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April 11 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Report Ranks Top 100 School Districts in Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Report-Ranks-Top-100-School-Districts-in-Illinois-479292443.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO

— House GOP blasts Pritzker’s plan for graduated income tax – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/house-gop-blasts-pritzkers-plan-for-graduated-income-tax

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Billionaire Ken Griffin takes on Chicago crime with $10 million donation – Frank Main (DIERSEN: If you had lots of money like Griffin, who would you give it to? I would give lots of money to activists, candidates, elected officials, and political organizations that defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. I would give lots of money to those who oppose the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, h) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, and k) other destructive things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/billionaire-ken-griffin-takes-on-chicago-crime-with-10-million-donation/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Would the Illinois National Guard go to the border? – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-ohare-aldermen-20180411-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Rauner on Tuesday evening said the state has not been asked by President Donald Trump to send Illinois National Guard troops to the Mexican border. But, he said, he’d honor the request if it was made. “I’ve not spent any time thinking about it,” Rauner told reporters. “But frankly, the president is the commander in chief of our military. President Obama sent troops — National Guard to the border. President Bush sent National Guard troops to the border. Illinois has not been requested to send troops. If we are requested, I believe we’ll honor that request.”)
— Break into cars for animals? – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Outrageously, tragically, and unacceptably, since 1984, I have seen far too many situations in which dog owners mistreat if not abuse their dogs. Most commonly, they dump their dogs in their back yards and leave them there for hours on end unattended while their dogs loudly incessantly bark, howl, and cry.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-ohare-aldermen-20180411-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would give legal protections to people who break into a car to save animals from dying. The proposed law from Republican state Rep. David Olsen gives immunity from criminal and civil penalties if someone finds an animal left inside a car and must act immediately to save its life by breaking in. The person would be required to make sure there is no other way to get to the trapped animal, notify law enforcement of the situation and leave a note on the vehicle’s windshield. Republican state Rep. Peter Breen, of Lombard, said “some pretty significant concerns here that ought to be addressed.” He asked whether the vehicle owner would be responsible if the pet attacks the concerned citizen and what would happen if the animal is injured or killed during the rescue. Humane Society state Director Marc Ayers told lawmakers that several states have recently put so-called Good Samaritan laws on the books, saying it makes sense “when you start looking at the big picture.” “After you’ve called law enforcement under current law, you’ve got two choices: You can stay there and watch the dog die, or two, you can become a criminal by opening the car door to save the dog’s life and then risk being sued in court,” Ayers said. “And I don’t think those are things that someone who’s acting in good faith should really be facing.”)
— Chicago Buildings Department lets most complaints linger, including some posing ‘serious threats to life’ – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-buildings-department-slow-response-20180410-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ex-Speaker Boehner joins marijuana firm’s board – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-boehner-acreage-holdings-20180411-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Cronin in Springfield to make pitch to disband DuPage’s election commission – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180411/cronin-in-springfield-to-make-pitch-to-disband-dupages-election-commission
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A state law change is the easiest way to undo the election commission because it was formed by a state law. While it could be disbanded through a binding referendum, DuPage doesn’t have the authority to do so because it doesn’t have home rule power. The clerk’s office sends out property tax bills and handles other documents such as birth certificates, marriage licenses and death certificates. It’s run by Paul Hinds, a Republican, and has 19 employees. The election commission is run by Executive Director Joseph Sobecki and has 23 employees. It also pays the salaries of the three election commissioners who each receive $27,500 a year. County officials estimate that consolidating the election commission and clerk’s office could save taxpayers at least $300,000 a year by combining staffs and finding efficiencies. “It makes perfect sense,” Cronin said. “There’s no reason not to do it.”)
— Primary voting shenanigans? – Kenneth N. Marshall, Lombard (FROM THE LETTER: If I were a Jeanne Ives supporter and a conspiracy theorist … Consider:)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180411/primary-voting-shenanigans
— Being smart on guns – Gregory Moffett, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180411/being-smart-on-guns
— ‘Alarming’ trend: More juveniles sexually abusing kids under 6 – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180411/alarming-trend-more-juveniles-sexually-abusing-kids-under-6

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin bets big on U of C crime-fighting program – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: If you had lots of money like Griffin, who would you give it to? I would give lots of money to activists, candidates, elected officials, and political organizations that defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. I would give lots of money to those who oppose the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, h) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, and k) and other destructive things.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180411/BLOGS02/180419977#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180411
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The richest man in Chicago is making a big investment in an innovative local crime-fighting program that has shown great promise. At a news conference today, city officials and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin are to announce that Griffin is contributing $10 million to the University of Chicago Crime Lab, which has worked closely with the city’s police department to curb soaring violent crime rates in some neighborhoods.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— ’60 Minutes’ report on cyber attacks includes Illinois elections board
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180409/60-minutes-report-on-cyber-attacks-includes-illinois-elections-board

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Willful failure? A prominent bond-ratings agency doesn’t see much good on Illinois’ political and financial fronts. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-11/editorial-willful-failure.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Rauner on Unity Tour with GOP – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263258#.Ws4DQ4yKSM8

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have “High school students speak at gun violence vigil in Bloomington.”
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/04/11/high-school-students-speak-at-gun-violence-vigil-in-bloomington/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Mulls Mexican Border Deployment For Illinois National Guard – SAM DUNKLAU
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/rauner-mulls-mexican-border-deployment-illinois-national-guard

FOX ILLINOIS
— Durkin: Gun Dealer Licensing Act override doesn’t have the votes – Emily Manley
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/durkin-gun-dealer-licensing-act-override-doesnt-have-the-votes-04-10-2018
— Illinois now accepting teachers from across state lines – Nikki McGee (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-now-accepting-teachers-from-across-state-lines-04-11-2018

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner’s one chance to beat JB Pritzker in the Fall Governor’s race? Watch Berkowitz w/Robling to find out what it is
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/gov-rauners-one-chance-to-beat-jb-pritzker-in-the-fall-governors-race-watch-berkowitz-wrobling-to-find-out-cableweb/

CHICAGO READER
— Black hockey players excel on ice despite history of racism, lack of rinks in Chicago A dearth of ice rinks and long history of racial tension have hampered efforts to diversify hockey’s ranks—but that’s changing. – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: Have you ever excelled at any sport? I have not. I blame the Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease) that I had while I was in grade school and high school.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/blackhawks-blacks-in-sports-national-hockey-league/Content?oid=45276499

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say there is widespread support to override the Rauner’s veto of a gun dealer licensing bill.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/11/exclu-poll-shows-widespread-gun-licensing-support-ken-griffins-10m-to-combat-violence-duckworths-emotional-note-to-self-quigley-for-senate-263947

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— Trump’s Company Is Suing Towns Across the Country to Get Breaks on Taxes — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Why is Trump’s business arguing its properties are worth just a fraction of what Trump has claimed they are on his own financial disclosures? To save on taxes. – Katherine Sullivan (DIERSEN: I sought and eventually obtained a reduction of my home’s assessed valuation from the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (http://www.ptab.illinois.gov/). To this day, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout are beyond furious that I did that. I successfully argued that my home is worth less a) because Wheaton had approved a lot drainage plan for my home’s subdivision that was woefully inadequate, b) because Wheaton and the subdivision’s developer had failed to disclose subterranean drainage lines in the subdivision that created drainage easements, c) because Wheaton had let the subdivision’s developer attempt to clog the aforesaid lines instead of properly connecting them to Wheaton’s storm sewer system, d) because Wheaton had let my home’s builder violate many building codes when my home was built that resulted in damage to my home’s foundation, and e) because the aforesaid forced me to spend many hundreds of hours and many thousands of dollars to repair damages and to prevent further damages. SEE: https://www.leagle.com/decision/1987526153illapp3d3731482) To this day, my critics/opponents not only side with Wheaton, with Milton Township, with DuPage County, with the subdivision’s developer, and with my home’s builder against me, they help the aforesaid destroy me.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-trump-organization-suing-towns-property-tax-breaks

KANKAKEE TIMES
— Reick, Ives question $2 million outlay for competency-based education program – Angela Underwood
https://kankakeetimes.com/stories/511386947-reick-ives-question-2-million-outlay-for-competency-based-education-program

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— IL Rising – Tonia Khouri On Lowering Taxes For DuPage County
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511387196-il-rising-tonia-khouri-on-lowering-taxes-for-dupage-county

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Illinois GOP Chairman Schneider’s Elgin car wash owes $21K in overdue property taxes (DIERSEN: Do/did you have “financial woes?” Needless-to-say, if I had ever had any kind of a “financial woe,” my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would have shouted that people who have “financial woes” should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican. They would argue that if you cannot make and keep yourself financially secure, you have bad financial judgment.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511387192-illinois-gop-chairman-schneider-s-elgin-car-wash-owes-21k-in-overdue-property-taxes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political ascendance, but financial woes Waterwerks isn’t the only financial challenge Schneider has faced since becoming a Cook County Commissioner in 2006. Two companies Schneider has operated have been named in foreclosure suits, court records show. In 2012, Northbrook Bank & Trust filed a foreclosure lawsuit in Kane County against FourFathers Development LLC, which owned four parcels of property commonly known as The Falls of Plato on Russell Road in Elgin. The property was sold at an auction and a deficiency judgment in the amount of $5,226,034 was issued against the defendants in 2013. Records indicate at least a portion of the judgment remains unpaid. In 2015, orders were issued against several of Schneider’s other companies, including WaterWerks, in an effort to discover assets. Any proceeds from a sale of WaterWerks would go to resolve the Northbrook Bank & Trust judgment, record show. In March of last year, Baraboo National Bank filed a foreclosure lawsuit against Schneider and Rolling Knolls LLC related to property at 1508 Circle Drive in Elgin. The case was dismissed in October last year.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DI LEO: THE POTHOLES OF SPRING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/the-potholes-of-spring.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker campaign pokes fun at new Rauner survey
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/11/pritzker-campaign-pokes-fun-at-new-rauner-survey/
— Tribune reporters organizing union (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/11/tribune-reporters-organizing-union/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Poll finds strong support for gun dealer licensing in swing districts.”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/11/poll-finds-strong-support-for-gun-dealer-licensing-in-swing-districts/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— BLACK POLITICAL POWER MEANS ZILCH – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How much political power do those who share your demographics have? Ever-increasingly, those who have the following demographics have more political power: 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://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/black-political-power-means-zilch/

DAILY CALLER
— Fake News Nearly Caused Trump To Fire Mueller – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: I should write a book about, or maybe I should sue, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes who spread fake news about me and about my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/10/report-trump-mueller-fake-news/?utm_medium=email

AMERICAN THINKER
— Insane Obama education rules vigorously defended by Trump’s Government Accountability Office – Peter Skurkiss (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I suggested that a) GAO should not undertake work unless requested by at least one Democrat AND one Republican and b) all audit teams have at least one Democrat AND one Republican.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/04/insane_obama_education_rules_vigorously_defended_by_trumps_government_accountability_office.html

GOPUSA
— Dershowitz: ACLU would be ‘jumping up and down’ if FBI raided Hillary Clinton’s lawyer
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43462

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Diamond and Silk warn conservatives may boycott Facebook because it’s a ‘political playground for Democrats’ – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/diamond-and-silk-warn-conservatives-may-boycott-facebook-because-its-a-political-playground-for-democrats
— He’s out — Paul Ryan explains his kids were behind decision to quit – Susan Ferrechio and Al Weaver (DIERSEN: What job does Ryan want/expect to get that would give him more time to spend with his children?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/hes-out-ryan-explains-his-kids-were-behind-decision-to-quit

THE HILL
— DeVos review of racial bias guidance stirs controversy – LYDIA WHEELER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
http://thehill.com/regulation/382574-devos-review-of-racial-bias-guidance-stirs-controversy

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Rauner willing to spend own money to beautify Springfield
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/rauner-willing-to-spend-own-money-to-beautify-springfield/

NEW YORK POST
— The 10-Year Baby Window That Is the Key to the Women’s Pay Gap Women who have their first child before 25 or after 35 eventually close the salary divide with their husbands. It’s the years in between that are most problematic, research shows. – Claire Cain Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I the most because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/upshot/the-10-year-baby-window-that-is-the-key-to-the-womens-pay-gap.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employees lag private sector workers in salaries by 32 percent on average, report says – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest a) since 1966 that the federal government overpaid me and that my vacation and sick leave benefits were too generous, b) since 1966 that my federal health, dental, and/or vision insurance subsidies have been too generous, c) since 1997 that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is too generous, d) since 2010 that my Social Security is too generous, and e) since 2013 that my Medicare is too generous.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/04/11/federal-employees-lag-private-sector-workers-in-salaries-by-32-percent-on-average-report-says/

DENVER POST
— Walker Stapleton discovered fraud helped him qualify for governor’s race. So now he’s taking a new path to make 2018 ballot. The move came after the Stapleton campaign discovered allegations made by rival Doug Robinson were true – JOHN FRANK and MARK K. MATTHEWS
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/10/walker-stapleton-fraud-petitions-governors-race/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Secret to Better Social Media? Fewer Friends Too many Facebook friends might be the reason you don’t like Facebook anymore – David Pierce (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to get information to destroy me and to destroy those who share my demographics?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-to-better-social-media-fewer-friends-1523376444
— America’s Parties, Divided Every Which Way The ideological split is mirrored in race, sex, age, education, location and religion. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) Republicans are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-parties-divided-every-which-way-1523399088
— How Death Strikes Around the U.S. Substance abuse, suicides and diabetes drive increase in premature deaths in nearly half the states, study finds – Betsy McKay and Renée Rigdon (DIERSEN: While I have diabetes, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not count on me dying prematurely.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-death-strikes-around-the-u-s-1523372401

BLOOMBERG
— Bank of America Will Stop Lending to Makers of Assault-Style Guns – Laura J Keller and Polly Mosendz (DIERSEN: Those who support the Second Amendment should stop giving money to and borrowing from Bank of America.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-10/bofa-will-no-longer-lend-to-some-gunmakers-vice-chairman-says

FED WEEK
— Federal Employee Shortfall on Pay Narrows a Little (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest a) since 1966 that the federal government overpaid me and that my vacation and sick leave benefits were too generous, b) since 1966 that my federal health, dental, and/or vision insurance subsidies have been too generous, c) since 1997 that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is too generous, d) since 2010 that my Social Security is too generous, and e) since 2013 that my Medicare is too generous.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/federal-employee-shortfall-on-pay-narrows-a-little/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal-private sector pay gap has narrowed a little, with federal employees now behind by an average of 31.86 percent, compared with 34.07 percent in the prior accounting, according to a report that, if the past is a guide, likely will have little impact on prospects for a January 2019 federal pay raise. The Federal Salary Council assessment comes about six months later than usual since the council did not meet last fall on its regular schedule; the members–union officials and outside pay experts–had not been reappointed on time. The prior number, reported in late 2016, had been virtually unchanged over the previous several years. The report shows that the widest pay gap continues to be in the San Francisco area, followed by Washington-Baltimore, New York and Los Angeles. The narrowest remains in the “rest of U.S.” locality, which covers areas in the contiguous states outside one of the 44 city areas (Alaska and Hawaii are separate localities in their entirety) as well as U.S. territories and possessions.)

VOX
— How Trump broke Paul Ryan Why Paul Ryan is not running for reelection. – Tara Golshan
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/11/17223998/retire-paul-ryan-reelection-speaker

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Proposed Illinois budget continues assault on workers and sets stage for November elections – Michael Walters and Alexander Fangmann (DIERSEN: Are/were you a “worker.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a lowly worker. They stress that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile 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.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/04/11/illi-a11.html

April 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Harvey firemen’s union says half the department laid off after court orders payment to pension fund – Diane Pathieu and Karen Jordan
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/union-half-of-harvey-fire-department-laid-off-after-court-orders-payment-to-pension-fund/3322684/
— Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-testifies-before-congress/3322900/

CBS2
— New Poll Finds Surge In Young Voters Planning To Vote In Midterms – CNN
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/10/poll-young-voters-midterm-elections/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘I’m sorry’: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg opens Senate hearing with apology – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-faces-congressional-inquisition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats face two-week deadline in trying to override Rauner veto of gun store bill – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-guns-20180410-story.html
— Emanuel gets heat from community group over bid for Amazon’s HQ2 – John Byrne (DIERSEN: Do not be surprised if Chicago has formally offered to get rid of all its residents, all its organizations, and all its 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-amazon-chicago-housing-protesters-20180410-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives want more gambling.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-amazon-protest-20180410-story.html
— Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melania Trump’s accent hurts all immigrants – Annie Abbot
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-accents-language-xenophobia-melania-trump-0411-20180410-story.html
— Naperville ERA supporters ‘optimistic’ after meeting with legislators about amendment ratification – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-era-lobby-st-0411-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans aim to make sure Pritzker’s income tax plan doesn’t progress – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/republicans-aim-to-make-sure-pritzkers-income-tax-plan-doesnt-progress/
— Protesters decry ‘Hunger Games’ competition for Amazon’s HQ2 – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Do not be surprised if Chicago has formally offered to get rid of all its residents, all its organizations, and all its 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/news/protesters-decry-hunger-games-competition-for-amazons-hq2/
— Emanuel hails ‘significant step’ toward closing gender pay gap – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Emanuel bans quizzing new hires about salary history. But if you work for a government entity, your salary already is or will be public record. Ever-increasingly, hatred of government employees and hatred of government retirees is increasing. Those who promote the aforesaid hatred stress government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. They shout that the aforesaid are much too generous and should be cut if not eliminated. All of those who promote the aforesaid hatred would never seek or hold any kind of government because FOR THEM, government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. are MUCH TOO LOW.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-hails-significant-step-toward-closing-gender-pay-gap/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/experts-outline-successes-and-flaws-of-illinois-medical-cannabis-program/
— Roskam continues to avoid his constituents – Elaine Cook, Downers Grove
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/rep-peter-roskam-continues-to-avoid-his-constituents/
— Vow of ‘never again’ becomes ‘maybe every now and then’ – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/vow-of-never-again-becomes-maybe-every-now-and-then/
— Consolidating pension funds in Illinois a smart way to sop up the red ink – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/consolidating-pension-funds-in-illinois-a-smart-way-to-sop-up-the-red-ink/
— Gradual deployment of US troops to Mexico border underway – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gradual-deployment-of-us-troops-to-mexico-border-underway/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/day-after-daughters-birth-sen-tammy-duckworth-calls-family-best-part-of-her-second-life
— DuPage starts process to disband ‘paper’ fire district – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/dupage-starts-process-to-disband-paper-fire-district
— Attorney: Ballot issues made Fox River & Countryside tax request ‘fatally defective’ – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/attorney-ballot-issues-made-fox-river-amp-countryside-tax-request-fatally-defective
— Ron Ford back on Kane County Board – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180410/ron-ford-back-on-kane-county-board
— Tollway hiring again shows why law must be changed – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180410/editorial-tollway-hiring-again-shows-why-law-must-be-changed

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Emanuel bans quizzing new hires about salary history – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: But if you work for a government entity, your salary already is or will be public record. Ever-increasingly, hatred of government employees and hatred of government retirees is increasing. Those who promote the aforesaid hatred stress government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. They shout that the aforesaid are much too generous and should be cut if not eliminated. All of those who promote the aforesaid hatred would never seek or hold any kind of government because FOR THEM, government salaries, health insurance benefits, retirement benefits, etc. are MUCH TOO LOW.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180410/BLOGS02/180419989/emanuel-bans-job-questions-on-past-pay-levels
— This is America’s richest ZIP code – Bloomberg (FROM THE ARTICLE: Check out the top 20 zip codes in each region:)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180410/CRED0701/180419993/this-is-americas-richest-zip-code
— Chicago 87th on ‘Best Places to Live’ list – EVONNE LIU
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180410/NEWS07/180419992/chicago-87th-on-best-places-to-live-list
— ‘Appalling’ segregation in Evanston – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180410/OPINION/180419988/appalling-segregation-in-evanston

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner campaign got tech help from firm led by former Cambridge Analytica official – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: How should Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders react when strategists tell them that according to their surveys, the majority of voters want them to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180410/schoenburg-rauner-campaign-got-tech-help-from-firm-led-by-former-cambridge-analytica-official
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When he was lead data strategist for Trump, Oczkowski led a team that ran more than 1,500 surveys a week in key battleground states, an online profile says.)

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Gas tax hike talk a symptom of larger woes – Editorial
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Gas-tax-hike-talk-a-symptom-of-larger-12820456.php

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Title: Election Technology Coordinator
http://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/57256/
— DuPage County Awards $1 Million to Nonprofit Agencies
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=57259

NRA ILLINOIS
— Illinois: House Returns from Recess, Gun Control Bills on the Move
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180410/illinois-house-returns-from-recess-gun-control-bills-on-the-move

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois House Republicans kill progressive income tax proposal – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-republicans-kill-progressive-income-tax-proposal/article_5ac9375c-3d08-11e8-aa3b-37550710e61e.html
— Rauner on unity tour, Republican detractors react – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What if Rauner offered to sign a document in which we would pledge to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-on-unity-tour-republican-detractors-react/article_3edf2334-3c4b-11e8-8ab1-c779cf44c69a.html
— Bill to eliminate townships in one Illinois county moves ahead despite opposition
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/bill-to-eliminate-townships-in-one-illinois-county-moves-ahead/article_2e7562a0-3cd8-11e8-be91-c7ae07c79b84.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— TYPICAL ILLINOIS FAMILY WOULD SEE A TAX HIKE UNDER NEARBY STATES’ PROGRESSIVE TAX RATES – Bryce Hill and Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/typical-illinois-family-would-see-a-tax-hike-under-nearby-states-progressive-tax-rates/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftist Public School Indoctrination Bill Moving Forward in Springfield – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/leftist-public-school-indoctrination-bill-moving-forward-in-springfield/

CAPITOL FAX
— Today’s Jeanne Ives updates
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/todays-jeanne-ives-updates/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives want more gambling.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/brady-claims-theres-interest-in-a-capital-bill-funded-by-casinos/
— Never count on your opponent to self-destruct (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have erroneously counted on me a) to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/never-count-on-your-opponent-to-self-destruct/
— “Sanctuary county” for gun owners; Mendoza vs. Rauner; “Dutch Reach”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/its-just-a-bill-sanctuary-county-for-gun-owners-mendoza-vs-rauner-dutch-reach/
— Don’t believe everything you read (FROM THE ARTICLE: After weekend talks with House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton, Emanuel believes the chances for an override may well come down to the votes of three DuPage Republicans, all of who are being challenged by women. The mayor is hoping to enlist support from Cardinal Blase Cupich, perhaps by persuading the cardinal to go out to DuPage and lobby those three lawmakers. Cupich has already made one trip to Springfield.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/dont-believe-everything-you-read/
— Pritzker claim rated “Mostly False”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/10/pritzker-claim-rated-mostly-false/

DAILY CALLER
— Ted Cruz Grills Zuckerberg Over FB’s Censorship Of Conservatives – AMBER ATHEY
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/10/ted-cruz-mark-zuckerberg-censoring-conservatives-video/

BREITBART
— Ted Cruz Grills Zuckerberg on Facebook Censorship: Who Moderates Your Moderators? – ALLUM BOKHARI
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/04/10/ted-cruz-grills-zuckerberg-on-facebook-censorship-who-moderates-your-moderators/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Independent voters fight for right to crash two-party primary system Colorado sending two primary ballots for first time to each independent voter – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America, what percent cast Republican ballots in primary elections but then vote for Democrats in general elections? 105 cast Republican ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, but in the uncontested races, only 81 voted for Helland, only 81 voted for Senger, only 80 voted for Dodge, only 87 voted for Roskam, only 84 voted for Connelly, only 78 voted for Ruscitti, only 81 voted for Cronin, only 80 voted for Hinds, only 84 voted for Henry, only 75 voted for Cantore, only 76 voted for Wilson, only 75 voted for Mackay, and only 77 voted for me. Maybe 21 to 30 of those who cast Republican primary ballots were Democrats.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/2/independent-voters-push-open-primaries/
— JUUL craze getting teens hooked on high levels of nicotine, health officials fear – Laura Kelly
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/1/juul-smoking-craze-sparks-teen-nicotine-addiction-/
— Illinois Senate advances plan requiring public schools to teach LGBT history – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/10/illinois-senate-advances-plan-requiring-lgbt-histo/

GOPUSA
— Women’s March: Shuttering Backpage a ‘crisis’ for ‘sex workers’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43355
— Concealed carry gun training interest soars after Parkland shooting
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43274
— Florida’s new ‘red flag’ law leads to forced confiscation of weapons
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43413
— William McKinley statue removal expands liberal push to erase history (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want to erase Crete.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43361
— Skipping school: Hogg to push gun control for mid-term elections instead (DIERSEN: Did you take a “gap year?” I did not. Hogg should be advised that if he becomes a federal employee, he has to 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, or the federal government will waste his career and get rid of him.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43398

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— How Our Politicians Measure Up on Equal Pay Day – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/10/how_our_politicians_measure_up_on_equal_pay_day_136760.html

COLLEGE FIX
— State supreme court forbids Arizona from giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students – DANIEL PAYNE (DIERSEN: Did you qualify for in-state tuition? I did. I was born in Illinois in 1948 and I have always lived in Illinois. My ancestors have lived in Illinois since 1844.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/43797/

CNN
— After Craigslist personals go dark, sex workers fear what’s next – Michael Nedelman
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/health/sex-workers-craigslist-personals-trafficking-bill/index.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why Democrats should fight for the right to a good job – Katrina vanden Heuvel (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-democrats-should-fight-for-the-right-to-a-good-job/2018/04/10/ddf43384-3c13-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html

DES MOINES REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tragically, ever-increasingly, if you were born in America, your future is not in Iowa.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2018/04/10/iowas-economy-relies-welcoming-immigration-policy/504404002/

WBIW
— New E-Verify.gov Website a User-Friendly Source to Verify Employment Eligibility (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, each and every employer in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America should be required by law to use E-Verify. Needless-to-say, each and every activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, political consultant, etc. who states that they are conservative and/or Republican should be calling for the aforesaid.)
http://www.wbiw.com/state/archive/2018/04/new-e-verifygov-website-a-user-friendly-source-to-verify-employment-eligibility.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the launch of their new website, E-Verify.gov. This is the authoritative source for information on electronic employment eligibility verification. E-Verify.gov is for employers, employees and the general public.
The user-friendly website provides information about E-Verify and Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, including employee rights and employer responsibilities in the employment verification process. E-Verify.gov allows employers to enroll in E-Verify directly and permits current users to access their accounts. Individuals with myE-Verify accounts can also access their accounts through E-Verify.gov. “For the past decade, E-Verify has been the cornerstone of our continued commitment to helping employers maintain a legal workforce,” said USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna. “E-Verify.gov now allows users to better understand and navigate through the employment verification process.” E-Verify is a free, easy-to-use internet-based system. Employers can access E-Verify anytime, anywhere directly from a web browser. Nearly all employees are confirmed as work-authorized instantly or within 24 hours. The system, which has nearly 800,000 enrolled employers, compares information from an employee’s Form I-9 to records available to the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to verify authorization to work in the U.S. On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed the Buy American and Hire American executive order to help reduce illegal immigration and preserve jobs for U.S. workers. To support these objectives, USCIS encourages all U.S. employers to verify all new hires through E-Verify.)

FORBES
— How To Create Employee Success From Day One – Sarah Yeverovich (DIERSEN: Virtually all my superiors in the federal government were Democrats. They wanted only their employees who were Democrats to be successful.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/yec/2018/04/10/how-to-create-employee-success-from-day-one/#54f320c234bf

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Senate Plan Would Include LGBT History in Schools The Illinois Senate has advanced a plan requiring public schools teach a unit on the role and contributions of gays, lesbians and other LGBT individuals in society. – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-10/illinois-senate-plan-would-include-lgbt-history-in-schools

April 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat and RINO governors side with foreign countries against America.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/governors-criticize-trump-plan-to-send-troops-to-mexican-border/3317761/

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students and others to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://wgntv.com/2018/04/07/students-push-for-gun-control-at-packed-glen-ellyn-town-hall/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner says he reached out to Ives after the election; she says he hasn’t – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Rauner makes it clear that he wants “Ives and other conservatives out of the party.” Conservatives support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. On April 18, 2018, at 102 IRP county conventions, will elected Republican Precinct Committeemen, Cook County township committeemen, and Chicago ward committeemen a) vote in IRP State Central Committee (SCC) candidates who will do what Rauner wants and purge conservatives, that is, destroy the IRP or b) vote for IRP SCC candidates who can and will defend and advance the IRP platform?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-20180409-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “As usual, Gov. Rauner is not telling the truth. What he is saying happened did not happen,” Ives spokeswoman Kathleen Murphy said in email. “But that’s fine. Rauner’s surrogates have made and continue to make it clear that they want Ives and other conservatives out of the party so there’s no need for perfunctory and disingenuous outreach,” she said. “He and his surrogates are who Republicans chose to lead them. He is the nominee. And Ives wishes him good luck in the general.”)
— Under fire from Trump, Sessions taps U.S. attorney in Chicago to oversee production of documents to Congress – Matt Zapotosky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-us-attorney-documents-congress-20180408-story.html
— Durkin says don’t do a six-month budget
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-20180409-story.html
— Should you help your kid buy a home? – Anya Kamenetz (DIERSEN: Were your parents wealthy enough that they could/did help you buy a home? My outstanding parents were not. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. The down payment came from money that I had earned working for IRS since 1971 (in today’s dollars, my salary was $55,905/year), working for Firestone Stores part-time since 1971, and working for Firestone Stores full-time 1970-1971.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/savingsgame/tca-should-you-help-your-kid-buy-a-home-20180403-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: George Will promotes criminal rights.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-will-george-felons-voting-0409-story.html
— Teens who vape: Will a new craze invite a health crisis? – Editorial (DIERSEN: One should anticipate that if pot is legalized, teens who vape will smoke pot and destroy their brains.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-vaping-nicotine-schools-health-20180403-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-lgbtq-teens-parents-sex-talk-20180406-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— U.S. Attorney John Lauschto speed Republican document demands – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/justice-taps-prosecutor-to-speed-republican-document-demands/
— Stormy Daniels again seeks Trump’s answers under oath – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/stormy-daniels-again-seeks-trumps-answers-under-oath/
— Trump once fought measure requiring sprinklers in buildings – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-once-fought-measure-requiring-sprinklers-in-buildings/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Tollway: Politically-connected PR firm that got $6.6 million contract was hired on merits – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: What is your position on “merits?” Of course, my Democrat superiors say that all the decisions that they made to retain and promote their Democrat employees instead of me were based on “merit.” Assessing “merit” is extremely subjective. If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were minority and/or female not only more for the same work, but more for lesser work, including one example in which GAO paid one of my subordinates who was a minority, a female, and a veteran more than it paid me. She had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, no professional certifications, and no professional licenses. I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325; almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; three job-related master’s degrees; six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180409/tollway-politically-connected-pr-firm-that-got-66-million-contract-was-hired-on-merits
— Postcard on prepayments was misleading – Reinhard Metz, Wheaton (DIERSEN: It would be great if Roskam would increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180409/postcard-on-prepayments-was-misleading
— Early tax payment not entirely ‘welcome’ – Kevin Brewner, St. Charles (DIERSEN: It would be great if Roskam would increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180409/early-tax-payment-not-entirely-welcome

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Crain’s Chicago Business a) sides with its advertisers who want cheap labor and b) sides with Democrats who want future Democrats. Overwhelmingly, immigrants have made it clear that if/when they become citizens, they will help the Democrats get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who 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.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180406/ISSUE07/180409930/tell-trump-hes-wrong-members-of-congress-on-the-citizenship-question
— In Illinois, we need all the watchdogs we can get – ANDY SHAW (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails draw attention to the work that watchdogs do. I worked for a watchdog, that is, for GAO, for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and condemn that. I should write a book about my nasty, troubled, failed, vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have a) little or no government or political experience, b) little or no relevant education, and/or c) few or no relevant professional certifications or licenses.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180406/ISSUE07/180409942/illinois-needs-government-oversight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois has more separate units of government than any other state, and too many, like Riverdale’s library, have overseers who would rather hunker down in their bunkers than embrace tax-saving mergers. The job of journalists and watchdogs is to hold government officials and politicians accountable. But with fewer and fewer professional reporters on the case, as print and broadcast media keep shedding staff to cut costs—i.e., Tribune cutbacks—public officials face less and less scrutiny, emboldening them to misbehave with impunity, laws and taxpayers be damned. Riverdale is in a “news desert,” an out-of-the-way place that gets little or no attention from mainstream media unless a murder or riot attracts TV trucks. Wonky issues like a library controversy? Fuggedaboutit! The BGA’s not insulated from these forces. We have limited resources and tend to deploy them on investigations with broad scope and impact. It took Riverdale activists three tries over several months to get us to realize they, too, suffered from government abuse with implications far beyond their town. It’s good they persisted, and the Riverdale library’s transgressions should be investigated by the Illinois attorney general. But sadly, there aren’t enough watchdogs left to shine a light on every Riverdale and hold all their officials accountable, and that should alarm every taxpayer in Illinois.)

HERALD NEWS
— Are Illinois Congressmen safe in wake of Donald Trump? – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want candidates to run as anti-Trumps, that is, to be 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.)
http://www.theherald-news.com/2018/04/06/are-illinois-congressmen-safe-in-wake-of-donald-trump/a7lkoy2/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Not voting for Tirio or supporting Provenzano – Tim Keough, Crystal Lake (DIERSEN: Hultgren and Roskam both endorsed me when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. What do I say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who stress that Hultgren protected Provenzano for many years, and that if Hultgren had protected me, I would still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Hultgren a) that I am not the member of a church like they are, b) that I do not attend church services like they do, c) that I do not give money to a church like they do, d) that I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, and e) that while 105 cast Republican primary ballots in my precinct, I got only 77 votes.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/04/letter-not-voting-for-tirio-or-supporting-provenzano/agee79k/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congratulations to the McHenry County Republican Party. On the same day that the Northwest Herald reported that Nick Provenzano was fired from his government job for having a sexual encounter with a teen boy, he received 100 votes and won his election as a Nunda Republican Precinct Committeeman.)

BELLVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Justice taps Chicago’s U.S. attorney John Lausch to speed Republican document demands – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article208309419.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Glen Ellyn town hall meeting tackles gun violence
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/07/glen-ellyn-town-hall-meeting-tackles-gun-violence/d9mfrk2/

KWQC
— Illinois Republican candidates prepare for Illinois General Election – Mariana Domingues (DIERSEN: What is the last event that your Republican county party organization hosted? What is the next event that your Republican county party organization will host?)
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Illinois-Republican-candidates-prepare-for-Illinois-General-Election-479107613.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidates are getting ready for this year’s Illinois general election in November. Several candidates met with other party leaders at today’s Lincoln Day Dinner sponsored by the Henry County Republicans. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner addressed many GOP supporters at the event. As he runs for re-election, he says he will continue to stand by education reform. . .On Saturday, newly-minted competitor, Democrat Sean Casten, benefited from the lengthy exposure in front of a captivated crowd. When Casten was introduced, he got a standing ovation. “It’s too bad that Peter Roskam is not here today,” Casten said at the forum. “Because I would defy anyone to stand in this room and not be inspired by all of these impassioned young people, their families, and their supporters.” Why wasn’t he there? “Unfortunately Representative Roskam had previous commitments, which we communicated to the student who extended the invitation on the day that he emailed our office,” Roskam spokeswoman Veronica Vera said in an emailed response. “Representative Roskam believes this is an important issue and our office is looking at alternatives to have students from the district meet with the Representative for a productive conversation on this issue.” Roskam’s office said he met with Glenbard North High School students after the Parkland shooting for about an hour.)

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making NIU students anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/student-groups-rally-end-legality-debate

DEPAULIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trunp says “Eulogy for a fake populist presidency.”
http://depauliaonline.com/34409/opinions/eulogy-for-a-fake-populist-presidency/

SHIA KAPOS
— City hires chief diversity officer; and Glen Tullman’s nod to ‘Hamilton’ (DIERSEN: Will Tullman emulate Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success getting rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to 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.)
http://shiakapos.com/chicago-hires-diversity-czar-plus-news-about-mansueto-nonprofit-cara/

CHICAGO NOW
— Has Governor Rauner already lost to Democrat JB Pritzker in the Governor’s race? – Jeff Berkowitz (DIERSEN: To get reelected, would Rauner promise to defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, including the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks?)
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/gov-rauner-already-lost-to-dem-pritzker-in-the-governors-race-berkowitz-wpundit-robling-cable-web/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— CASTEN basks in, ROSKAM skips, packed gun TOWN HALL – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/04/09/casten-basks-in-roskam-skips-packed-gun-town-hall-afp-launches-keep-illinois-flat-tax-campaign-lausch-tapped-to-review-clinton-docs-263550
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Another weekend in the Illinois 6th congressional district, where U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) is fighting to keep his seat, meant another packed town hall. This time, school violence was the issue at the forum organized by high school students. Inside of a Glen Ellyn church with a capacity to hold 600, it was standing room only, according to organizers. The large turnout isn’t new for this district. And like so many other town halls held in the 6th over the past year, one thing remained consistent: Roskam was a no-show. Since President Donald Trump’s 2016 election, the congressman has been dogged by activists to meet at a town hall-style setting to take questions.)

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Mendoza’s reduced bill backlog claim is ‘nonsense,’ expert says – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511383473-mendoza-s-reduced-bill-backlog-claim-is-nonsense-expert-says

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— JAMES O’KEEFE EVENT: American Pravda: My Fight For Truth in the Era of Fake News – April 18 (DIERSEN: Why was this event scheduled in direct conflict with Illinois Republican Party county conventions?)
https://heartlandevents.kimbia.com/0418okeefe

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FLYING BLIND: ILLINOIS’ REVENUE ESTIMATES AND THE BASICS OF BAD BUDGETING Lawmakers can’t balance the budget if they don’t know how much they have to spend. – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/flying-blind-illinois-revenue-estimates-and-the-basics-of-bad-budgeting/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY RELEASE AD OPPOSING PROPOSED GRADUATED TAX FOR ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/americans-for-prosperity-release-ad-opposing-proposed-graduated-tax-for-illinois-.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: WILL AMERICA CONTINUE TO PROSPER IF BASIC PRINCIPLES AND VALUES ARE ABANDONED?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/thorneroneil-will-america-continue-to-prosper-if-basic-principles-and-values-are-abandoned-.html
— LIBERALS FINALLY FIND SOME MEDIA BIAS THEY DISLIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/liberals-finally-find-some-media-bias-they-dislike.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker hit again on taxes
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/09/pritzker-hit-again-on-taxes/
— State’s election infrastructure is deteriorating at a crucial moment
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/09/states-election-infrastructure-is-deteriorating-at-a-crucial-moment/

GOPUSA
— Rage against the social media machine (DIERSEN: What information do you use against others? What information does Facebook have about you that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes can/do use against you? Facebook has the following information about me that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use against me: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, BMI is 30, federal retiree, former union member, American nameplate car owner, childless, pet-less, I am demonized, denigrated, and condemned by lots of people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and even worse things.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=43262

BLAZE
— Washington Post: ‘White evangelicals’ blindly defend Trump and pastors accused of sexual misconduct – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: Do you blindly defend Trump or anyone else? I do not.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/08/wapo-white-evangelicals-blindly-defend-trump-and-pastors-accused-of-sexual-misconduct

AMMOLAND
— Progressive Illinois Rep. Bill Foster Declares Constitution Means Nothing – Dean Weingarten
https://www.ammoland.com/2018/04/progressive-ill-rep-declares-constitution-means-nothing/#ixzz5C6h2Sc3y&f

POLITICO
— Trump administration seeks to open Harvard admissions files – MICHAEL STRATFORD (DIERSEN: What colleges admitted you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT should have admitted minorities, females, and veterans in 1966, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1992 respectively.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/06/trump-administration-seeks-to-open-harvard-admission-files-470185

CNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump’s party.” To “shift away from Trump’s party” is to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, further erosion of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/09/as-elections-near-many-older-educated-white-voters-shift-away-from-trumps-party.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nationwide, whites over the age of 60 with college degrees now favor Democrats over Republicans for Congress by a 2-point margin, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polling during the first three months of the year. During the same period in 2016, that same group favored Republicans for Congress by 10 percentage points. The 12-point swing is one of the largest shifts in support toward Democrats that the Reuters/Ipsos poll has measured over the past two years. If that trend continues, Republicans will struggle to keep control of the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate, in the November elections, potentially dooming President Trump’s legislative agenda. The real core for the Republicans is white, older white, and if they’re losing ground there, they’re going to have a tsunami, said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist who closely tracks political races. If that continues to November, they’re toast.)

CBS NEWS
— South Carolina state House Republicans introduce bill on secession over gun rights
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-carolina-state-house-republicans-introduce-bill-on-secession-over-gun-rights/

NBC NEWS
— ‘Roseanne’ TV reboot reveals latest divides in Red/Blue America – Dante Chinni
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/roseanne-tv-reboot-reveals-latest-divides-red-blue-america-n863706

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: For GOP, Threat of Impeachment May Spur Voters – Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/us/politics/trump-impeachment-midterms.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Horror of Being Governed by Fox & Friends.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/opinion/fox-friends-trump.html
— A Tough Task for Facebook: European-Type Privacy for All – Natasha Singer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/technology/a-tough-task-for-facebook-european-type-privacy-for-all.html
— How Facebook’s Data Sharing Went From Feature to Bug – Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/facebook-data-sharing.html
— YouTube Is Improperly Collecting Children’s Data, Consumer Groups Say – Sapna Maheshwari
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/business/media/youtube-kids-ftc-complaint.html
— Facebook’s Other Critics: Its Viral Stars – Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/technology/facebook-viral-stars.html
— After Violence, a High School Tries to Regain Its Balance – Elizabeth A. Harris
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/nyregion/new-rochelle-high-school-stabbing-integration.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “GOP increasingly fears loss of House, focuses on saving Senate majority.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-increasingly-fears-loss-of-house-focuses-on-saving-senate-majority/2018/04/08/6483ffc0-39bb-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Forcing judges to meet quotas won’t reduce immigration court backlogs. It will undermine due process – Editorial (DIERSEN: Forcing my superiors in the federal government to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets resulted in reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and a tremendous waste of experience that federal employees had who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-immigration-courts-trump-sessions-backlog-20180409-story.html

DENVER POST
— As vultures circle, The Denver Post must be saved – Editorial (DIERSEN: GAO is only a shell of what it once was. By September 30, 1997, the Democrats who ran GAO had gotten rid of virtually all the agency’s employees who were Republican. I should write a book about “Republican” Presidents, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, etc. a) who have no problem with that destruction and b) who promoted that destruction.)
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/06/as-vultures-circle-the-denver-post-must-be-saved/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At The Denver Post on Monday, more than two dozen reporters, editors, photographers, videographers, page designers, digital producers and opinion staff will walk out the door. Our marching orders are to cut a full 30 by the start of July. These heartbreaking instructions raise the question: Does this cut, which follows so many in recent years that our ranks have shriveled from more than 250 to fewer than 100 today, represent the beginning of the end for the Voice of the Rocky Mountain Empire? The cuts, backed by our owner, the New York City hedge fund Alden Global Capital, also are a mystery, if you look at them from the point of view of those of us intent on running a serious news operation befitting the city that bears our name. Media experts locally and nationally question why our future looks so bleak, as many newspapers still enjoy double-digit profits and our management reported solid profits as recently as last year. We call for action. Consider this editorial and this Sunday’s Perspective offerings a plea to Alden — owner of Digital First Media, one of the largest newspaper chains in the country — to rethink its business strategy across all its newspaper holdings. Consider this also a signal to our community and civic leaders that they ought to demand better. Denver deserves a newspaper owner who supports its newsroom. If Alden isn’t willing to do good journalism here, it should sell The Post to owners who will. A flagship local newspaper like The Post plays a critically important role in its city and state: It provides a public record of the good and the bad, serves as a watchdog against public and private corruption, offers a free marketplace of ideas and stands as a lighthouse reflective and protective of — and accountable to — a community’s values and goals. A news organization like ours ought to be seen, especially by our owner, as a necessary public institution vital to the very maintenance of our grand democratic experiment.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Food That Helps Battle Depression – Elizabeth Bernstein (DIERSEN: What depresses you the most? For me, it is candidates who paint themselves as being Republican to get elected, but once they get elected, they fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-food-that-helps-battle-depression-1522678367
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-americas-economy-looks-a-lot-like-elkhart-indiana-1522942393
— Don’t Stop Saving Just Because You’ve Retired – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: It has been much more difficult for my wife and I to save because since September 30, 1997, my income has been $73,461/year (59%) less (only $51,864/year instead of $125,325/year) in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-stop-saving-just-because-youve-retired-1523032544

BLOOMBERG
— America’s Virtual Border Wall Is a 1,954-Mile-Long Money Pit Protecting the southern border has foiled even the military’s brightest minds. Now, Silicon Valley is ready to give it a go. – Lauren Etter and Karen Weise (DIERSEN: Democrats see illegals as being future Democrats. RINOs see illegals as being cheap labor.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-09/the-race-to-cash-in-on-trump-s-invisible-high-tech-border-wall

BUSINESS INSIDER
— The 1% are getting even richer — and it’s not going to stop any time soon – Will Martin
http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-richest-people-are-getting-even-richer-two-thirds-of-global-wealth-by-2030-2018-4

CHRON
— In an age of Trump and Stormy Daniels, evangelical leaders face sex scandals of their own – Sarah Pulliam Bailey
https://www.chron.com/life/article/In-an-age-of-Trump-and-Stormy-Daniels-12815178.php

April 8 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Russian ‘hack’ of 2016 voter rolls leaves Galesburg, Illinois, reeling
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/russian-hack-of-2016-voter-rolls-leaves-galesburg-illinois-reeling

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Blue wave hurricane picks up national momentum.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/democrat-blue-wave-builds-traction-judge-rebecca-dallet-laura-washington/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Alec Baldwin returns to ‘SNL’ for presidential news conference – Cynthia Littleton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-snl-chadwick-boseman-alec-baldwin-20180408-story.html
— Kimmel apologizes for Melania Trump joke amid feud with Sean Hannity – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-sean-hannity-jimmy-kimmel-20180407-story.html
— Why good people won’t run for public office – Dilara Sayeed (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 discourage “good people” from running for public office. They especially discourage people a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and c) who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-election-0408-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— A personal financial catastrophe can have grave health consequences – Carolyn Y. Johnson (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, in today’s dollars, my income dropped 59%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but after my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year, only 41% of that $125,325/year salary.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180408/a-personal-financial-catastrophe-can-have-grave-health-consequences

WBBM
— Senator Brady Backs Rauner’s Teacher Pension Plan – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/news/sen-brady-backs-rauners-teacher-pension-plan

WGN RADIO
— Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 4/8/18
http://wgnradio.com/2018/04/08/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-4-8-18/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Then, WTTW’s Amanda Vinicky shares her reaction to the Rauner administration’s silence towards Chinese trade. Later in the segment, Amanda gives her thoughts on the budget in Illinois during the upcoming election year. For our last guest, Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs joins Rick Pearson to discuss the status of the Illinois State Republican Caucus. Additionally, Jim shares the current strategy of the Illinois Republican Party.)
— WTTW’s Amanda Vinicky is not surprised at Rauner’s silence – BEN ANDERSON
http://wgnradio.com/2018/04/08/wttws-amanda-vinicky-is-not-surprised-at-rauners-silence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Channel 11 Political Correspondent, Amanda Vinicky, chats with Rick Pearson in-studio about Rauner Administration and Chinese trade. Amanda elaborates on whether Illinois will have a budget during the upcoming election year.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers’ focus should be on budget as they return – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180407/our-view-lawmakers-focus-should-be-on-budget-as-they-return

SAUK VALLEY
— Guns, constitutional amendments and more: Illinois lawmakers back to work this week – DOUG FINKE
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/04/08/guns-constitutional-amendments-and-more-illinois-lawmakers-back-to-work-this-week/aqu9dfb/

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Heartland solid for Trump, his policies.”
http://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/heartland-solid-for-trump-his-policies/article_200d1e46-51a5-5d7a-80ee-123125f50526.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— When Ideology Collides with Good School Governance – R.B.A. DiMuccio
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/tag/national-school-walkout/

DAILY CALLER
— Twitter CEO Shares And Raves About Article Calling For Dem Victory In Second ‘Civil War’ – Joe Simonson (DIERSEN: If there is going to be a Second Civil War, it will be individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries in Group A officially declaring war against those in Group B. Those in Group A are anti-Trump supporters, 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 and those in Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I will fight for Group B and Group B will win.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/07/twitter-jack-dorsey-second-civil-war-trump/

HOT AIR
— Farmers’ Anger At Trump Tariffs Puts Republican Candidates In A Bind
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/04/farmers-anger-trump-tariffs-puts-republican-candidates-bind/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘Economically Stable’ Portion of Democrat-Run Illinois Beginning to Bleed Citizens – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.westernjournal.com/report-economically-stable-portion-of-democrat-run-illinois-beginning-to-bleed-citizens/

POLITICO
— How Trump thrives in ‘news deserts’ Relentless use of social media and partisan outlets helped him swamp Clinton and exceed Romney’s performance in places lacking trusted local news outlets. – SHAWN MUSGRAVE and MATTHEW NUSSBAUM (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA Illinois is NOT a trusted news outlet. According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/08/news-subscriptions-decline-donald-trump-voters-505605

NBC NEWS
— Asian-Americans rejected by Harvard need to resist the anti-affirmative action narrative Our community is being fed a story by a white man trying to preserve spaces at colleges for mediocre white students, not stellar Asian-American ones. – Marie Myung-Ok Lee
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/asian-americans-rejected-harvard-need-resist-anti-affirmative-action-narrative-ncna863496

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump attacks ‘garbage’ Washington Post; calls Kelly story ‘hit job’ – Joseph Weber
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/08/trump-attacks-garbage-washington-post-calls-kelly-story-hit-job.html
— College credits where credit’s due: Schools slowly come around to accepting transfer students’ work – Jon Marcus (DIERSEN: Did you transfer? I did not graduate from NIU until August of 1970. If I had stayed at UIC and not transferred, I might have graduated from UIC in June of 1970.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/giving-credit-where-credits-due-transfer-students-earlier-work-being-accepted/2018/04/08/c7825c4c-3877-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Farmers who propelled Trump to presidency fear becoming pawns in trade war.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/farmers-who-propelled-trump-to-presidency-fear-becoming-pawns-in-trade-war/2018/04/08/2d110a50-398f-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Cudgel of ‘White Privilege’ – Zachary Wood (DIERSEN: Are you White? What do you say to my White critics/opponents, their White operatives, and their White dupes who have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I unjustly and unfairly benefitted immensely from White privilege and that I would not have anything today were it not for White privilege? They stress that I was born a White male, that I am 100% German American, and that my ancestors have been in America since 1844. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that all German Americans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, b) that German Americans, their parents, their grandparents, their great grandparents, and the rest of their ancestors viciously discriminated against, if not abused, if not enslaved minorities and females, c) that German Americans should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, and d) that German Americans should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cudgel-of-white-privilege-1523209416
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White privilege has become the target of many initiatives in higher education. The goal, advocates say, is to fight racism and promote justice. Yet the practice often doesn’t seem constructive. In my college career, I’ve spoken to many peers and professors who insist adamantly that any conversation about race in America should begin and end with the accusation of white privilege. The aim seems to be to establish guilt, not build understanding. As I see it, the main goal of discussing white privilege should be to promote a more complex and nuanced view of the world so that, for example, it would be difficult for one of my white peers to drive through the Washington neighborhood where I grew up and say: “What’s wrong with those people?” People of all races should aim to understand the range of attitudes and perspectives on race that make the issue a difficult one. Often that’s not how activists approach it. “I’m not interested in talking to white people who aren’t woke,” one student told me. When I asked him to clarify, he said: “Ain’t no white person earning my trust unless they admit to being racist and apologize on behalf of their ancestors.” Although I strongly disagree with this view, I have some sympathy for it. For many African-Americans, focusing on white privilege allows them to assuage a damaged self-image that is the legacy of centuries of racial subjugation. That feeling should be taken seriously, not dismissed. But the way to bring people of different races and viewpoints to the table is not by belaboring the unconscionable demand that white people confess their guilt for social problems that no individual could have created. To build understanding around issues of race, we instead should try to engage others in good faith, especially when doing so can be difficult.)

SALON
— Growing up with racists: How should I remember them now? From my football coach and the boy next door to my own father, racist comments were a staple in my white town – MARK PHILLIPS (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that when my German Lutheran parents raised me in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things?)
https://www.salon.com/2018/04/08/growing-up-with-racists-how-should-i-remember-them-now/

WRITING COOPERATIVE
— How to Stop Plagiarism – Leslie Loftis (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have always emphasized the SOURCE and AUTHOR of articles. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have never and will never attempt to make other’s original work look like it is GOPUSA ILLINOIS’ original work. Far too many websites attempt to make other’s original work look like their original work. Further, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are sent out free of charge and they do not contain advertising, paragraph breaks, or pictures, and they are not sent out to “make money.”)
https://writingcooperative.com/how-to-stop-plagiarism-10f8a5528e29
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Alas, as the public has learned many times over in the internet age, the internet did not turn out as expected. Plagiarism has thrived. Only three months ago a well-known writer at a popular site got caught stealing half of someone else’s work on a popular story. She only got caught because of the rare news consumer who reads both the Daily Beast and The Weekly Standard.)

April 8 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do that results in something that is “original work?” Why do you do that? I spend 10+ hours each and every day publishing GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning and evening. I do that a) to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles and b) to promote those individuals and organizations that promote the aforesaid principles. What if I hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails were “original work” and that everyone needed my permission to share them? Of course, I would never do that. Those who want such permission publish things to “make money,” to destroy those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or even worse things. I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles and b) to promote those individuals and organizations that promote the aforesaid principles. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal funds to bolster election security may fall short in Illinois, elsewhere – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/federal-funds-to-bolster-election-security-may-fall-short-in-illinois-elsewhere/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— You know Illinois’ property taxes are sky-high. But the calculation process might surprise you. – Joanne Cleaver
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0408-property-taxes-primer-20180402-story.html
— Trump troop request creates opening for governors to say no – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–border-guard-governors-20180406-story.html
— Congress’ dilemma: tame Facebook or just accept its apology? – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/sns-bc-us–facebook-privacy-scandal-congress-20180405-story.html
— Even where it’s legal to sell marijuana, it’s hard to advertise it – Rachel Siegel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cannabis-online-advertising-20180406-story.html
— How WWI was fought in Chicago’s ethnic neighborhoods – Ron Grossman (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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flash-homefront-world-war-0408-20180330-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Democrats promote the ERA.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-era-st-0408-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker looking to use Rauner’s message against him – RICH MILLER (DIERSEN: What is your message? My message is that political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you cannot or will not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-08/rich-millercapitol-fax-pritzker-looking-use-rauners-message-against-him.h

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Are Illinois Congressmen safe in wake of Donald Trump? – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/06/are-illinois-congressmen-safe-in-wake-of-donald-trump/a7lkoy2/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Farmers are paying for Trump’s tweets – Cheri Bustos (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that each and every GOPUSA Illinois email that I send out harms those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-view-farmers-are-paying-for-trump-s-tweets/article_4a832feb-fdc6-5ba1-99a5-190cf42dbda8.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Bouvet and father get Oval Office time with Trump – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180407/bernard-schoenburg-bouvet-and-father-get-oval-office-time-with-trump
— Break is over. Let the fun begin. – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180407/statehouse-insider-break-is-over-let-fun-begin

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Yes, Illinois can be saved – James Nowlan
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/james-nowlan-yes-illinois-can-be-saved/article_90290f18-36b8-11e8-aa59-df2ea7270f33.html
— Most Americans see drug addiction as a disease – AP (DIERSEN: I have never been addicted to any kind of vice and I never will. I attribute that to my outstanding parents who sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote vices.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/most-americans-see-drug-addiction-as-a-disease/article_7a8b4782-39a8-11e8-8785-ab6c484c20cd.html

RIVER CITIES READER
— Rauner’s Failures Can Be Pritzker’s Winning Strategy – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents say your failures are? My critics/opponents stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress those a) Republican U.S. Senators and Congressmen, b) Republican Illinois statewide elected officials, Senators, and Representatives, c) Republican DuPage County elected officials, d) Republican Milton Township elected officials, e) Republican Wheaton officials, f) Illinois Republican Party officials, g) DuPage County Republican Central Committee officials, and h) MTRCC officials who fail/refuse to defend me. Of course, my critics/opponents stress those of the aforesaid who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me.)
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/rauners-failures-winning-strategy

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Ugaste see flat-tax increase idea as a recipe for disaster – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511383688-ugaste-see-flat-tax-increase-idea-as-a-recipe-for-disaster

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— How Trump Can Protect the Border Without Congress – Daniel Horowitz
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/how-trump-can-protect-the-border-without-congress/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Making the world safe through censorship – Dale Lowdermilk (DIERSEN: Who wants to censure you? The following want to censure me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/5/making-the-world-safe-through-censorship/

AMERICAN THINKER
— George Washington Would Have Owned an AR-15 – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/george_washington_would_have_owned_an_ar15.html
— Chicago officials caught short-circuiting required review of Obama Presidential Center – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/04/chicago_officials_caught_shortcircuiting_required_review_of_obama_presidential_center.html

HOT AIR
— Councilwoman Bullies Teen Trump Supporter In MAGA T-Shirt – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/04/07/councilwoman-bullies-teen-trump-supporter-maga-t-shirt/

THE HILL
— Journalism school deans warn Sinclair over media bias promos – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, what I do to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles harms the aforesaid. They hint/imply/argue/shout that their way is the best way, if not only way. Overwhelmingly, they deemphasize the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Overwhelmingly, they fail/refuse to speak out against promoting LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/382102-journalism-school-deans-warn-sinclair-over-media-bias-promos

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Signs Memo Ordering End to ‘Catch and Release’ Immigration Policy – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/trump-immigration-policy.html
— How to Level the College Playing Field – Harold O. Levy with Peg Tyre (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four degrees are from Ivy League universities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/opinion/sunday/harold-levy-college.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Michael Cohen’s view from under the bus: Trump denies knowing about Stormy Daniels payment – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have thrown me under the bus. They talk and act like my critics/opponents have promised them a new home, new car, sweetheart job, sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they get me to stop sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out. They talk and act like my critics/opponents have promised to destroy them if they fail to stop me from sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Overwhelmingly, they determine who seeks/holds government and political offices in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/04/06/michael-cohens-view-from-under-the-bus-trump-denies-knowing-about-stormy-daniels-payment/

CBS DENVER
— OUTSTANDING: Demonstrators Voice Support For 2nd Amendment Rights At Rally (DIERSEN: What have the Republicans in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality who represent you and/or want to represent you said/done that shows their support for the Second Amendment plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/04/07/demonstrators-second-amendment-rally/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Maryland’s Michael Steele, once the national Republican Party leader, searches for his place in Trump’s GOP – John Fritze (DIERSEN: Do you dump people? Have people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican dumped you? I should write a book about people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican who have dumped me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they 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.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-steele-trump-20180313-story.html

DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
— Baltimore high school student accepted to all eight Ivy League universities – Lulu Wang (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four degrees are from Ivy League universities.)
http://www.thedp.com/article/2018/04/upenn-penn-philadelphia-ivy-league-admission-acceptance-mekhi-johnson-university-decision-college

ATLANTIC
— How the American Two-Party System Became so Divided Mid-century politicians envisioned ideologically defined parties—but failed to anticipate today’s hyper-polarized environment. – DAVID FRUM (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you cannot or will not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/the-polarizers-interview/557288/

BUSINESS TODAY
— Facebook to allow political ads from verified advertisers only (DIERSEN: Will Facebook deem my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be advertisements for the Republican National Committee (RNC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC)? Will Facebook prohibit me from posting anything without authorization from the RNC, IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC?)
https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/facebook-to-make-political-ads-more-transparent/story/274338.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Advertisers will be prohibited from running political ads – electoral or issue-based – until they are authorized,” Facebook said, announcing plans to make advertisements on its platform more transparent. “In addition, these ads will be clearly labelled in the top left corner as Political Ad. Next to it we will show paid for by information. We started testing the authorization process this week, and people will begin seeing the label and additional information in the US later this spring,” it said. Facebook said it is also investing in artificial intelligence and adding more people to help find advertisers that should have gone through the authorization process but did not. “We realize we won’t catch every ad that should be labelled, and we encourage anyone who sees an unlabeled political ad to report it. People can do this by tapping the three dots at the top right corner of the ad and selecting Report Ad,” it said. Facebook also announced that people who manage pages with large number of followers will need to be verified. Those who manage large pages that do not clear the process will no longer be able to post, it said, adding that this will make it much harder for people to administer a page using a fake account.)

MOTLEY FOOL
— 3 Ways to Deal With a Career Setback Don’t let one bad thing drag you down. – Daniel B. Kline (DIERSEN: What did you do to deal with your career setbacks? 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. I served on the executive committee of a job-related professional association 1983-1996.)
https://www.fool.com/careers/2018/04/02/3-ways-to-deal-with-a-career-setback.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Don’t get hung up on it 2. Do an honest evaluation 3. Execute a plan)

AXIOS
— How Google and Facebook drive internet traffic by topic (DIERSEN: Who says that what you do to help others is “inappropriate, unethical, and unprofessional?” In Illinois, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive more internet traffic to conservative websites like http://www.illinoisreview.typepad.com/ than anything else. The more text from an article that I put an email, the more likely that readers will click on the link for that article. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails do not include paragraph breaks or pictures.)
https://www.axios.com/how-google-and-facebook-drive-internet-traffic-by-topic-1513302486-57f12c0b-c248-4f2c-ac44-76e4d8b616ca.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook and Google, which together drive the majority of web traffic on the internet, send traffic to different topics, research from digital analytics company Parse.ly shows. Facebook overwhelmingly drives lifestyle and entertainment news traffic, while Google largely drives business, tech and sports news traffic. When it comes to politics, Facebook is more likely to refer readers to presidential political stories, while Google is more likely to refer to stories about state and local politics. . .Why it matters: The combined size of Google and Facebook make it nearly impossible for web publishers to reach an audience without their help. But even though they rely on them for traffic, publishers research from Digital Content Next, the trade association that represents premium publishers, finds that platforms drive just 14% of revenue. Who are the “other” referrers? Parse.ly actively tracks news referrals in a daily-updated referral dashboard. These publishers tend to drive the most traffic to news sites on a daily basis:)

April 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— YouTube shooter identified as user Nasim Aghdam
http://abc7chicago.com/sources-youtube-shooter-identified-as-user-nasim-aghdam/3298743/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to her website, a possible motivation for the shooting could have been tied to her many YouTube accounts, which she says have seen a decline in viewership over the past few months. She embedded videos from the biggest YouTubers on the platform on the site, including massive creator Casey Neistat. In them, they talk about the YouTube “Ad-apocalypse” where many users are seeing massive dips in traffic, subscriber count loss, and de-monetization of videos. Neistat has more than 9,000,000 subscribers and made a famous video about the YouTube ad revenue scare for creators. It appears that Aghdam was disgruntled by the changes in the YouTube platform. She wrote on her website, “Be aware! Dictatorship exists in all countries but with different tactics! They only care for personal and short-term profits and do anything to reach their goals even by fooling simple-minded people, hiding the truth, manipulating science and everything, putting public mental and physical health at risk, abusing non-human animals, polluting the environment, destroying family values, promoting materialism and sexual degeneration in the name of freedom and turning people into programmed robots!” She goes on to quote Adolf Hitler saying, “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it and eventually they will believe it.” The rest of her message targets YouTube and censorship. “There is no free speech in the real world and you will be suppressed for telling the truth that is not supported by the system. Videos of targeted users are filtered and merely relegated so that people can hardly see their videos.” Aghdam’s website shows screenshots of her “reduced” and “supressed” videos. She referred to a specific video that appeared to be an instructional video for a workout saying, “This video got age-restricted after new, close-minded YouTube employees got control of my farsi YouTube channel last year, 2016, and began filtering my videos to reduce views and suppress and discourage me from making my videos!” Feb. 20, YouTube enacted a new advertising policy that demonetized channels with less than 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time. Though Aghdam’s main English channel had more than 5,000 subscribers, many of her videos appeared to be demonetized.)

NBC5
— YouTube Shooting Suspect ID’d; Parents Reported Her Missing – Kiki Intarasuwan, Brendan Weber, Riya Bhattacharjee and Kristofer Noceda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Gunshots-Youtube-Office-San-Bruno-478682453.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Joining census lawsuit is Emanuel’s latest legal move against Trump administration – John Byrne (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Emanuel paints Chicago as being 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-census-20180404-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said the census citizenship question is “necessary for the Department of Justice to protect voters, specifically to help us better comply with the Voting Rights Act, which is something that’s important and a part of this process.”)
— Illinois is in line to receive $13 million from the federal government to help beef up election security, but officials on Tuesday raised questions about whether the money will make it to the counties that need it in time for the November election. – Kim Geiger)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-census-20180404-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago awards more than $440,000 to Catholic Charities, Phalanx Family Services, and Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in Chicago illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-census-20180404-story.html
— When Trump tries to destroy your reputation – Jill McCabe (DIERSEN: Should I sue those individuals, those organizations, those companies, those governments, those countries, those etc. that try to destroy my reputation? Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spread fake news.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-reputation-andrew-mccabe-jill-hillary-clinton-james-comey-trump-reputation-fbi-0403-story.html
— Democratic principles will always thwart the creep of authoritarianism – Cass R. Sunstein (DIERSEN: Who wants authority over you? My critics/opponents want authority over me. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, they want authority a) over which articles I link to in the emails and what my comments, if any, are on those articles. They want to stop everyone from reading the emails, but failing that, they want to stop as many people as they can from reading the emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-trump-democracy-threat-authoritarian-20180403-story.html
— Free speech takes another hit from thin-skinned liberals – Cal Thomas
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180404/281878708937573
— Student Michael Brown applies to 20 colleges: all accept – Amy Wang
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180404/281779924689765
— Orland Park trustees reconsider full-time mayor position – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-park-mayor-st-0404-20180403-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats call for the abolition of the Second Amendment.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-foster-gun-violence-forum-st-0404-20180403-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Durbin says Trump is unreliable, unprepared, and unstable.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-on-trump-he-is-unreliable-he-is-unprepared-and-he-is-unstable/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180403/editorial-we-all-must-work-to-complete-dr-kings-dream

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— VERY SAD: Hultgren and Roskam duck on citizenship query (DIERSEN: Political consultants who want Hultgren and Roskam to lose advise them to dump voters who 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. Political consultants who want Hultgren and Roskam to lose advise them to pander to voters who 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 even worse things. Political consultants who want Hultgren and Roskam to lose advise them to not only dump Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but to destroy Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180403/BLOGS02/180409967/local-gop-congressmen-duck-on-citizenship-query
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two others would not take a public stance—Randy Hultgren of Plano and Wheaton’s Peter Roskam—perhaps because both face what are shaping up to be re-election challenges this November.)

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Could sports betting come to Illinois? Lawmakers listen to options – BILL LUKITSCH (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/jg-tc/news/state-and-regional/could-sports-betting-come-to-illinois-lawmakers-listen-to-options/article_60133d8b-ad07-5750-8085-cd37d61f2467.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign County’s results for 2018 primary are certified — and historic – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-04-04/champaign-countys-results-2018-primary-are-certified-%E2%80%94-and-historic.html
— UI student group hosting town hall meeting on gun violence Thursday – Tim Mitchell (DIERSEN: Democrats a) blame Republicans for gun violence and b) want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-04-03/ui-student-group-hosting-town-hall-meeting-gun-violence-thursday.html
— Rates missing from progressive-tax talk – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-04/jim-dey-rates-missing-progressive-tax-talk.html
— Pensions: A problem without solution? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it extremely clear to everyone that if they could, they would immediately end a) my $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and c) my $2,064/year Social Security. I should write a book about my hate-filled critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-04/editorial-problem-without-solution.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Public invited to Rockford town hall meeting on school gun violence – Corina Curry (DIERSEN: Even though Democrats run Illinois, ever-increasingly Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence in Illinois.)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180403/public-invited-to-rockford-town-hall-meeting-on-school-gun-violence
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs oppose any and all efforts to discourage people from coming to America illegally, from staying in America illegally, and from bringing others to America illegally.
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180402/questionable-immigration-flyers-spread-in-boone-county

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Ready For General Election Races In 8th State Senate, 15th, 20th State House Villivalam Awaits GOP Challenger, D’Amico, Biela Continue Door-To-Door Canvassing, McAuliffe, Marwig Not Yet Fully In Campaign Mode – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ready-for-general-election-races-in-8th-state-senate-15th-20th-state-house/

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner is no Sister Jean – Scott Reeder
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/scott-reeder-rauner-is-no-sister-jean/article_6e069fb4-3806-11e8-b6f4-b3c527b6e7b1.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Business Pushes Back on Public Right to Sue Bills – SAM DUNKLAU (DIERSEN: What lawsuits have you filed? Of course, to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being litigious and even worse things, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the lawsuits that I have filed. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-business-pushes-back-public-right-sue-bills-0

CHICAGO NOW
— Town hall meeting w/Pritzker & Rauner on Opioids & helping ex-offenders? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/town-hall-meeting-wpritzker-rauner-on-opioids-helping-ex-offenders-watch-berkowitz-wa-safe-havens-neli-vazquez-rowland-cableweb/

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— How Do You Identify Fake News? Solid sources and some healthy skepticism can help. – Vignesh Ramachandran (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/ask-propublica-illinois-how-do-you-identify-fake-news

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Lake County GOP to select party leaders at upcoming county convention – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Are you an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman? If so, has your Republican County Central Committee notified you of the date, time, location, agenda, candidates, and your weighted vote for your county convention? If the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee race is contested for your congressional district, have the candidates contacted you concerning their candidacy? What percent of the Republican ballots cast in your county were cast in precincts in which no one ran for Precinct Committeeman? The chairman of your Republican County Central Committee will cast those votes.)
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511381743-lake-county-gop-to-select-party-leaders-at-upcoming-county-convention
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Lake County Republican Party is slated to hold its official county GOP convention on April 18 at Concorde Banquets in Kildeer. “All Lake County Republican precinct committeemen who were duly elected and certified in the March 20, 2018, Republican primary election are called on to attend the county convention and cast their respective weighted votes for chairman of the Lake County Republican Central Committee, Central Committeemen of the Illinois Republican Party from their respective congressional districts, duly proposed amendments to the bylaws of the Lake County Republican Central Committee, various legislative and representative committees and certain other important business of the Lake County Republican Central Committee,” Lake County Republican Party Chairman Mark Shaw said in a press release. Shaw added “all 18 Republican Township Organizations will convene to conduct business relevant to their respective organizations and to caucus regarding the business to be conducted at the county convention, which (will be) gaveled to order at 7 p.m. that same evening.” “Recently, I announced my candidacy for re-election and would be honored if you would be my guest at the event,” Shaw said in the release disbursed among GOP leaders. Shaw is also committeeman for the 10th Congressional District and ran for representative in the 58th House District in 2012, losing to Scott Drury (D-Highwood). Among the Republican winners in the March 20, primary that will be on the ballot for the Nov. 6 general election are Gov. Bruce Rauner, states attorney candidate Erika Harold and secretary of state candidate Jason Helland. In other races on the fall ballot where GOP incumbents will be seeking another term, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) is set to face Democrat Sean Casten in the 6th Congressional District, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Plano) takes on Lauren Underwood in the 14th Congressional District, state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) squares off against Democrat Bill Downs in the 52nd House District, and state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Hills) faces Tom Georges in the 26th Senate District.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker uses Ives to slam Rauner on Quincy veterans’ home
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/04/pritzker-uses-ives-to-slam-rauner-on-quincy-veterans-home/
— More answers needed on Pritzker’s “artificial progressive income tax”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/04/more-answers-needed-on-pritzkers-artificial-progressive-income-tax/
— Pritzker says he’ll immediately end “back-door voucher program”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/04/pritzker-says-hell-immediately-end-back-door-voucher-program/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump to deploy military to guard border until wall completed President says caravan of illegals crossing Mexico ‘is broken up’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/3/trump-says-hell-guard-mexican-border-military/

GOPUSA
— Another California city votes to sue state over sanctuary law (DIERSEN: When will your municipality, your township/ward, and your county sue Illinois over its sanctuary law?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42937
— Gun control students unhappy with their clear backpacks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42923
— YouTube shooter described as animal rights vegan, born in Iran
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42954
— Caravans, Churches and Criminal Sanctuaries
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42959
— Chicago wants to ban body armor (DIERSEN: One could argue that depending on where you are in Chicago, for your self-defense, you should definitely wear body armor and pack heat.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42831

ONE NEWS NOW
— Next up: Gov’t-endorsed bullying, taunting? If LGBTQ advocates in Illinois get their way, all public school students will be indoctrinated with pro-homosexual propaganda from the time they’re five years old. – Bob Kellogg
https://www.onenewsnow.com/education/2018/04/04/next-up-govt-endorsed-bullying-taunting
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Homosexual and transgender activists have persuaded liberal legislators to sponsor legislation that would require all public school (K-12) textbooks, regardless of the subject, to proclaim positive contributions of homosexuals to society. “[This legislation] would require that any book or book substitute that will be used as a text or text substitute include the ‘role and contributions’ of homosexuals and men and women who adopt opposite-sex persona [a.k.a., transgenderism],” explains Laurie Higgins with the Illinois Family Institute. Two Democratic lawmakers – State Senator Heather Steans and State Representative Anna Moeller – are the sponsors of SB 3249 and HB 5596 respectively. The bills also “require every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the significant role of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in society.” Higgins warns parents that those who live outside of Illinois shouldn’t brush aside this information, believing it will not affect them. “This will come to other states,” she warns. “It started in California; now it’s coming to Illinois. All it takes is a couple of homosexuals and/or leftists in your state legislature to bring this bill and it will be in your schools, too.” And the danger in that, according to Stella Morabito at The Federalist, is that the highly politicized nature of public schools will essentially “draw virtual targets” on the backs of students whose beliefs don’t align with the school’s. “A bully [would be] free to target with the taunt ‘bigot’ any child who comes from a traditional Christian home – and the curricula will back them up,” Morabito writes. Higgins is convinced that should the legislation pass, Republican Governor Bruce Rauner would sign it into law. It would become effective July 1, 2019. She recommends a two-fold approach to parents at this time: fight the bills – but at the same time “plan an escape route for your children from government schools.”)

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Marching Orders for Trump’s New VA Secretary – BETSY MCCAUGHEY (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working 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 and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion do those who represent you in government and in politics have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, many, if not most, if not virtually all of those who represent me in government and in politics have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
https://spectator.org/marching-orders-for-trumps-new-va-secretary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since President Trump ousted Veterans Administration Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new pick, Admiral Ronny Jackson, is capable of heading a department with 360,000 employees and 9 million vets under its care. Senate Democrats carp he lacks experience running “a complex organization.” Experience is overrated. President Obama’s VA Secretary, Robert McDonald, failed miserably, despite having run Procter & Gamble. Vets died on phony wait lists on McDonald’s watch. . .Pundits are predicting a confirmation battle. The smart money should be on Jackson. He’s combat tested. Disregard the partisan drivel about his lack of experience running a big organization. It’s coming from the same people who had no problem making a community organizer the President.)

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITIES – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/discrimination-and-disparities/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— GOP Response To Illegal Alien Caravan Will Decide 2018 Midterms – George Rasley (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) side with Mexico and with other foreign countries against America and b) side with the citizens of Mexico and with the citizens of other foreign countries against the citizens of America.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27706

BREITBART
— Secretary Ben Carson on Illegals: HUD Is ‘Going to Cooperate Very Much with the Justice Department’ – AMANDA HOUSE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/03/exclusive-secretary-ben-carson-on-illegals-hud-is-going-to-cooperate-very-much-with-the-justice-department/

POLITICO
— Conway responds to claim she’s the No. 1 leaker – LOUIS NELSON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a leaker. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/02/kellyanne-conway-number-one-leaker-494436

CNN
— Prices of 20 brand-name drugs that are most prescribed to seniors have skyrocketed – Max Richtman
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/opinions/prescription-prices-opinion-richtman/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Trump under investigation, but not criminal target (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors had me “under investigation” a) 1974-1977 for my claiming partial day per diem (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) and b) 1978-1979 for my deducting educational expenses. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat IRS superiors.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/report-trump-under-investigation-not-criminal-target-mueller-probe-n862576

NEW YORK TIMES
— GAO Finds Racial Bias in School Discipline – Erica L. Green (DIERSEN: Democrats run the public schools in America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/us/politics/racial-bias-school-discipline-policies.html
— India’s ‘Fake News’ Crackdown Crumbles Over Journalists’ Outrage – Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj (DIERSEN: Should I sue those individuals, those organizations, those companies, those governments, those countries, those etc. that hint/imply/argue/shout that I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spread fake news?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/world/asia/india-fake-news.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Indian government called the decree a crackdown on fake news. It lasted less than a day. On Monday evening, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting abruptly announced that it would penalize journalists who spread “fake news,” the term popularized by President Trump to disparage what he has regarded as unfair coverage of his 2016 American presidential campaign and first year in office. The term is now widely used around the world by authoritarian politicians and governments to describe reporting that they find objectionable. Members of India’s freewheeling press expressed shock and outrage at the announcement, seeing the hidden hand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — who enjoys warm relations with Mr. Trump — to quell negative media coverage ahead of India’s general election next year.)

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump claimed his plan to put troops on the border is extraordinary. It was routine for Obama. – Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2018/04/04/trump-claimed-his-plan-to-put-troops-on-the-border-is-extraordinary-it-was-routine-for-obama/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— California: A ‘Sanctuary’ for Criminals The state threw out the rule of law, but Orange County will join the resistance. – Michelle Park Steel (DIERSEN: When will DuPage County “join the resistance?” Which DuPage County Board Members will lead the resistance?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-a-sanctuary-for-criminals-1522793743
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Orange County, we reject this kind of reckless behavior. As a member of the Board of Supervisors, I have a say in how to improve my community of 3.2 million residents. We are home to large groups of immigrant communities, and we fully embrace the diverse cultures of our immigrant population. Our concern is about criminal illegal aliens who are falling through the cracks because our sheriff can’t talk to federal immigration agents. On March 27 I introduced a resolution to condemn the state sanctuary law and to direct county counsel to take legal action. Every Orange County supervisor present voted in favor. We currently are reviewing the best ways in which to intervene in the federal government’s lawsuit against California. States cannot simply opt out of federal laws they don’t like. If tomorrow California decided that the First Amendment was a nuisance and passed legislation to restrict this constitutional right, Americans wouldn’t accept the new law. I came to this country with a great respect for the freedom and safety that the Constitution affords its citizens. Condemning the sanctuary law has nothing to do with race or politics. It’s about protecting Americans and their constitutional rights. There’s a long road ahead in fixing our broken immigration system, but, along the way, local law enforcement should cooperate fully with the federal law.)
— Nebraska: A Model for Licensing Reform – Editorial (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981 based on my having a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, c) worked for GAO for 1 year at the GS-9 Step 10 level, currently $72,677, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, f) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and g) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-model-for-licensing-reform-1522795235
— Martin Luther King: ‘We Can’t Keep On Blaming the White Man’ Fifty years after his death, many pay lip service to his ideals, but far too few are following his example. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/martin-luther-king-we-cant-keep-on-blaming-the-white-man-1522792580
— Trump Plunges Ahead With America-First, Nationalist Approach Actions on immigration, trade and U.S. military presence in Syria signal a new phase in presidency – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-plunges-ahead-with-america-first-nationalist-approach-1522793064

FRESNO BEE
— Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox urges Valley cities to reject sanctuary policies – ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article207803219.html

GOVERNING
— Election Expands Liberals’ Presence on Wisconsin Supreme Court
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/Liberals-Expand-Their-Presence-on-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court.html

BLOOMBERG
— It’s So Bad in Illinois Its Bonds Pay Like a Reviled Jersey Mall – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/it-s-so-bad-in-illinois-its-bonds-pay-like-a-reviled-jersey-mall

FORBES
— Why We Are Failing To Win The Arguments For Free Speech – Dr. Wolf von Laer (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2018/04/04/why-we-are-failing-to-win-the-arguments-for-free-speech/#178c7ced76fd

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Sinclair Chairman Claims Entire Print Media Has ‘No Credibility’ – Olivia Nuzzi (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/sinclair-chairman-entire-print-media-has-no-credibility.html

FED WEEK
— More Employees Report Seeing Prohibited Personnel Practices (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I saw my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates commit many PPPs, most commonly, a) discriminating against federal employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made 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 and b) wasting the careers of and getting rid of employees who complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age retaliation, and/or retaliation.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/more-employees-report-seeing-prohibited-personnel-practices/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More federal employees reported in 2016 that they had seen prohibited personnel practices in the workplace than in 2010, MSPB has said in a preview of an upcoming report. A budget-related document notes that until the MSPB board has a quorum—it has lacked one for more than a year although nominees for the two vacant seats recently were named—it cannot issue the kind of studies it conducts regularly into federal personnel issues. However, it gave some detail regarding reports in progress. One shows that in a survey MSPB conducted in 2016, more employees reported observing “PPPs”—which include whistleblower retaliation, various forms of discrimination, decisions not based on merit, and more—compared with a similar survey in 2010. “Notably, only 54 percent of respondents in 2016 indicated that they had observed no PPPs, compared to 78 percent in 2010,” it says. The later survey also found high rates of employees reporting that their agencies are not complying with new PPP created in 2012, that non-disclosure policies must include language stating that the policies do not reduce employee whistleblowing rights. MSPB added that it is working on several other studies that rely in part on the survey data. “Those studies cover areas such as individual drivers of employee engagement, sexual harassment, performance management, effectiveness of the HR workforce, and the Pathways program,” it said.)

April 3 Evening Edition

TAYLORVILLE DAILY NEWS
— Sanguinetti Key to Peace With Ives? (DIERSEN: Who a) has lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, b) knows both Sanguinetti and Ives extremely well, and c) could arrange a productive meeting between the two that would result in a productive meeting between Ives and Rauner?)
http://taylorvilledailynews.com/local-news/355509
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Bruce Rauner has a key issue to deal with as the march toward the general election battle with Democrat J.B. Pritzker moves forward. Rauner needs to mend fences with his primary opponent, State Representative Jeannie Ives, or at least her supporters. Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti could be of help in opening a dialogue. The Lt. Governor says she’s no stranger to the West Point grad. (AUDIO CLIP) Sanguinetti has also shared that she opposed legislation Governor Rauner signed that paved the way for state funded abortions. That was one of the key issues that many believe led to Ives’ surge in popularity.)

CBS2
— Pritzker Favors Higher Tax On Rich To Pay For State Pensions
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/03/illinois-state-pensions-taxes/

NBC5
— Illinois Lawmakers Discuss Legalizing Sports Betting – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-lawmakers-discuss-legalizing-sports-betting-478665023.html
— States, Cities Sue US Over Census Citizenship Question Adding the citizenship demand to the 2020 census questionnaire was an arbitrary decision that will “fatally undermine the accuracy of the population count,” according to the lawsuit – Larry Neumeister (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) side with foreign countries against America and b) side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Census-Citizenship-Question-Lawsuit-478661023.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— White House criticized over lack of diversity in intern program (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at young minorities, at young females, and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/white-house-criticized-over-lack-of-diversity-in-intern-program

WLS AM
— Rauner: “We should be reducing the tax burden, not increasing it.” – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/04/03/rauner-we-should-be-reducing-the-tax-burden-not-increasing-it/
— Pritzker vows to ‘get rid’ of tuition tax credits for private and parochial schools – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/04/03/pritzker-vows-to-get-rid-of-tuition-tax-credits-for-private-and-parochial-schools/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker: Raise state tax rate, boost exemptions while working on a graduated income tax – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-taxes-20180403-story.html
— Chicago’s pension precipice: It’s worse than you thought. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-pensions-rahm-emanuel-20180403-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers weigh sports gambling, as NBA and MLB officials back the idea – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-sports-gambling-20180403-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Catholic Charities to lead community outreach for Chicago’s CityKey ID – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: To give money to Catholic Charities is to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/catholic-charities-to-lead-community-outreach-for-chicagos-citykey-id/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last month, now-failed Republican gubernatorial challenger Jeanne Ives joined forces with the City Council’s lone Republican to oppose using the ID to register to vote. Ives argued then that accepting the municipal ID for voter registration “is literally suborning voter fraud. And the political class in the sanctuary city of Chicago is brazen about this fact.” Emanuel was dismissive: “She should just take her Trump rhetoric out of the city. It doesn’t reflect our values.” Days later, a rival bidder made the politically-explosive claim that printing technology used to create the new ID compromises personal information the city promised to keep confidential to shield illegal immigrants from the threat of deportation. Valencia and Chief Procurement Officer Jamie Rhee flatly denied the charge.)
— Pritzker blasts Rauner’s private school scholarship plan as ‘really bad idea’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-blasts-rauners-private-school-scholarship-plan-as-really-bad-idea/
— Black city workers reported harassed with ‘Judas’ slurs, urine in coffee cup – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/former-council-watchdog-faisal-khan-sheds-more-light-on-water-department-scandal/
— DePaul law professor cries foul when class canceled after use of N-word – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/depaul-law-professor-cries-foul-when-class-canceled-after-use-of-n-word/
— Reflect on Dr. King’s legacy, then pick a cause – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats have picked a cause: Getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/reflect-dr-martin-luther-kings-legacy-then-pick-a-cause-memphis-eric-holder/
— Dr. King’s battle against an epidemic of hatred – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/dr-kings-battle-against-an-epidemic-of-hatred/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan poised for new term as Illinois Democratic Party chairman – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Do you live in one of the congressional district which has a contested race for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman (SCC) – districts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, and 17? If so, what weighted vote does your congressional district have, that is, what percent of all the Republican ballots cast in the March 20, 2018 Republican primary were cast in your congressional district? Have the IRP SCC candidates contacted those who will elect them at Republican County Party Conventions on April 18, 2018? What have those IRP SCC candidates promised to do if elected?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180403/BLOGS02/180409974/madigan-poised-for-new-term-as-state-dem-chair
— Amazon’s HQ2 search is about politics, too – JONI BALTER (DIERSEN: What percent of Amazon employees 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.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180403/OPINION/180409972/amazons-hq2-search-is-about-politics-too

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180403/meet-candidates-sean-casten-nancy-zettler-at-dundee-township-democrats-meeting-april-9

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Frank Vala stepping down from Woodside Township board amid legal question – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180403/frank-vala-stepping-down-from-woodside-township-board-amid-legal-question

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Encouraged by primary success, Northwest Side GOP Club looks to November – W.J. Kennedy
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511381689-encouraged-by-primary-success-northwest-side-gop-club-looks-to-november

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mazzochi touts accountability in 47th House District run – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511381558-mazzochi-touts-accountability-in-47th-house-district-run

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner campaign claims Pritzker has “benefitted from corruption” (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that you have benefitted from, but should not have benefited from? For me, the list includes being White, being male, attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, attending Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, avoiding the draft, being overpaid by the federal government, earning a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, deducting graduate business, accounting, and finance courses, earning six professional certifications, earning a professional license, deducting mortgage interest and real state taxes, getting married, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension, getting federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies, and deducting medical and dental expenses.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/03/rauner-campaign-claims-pritzker-has-benefitted-from-corruption/
— Intrigue surrounds Rauner appointment, firings, park
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/03/intrigue-surrounds-rauner-appointment-firings-park/
— Your suggested topics for Gov. Rauner’s new government newsletter? (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the government and political newsletters that have come and gone since I started sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in 2000.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/03/question-of-the-day-2645/
— Study: Over a third of college students don’t get enough to eat (DIERSEN: Did you have enough to eat while you were a full-time college student? I had enough money not only to eat, but to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) live in the University Plaza in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970, d) live in Lincolnshire West Apartments in DeKalb for the summer session in 1970, and e) graduate from NIU in August of 1970 debt-free and owning that 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I had enough money to do the aforesaid a) because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) because I earned and saved money doing yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I was able to do the aforesaid solely because I avoided the draft.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/03/study-over-a-third-of-college-students-dont-get-enough-to-eat/

GOPUSA
— U.S. bound caravan from Central America pauses in Mexico as leftists defend it (DIERSEN: Treasonous Democrats, treasonous Libertarians, treasonous Greens, and treasonous RINOs have a) always sided with foreign countries against America and b) always sided with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42892

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Time To Send Troops To The Southern Border – Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Eileen Sullivan (DIERSEN: The top priority for all countries is to stop invasions.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27697

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— The American Left, Like ISIS, Uses Children As Shields
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/04/the-american-left-like-isis-uses-children-as-shields/

BLAZE
— Parkland students return to school with mandated clear backpacks — and they are not happy about it – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/03/parkland-students-return-to-school-with-mandated-clear-backpacks-and-they-are-not-happy-about-it

BREITBART
— George Washington University Hosts Post-Easter Workshop to Combat ‘Christian Privilege’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, Who are the leading anti-Christians, anti-Protestants, and leading anti-Missouri Synod Lutherans?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/03/university-hosts-post-easter-workshop-combat-christian-privilege/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Coyote Caravan Coming to Help Progressive Left Take Trump Down – Judi McLeod (DIERSEN: The top priority for all countries is to stop invasions.)
https://canadafreepress.com/article/coyote-caravan-coming-to-help-progressive-left-take-trump-down

THE HILL
— Trump says he will put U.S. military on southern border – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: The top priority for all countries is to stop invasions.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/381435-trump-says-he-will-put-us-military-on-southern-border
— Trump: ‘Fake news networks’ afraid of competition from Sinclair – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/381371-trump-fake-news-networks-afraid-of-competition-from-sinclair

CNN
— Trump says he’ll send the military to the border. Bush and Obama did, too – Catherine Shoichet
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/politics/border-troops-deployed-obama-bush/index.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: NBC News a) sides with foreign countries against America and b) sides with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-caravans-immigrants-are-headed-u-s-what-s-n862136

REUTERS
— Trump: deploy military at U.S.-Mexico border until wall built – Steve Holland (DIERSEN: The top priority for all countries is to stop invasions.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-deploy-military-at-u-s-mexico-border-until-wall-built-idUSKCN1HA1KP

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Plans to Order Military to Guard Border – Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Eileen Sullivan (DIERSEN: The top priority for all countries is to stop invasions.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/politics/trump-border-immigration-caravan.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says he’ll send military to guard U.S.-Mexico border – Seung Min Kim (DIERSEN: The top priority for all countries is to stop invasions.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-threatens-foreign-aid-to-honduras-as-he-continues-focus-on-caravan-of-migrants/2018/04/03/bdd9ac92-3735-11e8-b57c-9445cc4dfa5e_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Washington Post a) sides with foreign countries against America and b) sides with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-caravan-of-migrants-thats-alarmed-president-trump-has-now-stalled/2018/04/03/534b01c2-36aa-11e8-af3c-2123715f78df_story.html
— Short staffing leads to long waits for Social Security disability hearing decisions – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/04/03/short-staffing-leads-to-long-waits-for-social-security-disability-hearing-decisions/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Administration Plans to Check Your Answer on New Census Citizenship Question Census Bureau will mine state and federal records to verify accuracy of responses – Paul Overberg and Janet Adamy (DIERSEN: How many in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/wars, in your county, in Illinois, in America falsely claim to be citizens?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-check-your-answer-on-new-census-citizenship-question-1522781033
— The Hot Debate: Can You Deduct Prepaid Property Taxes? Homeowners rushed to pay their 2018 property taxes last year, but the IRS warned only some are deductible – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: If the SALT cap was $20,000 for married filing jointly, this would be far less of an issue.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hot-debate-can-you-deduct-prepaid-property-taxes-1522747980

FED SMITH
— President’s Management Agenda Reiterates Pay Freeze, Benefits Cuts – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/04/03/presidents-management-agenda-reiterates-pay-freeze-benefits-cuts/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Life at the top: what’s in it for you – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2018/04/life-at-the-top-whats-in-it-for-you/

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC a) sides with foreign countries against America and b) sides with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/02/trump-and-his-troll-army-declare-war-caravan-migrants-fleeing-persecution

GUARDIAN
— Trump is not first president to deploy troops to US-Mexico border
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/03/trump-mexico-wall-military-guards-obama-bush-not-first-president

April 3 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Deerfield Village Board unanimously votes to ban some semi-automatic weapons – Eric Horng
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/deerfield-village-board-unanimously-votes-to-ban-some-semi-automatic-weapons/3294859/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opponents of the ban said it makes Deerfield less safe. “You are the bureaucrats that Thomas Jefferson warned us about,” said Deerfield resident Dan Cox. The new law goes into effect on June 13. Residents who do not remove the banned weapons from their homes by that date face a fine of $1,000 per day.)
— After Easter shooting, Hyde Park neighbors say violent crime is on the rise – Cate Cauguiran
http://abc7chicago.com/hyde-park-neighbors-say-violent-crime-is-on-the-rise/3293953/
— Feds charge 3 as rat poison-laced drugs take toll in Chicago – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel and Barb Markoff
http://abc7chicago.com/feds-charge-3-as-rat-poison-laced-drugs-take-toll-in-chicago/3294313/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity, that is, Democrats promote the destruction of the traditional family.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-transgender-reproduction-20180308-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers to discuss sports betting today – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-sports-gambling-hearing-20180403-story.html
— Trump heats up rhetoric on border, immigration as some supporters grow impatient – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-daca-20180402-story.html
— Pentagon can’t transfer funding to Trump’s border wall, Democratic senators say – Seung Min Kim (DIERSEN: The military’s highest priority is to stop invasion. For many decades, treasonous Democrats and treasonous RINOs have successfully encouraged Mexico and other foreign countries to invade America. Trump was elected to stop that invasion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pentagon-border-wall-funding-20180402-story.html
— Synthetic pot leaves 2 dead, dozens hospitalized in Illinois; 3 arrested in Chicago – Elvia Malagon and Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-update-synthetic-outbreak-investigation-20180402-story.html
— Main bank for Illinois’ medical marijuana industry is pulling out, leaving some operators to deal in cash – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-medical-marijuana-bank-illinois-20180402-story.html
— Maine Township attorney resigns, citing ‘disagreement and controversy’ on divided board – Jennifer Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-maine-township-attorney-tl-0405-story.html
— The nation’s biggest conservative broadcaster is putting words in its anchors’ mouths. Critics blame the FCC. – Brian Fung (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one pays me, so no one calls my tunes. No one puts words in my mouth.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-sinclair-anchor-message-fcc-20180403-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hold fast against the assault on Dr. King’s legacy – Jesse Jackson (DIERSEN: Because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed me for the problems that they had hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/hold-fast-against-the-assault-on-dr-kings-legacy/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180403/rep-bill-foster-at-naperville-forum-congress-must-act-to-end-gun-violence
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame fake news for Trump’s winning the 2016 election. According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for news that they put out or bless.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180403/study-fake-news-might-have-won-donald-trump-the-2016-election

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Midwest loses if immigrants are too scared to complete the census – ROB PARAL AND SARA MCELMURRY (DIERSEN: What percent of “immigrants” who live in the Midwest are in America illegally? The percentage must be extremely high.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180402/OPINION/180409995#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180403

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who will pay for paid family leave? – George Will (DIERSEN: Of course, the answer is those who do not have children. I should write book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. Of course, they not only want Roskam to keep the marriage penalty for those who itemize, they want Roskam to increase the marriage penalty.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180401/george-will-who-will-pay-for-paid-family-leave
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The recent bipartisan budget agreement, which indicates that 10-digit deficits are acceptable to both parties even when the economy is robust, indicates government’s future. So does government’s pregnancy, which was announced nine months ago by this tweet from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.: “In America, no family should be forced to put off having children due to economic insecurity.” The phrase “due to economic insecurity” is a way to avoid saying “until they can afford them.” Evidently it is now retrograde to expect family planning to involve families making plans that fit their resources. Which brings us to the approaching birth of a new entitlement: paid family leave after the birth or adoption of a child. This arrival will coincide with gargantuan deficits produced primarily by existing entitlements.)

JOURNAL COURIER
— Union pay ruling could cost taxpayers $400 million – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: I got many step increases while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working for the Post Office 1966-1969, 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, and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion does Rauner and his supporters have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, Rauner and his supporters have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Union-pay-ruling-could-cost-taxpayers-400-million-12801150.php

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner’s office launches email newsletter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many newsletters that have come and gone since I started sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in 2000.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/04/01/rauners-office-launches-email-newsletter/alc1o9y/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign team has blanketed the airwaves with ads since announcing his re-election bid in October. But on the government operations side, Rauner’s team is looking to reach Illinois residents in a different way: through their email inbox. Rauner’s office on Friday announced the launch of a new email newsletter billed as a way for state residents to stay up to date on Illinois news, issues and events.)

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Algonquin Township Highway Department proposes $250,000 budget for legal fees
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/29/algonquin-township-highway-department-proposes-250-000-budget-for-legal-fees/a9bh1zj/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Grant blames Madigan for dysfunction in Springfield – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511381158-grant-blames-madigan-for-dysfunction-in-springfield
— Khouri making property taxes, pension reform key issues in 49th District race – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511381108-khouri-making-property-taxes-pension-reform-key-issues-in-49th-district-race
— Smith vows to fix broken state in campaign to unseat Kifowit – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511381164-smith-vows-to-fix-broken-state-in-campaign-to-unseat-kifowit

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— When it comes to Illinois’ deficit, how bad is bad? – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/article/2018/apr/03/when-it-comes-illinois-deficit-how-bad-bad/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— On DACA, Trump shifts from dealing with Democrats to damning them – W. James Antle III
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/on-daca-trump-shifts-from-dealing-with-democrats-to-damning-them

WORLD NET DAILY
— U.S. TAXPAYERS GIVE PLANNED PARENTHOOD CASH TO FUND ALL ABORTIONS GAO report cites hundreds of millions received by branches now under investigation – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/u-s-taxpayers-give-planned-parenthood-cash-to-fund-all-abortions/

DAILY CALLER
— Fox News Stands By Ingraham, Slams ‘Agenda-Driven Intimidation Efforts’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/02/fox-news-laura-ingraham-david-hogg-boycott/
— DNC Official Tweets ‘Repeal The Second Amendment’ – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/02/dnc-official-second-amendment/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Doesn’t Have to Wait for Congress to Stop the Illegal Alien Caravan – Chris Reeves
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/04/02/trump-doesnt-have-to-wait-for-congress-to-stop-the-illegal-alien-caravan-n2467101

JP MEDIA
— GOP Sen. Scott: Trump ‘Not a Racist’ but is ‘Racially Insensitive’ – BRIDGET JOHNSON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/scott-trump-not-a-racist-but-is-racially-insensitive/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in using teens as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/381347-the-memo-teens-rankle-the-right-with-gun-activism

HUFFINGTON POST
— Republican Women Running For Office Find Politics Is All About Trump – Lisa Belkin (DIERSEN: What if Trump had campaigned for Ives?)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-women-running-for-office-find-politics-is-all-about-trump_us_5ac28598e4b09712fec358ae

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Malaysia Moves to Ban ‘Fake News,’ Worries About Who Decides the Truth – Hannah Beech (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents 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?)?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/world/asia/malaysia-fake-news-law.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being racists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/opinion/supreme-court-racism-suppression.html
— ‘A Bit of Divine Justice’: Trump Vowed to Change Libel Law. But Not Like This. – Adam Liptak (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am a “public figure” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure) and b) that therefore, they can slander and libel me without worrying that I might sue them for slander or libel. But wait, those same critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that no one knowns who I am, b) that no one knows what I have done, c) that no one knows what I do, and d) that no one reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/us/politics/trump-libel-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Returns to a Hard Line on Immigrants – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/us/politics/trump-immigration-mexico-daca.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/politics/women-campaign-managers-midterms.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump said Sinclair ‘is far superior to CNN.’ What we know about the conservative media giant. – Eli Rosenberg (DIERSEN: What do the Republicans who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois say about GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/04/02/get-to-know-sinclair-broadcast-group-the-conservative-local-news-giant-with-a-growing-reach/
— Trump said ‘DACA is dead’ but his administration approved 55,000 applications just this year – Samantha Schmidt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/03/trump-said-daca-is-dead-but-his-administration-approved-55000-applications-just-this-year/
— The hidden crisis on college campuses: 36 percent of students don’t have enough to eat – Caitlin Dewey (DIERSEN: Did you have enough to eat while you were a full-time college student? I had enough money not only to eat, a) but to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) but to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) but to live in the University Plaza for three semesters 1969-1970, d) to live in Lincolnshire Apartments for the summer session in 1970, and e) but to graduate from NIU in August of 1970 debt-free and owning that 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I had enough money to do the aforesaid a) because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) because I earned and saved money doing yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I was able to do the aforesaid solely because I avoided the draft.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/03/the-hidden-crisis-on-college-campuses-36-percent-of-students-dont-have-enough-to-eat/

USA TODAY
— Jesse Jackson calls on big tech to redouble diversity efforts — and figure out what’s not working (DIERSEN: Should big tech bring in Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in promoting diversity at GAO, that is, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to 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.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/02/jesse-jackson-apple-amazon-facebook-google-redouble-diversity-efforts/474543002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Quotas for Immigration Judges as Trump Administration Seeks Faster Deportations Rules were laid out in a message sent Friday to immigration judges – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: Were quotas imposed on your superiors? All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, Democrat politicians imposed quotas, goals, and targets on my superiors a) to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-judges-face-new-quotas-in-bid-to-speed-deportations-1522696158
— Degree Inflation and Discrimination Could civil-rights laws and ‘disparate impact’ protect job applicants who haven’t finished college? – Frederick M. Hess and Grant Addison (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had an unfair advantage over Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran because 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/degree-inflation-and-discrimination-1522708380

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Western Illinois University Opens Food Bank for Students Western Illinois University has opened a food pantry after a student survey showed a large number of students skipping meals or going hungry. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-01/western-illinois-university-opens-food-bank-for-students

INTERCEPT
— A NEW STUDY SHOWS HOW AMERICAN POLARIZATION IS DRIVEN BY A TEAM SPORT MENTALITY, NOT BY DISAGREEMENT ON ISSUES – Zaid Jilani
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/03/politics-liberal-democrat-conservative-republican/

ROSKAM FOR CONGRESS
— Oversight and Accountability (DIERSEN: On what do you base your knowledge of IRS? I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $96,403-$102,830. I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.roskamforcongress.com/issues/oversight-and-accountability/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, Peter has been leading the fight to reform the IRS and root out the mismanagement and abuse the troubled agency has inflicted upon hardworking taxpayers. When the IRS got caught abusing its power and unfairly targeting conservatives, Peter led the charge to investigate and hold the guilty parties accountable. When the agency tried to use gift taxes to target and diminish charitable donations to conservative groups, Peter passed a law to stop it – scoring a major legislative victory. He will continue to hold the IRS accountable and make sure these abuses never happen again. Peter has been a leading voice fighting to change the culture at the IRS. He wrote and passed into law the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which protects taxpayers and their private information from IRS abuse. He forced the IRS to re-train every one of its employees and hang a copy in every one of its facilities. Through his oversight and accountability work, Peter exposed major abuses of power by the IRS. The agency used strong-arm tactics to seize the assets of law-abiding citizens and small businesses. He is now forcing the IRS to repay every dollar they took and is changing the rules so that it can’t happen again.)

April 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump declares DACA ‘dead,’ calls for border legislation using ‘nuclear option’ – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-declares-daca-dead-calls-for-border-legislation-using-nuclear-option/3292913/
— Type 2 Diabetes: Are You At Risk? – Dr. James Lengemann, Medical Director, Diabetes Services with Edward-Elmhurst Health (DIERSEN: My coming down with type 2 diabetes is a direct result of my spending so much time sitting at my computer putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of exercising.)
http://abc7chicago.com/health/type-2-diabetes-are-you-at-risk/3293346/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the years go by, Americans are getting heavier and less active. These factors are directly related to the increased prevalence of diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 30 million American adults – nearly 10 percent – have been diagnosed with the disease. The majority of people diagnosed with the condition have type 2 diabetes. This type of diabetes occurs when you produce insulin but your body’s cells are unable to use it as efficiently as they should. This leads to the pancreas producing extra insulin to get glucose to your cells but eventually sugar builds up in your blood instead. The main risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes include: Genetics – Your DNA can affect how your body makes insulin African-American, Native American, Asian-American or Hispanic ethnicity Being overweight or obese – a BMI over 25 (my BMI is 30), especially if you carry extra weight around your waist Inactivity Poor nutrition High blood pressure High cholesterol Even if you do not have any of the risk factors for diabetes, you could still develop the disease. In fact, we’re seeing diabetes at younger ages and in populations where it wasn’t prevalent in the past. Even if you’re not at high risk on paper, it’s important to get routine checkups with your primary care physician. He or she can evaluate your blood glucose level with a fasting blood sugar test.)

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Feds bust three for allegedly selling synthetic marijuana at West Side store
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/feds-bust-three-for-allegedly-selling-synthetic-marijuana-at-west-side-store

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use arguments that are outrageous, disgusting, and even worse things to push pot. Who will stand with me against pot? Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot legally, c) they want to make lots on money selling pot, and/or d) they what governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/illinois-opioid-crisis-medical-cannabis-medical-addiction-jama-don-harmon-bruce-rauner/
— Lawmakers shouldn’t compromise on keeping salary history private – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things if you do not shout a) that minorities and females are underpaid and b) that government employees are overpaid. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always shouted that I was overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lawmakers-shouldnt-compromise-on-keeping-salary-history-private/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: It’s a simple concept: Your current pay stub is your business when you apply for a new job. Asking applicants for a salary history helps to perpetuate wage discrimination and the gender pay gap, given women’s long history of unequal pay. Besides that, it’s a turnoff for job seekers across the board, who worry about killing their chances for an interview because they’re already making too much or too little. If an employer offers you a prestigious job that’s worth a big salary, they should pay you that salary regardless of past earnings. If you’re willing to take a pay cut because the job itself is more attractive, that’s a decision you should be able to freely make.)
— The more challengers line up to take on Emanuel for mayor, the better his odds – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-more-challengers-line-up-to-take-on-emanuel-for-mayor-the-better-his-odds/
— Republican Erika Harold breaks with Trump, Rauner on Census citizenship question – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: SEE: https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/gop-candidates-for-attorney-general-gary-grasso-and-erika-harold/ FROM THE ARTICLE: After doing research and speaking personally to both candidates, we highly recommend voting for Gary Grasso. His legal experience, independence and willingness to engage with conservative grassroots activists speaks volumes. Unfortunately, Harold has avoided publicly answering questions from conservative organizations, including failing to respond to candidate surveys from pro-life organizations in the state. It is frustrating to observe her answer questions from liberal media sources but refuse to answer questions (and questionnaires) from pro-life and pro-family groups.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/republican-erika-harold-breaks-with-trump-rauner-on-census-citizenship-question/
— Sinclair bid to control WGN-TV on track as ‘fake stories’ video rocks internet (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for news that they put out or bless.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-sinclair-broadcasting-deadspin-video-fake-news/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois pork farmer on Chinese tariffs: ‘Our worst fears seem to be coming true’ – Greg Trotter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-china-tariffs-illinois-farmers-20180402-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— The prospect for partisanship in local TV news – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the news media acts like it is anti-Trump.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180402/editorial-the-prospect-for-partisanship-in-local-tv-news
— Treasurer candidate Jim Dodge visits Palatine Township GOP Saturday
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180402/treasurer-candidate-visits-palatine-township-gop-saturday
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180402/democrats-meet-with-millennials-in-elgin-on-college-costs-dreamers–

HERALD & REVIEW
— Synthetic pot linked to Central Illinois death – CLAIRE HETTINGER
https://herald-review.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/synthetic-pot-linked-to-central-illinois-death/article_1f9ed74c-7112-5eaa-9b4d-7f22ef460900.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Jason Leviskas, Consultant, Precinct Committeeman finds engagement in politics
http://www.rrstar.com/special/20180402/jason-leviskas-consultant-precinct-committeeman-finds-engagement-in-politics

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Primary uncharacteristically draws more Dems than GOP in Galesburg – Rebecca Susmarski
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180331/primary-uncharacteristically-draws-more-dems-than-gop-in-galesburg

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://nprillinois.org/post/photos-why-they-marched-their-own-words#stream/0

WGLT
— Local Worries Mount As Trump Administration Defangs Consumer Protection Agency – JUDITH VALENTE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with businesses against consumers. They stress the lawsuits that I have filed to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being pro-consumer.)
http://wglt.org/post/local-worries-mount-trump-administration-defangs-consumer-protection-agency#stream/0

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Class action suit accuses Rauner’s campaign of unlawful robocalls soliciting votes – Dan Churney
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511381163-class-action-suit-accuses-rauner-s-campaign-of-unlawful-robocalls-soliciting-votes

METRO EAST SUN
— Hildenbrand stresses need for GOP to unite behind Rauner – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: What does it mean “to unite behind Rauner?” Does it mean dumping those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511379395-hildenbrand-stresses-need-for-gop-to-unite-behind-rauner

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SUBURBAN LAWMAKERS SPONSOR LEGISLATION COMBATING THOSE IRRITATING ROBO-CALLS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/suburban-lawmakers-sponsor-legislation-combatting-those-irritating-robo-calls.html
— THORNER: “EQUAL RIGHTS” SOUNDS GOOD, BUT THE AMENDMENT IS BAD FOR WOMEN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/thorner-equal-rights-sounds-good-but-the-amendment-is-bad-for-women.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives spokesperson says no talks yet with Rauner (DIERSEN: Rauner defeated Ives in the Republican primary by running against the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Maybe Rauner plans on defeating Pritzker in the general election by doing the same thing.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/02/ives-spokesperson-says-no-talks-yet-with-rauner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Day 13: Rauner and Ives Feud Moves into Second Month It’s no April Fool’s joke – Governor Bruce Rauner’s and state Representative Jeanne Ives’ GOP feud is moving into its second month. Thirteen days ago, Ives nearly knocked off the incumbent Rauner by running a primary campaign on his dishonesty and management failures. Now, the calendar turns to April and Rauner has still not spoken with Ives or earned the trust of her supporters. Last week, Ives demanded Rauner run ads apologizing for his dishonesty before she would endorse him. And Ives’ supporters do not sound like they are happy with Rauner’s minimal efforts of reconciliation. “The longer Bruce Rauner lets his feud with Jeanne Ives fester, the harder it will be to bring his divided party back together,” said DGA Illinois Communications Director Sam Salustro. “With his rock-bottom approval ratings, Rauner’s already damaging his failing re-election campaign by allowing this battle to enter its second month.”)
— Rauner urged to move rightward, and whacked for doing so
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/02/rauner-urged-to-move-rightward-and-whacked-for-doing-so/
— Having his cake and eating it without ever baking it
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/02/having-his-cake-and-eating-it-without-ever-baking-it/

GOPUSA
— Judge rules that immigrants in U.S. custody have constitutional right to abortion
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42785

BREITBART
— Donald Trump: ‘Our Country Is Being Stolen’ by Illegals – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/02/donald-trump-country-stolen-illegals/
— Trump Declares ‘No More DACA Deal,’ Border-Crossers Want ‘In On’ Amnesty – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/01/trump-declares-daca-deal-border-crossers-amnesty/
— Mark Zuckerberg Proposes Facebook ‘Supreme Court’ to Rule on ‘Hate Speech’ – LUCAS NOLAN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything is hate speech except for what they put out or bless.)
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/04/02/mark-zuckerberg-proposes-facebook-supreme-court-to-rule-on-hate-speech/
— Poll: 77 Percent Believe Traditional Media Guilty of Fake News – NATE CHURCH (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/04/02/poll-77-percent-believe-traditional-media-guilty-of-fake-news/

BLAZE
— Ingraham’s advertisers continue to bail — but the real story is who’s actually behind the boycott – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that boycott me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are behind the boycott. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they 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.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/02/ingrahams-advertisers-continue-to-bail-but-the-real-story-is-whos-actually-behind-the-boycott
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As with past Fox News advertiser boycotts, far-left media watchdog Media Matters — which was founded by longtime Clinton ally David Brock and is funded in part by George Soros — orchestrated the boycott and used the far-left’s grassroots to apply pressure on companies whose ads appear during Ingraham’s weekday program. Last Thursday, Media Matters published an article detailing which companies advertised on Ingraham’s show between March 19 and March 28, in addition to how many times an ad for each company appeared.)

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Shall We Crucify Laura Ingraham? – Craig Shirley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27686

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Howard University Students Hold Building Hostage (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, it offered either no reimbursement for tuition for job-related college courses or just a token reimbursement. My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used that non-reimbursement policy to justify their not taking job-related college courses. Nevertheless, I spent a tremendous amount of my own time and my own money taking courses to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, earning three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, and earning two job-related professional certifications in 1979 and 1981.)
https://www.academia.org/howard-university-students-hold-building-hostage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Protesting Howard University students have occupied an administrative building on the college campus and have refused to leave unless their demands were met. The protests started when an anonymous blogger published an article alleging the misuse of tuition reimbursement funding for at least seven university employees, which was never made public last year.)

THE HILL
— Trump campaign employee sues to void nondisclosure agreement – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/381249-employee-of-trumps-2016-campaign-team-sues-to-void-nondisclosure

WASHINGTON POST
— Five Democratic arguments that might resonate in the suburbs – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican Party leaders in Illinois who talk and/or act like they want to win over the Democrat Party base a) by dumping the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) by dumping individuals, 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.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/04/02/five-democratic-arguments-that-might-resonate-in-the-suburbs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats seem to be coming to the realization that their traditional base — single women, minorities, young voters, college-educated voters, urban dwellers — is perfectly compatible with other demographic cross-sections of America (e.g. married women, suburbanites, #NeverTrump Republicans). Moreover, occasional voters (e.g. millennials) can become spirited activists and off-year voters if given enough reason to turn out. There is no shortage of issues that can bring together all these voters. We’ll start with just five that might resonate in the suburbs, with college-educated women and with disaffected Republicans — and also, in some cases, might help turn out traditional Democratic constituents.)
— Trump administration, seeking to speed deportations, to impose quotas on immigration judges – Nick Miroff (DIERSEN: Were quotas imposed on your superiors? All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, Democrat politicians imposed quotas, goals, and targets on my superiors a) to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-seeking-to-speed-deportations-to-impose-quotas-on-immigration-judges/2018/04/02/a282d650-36bb-11e8-b57c-9445cc4dfa5e_story.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— U.S. Judge in Chicago: Jury Pay Raise Could Improve Diversity The chief judge for U.S. District Court in Chicago says a pay raise for federal jurors in a bill signed by President Donald Trump could improve the jury diversity. – AP (DIERSEN: This presupposes that those who are minority, female, younger, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time have less money than those who are White, male, older, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-02/us-judge-in-chicago-jury-pay-raise-could-improve-diversity

NEWSWEEK
— WARREN BUFFETT’S SON HOWARD CRITICIZES TRUMP AND OBAMA FOR BORDER WALL, DRUG EPIDEMIC – BENJAMIN FEARNOW (DIERSEN: How much have you benefited from what your father did? My outstanding father died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, sent me and my brother to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
http://www.newsweek.com/howard-buffett-warren-buffett-border-wall-cochise-county-arizona-macon-county-868924

BUSINESS INSIDER
— New York just became the first state to try to help people dodge a big change in the new GOP tax law — and it could backfire – Bob Bryan (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-gop-tax-law-new-york-state-local-taxes-salt-deduction-2018-4

FED SMITH
— Lawmakers Want GAO to Take a Fresh Look at Time and Attendance Abuse – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/04/02/lawmakers-want-fresh-look-time-attendance-abuse/

April 1 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What were you doing 40 years ago today? My wife Karen and I were getting married at her Catholic church in Chicago. We both worked in downtown Chicago. I had worked for IRS since 1971 and she had worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions since 1970. In today’s dollars, IRS paid me $89,178/year. We used her savings for the down payment to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton and we used the profit from the sale of my one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building to buy a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevy Chevette. I soon sold my 1962 Chevy BelAir and I continued to store my 1972 Corvette in my mother’s garage in Crete. I took graduate accounting courses at DePaul’s downtown building and Karen soon started taking courses there toward a bachelor’s degree in finance. Because of Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on us, IRS had disallowed all the graduate business courses that I had taken at Loyola and all the graduate accounting courses that I had taken at DePaul. Eventually, I won a split decision in Tax Court. The judge imposed a new rule that you cannot deduct accounting courses until you are qualified to take the CPA examination. I continued to rent out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I sold it in 1984 when we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For the Department of Veterans Affairs, a Trump toady – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: Who/what are you a toady for? I am a toady for the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Will those who dominate the IRP work even harder in the future to water down, to emasculate, and to destroy the aforesaid documents? Will they succeed in electing IRP State Central Committee members on April 18, 2018 who will appoint members to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee who will water down, emasculate, and destroy the IRP platform?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-jackson-shulkin-veterans-0401-20180330-story.html
– Fact check: Trump administration departs from reality on wall, census, Amazon – AP (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/nationworld/politics/factcheck/ct-fact-check-trump-wall-census-amazon-20180331-story.html
— Republican candidate for 9th District state Senate stresses fiscal responsibility, help for foster kids – Genevieve Bookwalter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who, since the 1980s, have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. They viciously demonize us, denigrate us, and condemn us as being selfish rich DINKs (dual income, no kids). They glorify and praise themselves for having kids.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-lasonde-senate-republican-tl-0405-20180331-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Rage, riots and ruin Parts of Chicago’s West Side were destroyed after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death in 1968. Some haven’t recovered – Tony Briscoe and Ese Olumhense
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180401/281505046776875
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote diversity. Democrats would NOT promote diversity if the majority of minorities, females, younger people, poor people, recent immigrants, non-Protestants, non-gun-owners, etc. voted for Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-india-mall-patel-grocery-st-0401-20180331-story.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois should switch to a non-partisan primary ballot. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats are morale relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. How many Democrats in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a) cast Republican ballots in primary elections to do whatever damage that they can and b) vote for Democrats in general elections. Why did 105 in my precinct cast Republican primary ballots and voted for either Rauner/Sanguinetti or Ives/Morthland, but in the uncontested races, only 81 voted for Helland, only 81 voted for Senger, only 80 voted for Dodge, only 87 voted for Roskam, only 84 voted for Connelly, only 78 voted for Ruscitti, only 81 voted for Cronin, only 80 voted for Hinds, only 84 voted for Henry, only 75 voted for Cantore, only 76 voted for Wilson, only 75 voted for Mackay, and only 77 voted for me. Maybe 21 to 30 of those who cast Republican primary ballots in my precinct are Democrats.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-change-ballots-change-turnout/article_86445a9a-42cb-5094-87e4-27f3917407b1.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner, state need to move ahead on workers’ raises – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180331/our-view-rauner-state-need-to-move-ahead-on-workers-raises
— Trump needs to name top prosecutor for Central Illinois – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180331/our-view-trump-needs-to-name-top-prosecutor-for-central-illinois

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Chamber’s diversity and inclusion sessions start May 2 – Steve Eighinger (DIERSEN: To promote diversity and inclusion is to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.whig.com/20180401/chambers-diversity-and-inclusion-sessions-start-may-2#//

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Galesburg Democratic vote increases in 2018 primary – Rebecca Susmarski
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180331/galesburg-democratic-vote-increases-in-2018-primary

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Trump tariffs threaten Midwest, Q-C farmers – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-trump-tariffs-threaten-midwest-q-c-farmers/article_c37e1ba3-e84d-5d37-b8fb-692a38ad0d9d.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— What A Booming Economy Means For The Midterms – ASMA KHALID (DIERSEN: Because the economy is booming under Trump, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) will belittle/badmouth that and b) will 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 even worse things.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/what-booming-economy-means-midterms#stream/0

WSIL TV
— Will the #NeverAgain actually have an impact? – Andrew Feather (DIERSEN: What impact does #NeverAgain want? From what I see, #NeverAgain wants to get rid of 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, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37853762/will-the-neveragain-actually-have-an-impact

WASHINGTON TIMES
— David Hogg would’ve made a good brownshirt – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/30/david-hogg-wouldve-been-good-brownshirt/
— Trump says The Washington Post should register as ‘lobbyist’ – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/31/donald-trump-says-washington-post-should-register-/
— Trump blasts Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown for pardoning illegal immigrants – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/31/donald-trump-blasts-jerry-brown-calif-governor-par/

BREITBART
— Ann Coulter: ‘Former Trumpers Should Put the Fear of God’ in Trump as Border Wall Remains Unbuilt – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/31/ann-coulter-former-trumpers-should-put-the-fear-of-god-in-trump-as-border-wall-remains-unbuilt/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Weeks ago, Trump set off a firestorm among his base of supporters when he signed off on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s omnibus spending bill that does not include a single provision from the president’s 70-point list of pro-American immigration reforms. Those reforms include building a wall along the southern border, ending chain migration (which would cut legal immigration in half), mandating E-Verify to ban employers from hiring illegal aliens, and ending the “Catch and Release” program that releases illegal aliens into the interior of the country. At the time, Coulter blasted Trump, saying “in one generation,” the U.S. would become South Africa.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hogg’s tantrum boycott about to crash headlong into a bigger one – Monica Showalter (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that boycott me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/03/hoggs_tantrum_boycott_about_to_crash_headlong_into_a_bigger_one.html
— America Not to Blame for Mexico’s Problems – John Massoud
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/03/america_not_to_blame_for_mexicos_problems.html

TOWNHALL
— 20 Questions You’re Not Supposed to Ask in 2018 America – John Hawkins
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2018/03/31/20-questions-youre-not-supposed-to-ask-in-2018-america-n2466241

PJ MEDIA
— In France, ‘Diversity’ Claims Two More Innocent Lives – MICHAEL WALSH
https://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/france-diversity-claims-two-innocent-lives/

NEW AMERICAN
— “Conservative” Gov. Kasich Praises Anti-gun March; Gets Liberal-NeoCon Boost for 2020 White House Bid – William F. Jasper
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/28639-conservative-gov-kasich-praises-anti-gun-march-gets-liberal-neocon-boost-for-2020-white-house-bid

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brother of Parkland shooting victim disagrees with David Hogg, says he was snubbed from March for our Lives – Katie Leach
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/brother-of-parkland-shooting-victim-disagrees-with-david-hogg-about-march-for-our-lives-snub

THE HILL
— Social media users criticize White House interns lack of diversity – JACQUELINE THOMSEN (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at young people and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/381088-social-media-users-criticize-white-house-interns-lack-of-diversity

AOL NEWS
— Roseanne Barr strikes back against criticism: ‘Diversity of opinion is part of diversity’ – JENNIFER KLINE
https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/03/31/roseanne-barr-strikes-back-against-criticism-diversity-of-opinion-is-part-of-diversity/23400111/

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Marriage between elites widens class gap, researchers say Upper-income students marry at higher rates than their lower-income peers. – Kevin Carey (DIERSEN: Since 1978, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I got married and that I am still married 40 years later. They paint me as being someone who no one would marry or stay married to. Many, if not most, of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have never been married, b) are divorced, c) have serious marital problems, and/or d) have spouses who have little or no income or assets.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/29/upshot/college-marriage-class-differences.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being a racist if you do not glorify and praise minorities, pander to minorities, serve as an operative or a dupe for minorities, and/or give money to minorities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/opinion/sunday/spiro-agnew-mlk.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says ‘no more’ DACA deal and threatens to ‘stop’ NAFTA if Mexico does not better secure border – Philip Rucker (DIERSEN: What if America declared war on Mexico and a) sent many millions of American citizens into Mexico illegally, b) kept many millions of American citizens in Mexico illegally, and c) sent many mountains of illegal drugs into Mexico illegally?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/04/01/deal-on-daca-no-more-trump-says/

BOSTON HERALD
— Pope quoted as saying there’s no hell – Brian Dowling (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always talked and acted like there is no hell. My churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always talked and acted like being a member of a church, attending church services, and/or giving money to a church gives them license to sin.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2018/04/pope_quoted_as_saying_there_s_no_hell
— Study: Bias in jobs with highest pay White-to-black ratio ‘wide’ – AP (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were minority and/or female not only more for the same work, but more for lesser work, including one example in which GAO paid one of my subordinates who was a minority, a female, and a veteran more than it paid me. She had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, no professional certifications, and no professional licenses. I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325; almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; three job-related master’s degrees; six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2018/04/study_bias_in_jobs_with_highest_pay

INDIANA GAZETTE
— Integration now and forever – David Brooks (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation. Democrats want members of Group A to become the voting majorities in precincts, in municipalities, in townships/wards, in counties, in states, and in America so that they have enough voting power to get rid of members of Group B once and for all. Members of Group A are anti-Trump supporters, 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/integration-now-and-forever/article_26c787f4-677d-5a14-8142-ee4e09b18254.html

GAZETTE
— Four tips for creating a diverse workforce – Wilford H. Stone (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/four-tips-for-creating-a-diverse-workforce-20180331

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— We all must fight realities of racism – ESTHER J. CEPEDA (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at young people and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/esther-j-cepeda-we-all-must-fight-realities-of-racism/article_50453e4d-cefb-53f9-a815-cdb3ecd18e33.html

FORBES
— Hogg’s Advertising Boycott Is Not Suppressing Ingraham’s Free Speech – Fruzsina Eordogh (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that boycott me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/fruzsinaeordogh/2018/03/31/hoggs-advertising-boycott-is-not-suppressing-ingrahams-free-speech/#474440153921

BLOOMBERG
— How Facebook Helps Shady Advertisers Pollute the Internet “They go out and find the morons for me.” – Zeke Faux (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS does not seek, nor will it accept, any kind of advertising. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the more advertising that is on a website or an email, the more legitimate and credible that website or email is.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-27/ad-scammers-need-suckers-and-facebook-helps-find-them
— Why pay equality is still out of reach – CLAIRE SUDDATH, DAVID HELLIER, LUCY MEAKIN, STEPHEN MORRIS, SUZI RING, AND JANET PASKIN (DIERSEN: The Illinois Equal Pay Act requires men and women to be paid the same for similar work. If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees not only more for the same work, but more for lesser work, including one example in which GAO paid one of my subordinates who was a female, a minority, and a veteran more than it paid me. She had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, no professional certifications, and no professional licenses. I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325; almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; three job-related master’s degrees; six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.scribd.com/article/375119358/Why-Pay-Equality-Is-Still-Out-Of-Reach

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters See Reporters As More Anti-Trump These Days
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/march_2018/voters_see_reporters_as_more_anti_trump_these_days

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— IRS Collected $3.4 Trillion in 2017, Gave Out $437 Billion in Refunds – ISAAC M. O’BANNON (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
http://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/news/12405718/irs-collected-34-trillion-in-2017-gave-out-437-billion-in-refunds

DAILY MAIL
— 50 years later, echoes of 1968 resonate in U.S. (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5566261/50-years-later-echoes-1968-resonate-US.html

INDEPENDENT
— Company gender pay gap reporting is already helping, and will continue to help tackle inequalities The historical evidence, such as Northern Ireland’s attempt to reduce the gap between Catholic and Protestant employment, suggests that when it comes to various dimensions of equality in the workplace, some information is better than no information – Ben Chu (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton and/or in Glen Ellyn who discriminate against those who are not a member of their church.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gender-pay-gap-reporting-inequality-companies-northern-ireland-catholic-protestant-julian-jessop-a8283641.html