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March 15 Evening Edition

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Conservative Jeanne Ives Gains Ground on Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner in Primary Race – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/bruce-rauner-primary-challenger-gains-ground/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner has alienated the Republican base by taking moderate positions in deep-blue Illinois, signing sanctuary-state legislation and bills that allocated taxpayer funding for abortion. He is currently polling at 42 percent to Ives’s 35 percent, according to an internal poll released yesterday by Ogden & Fry.)

POLITICO
— Democrats meddle in Illinois GOP primary The Democratic Governors Association is running an ad calling Gov. Bruce Rauner’s primary challenger, Jeanne Ives, ‘too conservative’ for the state. – NATASHA KORECKI and DANIEL STRAUSS (DIERSEN: Who calls you “too conservative?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am “too conservative” a) because I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/illinois-rauner-jeanne-ives-primary-democratic-ad-419484

ABC7
— Primary race for governor heads into home stretch – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/primary-race-for-governor-heads-into-home-stretch/3221128/

NBC5
— GOP Watches Vote Count in Pa. House Race, Seeks Complaints Election officials in the four counties in the Pittsburgh-area district had identified about 400 uncounted provisional, military and overseas ballots by Thursday – Marc Levy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Pennsylvania-House-Race-Lamb-Saccone-476937843.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? According to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A, those who are members of Group B should pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion. Members of Group A 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 longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lookingglass-theatre-plantation-kevin-douglas-natalie-moore/
— Kennedy, Biss spar over who should drop out of race, Pritzker drops from sight – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-urges-pritzker-to-drop-out-pritzker-campaign-responds-with-eye-roll/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County judge returning to work after acquittal in gun incident – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/dupage-county-judge-returning-to-work-after-acquittal-in-gun-incident
— Echoes of Al Capone heard in today’s gun-control debate – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/echoes-of-al-capone-heard-in-todays-gun-control-debate
— Kane County judge hopefuls diverge on top needs and priorities – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/kane-county-judge-hopefuls-diverge-on-top-needs-and-priorities
— 11th GOP hopefuls differ on future of ‘Dreamers’ – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/11th-gop-hopefuls-differ-on-future-of-dreamers

WTTW
— VIDEO: Governor’s Race Forum: Republican Jeanne Ives
http://video.wttw.com/video/3010371670/

WBEZ
— Rauner: Replace Legionnaires’-Stricken VA Home With New ‘Ultra-Modern’ Facility – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-replace-legionnairesstricken-va-home-with-new-ultramodern-facility/9b5e1bb3-c505-4341-b6d5-093438d11580

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— McCann says Rauner threatened to ‘destroy’ him in 2015 over vote – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180315/mccann-says-rauner-threatened-to-destroy-him-in-2015-over-vote

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Ives asks Savoy rally attendees if they’re ‘ready to turn state upside down’ – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-15/ives-asks-savoy-rally-attendees-if-theyre-ready-turn-state-upside-down.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Tea Party PAC backs Republican challenger James Marter in 16th District
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/15/tea-party-pac-backs-republican-challenger-in-16th-district/a7907ep/

MORTON COURIER
— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti visits with Courier writer to discuss key issues – ADAM LARCK
http://www.courierpapers.com/morton_courier/article_f49e2a3a-27b5-11e8-a145-c34acfba2d45.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County judge acquitted in reckless conduct case assigned to administrative duties Patrick O’Shea allegedly discharged gun last fall in Wheaton apartment – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/15/dupage-county-judge-acquitted-in-reckless-conduct-case-assigned-to-administrative-duties/ax23kuk/

WJBD RADIO
— Pritzker Denies Offshore Accounts Voided Taxes – AP (DIERSEN: If I sought a government or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that I improperly avoided federal taxes and that I took advantage of loopholes. They would stress a) that I deducted what I paid for tuition and books to take graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997, b) that I deducted what paid for mortgage interest until the 1990s and real estate taxes and state income tax every year since 1972, and c) that I have itemized every year since 1972.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/15/pritzker-denies-offshore-accounts-voided-taxes

WLS AM
— Rauner: Teachers should not be armed – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/14/rauner-teachers-should-not-be-armed/

WSIL TV
— Illinois candidates at all levels rake in campaign cash – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37726019/illinois-candidates-at-all-levels-rake-in-campaign-cash

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Response to DGA Ads On policy, Rauner and the DGA are two sides of the same counterfeit bill.
https://mailchi.mp/cb7ed0b5c072/ives-response-to-dga-ads-rauner-and-the-dga-are-two-sides-of-the-same-counterfeit-bill
— Ives Closes, Rauner Hides No Show for Chicago Tonight; Tribune’s Kass Opines
https://mailchi.mp/22da54095586/ives-closes-rauner-hides

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— “This Isn’t Smoke. This Is Fire.” Ives to Call for Action on Inspector General Complaint Against Rauner
https://mailchi.mp/0d3d2d00ec9b/this-isnt-smoke-this-is-fire

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Did Rauner staff do political work on taxpayer dime?
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-did-rauner-staff-do-political-work-on-taxpayer-dime/

CAPITOL FAX
— New DGA ads bash Jeanne Ives, Bruce Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/new-dga-ad-bashes-jeanne-ives/
— Report: Regressive property tax adjustments made poor pay more, rich pay less
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/report-regressive-property-tax-adjustments-made-poor-pay-more-rich-pay-less/
— Fact-checking Kennedy on retirement income tax and legalizing marijuana
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/fact-checking-kennedy-on-retirement-income-tax-and-legalizing-marijuana/
— Rauner said he didn’t know what “pants on fire” meant
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/rauner-said-he-didnt-know-what-pants-on-fire-meant/

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHICAGO GOP TO FILE LAWSUIT OVER STUDENT WALKOUT Accuse public schools of ‘political indoctrination, pure and simple’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/chicago-gop-to-file-lawsuit-over-student-walkout/

BLAZE
— California appoints illegal alien to state government post – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/15/california-appoints-illegal-alien-to-state-government-post

BREITBART
— Western Journal: Facebook’s Algorithm Change Disproportionately Hits Conservative Sites – ALLUM BOKHARI
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/15/western-journal-facebooks-algorithm-change-disproportionately-hits-conservative-sites/
— Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by More than 1.3 Million Since Trump’s Inauguration – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/15/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-1-3-million-since-trumps-inauguration/
— CNN Exploits Holocaust, Suggests ICE Agents are Nazis – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that anti-Trumps will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Nazi: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/03/15/cnn-exploits-holocaust-suggests-ice-agents-nazis/

USA TODAY
— Illinois Democrats wage brutal, pricey primary fight in governor’s race – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/15/illinois-democrats-primary-governors-pritzker-kennedy-biss/428258002/

U.S. NEW & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Loses Out as Companies Move Out Budget woes and political chaos have businesses and workers fleeing Illinois. – Anna Marie Tomczyk
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2018-03-15/companies-want-out-of-illinois

March 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) held an outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, March 14, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. MTRCC Committeemen voted to recommend John Monino to fill the Marty Kelly Milton Township Trustee vacancy. Attendees included Almiron, Berlin, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Chinchilla, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Eckhoff, Elliott, Falbo, Fawell, Fitch, Galvin, Grant, Heidorn, Hinkle, Jacobsen, Keller, Kinzler, A. & C. LeVan, Lofgren, Lollino, MacKay, McGowen, Menna, Minor, Monino, Muehlfelt, B. Murphy, Nathwani, Prater, Rash, Romano, Ryan, Shaw, Slinger, Tatro, Wehling, Wiley, C & J. Zaruba, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

WGN RADIO
— Will it be difficult for Republicans to back Governor Rauner if he defeats Jeanne Ives? – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2018/03/14/will-it-be-difficult-for-republicans-to-back-governor-rauner-if-he-defeats-jeanne-ives/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Attempt to override Rauner gun veto put off as assault weapons restrictions approved – Monique Garcia, Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-guns-20180314-story.html
— Illinois pushes ahead with gun curbs after Rauner veto – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il-xgr–gun-legislation-20180314-story.html
— Pritzker called ‘liar,’ ‘fraud’ during final Democratic governor debate – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-democratic-governor-debate-pritzker-kennedy-biss-20180314-story.html
— New wage requirements will deliver ‘devastating blow’ to Southland development, mayors say – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: What is the prevailing wage for those who have education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses comparable to what you have? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-tax-incentives-opposition-st-0315-20180314-story.html#new_tab

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame “politicians” for gun violence.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chicago-79-dead-guns-2018-politicians-rauner-enough/
— Judge duns U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush for delinquent loan, taps his congressional pay – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-duns-u-s-rep-bobby-rush-for-delinquent-loan-taps-his-congressional-pay/
— Candidates change, but political tactics remain the same – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/candidates-change-but-political-tactics-remain-the-same/
— Students gather at City Hall, condemn school closings as acts of violence – Julie Whitehair
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/students-gather-at-city-hall-condemn-school-closings-as-acts-of-violence/

DAILY HERALD
— Ex-Lake County coroner Thomas Rudd pleads guilty to disregarding election law – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180314/ex-lake-county-coroner-pleads-guilty-to-disregarding-election-law
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: San Francisco one of few US cities with marijuana lounges – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180315/news/303159990/
— Mendrick: Unquestioned integrity for DuPage sheriff – John Millner, Elmhurst
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180315/unquestioned-integrity-for-dupage-sheriff
— At last, public knows of deception in Lisle merger drive – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180314/editorial-at-last-public-knows-of-deception-in-lisle-merger-drive

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— These Chicago suburbs are seeing white flight – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180314/CRED0701/180319958/chicago-suburbs-seeing-white-flight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 24 census tracts mostly clustered in the southern end of Cook County, around places like Lynwood, Matteson and Homewood, the share of the white population declined at least one-quarter during that decade. The raw number of the decline had to be at least 100 people to be counted in Kye’s study. While data for other suburban Chicago counties are not reported in Kye’s paper, he dug into the data at Crain’s request and found seven census tracts in northeastern Will County, around Bolingbrook and Romeoville, and three scattered tracts in DuPage County that met his study’s criteria. There were none in Lake, Kane or McHenry counties, Kye said.)
— A startup for you debt-burdened millennials – ARI BENDERSKY (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for tuition, books, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and room and board at NIU 1969-1970 (three semesters at University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) and then a summer session at Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/ ) came from my part-time Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1969 that paid $15.85-$16.91 an hour in today’s dollars and my part-time jobs working on a Chrysler automobile assembly line in Belvidere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Assembly_Plant) and as a security guard at the University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180315/ISSUE01/180319983
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There was a time when job seekers weighed benefits like medical coverage, retirement accounts and in-office kegerators before accepting an offer. Today, with tens of millions of Americans weighed down by student loan debt, applicants also are judging would-be employers by whether they’ll chip in on those college bill payments. Chicago’s Peanut Butter is there to help companies offer that perk. In 2014, while working as senior director of business development at Sears Holdings, David Aronson, 36, read something that startled him: Most people in their 20s and 30s weren’t making maximum contributions to their 401(k) accounts because their student loan payments – a 2015 college graduate left school owing $34,000 on average – sucked away too much of their disposable income.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Senate passes gun bills, participates in walk out – Brenden Moore and Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180314/illinois-senate-passes-gun-bills-participates-in-walk-out

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Crystal Lake gun range sees overwhelming response to concealed carry lessons for teachers On Target plans to host course exclusively for school employees – KATIE SMITH
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/14/crystal-lake-gun-range-sees-overwhelming-response-to-concealed-carry-lessons-for-teachers/a43e0bh/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/12/mchenry-county-students-join-nationwide-walkout-in-protest-of-gun-violence/aow1yvx/
— McHenry County facing shortage of homes for less than $200K Current market has far more buyers than sellers – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/13/mchenry-county-facing-shortage-of-homes-for-less-than-200k/auy39py/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Special election rebuff builds Trump’s losing streak.”
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/special-election-rebuff-builds-trump-s-losing-streak/article_40181c06-de2e-5ffc-9875-fc186b1731ee.html

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Candidates want downstate votes. Have they paid enough attention to Southern Illinoisans? – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article204683134.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner’s big lie about Ives – SCOTT REEDER
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/rauner-s-big-lie-about-ives/article_2079139f-1ed6-5ca3-94d4-40efec964ea6.html
— Negative ads justified, let voters decide truth – HOHN DONALD O’SHEA
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/negative-ads-justified-let-voters-decide-truth/article_fc5fcfff-1543-5185-856e-4087e0c49b26.html

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Preliminary OK given for video gambling to continue in St. Charles Final vote for reauthorization expected to take place March 19 – MARTHA QUETSCH (DIERSEN: If you promote video gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/03/12/preliminary-ok-given-for-video-gambling-to-continue-in-st-charles/aijc9xb/

TIMES
— First, let’s kill all the political consultants – Jim Nowlan
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-first-let-s-kill-all-the-political-consultants/article_dce78a99-d5ee-5d54-bd6b-feb9a21a311f.html

WSIL TV
— Jeanne Ives campaigns in Marion, calls out Rauner – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37727839/jeanne-ives-campaigns-in-marion-calls-out-rauner

WJBD
— Gun Curbs Get Illinois Senate OK, Wait-Period Plan to Rauner Senate Approves Ban on Bump Stops and Age Limit to Own Assault-Style Weapons – AP
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/14/gun-curbs-get-illinois-senate-ok-waitperiod-plan-to-rauner

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://nprillinois.org/post/money-and-legal-weed-debate-illinois#stream/0

PRO PUBLICA ILLINOIS
— How Do We Keep Bias Out of Stories? We stick with the facts, and several editors read every story. – Jason Grotto (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens dominate the news media in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, in Wheaton, in etc. For those Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens, something is news only if it can be a) spun to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, or the Green Party platform or b) spun to badmouth the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/ask-ppil-on-bias-in-journalism#new_tab

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chapter Eight: Money Can’t Buy You Love
https://mailchi.mp/c7353e59a004/rauner-record-revealed-money-cant-buy-you-love

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Sunshine Week…….except in the Office of Illinois Governor Rauner – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/sunshine-week-except-in-the-office-of-illinois-governor-rauner/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump pushes again for ‘Phase Two’ of tax cuts – Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the $10,000 SALT cap should be increased to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/14/trump-pushes-again-phase-two-tax-cuts/

NEWSMAX
— Lamb’s Win Points to GOP Losing 60 House Seats, Senate Control – John Gizzi
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/conor-lamb-gop-house-senate/2018/03/14/id/848686/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Now Inclusion Means Exclusion – KYLE SMITH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/college-students-value-inclusion-over-free-speech-poll/

WORLD NET DAILY
— FACEBOOK’S WAR ON ‘CONSERVATIVE’ SITES Joseph Farah on how ‘politically motivated gatekeeper’ manipulates users
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/facebooks-war-on-conservative-sites/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is true that what I call “independent media” are facing monumental obstacles intentionally placed in their way by companies like Facebook. But Facebook is hardly alone in this regard. Another big player in the war on independent media is Google. This one has had a more dramatically negative impact on WND. You might not know it, but back in the day when Google gave preference to the most viewed breaking news stories on the internet, WND fared very well. But Google changed its algorithms, too. Today, the Google News page, which regularly featured WND content years ago, is devoid of any. In fact, WND is not even viewed as a legitimate news content provider. Why? It might have something to do with the gatekeepers Google has partnered with to define news. One of them is the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far left-wing money machine that is not southern, doesn’t fight poverty but increases it, scarcely practices law and doesn’t respect it, and an outfit about which the word “center” should never be associated in any way. The SPLC considers me a racist and a hate-monger in its annual reports and regards WND, my creation, no more charitably. When I launched WND, then known as WorldNetDaily, more than 20 years ago, the idea was to use this new level playing field with a low barrier to entry to reinvigorate the American press by returning it to what it was intended to be – an important check on government power and overreach, waste, fraud, abuse and corruption in high places. It worked initially. WND was propelled by audiences to become one of the very top-ranked news sites in the world. That was before Google took over pre-eminence among search engines. Since then, Google has made it a mission to ensure any search traffic that goes our way is an accident. I’m not exaggerating. Google news alerts typically don’t even recognize WND stories until 24 hours after they break. The point here is simple. Is the world better off with more diversity of opinion, more reporting from different viewpoints? Facebook doesn’t think so. Google doesn’t think so. And this Digital Cartel has made part of its mission the stamping out of all meaningful ideological diversity in online media.)
— CONFIRMED: FACEBOOK’S ALGORITHM HURTING CONSERVATIVES But recent change boosting liberal sites
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/confirmed-facebooks-algorithm-hurting-conservatives/

LOS ANGLES TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF LAMB IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Tax-cut law may not lift GOP up this fall – Chathleen Decker (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the Republicans should raise the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.courier-tribune.com/news/20180314/what-does-loss-in-special-election-mean-for-gop-tax-message

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White Men Challenge Workplace Diversity Efforts Several recent legal cases have implications for recruiting in the tech industry as it faces continued scrutiny over lack of diversity – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: Will the tech industry bring in Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in promoting diversity at GAO, that is, he had great success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO employees like me who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who failed 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-men-challenge-workplace-diversity-efforts-1521036001
— Trump Floats Idea on Extending Dreamer Protections GOP aides say DACA extension could be tied to border-wall funding – Kristina Peterson and Laura Meckler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-floats-idea-on-extending-dreamer-protections-1521054232

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Happiest country on Earth is Finland – Jane Onyanga-Omara (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am not happy enough. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should be happy that they have not harmed me more than they already have. If you were me, how would you deal with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/03/14/worlds-happiest-country-finland/419674002/

March 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Questions about spending of taxpayer money fuel movement to abolish township government – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: What do you know about township government? I have watched the Milton Township government, its officials, and its employees since 1999. Wednesday evening, I will be voting on recommending a replacement to fill the Marty Keller Milton Township Trustee vacancy. I should write a book about a) those who promote township government who accuse me of using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to harm township government and b) those who oppose township government who accuse me of using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to promote township government.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-townships-abolish-20180308-story.html
— Kennedy wants progressive groups involved in state party – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Political parties use their operatives and their dupes to destroy groups like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chris-kennedy-illinois-governor-20180312-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kennedy said “incredible” groups such as the “indivisible” movement “have cropped up and they’ve cropped up outside of the Democratic Party because the leadership and the infrastructure is not welcoming.” “We’re developing this external group that really acts as a Democratic Party and I really hope we will be able to bring them all together so we have the strength from combined effort,” he said.)
— Rally shows free-wheeling, media-bashing Trump here to stay – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have bashed me and bashed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most since 2000.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rally-shows-free-wheeling-media-bashing-trump-here-to-stay/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. What percent of those who use guns illegally are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-bruce-rauner-guns-dahleen-glanton-20180309-story.html
— The growing attack on boys – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-0311-story.html
— 5 Lake County residents indicted on election-related charges – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-lake-election-charges-st-0312-20180311-story.html
— Parents still lean on traditional ways to save for their children’s college education – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents were not able to save anything for my college education. My father’s salary was too low. However, they provided me with room and board a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180312
— Schools in U.S. apply various strategies to student walkouts – Denise Lavoie
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180312

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF BREEN AND HOWARD: Abortion-rights group takes aim at Breen in re-election bid – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: If you promote abortion, Democrats promote you big time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/abortion-rights-group-takes-aim-at-breen-in-re-election-bid-
— Trump backs off call for raising minimum age to buy gun – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180311/news/303119886/
— 10th Congressional District GOP candidates critical of Trump’s tweets – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/gop-congressional-candidates-critical-of-trumps-tweets
— Video gambling likely to continue in St. Charles – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/video-gambling-likely-to-continue-in-st-charles-

ABC7
— Trump unveils 2020 campaign slogan: ‘Keep America Great!’ – Danny Clemens
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-unveils-2020-campaign-slogan/3201727/
— Mayor Emanuel, Supt. Johnson continue to pressure Gov. Rauner to sign gun control bill – Megan Hickey (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. What percent of those who use guns illegally are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-emanuel-supt-johnson-continue-to-pressure-gov-rauner-to-sign-gun-control-bill/3204407/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— From Spiwak to O’Malley: Chicago attorney accused of changing name to win Irish votes – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/from-spiwak-to-omalley-chicago-attorney-accused-of-changing-name-to-win-irish-votes

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180311/springfield-ball-chatham-students-plan-to-rally-for-more-gun-control

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— From Spiwak to O’Malley: Was change to Irish name political? – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article204616434.html

HERALD NEWS
— Hyper-partisan gerrymandering creating lack of competitive state elections It’s the voter’s choice … sort of – ALEX ORTIZ
http://www.theherald-news.com/2018/03/09/hyper-partisan-gerrymandering-creating-lack-of-competitive-state-elections/a8shbyb/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— As AG, Erika Harold will be advocate – SARAH HAYDEN
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/as-ag-erika-harold-will-be-advocate/article_54795156-ed5d-556f-b109-93cbd39f70d0.html

WJBD
— Those With Suspended Drivers Licenses May Not Be Eligible to Go to Jail in Future Breen Says In This Case Jail Is Essentially a Debtors Prison for Administrative Violations
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/11/those-with-suspended-drivers-licenses-may-not-be-eligible-to-go-to-jail-in-future

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— One day after political candidate Dilara Sayeed paid an editor $10,000, a positive story ran in the Chicago Defender, causing the journalist to lose her job and the newspaper scrambling to protect its reputation. (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if the get rid of me. But are they being paid at least $15 an hour?)
https://chicagocrusader.com/10000-to-burn/

ZERO HEDGE
— Illinois’ Regressive Pension-Funding Scheme Exposed – Tyler Durden
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-11/illinois-regressive-pension-funding-scheme-exposed

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Gov. Rauner: No regrets by Rauner for not closing Quincy Vets’ Home before 13 deaths
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/03/berkowitz-wgov-rauner-no-regrets-by-rauner-for-not-closing-quincy-vets-home-before-13-deaths/

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— An Inside Look At Diana Rauner’s Political Influence
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/an-inside-look-at-diana-rauners-political-influence

REPUBLICANS FOR MORALITY
— LaBarbera and RFM Statement on DuPage County Sheriff Zaruba’s 2017 Order to Stop Honoring ICE Detainers on Criminal Illegal Aliens – Peter LaBarbera
https://republicansformorality.com/2018/03/12/labarbera-and-rfm-statement-on-sheriff-zaruba-2017-order-to-stop-honoring-ice-detainers-on-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— DuPage County Board Candidate Christopher Zaruba Denies Father – Sheriff John Zaruba – Changed ICE Detainer Policy – Refuses to Accept FOIA’d Email Evidence – Peter LaBarbera
https://republicansformorality.com/2018/03/12/dupage-county-board-candidate-christopher-zaruba-denies-father-sheriff-zaruba-changed-ice-detainer-policy-refuses-to-accept-foiad-email-evidence/

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS GLEN ELLYN
— VIDEO: LWVGE Candidate Forum March 10, 2018 // County Board District 4 (Republican)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3opOhPxV2U

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Lawmakers face pushback from gun store owners – Erick Payne
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/lawmakers-face-pushback-from-gun-store-owners/1030332536

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner may have tipped his hand on gun bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/rauner-may-have-tipped-his-hand-on-gun-bill/

GOPUSA
— Elizabeth Warren clings to tales of Indian ancestry while declining DNA test
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41214

DAILY CALLER
— Trump: New York Times Reporter Is ‘Hillary Flunky’ – SAAGAR ENJETI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who since 2000 have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a flunky for their Republican opponents.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/11/trump-new-york-times-reporter-hillary-flunky/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Transgressing the diversity dictate – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: Do you promote diversity? To promote diversity is 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.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/transgressing-the-diversity-dictate/

THE HILL
— White House unveils proposals to ‘harden’ schools in wake of Fla. shooting – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377872-white-house-unveils-new-gun-proposals-in-wake-of-florida-shooting
— Dem lawmaker to Trump: If you want to see someone with a low IQ, look at DeVos – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my IQ is very low. Therefore, of course, they were furious when 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. They were especially furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/377914-dem-lawmaker-to-trump-if-you-want-to-see-someone-with-a-low-iq-look-at-devos

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Is Remaking The Courts In His Image: White, Male and Straight He’s nominated 87 people to be lifetime federal judges. They’re about as diverse as a casting call for “Mad Men.” – Jennifer Bendery (DIERSEN: Democrats 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 longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-judicial-nominees-white-male-straight_us_5aa2b9bee4b07047bec6107c

NEW YORK TIMES
— Google Is Trying Too Hard (or Not Hard Enough) to Diversify The internet giant is being sued by former employees who say the company is going too far with diversity. Other lawsuits accuse it of the opposite. – Daisuke Wakabayashi
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/technology/google-diversity-lawsuits.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Social Security is now headless because of Trump’s inaction. Will other agencies be decapitated? – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO was headless when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/12/social-security-now-headless-because-of-trumps-inaction-will-others-agencies-be-decapitated/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP candidate for California governor John Cox once linked gay rights to polygamy, bestiality – SEEMA MEHTA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gop-candidate-for-california-governor-1518478473-htmlstory.html

USA TODAY
— Should you help your adult child with a down payment for a house? – Tanisha A. Sykes (DIERSEN: Where did the down payment money come from for your first real estate purchase? For me, it was money that I had saved a) working for IRS for the previous 15 months during 1971 and 1972 and b) working for Firestone Stores the previous 25 months during 1970, 1971, and 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/03/12/should-you-help-your-adult-child-down-payment-house/410949002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Political Speech Crackdown The Honest Ads Act uses Russia as an excuse to stifle American debate. – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-political-speech-crackdown-1520802916
— White House Unveils Proposals on Guns Plan would fund training for armed teachers in wake of Florida school shooting but omits President Trump’s earlier call to raise age limit for buying guns – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-unveils-proposals-on-guns-1520811900
— After 40 Years, the Black-White Labor Force Participation Gap Has All But Closed Fields with high concentrations of African-Americans add jobs quickly, though economic disparities persist – Sharon Nunn (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? What did your employers do to increase Black labor force participation? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were Black.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-40-years-the-black-white-labor-force-participation-gap-has-all-but-closed-1520780610
— FRONT PAGE: Are You Underpaid? In a First, U.S. Firms Reveal How Much They Pay Workers Workers can compare their co-workers’ pay with their own and that of the CEO—yet comparisons between companies can be tricky – Theo Francis and Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: Do you work for a big company? If so, much does it pay you compared to your CEO?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-you-underpaid-in-a-first-u-s-firms-reveal-how-much-they-pay-workers-1520766000
— Trump Visits California This Week After Clashing With State Some of state’s Republicans are distancing themselves from president – Alicia A. Caldwell and Alejandro Lazo (DIERSEN: What are your connections with John Cox? I served with Cox on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. The Daily Herald reported that Cox attended my July 5, 2003 picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I had organized for the residents of my precinct and the residents of Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east and Debra Olson’s precinct to west. Attendees got to meet the five announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. Oberweis brought ice cream. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-visits-california-this-week-after-clashing-with-state-1520859600
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John Cox, a venture capitalist and Republican gubernatorial candidate, who has praised the Trump administration’s lawsuit targeting the state’s immigration laws, declined to say whether he would be attending any of the pro-Trump rallies taking place during the president’s visit.)

BLOOMBERG
— Google Has a Diversity Problem. And a Lawsuit Problem. It’s doing diversity all wrong. That’s why it’s vulnerable to a suit by a white man. – Joe Nocera (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors treated me like they wanted me to file a lawsuit that charged them with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They believed that would help them hire and retain young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. Further, they believed that I would never get my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial because judges believed that because my demographics were so bad, no jury would ever decide in my favor.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-07/discriminating-against-white-men-isn-t-google-s-big-diversity-problem

NEWSWEEK
— WHITE MALE WORKERS RESPOND POORLY TO WOMEN AND RACIAL MINORITIES IN POWER AND TAKE IT OUT ON COLLEAGUES: REPORT – CHANTAL DA SILVA (DIERSEN: How much experience do you have working for, working with, and supervising Democrats, minorities, women, younger people, veterans, and disabled? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to assure that my supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats, minorities, women, younger than me, veterans, and/or disabled.)
http://www.newsweek.com/white-men-react-poorly-women-and-minorities-power-positions-study-finds-839862
— IVANKA TRUMP STILL MAKING $1.5 MILLION A YEAR FROM FAMILY BUSINESS, RAISING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST QUESTIONS – GREG PRICE (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, would my critics/opponents stress that I worked for Firestone Stores part-time pumping gasoline 1971-1972 while I worked full-time for IRS? Just kidding, but not completely. I had IRS’s permission to hold that job.)
http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-making-million-family-business-840580

QUARTZ
— You’re probably way too optimistic about your future happiness – Dan Kopf (DIERSEN: Do you expect to be happier in the future? I do not because ever-increasingly, politicians are dumping those who share my demographics. Ever-increasingly, politicians pander to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://qz.com/1225195/youre-probably-way-too-optimistic-about-your-future-happiness/

March 10 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Candidates Sound Off on Harold Gay Adoption Comment Controversy – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives and anti-Republicans do everything that they can to destroy candidates, including candidates who are minority and/or female, who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/AG-Candidates-Sound-Off-on-Gay-Adoption-Comment-Controversy-476430433.html
— Biss, Kennedy Criticize Pritkzer for Campaign Spending Pritzker has pumped $63 million of his own money into the campaign – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/daniel-biss-chris-kennedy-hit-jb-pritzker-on-spending-476433233.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Downstate Illinois vote could be primary election key for both parties – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: In the 2014 Republican Illinois gubernatorial primary, Rauner got 40% of the vote, but together, the other three candidates got 60% of the vote – Dillard got 37%, Brady got 15%, and Rutherford got 8%. Dillard, Brady, and Rutherford ran to the right of Rauner. What if Brady and Rutherford had withdrawn and had thrown their support to Dillard? Why has Rauner gone so strongly negative against Ives? Rauner talks and acts like he wants those in Illinois who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform to vote for him in the primary election and in the general election. Ever-increasingly, Rauner runs as an anti-conservative and as an anti-Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-race-downstate-20180309-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives’ message “hits a lot of the buttons” of socially conservative Downstate Republicans, said Mooney, who cited the candidates’ opposition to abortion, transgender and immigrant rights as well as her attacks on Chicago. “She gives the movement conservatives Downstate something to love.”)
— Your negative political ad will sway my vote — against you – Mary Schmich (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always had their operatives and their dupes spread negatives about me and spread negatives about a) others who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) others who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, c) others who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and d) others who refuse to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-negative-political-ads-mary-schmich-20180309-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House candidate Dilara Sayeed accused of paying for publicity – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if the get rid of me. But are they being paid at least $15 an hour?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-house-candidate-accused-of-paying-for-publicity/
— Gov’s ex-lawyer Dennis Murashko ready to ‘move on,’ says probe cleared him of ‘false’ complaint – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was 25 years old, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors filed a false complaint against me. GAO did not clear me of that false complaint until 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866 By then, of course, my IRS career was ruined.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/govs-ex-lawyer-ready-to-move-on-says-probe-cleared-him-of-false-complaint/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Today, the Office of the Executive Inspector General notified me that the Office has concluded the investigation into the false, malicious, and defamatory complaint against me. The case has been closed as unfounded,” Murashko wrote in a statement Friday. “In layman’s terms, the complaint has always been a lie.” The specifics of the complaint remain unclear. In the weeks after his ouster, sources told Politico Murashko was accused of “using his position to dole out plum duties to someone with whom he had a personal relationship.”)

WBEZ
— Obama: Up Or Out – Jennifer White, Colin McNulty (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who promote “up or out,” that is, what do you say to those who promote age discrimination? What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that non-veteran White males in the federal government are lazy, stupid, and far worse things if they did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who did not promote me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) until I was 23, to GS-11 (currently $67,638) until I was 24, to GS-12 (currently $81,071) until I was 25, and to GS-13 (currently $96,404) until I was 38?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/making-obama/up-or-out/f2378d3c-de46-4165-87f6-2a91a5ebecac
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After his failed run for Congress in 2000, former President Barack Obama faced debt and an endangered political career. Obama, who was a state senator at the time, found himself questioning whether to attempt moving forward or leave politics completely. He continued to set his ambitions higher and planned to run for the U.S. Senate. Episode five of Making Obama dives into the essential next steps Obama had to take to advance his political career. Hear how he built a political record and won over some powerful backers who helped make him a viable candidate for the U.S. Senate.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Biss calls his 2013 comments on state workers ‘sloppy’ – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How many of those who share your demographics live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at politicians that members of the following groups are dying off fast and should be dumped: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. One could argue that Rauner and his supporters agree that members of the aforesaid groups should be dumped.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180309/biss-calls-2013-comments-on-state-workers-sloppy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. Daniel Biss, the Evanston Democrat among candidates seeking his party’s nomination for governor, says his talk in 2013 about how few state workers live in his district was “a sloppy way of making a point about pragmatic reality.”)

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Remap is a niggling detail – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Politicians use remapping to punish, if not to get rid of, those who refuse to glorify and praise them, those who refuse to pander to them, those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or those who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about the aforesaid politicians who got the DuPage County Election Commission in 2015 a) to gerrymander my precinct and b) to remap fellow Republican Precinct Committeeman Jeanne Ives into my precinct.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-remap-a-niggling-detail/article_b8a01279-7969-5ae1-80c5-2a27be2e78e3.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner ‘all in’ to make Republicans the majority party Governor makes stop at annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Deer Grove – RACHEL RODGERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Rauner talks and acts like his advisors have told him that for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to become the majority party, Rauner has to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/10/rauner-all-in-to-make-republicans-the-majority-party/alyktp9/

WGEM
— Early voter turnout smaller for Illinois primaries – Patrick Doss (DIERSEN: So far, how many registered voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a)have cast a Republican primary ballot, b) have cast a Democrat primary ballot, c) have switched their party affiliation from Republican or from Independent to Democrat by casting a Democrat ballot, and d) have switched their party affiliation from Democrat or from Independent to Republican by casting a Republican ballot?)
http://www.wgem.com/story/37692140/2018/03/09/early-voter-turnout-smaller-for-illinois-primary

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— With gun control on the agenda, Second Amendment supporters rally behind Ives – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511359133-ives-touts-nra-marks-in-gubernatorial-bid

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Plan would force Illinois governors to detail true employee costs – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/plan-would-force-illinois-governors-to-detail-true-employee-costs/article_7d5c12b4-23a7-11e8-a4e2-c3a1c2d2ac18.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Paul Simon Institute Polls Satisfy Everyone but Illinois Citizens – Pat Hickey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/paul-simon-institute-polls-satisfy-everyone-but-illinois-citizens/
— Political Agitation at Schools Vulnerable Kids
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-political-agitation-schools-vulnerable-kids/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Gun Confiscation Begins in Illinois – Daniel John Sobieski (DIERSEN: Did you own firearms before you were 21? I did.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/03/gun_confiscation_begins_in_illinois.html

PJ MEDIA
— Treasury Report: True U.S. Government Shortfall Is $88.9 Trillion, an Average of $704K Per Household – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/treasury-report-true-u-s-government-shortfall-88-9-trillion-average-704k-per-household/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Times Scholarship Winners Excelled Through Adversity – Sarah Maslin Nir (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that unlike me or you, they “Excelled Through Adversity.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents. To justify their demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with silver spoons in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. They stress that I am a White male and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s. They stress that my parents 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. They stress my good health, that is, that I was 1-A for the draft in 1966. They stress that I avoided the draft with four student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the federal government grossly overpaid, b) that I should not have been promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, and c) that my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies are much too generous. They stress that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/nyregion/times-scholarship-winners.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Myths abound about standardized tests, but the research is clear: They provide an invaluable measure of how students are likely to perform in college and beyond – Nathan Kuncel and Paul Sackett (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, to help hire, retain, and promote minorities and females, the federal government has lowered its hiring, retention, and promotion standards and made its standards much more subjective. The federal government has eliminated the Federal Service Entrance Examination which I passed in 1970. IRS and GAO have eliminated passing the CPA examination to get promoted. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-the-sat-and-act-1520521861

JD SUPRA
— Do Millennials Post a Retention Risk? According to GAO, It’s Reasonable For Agencies to Consider It.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/do-millennials-post-a-retention-risk-56657/

FEDWEEK
— Management Agenda to Be Watched for Signs of Buyouts, Early Outs (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered a $25,000 buyout to all its employees, including me, who had 25 years or more of federal service. Constructively, once you have been offered a buyout, whatever career that you had is over.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/management-agenda-watched-signs-buyouts-early-outs/

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— Howard Stern Beats Lawsuit Over Airing of I.R.S. Agent’s Call With Taxpayer – Debra L Rothenberg (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years.)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/howard-stern-beats-lawsuit-airing-irs-agents-call-taxpayer-1093454

CRAIG’S LIST
— FOR RENT: Office Space on Roosevelt Road – 400 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton
https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/off/d/wheaton-office-space-on/6524629804.html

March 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois AG candidate Erika Harold under fire for remarks about gay adoption during Miss Illinois pageant
http://abc7chicago.com/illinois-ag-candidate-under-fire-for-remarks-about-gay-adoption/3195930/
— Wisconsin governor candidate breastfeeds in campaign ad
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/wisconsin-governor-candidate-breastfeeds-in-campaign-ad/3194338/

NBC5
— How to Find Your Chicago-Area Polling Place Ahead of the Primary Election Bring a government-issued photo ID if you have one to make the voting process smoother should any questions arise. – Jonathon Sadowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/how-to-find-your-polling-place-ahead-of-the-illinois-primary-election-476404033.html

WLS AM
— Biss to his rivals: Don’t assume Rauner can’t win – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/09/biss-to-his-rivals-dont-assume-rauner-cant-win/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The thing we as Democrats need to beat Bruce Rauner is motivation and inspiration and contrast,” Biss says, “I think the notion that we’re gonna put our own wealthy, inexperienced businessman up against their wealthy, inexperienced businessman risks leaving the electorate very, very unmotivated. And the notion that we would nominate JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan’s candidate with ties to Rod Blagojevich and Joe Berrios is playing right into Rauner’s hands.” Biss warns don’t assume Rauner can’t win.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois deserves a conflict-free attorney general – Laura Washington (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have conflicts.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-deserves-a-conflict-free-attorney-general/
— Drawing legislative maps is ultimate way to reward friends, punish enemies – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: In 2015, to get rid of me, nasty vicious disgusting politicians succeeded in getting the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to outrageously gerrymander my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. Without giving me a timely opportunity to object, the DCEC, DCRCC, and MTRCC took away about 100 residences from the west side of my precinct and gave me about 100 residences from the west side of Jeanne Ives’s precinct 86 to the east, including Ives’ residence. But then, they redrew Ives into Precinct 65 to the southeast, I am told, because she successfully insisted that be done. Nasty vicious disgusting politicians use gerrymandering to get rid of those like me a) who refuse to glorify and praise them, b) who refuse to pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, or d) who refuse to give them money. I should have sued them; maybe I still can.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/drawing-legislative-maps-is-ultimate-way-to-reward-friends-punish-enemies/
— Kennedy accuses Pritzker of trying to buy forgiveness for insulting black pols – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-accuses-pritzker-of-trying-to-buy-forgiveness-for-insulting-black-pols/
— Knowing where state employees work shouldn’t be a hard job – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-knowing-where-state-employees-work-shouldnt-be-a-hard-job/
— Trump should come clean about Stormy Daniels – Linda Chavez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-should-come-clean-about-stormy-daniels/
— ‘Indivisible Chicago’ using Tea Party tactics to fuel Trump resistance – Jason Rieger
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/indivisible-chicago-using-tea-party-tactics-to-fuel-trump-resistance/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner’s former top attorney complains about abrupt exit – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dennis-murashko-20180309-story.html
— Looking to buy a home in Chicago? Here’s the salary you’ll need. – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-salary-needed-to-afford-chicago-home-20180307-story.html
— Reasons to fire Assessor Berrios: Voters, don’t be complicit in punishing poor communities – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-berriosbox1-berrios-kaegi-cook-county-assessor-20180309-story.html
— Michael Madigan, the #MeToo mansplainer – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-cassidy-harassment-springfield-20180309-story.html
— A fresh look at 1968’s Kerner Report shows how divided we remain – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-kerner-report-donald-trump-opiates-0311-20180309-story.html
— NRA files suit after Florida governor signs compromise gun, school safety bill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-florida-governor-gun-control-bill-20180309-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Erika Harold under fire for reports of same-sex adoption comments – Barbara Vitello
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180309/erika-harold-under-fire-for-reports-of-same-sex-adoption-comments
— Hanover Township grants $860,000 to local agencies
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180309/hanover-township-grants-860000-to-local-agencies
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180309/state-sen-bush-leading-gun-violence-walkout-in-solidarity-with-students

WTTW
— Progressive Democrats: Madigan Offered Deal to Keep Power – Paris Schutz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/08/progressive-democrats-madigan-offered-deal-keep-power

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Executive Inspector General Maggie Hickey leaving the Rauner Administration – Emily Manley
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/executive-inspector-general-leaving-the-rauner-administration
— Rauner’s former general counsel breaks silence after abrupt departure – Rachel Droze
http://newschannel20.com/news/il-politics/rauners-former-general-counsel-breaks-silence-6-months-after-abrupt-departure

DEWITT DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Compares Fair Share Fees To Corruption (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions, former union members, current union members, and future union members. What does Rauner and his supporters think of former union members? I was a dues-paying union member for almost 12 years, for almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. My Democrat GAO superiors hated unions, hated former union members, hated current union members, and hated future union members. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/351807

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner debates his ads about Jeanne Ives w/Berkowitz: Truthful or gross distortions?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/03/gov-rauner-debates-his-ads-about-jeanne-ives-wberkowitz-truthful-or-gross-distortions/

FAMILY PAC
— Help Jeanne Ives
https://mailchi.mp/656dc78b6fa4/help-jeanne-ives

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Al Salvi sees parallels in Ives’ quest for GOP primary win – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511358804-salvi-sees-parallels-in-ives-quest-for-gop-primary-win
— Parallels to Salvi upset in Ives quest – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511358804-parallels-to-salvi-upset-in-ives-quest

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Edgar County Watchdogs Release More Diana Rauner Emails: First Lady Directed the Chicago Public School Pension Bailout Betrayal
https://mailchi.mp/4ae01da55a19/edgar-county-watchdogs-release-more-diana-rauner-emails-first-lady-directed-the-chicago-public-school-pension-bailout-betrayal

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Death threats, perverted and extreme sexual and racial slurs – Sunshine Week coming up! – JOHN KRAFT (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always tried hard to not put anything into writing that might incriminate them.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/death-threats-perverted-and-extreme-sexual-and-racial-slurs-sunshine-week-coming-up/

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Campaign defends Harold against comments – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/campaign-defends-harold-against-comments/1026846832

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Governor Rauner hiding $5 million in salary costs off his budget
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-governor-rauner-hiding-5-million-in-salary-costs-off-his-budget/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONSERVATIVES’ DISGUST WITH RAUNER KEY REASON FOR IVES’ GOP PRIMARY CHALLENGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/conservatives-disgust-with-rauner-key-reason-for-ives-gop-primary-challenge.html
— SANCTUARY POLICIES AREN’T THAT POPULAR WITH AMERICANS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/sanctuary-policies-arent-that-popular-with-americans.html
— WHITE HOUSE: LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD – WHY TRADE ACTION IS NECESSARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/white-house-leveling-the-playing-field-why-trade-action-is-necessary.html
— WOMEN’S MARCH LEADER FACES HEAVY CRITICISM FOR ATTENDING FOR 30TH TIME FARRAKHAN’S SAVIOR’S DAY IN CHICAGO LAST MONTH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/womens-march-leader-faces-heavy-criticism-for-attending-for-the-30th-time-farrakhans-saviors-day-in-.html
— THE COST OF AMERICAN NON-CITIZENS’ HEALTH CARE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/the-cost-of-american-non-citizens-health-care.html

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP: “Pritzker will support Mike Madigan at all costs, regardless of how many women Madigan’s corruption hurts”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/ilgop-pritzker-will-support-mike-madigan-at-all-costs-regardless-of-how-many-women-madigans-corruption-hurts/
— Mrs. Rauner may have saved education funding reform (DIERSEN: One could argue that a vote for Mr. Rauner is really a vote for Mrs. Rauner.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/mrs-rauner-may-have-saved-education-funding-reform/
— Poll: 76 percent support a 3 percent surtax on (income over $1 million a year) (DIERSEN: What percent want a 3 percent surtax on those who are 1) Trump supporters, 2) Protestant, 3) conservative, 4) patriotic, 5) Republican, 6) American, 7) White, 8) male, 9) over age 40, 10) rich (net worth let’s say over $1 million), 11) gun owners, 12) German American, 13) draft avoiders, and/or 14) those whose ancestors have been in America since let’s say 1850? Those who have income over $1 million a year and all 14 of the aforesaid demographics would pay a 45% surtax.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/poll-76-percent-support-a-3-percent-surtax-on-millionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are some areas in which a majority of voters would support increased revenue, starting with the so-called “millionaire’s tax,” which would impose an extra 3 percent levy on income over $1 million, favored by three-quarters [76 percent, 21 oppose, with 57 percent strongly in favor] of respondents in the sample. Nearly as many [72 percent in favor, 24 percent oppose, with 47 percent strongly in favor] would favor a constitutional amendment to allow a graduated income tax, with higher rates for higher earners and lower rates for lower earners. A slight plurality (49 percent favor, 46 percent oppose) would favor legalized gambling in Illinois to raise state revenues [23 percent strongly favor and 28 percent strongly oppose]. Less popular were a sales tax on services [39 percent favor, 58 percent oppose, with 36 percent strongly opposed] and a tax on gasoline to fund highway, road, and bridge improvements [42 percent favor, 57 percent oppose, with 41 percent strongly opposed). A recurring idea is for the state to tax retirement income, such as pensions and social security. This idea is widely unpopular, with 74 percent opposing and only 22 percent in favor. However, in a follow-up question in which only retirement income above $100,000 would be taxed, majorities are in favor. Combining the 22 percent who favored it in the first question with the 52 percent of the 745 initial opponents who would favor it with the exemption, 60 percent of the total sample favor taxing retirement income above $100,000.)
— Poll: Majority of Illinoisans believe in budgetary magic beans
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/poll-majority-of-illinoisans-believe-in-budgetary-magic-beans/
— Breen under attack, Salvi compares himself to Ives, Ives agrees with… herself
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/breen-under-attack-salvi-compares-himself-to-ives-ives-agrees-with-herself/
— New Biss ad claims “billionaire class” will say and spend anything to hold onto power
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/new-biss-ad-claims-billionaire-class-will-say-and-spend-anything-to-hold-onto-power/
— Candidates who say they refused to pledge support for Madigan now under attack
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/candidates-who-say-they-refused-to-pledge-support-for-madigan-now-under-attack/
— First reported in 2014 *** Harold campaign pushes back against NBC 5 story
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/harold-campaign-pushes-back-against-nbc-5-story/
— Pritzker is spreading around a ton of cash
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/pritzker-is-spreading-around-a-ton-of-cash/
— Fallout continues over Erika Harold story
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/fallout-continues-over-erika-harold-story/
— Pritzker TV ad hits Biss, Kennedy on “widely unpopular” retirement income tax
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/pritzker-tv-ad-hits-biss-kennedy-on-widely-unpopular-retirement-income-tax/
— Murashko says he’s been cleared
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/murashko-says-hes-been-cleared/

GOPUSA
— Hollywood attacks NRA while making a living from gun violence
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41068
— Twitter users blocked by President Trump argue First Amendment case in federal court
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41077
— Campus political correctness threatens democracy, prosperity
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41066

ONE NEWS NOW
— Dreamers turn on Dems, call them ‘fake allies’ – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/03/09/dreamers-turn-on-dems-call-them-fake-allies

BREITBART
— Left-wing Google Employees Urge Company to Disavow CPAC Over ‘Ethno Nationalism,’ ‘Hate’ – ALLUM BOKHAR
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/09/exclusive-left-wing-google-employees-urge-company-to-disavow-cpac-over-ethno-nationalism-hate/

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— McDupes… International Women’s Day and Its Useful Idiots What a bunch of meatheads at McDonald’s.- PAUL KENGOR
https://spectator.org/mcdupes-international-womens-day-and-its-useful-idiots/

HUFFINGTON POST
— To Fight Racial Inequality We Need To Rethink Our Economy – Lester Spence (DIERSEN: What do say to Whites and to males who do not want to work for the federal government because many federal employees are minorities and/or females, and they do not want to work for, work with, or supervise minorities or females? I should write a book about the many minorities and females that I worked for, worked with, and supervised while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racial-inequality-kerner-report_us_5aa278a1e4b07047bec5948c

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Progressive Tax Gambit Despite a tax hike last year, Democrats and unions are back for more. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-progressive-tax-gambit-1520636290

FORBES
— How Unreliable And Costly Childcare Keeps People Off The Job – Aakash Kumar
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aakashkumar/2018/03/08/how-unreliable-and-costly-childcare-keeps-people-off-the-job/#2d0b82bc5e18

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Wanted: Public Servants Once a prestigious career path, heading to Washington to work in government is losing its luster. – Susan Milligan
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2018-03-09/with-trump-in-the-white-house-public-service-takes-a-hit

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump’s Nominee for Employee Protection Board Has Checkered Past With Protecting Employees – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are pro-employer and anti-employee. I was an employee 1964-1997.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2018/03/trumps-nominee-employee-protection-board-has-checkered-past-with-protecting-employees/146569/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— U.S. vs. California: Voters Cool to Sanctuary States
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/march_2018/u_s_vs_california_voters_cool_to_sanctuary_states

March 9 Morning Edition

NBC5
— AG Candidate Held ‘Shocking’ View On Gay Adoption When She Was Miss Illinois Contestant – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/erika-harold-miss-illinois-gay-adoption-question-476297063.html
— State Representative’s Former Girlfriend Says Madigan Knew of Abuse Allegations – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: What have you been accused of? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes accuse me of supporting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. They accuse me of supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. They accuse me of opposing the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Former-State-Representatives-Girlfriend-Says-Madigan-Knew-of-Abuse-Allegations-476343213.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illegal immigrant linked to fatal hit-and-run not detained despite ICE request
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/illegal-immigrant-linked-to-fatal-hit-run-not-detained-despite-ice-request

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump announces tariffs, says we must address ‘assault on our country’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-business-brace-for-rollout-of-trumps-tariff-plan/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP candidates for DuPage sheriff work in that office – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-sheriffs-race-primary-st-0311-20180309-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Aurora may limit video gambling – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-video-gambling-st-0308-20180308-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Abortion advocates plan to attack Breen.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-20180309-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Abortion-rights group Personal PAC plans to start dropping mailers critical of Republican state Rep. Peter Breen of Lombard, an early signal that Democrats could see the seat as a top target in November. Breen is an attorney and leading abortion opponent who helped spearhead the lawsuit challenging Illinois new law expanding access to taxpayer-funded abortions. He is the House GOP floor leader at the Capitol. Personal PAC President Terry Cosgrove said the group is spending money early to take on Breen because the House district he holds is a “moderate” one that went for Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Breen doesn’t have a primary opponent but will face Democrat Terra Costa Howard of Glen Ellyn in the fall. “It takes a lot of hard work to get voters to understand what their state representative has been up to,” Cosgrove said. He declined to say how much his PAC plans to spend on the race, but it’s already launched a website critical of Breen. Breen surfaced in the news recently because he wrote a letter to Republican leaders saying GOP House candidate Burt Minor “is not fit to serve” because of “inappropriate” comments that attorney general candidate Erika Harold said he made to her about race and sexual orientation. Breen is a former Lombard official in his second House term. In 2016, he won re-election with more than 56 percent of the vote.)
— Rep. Lipinski spent $510,000 in two months in race against primary challenger Newman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-20180309-story.html
— Michael Madigan wouldn’t intervene in domestic battery case involving Democratic candidate, woman says – Stacy St. Clair, Ray Long and Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rita-accuser-politics-madigan-20180309-story.html
— Elizabeth Warren seeks to neutralize ‘Pocahontas’ barbs – AP (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at 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. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-20180305-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180308/students-across-suburbs-to-protest-gun-violence-schools-responses-vary
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men protest men.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180308/news/303089985/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pritzker says “I’m running for governor because everything that we care about is under siege right now by a racist, xenophobic, misogynist president in Washington, D.C., and his local silent partner, Bruce Rauner.” Pritzker should acknowledge that Rauner and his supporters reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180308/jb-pritzker-use-illinois-governors-office-to-help-people

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Group Finds Pay Spiking For Some Public Employees – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=261407#.WqJcr4yKTcs

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Trump says re-opening of Illinois plant is proof his tariff move will benefit American workers – CHUCK RAASCH
http://jg-tc.com/herald-review/business/state-and-regional/trump-says-re-opening-of-illinois-plant-is-proof-his/article_ae954ef2-097c-5fe0-9bae-4f49323cd505.html

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Marter hosting town hall meeting with filmmaker
http://www.newstrib.com/free/marter-hosting-town-hall-meeting-with-filmmaker/article_dc0bdc06-22e7-11e8-a808-8740a8b025cb.html

STATELINE
— Bill to Make Illinois State Income Tax ‘Progressive’ Filed in Legislature While bill cannot become law, it could fuel debate on changing taxes – Scott Picken (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/bill-to-make-illinois-state-income-tax-progressive-filed-in-legislature/1021309501

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 7% of DuPage County residents enrolled in food stamp program (DIERSEN: The cost of living in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton is very high.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511351568-analysis-7-of-dupage-county-residents-enrolled-in-food-stamp-program

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner’s proposed income tax cut is contingent on pension and health care reform – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauners-proposed-income-tax-cut-is-contingent-on-pension-and-health-care-reform-03-08-2018

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Has Long Believed America Is A Victim Of International Trade
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-has-long-believed-america-victim-international-trade#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Emails indicate impact Rauner’s wife had on abortion bill, Edgar County Watchdogs says – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511358656-emails-indicate-impact-rauner-s-wife-had-on-abortion-bill-watchdog-group-says

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftist Anti-Gun Protest in Government Schools Next Week – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/leftist-political-protest-schools-next-week/

GOPUSA
— Elizabeth Warren pressured to take DNA test (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at 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. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.gopusa.com/elizabeth-warren-pressured-to-take-dna-test/

BREITBART
— ‘Dreamers’ Say They Are Done Believing Democrats’ Empty Promises – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/08/dreamers-say-they-are-done-believing-democrats-empty-promises/

NEWSMAX
— GAO Report: Taxpayers Gave Abortion Providers $1.5 Billion in Recent Years – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gao-abortion-healthcare-funding/2018/03/08/id/847588/

TRUTH IN MEDIA
— Internet Purge of Dissenting Voices? – Ben Swann (DIERSEN: I am a dissenting voice in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) because those who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC a) reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform and b) reject those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
http://truthinmedia.com/reality-check-internet-purge-dissenting-voices/

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Illinois bill to confiscate guns from young Americans quickly gains steam — even from some Republicans – Luis Miguel
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/09/600am-il-bill-to-confiscate-guns-from-young-amercians-quickly-gains-steam-even-from-some-republicans-611556#

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run education in America encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-teens-lgbtq/more-u-s-schools-offering-safe-spaces-for-lgbtq-youth-idUSKCN1GK2V9

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s True: False News Spreads Faster and Wider. And Humans Are to Blame. – Steve Lohr (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not false is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/technology/twitter-fake-news-research.html
— How Russian Trolls Crept Into the Trump Campaign’s Facebook Messages – Kenneth P. Vogel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/russian-trolls-trump-campaign-florida-matt-skiber.html
— Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Opens Door to Further Trouble for Trump – Jim Rutenberg and Mike McIntire
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/stormy-daniels-trump-legal-case.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Japan Inc. Rethinks Women’s work – Mari Saito (DIERSEN: Tt was extremely difficult for my superiors to hire and retain minorities and females because the jobs that I had were so bad. Qualified minorities, females, and veterans took better jobs elsewhere. 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. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/business/japan-women-construction.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Notre Dame Becomes a Bit Less Catholic It sued when Obama demanded it cover birth control. Now it has partly given in. – Alexandra DeSanctis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/notre-dame-becomes-a-bit-less-catholic-1520552864

USA TODAY
— Parkland kids can protest, but they don’t know what they are talking about – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/08/parkland-shooting-kids-can-protest-guns-but-we-shouldnt-assume-they-know-more-goldberg-column/401160002/

GOVERNING
— Why Sessions Suing California May Have Done Democrats a Favor – Joe Garofoli (DIERSEN: All the individuals, companies, and governments that I have sued treated me like they wanted me to sue them. I should write a book about them. They all believe that because my demographics are so bad, no jury would rule in my favor.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/tns-california-sanctuary-lawsuit-democrats.html

WINDY CITY TIMES
— The Census should count LGBTQ people because we count. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Emails-prove-DOJ-halted-LGBTQ-inclusion-in-census-Task-Force-responds/62179.html

March 8 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Mayor Demands To Know Where Governor Stands On Gun Dealer Licensing (DIERSEN: Republican voters should demand to know where each of the candidates on March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballots in their precinct stand on defending and advancing all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks. Do they promise to veto or vote against anything that promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminution of First or Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, etc.?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3823280-mayor-demands-to-know-where-governor-stands-on-gun-dealer-licensing/
— Tax Audits: How To Avoid Common Mistakes – Audrina Bigos (DIERSEN: I suggest using Quicken and TurboTax.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/07/avoiding-a-tax-audit/

ABC7
— Attorney general candidates face off over campaign contributions in forum (DIERSEN: Where does your money come from? He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Voters believe that activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, journalists, reporters, etc. serve as operatives or as dupes for whoever gives them the most money. Everyone involved in government, in politics, in journalism, in reporting, in etc. should be required to disclose a) the amounts and sources of all their income, b) descriptions and valuations of all their financial and other assets, and c) descriptions and amounts of all their debts.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/attorney-general-candidates-face-off-over-campaign-contributions-in-forum-/3187095/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a separate forum for the two Republican candidates, Erika Harold defended her recent decision to take $300,000 from Governor Bruce Rauner. Harold was heckled when she said she could be independent. “I have a record of already standing up for the things that I think are right and opposing him and that’s a record,” Harold said. “So if you want to heckle in the audience, you can look and see my record.” “I’m self-funding my campaign, that’s how serious I am about this and that’s what I’m doing,” said Republican candidate Gary Grasso.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lipinski challenger Newman went into restaurant business with convicted felon – Katherine Skiba and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-marie-newman-felon-dan-lipinski-congress-20180305-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Domestic battery case resurfaces as longtime Democratic lawmaker Robert Rita faces primary challenge – Ray Long, Stacy St. Clair, Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-rita-accuser-politics-20180305-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a color photo, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-temporary-protected-status-salvadorans-0305-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Join the fight, Illinois, to save net neutrality – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents want the power to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not that, the power to stop everyone from reading those emails, and if not that, the power to dictate the content of those emails. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the following should dictate the content of the emails: a) the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), and Republican Party, b) my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) those Republican officials who represent my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and/or America.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-join-the-fight-illinois-to-save-net-neutrality/

DAILY HERALD
— Emanuel ratchets up pressure on Rauner to sign gun bill (DIERSEN: Who ratchets up pressure on you to do what? Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have ratcheted up their pressure on me to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and failing that, a) to pressure me to include links in the emails only to articles that they posted or that they bless, b) to pressure me to not include any of my comments on the articles, c) to pressure me to carry out their blacklist orders, d) to pressure me to glorify and praise them, e) to pressure me to pander to them, f) to pressure me to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, g) to pressure me to give them money, h) to pressure me to etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/emanuel-ratches-up-pressure-on-rauner-to-sign-gun-bill
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Daily Herald blames voters for deceptive political ads.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180308/slusher-deceptive-political-ads-grow-because-voters-let-them
— Video gambling not suited to family-friendly town – Matt Garling, West Chicago
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180308/video-gambling-not-suited-to-family-friendly-town

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Proft paper’s story on couple called ‘selective journalism’ – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180307/bernard-schoenburg-proft-papers-story-on-couple-called-selective-journalism
— Chris Kennedy positions himself as ‘outsider’ in governor’s race – Rebecca Susmarski (DIERSEN: If you wanted to position yourself as being an outsider, what would you stress? I would stress that even though I have been a Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) member since 1999 and I have the best record by far for attending MTRCC monthly meetings and fundraisers, those who dominate MTRCC a) have never asked me to serve as a committee chairman or as an officer, b) rudely dumped me as MTRCC webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and c) rudely and overwhelmingly defeated me when I ran for MTRCC Treasurer in 2004. Further, I would stress that a) those who dominated TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 rudely dumped me in 2012, b) those who dominated the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) in 2011 rudely dumped me in 2011, c) those who dominated the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) in 2007 rudely dumped me in 2007, d) those who dominated the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC) in 2004 rudely dumped me in 2004, and e) those who dominated GAO in 1997 rudely dumped me in 1997. I should write a book about those who dominate MTRCC, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC MC, GAO, etc. who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.sj-r.com/nationworld/20180307/chris-kennedy-positions-himself-as-outsider-in-governors-race
— Illinois House seeks accounting of Quincy Legionnaires’ crisis – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180307/illinois-house-seeks-accounting-of-quincy-legionnaires-crisis

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Northwest Suburban Republicans Take Lincoln Day Dinner To Niles – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/northwest-suburban-republicans-take-lincoln-day-dinner-to-niles/

WVIK
— Madigan’s #MeToo Problem – KATIE BUCK (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government, my superiors had an Affirmative Action problem. Democrat politicians put tremendous pressure on them a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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.)
http://wvik.org/post/madigan-s-metoo-problem#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Has People Calling and Knocking on Doors – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/07/rauner-people-calling-knocking-doors/

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Will Rauner sign the Left’s insane gun control bills after the March 20th primary?
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/03/07/will-rauner-sign-democrats-gun-control-bills-primary/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOW MUCH WOULD THE PROGRESSIVE TAX COST YOUR FAMILY?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-much-would-the-progressive-tax-cost-your-family/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Jeanne Ives’ GOP insurgency Challenging an unpopular governor from the right – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at Ives that every vote that she does not get in the primary is because of me and because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about those critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They are scapegoaters supreme.)
http://illinoistimes.com/article-19749-jeanne-ives%25E2%2580%2599-gop-insurgency.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Source of policy, messaging expertise, and influence that is not controllable in Governor’s Office revealed! – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/source-of-policy-messaging-expertise-and-influence-that-is-not-controllable-in-governors-office-revealed/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Big Brother Is Coming for Your Kids, and He’s Wearing a Dress – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/big-brother-coming-kids-hes-wearing-dress/

BREITBART
— Luis Gutierrez: Immigrants Who Look Like ‘King of Wakanda’ Not Welcome in Trump’s America – TONY LEE (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, and companies are NOT WELCOME where you live? 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 hint/imply/argue/shout that individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: 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.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/07/luis-gutierrez-immigrants-look-like-king-wakanda-not-welcome-trumps-america/

PJ MEDIA
— DHS Asks That ‘the Public Understand’ DACA Removals Will be ‘Rare Instances’ – BRIDGET JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Are you a member of a protected class? DACA beneficiaries are members of a protected class. Members of other protected classes include other illegals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and veterans. Supposedly, those over 40 years old are members of a protected class, but that is false.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/dhs-asks-public-understand-daca-removals-will-rare-instances/

DAILY CALLER
— Sarah Sanders Embarrasses Reporter — ‘I Would Be Happy To Forward Those To You’ – Justin Caruso (DIERSEN: Who wants to embarrass you? I should write a book about those who want to embarrass me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/07/sarah-sanders-reporter/

FOX NEWS
— Americans should applaud Trump for starting to end our nation’s wholesale surrender on trade – Scott Paul
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/07/americans-should-applaud-trump-for-starting-to-end-our-nations-wholesale-surrender-on-trade.html

THE HILL
— GOP rejects Dems’ attempt to stop Pruitt’s first-class travel – TIMOTHY CAMA (DIERSEN: My Democrat Post Office superiors did not want me to take any sick days. My Democrat IRS superiors did not want me to claim any partial day per diem (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) or deduct any job-related education expenses. My Democrat GAO superiors did not me to be assigned to audits of IRS.)
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/377279-gop-rejects-dems-attempt-to-stop-pruitts-first-class-travel

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO Latinos make it clear that they can and that they will get rid of you if you do not a) glorify and praise Latinos, b) give preference to Latinos, c) pander to Latinos, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for Latinos, and/or e) give money to Latinos.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/analysis-trump-skips-tough-immigration-talk-latinos

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Race-Based Mortgage Penalty – Editorial (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that if I had been a minority, I would not have been able to get mortgages to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old, to buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, or to buy a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976 and b) that if I had been a minority, my wife and I would not have been able to get a mortgage to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 or to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/opinion/mortage-minority-income.html

WASHINGTON POST
— No group is less supportive of the NRA’s policies than black Americans – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Democrats have never wanted Blacks to own guns, and especially since the Civil War.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/08/no-group-is-less-supportive-of-the-nras-policies-than-black-americans/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Russian Online Trolls Tried to Torpedo Mitt Romney’s Shot at Secretary of State Online campaign targeted the ex-GOP nominee as Donald Trump considered him in late 2016 – Rob Barry and Shelby Holliday (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, since 2000, I have let online trolls use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to defeat their candidates.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-trolls-tried-to-torpedo-mitt-romneys-shot-at-secretary-of-state-1520505000
— With Eye to Midterms, Democrats Offer Alternative Tax, Infrastructure Plan Plan would repeal elements of new tax law to fund infrastructure; GOP leaders deem it dead on arrival – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Of course, the SALT cap should be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-eye-to-midterms-democrats-offer-alternative-tax-infrastructure-plan-1520445576
— Check Your Withholding Math or Risk a Painful Tax Shock Many taxpayers have bigger paychecks now, but other changes from the overhaul will affect what they actually owe – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/check-your-withholding-math-or-face-an-unhappy-tax-surprise-1519986601
— Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone’s Mic How to limit the amount of data Facebook and advertisers are collecting about you – Joanna Stern (DIERSEN: What does Facebook know about you? Facebook is a Democrat website. Facebook knows that I am a Trump supporter, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, former federal employee, federal retiree since 1997, union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, American nameplate car owner, married since 1978, childless, pet-less, and much more.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-really-is-spying-on-you-just-not-through-your-phones-mic-1520448644

GOVERNING
— Vacancies Aren’t Unique to Trump. States Struggle to Fill Top Positions, Too. When an agency head leaves, some states take years to find a permanent replacement. What takes so long?
http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-vacancies-state-government.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are a number of reasons why it’s difficult to find people to lead government departments. For one, qualified candidates can often make much more money in the private sector. In March 2017, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) compared the total compensation of Medicaid directors to the top managed care executives with whom they often work. In the 10 states examined, the private executives made $314,278, on average, which is more than double Medicaid directors’ average pay of $152,439. Money aside, people who take these jobs have to be willing to withstand constant criticism from within and outside of government. The work is strenuous and finding a work-life balance can seem impossible. Robinson recalls the following comment made to him by a chief information security officer who left his job for the private sector. “He said, ‘Doug, I’ll make twice as much money and I’m going to work half as much. And it’s highly unlikely that my name will be in the front page of the paper.”)

FED SMITH
— Can Government Compete In The Talent Market? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/03/07/can-government-compete-talent-market/

March 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic AG candidate Raoul calls Quinn ‘failed’ governor – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are failed? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican; b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a failed GOPUSA Illinois Editor and Republican Precinct Committeeman; and c) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I was a failed 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, GAO employee, IRS employee, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked harder against me than they have ever worked against Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-kwame-raoul-pat-quinn-ag-20180307-story.html
— Ives wants more rights for accusers – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Have you ever accused anyone of anything? In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat GAO superiors retaliated against me for that a) by throwing me off audits of IRS, b) by giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) by always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and e) by doing everything that they could to stop me from getting a job that would be appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. What is Ives’ position on the aforesaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, many of whom read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-kwame-raoul-pat-quinn-ag-20180307-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner primary challenger state Rep. Jeanne Ives called for a vote on her proposal to expand protections for those who accuse a state lawmaker or employee of ethics violations. “We want this done now,” Ives said at a Tuesday news conference in Springfield. “We don’t want this to sit until the end of May. We want this bill out and on the floor and operable immediately.” The bill says that legislative and executive inspectors general must give certain information to people filing complaints, including a receipt when a complaint is filed, notification of an investigation, a summary of evidence and a report of decisions made during an investigation. It also gives the accuser the right to testify at hearings and would expedite the process if allegations concern sexual harassment. Appearing with Ives was victims right advocate Denise Rotheimer, who in October publicly accused Sen. Silverstein of sexually harassing her through text and social media messages while she was working with him to pass legislation. “Currently, we have no rights,” Rotheimer said. “We need to make this process transparent, we need to make it fair and as just as possible, because complaints like mine are very personal.)
— Can the news media acknowledge when Trump does something right? – Ruben Navarrette
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180307/281964608227818

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Accuser of Madigan aide says ‘crystal clear’ harassment warning rings ‘hollow’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-gives-crystal-clear-warning-to-house-democrats-on-harassment/
— J.B. Pritzker moves up in state rich-guy rankings, but still trails Ken Griffin – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: Should everyone involved in government, in politics, and in journalism be required to annually disclose a) all the sources and all the amounts of all their income, b) detailed descriptions and amounts of all their financial and other assets, and c) detailed descriptions and amounts of all their debts?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/j-b-pritzker-moves-up-in-state-rich-guy-rankings-but-still-trails-ken-griffin/

DAILY HERALD
— Sales tax rising in Naperville July 1 – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180307/sales-tax-rising-in-naperville-july-1

WGN RADIO
— City Club of Chicago: Exodus from Illinois (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on driving members of the following groups out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Since 1978, because I am a member of all of the aforesaid groups, my critics/opponents have worked especially hard to dive me out.)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/03/06/city-club-of-chicago-exodus-from-illinois/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LaHood for 18th Congressional GOP primary – Endorsement
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180306/our-view-lahood-for-18th-congressional-gop-primary

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— For gubernatorial candidates, it’s all about taxes – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-07/jim-dey-gubernatorial-candidates-its-all-about-taxes.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County gun owners fear Senate bill, $1K license could harm small businesses Illinois law would require some shops selling guns to obtain state license – KATIE SMITH (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want the Democrats who run Illinois to stop me from sending out emails unless the Democrats who run Illinois give me a license. They want to control/dictate a) the sources of the articles linked in the emails, b) the authors of the articles linked in the emails, c) the individual articles that are linked in the emails, d) my comments on those articles, e) who can receive those emails, e) when I can send out those emails, f) etc.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/05/mchenry-county-gun-owners-fear-senate-bill-1k-license-could-harm-small-businesses/a78qixk/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Grasso says he is GOP’s best AG candidate – SARAH HAYDEN
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/grasso-says-he-is-gop-s-best-ag-candidate/article_5d8ff8da-251f-5cf3-b160-18fd193f8cde.html

TIMES
— Kinzinger and Marter differ on guns – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/congress-hopefuls-differ-on-guns/article_1816dc87-a2e8-553c-bf76-96e1ed6d38c7.html

DU QUOIN CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ives and Rauner speak at Lincoln Day dinners.
http://www.duquoin.com/news/20180304/rauner-speaks-at-lincoln-day-dinner

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats crow about their success in getting children to act as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://nprillinois.org/post/springfield-area-students-plan-actions-address-gun-violence#stream/0

WREX
— Illinois lawmakers consider new rules for underage gambling stings – Taylor Utzig
http://www.wrex.com/story/37664196/2018/03/06/illinois-lawmakers-consider-new-rules-for-underage-gambling-stings
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Like a growing number of restaurants and bars around Illinois, Don Carter Lanes in Rockford offers video gaming for customers over the age of 21. “These games have become such an important part of our business model now that we’re doing everything we can to keep minors out,” said Sommer. But Sommer says his best efforts might not be enough in an undercover sting. Under the law, sting operations can send in a minor to a bar or restaurant with video gaming. If the minor plays a machine before a waitress or manager can check their ID, lawmakers say that business could be fined up to $5,000. “By the time they can walk over there and tell the person they have to leave, they could have easily gotten one bet in and that was never the intent,” said Republican Senator Dave Syverson. That’s why Syverson is sponsoring a new bill to protect business owners from what he calls unfair practices.)

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Opinion: No, Rauner can’t be trusted to end corruption (again)
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/03/06/rauner-promises-end-illinois-corruption-again/

BGA
— BERRIOS FIRM’S LOBBYING CLIENT GETS BIG TAX BREAK FROM HIS ASSESSOR’S OFFICE – Chuck Neubauer & Sandy Bergo (DIERSEN: Have you appealed your assessed valuation? I should write a book my appealing the assessed valuation of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton during the 1980s and 1990s. Those who opposed me either wanted to curry favor with or feared the home’s builder, the subdivision’s developer, the City of Wheaton, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County.)
https://www.bettergov.org/news/berrios-firms-lobbying-client-gets-big-tax-break-from-his-assessors-office

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS PENSION PROMISES EXPLODED OVER THIRTY-YEAR PERIOD – Joshua Paladino
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/report-illinois-pension-promises-exploded-over-thirty-year-period

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— On taxpayer-funded abortion bill at least, email proves it: Diana Rauner was in charge – KIRK ALLEN (DIERSEN: In Illinois, people who act against the Illinois Republican Party platform should not be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican. They should run as a Democrat, as a Libertarian, as a Green, or as an Independent.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/on-taxpayer-funded-abortion-bill-at-least-email-proves-it-diana-rauner-was-in-charge/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives to offer tough challenge to Rauner – Michael McGrady (DIERSEN: If Ives loses the primary, will Rauner hint/imply/argue/shout that Illinois Republicans have spoken, a) that they want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in its platform and b) that they want the IRP to dump all those who support the IRP platform? The aforesaid is a strong motivation for those who are going to vote for Democrats in the general election to vote for Rauner in the primary election.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511356728-ives-to-offer-tough-challenge-to-rauner
— For Illinois gun owners, Rauner’s silence on gun control, confiscation bills is deafening – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511356022-for-illinois-gun-owners-rauner-s-silence-on-gun-control-confiscation-bills-is-deafening
— Rauner caught in slip trying to tie Ives to Madigan – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511356852-rauner-caught-in-slip-trying-to-tie-ives-to-madigan

NORTH COOK NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Katie Miller says no to legalizing recreational use of marijuana – Angela Underwood
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511355596-miller-says-no-to-legalizing-recreational-use-of-marijuana

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives weighs in on Downers Grove schools’ $137 million funding request – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511355739-ives-weighs-in-on-downers-grove-schools-137-million-funding-request
— Nybo-backed liquor zoning bill moves to the House – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who focus on prompting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices. They are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511355299-nybo-backed-liquor-zoning-bill-moves-to-the-house
— Breen, Wheeler and Andersson call proposed workers task force unnecessary – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511355354-breen-wheeler-and-andersson-call-proposed-workers-task-force-unnecessary
— Kinzler: Silverstein donation shows Democrats can’t be trusted – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511354656-kinzler-silverstein-donation-shows-democrats-can-t-be-trusted

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Would Rauner change anything from first term? “No.” (DIERSEN: From what I see, if Rauner is reelected, he and his wife will focus on driving individuals, organizations, and companies out of Illinois that do not promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, and other terrible things. Those who want Illinois to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of Illinois that do not promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, and other terrible things WILL VOTE FOR RAUNER IN THE PRIMARY.)
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-would-rauner-change-anything-from-first-term-no/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Chicago Tribune Endorsement of Pinocchio Rauner – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/chicago-tribune-endorsement-of-pinocchio-rauner/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE LOOMING NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS: YOUNG AMERICANS UNABLE TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY (DIERSEN: In 1966 when I was 18 years old, I was 1-A for the draft notwithstanding the fact that a) my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, b) I had partial red/green color blindness, and c) I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/the-looming-national-security-crisis-young-americans-unable-to-serve-in-the-military.html

WORLD NET DAILY
— ‘FREE SPEECH ISSUE OF OUR TIME’: TECH GIANTS TRIGGER CONSERVATIVE REVOLT Ex-Google insider: ‘Political activists in these companies want to push a liberal agenda’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/free-speech-issue-of-our-time-tech-giants-trigger-conservative-revolt/

BREITBART
— ‘Sensitive Content’: Twitter Hides President Trump, Don Jr. Posts for Sharing Drudge Headlines – ALLUM BOKHARI
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/06/sensitive-content-twitter-hides-president-trump-don-jr-posts-for-sharing-drudge-headlines/

NEW AMERICAN
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: U.S. Air Force Academy Symposium Presents Transgender Couple, Marxist, and Sex Guru As Models – William F. Jasper (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the military get rid of its members unless they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), and the rest of the Democrat Party platform?)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/28440-us-air-force-academy-symposium-presents-transgender-couple-marxist-and-sex-guru-as-models

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Returns to His Democratic Roots The president’s recently voiced support for tariffs and infrastructure spending should please Bernie Sanders fans. – MICHAEL TANNER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/trump-returns-to-his-democratic-roots/
— Segregated Staff Meetings at Nichols Middle School in Evanston – ELI STEELE & BETH HUESTIS FEELEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/illinois-public-school-segregated-staff-meetings-equity-education-agenda/

ROLL CALL
— Porn Still Turning Up in the Federal Workplace Despite Ban Congress made rules to block employees from watching porn. But will it act to enforce them? – Kellie Mejdrich
https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/porn-still-turning-up-in-the-federal-workplace-despite-bans

THE HILL
— Wildlife groups fear what comes next on elephant trophies – MIRANDA GREEN (DIERSEN: In 2007, I arranged for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade.)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/377089-wildlife-groups-fear-what-comes-next-on-elephant-trophies
— HHS official to return to work after probe into inflammatory social media posts – BRANDON CARTER (DIERSEN: Would/should my Democrat superiors in the federal government let me return to work a) if I apologized for becoming a member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) if I apologized for complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) if I apologized for refusing to help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) if I apologized for my refusing to become a Democrat, and/or e) if I apologized for my avoiding the draft?)
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/377103-hhs-official-to-return-to-work-after-probe-into-inflammatory-social-media
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A spokesperson for HHS told Politico that Cordova has “expressed sincere and deep apology” for the posts. “Mr. Cordova has expressed sincere and deep apology for those statements and for any harm or injury he may have caused to readers of any of his social media posts,” the spokesperson told Politico. “While he continues to work at HHS, Mr. Cordova – along with all department employees – will be expected to demonstrate a full commitment to inclusiveness and respect for all Americans that we serve.” A spokesperson also said the posts were created before Cordova joined the agency and that the agency hasn’t received complaints about Cordova through “usual departmental channels.” Four HHS staffers told the outlet that Cordova was seen at his desk and around the HHS offices. After CNN reported on the posts, Cordova removed the posts from his Twitter page. He joined HHS in February 2017, and in his role oversees day-to-day operations in the Office of Human Relations and other officers within HHS. Multiple Trump administration officials have resigned in the last year following reporting on their past social media posts, including Carl Higbie and William C. Bradford.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Sues California Over Immigration Laws – Katie Benner and Jennifer Medina
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/justice-department-california-sanctuary-cities.html
— The Real Reason the Investor Class Hates Pensions – David Webber
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/opinion/investor-class-pensions.html

WASHINGTON POST
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump administration quietly makes it legal to bring elephant parts to the U.S. as trophies – Eli Rosenberg (DIERSEN: In 2007, I arranged for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/03/06/trump-called-elephant-hunts-a-horror-show-his-administration-just-lifted-a-trophy-hunting-ban/
— Porn actress Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says hush agreement is null because he didn’t sign it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/06/porn-actress-stormy-daniels-sues-trump-says-hush-agreement-is-null-because-he-didnt-sign-it/
— Trump is systematically backing off consumer protections, to the delight of corporations – Renae Merle and Tracy (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress the lawsuits that I have filed to paint me as being litigious, anti-business, anti-employer, anti-government, anti-etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-year-of-rolling-back-consumer-protections/2018/03/05/e11713ca-0d05-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— 50 Years of Blaming Everything on Racism The 1968 Kerner report on urban riots absolved blacks of responsibility and ignored real progress. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/50-years-of-blaming-everything-on-racism-1520381047
— Stormy Daniels Sues Trump Over Nondisclosure Agreement Former adult-film actress says Trump lawyer forced her to sign false statement over alleged sexual encounter – Michael Rothfeld and Joe Palazzolo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stormy-daniels-sues-trump-over-nondisclosure-agreement-1520390440
— Yale and the Puritanism of ‘Social Justice’ Ditching class to protest won’t count against you—at least if the university approves of the cause. – Walter Olson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/yale-and-the-puritanism-of-social-justice-1520381642
— U.S. Steel to Restart Illinois Plant Operations to Handle Demand The company plans to call back about 500 employees – Allison Prang
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-steel-to-restart-illinois-plant-operations-to-handle-demand-1520430223

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Warning of raids, staking out courthouses: Immigration activists find new ways to thwart Trump – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/06/vocal-critics-push-back-trump-immigration-measures/396560002/
— Jeff Bezos’ wealth is now equal to 2.3 million Americans’ – David Carrig
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/03/06/how-much-jeff-bezos-worth-centibillionaire-wealth/352082002/

MONEY MAGAZINE
— President Trump’s Net Worth Tumbled Last Year. Here’s What Changed
http://time.com/money/5188095/donald-trump-net-worth-2018/

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— New Push to Drop Drug Offenses as Barrier to Student Aid A student receiving federal grants and loans who commits an infraction as minor as possessing marijuana faces losing aid eligibility. Some see this rule as unwise and are pushing to change it. – Andrew Kreighbaum (DIERSEN: Have you ever used an illegal drug? I have not and I never will. I give credit for that to my outstanding parents who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/03/07/higher-ed-groups-want-end-student-aid-restrictions-applicants-drug-convictions

March 6 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Madigan Warns Democratic Lawmakers After Sexual Harassment Controversy: ‘I Will Personally Get Involved’ – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-sexual-harassment-springfield-caucus-476035493.html

CBS2
— Illinois Attorney General Race Heats Up – Derrick Blakley,
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/06/illinois-attorney-general-race-2018/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Speaker Madigan warns House Democrats to keep relationships with staff ‘strictly professional’ – Monique Garcia, Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-speaker-madigan-sexual-harassment-statement-20180306-story.html
— Citadel’s Ken Griffin is still Illinois’ richest person — and he’s getting richer – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: What are the main reasons why you have less money today? For me, the main reason is the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They did not promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old and they never promoted me to GS-14. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-forbes-billionaires-illinois-20180306-story.html
— Kennedy wants Illinois to pull pension investments from gun companies – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs call for everyone to divest from companies that are NOT 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?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chris-kennedy-daniel-biss-guns-20180306-story.html
— Publicly slighting millions of NRA members isn’t good for business — or America – Megan McArdle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-nra-mcardle-boycott-delta-parkland-guns-0307-20180305-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan gives ‘crystal clear’ warning to House Democrats on harassment – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-gives-crystal-clear-warning-to-house-democrats-on-harassment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A candidate running as a Republican promotes pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction. If you promote pot, you should run as a Libertarian, as a Democrat, or as a Green.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ryan-edward-byrne-republican-candidate-illinois-house-42nd-district-2018-primary/
— Kennedy calls for legislator pension fund to divest from guns, jabs Biss – Mitch Dudek (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs call for everyone to divest from companies that are NOT 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?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-calls-for-legislator-pension-fund-to-divest-from-guns-jabs-biss/
— When elected officials think they own your government – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/when-elected-officials-think-they-own-your-government/
— 401(k)s aren’t the solution to Illinois governments’ pension woes – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-401ks-arent-the-solution-to-illinois-governments-pension-woes/

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Anti-Trump’ Oscars were a ratings disaster; conservatives are delighted – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180306/anti-trump-oscars-were-a-ratings-disaster-conservatives-are-delighted
— 10th Congressional District GOP candidates critical of Affordable Care Act, but wouldn’t have voted to repeal – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180306/gop-candidates-critical-of-affordable-care-act-but-wouldnt-have-voted-to-repeal
— COD student Benjamin Hamgeri participates in prestigious accounting internship (DIERSEN: Compared and contrasted to Hamgeri, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress a) that prior to 1979 when I was 30 years old, I did not think I could pass the CPA examination, b) that I failed to major in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970, c) that I failed make accounting my MBA area of concentration at Loyola 1972-1976, d) that I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until 1976, e) that I did not pass the CPA examination until 1979, f) that I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until 1980, and g) that I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180306/cod-student-participates-in-prestigious-accounting-internship
(FROM THE ARTICLE: College of DuPage student Benjamin Hamgeri recently took part in the prestigious Mary T. Washington Wylie Accounting Internship Preparation Program. Sponsored by the Illinois CPA Society, the program is for African American and other underrepresented students who have at least a 3.0 GPA and a sophomore or junior standing. Hamgeri was one of only 25 college or university students in Illinois selected to participate, with each receiving a $500 scholarship. The Bensenville resident heard about the program from COD Accounting Professor Maureen McBeth. “I owe it all to her,” he said. “She is such a great teacher and approached me about this opportunity, which I had not heard about before.” During the three-day training program, held at the beginning of the year, participants networked with peers and listened to presentations from professionals at the major accounting firms in Chicago. Hamgeri also toured Grant Thornton, one of the city’s top firms, and gained valuable interviewing tips. “Everyone was enthusiastic to be there, and it was great to speak with people working in the field,” he said. “On the last day, we had a chance to interview with different accounting firms for 20 minutes each. It was good to find out what they look for when hiring, and the experience encouraged me to get out of my comfort zone.” Although his brother is an accountant and his mother studied accounting, Hamgeri initially wanted to do something else for a career. “I was interested in business but not sure what specific area to study,” he said. “I was at Illinois State University but I really didn’t want to go to college, so I returned home to refocus. Although my sister came to College of DuPage, I didn’t want to because I didn’t want to attend what I thought was just a bigger version of my high school. I found that COD is so much more.” Taking classes with McBeth helped Hamgeri see accounting the right career for him. “I never had a teacher take so much interest in me, going the extra mile to help me develop as a student,” he said. “She made me realize how prestigious accounting was. The stigma is that you sit at your desk all day. Instead, accounting is a form of communication — it’s the language of business. It tells you whether or not your business will succeed, and it’s always changing.” Hamgeri plans to become a CPA but is still determining what area of accounting to pursue. Because of College of DuPage, he is optimistic about school and his future. “COD helped relieved the pressure of attending a large university,” he said. “It’s much easier to focus here and everyone’s door is open, from meeting with professors to finding a tutor. I’ve learned to ask questions and not be afraid of what other people say. “At COD, you’re getting a good education. And if you are enthusiastic and hungry to learn more, the world is yours.”)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin leads Illinois on billionaire list
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180306/NEWS07/180309927/ken-griffin-leads-illinois-on-billionaire-list

WBEZ
— State Board Regularly OKs Gun Licenses Despite Police Warnings – Miles Bryan
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/state-board-regularly-oks-gun-licenses-despite-police-warnings/8305a761-bd66-405a-acf0-10dac6b825a1

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Abortion bill, corruption inspire Ives’ challenge of Rauner – Chuck Sweeny (DIERSEN: What would inspire you to run for a government office or a political office? For me, it would be if an elected official or party leader failed/refused to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. I would be especially inspired to run if he/she failed/refused to defend/advance the traditional marriage, right to life, or immigration planks. I would be especially inspired to run if he/she promoted dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, diminution of First or Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180305/abortion-bill-corruption-inspire-ives-challenge-of-rauner

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy: ‘Get the dirty money out of politics’ – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: The dirtiest of dirty money is money that “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders take to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, diminution of First or Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/06/democratic-governor-candidate-chris-kennedy-get-the-dirty-money-out-of-politics/anj9bl/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Drew Collins, executive director of the Illinois Republican Party, apologizes for Kinzinger ad featuring VAC volunteers – LINDSAY GLOOR
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/03/06/gop-official-apologizes-for-kinzinger-ad-featuring-vac-volunteers/a55oe7o/

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— What exactly is downstate Illinois? – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: Most, if virtually all of my current critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes live in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, or in DuPage County. Few of them have lived or worked outside of DuPage County. They have always painted me as being a newcomer and an outsider. I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1976, Chicago 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972, in Flossmoor in 1966, in Park Forest 1966-1969, in Chicago 1971 and 1973-1997, in Harvey 1972-1973, and in Joliet 1973-1974.)
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20180306/scott-reeder-what-exactly-is-downstate-illinois

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner supporting proposals to shift state’s teacher pension costs to local schools – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-supporting-proposals-to-shifts-state-s-teacher-retirement-debt/article_1f44b252-20bf-11e8-939c-97601c72c46f.html

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Straub — and controversy — continue to dog Durkin ahead of primary – Michael McGrady
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511356286-straub-and-controversy-continue-to-dog-durkin-ahead-of-primary

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Rips Emanuel Over Plan to Allow Use of Municipal ID for Voting Teams Up with Chicago Ald. To Combat Voter Fraud
https://mailchi.mp/7dbf1fd6e3d6/ives-rips-emanuel-over-plan-to-allow-use-of-municipal-id-for-voting

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner contributes $305K to Erika Harold, and other money news
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/rauner-contributes-305k-to-erika-harold-and-other-money-news/
— More confusion over future of Quincy veterans’ home
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/more-confusion-over-future-of-quincy-veterans-home/
— Simon poll: 84 percent say Illinois is heading in the wrong direction, 66 percent favor legal weed (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/poll-84-percent-say-illinois-is-heading-in-the-wrong-direction-66-percent-favor-legal-weed/
— Simon poll: 53 percent opposes GOP tax cut, Congressional Dems favored 43-28 (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, it would be great if Roskam would raise the SALT cap from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/06/simon-poll-53-percent-opposes-gop-tax-cut-congressional-dems-favored-43-28/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he enjoys pitting White House staffers against each other: ‘I like conflict’ – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who pitted their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German-American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/6/trump-says-he-enjoys-conflict-white-house-staffers/

FOX NEWS
— Hatch Act explained: What is the federal law? – Kaitlyn Schallhorn (DIERSEN: One of the Hatch Act’s purposes is “to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation.” Democrat superiors in the federal government always violate the Hatch Act. During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, virtually all my superiors were Democrats who advanced fellow Democrats. If I had been a Democrat, they would have promoted me into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old, notwithstanding the fact that I am White, male, and non-veteran.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/06/hatch-act-explained-what-is-federal-law.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Enacted in 1939, the Hatch Act bars federal employees from participating in political activity while on duty, in the workplace or in an official capacity. . .“The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation,” OSC states.)

GOPUSA
— Judge rules Trump DACA phaseout legal
http://www.gopusa.com/judge-rules-trump-daca-phaseout-legal/
— Colorado, marijuana’s black market hub
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40726
— Gun rights advocates take aim at new age restrictions
http://www.gopusa.com/gun-rights-advocates-take-aim-at-new-age-restrictions/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sex change surgeries skyrocket amid transgender movement, study finds
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40829

DAILY SIGNAL
— Where Trump Amnesty Proposal Could Repeat Reagan’s Mistakes – Fred Lucas
http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/06/where-trump-amnesty-proposal-could-repeat-reagan-mistakes/
— What Percentage of Americans Have Concealed Carry Permits? – Kush Desai (DIERSEN: Because ever-increasingly, all levels of government are ever-increasingly dumping members of the following groups, members of the following groups should consider getting concealed carry permits: 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://dailysignal.com/2018/03/06/fact-check-what-percentage-of-americans-have-concealed-carry-permits/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Aliens Are Stealing Our Birthright: The Right To Vote
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27525

THE HILL
— Pussy Riot to appear onstage with Illinois Dem gubernatorial candidate Daniel Bill – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/377037-pussy-riot-to-perform-at-campaign-rally-for-illinois-dem-gubernatorial
— Kellyanne Conway found to have violated Hatch Act – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: One of the Hatch Act’s purposes is “to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation.” Democrat superiors in the federal government always violate the Hatch Act. During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, virtually all my superiors were Democrats who advanced fellow Democrats. If I had been a Democrat, they would have promoted me into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old, notwithstanding the fact that I am White, male, and non-veteran.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376945-watchdog-kellyanne-conway-violated-hatch-act-twice-in-tv-appearances

MCCLATCHY DC
— Salary data about federal employees is being hidden. Congress is not pleased – KATE IRBY (DIERSEN: I worked for the Post office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being 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.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article203799934.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Spends More on Domestic Security as Xi’s Powers Grow Beijing invests in policing at home amid push by president to solidify authority – Josh Chin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-spends-more-on-domestic-security-as-xis-powers-grow-1520358522

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Audit: Rauner Budget Office Failed to Collect $2M Owed by U.S. The Illinois office responsible for the state budget failed to collect $2.4 million in federal rebates. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-03-06/audit-rauner-budget-office-failed-to-collect-2m-owed-by-us

March 6 Morning Edition

WLS AM
— Pat Quinn: “I don’t think Madigan should be the chairman of the Democratic Party.” – John Dempsey (DIERSEN: In your precinct, what percent of the Republican voters know a) who their Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain is, b) who the officers of their Republican township/ward party organization are, c) who the officers of their Republican county party organization are, d) who their representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) is, e) who the IRP offices are, f) who the IRP National Committeeman is, and g) and who the IRP National Committeewoman is? While Democrat voters elect their representative on the Democrat SCC, Republican voters elect Republican Precinct Committeemen (outside of Cook County), Republican Township Party Committeemen (in Cook County outside of Chicago), and Republican Ward Committeemen in Chicago who elect Republican SCC members. IRP SCC members then elect IRP Chairmen, appoint members of state convention committees, etc.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/05/pat-quinn-i-dont-think-madigan-should-be-the-chairman-of-the-democratic-party/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Well, I don’t think he should be the chairman of the Democratic Party”, said Quinn. “As a matter of fact I think the voters in the primary ought to have a chance to vote for the chairman of the Democratic Party. I believe in term limits. I’ve been passing petitions for that over the years. I think reasonable term limits are needed for everybody and that includes running for Governor and Attorney General.”)

PRO PUBLICA ILLINOIS
— Win or Lose in GOP Primary for Governor, Jeanne Ives Helps Push Illinois to the Right Top donors, operatives abandon Rauner and put their money with conservative crusader. – Mick Dumke (DIERSEN: In Illinois, to be on the right, is to defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, including its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/politicil-insider-gop-primary-jeanne-ives

NBC5
— Rauner Reverses, Will Raze Dorms Where Legionnaires’ Found
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Reverses-Will-Raze-Dorms-Where-Legionnaires-Found-475879053.html
— Biss to Share Stage With Pussy Riot – Brendan Pedersen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Biss-to-Share-Stage-with-Pussy-Riot-475879913.html
— These Are the 10 Races to Watch in Illinois Politics This Year – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/campaigns-races-to-watch-chicago-illinois-elections-469577203.html

CBS2
— DuPage County Sheriff Candidates Battle It Out
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/05/dupage-county-sheriff-republican-primary/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Identity theft tops 2017 Illinois consumer complaint list – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/identity-theft-tops-2017-illinois-consumer-complaint-list-1

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner says Madigan’s legislative districts look like spaghetti noodles; Harold ad features, who else? Madigan – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-fox-20180306-story.html
— Jeanne Ives on Chicago municipal ID
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/96089083-132.html
— Local ‘Dreamers’ remain in limbo after Trump’s March 5 deadline – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-dreamers-deadline-congress-0306-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Sheriff Tom Dart employee collected nearly $90K in health benefits while on 5-year personal leave, watchdog finds – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Since 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the federal government to pay $364,500 (75%) of my and my wife’s $486,000 health, dental, and vision insurance premiums.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sheriff-tom-dart-health-benefits-20180227-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago, aiming to revoke $100M gift – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-university-of-chicago-donation-lawsuit-20180305-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-asylum-family-separation-congo-huppke-20180304-story.html
— Legal woes of suburban pastor John Elleson running for Congress in the 9th Congressional District included ‘no contest’ plea to theft, losing lawsuit – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-elleson-congress-chicago-inc-20180305-story.html
— Collar county endorsements (DIERSEN: They include Mendrick and Bond.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180306/281754154827985
— A dog-walking license? Please. Here’s how to stop this silliness. – Tyler Cowen (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-license-occupational-dog-walkers-jobs-0306-20180305-story.html
— Immigrants’ American Dream: Starting a business – Paul Wiesman (DIERSEN: What do you say to those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that look down on lowly wage-earners like I was 1964-1997? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on lowly wage-earners like I was 1964-1997.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180306/281887298814161

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DACA expiration date comes and goes; Durbin says solution unlikely any time soon – Pete Grieve
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/on-daca-expiration-date-durbin-says-its-unlikely-any-solution-will-come-soon/

DAILY HERALD
— Oppose video gambling in West Chicago – Brad Kimme, West Chicago
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180306/oppose-video-gaming-in-west-chicago

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Candidates face off in Batavia for 49th, 65th district representatives – RENEE TOMELL
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/03/05/candidates-face-off-in-batavia-for-49th-65th-district-representatives/dnmvum8/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Ives has moxie to be elected governor – Jane Carrell, Roscoe
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/03/05/letter-ives-has-moxie-to-be-elected-governor/abspon8/

WGLT
— Dan Brady Defends Tenure As GOP Primary Challenger Pushes Term Limits – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/brady-defends-tenure-gop-primary-challenger-pushes-term-limits#stream/0

CHICAGO READER
— Pro-life ad for Kinzinger shocks women featured in it without their consent – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/03/06/pro-life-ad-for-republican-congressman-shocks-women-featured-in-it-without-their-consent

CHICAGO MAROON
— Institute of Politics Hosts Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Jeanne Ives – Lucia Geng
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/3/6/iop-hosts-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-jeann/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Silverstein donation a reflection of ‘good old boy’ network, Ives says – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511355406-silverstein-donation-a-reflection-of-good-old-boy-network-ives-says

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALTON IN NEGOTIATIONS TO SELL OFF CITY SEWER SYSTEM AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO PAY FOR PENSIONS – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/alton-in-negotiations-to-sell-off-city-sewer-system-and-water-treatment-plant-to-pay-for-pensions/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— What Will You Be Remembered For? – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What will your critics/opponents be remembered for? My critics/opponents will be remembered for their failure to a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. My critics/opponents will be remembered for their success in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/03/06/what-will-you-be-remembered-for/

FEDERALIST
— Country Music Executives Slammed The NRA In Push To Oust Huckabee
http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/05/country-music-execs-slammed-nra-in-push-to-oust-huckabee/

WORLD NET DAILY
— NRA MEMBERSHIPS SURGE AFTER GUN PROTESTS Interest jumps 4,900 percent since Florida high-school attack
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/nra-memberships-surge-after-gun-protests/

DAILY CALLER
— Sarah Sanders Lights Up Grandstanding Jim Acosta – Saagar Enjeti (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who have painted me as being a conservative/Republican-type Jim Acosta since I became a reporter for GOPUSA in 2000.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/05/sarah-sanders-jim-acosta-cnn/?utm_medium=email
— Jim Acosta Whines That CNN Doesn’t Get Questions At White House, Sanders’ Response Is Cold As Ice – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/05/acosta-whines-cnn-doesnt-get-questions-at-white-house/

PATRIOT POST
— The Politicization of the FBI – Joseph E. diGenova (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. I should write a book about the politicization of the federal government, and especially the politicization of GAO, IRS, and the Post Office.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/54475-the-politicization-of-the-fbi

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Peter Roskam: ‘Big plan’ on opioids is a ‘pipe dream’ – Kimberly Leonard (DIERSEN: Who pushes opioids in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/peter-roskam-big-plan-on-opioids-is-a-pipe-dream/article/2650727

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Washington becomes 1st state to approve net-neutrality rules – RACHEL LA CORTE (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want to dominate/control? My critics/opponents want to dominate/control the internet, just like they want to dominate/control everything else. My critics/opponents dominate/control the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc. They a) glorify and praise, pander to, serve as operatives or dupes for, and/or give money to Rich Miller and his Capitol Fax and b) blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. )
https://apnews.com/b970b9ed04e84df19ead7692a902e66f/Washington-becomes-1st-state-to-approve-net-neutrality-rules

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Foils for the Right: Google and Facebook – Michael M. Grynbaum and John Herrman (DIERSEN: What percent of Google and Facebook 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 longer than their ancestors – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/business/media/paul-schweizer-google-facebook.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Linguistic Melting Pot That Can Still Boil Over – Dan Bilefsky (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America by its sending many millions of its Spanish-speaking citizens into America illegally, by its keeping many millions of its Spanish-speaking citizens in America illegally, and by its sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. Soon, if not already, Mexico and its agents will succeed in forcing everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish. Soon, if not already, Mexico and its agents will stop you from getting an education, stop you from getting a job, stop you from getting a driver’s license, stop you from owning property, etc. UNLESS YOU SPEAK, READ, AND WRITE SPANISH. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs have no problem with the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/world/canada/montreal-french-english-divide.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook asked users if pedophiles should be able to ask kids for ‘sexual pictures’ – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/03/05/facebook-asked-users-if-pedophiles-should-able-ask-kids-sexual-pictures/395535002/
— Dashboard cameras sales rising fast due to safety-conscious drivers – Rick Barrett
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/02/26/dashboard-cameras-sales-rising-fast-due-safety-conscious-drivers/373631002/

WEST VIRGINIA RECORD
— Peter should not pay for the sins of Paul – Steven Cohen (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs say that Dreamers should not have to pay for the sins of their parents. But with Affirmative Action, with Diversity, and with Inclusion, Democrats and RINOs make Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran pay for the sins of their parents, of their grandparents, and of the rest of their ancestors. How viciously did your parents, your grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors discriminate against minorities and against women? How long have your ancestors been in America? Did they own slaves?)
https://wvrecord.com/stories/511352534-peter-should-not-pay-for-the-sins-of-paul

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Effect Faces Test as Race to Control Congress Gets Real – John McCormick and Sahil Kapur (DIERSEN: What do you say to candidates in Republican primaries who paint themselves 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-06/trump-effect-faces-test-as-race-to-control-congress-gets-real

TORONTO SUN
— More gun laws alone won’t produce a more civilized society – Walter E, Williams
http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/guest-column-more-gun-laws-alone-wont-produce-a-more-civilized-society

GUARDIAN
— ‘We’re in the 19th century’: Tammy Duckworth on motherhood and the Senate – Lauren Gambino (DIERSEN: What did your mother do? My outstanding mother stayed home and raised me and my brother. My outstanding parents sent me and my brother to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn my parents, me, and my brother as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/06/tammy-duckworth-motherhood-birth-senate-leave-ivanka-trump

DAILY MAIL
— Lost your job? Experts share top tips on how to survive financially and emotionally – FAYE JAMES (DIERSEN: Have you lost a job? In early 1971, my Firestone Stores boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. In early 1971, I had just been granted a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5465977/Top-tips-surviving-lose-job.html