demand-action-from-lawmakers-05-09-2018

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Gambling debts alleged as homicide motive
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/gamlbing-debts-alleged-as-homicide-motive/1167562510

 

WJBC
— Sen. Duckworth: Ending Iran deal reckless (DIERSEN: Obviously, the Democrats have selected Duckworth to be their top person to belittle, to badmouth, to demonize, to denigrate, to condemn, to insult, to slander, and/or to libel individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, those who do not have children, those who are not disabled, etc. Democrats stress that Duckworth is a Democrat, liberal, minority, female, relatively young, mother, veteran, disabled, severely injured in combat, non-Protestant, some of her ancestors have not been in America for a long time, non-rich, etc.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/05/09/sen-duckworth-ending-iran-deal-reckless-gop-lawmakers-applaud-move/
— Pritzker backs term limits for legislative leaders, not for elected offices
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/05/08/pritzker-backs-term-limits-for-legislative-leaders-not-for-elected-offices/

 

WCSJ NEWS
— Governor Rauner may Be Odd man Out In State Budget Talks (DIERSEN: Obviously, conservatives, that is, Republicans, have been the “odd man out” in Illinois Republican politics since at least the 1970s. Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, have dominated the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) since at least the 1970s. They have allowed IRP platforms to have some conservative planks, including traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks, but they ignore, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, condemn, insult, slander, and/or libel those planks and those who support those planks. Obviously, since at least the 1970s, those who have dominated the IRP want to destroy the IRP and destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support the IRP platform. Of course, those who have dominated the IRP since at least the 1970s oppose direct election of IRP State Central Committee members.)
http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/governor-rauner-may-be-odd-man-out-in-state-budget/article_29c4aa5c-5373-11e8-bb5f-e789f1d2bca8.html

 

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois House committee passionately debates Equal Rights Amendment – Greg Bishop
http://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-house-committee-passionately-debates-equal-rights-amendment/article_8fa74b75-84c6-5ce3-987c-154cc3ce8b2f.html

 

EVANSTON NOW
— 99.9 Percent Of Evanston Lives Within Walking Distance To A Park Nearly all Evanston residents can easily walk to a high-quality park, according to data released last week. – Jonah Meadows (DIERSEN: The Prairie Path Park (https://vimeo.com/28054867) is in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/99-9-percent-evanston-lives-within-walking-distance-park

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch Berkowitz model w BGA’s CEO Greising how Gov. Rauner & JB Pritzker could debate issues
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/05/watch-berkowitz-model-w-bgas-ceo-greising-how-gov-rauner-jb-pritzker-could-debate-issues-cable-internet/

 

HARTLAND INSTITUTE
— LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION: SWIMMING UPSTREAM – Clifford Thies (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party wants Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger, to participate in the labor force, that is, the Democrat Party does not what Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, and/or older, to participate in the labor force.)
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/labor-force-participation-swimming-upstream

 

WIRE POINTS
— “This crisis directly affects people’s lives, but it’s been hidden from them” – Ted Dabrowski on Illinois Rising with Dan Proft – Video
http://www.wirepoints.com/this-crisis-directly-affects-peoples-lives-but-its-been-hidden-from-them-ted-dabrowski-on-illinois-rising-with-dan-proft-video/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives fights for school debt transparency bill – Angela Underwood
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511407523-ives-fights-for-school-debt-transparency-bill

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Republican state House candidate Gordon “Jay” Kinzler recommends 401(k) and benefit adjustments for Harvey pension crisis – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511411897-republican-state-house-candidate-recommends-401-k-and-benefit-adjustments-for-harvey-pension-crisis

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— House bill to create female-based council raises questions from GOP lawmakers – Angela Underwood
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511407522-house-bill-to-create-female-based-council-raises-questions-from-gop-lawmakers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Speaking of sex, what about the male gender, asked Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton). She said a state created group should not be based on sex segregation and cited major media to prove her point. The Atlantic shows boys dominate in high school drop outs and learning disabilities, and the Washington Post revealed boys in America continue to fall behind girls in academics, according to Ives. Ives questioned the bill’s legality as far as the Equal Rights Amendment is concerned and noted as a mother of boys and a girl, the notion to form a group for one gender is ridiculous. “I think we should emphasize both of our children’s sexes, both men and women as well,” Ives said. HB5544 passed 64-24 and moved to the Senate.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Watchdog group: Dozens of cities need municipal bankruptcy because of unfunded state mandates – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/watchdog-group-dozens-of-cities-need-municipal-bankruptcy-because-of/article_7fbdf4c2-5319-11e8-94af-cfd8b5818b6d.html
— Rauner calls budget process ‘frustratingly slow’ less than month before deadline – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-calls-budget-process-frustratingly-slow-less-than-month-before/article_8a26040c-522b-11e8-aee6-a30cadef6181.html

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Rauner hosts Madigan, other leaders in budget talks – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/rauner-hosts-madigan-other-leaders-in-budget-talks/1168912861
— Women rally for equality – Raquel Martin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that Republicans have caused all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have. What percent of the women in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world have the Democrats succeeded in turning into Republican-haters?)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/women-rally-for-equality/1167630076

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner’s “post election” comment disputed by Dems
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/rauners-post-election-comment-disputed-by-dems/
— Is a revenue estimate the new “Turnaround Agenda”?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/is-a-revenue-estimate-the-new-turnaround-agenda/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DRAINING THE FOOD STAMP SWAMP – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/draining-the-food-stamp-swamp/
— BEFORE AND AFTER WELFARE HANDOUTS – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/before-and-after-welfare-handouts/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Companies Are Distancing From Gun Owners — But Warren Buffett Refuses to Let Politics Run His Business – JENNI FINK
https://ijr.com/2018/05/1093183-warren-buffett-gun-owners/

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at minorities that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have. Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to harm Republicans, and especially to harm Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/08/trump-obama-racial-bias-522940

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The U.S. and China: More Alike Than We’d Like? – Thomas L. Friedman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/us-china-more-alike.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Washington these days it is not uncommon for people to be invited to a dinner or a public gathering and think to themselves: “I hope none of them will be there.” And the them people are talking about is not someone of a different faith or race — which would be awful enough — but it’s someone just from a different political party. In other words, in both Beijing and Washington, self-censorship, and biting one’s tongue, is more rife than ever — but for different reasons. In Beijing it’s so you won’t get arrested. In Washington it’s so you won’t get into a fight. In both cases, though, the net results are fewer people talking truth across ideological lines. At the same time, in China today, if you’re a Communist Party official or senior bureaucrat, you have to toe the ruling party’s line or you could be quickly purged or imprisoned. In America today, if you’re a Republican Party congressman or senator, you, too, have to toe the ruling party’s line or you could be quickly purged or primaried — or get a tweet in the back from the president. But there is one difference: In China’s ruling Communist Party, it’s never safe to criticize the president. In America’s ruling Republican Party, you can criticize the president, or vote your conscience, if you’re dying, retiring or whispering.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois police: Keep pot illegal — or we’ll kill the dog – Radley Balko (DIERSEN: If pot is legalized in Illinois, far more pot will be sold illegally in Illinois, mainly to children.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2018/05/08/illinois-police-keep-pot-illegal-or-well-kill-the-dog/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why It’s a Good Time to Look for a Job The number of unfilled jobs at U.S. employers rose to a record high in March – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, ever-increasingly, employers only want to hire those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2018/05/08/why-its-a-good-time-to-look-for-a-job/
— Opportunity Knocks Job openings nearly matched the number of job seekers in March. – Editorial (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, ever-increasingly, employers only want to hire those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/opportunity-knocks-1525821046
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: More U.S. Workers Test Positive for Certain Illicit Drugs – Lauren Weber
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-u-s-workers-test-positive-for-illicit-drugs-1525777200
— The Bias Response Team Is Watching A lawsuit challenging the University of Michigan’s speech police may serve as a nationwide model. – Jillian Kay Melchior
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bias-response-team-is-watching-1525806702

 

RECODE
— Amazon employees are outraged by their company’s opposition to a plan to add more diversity to its board “We don’t need more effort, we need COURAGE.” Jason Del Rey (DIERSEN: How successful would Amazon have been if it had operated like the federal government? The federal government gives tremendous preference to its employees who are Democrat, and especially to those who are minority and/or female and b) wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.recode.net/2018/5/8/17328466/amazon-jeff-bezos-board-diversity-proposal-shareholder-vote

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— What Kind of Democrat Can Win Over Suburban America? (DIERSEN: Democrats would answer: Democrats who can get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/148250/california-dreaming-democrat-suburban-america

 

FED WEEK
— Trump Proposals Would Cost Federal Employees, Retirees above $143 Billion (DIERSEN: If I was a “single issue” person like many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are, I would be a Democrat.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/trump-proposals-would-cost-federal-employees-retirees-above-143-billion/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Injured federal employees are at higher risk of opioid addiction – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/05/08/injured-feds-are-at-higher-risk-of-opioid-addiction/

May 8 Evening Edition

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McSweeney: Gov. Bruce Rauner should apologize for meeting with ‘known extremist’ Diane Evertsen David McSweeney attacks governor for meeting with ‘known extremist’ Diane Evertsen – ED KOMENDA  (DIERSEN: Why did Rauner meet privately with the leaders of the McHenry County Republican Party? What if Rauner met privately with the leaders of your Republican county party organization and/or with the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization? In the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary, Corrine Wood called Jim Ryan an extremist.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/08/mcsweeney-gov-bruce-rauner-should-apologize-for-meeting-with-known-extremist-diane-evertsen/adt9cfh/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A state lawmaker is lambasting Gov. Bruce Rauner after Illinois’ top leader met with members of the McHenry County Republican Party over the weekend in private. Rauner spent part of his Saturday at an invitation-only roundtable at the McHenry County GOP’s Crystal Lake headquarters – an event featuring a Who’s Who of party insiders, including: McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim, McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally and McHenry County Board Member Jim Kearns. But State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, took issue with someone else in attendance at the Saturday meet-up: McHenry County’s new chairwoman, Diane Evertsen, who at one time served as president of the Minutemen Midwest – an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center designated a “nativist extremist” group. “The governor should apologize for meeting with a known extremist,” said McSweeney, who heard about the meeting after it happened. McSweeney pointed to Evertsen’s association with Minutemen Midwest, which the SPLC named several times on its annual list of nativist extremist groups between 2007 and 2010. The Alabama-based civil rights nonprofit defines nativist extremist groups as organizations that go beyond mere advocacy to personally confront suspected undocumented immigrants or those who hire or help them. McSweeney said a simple Google search reveals the views of the group Evertsen chaired. The legislator characterized those views as “disgraceful.” Minutemen Midwest had a website – www.minutemenmidwest.com – but it has been taken down since its launch. While the site is dead, some of the material published there is recoverable with the internet archive known as the “Wayback Machine,” McSweeney said. McSweeney highlighted an article published on the website written by William H. Calhoun titled “Illegal Immigration: Third-World Invasion” – a piece suggesting the U.S. is under threat by immigrants of different “blood.”​ “Invaders from the Orient, Asia, Africa, Central and South America are invading the first world, and they are intent only upon conquest,” the article said. “With the exception of a very small upper class of pure European blood, most Mexicans are either Amerindian or Mestizo (mostly Amerindian with a few drops of Spaniard or African blood). They are not Western; genealogically they are Asiatic; and they despise the West.” The article appalled McSweeney, he said. “It’s probably the most extreme article that I’ve read in a long time,” McSweeney said. “It’s disgusting.” Evertsen, a 73-year-old Harvard grandmother who once served on the McHenry County Board and now serves on McHenry County College’s board of trustees, could not be reached for comment. The Northwest Herald also reached out to Gov. Rauner’s campaign communications director for comment, but campaign officials weren’t immediately available Tuesday. About 20 people attended the Saturday gathering, according to sources invited to the event.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Grads, including senior citizens, put perseverance on display at commencements – Maudlyne Ihejirika
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/grads-including-senior-citizen-put-on-perseverance-at-commencement-ceremonies/
— Golden arches new headquarters most ‘un-McDonald’s like’ – Lee Bey
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/golden-arches-new-headquarters-most-un-mcdonalds-like/
— Are legal pot backers blowing smoke? Report finds limited green in grass revenue – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/are-legal-pot-backers-blowing-smoke-report-finds-limited-green-in-grass-revenue/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner, Democrats say they don’t want another budget war but face deficit despite tax hike – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-budget-talks-20180508-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, anti-Trumps are the MAJORITY and Trump supporters are the MINORITY. Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pitts-trump-supporters-understanding-0508-20180506-story.html
— Women’s voices are largely missing from newspaper letters to the editor – Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-letters-to-editor-gender-0507-story.html
— Emanuel responds to ‘bully’ characterization, says he will focus on problem-solving, not personalities – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-personality-vallas-20180508-story.html
— More legislative lip service, but no fair map amendment – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-remap-amendment-illinois-dead-20180507-story.html
— Orland officials delay vote on video gambling – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-park-video-gambling-st-0509-story.html
— How Speaker Madigan elbows aside Illinois taxpayers – Keith Wheeler
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-blame-illinois-budget-budget-michael-madigan-lisa-illinois-barbara-flynn-currie-republicans-keith-wheeler-0509-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Every person in Illinois owes $11,000 for pensions, with no fix in sight – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180508/every-person-in-illinois-owes-11000-for-pensions-with-no-fix-in-sight
— Demoted Wheaton cop files sex discrimination lawsuit – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180508/demoted-wheaton-cop-files-sex-discrimination-lawsuit
— Misguided demands for teaching history – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180508/misguided-demands-for-teaching-history
(FROM THE LETTER: Are you kidding me, Springfield? The state of Illinois is imploding at a frightening rate, and you’re focused on passing a bill that forces our schools to teach LGBT history? (Paid for by our outrageous property taxes, by the way.) This bill (SB3249) also requires schools to teach about the illegal deportation of Mexicans during the Great Depression and labor union contributions to our economy. And children will not be permitted to graduate eighth grade if they don’t receive this instruction. Holy political agenda, Democrats! But, perhaps you are sincerely interested in teaching our children an accurate and nondiscriminatory account of our history. If this is true, you must necessarily include a unit on the societal benefits that Catholics have contributed toward Illinois’ schools, hospitals and charities. The impact is quite significant. I would encourage anyone reading this to demand that your particular group be recognized in a mandatory history unit as well. After everyone feels good about being recognized, there might be a few minutes left in the school day for reading, writing and arithmetic.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner: Pick up the pace on budget talks – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180508/gov-rauner-pick-up-pace-on-budget-talks
— VERY SAD: Supporters rally at Capitol in support of ERA – Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180508/supporters-rally-at-capitol-in-support-of-era

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— TRAGIC: Normal, Illinois, passes ordinance making community a ‘Welcoming City’ for immigrants – DEREK BEIGH (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to be a “Welcoming City” is to be a city a) that encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally and b) that 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/normal-illinois-passes-ordinance-making-community-a-welcoming-city-for/article_5a4f618f-6874-5fc3-9cad-eb48ed765844.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Senate Debating Votes from Jail (DIERSEN: What percent of criminals vote for Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264812#.WvIZAVpy-M8

 

JEANNE IVES
— House Back in Session for Home Stretch
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/05/house-back-in-session-for-home-stretch.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Progressive tax ‘totally wrong for Illinois,’ Ives says – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511408458-progressive-tax-totally-wrong-for-illinois-ives-says

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Bills could add millions to billion-dollar pension debt, GOP representatives warn – Angela Underwood
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511408330-bills-could-add-millions-to-billion-dollar-pension-debt-gop-representatives-warn

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— LaHood promotes tax cuts, ‘merit based’ immigration – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: How much “merit” do you have? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, I am “meritless.”)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/lahood-promotes-tax-cuts-merit-based-immigration/1166837510

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Legislative leaders and governor meet, still no agreement on revenue estimate – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/legislative-leaders-and-governor-meet-still-no-agreement-on-revenue/article_7171a748-52eb-11e8-abc5-3f4deccbc9d0.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— After saying he’s “unifying” the GOP, Gov. Rauner says he’s not putting much thought into the task
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/08/after-saying-hes-unifying-the-gop-gov-rauner-says-hes-not-putting-much-thought-into-the-task/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. David McSweeney@1980reagan: We need a solid conservative to lead the IL GOP, not an inept insider completely controlled by Governor Rauner!)

 

BREITBART
— Study: Donald Trump’s Polls Improve Despite 90% Negative Media Coverage – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/08/study-trumps-polls-improve-despite-90-percent-negative-media-coverage/

 

GOPUSA
— Tell the uninformed what President Trump has accomplished (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents only want people know about what they accomplished.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45380
— Orrin Hatch calls John McCain’s decision not to invite Trump to his funeral ‘ridiculous’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45456
— California has the 5th largest economy in the world yet leads the nation in poverty and homelessness
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45465

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— McCain’s Funeral Guest List Doesn’t Define Him – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: Who does not want you to attend their funeral? I should make a list of those who do not me to attend their funeral. They blame me for their problems. They blame me for your problems. They blame me for my problems. They blame me for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/mccains-funeral-guest-list-doesnt-define-him/

 

THE HILL
— Labor Dept to let teens work longer hours in hazardous jobs: report – MORGAN GSTALTER (DIERSEN: How hazardous were the jobs that you had when you were a teen? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivered mail 1966-1969.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386652-labor-dept-to-let-teens-work-longer-hours-in-hazardous-jobs-report

 

ROLL CALL
— House Appropriators Vote to End Perk for Former Speakers Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi both back ending office space, funding for former speakers
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-appropriators-vote-end-perk-former-speakers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Government Accountability Office: The watchdog agency would be funded at $579 million, the same as the fiscal 2018 enacted level.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s Time for a New Discussion of Marijuana’s Risks You may reasonably decide the benefits outweigh the harms, but you should know about those potential harms. – Aaron E. Carroll
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/upshot/its-time-for-a-new-discussion-of-marijuanas-risks.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump supporters as being racists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/opinion/trump-supporters-economy-racism.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Companies Trying to Deal With Discrimination Face Backlash Critics of diversity efforts say programs unfairly exclude other people – Kelsey Gee and Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-trying-to-deal-with-discrimination-face-backlash-1525604400
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies trying to rectify a legacy of discrimination are finding that some tactics are backfiring and sparking new grievances. The Wing, a women’s shared-office space and networking club, has drawn such ire. Its no-men-allowed membership policy for collaboration spaces in trendy New York neighborhoods is designed to attract like-minded women professionals who want to encourage and invest in one another. The Wing recently opened a Washington, D.C., location and there is a wait list for a future office in Los Angeles, the company says. In March, the New York City Human Rights Commission launched an investigation into the Wing’s practices, which include workshops on political organization and panels reserved for members featuring celebrities and U.S. legislators. Seth Hoy, a spokesman for the New York commission, confirmed the agency’s probe and declined to comment on it further. He says the agency works to ensure that businesses comply with laws prohibiting gender discrimination. The inquiry is one of the latest examples of how female-only initiatives and other diversity efforts are drawing objections from those who feel left out or challenge the idea that people in historically underrepresented groups need targeted resources to help them accelerate in their careers and are raising concerns that the programs unfairly exclude other people.)

 

USA TODAY
— American teens are hooked on iPhones, new survey shows – Leo Sun
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/05/08/american-teens-are-hooked-on-iphones-survey/34405795/

 

WATERLOO CEDAR FALLS COURIER
— Good old days not good for everyone – KARRIS GOLDEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn the GOOD OLD DAYS: 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://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/good-old-days-not-good-for-everyone/article_c3428eaa-629d-54dd-9967-fb683689e7bd.html

 

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Mustang Tops List Of The Five Most Desired Dream Cars In The US – AARON BRZOZOWSKI
http://fordauthority.com/2018/05/ford-mustang-tops-list-of-the-five-most-desired-dream-cars-in-the-us/

 

OPM
— OPM Celebrates Public Service Recognition Week 2018 (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn and b) promote hatred against government employees and government retirees, and especially against federal employees and federal retirees.)
http://www.opm.gov/blogs/Director/2018/5/8/OPM-Celebrates-Public-Service-Recognition-Week-2018/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Each year, during the first full week of May, our Nation comes together to celebrate the men and women who serve our country as Federal, state, county, and local government employees. For 34 years, we’ve taken this time to honor the people who work diligently to promote safety, security and quality of service for the American public. Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is a time to promote and share stories of excellence in public service with you, the Nation we serve. Every day a Federal employee is impacting your life in some way. Whether it’s telling you not to eat lettuce because of an E.coli outbreak, scanning your luggage at the airport, or preparing an exhibit at your favorite Smithsonian museum, it’s affecting your life in a positive manner.)

 

VOX
— Bullshit jobs: Why they exist and why you might have one And why this professor thinks we need a revolution. – Sean Illing (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I have had were bullshit jobs.)
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/8/17308744/bullshit-jobs-book-david-graeber-occupy-wall-street-karl-marx

 

EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES
— Distressed patient speaks out after emotional support dog banned from Felixstowe surgery – Amy Gibbons
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/distressed-patient-speaks-out-after-emotional-support-dog-banned-from-haven-health-surgery-in-felixstowe-1-5509513

 

BIRMINGHAM MAIL
— The law on dogs barking – and why it could land their owner in hot water Many will be left frightened by activity, noise and lights outside – James Rodger
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/law-dogs-barking-uk-gov-13724097

 

CAMBRIDGE NEWS
— What the law says about dog barking and how to avoid getting in big trouble Here’s some guidance for dog owners on how to stay the right side of the law – Nigel SlaterTom Pilgrim
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/law-dog-barking-neighbour-noise-14621865

May 8 Morning Edition

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives, McSweeney endorse Shaw for GOP chairman – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Questions for your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member:

 

– What are the times, locations, and agendas of the May 19 IRP SCC and Illinois Republican County Chairman’s Association meetings in Springfield?
– Do the agendas include public comment periods, and if so, how long and how many minutes will each speaker be limited to?
– What is the status of potential Winchester litigation against the IRP?
– If the 15th Congressional District (CD) IRP SCC position is still in dispute on May 19, will the vote for IRP chairman be postponed or will the vote be taken without the 12.1% 15th CD weighted vote?
– Do you agree with those who believe that if Rose casts the 15th CD weighted vote, Schneider will be reelected and if the vote is taken without the 15th CD weighted vote, or if Winchester casts it, Shaw will be elected?
– In the past, especially in 2005 and 2013, many have sought the IRP chairman position. Why are only two seeking the position now?
– Will the IRP allow Ives to speak in favor of Shaw at the May 19 IRP SCC meeting?
– Who does Schneider want the IRP Executive Director to be? Who does Shaw want the IRP Executive Director to be?
– Would it be correct to say that you will only vote for an IRP chairman candidate who can and will defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the IRP platform, including their traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks?
– What is your weighted vote and which IRP chairman candidate are you going to vote for and why?
– How many chairs will the IRP set up for observers at the IRP SCC meeting: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500+?
– Who has asked you to nominate them to serve as your deputy?
– Who has asked you to appoint them to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee?)

 

https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511408731-ives-mcsweeney-endorse-shaw-for-gop-chairman

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— REPUBLICAN DISUNITY WATCH – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/05/08/lightfoot-mayoral-intrigue-rahms-big-fundraising-ives-rauner-disunity-watch-governors-opioid-win-268448
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During an interview with CLTV’s Paul Lisnek on Monday, state Rep. Jeanne Ives went on a tear against Gov. Bruce Rauner and Tim Schneider, the Illinois Republican Party chairman the governor is backing. Ives, who narrowly lost to Rauner in the March primary, is supporting Schneider’s opponent Mark Shaw in a heated fight over the GOP throne. Among the reasons Ives is backing Shaw: she blames Schneider for the Nazi candidate running as a Republican in Illinois’ 3rd congressional district. “So he’s alienating the base by propping up Schneider again, and Schneider has failed. Look we have 37 state reps, Democrats, unopposed in this coming up election. It is the party chairman’s responsibility to find opponents. We have an avowed Nazi sitting as a Republican in a congressional race, and that’s wrong too. And then on top of it, the entire emphasis from Tim Schneider and Rauner et al over the last campaign cycle is simply to get Rauner elected, and so much of what they did in terms of data collection and everything else did not support our state reps. We need a whole new vision for our party, and a whole new way to attract voters.” And then there’s this exchange. Ouch: Lisnek: “If polls look close come November and it looks like Pritzker could pull it out, would that be enough of a scare for you to look at your supporters and say it’s ok, vote Rauner?” Ives: “I can’t predict what the future’s going to look like, umm, in a few months, so we’ll just see what’s going on.”)

 

WTTW
— Illinois Cleared for New Mental Health, Addiction Pilot Programs – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/05/07/illinois-cleared-new-mental-health-addiction-pilot-programs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As is the question over who will be the party’s next leader. Rauner’s hand-selected chairman, Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider, faces a challenge from Lake County GOP Chairman Mark Shaw, who has won the endorsement of state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who narrowly lost the gubernatorial nomination to Rauner. Ives in a statement said Schneider’s “tenure has been an unmitigated disgrace” and lauds Shaw’s credentials as a “common sense conservative.” Rauner on Monday said Schneider is a “great chairman” and that he supports his re-election by the Republican State Central Committee on May 19. But the governor said, “I also don’t spend any time really thinking about that.” Rauner pushed back against the suggestion that the intra-party divide is a reflection of his own leadership. “Going back as far as I know, and I’ve lived in Illinois my whole life … there have been fights and disagreement and challenges many times over the years. It’s … part of the process,” Rauner said.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Spoiler Alert! Equal Rights Amendment fight following script from earlier ERA – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/spoiler-alert-equal-rights-amendment-fight-following-script-from-earlier-era/
— Does Lori Lightfoot have a path to victory in crowded race for mayor? – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What victory do you seek? Do you have a path to that victory? The victory that my critics/opponents have sought since 2000 has been to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. They have not had a path to victory. They do not have a path to victory. They will never have a path to victory.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/does-lori-lightfoot-have-a-path-to-victory-in-crowded-race-for-mayor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Debate over decades-old Equal Rights Amendment will continue in Illinois this month – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-equal-rights-amendment-20180508-story.html
— Trump hotel in Chicago sued for alleged ADA violations – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-trump-hotel-chicago-ada-lawsuit-20180507-story.html

 

ABC7
— How to spot fake products online – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone (DIERSEN: What about fake news? According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://abc7chicago.com/shopping/how-to-spot-fake-products-online/3441116/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois counties declare ‘sanctuary’ status for gun owners – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180507/illinois-counties-declare-sanctuary-status-for-gun-owners

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois is running in place – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-05-08/editorial-illinois-running-place.html
— Separating politics, policy in progressive-tax plan – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-05-08/jim-dey-separating-politics-policy-progressive-tax-plan.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Some candidates aren’t bought and sold by big money – John Keck, Troy (DIERSEN: If you are/were a candidate in Illinois running as a Republican who needs/needed money, did/would you take money from individuals, from organizations, and/or from companies that wanted you to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/some-candidates-aren-t-bought-and-sold-by-big-money/article_3860105a-efec-5314-af47-81a7f8aa01b4.html

 

SOUTHERN
— As SIU Carbondale lost its party school rap, did enrollment suffer? – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/as-siu-carbondale-lost-its-party-school-rap-did-enrollment/article_24dc00de-6e9a-56ca-aadc-8559f40270b5.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Likely 2020 Democratic Candidates Want To Guarantee A Job To Every American – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN (DIERSEN: Will the guaranteed job be a “good” job, that is, one that has a salary, benefits, promotional opportunities, etc. appropriate for one’s a) work experience, b) education, c) professional certifications, d) professional license, e) etc.?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/likely-2020-democratic-candidates-want-guarantee-job-every-american#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “What’s different about the job guarantee is that it is universal and it’s permanent. So it’s an option that would exist not only in times of massive unemployment but it also would exist in times where the unemployment rate is lower,” Darity said. “But we still have large numbers of bad jobs. It’s not just an emergency.” . . . “The idea is that we would then drive bad jobs out of existence,” said Darity, “because no one would be obligated to take those jobs since they would have a superior option.”)

 

WIRE POINTS
— Beyond Harvey: Many Illinois municipalities running out of options – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/beyond-harvey-many-illinois-municipalities-running-out-of-options-wirepoints-special-report/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Northwest Indiana officials campaign for Illinoisans to move across the border – Scot Bertram
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/northwest-indiana-officials-campaign-for-illinoisans-to-move-across-the/article_32f67290-4fa9-11e8-aa72-0f5ab6cdf549.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives: “You don’t blame-shift when you had 13 deaths”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/08/ives-you-don%E2%80%99t-blame-shift-when-you-had-13-deaths/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Republicans learn from Illinois Democrats that “Four leaders to meet with Gov. Rauner today.”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/08/four-leaders-to-meet-with-gov-rauner-today/
— Editorial board slammed for calling Mendoza a “lapdog” (DIERSEN: For who/what would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that you are a lapdog for? They would say that I am a lapdog for the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and/or b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. Rather than try to change/dump the aforesaid, they focus on destroying me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/07/editorial-board-slammed-for-calling-mendoza-a-lapdog/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump to demand Congress cut $15B in spending ‘rescission’ package – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/rescission-package-donald-trump-demand-congress-cu/
— White House bashes report that first lady and president sleep apart – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/white-house-bashes-report-first-lady-and-president/

 

CNN
— John McCain has the right to despise Donald Trump – Scott Jennings (DIERSEN: Who despises you and why? I should write a book about those who despise me and why they despise me.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/opinions/john-mccain-donald-trump-jennings/index.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Markets Regulator Considers Buyouts, Extension of Hiring Freeze Stuck with a flat budget, CFTC also asks other government agencies for help with its work – Gabriel T. Rubin (DIERSEN: What pressures were your employers under? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. It suffered very large budget cuts during the mid-1990s. Further, it was always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-markets-regulator-considers-buyouts-extension-of-hiring-freeze-1525771800

 

BLOOMBERG
— Every Illinoisan Owes $11,000 for Pensions With No Fix in Sight – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/every-illinoisan-owes-11-000-for-pensions-with-no-fix-in-sight

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM is out to cut retirement benefits – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Starting in 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. Since 1993, when I was 45 years, old, they have been furious that I had the option to take early retirement. Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, they have been especially furious that I started getting a CSRS pension. Few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) are earning credits toward a pension or b) are getting a pension; they are filled with envy and hatred.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2018/05/07/opm-is-out-to-cut-retirement-benefits/

May 6 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Roskam meets in closed-door session with students on gun issues – Scott C. Morgan (DIERSEN: If you were one of Roskam’s constituents and you had a closed-door session with him, what would you urge him to do? I would urge him to introduce, advance, and pass legislation that would promote:

 

– individual responsibility,
– traditional marriage and traditional family,
– homeownership,
– right to life,
– compliance with America’s immigration laws,

– public safety,
– First and Second Amendment rights,
– equal opportunity (no race, gender, or age based preference giving),
– avoidance of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and

– all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180505/roskam-meets-in-closed-door-session-with-students-on-gun-issues
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among the issues discussed were universal background checks, whether teachers should be armed in classrooms and mental health issues. Since media were not invited, some of the six students who originally requested the meeting with Roskam held a media conference call afterward. “What we were looking for from Mr. Roskam was to basically get an insight of whether he had taken any action on school safety and common sense gun reform,” said Jeromel Lara, a junior at Glenbard North. “It wasn’t very politically divisive,” said Caleb Laschinski, a Carol Stream senior at Wheaton Academy who found out about the Saturday meeting from a friend who was a former Roskam intern. “We all saw that there definitely should be reform and laws passed and we need to see some action on the part of lawmakers — whatever those actions should be is where we differed.” Contacted by phone after the meeting, Laschinski said he was surprised by Roskam’s reluctance to support arming teachers — though Roskam did clarify that he wanted individual school districts to make the call on that issue. “I hope the students left the meeting knowing that we found common ground and feeling like the meeting was as productive as I believe it was,” Roskam said in a prepared statement. “I encourage these students to stay engaged and informed on issues that they are passionate about like gun safety and am pleased that we were able to connect on such an important subject.” While many of the students were glad that Roskam agreed to the Saturday meeting, they still wished he would have done so in a more public forum. “It’s an issue that affects the whole community,” Lara said. “Not just students going to school, but all of us.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump at play in 4 states Tuesday primaries focus on forces for and against – AP (DIERSEN: To help them win the November 6, 2018 election, will Republicans Rauner, Sanguinetti, Helland, Harold, Senger, Dodge, Shimkus, Roskam, Hultgren, Kinzinger, Davis, Bost, LaHood, Brady, Durkin, etc. ask Republican Trump to campaign for them?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180505/news/305059967/
— TRAGIC: Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180504/news/305049886/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The hunt for Pancho Villa in Mexico — and the massive deployment of National Guard troops – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: What do today’s citizens of Mexico, many millions of whom are in America legally or illegally, say about Pancho Villa and America’s response to Pancho Villa?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flash-pancho-villa-mexico-border-troops-0506-20180430-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But each of those actions was small potatoes compared with what happened in 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson mobilized more than 100,000 National Guard members for duty on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande — plus 14,000 more regular U.S. Army troops ready to serve as a mobile strike force in Mexico. The Mexican Revolution, which had begun in 1910, had lapped over to U.S. soil, and on March 9, 1916, Gen. Francisco “Pancho” Villa attacked Columbus, N.M., burning the town and killing 19 Americans. The Tribune reported that, after the battle, a copy of a letter was found that Villa had sent to a rival revolutionary leader. “I shall not expend another shell on brother Mexicans,” Villa wrote in the letter, “but will prepare and organize to attack Americans on their own soil and let them know that Mexico is a land of the free and the tomb of thorn less crowns and traitors.” The incident and the letter put enormous pressure on Wilson. The president had been tiptoeing through the tangled web of Mexican politics, but the press demanded action. The New York Times thundered: “We cannot afford to make this latest Mexican outrage a matter for extended parley and negotiation.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch seconded the motion: “Hesitation in this crisis would be fatal.” The Philadelphia Inquirer crowed: “President Wilson’s pet bandit is not at all grateful.” In fact, Wilson had momentarily backed Villa during the incessant power struggles of the Mexican revolutionary leaders. “Why has never been explained adequately,” the Tribune noted, adding its own theory. Wilson’s secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan, being an evangelical Christian, favored Villa “after being informed, though incorrectly, that the bandit neither smoked or drank.” In the face of the public outcry, Wilson authorized “a punitive expedition” to pursue Villa, who had crossed back into Mexico. In the deployment that followed, the Illinois National Guard was the first to reach the border. Its mobilization mirrored the social order of the day. A North Shore artillery unit was known as “the millionaire battery,” having been formed by members of the swank University Club. Noting its initial encampment en route to the border, a Tribune headline read: “University Men Members of National Guard Will Take Cannon Through Evanston To Golf Club.” Robert McCormick, the Tribune’s publisher, was a major in a National Guard cavalry unit and wrote to a U.S. senator from Illinois pleading for better pay for the soldiers, many of whom he said were “working for the government for criminally small compensation.” “Isn’t it about time to bring up in congress the question of adequately paying our soldiers?” he wrote. Rich or poor, Illinois citizen-soldiers arrived in Texas inadequately equipped, as one guardsman wrote in a letter passed on to the Tribune. “The tentage was not complete,” he noted. “Some tents were unserviceable. The poles did not fit.”)
— HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: Pesky fact-checkers are ruining Trump’s greatest talent: Lying – Rex Huppke (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-giuliani-stormy-huppke-20180503-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Chicago falling short in attracting black officers Push for 1,000 new cops draws applicants, but many don’t take the test – Dan Hinkel and Jennifer Smith Richards (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 Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who make it clear that they believe a) that all government employees are lazy, stupid, and even worse things, b) that minorities and females are inferior and therefore need preferential treatment, c) that government is the “employer of last resort,” and therefore, d) that all government employees should be minorities and/or females.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-police-hiring-20180503-story.html
— As a grad student and a mom, I can’t find affordable child care – Lakrista Cummings, student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (DIERSEN: Raising children is tremendously time-consuming and expensive. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. According to them, if my wife and I had gotten married sooner than we did and if we had children, I never would have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. We never would have been able to buy new cars, buy real estate, go on vacations, buy collector cars, save for retirement, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-childcare-graduate-school-uiuc-work-requirement-20180504-story.html

 

WBBM NEWS RADIO
— Revelers Pack Columbus Drive For Polish Constitution Day; Rauner Teases Business Potential In Poland
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/news/revelers-pack-columbus-drive-polish-constitution-dayrauner-teases-business-potential

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State senator Sam McCann’s lawsuit alleges facts that are in serious dispute – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: Undisputed facts in Diersen v. GAO included a) I charged that my Democrat GAO superiors threatened to take serious adverse action against me if did not take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) I charged that my Democrat GAO superiors gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) they did not promote me beyond GS-13, e) they got rid of my mentor in 1987, d) they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) they forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-05-06/jim-dey-state-senators-lawsuit-alleges-facts-are-serious-dispute.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For instance, Statehouse officials say that McCann only forfeited services available to GOP caucus members, like assistance with communications and photography and staff analysis of pending legislation. They say he retains office funding and other legislator rights, including voting, representing constituents and seeking assistance from offices that write bills and perform research. That led to the following exchange this week between McCann and a TV reporter. Reporter: “You still have the right to vote. You still have the right to debate on the (Senate) floor. You still have the Legislative Reference Bureau. How is your power as a legislator in any way void from what it was two weeks ago?” McCann: “I think the way you phrased that question shows me you are not an honest arbiter in this process. Obviously, you’re with the other folks in this process.”)
— Davis must be willing to listen – JOHN MURPHY (DIERSEN: “Listening to” is code for “surrendering to.”)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2018-05-06/guest-commentary-davis-must-be-willing-listen.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Your past predicts your future. I you came to America illegally, if you stay in America illegally, and/or if you have brought others to America illegally, you have demonstrated gross disrespect for America, for its citizens, and for the rule of law.
http://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/cepeda-immigrants-don-t-drive-crime/article_e7d23c44-4161-566d-adc9-69aff7535073.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Sen. Anderson says pay raises are immoral for lawmakers – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: Have you gotten pay raises? While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, because of COLAs, step increases, and promotions, my pay increased every year except 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/sen-anderson-says-pay-raises-are-immoral-for-lawmakers/article_2b6e41a6-fe16-596e-9296-bc05097e607f.html

 

BREITBART
— Republican Gubernatorial Showdown Reveals Popularity of Opposing CA Sanctuary State Laws – MICHELLE MOONS
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/05/05/republican-gubernatorial-showdown-reveals-popularity-of-opposing-ca-sanctuary-state-laws/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidates battling it out in the race to become California’s next governor may have provided insight at their spring convention into the enthusiasm among California Republicans for opposing “sanctuary” laws. Opposition to California laws that protect illegal aliens. “Sanctuary” laws, brought out vibrant energy from the crowds as Republican gubernatorial candidates John Cox and Travis Allen both espoused support for ending the new law. Cox went so far as to say it was the issue he would make a priority on his first day in office.)

 

HOT AIR
— Why Are Attempted Border Crossings Spiking Again? – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/05/attempted-border-crossings-spiking/

 

NBC NEWS
— McCain doesn’t want Trump at funeral, friends tell White House McCain, who has been battling brain cancer, and Trump have had a turbulent relationship. The senator wants Vice President Mike Pence to attend instead. – Rebecca Shabad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mccain-doesn-t-want-trump-funeral-friends-tell-white-house-n871641

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans promote promiscuity, abortion, and LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/opinion/sunday/the-new-era-of-abstinence.html
— The Upside of Envy – Gordon Marino (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government promoted envy big time. They stressed to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates a) who were veterans that I had avoided the draft; b) who had not been promoted to GS-9, GS-11, GS-12, or GS-13 that I had been promoted to GS-9 in 1972 when I was 23 years old, to GS-11 in 1973, to GS-12 in 1974, and to GS-13 in 1986; c) who had less Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credit than I had that I already had almost 3 years of CSRS credit in 1969 and that I had almost 30 years of CSRS credit in 1997; d) who had not bought new cars that I had bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, etc.; e) who had not bought real estate that I had bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984; f) who were not married that I got married in 1978; g) who had spouses who did not have income that my wife did; h) who did not have good health that I did; i) who were saving little or nothing for their retirement that my wife and I were saving a lot for our retirement; j) who had children who were causing them problems that my wife and I did not have children; k) who stated that they could not afford to buy computers that I had bought many computers; l) who did not have the option to retire until they were 55, if not 62, that I had the option to take early retirement in 1993 when I was 45; m) who did not have the option to take many vacations with their spouse in conjunction with their business trips to luxury resorts that I did 1978-1992; n) who did not have job-related master’s degrees that I had earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; o) who did not have any job-related professional certifications that I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; p) who did not have any job-related professional licenses that I had earned one in 1981; q) etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/opinion/upside-envy.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE OF MCCAIN & BIDEN: At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends – Jonathan Martin  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all things that my critics/opponents want me to regret.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— ‘Dreamer’ sues Bank of America after he was denied a wealth advisory job – KARTIKAY MEHROTRA (DIERSEN: What factors have discouraged employers from hiring, retaining, and/or promoting you? For me they include a) my being draft bait until I was 22 1/2 years old in 1971; b) my not being a Democrat or a RINO; c) my not being a minority; d) my not being a female; e) my not being a veteran; f) my not painting myself as being a yes-man; g) my complaining about political affiliation discrimination; h) my complaining about reverse discrimination; i) my complaining about age discrimination; j) my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 when I was 40 years old; k) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; l) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and m) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-daca-dreamer-discrimination-20180503-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Daniel Marques had hoped to parlay his “Dreamer” work permit into a job with Bank of America Corp. Instead, he’s suing the firm for discrimination. Marques, who is from Brazil, claims his application to work in the bank’s wealth management department in New Jersey was denied after he told a vice president who interviewed him in 2016 that he’d be required to renew his work authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Bill Halldin, a spokesman for Bank of America, said the company would be reviewing Marques’ claims as the bank “does not have any prohibition on hiring individuals with DACA status.” The complaint was filed Thursday as a class action by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), which said it seeks to represent other immigrants nationwide with renewable work permits rejected for jobs with the second-largest U.S. bank. Marques has a similar complaint against Allied Wealth Partners, which also declined to hire him while he was hunting for a job in the spring of 2016. MALDEF separately sued Procter & Gamble Co. on behalf of another so-called Dreamer. A company’s refusal to hire a candidate because their work authorization papers will ultimately expire “may constitute illegal discrimination,” according to the Department of Homeland Security.)

 

POST AND COURIER
— Consultant: Look for dual-income, college-educated homeowners as a fast-growing group – Jim Parker
https://www.postandcourier.com/business/real_estate/jim-parker/consultant-look-for-dual-income-college-educated-homeowners-as-a/article_dc018e00-4ccb-11e8-ba4b-3f7d01667d35.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the six-year-old NAR survey, 65 percent of all buyers are married couples. That was up from 58 percent for married buyers. Meanwhile, Brookings last year noted income and graduation rates in an article on the “new face of American homeownership.” The writer Jenny Schuetz says new homeowners outstripped renters in educational attainment and income. New homeowners’ $69,000 median income was close to double that of renters and slightly higher than established owners. Also, nearly 40 percent of owners have a college degree, compared with 26 percent for tenants. “These differences are not surprising, given that households with higher, more stable incomes and more assets can more easily accumulate down payments and qualify for mortgages,” she says.)

 

METRO WEST DAILY NEWS
— Are you worried about DNA privacy? – Erika D. Smith (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/opinion/20180506/smith-are-you-worried-about-dna-privacy

 

QUATZ
— Does it make financial sense to get married? – Preeti Varathan (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://qz.com/1262993/does-it-make-financial-sense-to-get-married/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Should you marry when you’re young or old? Keep your marriage open or closed? Change your name, or not? Should you marry at all? (Oprah doesn’t think so.) These are questions many couples grapple with, but marriage also comes with financial consequences. It can significantly alter your taxes, student loans, and chances of getting a mortgage, among other things. So don’t wait to think about “for richer, for poorer” until it’s time to take the vows. Here are three key financial factors to consider when you’re deciding whether to tie the knot. Taxes There’s a widely held belief that marriage comes with tax perks: namely, that a married couple’s combined tax bill will fall. But it’s also possible that you and your partner could face a marriage penalty, paying more in taxes on your combined income than if you both stayed single.)

 

CHEAT SHEET
— The Vast Differences Between Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s Marriage Reveals More Than You Think – Meg Dowell
https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/the-vast-differences-between-donald-trump-and-barack-obamas-marriage-reveals-more-than-you-think.html/

 

TORONTO STAR
— Too many men: Examining the gender imbalances of India and China Decades of selective births have left the two countries with a delicate issue: What to do with 70 million lonely men? – SIMON DENYER and ANNIE GOWEN
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/05/05/too-many-men-examining-the-gender-imbalances-of-india-and-china.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stagnant lives: Village life and mental health. Among men, loneliness and depression are widespread. Villages are emptying out. Men are learning to cook and perform other chores long relegated to women. The desperate effort to land a bride: Housing prices and savings rates. Bachelors are furiously building houses in China to attract wives, and prices are soaring. But otherwise they are not spending, and that in turn fuels China’s huge trade surplus. In India, there is the opposite effect: Because brides are scarce, families are under less pressure to save for expensive dowries. Importing a bride: Human trafficking. Trafficking of brides is on the rise. Foreign women are being recruited and lured to China, effectively creating similar imbalances in China’s neighbors. Taking a stand over harassment: Public safety. With the increase in men has come a surge in sexual crime in India and concerns about a rise in other crimes in both countries. Harassment of schoolgirls in India has in some towns sparked an effort to push back — but at a cost of restricting them to more protected lives.)

May 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— JUNE 1, 2013 FLASHBACK: Lobbyist Jack Dorgan is new Illinois GOP party chairman – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: I was there while “Each candidate had five minutes to sell themselves to members of the Republican State Central Committee before the group conducted closed door interviews.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-republican-gop-chairman-jack-dorgan-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican leaders on Saturday choose a lobbyist and Rosemont trustee to serve as state party chairman following several hours of closed door talks. Jack Dorgan’s selection follows the resignation of former chair Pat Brady, who came under fire for bucking the Republican platform when he announced his support for gay marriage. “We’ve had some growing pains right now, and we’re ready, we’re united, were going to move forward and show people there’s a two-party system (in Illinois),” said Dorgan, who was the favorite entering deliberations. Dorgan has long been involved in Republican politics, beginning as an aide to the late Rep. Roger McAuliffe, who long held the designation as the only Republican legislator from Chicago. Dorgan also served as deputy chief of staff to former House Speaker Lee Daniels and as an aide to Gov. Jim Thompson and director of the Liquor Control Commission under Gov. Jim Edgar. But Dorgan also has close ties to Illinois’ ruling Democrats. He founded a lobbying practice with James McPike, a former majority leader for House Speaker Michael Madigan, who doubles as Illinois Democratic Party chairman. The firm’s clients include Ameren, AT&T, Fairmount Park race track, the Illinois Hospital Association and the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association, a group formerly headed by Bill Cellini, who is now serving prison time after being convicted of federal corruption charges. Other finalists for the position included Hinsdale businessman Jim Nalepa; Angel Garcia, head of the Chicago Young Republicans; Lake Forest attorney Mark Shaw; Springfield lawyer Don Tracy; Chicago attorney Lori Yokoyama and former congressman and tea party activist Joe Walsh. Each candidate had five minutes to sell themselves to members of the Republican State Central Committee before the group conducted closed door interviews. Deliberations were not open to the public, but officials said Dorgan won after the first round of balloting.)
— Cook County clerk on how, when and where people voted — or didn’t vote — in March primary – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: In your precinct, what do you think the main reasons are why a) registered Republican voters cast or did not cast Republican ballots, b) registered Democrat voters cast or did not cast Democrat ballots, c) unaffiliated voters cast or did not cast Republican or Democrat ballots, d) registered Republican voters changed their party affiliation by casting Democrat ballots, and e) registered Democrat voters changed their party affiliation by casting Republican ballots? Why do voters who cast Republican ballots vote for candidates in contested races, but not for candidates in uncontested races?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-post-election-report-st-0506-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before the March gubernatorial primary fades into memory and voters focus on November, let’s take a moment to review a few details about the most recent election. This analysis comes courtesy of the office of distinguished public servant and retiring Cook County Clerk David Orr. His office on Wednesday released its post-election report for the March primary. Orr’s office is one of a handful of county clerks that provides the detailed post-mortem statistical analysis. The clerk’s website has post-election reports dating back to 2008. “We send it to a few friends,” Orr told me Friday. “If we get a good idea from somewhere else we adapt it. Every year we build on it.” The 110-page report is full of data about voter behavior, trends and historical analysis. For some, this dense study might seem like a cure for insomnia. But political geeks can discover compelling nuggets about when, how and where people voted — or didn’t vote. The March primary saw record-breaking or near-record setting marks in the number of registered voters, voters who took part in the election, the percentage of voters who participated in early voting and the overall turnout rate, the report said. “There are some fascinating findings,” Orr told me. “One result was the amazing percentage of Democratic ballots versus Republican ballots.” In March, 76 percent of suburban Cook County voters pulled Democratic ballots. That ties with the February 2008 primary for the highest percentage in the past 24 years. The lowest rate of Democratic ballots pulled since 1994 was in March 2014, at just 45 percent. “I don’t think it’s a case of Republicans not voting so much as it is greater numbers of Democrats turning out,” Orr said. “You had hot races for governor in both parties and several other hot contests.” Statewide, incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner eked out a narrow win over challenger Jeanne Ives in the Republican primary. Rauner won with about 52 percent of the vote — an unexpectedly close margin of about 20,000 votes. Rauner carried suburban Cook County by about 10,000 votes, though Ives, a state representative from Wheaton, won in Bremen, Lemont, Thornton and Worth townships. Orr’s post-election report is a deep dive that might give voters in some south suburbs and their party leaders a chance to brag about the success of their ability to get out the vote.)
— No wonder Illinois is struggling — lawmakers are calling in their votes – Patrick McDaniel, Decatur
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-illinois-general-assembly-voting-congress-20180504-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. How much money is the Chicago Sun-Times taking from pot pushers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-businesses-relax-policies-on-pot-trudeau-vows-to-legalize/
— Chicago Police drones at rallies smack of Red Squad snooping
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/police-drones-surveillance-red-squad-illinois-law/

 

DAILY HERALD
— MAY 13, 2014 FLASHBACK: Illinois GOP leader Dorgan says he won’t seek another term – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140512/news/140519516/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Chairman Jack Dorgan of Rosemont won’t run for another term and will back Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider of Bartlett to replace him, he announced Monday. Dorgan, a Rosemont village trustee and Springfield lobbyist, said he’s joining Republican Bruce Rauner’s campaign for governor to co-chair the Winnetka businessman’s finance committee. The Republican State Central Committee is set to pick a new chairman Saturday in Springfield. Dorgan sits on that committee representing the 5th Congressional District. Blair Garber of Evanston, who sits on the committee from the 9th Congressional District, is the only other candidate. But Schneider’s backing from both Rauner and Dorgan gives him a clear advantage going into Saturday’s vote. “It has been my great honor to lead the Illinois Republican Party as chairman over the last year, helping position our candidates across Illinois for an incredible victory this November,” Dorgan said in a statement. Dorgan was first elected to the post a year ago following the resignation of Pat Brady of St. Charles, who was nearly ousted from the job after lobbying state lawmakers to vote for same-sex marriage. Dorgan released his statement jointly with Rauner, whose success or failure at the top of the ticket against Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is likely to be linked to the party’s fate statewide in November. The party’s chairman is tasked with raising money and trying to help its candidates win in November, a big task for a volunteer job in a state that’s leaned Democratic statewide in recent years. The GOP in Illinois has targeted the governor’s race as its top priority.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— MAY 13, 2014 FLASHBACK: Rauner’s revealing move to replace Illinois GOP chairman
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140513/BLOGS02/140519950/rauners-revealing-move-to-replace-illinois-gop-chairman
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bruce Rauner has played his cards incredibly close to the vest since winning the GOP gubernatorial nomination, disclosing almost nothing about who will be on his team, how he’d balance the budget and what his governance style would be. But we may have learned a few things from his decision to oust Jack Dorgan as Illinois GOP chairman and replace him with Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider. The first thing we learned is that, for a zillionaire used to getting his way, Mr. Rauner sometimes can act with a minimum of fingerprints. Though Crain’s (via an AP story) and other outlets reported this morning that Mr. Dorgan had chosen not to seek a new term as chairman and instead would become co-chair of Mr. Rauner’s finance team, the truth is that he was pushed. Multiple party sources report that Team Rauner was concerned that it didn’t look very good that the state party was headed by a registered lobbyist with an A-list of clients — or that, at a time when incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn is under fire for alleged patronage abuses, Mr. Dorgan had held top political jobs with former Govs. Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar. So squeaky-clean was in and the political warhorse was out. Good for Mr. Dorgan for getting the message and not putting up a fight. But we certainly learned that Mr. Rauner is capable of decisive actions that pull the plug. I think we also discovered that Mr. Rauner is loyal — particularly to people who emulate his mode of politics of being socially moderate and fiscally conservative. BIG EARLY BACKER Mr. Schneider didn’t return my call today. But he was an early, big backer of the Rauner candidacy, and he’s really tight — he once tried to block creation of a county film office as frivolous spending — without having developed a reputation as a social-issues crusader. It also doesn’t hurt a bit that he cuts a nice figure on TV, a crucial skill in this media-driven age. Meanwhile, in statements, Mr. Rauner is praising Mr. Dorgan as “an extraordinary chairman,” and Mr. Dorgan said the party is “firing on all cylinders and ready to deliver a new direction to the people of Illinois.” Mr. Schneider does have one opponent in the vote set for May 17: Blair Garber, the committeeman from the North Side/north suburban 9th District. But I’d be surprised if there was much of a fight. Gubernatorial nominees by tradition get to remake their party. And if this nominee becomes governor, we may have learned a couple of things about how he’d remake Illinois.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-bill-would-use-medical-marijuana-to-fight-opioids/article_ed476ac8-045a-5220-80d6-b0198e7d590f.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Youth riot at Illinois Youth Center-St. Charles caused serious injury – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/05/04/youth-riot-at-illinois-youth-center-st-charles-caused-serious-injury/de297mv/

 

TIMES
— Senate bill strikes a heavy blow against local control – Editorial (DIERSEN: To encourage people to drink booze, to gamble, to smoke pot, and/or to engage in other destructive activities is to encourage people to harm themselves and to become wards of the state.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/05/04/our-view-senate-bill-strikes-a-heavy-blow-against-local-control/amfpfq1/

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who says “Most (ILLEGAL) immigrants abide by laws?” ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20180504/esther-cepeda-most-immigrants-abide-by-laws

 

CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— VIDEO: The Open-Government Movement – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/video/1291/the-open-government-movement

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois residents still struggling with poverty – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What do you say to those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that a) work the hardest to blame poverty on Republicans, b) work the hardest to bring poverty-stricken people to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, and to your precinct, and c) work the hardest to keep poverty-stricken people in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-residents-still-struggling-with-poverty/article_77529a04-4e32-11e8-b9ff-0b88b5bd0253.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, booze pushers push booze.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/illinois-gives-alcohol-a-trial-run/1160528170

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— LGBTQ Roots in Legal Weed Campaign Run Deep – Pat Hickey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/lgbtq-roots-in-legal-weed-campaign-run-deep/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MAY 12, 2014 FLASHBACK: DORGAN OUT AS ILGOP CHAIR. ENDORSES TIM SCHNEIDER FOR POSITION.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2014/05/il-gop-chairman-dorgan-not-to-seek-re-election.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Fence-Climbing Illegal Aliens Cut in Line as Legal Immigrants Wait in Obscurity – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/legal-immigrants-vs-illegal-immigrants-cutting-line/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Broken promise: Trump admin surrenders to caravan and drug cartels – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/broken-promise-trump-admin-surrenders-caravan-drug-cartels/

 

BREITBART
— DHS Promises ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Illegal Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/05/04/dhs-promises-zero-tolerance-for-migrants/
— Paul Gosar: Prosecute Attorneys ‘Aiding’ Caravan at Border – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/04/exclusive-paul-gosar-prosecute-attorneys-aiding-caravan-at-border/

 

BLAZE
— Neil Cavuto stuns Fox News viewers with scathing rebuke – here’s what he said – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/neil-cavuto-stuns-fox-news-viewers-with-scathing-rebuke-heres-what-he-said
— University warns ‘non-Mexican’ students against ‘cultural appropriation’ on Cinco de Mayo – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/university-warns-non-mexican-students-against-cultural-appropriation-on-cinco-de-mayo

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Black America, Face the Facts on Illegal Immigration – Aubrey Shines (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want Blacks to see immigrants as part of a massive coalition to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/04/black_america_face_the_facts_on_illegal_immigration_136979.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Vocal group reported to PC police for mariachi-themed flyer – Nikita Vladimirov
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10864

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Public Servants Do Get Student Loan Forgiveness. Meet One of the First. – Ron Lieber (DIERSEN: Did you take out student loans? I did not. What if I had taken out student loans INSTEAD OF paying for my education expenses with money that I earned when I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997? I spent lots of money that I earned and saved doing the aforesaid jobs to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, and c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/your-money/student-loan-forgiveness.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: n theory, millions of borrowers are eligible to have their debts forgiven after a decade of public-service work. In practice, the program has produced a litany of frustrations. . .The forgiveness program seemed simple at first glance: Work 10 years as a public servant and the federal government will forgive your loans. But deep, repeated, near-Talmudic parsing of the words revealed the following: Borrowers need to be in exactly the right kind of federal student loan. They need to be in the right kind of repayment plan. They need to pay on time in exactly the right way. And their full-time work has to qualify as proper public service.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Politics in the Pews: Anti-Trump Activism Is Reviving Protestant Churches—at a Cost A push toward activism among liberal Christian denominations is reshaping traditional worship and splitting congregations – Ian Lovett (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will all “religious leaders” in America officially promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and other terrible things? How soon, if not already, will all religions officially become arms of the Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and/or Muslim parties? How soon, if not already, will “religious leaders” call for America to get rid of all its citizens, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-in-the-pews-politics-is-convulsing-mainline-churches-1525445467

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Rick Perry lets Congress know GAO’s new definition of office ‘furnishings’ is absurd, reviews Obama’s list
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/05/05/rick-perry-lets-congress-know-gaos-new-definition-of-office-furnishings-is-absurd-reviews-obamas-list-631489

 

WFTV
— TRAGIC: Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows – AP
https://www.wftv.com/news/mormon-support-for-gay-marriage-gradually-grows/743964250

 

YAHOO NEWS
— Jay Leno drives the new Corvette ZR1 over 200 mph – George Back
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jay-leno-drives-new-corvette-zr1-200-mph-063014426.html

May 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora Election Commission could end by mid-May – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-commission-st-0502-story.html
— Brewskis with Bruce – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-paul-vallas-chicago-mayor-announcement-20180503-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Rauner says he doesn’t rest or sleep much but likes to skate and ride his motorcycle with veterans and “union guys,” according to his re-election campaign’s latest social strategy, a series of videos called “Brewskis with Bruce.” Sitting with seven people over beers, one of them tells Rauner in the one-minute video: “Your presence at the motorcycle shows and at the different events they have throughout the local area here is awesome.” Rauner, who rode his Harley-Davidson in a kickoff video for his re-election campaign, responds by touting his motorcycle rides with “union guys” — despite his frequent clashes with organized labor. He also promotes how much he likes to ride with veterans, as his administration faces sharp criticism over its handling of continued Legionnaire’s disease outbreaks at the state-run veterans home in Downstate Quincy, where a 2015 outbreak killed 13 people. “I love riding with veterans. I love riding with police officers. I love riding for Toys for Tots to fundraise. I’ve been a motorcycle rider since I was 14. I got my first dirt bike. I saved up. I raked leaves and mowed grass and saved up. I saved up and bought a little dirt bike,” Rauner says in the video. “Since I became governor I’ve joined, um, I was invited to join and I was honored to do it, a group called the Canaryville Veterans Riders Association,” Rauner said. He had a dust-up with the group in 2015. “They’re based on the South Side of Chicago. It’s a lot of union guys. It’s police officers, firefighters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and they support veterans. And I love to ride with veterans.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As campaign begins, Vallas pokes Rahm: People ‘don’t like you. You’re a bully’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/vallas-formally-declares-run-for-mayor-slams-pay-to-play-culture-at-city-hall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy veterans encourage them to drink booze, gamble, and smoke pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180503/proposal-would-give-veterans-groups-a-way-around-gambling-bans
— Library apologized for the wrong thing – Stan Zegel, Winfield
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180503/library-apologized-for-the-wrong-thing
— A stand against public-paid golden parachutes – Editorial (DIERSEN: Were you ever “sent packing.” My Democrat GAO superiors sent me packing in 1997 when I was 49 years old. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” a) was NOT my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) was NOT because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) was NOT because my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me talked and acted like they would quit if GAO did not get rid of me. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” was me being AN EXTREMELY BAD EMPLOYEE. But wait, none of my performance appraisals indicated that. So far, my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in sending me packing has cost the Civil Service Retirement System $1,071,856 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180502/a-stand-against-public-paid-golden-parachutes
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: What happens when a top government administrator gets sent packing? Often, lawyers for the employer and employee negotiate, a severance package is worked out, all agree never to say a word about what led to the departure — and the taxpayers are kept in the dark with their wallets open, sometimes paying a six-figure bill for the administrator to go away. It happens all the time.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More and more and more people need/demand welfare. Soon, everyone in Illinois, in Cook County, and in Chicago will be either be a) handing out welfare or b) getting welfare.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180503/OPINION/180509978
— Home prices haven’t recovered in most area ZIP codes – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180503/CRED0701/180509934

 

ABC7
— US surgeon general talks about opioid epidemic in Kane County – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/health/us-surgeon-general-talks-about-opioid-epidemic-in-kane-county-/3420693/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Roskam makes 6th Congressional District campaign stop in Marengo Incumbent defends Trump’s $1.5T tax cut plan; Casten attacks his standing with president – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want him to pander to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want Roskam to dump those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 69), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America for a long time, former union member, retiree, homeowner, married, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018. They focus on demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me. They blame me for their problems. They blame me for Roskam’s problems. They blame me for your problems. They blame me for my problems. They blame me for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/02/rep-peter-roskam-makes-6th-congressional-district-campaign-stop-in-marengo/a4bk47s/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Citizens United money-in-politics case an issue in 13th House race – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180502/schoenburg-citizens-united-money-in-politics-case-issue-in-13th-house-race
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and anti-boys claim progress.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/with-girls-joining-ranks-boy-scouts-plan-name-change

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Where’s The Budget? – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264516#.WurXB1py-M8

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois debt rises, so does electioneering – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-illinois-debt-rises-so-does-electioneering/article_44f16cfa-e66f-50b6-b181-0e6ea493a543.html

 

WBUR
— Debt Plagues Too Many College Graduates. Public Universities Should Be Free – Rich Barlow (DIERSEN: If you were graduating this year instead of the year that you did, would you be debt-free? I graduated debt-free from NIU 38 years ago and owing a 18-month-old Dodge Charger SE. Almost all the money for my college expenses came from my part-time job delivering mail for the Post Office. In today’s dollars, my pay increased from $15.85/hour in 1966 to $16.91/hour in 1969. Because my parents provided me with room and board while attended UIC 1966-1968, I could afford to a) pay all my tuition and book expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) pay for my room and board at NIU 1969-1970.)
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/05/03/the-case-for-free-college-rich-barlow
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seventy percent of college students graduate owing significant student loans; the average exceeds $37,000, a burdensome headwind discouraging attendance. In particular, low-income students, plagued by poor K-through-12 schools and, well, low incomes, lag their wealthier peers in college enrollment.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— IL Senate Says ‘No More’ To Hefty Severance Payouts For Dismissed Public Employees – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Should I sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am guilty of “misconduct” and that is why the federal government took adverse actions against me?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/il-senate-says-no-more-hefty-severance-payouts-dismissed-public-employees#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Illinois public officials are dismissed for misconduct, they are sometimes awarded large severance packages – which are paid for by taxpayers. A new proposal approved by the Senate would stop the practice. Under the plan, golden parachutes – as these payouts are called – would be eliminated in cases where someone is fired under circumstances of misconduct. These range from criminal assault, abuse or neglect in the workplace. When dismissal is not for misconduct, packages would be capped at 5 months. If the plan becomes law, any future public employee contract would follow this limit.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois (DIERSEN: The number of DuPage County employees per capita will increase significantly a) because Democrats and RINOs are bringing into the county more and more and more people who need massive government assistance and b) because the cost of living in the county is very high.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511369206-public-employee-tally-bottom-25-counties-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage is among the Illinois counties that employ the fewest government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports. State law requires local governments to self-report financial records each year, including the number of employees whose paychecks come from taxpayers. Employees per capita is calculated to compare staffs across cities and villages.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— More Dumb Stuff From Springfield Swampsters – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/more-dumb-stuff-from-springfield-swampsters/

 

BREITBART
— More than 6-in-10 Hispanics Support Trump Plan to Cut Legal Immigration – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: All my ancestors were German-American. None of them have ever sided with Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/02/more-than-6-in-10-hispanics-support-trump-plan-to-cut-legal-immigration/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Wheaton Meeting, Political Dealmaking and the Crisis of Evangelicalism – Mark Labberton (DIERSEN: What do religious people think of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes have had tremendous success in turning religious people against me. They shout at religious people that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to a church. They have had great success in convincing religious people that because of the aforesaid, I am anti-religious and THAT I SHOULD BE SENT STRAIGHT TO HELL. They have had great success in convincing religious people that they should focus on destroying people like me who are not a member of any church, who do not attend church services, and who do not give money to a church.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/wheaton-meeting-political-dealmaking-crisis-evangelicalism-mark-labberton.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Gutless Bureaucrats Are HELPING Antifa Mobs Censor Speech With Threats Of Violence – Jeffrey S. Podoshen and Lindsay Shepherd
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/02/bureaucrats-help-antifa-censor-speech-with-threats-of-violence/

 

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrats are taking minorities for granted – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Which politicians take those who share your demographics for granted? I should write a book about politicians who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who not only take their constituents who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican for granted, they throw the aforesaid under their bus, they flush the aforesaid down their toilet.)
http://www.aei.org/publication/democrats-are-taking-minorities-for-granted/

 

THE HILL
— Giuliani: Trump reimbursed Cohen for $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385965-giuliani-trump-reimbursed-cohen-for-payment-to-stormy-daniels

 

CBS NEWS
— Jeff Sessions says DOJ will move more prosecutors, judges to border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-makes-remarks-at-doj-live-updates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/arizona-teachers-philippines.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites want to destroy England.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/sajid-javid-home-office-hostile-environment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want America to give asylum to anyone who wants it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/trump-asylum-immigration-caravans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/what-it-takes-to-get-asylum-us.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York Found a Fix for Some Hit by Tax Law. – Richard Rubin and Mike Vilensky (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-skeptical-of-new-yorks-creative-workaround-for-tax-deduction-caps-1525253401?mod=djemwhatsnews
— U.S. Government Struggles to Track Some of Its Own Social Media Accounts National registry of official accounts in some cases lists handles snapped up by others, with little indication of the change – Samarth Bansal and Rob Barry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-struggles-to-track-some-of-its-own-social-media-accounts-1525339800
— ‘Hi, It’s Amazon Calling. Here’s What We Don’t Like in Your City.’ After the retail giant told cities why they didn’t become finalists for its second headquarters, some started making changes – Shayndi Raice and Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not like cities that have residents, organizations, or companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hi-its-amazon-calling-heres-what-we-dont-like-in-your-city-1525253400
— The Problem With a Federal Jobs Guarantee (Hint: It’s Not the Price Tag) Proposed legislation guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, aims to eradicate underemployment – Greg Ip (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-problem-with-a-federal-jobs-guarantee-hint-its-not-the-price-tag-1525267192

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot big time. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/27/medical-marijuana-used-pots-emotional-connection-spread-nationally/520864002/

 

TIMES ONLINE
— Please don’t confuse White House correspondents with real journalists – JD Mullane
http://www.timesonline.com/news/20180501/mullane-please-dont-confuse-white-house-correspondents-with-real-journalists

May 2 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans blast Democratic income tax resolution as election-year politics – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-graduated-income-tax-hearing-20180502-story.html
— Vaping may lead to pot smoking among teens, new study shows – Dennis Thompson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-hlth-teen-vaping-pot-use-0425-story.html
— Facebook wants me to rat out my friends? No thanks. – Lara Weber (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be accused by a Democrat of posting hate speech is like being accused of being a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-hate-speech-china-social-credit-0502-20180501-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some Facebook users were alarmed Tuesday to see a new feature in their news feeds. Under many posts, Facebook had added this question: “Does this post contain hate speech?” along with two buttons, “Yes” and “No.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups what America to give asylum to anyone and everyone who asks for it: 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. Ever-increasingly, members of the aforesaid groups make it clear that they want to destroy America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0502-story.html
— How porn is affecting kids – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth-0417-story.html
— In the era of legalization, how do you discuss marijuana with your kids? – Nara Schoenberg (DIERSEN: To promote pot is to promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-life-marijuana-talk-legalization-03202018-story.html
— Trump escalates GOP’s clash with Justice Department – Devlin Barrett and Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-clash-justice-department-20180502-story.html
— Northwestern University trustees to consider rescinding Bill Cosby’s honorary degree – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-bill-cosby-northwestern-honorary-degree-20180502-story.html
— Kanye’s ignorant comments are just the latest to diminish slavery’s atrocities – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-slavery-kanye-west-20180502-story.html
— Illinois Senate approves plan that would allow police to monitor large crowds with drones – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-drones-20180502-story.html
— Trump hires lawyer who represented Clinton in impeachment – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-lawyer-ty-cobb-retiring-20180502-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth: Rauner’s ideas on Quincy vets home ‘not new or revolutionary’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-duckworth-rauners-ideas-on-quincy-vets-home-not-new-or-revolutionary/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/aunt-jemima-welcomes-us-into-an-1893-worlds-fair-thats-not-so-fun-to-recall/
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school/
— Voters stuck in middle as Dems, GOP spar over ‘fair’ (or ‘terrible’?) tax shift – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/voters-stuck-in-middle-as-dems-gop-spar-over-fair-or-terrible-tax-shift/
— First lady Melania Trump’s parents appear with immigration attorney – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-parents-viktor-amalija-knavs-immigration-attorney-citizenship-permanent-residents/
— Give Trump the credit he deserves for progress in Korea – Georgie Anne Geyer
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/give-trump-the-credit-he-deserves-for-progress-in-korea/
— A big factory gets to pollute, and you get to wheeze – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/foxconn-wisconsin-factory-pollute-lake-michigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP nominee Dino Gavanes tapped to fill DuPage board vacancy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180502/gop-nominee-tapped-to-fill-dupage-board-vacancy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180502/business/305029876/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LGBT history requirement for public schools passes Illinois Senate – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/lgbt-history-requirement-for-public-schools-passes-illinois-senate

 

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis: No need to meet with politically opposed – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time always want Republicans to meet with them and to listen to them.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-02/davis-no-need-meet-with-politically-opposed.html

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Madigan return as party chief make Rauner re-election more important, Ugaste says – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511402059-madigan-return-as-party-chief-make-rauner-re-election-more-important-ugaste-says

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “TAX CUTS WORK!” HOLDS RALLY IN WAUCONDA, AFTER CANCELING IN WEST CHICAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/tax-cuts-work-hold-rally-in-wauconda-after-canceling-in-west-chicago.html
— FEDERAL PRO-LIFE LAWMAKERS WORK TO END TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/federal-pro-life-lawmakers-work-to-end-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions.html
— ATTENTION IL GOP HOUSE MEMBERS: IF YOU SUPPORT ERA, THE PRICE WILL BE PRO-LIFE GROUP ENDORSEMENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/attention-il-gop-house-members-if-you-support-era-the-price-will-be-pro-life-group-endorsements.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— A look at Sam McCann’s federal lawsuit
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/a-look-at-sam-mccanns-federal-lawsuit/
— Rauner admin contradicted on revenue estimate claim
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/rauner-admin-contradicted-on-revenue-estimate-claim/

 

GOPUSA
— ACLU steps into bra policy in schools
http://www.gopusa.com/aclu-steps-into-bra-policy-in-schools/
— DC ‘unity’ rally featured speaker who called Jews ‘termites’
http://www.gopusa.com/dc-unity-rally-featured-speaker-who-called-jews-termites/
— How one 7-Eleven is combating panhandlers, loitering kids
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45061

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— Boy Scouts to drop ‘boy’ from program name, launches new ‘inclusiveness’ campaign – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/boy-scouts-to-drop-boy-from-its-name-launches-new-inclusiveness-campaign

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Creepy or Not? Your Privacy Concerns Probably Reflect Your Politics A new study on surveillance finds that Republicans tend to feel pleased about tracking, both online and in real life, while Democrats often feel bad about it. – Natasha Singer (DIERSEN: The more skeletons that you have in your closet, the more that you want privacy. Those who have ever done anything that subjects them to blackmail or to prosecution should not seek of hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/technology/privacy-concerns-politics.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Bad Is It for House Republicans? It’s not great. But the Democrats’ frequently touted fundraising edge is overstated. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bad-is-it-for-house-republicans-1525302958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The real trend in fundraising strength for these campaigns won’t be revealed until the quarter after each state’s primary. If races like Rep. Peter Roskam’s in the Sixth District of Illinois are any example, the advantage for GOP incumbents seems likely to grow. Mr. Roskam has more than $2.4 million in cash after the March 20 primary, while the winning Democrat was forced by the primary to spend down his funds to just $192,000.)

 

USA TODAY
— In midterm elections, Republicans are running against … Hillary Clinton. Still. – Chrissie Thompson and Deirdre Shesgreen
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/01/midterm-elections-republicans-hillary-clinton-political-ads-congress-ohio-governor/565800002/

 

POLITICAL INSIDER
— Actual Descendant of Pocahontas Challenges Elizabeth Warren to Take DNA Test  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to Jewish people a) that I am 100% German national origin and that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stress a) that all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany a long time ago, during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, d) that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F, and e) that according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-descendant-challenges/

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Millennial Money: Gambling via apps drains my friends’ finances More than one-fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds confessed to gambling at work last year – KATE BEIOLEY
https://www.ft.com/content/d4842ac4-325f-11e8-ac48-10c6fdc22f03

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Illinois Senate passes LGBTQ inclusive curriculum bill (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/93908596/illinois-senate-passes-lgbtq-inclusive-curriculum-bill-

May 2 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “RAUNER PARTY” LEADERSHIP CALLS ON STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT TIM SCHNEIDER FOR PARTY CHAIRMAN (DIERSEN: What does this say to those who voted for Ives?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/rauner-party-leadership-calls-on-state-central-committee-to-re-elect-tim-schneider-for-party-chairma.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an email sent out Tuesday evening to members of the State Central Committee from IL GOP elected officials and statewide candidates calls for “Rauner Party” Chairman Tim Schneider to be re-elected. The appeal boasts how the Republican organizations work better together than ever before under Schneider’s leadership at the IL GOP, but does not mention that the IL GOP has lost any meaningful financial support from grassroots and Illinois rank and file under Schneider’s leadership. The IL GOP’s latest filings show reports less than 10 individual contributions in the past six months. As a result, the Illinois Republican Party is owned and directed by its biggest donor, Governor Rauner. Chairman Schneider appears to be fine with that. And evidently, all the statewide IL GOP candidates and every Republican member of Illinois’ congressional caucus agrees with Rauner’s funding and political strategy because they all signed onto the plea to support Schneider’s re-election. The IL GOP is divided between Rauner loyalists and the conservative base after a heated primary challenge by State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) – and the letter does not reflect respect or appeal to those Republicans that are opposed to the governor’s IL GOP platform-rejecting political philosophy. The letter from the leadership of the now-dubbed “Rauner Party” urging support for Schneider as distributed:)

 

WGN TV
— May Day protests focus on Trump’s migrant record, elections – AP
http://wgntv.com/2018/05/01/may-day-protests-focus-on-trumps-migrant-record-elections/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner discloses investments in 106 firms – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-discloses-investments-in-106-firms/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: On first day, Chicago issues 500 municipal ID cards, officials say – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-residents-lineup-new-city-identification-cards-20180501-story.html
— McCann sues Brady – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-joe-berrios-campaign-contributions-fine-20180502-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A state senator from central Illinois who is running for governor as a third party candidate filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Republican leadership, alleging taxpayer funded services are being withheld from him. Sen. Sam McCann’s suit against Senate Republican leader Bill Brady says he was “expelled” from the GOP caucus after announcing his bid. McCann says he no longer has access to legislative staff and other support he previously received. McCann contends that withholding those services violates his right to free speech and creates two classes of voters: those who have full representation in the legislature and his constituents, who now have a senator that “is only allowed to participate to a severely limited degree.” A Brady spokesman late Tuesday said he hadn’t been notified of the lawsuit. McCann is running for governor under the Conservative Party banner, contending Republican Gov. Rauner has abandoned conservative voters by expanding taxpayer funding of abortion and supporting legislation to protect immigrants in the country illegally.)
— Next steps for caravan will unfold mostly out of public view – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-migrant-caravan-20180501-story.html
— EPA chief Pruitt overrules agency staff, gives Wisconsin’s Walker, Foxconn big break on smog – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-smog-pruitt-foxconn-20180501-story.html
— He needed to make amends for bullying. What about the rest of us? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-amends-bullying-rys-smit-20180501-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maybe there are instances in life where a person who feels responsible for a wrong exaggerates or imagines the hurt, and with an apology all bad feeling is swept away. Oh that? I never even noticed. Such was not the case with the Rys sisters, who — for unexplained reasons — were treated as pariahs their entire school careers in Monee. Their isolation and anguish were all-encompassing. No one ever intervened. In grammar school no one would eat lunch with the girls, or play with them or sit with them on the bus. Smit remembers in sixth grade being part of the gang giggling at lonely Kathleen. The torments continued at Crete-Monee High School. “When we climbed the stairs to go to our other classes, if someone bumped into us, they’d run to the washroom to wash their hands,” Lorraine said. “We only had each other,” Kathleen said.)
— Berrios faces $127,000 more in fines over campaign contributions – Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-joe-berrios-campaign-contributions-fine-20180502-story.html
— Five female paramedics sue, alleging pervasive sexual harassment at Chicago Fire Department – Annie Sweeney and Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sex-harassment-lawsuit-chicago-fire-department-20180501-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who make money selling opioids and naloxone are overjoyed that U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams “has suggested that more people carry naloxone.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-joe-berrios-campaign-contributions-fine-20180502-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Third-party gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann sues GOP Senate leader Bill Brady – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/third-party-gubernatorial-candidate-sues-gop-senate-leader

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Stop treating our homes and income as if they were sins – HILARY GOWINS (DIERSEN: According to this article, “If you want less of something, tax it.” What do you say to those who oppose increasing taxes on a) booze, gambling, and other vices and b) fancy restaurant meals, entertainment, vacations, and other immediate pleasures? Beyond overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have spent lots of their time and money on the aforesaid. Consequently, many, if not most of them have health and/or financial problems.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180502/OPINION/180509979
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you want less of something, tax it. That holds true for things targeted with sin taxes—Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s main argument in favor of her soft-drink tax was that it would limit consumption and improve public health. It also holds true for things much more consequential than soda, like jobs. Illinois ranked fifth in the Midwest and 14th nationally in private-sector job creation from January 2010 to January 2011, the first 12 months of the recession recovery. But that changed when state politicians enacted a “temporary” income tax hike in January 2011. Since then, 82,000 people have dropped out of Illinois’ workforce, a decline of 1.2 percent. The rest of the country’s labor force has grown by over 8.7 million people, a 6 percent increase. After the 2011 tax hike, what seemed like an economic recovery in Illinois ground to a halt. Jobs growth rebounded slightly after the 2011 income tax expired in January 2015, but the damage was done, and the 2017 income tax hike didn’t help. Illinois ranked 42nd in employment growth last year. “Tax more, get less” also applies to Illinois’ housing market. Illinois homeowners’ real property tax burden—the percentage of household income paid in property taxes—grew six times faster than incomes grew from 2008 to 2015. An hour outside of Chicago, Phil and Laura Valdez say, for instance, that their property tax bill in Sandwich (population 7,400) accounts for 12 percent of their income. That chunk keeps growing, even though their home value has dropped by $90,000 since 1999.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legislative pensions generous to point of insolvency – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-05-02/jim-dey-legislative-pensions-generous-point-insolvency.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner dismisses small pharmacies’ concerns amid Medicaid reboot – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180501/rauner-dismisses-small-pharmacies-concerns-amid-medicaid-reboot

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Doctor: Trump Dictated Letter Attesting To His ‘Extraordinary’ Health – SCOTT NEUMAN (DIERSEN: What indicates that you do not abuse your body with booze, with pot, or with anything else and that you have good health? For me, it is my putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening since 2015. It takes about 5 hours of intense concentration to put together and send out each email.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/doctor-trump-dictated-letter-attesting-his-extraordinary-health#stream/0
— Comic Michelle Wolf Responds To Backlash: ‘I’m Glad I Stuck To My Guns’ – TERRY GROSS (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky and his call for ridicule.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/comic-michelle-wolf-responds-backlash-im-glad-i-stuck-my-guns#stream/0

 

WAND TV
— Scalise, Davis reflect on shooting, re-election campaign – Deron Molen
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38090306/scalise-davis-reflect-on-shooting-re-election-campaign

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— NEW WEB PAGE LETS YOU SEE YOUR PROPERTY-TAX INFO, PAY TAXES ONLINE (DIERSEN: According to your assessor, what is your home worth, how much is your 2017 property tax bill, and what does your property tax money go to? According to my assessor, my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth $474,200. According to Zillow, my home is worth $474,533. My 2017 property tax bill is $10,913 (approximately 2.3% of market value) with a $6,000 residential exemption and a $5,000 senior exemption. The property tax goes as follows:

 

— $7,177 (66%) School District 200
— $1,416 (13%) City of Wheaton
— $1,046 (10%) Wheaton Park District
— $358 (3%) College of DuPage
— $177 (2%) DuPage Forest Preserve
— $163 (1%) School District 200 Pension Fund
— $155 (1%) County of DuPage
— $104 (1%) Milton Township Roads
— $82 (1%) Wheaton Park District Pension Fund
— $66 (1%) Milton Township
— $169 (2%) 7 other taxing bodies

 

I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth far more than what it is assessed at and b) that I should be paying much higher property taxes; they want to curry favor with the home’s builder and with the aforesaid taxing bodies. My wife and I have paid property taxes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978. However, we have never attended any schools in DuPage County, we have never sent any children to schools in DuPage County, and our use of Wheaton Park District facilities has always been very limited.)
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/05/new-web-page-lets-you-see-your-property-pay-taxes-online/

 

EVANSTON NOW
— We’re in the top 10 — for property taxes – Bill Smith
http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2018-05-01/79744/were-in-the-top-10-for-property-taxes#comment-46631

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Six more months of retaliatory Rauner bashing by organized labor interests – Gregory Tejeda (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with hatred against unions, against former union members like me, against current union members, and against future union members. They stress to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. who state that they are conservative and/or Republican a) that I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997 and b) that I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2018/05/six-more-months-of-retaliatory-rauner.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – Road District funds for political newsletter subscription – KIRK ALLEN (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What are main the differences between Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and Rich Miller and his Capitol Fax emails? ANSWER: a) Diersen sends his emails out free of charge, but Miller charges $500/year for his emails; b) Diersen’s emails go out each and every morning and each and every evening, but Miller’s emails go out sporadically; c) Diersen’s website www.gopillinois.com does not contain any advertising, but Miller’s website www.capitolfax.com does contain advertising; d) Diersen donates all the time and money necessary to send his emails out and maintain his website, but Miller does not, his subscribers, his advertisers, his etc. pay him; e) Diersen is and proudly states that he is a Republican, but Miller denies that he is a Democrat; d) Diersen’s emails and website promote the Republican Party platform, but Miller’s emails and website promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms; f) Diersen’s emails and website stress the source of articles, the title of articles, and the author of articles, but Miller’s website does not; g) Diersen’s emails are demonized, denigrated, and condemned by Democrats and Democrat plants, by Libertarians and Libertarian plants, by Greens and Green plants, and by RINOs, but the aforesaid glorify and praise Miller’s emails, h) Diersen is treated by his critics/opponents as being a member of the press or as NOT being a member of the press to suit the needs of his critics/opponents, but Miller is always glorified and praised and pandered to by Diersen’s critics/opponents, i) etc. What if Diersen a) started charging $1,000/year for his emails, b) arranged for hundreds if not thousands employees of government entities to take out subscriptions, and c) arranged for those government entities to reimburse those employees using TAX DOLLARS? What if Diersen hinted/implied/argued/shouted that he would serve as an operative for whoever gave him the most money?)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/05/algonquin-township-road-district-funds-for-political-newsletter-subscription/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When we started the Edgar County Watchdogs our Board of Directors made it very clear that our agenda must be focused on compliance with the law and exposing those who violate it, regardless of political party. We also agreed to never accept funding from people who they themselves had a political agenda and wished to use us as the means to get their message out. Our goal was simple. Help those who ask for help with fixing known problems within their local government. At the time we had no idea this would become a full-time venture. Illinois is a target rich environment when it comes to public corruption so rest assured there is no shortage of things to investigate and expose. However, there is a shortage of State’s Attorney’s that have the courage to step up and take on the corruption within their own county. While reviewing bills paid by the Algonquin Township Road District, one bill, ok hundreds, but for this article, one bill, in particular, jumped out at us as we have written about this issue before on other public bodies. In a time when most mainstream media is no longer trusted, we see more and more people turning to social media and other independent sources to get their news. We have seen our viewer numbers almost doubling each year so we too understand people’s frustration with the media. Former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller turned to “Ahead of our Time Publishing” by Rich Miller and his online blog newsletter, “Capital Fax”. What public purpose does a private political publication provide to the taxpayers of Illinois? What statutory authority does a Road District have to spend your hard earned tax dollars on a private political blogger publication? (Note there are a lot of other subscriptions to talk about that Miller had that also have no public purpose or statutory authority) Now I don’t fault Rich Miller for making money and creating a business with his Capital Fax publication, but how on earth can the Algonquin Township Road District justify spending Road District money on a political blogger subscription? I wonder if the local McHenry County Blogger Cal Skinner could get away with charging his local public bodies for his news reporting? And just about now all the naysayers are going to justify tax dollars for the local newspaper. Guess what folks, it is not the taxpayers obligation to have their money spent on any publication, subscription, and/or memberships in associations that does not have statutory authority. In a future article we will expose the illegal spending on memberships to organizations by this same public body. You can view the $500.00 bill below or download it here.)

 

WIRE POINTS
— The $21 billion debt most Illinoisans know nothing about – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/the-21-billion-debt-most-illinoisans-know-nothing-about-wirepoints-original/
— How about requiring a pension to discriminate against minorities in hiring? Pending legislation would do that. – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform promotes equal opportunity, that is, no race, no gender, no ethnicity, no etc. based preference giving.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/how-about-requiring-a-pension-to-discriminate-against-minorities-in-hiring-pending-legislation-would-do-that-quicktake/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I’m trying hard to swear less here. I figure I should be more statesmanlike, but, man, it’s hard. Get a load of House Bill 4412 for SURS, the Illinois university pension. It’s a bill that would require the pension board to make best efforts to “ensure that the racial and ethnic makeup of [SURS’] senior administrative staff represents the racial and ethnic makeup of the System’s membership.” Prairie State Wire’s article on this is linked here. In other words, look at the race of people in the pension and discriminate when you hire against people who don’t match up. What possible sense does that make? Has it occurred to sponsors that members of the pension fund generally were hired years and years ago when things were, to put it nicely, less inclusive? It’s the new arrivals and groups historically discriminated against who will be hurt. The discrimination that would result if the bill becomes law would be particularly hard on minorities that arrived in large numbers in recent years, particularly Hispanics and Asians. Most perplexing is that the main sponsors ought to know better. They are Carol Ammons (D-Chicago), who is African American; Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago), who is Puerto Rican; and Elgie Sims (D-Chicago), who is African American. Then there’s David McSweeney, also a sponsor, and a conservative Republican from Arlington Heights. Baffling. Extend the logic of this bill to other pensions and consider the absurdity. Many, if not most, of the 671 pensions around Illinois undoubtedly are made up predominately of ethnic groups that historically were common in their area or that dominated particular professions for whatever reason. Should they discriminate in hiring against those who don’t match up? Consider the Chicago firefighters’ pension. Based on personal research, it’s comprised of about 6.4 billion Southside Irish, 96.4% of whom are my relatives. Should the pension’s hiring goal be to match that? If so, good luck, you Padillas, Dabrowskis, Lombardis, Kapoors, Weinsteins, Kims, Wangs, Browns and all the rest.)

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois House passes bill to require race and ethnicity-based quotas at state universities pension system (DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform promotes equal opportunity, that is, no race, no gender, no ethnicity, no etc. based preference giving.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511399963-illinois-house-passes-bill-to-require-race-and-ethnicity-based-quotas-at-state-universities-pension-system
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinoisans of Italian, Mexican, French and Eastern European descent could be in line for top management jobs with one of the state’s largest public pension systems if a bill becomes law. House Bill 4412, sponsored by State Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Champaign) and State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago), would require the Illinois’ State Universities Retirement System (SURS) board to institute race and ethnicity-based hiring quotas for senior staff. It passed the Illinois House last week by a vote of 70-26. Ammons and Arroyo’s bill would “ensure that the racial and ethnic makeup of the System’s senior administrative staff represents the racial and ethnic makeup of the System’s membership.” “Senior administrative staff” would include the board’s Executive Director, Chief Investment Officer, General Counsel, Freedom of Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director of Member Services, Director of Outreach, Director of Human Resources, Director of Internal Audit, Director of Operations, the Director of Application Development and Research. A review of SURS nine current senior staff members shows two-thirds are likely of English or Irish descent. SURS Chief Investment Officer Doug Wesley, General Counsel/FOIA Officer Bianca T. Green, CTO Jefferey Saiger, Chief Benefits Officer Suzanne Mayer, Human Resources Director Brenda Dunn and Director of Internal Audit Steven L. Hayward all have surnames of English or Irish heritage. Martin Noven of Chicago, SURS’ current Executive Director, is likely of Nordic/Scandinavian or English/Irish descent. Director of Members Services Angie Lieb is likely of German decent. SURS’ CFO Phyllis L. Walker is African-American. Ammons husband, Aaron, is a member of the SURS Board. He’s a community activist turned Urbana alderman who is now running for Champaign County Clerk. In 2015, Gov. Pat Quinn expunged Ammons’ criminal record on his last day in office, two days before his wife was sworn in to the Illinois House. She formerly held his seat on the Urbana City Council. The Illinois’ Department of Insurance’s Biennial Report on public pensions reported that SURS is effectively insolvent, with $23.2 billion in debt. In 2016, it received $1.6 billion from Illinois taxpayers, earned $79 million on its investments and paid out $2.4 billion in benefits and expenses to retired employees from Illinois’ public colleges and universities. Only English-Irish need apply? Six of nine senior staff at the State Universities Retirement System are of English or Irish descent, according to an analysis by Prairie State Wire.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Do Illinoisans support a progressive tax? It depends on how you ask – Cole Lauterbach and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/do-illinoisans-support-a-progressive-tax-it-depends-on-how/article_9e1ef848-4cb2-11e8-a76b-734271630d2d.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Springfield Swampsters Fear ONLY Private-Schooling Parents – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/springfield-swampsters-fear-only-private-schooling-parents/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Facebook Plans To ‘Dial Up’ Suppression Of Certain News Outlets – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to suppress me and to suppress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. Better yet, should I sue them?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/01/facebook-newsfeed-trusted-sources-dial-up/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We put [that data] into the system, and it is acting as a boost or a suppression, and we’re going to dial up the intensity of that over time,” Zuckerberg said. “We feel like we have a responsibility to further [break] down polarization and find common ground.” In January, Zuckerberg announced two key algorithm changes to Facebook’s newsfeed feature that have boosted a minority of news outlets while harming their competitors. First, Facebook slashed news articles’ share of the newsfeed from five percent to four percent in the coming months. Second, Facebook began boosting certain “trusted” news outlets and suppressing other, ostensibly less trustworthy sources. Conservative and right-wing publishers “were hit the hardest” by the algorithm change, tech website The Outline concluded in a lengthy report published March 5. At the same time, “the engagement numbers of most predominantly liberal publishers remained unaffected,” the report found. Facebook has no plans of making public its list of “trusted” news sources, a Facebook spokesperson previously told TheDCNF.)

 

BLAZE
— Facebook will now start ranking news organizations by their ‘trustworthiness’ – Beck Dumas (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news organizations that are trustworthy are those that they manipulate/dominate. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/01/facebook-will-now-start-ranking-news-organizations-by-their-trustworthiness
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Tuesday that the company is rolling out a program rating the trustworthiness of news organizations based on user feedback. Content will be ranked and either promoted or suppressed depending on their performance according to surveys filled out by Facebook members. Zuckerberg says the new initiative is part of an effort to help users find “common ground” following criticism that his company’s platform has damaged democracy. He said, “It’s not useful if someone’s just kind of repeating the same thing and attempting to polarize or drive people to extremes.” Tens of thousands of Facebook employees will begin to monitor posts to minimize fake news and reduce propaganda, and artificial intelligence will also be utilized in the effort. The company has vowed to spend billions on the sweeping change. . .This comes among rising complaints from conservative outlets who claim their traffic has been suppressed by the social media giant. In March, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said, “Facebook is not a neutral host; it has a political agenda. It’s an act of ideological warfare, and it’s far more worrying than anything that Cambridge Analytica has done, or is accused of doing.” But a Yale psychologist, David Rand, conducted an experiment with a colleague which tested the impact on news sites following the initial implementation of Facebook’s new user poll. The results found that sources like Fox News were found to be trustworthy sources, while propaganda sites like left-leaning Daily Kos and right-leaning Breitbart were rated as untrustworthy by the researchers’ poll.)

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— COLLEGES: ANTI-DIVERSITY AND PRO-EXCLUSION – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/colleges-anti-diversity-and-pro-exclusion/

 

GOPUSA
— Teachers demand more, produce less as test scores decline (DIERSEN: How much are parents responsible for their children’s declining test scores?)
http://www.gopusa.com/teachers-demand-more-produce-less-as-test-scores-decline/
— There is nothing funny about abortion
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44904

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— RICH VENEZUELAN SOCIALISTS LIVE THE HIGH LIFE IN FLORIDA While their compatriots starve back home. – David Paulin
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270049/rich-venezuelan-socialists-live-high-life-florida-david-paulin

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Sixty Percent Of Likely Voters Want Immigration Cut
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/27886-sixty-percent-likely-voters-want-immigration-cut

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Kanye Offers Message About Elite Motivation for the Welfare State: ‘Not Really About Welfare of The Masses’ – SAM DORMAN
https://ijr.com/2018/05/1090824-kanye-welfare-state/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Rank News Outlets By Trustworthiness The social media titan says the rankings will determine placement in its News Feed feature. – Lydia Polgreen (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news outlets that are trustworthy are those that they manipulate/dominate. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-media-trust_us_5ae90e25e4b00f70f0ed0725
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a meeting Tuesday with media executives that the company has begun implementing a system of ranking news organizations by trust, relying on user surveys to determine which news sources are “broadly trusted.” News organizations that scored higher on the ranking would be promoted in Facebook’s News Feed, while those with lower trust scores would be suppressed, Zuckerberg said. The effort is part of Facebook’s pledge to “take a broader view of our responsibilities,” he said after a bruising year in which the platform has been criticized for being used to undermine elections, foment division and spread hate speech. . .Zuckerberg said that Facebook has a responsibility to help reduce polarization and help people find “common ground” and that a shared set of facts and a common understanding of truth is essential for democracy. “It’s not useful if someone’s just kind of repeating the same thing and attempting to polarize or drive people to the extremes,” Zuckerberg said. He said he hoped Facebook could help find sustainable business models for journalism and acknowledged the company’s responsibility to “support the institution of journalism.” The rise of mammoth technology platforms like Facebook and Google has obliterated the balance sheets of news organizations across the globe as they suck up the vast majority of digital advertising dollars. But Facebook has no plans to begin paying news companies for the journalism the media publish on Facebook. “I’m not sure that makes sense,” Zuckerberg said. Cable companies pay news organizations like CNN, MSNBC and Fox News lucrative carriage fees in exchange for their content, and news executives like Rupert Murdoch and Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed have begun agitating for Facebook to begin paying them as well. And while Facebook has made it easier for news organizations to sell subscriptions on its platforms, it has offered little to news outlets that rely on digital advertising to provide their news reports free to readers. He said Facebook plans to spend “billions and billions of dollars” to combat fake news, misinformation and hate speech. “We’re going to have tens of thousands of people doing content review,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook is developing artificial intelligence tools to combat these problems on its platforms, but Zuckerberg acknowledged that it would take “five to 10 years” for that technology to be effective.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Seven States, Led by Texas, Sue to End DACA Program – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/us/daca-lawsuit-texas.html
— Trump’s Onetime Physician Says Trump Aides Raided His Office, Describing a Year of ‘Torture’ – Katie Rogers and Lawrence K. Altman, M.D.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/us/politics/trump-doctor-harold-bornstein.html
— Roy Moore Sues 4 Women, Claiming Defamation and Conspiracy – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/roy-moore-lawsuit.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— President Trump’s repeated claim that Comey ‘leaked classified information’ – Glenn Kessler (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who claim that leak information. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/02/president-trumps-repeated-claim-that-comey-leaked-classified-information/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— May Day protesters march through downtown L.A. amid gloomy skies and drizzle – MELISSA ETEHAD, ANGEL JENNINGS and HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-may-day-protests-20180501-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Unites Divides the REPUBLICANS President Trump wins high approval ratings from Republicans and has unified Democrats in opposition. But the reactions to Mr. Trump are masking important divisions within each party. Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling reveals the voters and policies that have divided the Republican Party into two wings, and the debates that will shape the party’s future. – Aaron Zitner and Gabriel Gianordoli
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/how-trump-unites-and-divides-republicans/
— How Liberals Unite Divide the DEMOCRATS President Trump has unified Democrats in opposition to his policies and rallied Republicans in support. But the reactions to Mr. Trump are masking important divisions within each party. Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling shows how the Democratic Party has become more liberal, and the policy tensions that will shape its future. – Aaron Zitner and Gabriel Gianordoli
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/divisions-among-the-democrats/
— FRONT PAGE: Google vs. Google: How Nonstop Political Arguments Rule Its Workplace The tech giant, trying to navigate an age of heightened political disagreement, struggles to tame a workplace culture of nonstop debate – Kirsten Grind and Douglas MacMillan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the times that my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates asked me questions to get information to use, confirm, and/or stress against me. For example, that I oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid; that I am a Republican; that I am conservative; that I am 100% German America; that my ancestors have been in America since 1844; that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran; that I avoided the draft; that my wife and I gave up trying to have children; that we did not adopt; that we did not become foster parents; that we had paid off our mortgage; that we have no debts; that we saved as much as we could for our retirement; that we frequently took vacations in conjunction with my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts; that we had a new home built in Wheaton; that I bought a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car; that I bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car; that I own guns and support the Second Amendment; and that I oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-vs-google-how-nonstop-political-arguments-rule-its-workplace-1525190574

 

FORBES
— It’s Too Easy To Delay Paying Your Student Loans – Preston Cooper (DIERSEN: Not having any student loans to pay off when I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 enabled me a) to help support my mother and brother in Crete because my father had died suddenly in 1969, b) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, and c) to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2018/05/02/its-too-easy-to-delay-paying-your-student-loans/#538ddfbf1935
— How Inflation Can Ruin Your Retirement – Robert Laura
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlaura/2018/04/30/how-inflation-can-ruin-your-retirement/#5f0253954bde

 

FOX BUSINESS
— 40% of Adults Think They’ll Work Until Age 70 or Older
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/40-of-adults-think-theyll-work-until-age-70-or-older

 

BUZZFEED NEWS
— Facebook Has Begun To Rank News Organizations By Trust, Zuckerberg Says A responsibility “to find common ground.” – Ben Smith and Mat Honan (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news organizations that are trustworthy are those that they manipulate/dominate. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/facebook-has-begun-to-rank-news-organizations-by-trust
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company has already begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based on trustworthiness, and promotes or suppresses its content based on that metric. Zuckerberg said the company has gathered data on how consumers perceive news brands by asking them to identify whether they have heard of various publications and if they trust them. “We put [that data] into the system, and it is acting as a boost or a suppression, and we’re going to dial up the intensity of that over time,” he said. “We feel like we have a responsibility to further [break] down polarization and find common ground.”)

 

NOLA
— Steve Scalise assassination try blamed for some Republicans leaving Congress
http://www.nola.com/national_politics/2018/05/assassination_house_republican.html

 

DAILY BEAST
— Facebook Brings in Adviser for Anti-Conservative Bias
https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-brings-in-advisor-for-anti-conservative-bias

 

FED WEEK
— Population Growth Outpacing Federal Workforce
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/population-growth-outpacing-federal-workforce/
— GOP Lawmakers Propose Familiar Benefits Cuts Ahead of Budget
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/familiar-benefit-cutting-other-proposals-stir-in-house/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Can you afford to retire, ever? – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2018/05/can-you-afford-to-retire-ever-2/

May 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Doctors trying to save leg of Woodlawn dog attack victim – Ravi Baichwal
http://abc7chicago.com/doctors-trying-to-save-leg-of-woodlawn-dog-attack-victim/3415556/
— 5 of Michelle Wolf’s most controversial jokes at White House correspondents’ dinner – MEGHAN KENEALLY
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/5-of-michelle-wolfs-most-controversial-jokes-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/3410081/

 

NBC5
— Long Lines for CityKey as Mayor Faces Critics Who Say It’s Part of Re-Election Campaign The first 100,000 applicants were set to receive the card for free
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Large-Crowds-Line-Up-for-New-CityKey-ID-481370171.html

 

CBS2
— Feds Start Processing Central American Asylum-Seekers In ‘Caravan’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/01/mexico-central-america-caravan-border-asylum/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kanye West says 400 years of slavery was a choice for African-Americans
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/kanye-west-says-400-years-of-slavery-was-a-choice-for-african-americans

 

WGN RADIO
— Pritzker: “When a teacher takes a job, they’re not being overpaid”
http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/01/gubernatorial-candidate-j-b-pritzker-when-a-teacher-takes-a-job-theyre-not-being-overpaid/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cinco de Mayo parade canceled amid dispute between alderman, community group – Lauren Chval
http://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/culture/ct-redeye-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-20180501-story.html
— Schools win more funding, but state budget makes losers of municipalities – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-sales-tax-collections-st-0502-story.html
— U.S. protesters target Trump, immigration, midterms in May Day demonstrations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-may-day-protests-20180501-story.html
— Violence, arrests punctuate defiant May Day rallies across the globe – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-global-may-day-protests-20180501-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/factcheck/ct-analysis-trump-false-claims-20180501-story.html
— Conservatives may be misreading Kanye West and his pro-Trump tweets – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-kanye-west-trump-20180430-story.html
— Rebuild veterans home plagued by Legionnaires’ disease, Rauner task force says – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-quincy-veterans-home-report-20180501-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner task force urges rebuilding Quincy vet home, email suggests blame shift – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-task-force-urges-rebuilding-quincy-vet-home-email-suggests-blame-shift/
— May Day rally at Haymarket Monument promotes rights for workers, immigrants – Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/may-day-rally-at-haymarket-monument-promotes-rights-for-workers-immigrants/
— Organizer blames alderman for cancellation of Cinco de Mayo parade – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/organizer-blames-alderman-for-cancelation-of-cinco-de-mayo-parade/
— Sin taxes? Illinois wouldn’t know what to do without them – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sin-taxes-illinois-wouldnt-know-what-to-do-without-them/
— ACLU sounds the alarm about bill allowing use of drones to monitor protesters – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Are/were you a protestor? What have you protested? I have protested patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I have filed administrative complaints, arbitration demands, and lawsuits that have charged the aforesaid as well as fraud and breach of contract. I have protested the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and other terrible things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/aclu-sounds-the-alarm-about-bill-allowing-use-of-drones-to-monitor-protesters/
— White House defends seizure of Trump’s medical records – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-medical-records-seized-harold-bornstein-office-raid/

 

DAILY HERALD
— If you preach about the poor, you don’t have a prayer in Washington – Dana Milbank (DIERSEN: What do you do for the poor? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes harass me and everyone else to do more the poor. They paint themselves as being Robin Hood.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180501/if-you-preach-about-the-poor-you-dont-have-a-prayer-in-washington

— Facebook accidentally asked its users if posts contained hate speech – Abby Ohlheiser (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, anything that promotes the Republican Party platform is hate speech.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180501/facebook-accidentally-asked-its-users-if-posts-contained-hate-speech
— Wheaton Park District wants to build disc golf course on forest land – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/wheaton-park-district-wants-to-build-disc-golf-course-on-forest-land
— Palatine Township supervisor, highway boss spar over appointments – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/palatine-township-supervisor-highway-boss-spar-over-appointments
— Lisle High student charged with threatening classmates
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/lisle-high-student-charged-with-threatening-classmates
— Rising pension costs play role in teacher protests across US – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180501/news/305019994/
— Metra’s new shop will crank out more refurbished railcars for riders – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/metras-new-shop-will-crank-out-more-refurbished-railcars-for-riders

 

WBEZ
— Top Rauner Aide Darlene Senger Suggested Blaming Duckworth For Legionnaires’ Deaths – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold (DIERSEN: Democrats stress that Duckworth is a female, a minority, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was severely injured in combat, a disabled person, a mother of two, and a U.S. Senator.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/email-top-rauner-aide-suggested-blaming-duckworth-for-legionnaires-deaths/eaf888ea-b04c-447d-b5c2-6fcaebdced88
— Rauner Urges $245M Fix To Troubled Quincy Vets’ Home – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-urges-245m-fix-to-troubled-quincy-vets-home/775a4b95-8bcc-4490-a4e7-18f3e56ff29d

 

THE X RADIO
— Righter Helps Sponsor Bill to Prohibit Lawmaker Pay Raises
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/33591-righter-helps-sponsor-bill-to-prohibit-lawmaker-pay-raises

 

CHICAGO READER
— Rich dudes rejoice: The ‘Fair Tax’ is all but dead in Illinois – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? I should write a book about those who want me to pay more taxes. They have always hinted/implied/argued that the federal government grossly overpaid me, that my federal employee benefits were much too generous, and that my federal pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance benefits are much too generous. They stress that I avoided the draft, that I married someone who has always had income, and that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/05/01/rich-dudes-rejoice-the-fair-tax-is-all-but-dead-in-illinois

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— BetterGov- Rauner and his VW package sets off lawmakers
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511402620-bettergov-rauner-and-his-vw-package-sets-off-lawmakers

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— One year ago, Tiffany Thrasher was murdered by an illegal immigrant
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/one-year-ago-tiffany-thrasher-was-murdered-by-an-illegal-immigrant

 

GOPUSA
— Kathy Griffin emboldened to rescind apology for severed head photo (DIERSEN: What are the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois emboldened to do?)
http://www.gopusa.com/kathy-griffin-emboldened-to-rescind-apology-for-severed-head-photo/

 

BREITBART
— DOJ Files Charges Against 11 Alleged ‘Caravan Migrants’ for Illegal Entry to U.S. – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/04/30/doj-files-charges-11-alleged-caravan-migrants-illegal-entry-u-s/
— Pope Francis Calls On Nations to ‘Ban All Weapons’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. (DIERSEN: Those who want to kill people do not want them to have weapons to defend themselves with.)
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/05/01/francis-calls-nations-ban-weapons/

 

TOWNHALL
— DOJ Cracks Down on Illegal Caravan With Federal Charges – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/05/01/doj-starts-charging-caravan-with-federal-crimes-n2476331

 

DAILY CALLER
— Meghan McCain — Many People Think The Media Hates ‘The People In The Middle Of The Country’ – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/01/meghan-mccain-media-hate/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SURPRISE! UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS GO TO BAT FOR CONSERVATIVES Argue Constitution doesn’t allow excess fees for speaking about 1 political perspective – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2018/05/surprise-university-professors-go-to-bat-for-conservatives/

 

NEWSMAX
— Politicizing Courts Imperils Judiciary – Richard A. Arenberg (DIERSEN: Anyone who reads all the documents in Diersen v. GAO will conclude that Amy J. St. Eve, Patrick Fitzgerald, and GAO have no problem with, if not favor, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Anyone who reads all the documents in the lawsuit will conclude that the aforesaid have no problem with, if not favor, “up or out” for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, that is, to waste the careers of the aforesaid and to get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.newsmax.com/richardarenberg/alexander-johnson-kennedy-reid/2018/05/01/id/857726/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— What Republicans’ Food-Stamp Bill and Democrats’ Job-Guarantee Plan Have in Common – ROBERT VERBRUGGEN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the federal government is the “employer of last resort.” So therefore, by definition, all federal employees and all federal retirees are stupid, lazy, and even worse things. In my defense, I became a federal employee in 1971 because Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/bernie-sanders-job-guarantee-gop-food-stamp-reform-have-in-common/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most striking difference is the level of compensation they would provide. Under the House GOP plan, someone without a job would need to spend 20–25 hours a week in a training program to get food stamps, which are worth maybe $200 a month — meaning people could be putting in time at $2 an hour, math that even some conservatives blanch at. (That had better be some really valuable job training.) By contrast, as Adam Ozimek notes at Forbes, liberals want a job guarantee that doesn’t just make the government the employer of last resort, but also exerts a tremendous amount of pressure on private-sector companies — which would be forced to compete with “guaranteed” employment. Some plans would pay $15 an hour or so; 41 million people across the country, about a quarter of the labor force, currently work for less than that.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Comedian Michelle Wolf’s Rant Proves Press Is ‘Brimming With Hatred’ for Trump
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/04/30/laura-ingraham-angle-michelle-wolf-white-house-correspondents-dinner-brimming-trump-hate

 

THE HILL
— White House Correspondents Association dinner will turn Americans tired of the hate to Trump’s side – MATT SCHLAPP
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/385742-matt-schlapp-whca-dinner-will-turn-americans-tired-of-the-hate-to-trumps

 

CNN
— Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter – Alex Marquardt and Lawrence Crook III
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/harold-bornstein-trump-letter/index.html
— May Day protesters demand better rights for workers – Sheena McKenzie and Sarah Tilotta
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/world/may-day-rallies-around-the-world-intl/index.html

 

FORTUNE
— Why International Workers’ Day Isn’t a Big Deal in the U.S. – CHRIS MORRIS
http://fortune.com/2018/05/01/international-workers-day-us-celebration-labor-day/

May 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durbin says federal money is available for Quincy home, as Rauner report could come soon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dick-durbin-bruce-rauner-quincy-20180501-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Sun-Times focuses on driving out of Chicago, out of Cook County, and out of Illinois those individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-sun-times-represents-freedom-and-hope-supportsuntimes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Police: Guns, ammo taken from Vernon Hills teen who wore white supremacist shirt at college – Christopher Hacker
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180430/police-guns-ammo-taken-from-vernon-hills-teen-who-wore-white-supremacist-shirt-at-college

 

WTTW
— New Report Recommends Graduated Income Tax for Illinois – Paris Schutz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/04/30/new-report-recommends-graduated-income-tax-illinois

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Republicans getting even – Editorial (DIERSEN: From this editorial: “One of the rules of politics is that double-crossers shouldn’t expect favors from those they double-cross.” I should write a book about those who have taken major adverse actions against me since 2000. They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consults, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-05-01/editorial-republicans-getting-even.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: One of the rules of politics is that double-crossers shouldn’t expect favors from those they double-cross. A couple weeks ago, Republican state Sen. Sam McCann announced his third-party candidacy in the gubernatorial campaign, joining incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker. McCann, a nominal Republican who’s long feuded with Rauner and his fellow Republican legislators, has no chance to win the race. But running as the candidate of what he calls the Conservative Party, McCann has a great chance of drawing votes at the expense of Rauner and to the benefit of Pritzker. To say that Republicans were chagrined by McCann’s decision is to put it mildly. If Democrats take back the governor’s office in November — current polling indicates they will — the GOP will look back to McCann’s announcement of candidacy and label it one more nail in Rauner’s political coffin. Further, to say that Democrats were pleased with McCann’s decision also is to put it mildly. In fact, they were delighted. Pritzker immediately welcomed McCann to the race. The multi-billionaire Chicago businessman is clearly operating under the maxim that the “enemy (McCann) of my enemy (Rauner) is my friend,” to the point that he was positively glowing from this exercise in self-interest. That political circumstance — and the hard feelings it generated — have now led to another controversy. McCann’s unhappy colleagues decided to take him at, if not his word, his action that he’s abandoned them. So they’ve abandoned him. State Sen. Bill Brady contends that McCann resigned from the GOP Senate caucus. Consequently, the GOP is no longer providing services to McCann that it provides to members of the GOP caucus. That includes assistance in writing legislation, communications with constituents, keeping track of bills as they wind their ways through the legislative process and providing photographers to take pictures of visitors to the legislator’s office. McCann is now complaining about this act of retaliation, noting that there was no staff photographer to record his recent visit with “a group of Girl Scouts.” McCann asserts that denying him, among other things, pictures with his Girl Scout visitors is “totally unconstitutional.” “I think the taxpayers need to know that … currently, in the 50th District, you are enduring taxation without representation,” he said. McCann not only is complaining about his treatment, he’s threatening to file a lawsuit over it. His legal theory — interesting, but not necessarily persuasive — is that even though he’s a self-described candidate for governor representing the Conservative Party, he’s also a Republican member of the Illinois Senate legally entitled to support services both parties typically provide to members.)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Durbin “disappointed” with handling of Legionnaires’ disease outbreak – Gabe Pishghadamian
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/durbin-disappointed-with-handling-of-legionnaires-disease-outbreak/1152164518

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHERE DOES PROPERTY TAX MONEY GO? THIS YEAR, 68.6% GOES TO SCHOOLS (DIERSEN: According to your assessor, what is your home worth, how much is your 2017 property tax bill, and what does your property tax money go to? According to my assessor, my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth $474,200. According to Zillow, my home is worth $474,533. My 2017 property tax bill is $10,913 (approximately 2.3% of market value) with a $6,000 residential exemption and a $5,000 senior exemption. The property tax goes as follows:

 

— $7,177 (66%) School District 200
— $1,416 (13%) City of Wheaton
— $1,046 (10%) Wheaton Park District
— $358 (3%) College of DuPage
— $177 (2%) DuPage Forest Preserve
— $163 (1%) School District 200 Pension Fund
— $155 (1%) County of DuPage
— $104 (1%) Milton Township Roads
— $82 (1%) Wheaton Park District Pension Fund
— $66 (1%) Milton Township
— $169 (2%) 7 other taxing bodies

 

I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth far more than what it is assessed at and b) that I should be paying much higher property taxes; they want to curry favor with the home’s builder and the aforesaid taxing bodies. My wife and I have paid property taxes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978. However, we have never attended any schools in DuPage County, we have never sent any children to schools in DuPage County, and our use of Wheaton Park District facilities has always been very limited.)

 

http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/04/where-does-property-tax-money-go-this-year-about-68-6-goes-to-schools/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County creates task force to combat drug crisis
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/08/dupage-county-creates-task-force-to-combat-drug-crisis/ambv11i/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— BGA’s David Greising and Berkowitz model ten Rauner-Pritzker Gubernatorial Race discussions
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/watch-bgas-david-greising-and-berkowitz-model-ten-rauner-pritzker-gubernatorial-race-discussions-cable-web/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Stormy’s Chicago show to feature Rahm on stage—kinda – Ben Joravsky
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/04/30/stormys-chicago-show-to-feature-rahm-on-stage-kinda

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— Undocumented Residents Eligible for New Chicago City ID (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats or for RINOs is to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/5/1/chicago-launches-city-id-undocumented-people-eligi/

 

CHAMBANA SUN
— Madigan re-election as state Democratic leader should serve as wake-up call, Caulkins says – Glenn Minnis
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511401586-madigan-re-election-as-state-democratic-leader-should-serve-as-wake-up-call-caulkins-says

 

CAPITOL FAX
— State Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Smithton, signed on as chief co-sponsor to House Resolution 891 on April 27. The resolution was filed in March by state Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, and states that Illinois should not scrap its constitutionally protected flat income tax.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/01/dem-rep-signs-on-as-chief-co-of-anti-prog-tax-rez/
— Don’t get mad, get even (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always known that my policy has been to “forgive those who trespass against me” instead of “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” or the “Chicago way.”)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/01/dont-get-mad-get-even/

 

GOPUSA
— First Central American caravan members admitted at San Ysidro Port of Entry (DIERSEN: Will Democrats shout at asylum seekers, like they shout at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, even worse things who should be gotten rid of. How successful will Democrats be in getting asylum seekers to help Democrats to get rid of Republicans once and for all?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44914
— Turning the tables? CNN calls conservatives ‘snowflakes’ for their outrage over ‘comedy’ routine
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44932
— Blood, syringes, feces: Caltrans workers seek protections for clearing homeless camps (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for homelessness.)
http://www.gopusa.com/blood-syringes-feces-caltrans-workers-seek-protections-for-clearing-homeless-camps/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump: No apology for travel ban Muslim comments – S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They want me to apologize for a) causing all of their problems, b) causing all of your problems, c) causing all of my problems, and d) causing all of everyone’s problems. They especially want me to apologize for causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/30/trump-no-apology-travel-ban-muslim-comments/

 

DAILY CALLER
— The Migrant Caravan Is An Attempted Invasion — Here’s What You Need To Know About It – STEPHANIE HAMILL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with those who want to invade America and those who are invading America. Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that if/when there is an armed invasion of America, they will help/join the invaders.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/30/migrant-caravan-invasion/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are taking minorities for granted – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities and everyone else has had, are having, and will have. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that they should hate, demonize, denigrate, condemn, and get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/michael-barone-democrats-are-taking-minorities-for-granted

 

FOX BUSINESS
— ICE Director Homan: Migrant Caravan Is an ‘Attack on the Sovereignty of This Nation’
Says many do not have legitimate asylum claim.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/01/ice-director-tom-homan-migrant-caravan-asylum-seekers-president-trump
— Rubio ‘100% wrong’ to suggest GOP tax law doesn’t help American workers, experts say – Brittany De Lea (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who belittle, badmouth, despise, demonize, denigrate, condemn, if not hate lowly workers like I was 1962-1997.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/rubio-100-wrong-to-suggest-gop-tax-law-doesnt-help-american-workers-experts-say

 

THE HILL
— Trump allies want to turn midterms into ‘impeachment referendum’ – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want Trump to be impeached? Only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385578-the-memo-trump-allies-want-to-turn-midterms-into-impeachment?userid=3526

 

CBS NEWS
— Who’s to blame for Michelle Wolf? – MICHAEL GRAHAM (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents blame me for all the adverse actions that they have taken against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-whos-to-blame-for-michelle-wolf/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘There’s No Reason to Apologize’ for Muslim Ban Remarks, Trump Says – Adam Liptak (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They want me to apologize for a) causing all of their problems, b) causing all of your problems, c) causing all of my problems, and d) causing all of everyone’s problems. They especially want me to apologize for causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-muslim-ban.html
— How’s That Tax Cut Working Out? Workers won’t see significant gains, soon, if ever – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who belittle, badmouth, despise, demonize, denigrate, condemn, if not hate lowly workers like I was 1962-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/opinion/republican-tax-cut-workers.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Comparing federal, private-sector benefits – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes WHO HAVE NEVER SOUGHT A FEDERAL JOB AND NEVER WOULD SEEK A FEDERAL JOB a) because federal pay and benefits are terrible, b) because advancement opportunities in the federal government are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/05/01/qa-for-federal-workers-comparing-federal-private-sector-benefits/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Pence arrives in California to tour border barrier while, just 100 miles west, migrants seek asylum – ANDREA CASTILLO and HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-border-scene-20180430-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Bad Is the Labor Shortage? Cities Will Pay You to Move There Towns with unfilled jobs are handing out money, student-debt relief and home-purchase assistance to lure potential employees–one by one – David Harrison and Shayndi Raice
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bad-is-the-labor-shortage-cities-will-pay-you-to-move-there-1525102030
— ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ Review: What We Could Have Done A nuanced look at America’s efforts to stop the Holocaust—or lack thereof—shows why little about this subject is simple. – Edward Rothstein (DIERSEN: In my defense, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) paint Trump as being Hitler, b) Republicans as being Nazis, and c) illegals as being Jews.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-and-the-holocaust-review-what-we-could-have-done-1525122440

 

FORBES
— Job Guarantee: A Liberal Idea That Conservatives May Embrace – Jeffrey Dorfman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who belittle, badmouth, despise, demonize, denigrate, condemn, hate, and focus on destroying past, present, and future federal employees. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if you were, are, or might become a federal employee, you are lazy, stupid, and far worse things.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2018/05/01/job-guarantee-a-liberal-idea-that-conservatives-may-embrace/#39a93d876fd8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forget universal health care; that universal basic income, small potatoes. The progressive wing of the Democrat Party is suddenly going all in on a federal job guarantee. Leading a parade of presidential hopefuls, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bernie Sanders (S-VT) are eagerly pushing a new federal entitlement program: jobs for anyone. These jobs would offer perhaps $30,000 per year in pay ($15 per hour) and come with full benefits (hello, (near) universal health care). Yet, while the idea starts from the far left, conservatives may soon back this idea because liberals haven’t thought it all the way through. A job guarantee program is really the ultimate work requirement for welfare recipients. The idea of a job guarantee is simple. If you would like a job, the federal government will stand ready to offer you one, with reasonable pay (about double the federal minimum wage) and benefits. Details of whether the job would be near where you live, how skills would be matched between job and worker, and whether the output of these jobs would be needed or have any value at all are still to be decided. However, lack of specifics might not stop this idea, once conservatives see it in the right light.)

 

USA TODAY
— Lower wages, student loan debt: Here’s why it’s harder for Millennials to build wealth – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, how much were you earning when you were young? In today’s dollars, I earned $45,703 when I was 22, $55,905 when I was 23, $67,638 when I was 24, $81,071 when I was 25, $83,773 when I was 26, $86,476 when I was 27, $89,178 when I was 28 and 29, and $91,880 when I was 30. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, a job-related master’s degree when I was 27, and a job-related professional certification when I was 30.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2018/04/26/why-its-harder-millennials-build-wealth/550920002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do anti-Whites use to blame lynchings on you, on your parents, on your grandparents, on your great grandparents, and on the rest of your ancestors? They stress a) that I am White, b) that I am a male, c) that I am 100% German American, d) that I am 69 years old, e) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, f) that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, g) that I am conservative, h) that I am Republican, i) that am not poor, and j) that I am a gun owner.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180501/281801399581287

 

MONTEREY HERALD
— Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Reince Priebus talk about American dream at Leon Panetta Lecture Series – James Herrera (DIERSEN: Are you doing better now financially than your father was doing at your age? I am. What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute that to? Mine hint/imply/argue/shout that I am doing better now a) because I was born a White male, b) because I have benefited tremendously from my parents’, grandparents’, great grandparents’, and the rest of my ancestors’’ discrimination against minorities and against females, c) because my parents were filthy rich, d) because I have always had good health, e) because I avoided the draft, f) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, g) because I married someone who has income, h) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, i) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies are much too generous, j) because etc.)
http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20180430/NEWS/180439991
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the topic of the American dream and its availability to U.S. citizens, Priebus believes that “in regards to the economy, opportunities and international relations — things people are concerned with — I think that things are better today than a year and a half ago, but it’s still too early.” Panetta said the jury is still out because much depends on the policies currently being put in place and what their impacts will be, including the tax bill and if in fact it will trickle down to be able to help workers by providing jobs. The Panetta Institute has been polling CSU Monterey Bay students since the Barack Obama administration and has found young people are increasingly concerned they will not be able to enjoy the American dream or have the same type of life their parents had. Much of the concern is centered around the economy, education and job market — a lot of issues that concern many young adults today. “The fundamental question is will this president or future ones be able to provide the opportunities needed in order to succeed?” said Panetta.)

 

CALIFORNIAN
— Journalists who brought down Nixon speak in Monterey – Joe Szydlowski (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on a) BRINGING DOWN those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) BRINGING DOWN those who have sued them, c) BRINGING DOWN those who have demographics that they disapprove of including Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and d) BRINGING DOWN those who fail/refuse to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and other terrible things.)
https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2018/04/30/journalists-who-brought-down-nixon-speak-monterey/567157002/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Newsrooms are Forming Unions to Create Better Pay, Better Benefits and Better Journalism – Sharon Knolle (DIERSEN: I was a union member for almost 12 years. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor and b) hate unions, hate former union members, hate current union members, and hate future members.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/newsrooms-are-forming-unions-to-create-better-pay-better-benefits-and-better-journalism/