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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durbin, Democrats reveal their bigotry in questioning of judicial nominee from Notre Dame – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-federal-judge-catholic-kass-met-0913-20170912-column.html
— Palos Township needs plan to handle crowds of protesters – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-palos-trustee-st-0913-20170912-story.html
— Which came first, the opioids or the despair among middle-aged white Americans? – Justin Fox  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn not only middle-aged White Americans, but all those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-white-americans-despair-opioids-0913-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: CPS inspector: High school at Cook County Jail phonied up attendance – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cps-inspector-high-school-at-cook-county-jail-phonied-up-attendance/
— Resignation an ignoble end to Seattle mayor’s long career – AP  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/resignation-an-ignoble-end-to-seattle-mayors-long-career/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: Suburbs could lose $100M in business taxes to state – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170913/suburbs-could-lose-100m-in-business-taxes-to-state

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Whatever it costs to land Amazon’s HQ, Chicago should pay it – JOE CAHILL  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago want employers that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long-time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170913/BLOGS10/170919965

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Budget director: Springfield’s sales tax revenue is shrinking – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170912/budget-director-springfields-sales-tax-revenue-is-shrinking

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— ‘Lite’ governor should go – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-09-12/lite-governor-should-go.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you fight voter fraud, anti-Trumps lambaste you.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-election-commission-head-lambasted-for-voter-fraud-claims/810303359

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps. – Bradford Richardson
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/09/12/fourth-local-daca-protest-held-outside-bcpa/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— “The more you take tools away from officers, the harder it is to do the job effectively.”
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511203102-the-more-you-take-tools-away-from-officers-the-harder-it-is-to-do-the-job-effectively

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: State Rep Drury yet to prove malice in defamation suit vs Proft over campaign ads – Jonathan Bilyk
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511213028-judge-state-rep-drury-yet-to-prove-malice-in-defamation-suit-vs-proft-over-campaign-ads
— Illinois’ legal climate among nation’s worst, survey says – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511212600-illinois-legal-climate-among-nation-s-worst-survey-says

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— U.S. Chamber ranks Illinois near bottom for lawsuit fairness – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/u-s-chamber-ranks-illinois-near-bottom-for-lawsuit-fairness/article_4e8bfd00-97d9-11e7-b370-37edae8009df.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Profits of Hate: The Southern Poverty Law Center – John Biver  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/profits-hate-southern-poverty-law-center-video-special/

CAPITOL FAX
— Drury loses another round against Proft
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/13/drury-loses-another-round-against-proft/
— Pritzker campaign wants questions answered about former Rauner chief counsel
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/13/pritzker-campaign-wants-questions-answered-about-former-rauner-chief-counsel/

GOPUSA
— Voting machines can be hacked without evidence, commission is told  (DIERSEN: I should ask to recount the November 8, 2016 ballots cast in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 to verify that 211 votes were cast for Clinton, but only 137 for Trump.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30123
— ESPN on Tuesday issued a statement disavowing host Jemele Hill’s tweets calling President Donald Trump “a white supremacist,” “a bigot” and “unqualified and unfit to be president.”  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30119
— Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after fifth child sex-abuse allegation  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30111
— The Anti-Catholic, Anti-Christian Democrats
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29979

FOX NEWS
— Author of Clinton Campaign Tell-All on Hillary’s Excuses: ‘It’s Always Someone Else’s Fault’  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes always blame others for their problems. They blame me for all their problems, for all your problems, for all my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They blame me for all losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000 even though I have never been a) an officer of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, or the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) or b) an IRP State Central Committee member.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/12/hillary-clinton-book-what-happened-shattered-author-her-excuses-blame-game

BREITBART
— Trump’s Spending Deal with Democrats Is Funding Planned Parenthood – DR. SUSAN BERRY  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that to get reelected, sooner or later, Trump will a) dump all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) dump all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/12/trumps-spending-deal-democrats-funding-planned-parenthood/
— Breitbart News Daily: Why No More ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’? (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who do not speak against radical Islamic terrorism, but who say that members of the following groups are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/12/breitbart-news-daily-why-no-more-radical-islamic-terrorism/

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Is Mad Because ‘White Men’ Speak At Trump Voter Fraud Commission – Justin Caruso  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My demographics are terrible. I am a Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, German American, and draft avoider. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. My ancestors have been in America since 1844. I was a union member for almost 12 years. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 20 years. I am childless and pet-less. I own American nameplate cars. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois who share one or more of my demographics but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who have those demographics. Most commonly, they are White males who demonize, denigrate, and condemn White males like me to curry favor with anti-Whites and with anti-males.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/12/cnn-is-mad-because-white-men-speak-at-trump-voter-fraud-commission/

TOWNHALL
— We’re All to Blame for letting government turn into charity – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote dependency on government and on charity.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2017/09/13/were-all-to-blame-n2379697

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Attorneys petition Trump administration to protect pro-life clinics forced to promote abortion
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/12/attorneys-petition-trump-protect-pro-life-clinics-/

THE HILL
— Ryan to meet with Pelosi to discuss Dream Act – JOSH DELK  (DIERSEN: From what I see, Ryan will agree to give Dreamers, their parents, and all other illegals tremendous preference over citizens of America. Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans make it clear that they want illegals to replace those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/350398-paul-ryan-to-meet-with-pelosi-top-dems-on-dream-act
— Gutiérrez defends attacks on Kelly, calls top Trump aide ‘mean’ – RAFAEL BERNAL  (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that anti-Trumps will say that you are mean: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/350379-gutierrez-defends-attacks-on-kelly-calls-trumps-chief-of-staff-mean

POLITICO
— Senate Dems to unveil plan to protect Dreamers in the military – SEUNG MIN KIM  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. People are nasty. From what I see a) if you are a member of any of the following groups, b) if you are/were 1-A, and c) if you did not enlist, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use that against you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/12/dreamers-military-protection-senate-democrats-242612
— What Democrats can do to save Dreamers  Obama’s immigration architect advises lawmakers in her party to forget broader immigration reform and ‘stay focused on the DREAM Act.’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote Dreamers call members of the following groups White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/13/how-democrats-can-save-dreamers-242632

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors – KATE KLONICK  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants to censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/opinion/cloudflare-daily-stormer-charlottesville.html
— Why We Need Medicare for All – BERNIE SANDERS  (DIERSEN: I paid Medicare taxes 1983-1997 while I worked for GAO and 1966-1972 while washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in the private sector.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/opinion/bernie-sanders-medicare-single-payer.html
— Christopher Columbus Statue in Central Park Is Vandalized – SARAH MASLIN NIR and JEFFERY C. MAYS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/nyregion/christopher-columbus-statue-central-park-vandalized.html
— Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Resigns After Another Sex Abuse Accusation – KIRK JOHNSON  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/us/ed-murray-seattle.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Houston Housing Market Is Unfazed by Flood Threats – ANNIE CORREAL and CONOR DOUGHERTY  (DIERSEN: If your home has not suffered storm water damage recently, what are the main reasons?  915 Cove Court in Wheaton has not suffered storm water damage recently because I paid the home’s builder $900 in 1984 to have all nine of the home’s downspouts directly connected to the city storm sewer system, I unclogged and properly connected 6-inch and a 4-inch drain tile lines to the city storm sewer system, I had part of the home’s exterior footing tiles reexcavated and unclogged, I installed many storm sewer inlets and hundreds of feet of French drains, I patched many lengthy cracks in the basement floor, I have always had a battery backup sump pump, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/business/economy/hurricane-houston-housing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Don’t buy all the PR-style hooey about ‘dreamers’ – Mickey Kaus  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote Dreamers call members of the following groups White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-buy-all-the-pr-style-hooey-about-dreamers/2017/09/12/adc246d6-9738-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Who wants to deport “dreamers”? Not many people, it turns out. Even veteran immigration restrictionists seem willing to legalize this subset of undocumented immigrants if it is part of a package deal. That’s true even though a lot of what’s said about the dreamers is PR-style hooey. For example, it’s often said — indeed, former president Barack Obama just recently said — that the approximately 690,000 dreamers were “brought to this country by their parents.” Well, many were. But that’s not required to qualify as a protected dreamer under the various plans, including Obama’s. You just have to have entered the country illegally before age 16. You could have decided to sneak in against your parents’ wishes. You’re still a dreamer! Likewise, we’re told dreamers are college-bound high school grads or military personnel. That’s an exaggeration. All that’s actually required is that the dreamer enroll in a high school course or an “alternative,” including online courses and English-as-a-second-language classes. Under Obama’s now-suspended program, you didn’t even have to stay enrolled. Compared with the general population, dreamers are not especially highly skilled. A recent survey for several pro-dreamer groups, with participants recruited by those groups, found that while most dreamers are not in school, the vast majority work. But their median hourly wage is only $15.34, meaning that many are competing with hard-pressed lower-skilled Americans. The dreamers you read about have typically been carefully selected for their appeal. They’re valedictorians. They’re first responders. They’re curing diseases. They root for the Yankees. They want to serve in the Army. If dreamers are the poster children for the much larger undocumented population, these are the poster children for the poster children. Still, taking the dreamers as a whole, not just the dreamiest of them, they represent an appealing group of would-be citizens. So why not show compassion and legalize them? Because, as is often the case, the pursuit of pure compassion comes with harmful side effects. First, it would create perverse incentives. Can you imagine a stronger incentive for illegal immigration than the idea that if you sneak into the country your kids will get to be U.S. citizens? Sure, the protections don’t currently apply to recent entrants — under Obama’s plan, you had to have come before 2007. But those dates can be changed — Obama himself tried to do it once. And the rationale for rewarding those who arrive when young — that they’re here through “no fault of their own” and know only America, etc. — can apply on into the future, with no apparent stopping point. What about the poor kids who came in 2008? 2018? There’s a reason no country has a rule that if you sneak in as a minor, you’re a citizen. We’d be inviting the world. Second, it would have knock-on effects. Under “chain migration” rules established in 1965 — ironically as a sop to conservatives, who foolishly thought that they’d boost European inflows — new citizens can bring in their siblings and adult children, who can bring in their siblings and in-laws, until whole villages have moved to the United States. That means today’s 690,000 dreamers would quickly become millions of newcomers, who may well be low-skilled and who would almost certainly include the parents who brought them — the ones who, in theory, are at fault. There are obvious, sensible ways to control these side effects. Pair any dreamer amnesty with a major upgrade to our system to prevent a new undocumented wave — such as a mandatory extension of E-Verify, the system that lets employers check on the legal status of hires. Curtail the right to bring in distant relatives. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has proposed such a compromise — and it would be easy to compromise on his compromise, say by cutting back on chain migration only by the number of people that the new Dream Act adds to the citizenry. The president could declare a one-time act of mercy for those who came here during the pre-Trump Era of Laxity, but make clear the game was changed for future entrants. Why wouldn’t Democrats jump at such a deal? For years they’ve been touting “comprehensive immigration reform,” a mix of amnesty with stepped-up enforcement to prevent another undocumented surge. But the Dream Act is uncomprehensive. It’s all amnesty, no prevention — let alone any compensating reduction in legal inflows. It’s hard to avoid the thought that Democrats (and Republicans who support the Dream Act) aren’t really interested in preventing illegal inflows. They’re not inclined to take Cotton up on his deal because they don’t think they have to. If they win, we’ll get the compassion without dealing with its consequences. That would be especially unfortunate given the signs that Trump’s immigration crackdown, simply stepping up enforcement of current laws, is already helping to tighten the low end of the labor market and boost wages of low-skilled workers. News organizations are featuring stories from employers who aren’t getting their usual supply of undocumented workers and are forced to take radical measures — such as raising wages. Proof of this connection, in the public mind, may be what terrifies the pro-immigration lobby the most.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Household Incomes Rose in 2016 to New Record – Ben Leubsdorf  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO as a GS-13 Step 10 Analyst, my salary would be $122,991/year. But because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Civil Service Retirement System is only $50,856/year, that is, my income is $72,135/year less.)
The median household income last year was $59,039
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-household-incomes-rose-in-2016-to-new-record-1505226727
— Big Tech’s Heavy Hand  Are companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon ‘shredding’ individuality with their pervasive collection of our individual data? Steven Poole reviews ‘World Without Mind’ – Franklin Foer  (DIERSEN: What does big tech know about you? Big tech knows that: I am a Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, German American, and draft avoider. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. My ancestors have been in America since 1844. I was a union member for almost 12 years. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 20 years. I am childless and pet-less. I own American nameplate cars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-techs-heavy-hand-1505256883
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Herculean Task as Crews Race to Restore Power Cut by Irma  Almost 60,000 utility workers from the U.S. and Canada work to fix downed lines and flooded substations – Cameron McWhirter,  Erin Ailworth and  Arian Campo-Flores  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about those who question my judgment to have a whole-house natural gas fired backup electric generator installed. Because they shout their criticisms of me, I can shout my criticisms of them, right?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/herculean-task-as-crews-race-to-restore-power-cut-by-irma-1505254663

USA TODAY
— Damage heavy on Key West, but booze still flows – Trevor Hughes  (DIERSEN: All of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes either drink lots of booze or talk and/or act like they want to drink lots of booze.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/09/12/damage-heavy-key-west-but-booze-still-flows/659868001/
— Google employee spreadsheet alleges pay gap for women – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented the jury many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors paid higher salaries to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than they paid their similarly or better qualified employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/09/09/google-employee-spreadsheet-alleges-pay-gap-women/649969001/

DENVER POST
— Researchers use facial recognition tools to predict sexual orientation. LGBT groups aren’t happy. – DEREK HAWKINS  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in America, those who engage in LGBTQ activity get more and more and more preference. What about those who say that they engage in LGBTQ activity but cannot pass a facial recognition test?)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/12/facial-recognition-tools-to-predict-sexual-orientation-lgbt/

FEDERAL TIMES
— Killers, rapists getting interim security clearances due to backlog – Deb Riechman
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2017/09/12/killers-rapists-getting-interim-security-clearances-due-to-backlog/

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, CATO acts like it an agent for a) those who want cheap labor and b) foreign countries.
https://www.cato.org/blog/fiscal-case-clean-dream-act

DAILY MAIL
— Toddler hospitalized after ingesting marijuana in his parents’ California home – DANIELLE ZOELLNER
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4877826/Toddler-hospitalized-ingesting-marijuana.html

SALON
— Being a gay solider under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) left damaging effects says Iraq vet – RACHEL LEAH  (DIERSEN: The federal government has never had a DADT policy covering its employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates a) frequently asked me questions to confirm that I was the aforesaid and/or b) to remind me that they knew that I was the aforesaid. Further, they frequently asked me questions to confirm and/or b) reminded me that they knew that I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination and that opposed promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, etc.)
http://www.salon.com/2017/09/13/being-a-gay-solider-under-dont-ask-dont-tell-left-damaging-effects-says-iraq-vet/