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February 28 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump: Condemns ‘hate and evil’ in Congress speech. Text – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-tells-congress-the-time-for-trivial-fights-is-behind-us/amp/
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Gaming bill clears Senate hurdle – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gaming-bill-clears-senate-hurdle-pension-bill-fizzles-once-again/
— Madigan is no champion of schoolchildren – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/phil-kadner-madigan-is-no-champion-of-schoolchildren/
— Illinois Attorney General Madigan snubs Trump: Declines WH invite – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you snub Trump, who glorifies and praises you? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Because Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, if you snub Trump, you snub the Republican Party platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-attorney-general-madigan-snubs-trump-declines-wh-invite/

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsements: Brodhead, Coyne, Isaac, Krummen for Naperville council
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170228/discuss/170228982/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump invites family members of people killed by unauthorized immigrants to joint address
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/238634299-story

NBC5
— AG Lisa Madigan Declined President Trump’s Invitation to White House Meeting – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/AG-Lisa-Madigan-Declined-President-Trumps-Invitation-to-White-House-415003803.html

CBS2
— AG Lisa Madigan Declines White House Invitation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/28/ag-lisa-madigan-declines-white-house-invitation/
— Kellyanne Conway Kneels On Oval Office Couch, Sparks Debate
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-kneels-on-oval-office-couch-sparks-debate/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— ‘Grand bargain’ budget deal taking shape in Senate – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170228/grand-bargain-budget-deal-taking-shape-in-senate

LOUIS TODAY
— Trump refocusing on protecting police as some in minority communities worry about repercussions – Chuck Raasch (DIERSEN: Virtually all anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-police.)
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/trump-refocusing-on-protecting-police-as-some-in-minority-communities/article_6b085052-da68-53bb-94e8-82389cea749a.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PUBLIC LETTER FROM IL GOP PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN GRANT D. NOBLE TO GOVERNOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF (DIERSEN: Constructively, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are public letters to all Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois. I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too, and they have included links to more than 263,500 articles and information on many upcoming events. The purpose of the emails, as everyone knows, is to encourage everyone to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/public-letter-from-il-gop-precinct-committeeman-to-governors-chief-of-staff-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AG Madigan’s turn to snub Trump (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you snub Trump, who glorifies and praises you? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Because Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, if you snub Trump, you snub the Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/28/ag-madigans-turn-to-snub-trump/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— If you care about Trump’s steak, or Kellyanne’s feet on the couch, you may need a life – Kelly Riddell
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/28/who-cares-about-trump-steak-kellyannes-feet/

WORLD NET DAILY
— BETSY DEVOS HAS DRUNK THE ‘LGBTQ’ KOOL-AID Linda Harvey also wants kids ‘protected’ but not with gender-bending bathrooms
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/betsy-devos-has-drunk-the-lgbtq-kool-aid/

TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Special Guests Tonight Will Provide a Powerful Message on Illegal Immigration – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/02/28/trumps-special-guests-tonight-n2291801

GOPUSA
— Trump will address Congress tonight; Liz Warren, other Democrats have plans to taunt him
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21277
— Conway says feminism promotes ‘anti-male,’ ‘pro-abortion’ agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21240

TOWNHALL
— Pelosi: Why Yes–We’re Looking At Ways To Impeach Trump – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/02/28/pelosi-why-yeswere-looking-at-ways-to-impeach-trump-n2291494

BARBWIRE
— I’M SORRY, BUT CAITLYN JENNER IS A MAN WEARING A DRESS – DR. MICHAEL BROWN
http://barbwire.com/2017/02/28/im-sorry-caitlyn-jenner-man-wearing-dress/

BLAZE
— Liberal Van Jones absolutely obliterates ‘ridiculous’ campus ‘safe spaces’ in fiery talk – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: How would you react if hate-filled liberals tried to establish “safe places” in your precinct, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America to protect people from Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? To establish a place to make people safe from a group is to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn that group.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/28/liberal-van-jones-absolutely-obliterates-ridiculous-campus-safe-spaces-in-fiery-talk/

BREITBART
— Soros-Financed Groups Provided Script for Anti-Trump Town Halls – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/28/soros-groups-provide-word-word-anti-trump-script-protesters-use-lawmakers/
— CNN: Being an Illegal Alien ‘Not Necessarily’ a Crime – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, CNN sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST America’s citizens.)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/28/cnn-illegal-alien-not-necessarily-crime/
— Trump on Pelosi: ‘I Think She’s Incompetent, Actually’ – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/28/trump-pelosi-think-shes-incompetent-actually/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Nation of Immigrants — Only if They Assimilate – DENNIS PRAGER (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose assimilation in America? ANSWER: Those 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445286/swedish-crime-rates-immigration-requires-assimilation-melting-pot
— In February, Democrats Wrap Up Black Amnesia Month Contrary to their mythmaking, Democrats have a long history of oppressing black Americans. – DEROY MURDOCK
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445303/democrat-black-history-month-amnesia-democratic-party-oppresses-blacks

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Effect? Poll Shows CNN Brand Plummeting – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/trump-effect-poll-shows-cnn-brand-plummeting/
— Here’s What Wrong With The Claim That Female Reporters Make 26% Less Than Male Counterparts – Andrew Follett (DIERSEN: What percent of those organizations and companies that employ reporters are Democrat – 97%, 98%, 99+%)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/heres-what-wrong-with-the-claim-that-female-reporters-make-26-less-than-male-counterparts/
(FROM THEARTICLE: The study’s claim ignores much of its own data. Its data clearly suggests the salary gap is because female journalists are, on average, six years younger than their male colleagues, and have 5.3 less years of work experience. They are also less likely to work full time and hold management positions. . .The study did find the average after-tax income of a male journalist in the country is $55,552, while the average female journalist earns $44,104. This statistic on its own can be misleading without the context of the work experience gap.)
— Chuck Schumer Desperate To Make Dem Hill Staff Less White – Rachel Stoltzfoos (DIERSEN: Schumer should bring in Chareles Bowsher. During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non/veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/chuck-schumer-desperate-to-make-dem-hill-staff-less-white/
— Hundreds Of Non-Citizens Registered To Vote In Ohio, Investigation Finds – Caroline May
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/hundreds-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote-in-ohio-investigation-finds/
— North Trier High School Hosts Lessons On Implicit Bias, Microagressions – Amber Randall (DIERSEN: Are you White? I am. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always attributed the successes that I have had in life to my benefiting from being a White male, that is, my benefiting from discrimination against minorities and against females.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/chicago-area-school-hosts-lessons-on-implicit-bias-microagressions/

CNN
— Trump envisions bill allowing many (ILLEGAL) immigrants to stay in U.S. – Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer and Tal Kopan (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have had great success in making illegal immigrants despise if not hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-immigration-bill/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ILLINOIS SENATE MAKES PROGRESS ON ‘GRAND BARGAIN’
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170228/AP/302289785
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth blasts Trump over his military comments. How soon, if not already, will Duckworth blast Trump for avoiding the draft like I did? To turn veterans against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to veterans that I avoided the draft. To turn churchgoers against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to churchgoers that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to any church.)
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/illinois-senator-veteran-criticizes-trump-military-comments/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Says He’s Open to Legal Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants.” Democrats and RINOs have had great success in making “undocumented immigrants” despise if not hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/us/politics/trump-address-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s GOP enablers take a page from the fascist-era Vatican.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-gop-enablers-borrow-a-page-from-the-fascist-era-vatican/2017/02/27/f7316210-fd1a-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html
— News coverage of Trump is really, really negative. Even on Fox News. – Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter and Roland Schatz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/28/news-coverage-of-trump-is-really-really-negative-even-on-fox-news/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors want to flood America with refugees.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-town-that-cant-do-without-refugees-1488290400
— Donald Trump Faces a Conservative Revolt in Congress If the president wants to move his legislative agenda through Congress, it will be up to him to quash the rebellion – KRISTINA PETERSON and STEPHANIE ARMOUR (DIERSEN: When Trump defends and advances the Republican Party platform, conservatives would not revolt against that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-faces-a-conservative-revolt-in-congress-1488308322

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— The New York Times Rewrites History To Tarnish Trump Speech – John Merline
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-new-york-times-rewrites-history-to-tarnish-trump/

BUFFALO NEWS
— Background checks must go beyond fingerprints – Thomas Frazier
https://buffalonews.com/2017/02/28/another-voice-background-checks-must-go-beyond-fingerprints/

TIME MAGAZINE
— The Unseen Threat to America: We Don’t Leave Our Hometowns – Tyler Cowen
http://time.com/4677919/tyler-cowen-book/

MONEY MAGAZINE
— The Big Risk Hiding in Trump’s Plan to Cut the IRS Budget – Ian Salisbury (DIERSEN: For its February 1978 4-page article on me, Money Magazine worked with my Democrat IRS superiors to foist negative government employee stereotypes on me and to disallow my education deductions by arguing that the courses that I had deducted a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
http://time.com/money/4685489/trump-to-cut-irs-budget/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Should TSP millionaires be congratulated or horse-whipped? – Mike Causey
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/02/should-tsp-millionaires-be-congratulated-or-horse-whipped/

February 28 Morning Edition

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— In response to possible AFSCME strike, Rauner launches jobs website at https://statejobs.illinois.gov
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170228/in-response-to-possible-afscme-strike-rauner-launches-jobs-website

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rauner Administration Prepares for Strike Launches job portal for temporary workers at https://statejobs.illinois.gov – Megan Briesath
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/rauner-administration-prepares-for-strike/663979241

FOX ILLINOIS
— New State of Illinois Jobs Portal Launched at https://statejobs.illinois.gov
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/new-state-of-illinois-jobs-portal-launched

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Legislature looking out for you — or somebody else? – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-legislature-looking-out-for-you-or-somebody-else/
— Johnson defends changes to merit promotion process – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What promotions have you had and what happened to those who promoted you? My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986. Since 1972, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the promotions that I got should have been given to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to younger people, and to veterans. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Veterans Preference.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/johnson-defends-changes-to-merit-promotion-process/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Only a war can boost President Trump’s low approval ratings.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-war-glanton-20170227-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Jesse Jackson Jr. says he feels ‘attacked from all angles’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jackson-divorce-case-status-0228-20170227-story.html
— PROOF that liberal protesters are paid – Rex W. Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-paid-protesters-huppke-20170227-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Former McHenry County politician Albert Jourdan Jr. remembered as Republican powerhouse – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/news/170229025/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Elgin police side with illegals, except those illegals who are “known gang members, sex offenders and felons.” What if Elgin police sided with other groups, except those who are “known gang members, sex offenders and felons?” For example, what if Elgin police sided with 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, except those who are “known gang members, sex offenders and felons?”)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/news/170229030/
— Four candidates to back in District 200 – Daniel Wagner, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170228/discuss/170228987/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will CPS really close early for the year? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170228/BLOGS02/170229890/will-cps-really-close-early-for-the-year
— Donald Trump, Alexander Hamilton and the case for a new federalism – MARILYN KATZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170228/OPINION/170229886/donald-trump-alexander-hamilton-and-a-new-federalism-marilyn-katz
— Wheaton residents balk over Pulte’s plan to demolish historic mansion – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: Several “historical Chicago Golf houses” are in my Milton Township Precinct 9.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170228/CRED0701/170229891
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ON ENDANGERED BUILDINGS WATCHLIST Constructed in 1897, the red brick mansion on the site is now attached to a chapel and the dormitory, both of which were built by the nuns’ order after they took ownership of the property in 1946. The mansion was one of 12 built by original members of Chicago Golf, the Wheaton club that in 1894 built what is now the oldest 18-hole golf course in North America. Illinois Steel president Jay C. Morse built the house for his daughter, Carolyn Morse Ely, and her husband, Arthur Ely, at about the time their marriage was breaking up. It was one of several mansions architect Jarvis Hunt designed for Chicago Golf members. Hunt also designed the course’s clubhouse, which faces the old Ely house across about a half-mile of lawn. Jarvis Hunt’s other buildings included one at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, and railroad stations in several cities. For Kansas City, Hunt designed the 900-room Union Station. Wheaton has no landmarks ordinances that prevent demolition of the convent’s building, said Michael Dzugan, the city manager. “The developer at this point is not interested in restoring the historic structure,” Dzugan said, “so that’s where we’re at with it.” A few weeks ago, Pulte announced it would give the building to anyone wiling to move it, “but nobody has spoken up, as far as I know,” Dzugan said. Wheaton resident Jean Follett said the lack of ordinances protecting the house is “an excuse. People in Wheaton have known the building was threatened since 2009, and have been saying they want it preserved” she said. In 2009, Landmarks Illinois, the historic-buildings advocacy group, included the historical Chicago Golf houses, including the convent, on its Watch List of endangered buildings. “The city could have done something about it any time since 2009,” said Follett, a former Landmarks Illinois board member. Landmarks has sent two letters in recent months to Wheaton officials, urging the city to require Pulte to reuse the mansion. It could house several condos, a park district recreation center, or both, both Follett and the Casas said.)

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Longtime McHenry County GOP kingmaker Albert M. “Al” Jourdan dies – JORDYN REILAND
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/02/27/longtime-mchenry-county-gop-kingmaker-albert-m-al-jourdan-dies/amx9fy3/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Rauner can’t dodge Trump forever – Jon Alexander
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/jon-alexander/alexander-rauner-can-t-dodge-trump-forever/article_79eed7be-b858-57aa-ae2c-b12e7d6a30cb.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Wants More Technical Education – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, who believed that you were “college material?” I should write a book about my critics/opponents back then who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was NOT college material. They stressed that neither of my parents had attended college, that my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother had never attended high school, and that I was a part-time dishwasher. My critics/opponents were disappointed that I made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I scored 24 on the ACT test, and that I got accepted by UIC.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=237882#.WLV7GxHxZZI
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Not every high school graduate will go to a four-year university, many won’t go to community college. Governor Bruce Rauner told the State Board of Education last week that Illinois’ schools need to do more to get those students ready to work. “Technical classes and apprenticeships should be a core part of what we do in our school system,” Rauner said. The governor added those classes should be taught in high school, if not earlier.)

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Lt. gov. highlights efficiencies in Warren, Mercer counties – Gary Tomlin
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20170227/lt-gov-highlights-efficiencies-in-warren-mercer-counties

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— New Trier High School seminar sparks civil rights, race debate – AP
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/02/27/school-seminar-near-chicago-sparks-civil-rights-race-debate/a8r108r/

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/IL Chamber of Commerce’s Todd Maisch on State budget impasse and IL business litigation climate
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/watch-berkowitz-wil-chamber-of-commerces-todd-maisch-on-state-budget-impasse-and-il-business-litigation-climate-cableweb/

JOLIET PATCH
— ‘Inebriated’ 9-Months-Pregnant Mom Left 2-Year-Old Home Alone: Cops The inebriated, pregnant mom was hospitalized, and the 2-year-old was turned over to her brother-in-law, police said. – Joseph Hosey
http://patch.com/illinois/joliet/inebriated-9-months-pregnant-mom-left-2-year-old-home-alone-cops

MCHENRY TIMES
— State rep unfazed by highway boss’ nepotism – Glenn Minnis
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511084149-state-rep-unfazed-by-highway-boss-s-nepotism

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker: Higher taxes won’t solve Illinois’ problems (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://ilnews.org/12317/former-us-comptroller-general-higher-taxes-wont-solve-illinois-problems/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FLOW OF ILLINOISANS INTO INDIANA IS BECOMING A FLOOD Nearly 20,000 Illinoisans on net moved to the Hoosier State in 2015. – Madelyn Harwood
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/flow-of-illinoisans-into-indiana-is-becoming-a-flood/
— ILLINOIS SPENDS THE MOST PER STUDENT OF ANY STATE IN THE MIDWEST On average, Illinois schools spend $13,077 per student. – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-spends-the-most-per-student-of-any-state-in-the-midwest/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FOUR ILLINOIS CONGRESS MEMBERS (Hultgren, Bost, LaHood, and Roskam) WIN FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL’S “TRUE BLUE” AWARD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/four-illinois-congress-members-win-family-research-councils-true-blue-award.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AFSCME responds *** Rauner admin has new website for potential strike breakers
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/28/rauner-admin-has-new-website-for-potential-strike-breakers/

— Is Rauner betting on “Little Trump”?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/28/is-rauner-betting-on-little-trump/

GOPUSA
— VERY SAD: After 8 years of silence for Obama, George Bush is talking to the media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21232
— What ‘rollback’ on rights? Trump did no such thing (DIERSEN: Democrats want 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors to have SPECIAL RIGHTS OVER THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21242

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Deportation agency ignored 1.6 million visa overstays under Obama – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/27/deportation-agency-ignored-16-million-visa-oversta/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Pushes For Massive Budget, Staff Cuts At EPA – MICHAEL BASTASCH (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. During that time, and especially after 1988, Republican politicians pushed for and got massive budget and staff cuts at GAO. Because I was virtually the only non-veteran White male Republican in GAO’s Chicago office, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in GAO’s Chicago office took their anger against Republican politicians like Newt Gingrich out on me. Prior to 1988, they forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, they kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and they did not promote me beyond GS-13. After 1988, they kept me off audits of IRS, they did not promote be beyond GS-13, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/27/trump-pushes-for-massive-budget-staff-cuts-at-epa/

NEWSMAX
— Trump to Breitbart: New York Times Has ‘Evil’ Intent, ‘They Write Lies’ – Greg Richter (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have evil intent and that all my motives are evil. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, b) are disciples of Saul Alinsky, c) are filled with envy and hatred, and d) 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. If my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes cannot manipulate/dominate you, they destroy you.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-interview-breitbart-new-york-times/2017/02/27/id/775892/
— Trump: Obama Behind Protests, Leaks – Greg Richter
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/leaks-Democrats-resist-White-House/2017/02/27/id/775918/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— A Liberal Professor Says He is DONE With ‘Obscene, Abusive, Fanatical, Intolerant’ People on the Left – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/27/liberal-professor-says-done-obscene-abusive-fanatical-intolerant-people-left/

FEDERALIST
— Sanctuary Cities Use Legal Tactics From The Civil War South The current sanctuary movement is more akin to the ‘nullification’ movement in South Carolina before the Civil War than to the biblical sanctuary cities. – Thomas Ascik
http://thefederalist.com/2017/02/27/leaders-sanctuary-cities-using-tactics-civil-war-south/

COLLEGE FIX
— Parents revolt after New Trier Township High School forces students to attend all-day social justice seminar – JORIN BURKHART
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/31411/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— ROGUE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE NEEDS TO GO ONCE AND FOR ALL – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: What about stopping patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid? GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/27/rogue-administrative-state-needs-to-go-once-and-for-all/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Part of the problem is former President Barack Obama changed civil service rules to make it easier to hire federal employees. Trump has solved that by initiating his hiring freeze. But federal rules also make it extremely difficult to fire civil servants. It is a process that can take up to two years, even when there is cause. That said, problem employees who, say, don’t show up for work should be dealt with through this process immediately. But to do more requires Congress to step in, which can assist this process three-fold: 1) By incentivizing early retirement via the appropriations process with limited-time-only buy-outs; 2) cutting the personnel budgets of non-defense civilian departments and agencies, reducing the enacted full-time equivalent number for each department, agency and office by 10 to 20 percent in the workforce on a last-one-in, first-one-out basis; and 3) defunding existing preferences under federal rules being given to those laid off being later rehired on a first-in-line basis. That would eliminate politicized Obama administration holdovers, and prevent them from being rehired should it become necessary to fill in some gaps. Other ideas include eliminating automatic dues deduction for federal employees unions and getting rid of any full-time official time union personnel.)

POLITICO
— OUTSTANDING: Sessions pushes tougher line on marijuana – JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/jeff-sessions-marijuana-235461
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: One could argue that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s main reason for living is to stop Trump from naming her replacement on the U.S. Supreme Court. What is your main reason for living? My reasons include using GOPUSA LLINOIS emails to promote the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling to stop Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois from moving further to the left.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/rbg-ruth-bader-ginsburg-workout-personal-trainer-elena-kagan-stephen-breyer-214821

CBS NEWS
— Trouble brewing for Deputy Commerce Secretary nominee Todd Ricketts – Major Garrett
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trouble-brewing-for-deputy-commerce-secretary-nominee-todd-ricketts/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Fans Rally Across the Nation to Support the President – JACK HEALY
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/trump-rallies.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Who Belongs in Trump’s America?” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want only 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. and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TO BE IN AMERICA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/opinion/who-belongs-in-trumps-america.html
— Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology – JENNIFER STEINHAUER (DIERSEN: Have you signed up for Social Security? I did when I was 62 in 2010. Have you signed up for Medicare? I did when I was 65 in 2013. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious about that. They know that because I am a federal retiree, I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, currently $50,856, and a federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, currently $17,288. In my defense, my Social Security is dramatically reduced, currently, it is only $2,028, because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-proposal-republican-ideology.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump’s proposal to slash domestic spending in order to preserve the two biggest drains on the federal government — Social Security and Medicare — has set up a battle to determine who now controls the Republican Party’s ideology.)

WASHINGTON POST
— Chance the Rapper is meeting with Illinois’ governor about education funding. Really. – Valerie Strauss (DIERSEN: What have you done lately a) that Rauner might congratulate you for and b) that Rauner might meet with you about?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/02/28/chance-the-rapper-is-meeting-with-illinois-governor-about-education-funding-really/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If it seems likes nothing more than a publicity stunt to you that Rauner would welcome talks with a rapper about funding (but not educators or city officials), this may make it even starker: Chance the Rapper’s father is Ken Williams-Bennett, deputy chief of staff to Emanuel. Williams-Bennett once worked for Barack Obama when he was a U.S. senator from Illinois. Chance’s birth name is Chancellor Johnathan Bennett. . .The rapper-governor meeting evolved from Rauner’s tweet on Feb. 13 congratulating Chance on winning three Grammy Awards.)

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Community colleges fear deportation concerns are driving away undocumented students – LORETTA KALB
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article135341519.html

FEDERAL TIMES
— Former Border Patrol heads question rush to accelerate hiring – Tony Ware (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/former-border-patrol-heads-question-rush-to-accelerate-hiring
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A shared concern among those interviewed was that a rapid hiring initiative could pose logistical issues and result in a compromised vetting stage. “When you speed up the process and don’t take the requisite time, you pay a price later in things like corruption,” said Gil Kerlikowske, CBP head for three years under President Barack Obama. During the post-9/11 manpower push, which doubled CBP border patrol agents from 10,000 to 20,000 by 2008, internal corruption cases increased to the point the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 was passed, making polygraph testing mandatory for all border patrol agents. In addition, current applicants undergo a cognitive exam, fingerprinting, financial disclosure, fitness tests, medical examinations and background checks.)

AUTOWEEK
— Turns out millennials sure are buying a lot of cars THE FASTEST-GROWING SEGMENT OF VEHICLE BUYERS HAPPENS TO BE THE ONE THAT SUPPOSEDLY DOESN’T CARE ABOUT CARS (DIERSEN: What cars did you buy when you were young? I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, a 1962 Chevy BelAir in 1971, a new 1974 Dodge Dart in 1973, a new 1978 Chevy Chevette in 1978, and a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale in 1978.)
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/bucking-trends-millenials-fastest-growing-segment-vehicle-buyers

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say Democrats Hurt Themselves With Anti-Trump Strategy
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2017/most_say_democrats_hurt_themselves_with_anti_trump_strategy

February 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— GOV. RAUNER NO-SHOW AT TRUMP’S GOVERNORS’ EVENTS – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-no-show-at-trumps-governors-events/1776292/
— CHANCE THE RAPPER TO MEET WITH GOV. RAUNER: ‘I’M EAGER TO HEAR HIS IDEAS’ – CNN (DIERSEN: If you were fortunate enough to meet with Rauner, what would you bring up? I would stress the importance of a) helping Trump succeed and b) defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/chance-the-rapper-to-meet-with-gov-rauner-im-eager-to-hear-his-ideas/1776026/
— TRUMP MEETS WITH GOVERNORS BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADDRESS – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-meets-with-governors-before-congressional-budget-address/1776237/

CBS2
— Gov. Rauner Says He’s Working With White House To Curb Violence – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: Yes, but what about also working with the White House to create good jobs in Illinois; to end the promotion of dependency on government and on charity in Illinois; to end sanctuary cities in Illinois; to send the illegals in Illinois back to their motherlands; to end abortion in Illinois; to end the promotion of LGBTQ activity in Illinois, that is, end the destruction of the traditional family in Illinois; to end the promotion of vices in Illinois including booze, pot, and gambling; to end patronage in Illinois, that is, end political affiliation discrimination in Illinois; to end race and gender based preference giving in Illinois, that is, end reverse discrimination in Illinois; to end age discrimination in Illinois; to end further erosion of the Second Amendment in Illinois; etc.?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/27/gov-rauner-says-hes-working-with-white-house-on-violence-in-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner contends he’s working with the Trump White House to attack crime in Illinois. Just who he’s working with he won’t say, and Rauner continues to try to distance himself from the new administration. CBS 2 Political Reporter Derrick Blakley has more. President Trump met with at least 46 of the nation’s governor’s today, fellow Republican Rauner wasn’t there. Rauner returned to Chicago Sunday night, after spending the weekend huddling with other Republican governors. “I have personally been in communication with members of the Trump administration on the violence issue — the folks who are developing the policy,” he says. Unclear is what policy that is. Rauner would not elaborate, nor say who he met from the Trump administration. What’s clear is Rauner still hasn’t met with President Trump, unlike Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a host of other governors. Because he wasn’t with Trump on Monday, Rauner missed another trump verbal barrage directed at the state’s biggest city. It’s no secret Rauner is not exactly fond of the president. He didn’t endorse him, skipped the inauguration, and refuses to even use the words “President” and “Trump” together. It’s fair to ask if avoiding Trump is helping Rauner. A new poll shows Rauner losing in 2018, to an un-named generic Democrat by about 15 points.)
— Chicago Public Schools May Close Early Without State Funding Boost
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/27/chicago-public-schools-may-close-3-weeks-early-without-state-funding-boost/

NBC5
— Trump Targets Chicago Crime After Rauner Skips Gov’s Meetings “You look what’s happening in Chicago,” Trump told members of the National Governors Association. ” What’s going on in Chicago?” – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Rauner-Skips-Governors-Meetings-Trump-Slams-Chicago-Violence-414908673.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No Trump time on trip, but Rauner says he can visit him ‘anytime’ – Tina Sfondeles and Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/no-trump-time-on-trip-but-rauner-says-he-can-visit-him-anytime/
— CPS could end school year on June 1 if state money doesn’t come – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cps-could-end-school-year-on-june-1-if-state-money-doesnt-come/
— A ‘bit of certainty’ key to stronger Illinois economy – Madeleine Doubek (DIERSEN: From what I see, it is all but certain that those who run Illinois will forever increase their efforts to dive out of Illinois those individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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. Of course, that guarantees that Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago will all file for bankruptcy.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/doubek-a-bit-of-certainty-key-to-stronger-illinois-economy/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner skips dinner with Trump in D.C., is ‘in conversations’ with administration about violence – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-trump-violence-met-20170227-story.html
— Let’s ‘ILexit’ — for the good of America – Tom Bevan, Real Clear Politics
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-failed-state-ilexit-perspec-0228-20170227-story.html
— Kane Democrats say election of Trump has energized party – Linda Girardi (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, the harder that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs work against you.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-kane-democrat-st-0228-20170227-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville council candidates’ views vary on consolidation – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/news/170229008/
— Primaries sending some DuPage voters back to the polls
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/news/170229002/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CPS might end school year weeks early
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170227/NEWS13/170229895/cps-might-end-school-year-weeks-early-reports
— Rauner on a quest for more Medicaid savings – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170227/NEWS03/170229908/illinois-gov-rauners-medicaid-savings-move

WBEZ
— Pastors, Savvy Connections and Chicago Schools: How One Private Company Raked In $50 Million – Sarah Karp
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/holy-alliances-how-one-school-company-learned-the-chicago-way/949a1a9f-8d92-464c-a3c6-38d04d89e768

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— One more step toward a strike – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-02-27/one-more-step-toward-strike.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Proposed casino legislation dictates more bankruptcy, education losses for Illinois – John Kindt
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170225/my-view-proposed-casino-legislation-dictates-more-bankruptcy-education-losses-for-illinois

QUAD CITY TIMES
— AFSCME wouldn’t work with us – Dennis Murashko, General Counsel, Illinois Office of the Governor
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/guest-view-afscme-wouldn-t-work-with-us/article_7729d299-14a5-5827-8a63-178adc298002.html

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— GAO: Medicaid paid out $36.3 billion improperly in fiscal 2016
http://www.whig.com/20170227/medicaid-paid-out-363-billion-improperly-in-fiscal-2016#

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Legislature Expected To Vote On Budget Deal – BRIAN MACKEY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-legislature-expected-vote-budget-deal
— Chicago-Area Lawmaker Says He Was Stopped By Police Over Get-Out-The-Vote Message – TOM LISI
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/chicago-area-lawmaker-says-he-was-stopped-police-over-get-out-vote-message

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump to propose $54 billion in cuts to ‘most federal agencies’ President speaks to nation’s governors – DAN MERICA
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-to-propose-54-billion-in-cuts-to-most-federal-agencies/663532011

CHICAGOIST
— Gov. Rauner Is Meeting With Chance The Rapper This Week To Talk ‘Important Issues’ (DIERSEN: If you were fortunate enough to meet with Rauner, what “important issues” would you bring up? I would stress the importance of helping Trump succeed and defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/02/27/rauner_chance_the_rapper_to_meet_th.php

DEPAULIA
— Three DePaul professors on Turning Point USA watchlist – Jack Chelsky
http://depauliaonline.com/2017/02/27/three-depaul-professors-watchlist/

CHICAGO PATCH
— House Speaker Paul Ryan Plans Massive GOP Fundraiser In Chicago Donors will need to contribute at least $1,000 to attend the event in March. – Joe Vince
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/house-speaker-paul-ryan-plans-massive-gop-fundraiser-chicago

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Veering left, education advocacy group pushes identity politics at New Trier
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511085486-veering-left-education-advocacy-group-pushes-identity-politics-at-new-trier

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Naperville’s Ossyra touts fiscal responsibility, restraint – Robert Hadley
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511085429-naperville-s-ossyra-touts-fiscal-responsibility-restraint

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Spirit of America” Woodstock Square Rally Planned for March 4th Featuring Joe Walsh
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/27/spirit-of-america-woodstock-square-rally-planned-for-march-4th/
— Al Jourdan, RIP
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/27/al-jourdan-rip/
— Rauner Speaking at $100 GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/27/rauner-speaking-at-100-gop-lincoln-day-dinner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McHenry County Republican Party Chairman Sandra Salgado has informed McHenry County Blog that Governor Bruce Rauner will speak at the this year’s Lincoln Day Dinner at the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn on Saturday, March 11th. He will join Captain, Rtd., Thomas Frosch, Blue Angels Captain and pilot. Reservations may be made by calling 815-276-2317.)
— Pro-Life PAC Emails Endorsements
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/27/pro-life-pac-emails-endorsements/
— Liberty PAC Goes Local, Opposing Bob Miller for Algonquin Township Road Commissioner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/27/liberty-pac-goes-local-endorsing-andrew-gasser-for-algonquin-township-road-commissioner/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER’S BOYCOTT OF WHITE HOUSE EVENT DOESN’T SET WELL WITH TRUMP SUPPORTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/rauner-.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Rauner’s actions were noticed by Macoupin County’s GOP Chairman Terri Koyne, who said Rauner not attending the White House event was disrespectful, but not surprising. “Trump won Illinois in the Primary election – the Republican voters spoke,” she told Illinois Review. “If Rauner chooses to disrespect the voters, that is his choice.” In Koyne’s Macoupin County, more votes were cast for Trump in the General Election than any other presidential candidate – Republican or Democrat – in decades. “It seems by his actions that counties like mine don’t matter to the governor in his re-election strategy,” Koyne said. “It will be interesting to see if Rauner can help the lower offices in their races in Central/Southern Illinois in the next election as much as Trump did in this past election.” To be noted, those statewide races in November where GOP candidates were more closely aligned with Rauner than Trump didn’t turn out so well.)
— DOES RAUNER PLAN TO “PATCO” STATE EMPLOYEES?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/does-rauner-plan-to-patco-state-employees.html
— WEYERMULLER: SETTING POSSIBLE NEW SELFIE RECORD AT CPAC 2017
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/weyermuller-setting-possible-new-selfie-record-at-cpac-2017.html
— RAUNER TO MEET WITH CHANCE THE RAPPER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/rauner-to-meet-with-chance-the-rapper-.html

BREITBART
— President Trump: Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics of the Ceremony Right – MATTHEW BOYLE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/27/exclusive-president-trump-oscar-fail-focused-hard-politics-not-get-basics-right/
— Marco Rubio on Why He Skips Town Halls: Activists Will ‘Heckle and Scream at Me’ – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/26/marco-rubio-skips-town-halls-heckle/

ONE NEWS NOW
— University of Wisconsin-Madison ‘educates’ students about white privilege – Bob Kellogg (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always benefited immensely from White privilege. They hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for White privilege, I never would have gotten the jobs that I did doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies. But wait, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn all the aforesaid jobs as being so “bad” a) that they themselves would never take those jobs and b) that no minority, no female, no younger person, and no veteran should ever have to take.)
https://www.onenewsnow.com/education/2017/02/27/university-educates-students-about-white-privilege

NEWSMAX
— Ex-NAACP Leader Dolezal Says She Is on Food Stamps, Nearly Homeless – Rachel Dolezal (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Rachel-Dolezal/2017/02/27/id/775764/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Radical Democrats Rebranding Themselves Into Permanent Minority – Richard A. Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25178

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Ends National Governors Association Presser By Jabbing The Media – CHRISTIAN DATOC
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/27/trump-ends-national-governors-association-presser-by-jabbing-the-media-video/
— George W. Bush Favors A ‘Welcoming’ Immigration Policy, Says Media Is ‘Indispensable’ To Democracy – Kaitlan Collins (DIERSEN: How many millions have come to America illegally since 2000 because of Bush’s “welcoming” immigration policy?”)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/27/george-w-bush-favors-a-welcoming-immigration-policy-says-media-is-indispensable-to-democracy/

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Rosie O’Donnell to Headline WH Rally Before Trump’s Speech to Congress
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/27/rosie-odonnell-leads-white-house-protest-donald-trump-congress-speech
— OUTSTANDING: Veterans Group Blasts Sen. Warren for Support of Undocumented Immigrants
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/26/veterans-assisting-veterans-elizabeth-warren-immigration-policies

GOPUSA
— White House cracks down on press leaks
http://www.gopusa.com/white-house-cracks-down-on-press-leaks/
— NAACP Calls for Economic Boycott of North Carolina (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always boycotted me. Should I boycott them? Should I call for others to boycott them?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21205?omhide=true

TOWNHALL
— Unreal: Chicago Names City Street After Terrorist – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/02/26/chicago-to-name-city-streets-after-terrorist-n2289531

CHRISTIAN POST
— Republicans Should Pass Laws to Protect Conservative Student Speech, CPAC Panelist Says – Samuel Smith
http://www.christianpost.com/news/republicans-should-pass-laws-to-protect-conservative-student-speech-cpac-panelist-says-175929/

WORLD NET DAILY
— ‘CENTURIES OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT’ NOW ON U.S. SOIL ‘To leave would be like giving up on our Constitution’ – LEO HOHMANN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that if you do not promote Islam, they will get rid of you.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/centuries-of-religious-conflict-now-on-u-s-soil/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After the Sterling Heights City Council agreed to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department and allow a third mosque to be built in the city, this time right in the midst of a neighborhood populated by Christian refugees who escaped persecution from Islam, some residents said they planned to move out of the city. Sterling Heights, Michigan, is home to the nation’s second largest community of Chaldean and Assyrian Christians, many of them coming directly from Iraq where their families were the victims of a genocide by ISIS, al-Qaida and other Islamic militants over the past 50 years. While understandable, picking up and moving in the wake of a mosque approval is exactly the wrong response, say Michigan activists. “This is our city and our country and our community,” said Tom Mitchell, a 52-year resident of Sterling Heights who says the council’s vote gave him renewed determination to help support his Chaldean neighbors. “To leave would be like giving up on our Constitution, giving up to a culture that doesn’t believe in our Constitution and our laws. I tell people to stick it out, get more active but don’t move out.” Mitchell is a former member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne unit. “I never surrender. I’m a veteran,” he said. “God, family, country, that’s where I stand.” But real-estate transactions are often a fact of life when a mosque gets built in a previously non-Muslim area. The newly released book, “Stealth Invasion,” documents homes being snatched up by Middle-Eastern buyers in certain neighborhoods of Idaho and Minnesota after the U.S. State Department began sending heavy numbers of Islamic refugees to those areas. The same trend has been seen in Warren, which borders Sterling Heights in Macomb County, Michigan.)

THE HILL
— Congress should ensure background screens truly protect the public – MELISSA SORENSON (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek federal jobs because they know that they cannot pass a background investigation.)
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/321280-congress-should-ensure-background-screens-truly-protect-the

CNN
— Chance the Rapper to meet with Illinois governor: ‘I’m eager to hear his ideas’ – Deena Zaru (DIERSEN: If you were fortunate enough to meet with Rauner, what “important issues” would you bring up? I would stress the importance of helping Trump succeed and defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/politics/chance-the-rapper-meeting-illinois-governor-rauner/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters Gather to Support the Press, From Fox News to The New York Times – SARAH MASLIN NIR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/26/nyregion/protest-new-york-times-support-press-freedom-media.html

WASHINGTON POST
— North Carolina needed 6,500 farm workers. Only 7 Americans stuck it out. – Dylan Matthews (DIERSEN: I washed dishes part-time for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. My understanding is a) that I was first and only White male who held that job and b) I held that job longer than anyone else.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/15/north-carolina-needed-6500-farm-workers-only-7-americans-stuck-it-out/
— Hundreds allege sex harassment, discrimination at Kay and Jared jewelry company – Drew Harwell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/hundreds-allege-sex-harassment-discrimination-at-kay-and-jared-jewelry-company/2017/02/27/8dcc9574-f6b7-11e6-bf01-d47f8cf9b643_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Donald Trump Heads to Congress, a New Polarization Is Hardenin An inability to find common ground could test the president’s agenda – GERALD F. SEIB (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose Trump? ANSWER: Those that are 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-donald-trump-heads-to-congress-a-new-polarization-is-hardening-1488212273

NBC WASHINGTON
— Dozens of Federal Employees Watched Abundance of Porn on the Job in Recent Years Almost 100 employees have admitted or been caught in the past five years – Scott MacFarlane, Rick Yarborough and Jeff Piper
http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/Dozens-of-Federal-Employees-Watched-Abundance-of-Porn-on-the-Job-in-Recent-Years-414743293.html

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate Trump blame Trump for hate.
https://newrepublic.com/article/140110/hate-age-trump-photo-essay-van-jones-johnny-milano

INQUISITR
— WHO DID TRUMP BAN FROM HIS PRESS CONFERENCE? REPORTERS NOT ONLY ONES BARRED
http://www.inquisitr.com/4018637/donald-trump-press-conference-approval-rating-polls-democratic-party-failed-obamacare-governors/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, the Donald Trump White House barred several media organizations that have published stories critical of Trump from an official press briefing. On Monday, the press conference ban hit another group — Democratic governors, who were at the White House to attend a meeting with Trump, followed by a question-and-answer session with the press outside the West Wing.)
— Caitlyn Jenner Calls Trump Bathroom Policy Change A Disaster
http://www.inquisitr.com/4016214/caitlyn-jenner-calls-trump-bathroom-policy-change-a-disaster-drama-ensues/

DAILY BEAST
— ‘Moonlight’ and the Oscars’ Middle Finger to Trumpism Don’t let the shock over the Best Picture snafu drown out the importance of ‘Moonlight’s’ win, and the power of a terrific, political, fiercely anti-Trump Oscars telecast. – Kevin Fallon
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/27/moonlight-and-the-oscars-middle-finger-to-trumpism.html

FED SMITH
— Is a Law Needed to Prevent Federal Employees From Watching Porn at Work? – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/27/is-a-law-needed-to-prevent-federal-employees-from-watching-porn-at-work/

MARKET WATCH
— College loans are making it harder for parents to retire – JILLIAN BERMAN (DIERSEN: Were you a burden on your parents? So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have NOT accused me of being a burden on my parents. All I asked of them was to provide me with room and board in their home in Crete during a) 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/college-loans-are-making-it-harder-for-parents-to-retire-2017-02-27

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Human Rights Campaign targets closeted Republicans at CPAC – Mariah Cooper (DIERSEN: Because I have always opposed the promotion of LGBTQ activity, closeted Republicans, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked very hard against me.)
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/02/27/human-rights-campaign-targets-closeted-republicans-cpac/

February 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump hosts 46 governors: Rauner boycotts White House dinner – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? The following boycott me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or they 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-hosts-46-governors-rauner-boycotts-white-house-dinner/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who supports Giangreco’s anti-Trump tweet? ANSWER: Individuals. organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-mark-giangreco-busted-for-groping-at-the-twitter-orgy/
— Plan for higher speed limit begs for a speed bump – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-plan-for-higher-limits-needs-a-speed-bump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise a) those who come to America illegally, b) those who stay in America illegally, and c) those who bring others to America illegally. Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-new-rules-same-humans/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-transgender-rights-rally-met-0226-20170225-story.html
— Rauner to meet with Chance the Rapper this week – Haley BeMiller (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? When will Rauner meet with those who represent those who share your demographics?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-chance-the-rapper-20170224-story.html
— Retirement: Retire when you want by analyzing your current expenses, spending – Jane Bennett Clark (DIERSEN: When can you “afford” to retire? Since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have been beyond furious that my wife and I could “afford” to lose $72,135 a year in today’s dollars ($122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension) by my taking my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They hint/imply/argue/shout that we could do that only a) because I avoided the draft, b) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension is too generous, and e) because my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy (currently $17,288) is too generous. Last year, our out-of-pocket medical expenses were $21,433.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201702021000–tms–kplngmpctnkm-a20170222-20170222-story.html
— Blue brands vs. red brands You might be wearing your politics on your sleeve. – Virgininia Postrel (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump businesses post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170227/281784218870879

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Illinois. Because of those Democrats, more and more and more in Illinois cannot afford to pay for food, that is, they are hungry. The Northern Illinois Food Bank tries to mitigate the damage caused by Democrats.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/news/170229357/
— Schaumburg mayor Al Larson cited for leaving crash scene – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170226/news/170229110/
— Just how ill-prepared are Americans for retirement? – Abha Bhattarai (DIERSEN: When can you “afford” to retire? Since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have been beyond furious that my wife and I could “afford” to lose $72,135 a year in today’s dollars ($122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension) by my taking my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They hint/imply/argue/shout that we could do that only a) because I avoided the draft, b) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension is too generous, and e) because my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy (currently $17,288) is too generous. Last year, our out-of-pocket medical expenses were $21,433.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170226/business/170229318/
— Taxpayers deserve respect in budget battle – Ted Dabrowski, Vice President of Policy, Illinois Policy Institute
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170227/discuss/170229180/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Speaker Ryan plans huge fundraiser in Chicago March 23 – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, etc., in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000 have stated that they are Republican, but who nevertheless have made it clear that they do not want me to a) know about their activities or events, b) promote their activities or events, c) attend their events, or d) report on their activities or events.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170227/BLOGS02/170229912/speaker-ryan-plans-huge-fundraiser-in-chicago

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Editor cautions journalists: Don’t ‘spin out of control’ about Trump’s media attacks Goldberg advises against being distracted – TIM SKOCZEK
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/editor-cautions-journalists-dont-spin-out-of-control-about-trumps-media-attacks/663457297

JOURNAL COURIER
— Disappearing company towns search for identity – AP
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/106230/disappearing-company-towns-search-for-identity
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis planned to open this year’s State of the City speech by thanking Caterpillar Inc. for its longtime commitment to the central Illinois town, declaring “We wouldn’t be Peoria without Caterpillar.” It’s been that way for decades in Peoria and in other company towns across the United States. A major employer provided generations of locals with jobs and gave the cities a central identity, while executives helped keep cultural institutions, Rotary clubs and higher-end housing markets healthy. Now many of those midsize communities are looking for a new identity as more companies trade their longtime hometowns for major cities with easier access to global markets and to the lifestyle talented young workers want, with public transit, nightlife and trendy restaurants. Caterpillar’s recent decision to move 300 top headquarters jobs to the Chicago area made Peoria the latest city with a vacuum to fill. In 2014, Decatur lost Archer Daniels Midland’s headquarters to Chicago after 40 years in the town. ConAgra Foods moved 1,000 jobs last year from Omaha to Chicago.)

DU QUOIN EVENING CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Illinois, but Democrats blame Republicans for Illinois’ problems.
http://www.duquoin.com/article/20170226/opinion/170229817/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Fiscal follies continue as Illinois suffers – Jim Nowlan
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/fiscal-follies-continue-as-illinois-suffers/article_75b5b32a-01ff-5349-8426-ac9e09d3f04a.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois has revenue, and tax loopholes – Carly Wolfram, Crystal Lake (DIERSEN: What loopholes have your critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes accused you of exploiting? Money Magazine and my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business courses that took at Loyola 1972-1976, the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980, and the graduate finance courses that I took at IIT 1992-1997 were NOT deductible because they a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://herald-review.com/blogs/letters/illinois-has-revenue-and-tax-loopholes/article_0cbb91a1-c723-5751-a1e5-ddf55e3f7881.html

TIMES
— Keeping it civil sets a good example for all – Editorial
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/our-view-keeping-it-civil-sets-a-good-example-for/article_f03b6c23-7567-55b6-bfe5-694f0f7f34a0.html

WIBQ AM
— Rauner Is Staying Home More Than Previous Governors
http://wibqam.com/news/articles/2017/feb/27/rauner-is-staying-home-more-than-previous-governors/

WSIL TV
— Trump toasts nation’s governors ahead of health care talks – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34609493/trump-toasts-nations-governors-ahead-of-health-care-talks

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— New Trier Is Moving Ahead With Its Race Seminar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpA0Bq6sbJk
— Predatory Government Targets The Poor
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/predatory-government-targets-the-poor
— Your Tax Dollars Pay $400k To One Family – Each Year
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/your-tax-dollars-pay-400k-to-one-family-each-year

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner’s path to 2018 Re-election starts w/ Four Leader-Gov. Rauner negotiations – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/gov-rauners-path-to-2018-re-election-starts-w-four-leader-gov-rauner-negotiations/

SANGAMON SUN
— Pat Hughes: Radogno’s poor showing in Grand Bargain should cost her leadership post – Karen Kidd
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511082845-hughes-radogno-s-poor-showing-in-grand-bargain-should-cost-her-leadership-post
— CatholicVote.org warns Rauner about supporting taxpayer-funded abortions – Glenn Minnis
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511082476-catholicvote-org-warns-rauner-about-supporting-taxpayer-funded-abortions

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: Reform pensions to address main driver of taxpayer debt
https://ilnews.org/12307/rauner-reform-pensions-address-main-driver-taxpayer-debt/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— New Trier High School Needs Accounting, Diversity, and Logic Lessons – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/new-trier-high-school-needs-accounting-diversity-logic-lessons/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Liberty PAC Goes Local, Opposing Bob Miller for Algonquin Township Road Commissioner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/27/liberty-pac-goes-local-endorsing-andrew-gasser-for-algonquin-township-road-commissioner/
— Nunda Township Non-Incumbent Team Knocks on Doors
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/02/26/nunda-township-non-incumbent-team-knocks-on-doors/

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Rich Miller says “Emulate Trump at your peril.” Anti-Trumps run Illinois. Ever-increasingly, those anti-Trumps talk and act like they have enough power to viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that supports Trump.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/02/27/emulate-trump-at-your-peril/

GOPUSA
— Veterans remind Elizabeth Warren that illegal aliens didn’t elect her
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21217
— Barbarians at the Gate: Town Halls Under Siege
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21173

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Bush 43: I Take Trump at His Word That He Wants to Unify the Country
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/27/george-w-bush-interview-today-show-take-donald-trump-his-word

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s speech could be marked by disruption or decorum – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/27/sotu-donald-trump-speech-could-be-marked-disruptio/
— Conservatives rally around Trump agenda – David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/26/conservatives-rally-around-trump-agenda-president-/

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Tom Perez: ‘White People NOT Entitled to Protection Under Voting Rights Act’ – Ryan Saavedra
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/tom-perez-white-people-not-entitled-protection-voting-rights-act/

BLAZE
— One organizer of ‘A Day Without a Woman’ is a convicted terrorist – Sarah Lee
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/26/one-organizer-of-a-day-without-a-woman-is-a-convicted-terrorist/
— VERY SAD: Transgender teenager taking testosterone wins Texas state girls’ wrestling tournament – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/26/transgender-teenager-taking-testosterone-wins-texas-state-girls-wrestling-tournament/

NEWSMAX
— Poll: Majority of Americans Say ‘Media Too Critical’ of Trump – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/poll-media-donald-trump-trump/2017/02/26/id/775672/
— Petition Urges Return of Spanish Content on White House Website – Brian Freeman (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who discourages everyone from speaking English, reading English, and writing English? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/petition-Spanish-White-House-website/2017/02/26/id/775692/

WORLD NET DAILY
— NOT JUST MILO: CHILD SEX ABUSE OFTEN PRECEDES ‘GAY’ LIFESTYLE ‘They blame themselves, and it’s very, very tragic’ – GREG COROMBOS
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/not-just-milo-child-sex-abuse-often-precedes-gay-lifestyle/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Perfectly Predicted the Left Morphing Into Intolerant, Crybully Sissies – JOHN NOLTE
http://www.dailywire.com/news/13852/fahrenheit-451-perfectly-predicted-left-morphing-john-nolte

THE HILL
— Peoria: After companies leave, small towns down but not out – NANCY BRINKER
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/321283-after-companies-leave-small-towns-down-but-not-out

CNN
— Trump unites GOP as Democrats bicker – Gregory Krieg
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/politics/cpac-dnc-republicans-unite-democrats-fight/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: He’s a Local Pillar in a Trump Town (WEST FRANKFORT, Illinois). Now He Could Be Deported. – MONICA DAVEY (DIERSEN: If you are in America illegally, Democrats and RINOs will glorify you and praise you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/immigration-trump-illinois-juan-pacheco.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps are filled with hatred.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/opinion/trump-archenemy-of-truth.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Assailing the White House From Hollywood’s Glass House – Jim Rutenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/26/business/media/oscars-trump-hollywood.html
— How the New Feminist Resistance Leaves Out American Women – LAUREN ENRIQUEZ
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/opinion/how-the-new-feminist-resistance-leaves-out-american-women.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Many Americans Disapprove of Trump but Are Open to His Agenda, Poll Finds WSJ/NBC News poll shows negative views at a historically high level for a new president but support from a ‘critical middle’ – MICHAEL C. BENDER
https://www.wsj.com/articles/many-americans-disapprove-of-trump-but-are-open-to-his-agenda-poll-finds-1488117602
— Is the Media Too Tough on Donald Trump? More Than Half of Americans Think So A large minority believes coverage of the president has been fair and objective, new WSJ/NBC News poll finds – JASON BELLINI
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-media-too-tough-on-donald-trump-more-than-half-of-americans-think-so-1488117601
— More than half of Americans think U.S. news media have been too negative in their coverage of the Trump administration, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll. Who thinks that and why? – Jason Bellini
https://www.wsj.com/video/media-too-tough-on-trump-say-51-of-americans/F7C5DE59-E2DA-4C77-8A8A-C5FD39D50C72.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Democratic legislators in 30 states to rebut Trump’s Congress address – Heidi M Przybyla
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/27/democratic-legislators-30-states-rebut-trumps-congress-address/98314184/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps blame Trump for everything that is bad and especially for racism, sexism, and bigotry.
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170227/281719794361428
— Millennials wonder: ‘Where’s my money going?’ – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: How closely do you monitor your a) income, b) outgo, c) assets, and c) liabilities? I have always closely monitored the aforesaid. For many years, I have used Quicken to do that.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/02/26/millennials-wonder-wheres-my-money-going/98306238/

LAS VEGAS SUN
— ‘The hurricane is about to hit’: Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration sparking fear, action in Las Vegas – Mick Akers, April Corbin, Chris Kudialis, Camalot Todd, Ricardo Torres-Cortez, and Ian Whitaker
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/feb/27/president-donald-trump-illegal-immigration-plan/

BUZZ FEED NEWS
— TREASONOUS: Churches Are Readying Homes And Underground Railroads To Hide Immigrants From Deportation Under Trump “I really feel like what we’re doing is what God would want us to do.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches serve as operatives and as dupes for anti-religious Democrats and anti-religious RINOs. Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/sanctuary-churches-v-trump-deportation-mandate

February 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Before Oscars, Trump attacks New York Times Academy Awards ad – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: What if the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee passed a resolution by weighted vote calling for Rauner to work with Trump?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/before-oscars-trump-attacks-new-york-times-academy-awards-ad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOV. BRUCE RAUNER’S TRUMP ALLERGY Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, in Washington for Republican Governors Association meetings on Sunday – remains allergic to anything having to do with Trump and is skipping the Sunday Trump ball at the White House. A spokesman for the Illinois Republican Party said Rauner was returning to Illinois on Sunday. For the record, as long as I am on Rauner: His political and government spokesmen declined to answer questions about why Rauner skipped the National Governors Association conference but did come to D.C. to huddle with the RGA – the political organization which exists to elect GOP governors.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat media attacks Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-hates-media-attacking-perspec-0226-20170224-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Jewish Democrat Party tries to turn Jews against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-jewish-antisemitism-bannon-huppke-20170224-story.html
— Politics at the Oscars and the Trump piñata – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-oscars-kass-0226-20170224-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) encourage foreign countries to send their children to America illegally and b) use those children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-immigrant-juvenile-detention-center-met-20170223-story.html
— Know your candidates before voting – Michael H. Prueter, Naperville (DIERSEN: How long has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain held that position? How well does he/she know the candidates? I have been the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman since 1999. How active is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in your township/ward/county party organization? Since 1999, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meetings and events. Sadly, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) does not allow DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen to attend its meetings. However, since 1999, I have one of the best records for attending DCRCC events. Further, since 1999, I have one of the best records among rank-and-file Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains for attending Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee meetings and events. I attended the IRP State Party Conventions as a delegate in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. I served on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. The aforesaid, plus my serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman for almost 7 years 2005-2012, as the MTRCC webmaster for 6 years 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member for 4 years 2003-2007, and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have a very strong basis on which to form opinions on Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, etc., especially in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-voice-letters-opinion-st-0226-20170225-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Local city and township elections are coming Tuesday. Do people really know who they are voting for? Many people are swayed by signs and advertising but don’t really know the quality and abilities of the candidates. The Naperville Township Low Tax Team has excellent incumbent and new candidates on the slate. Rachel Ossyra is the township supervisor and has done an excellent job of keeping taxes down and services at an optimal level. She has been an international business executive, and develops and maintains budgets, manages the township with professionalism, and has earned the support of the people of Naperville Township. She is an excellent public official and deserves to be re-elected. The team of trustees is also a good mix of incumbents and new people who will represent the township with solid backgrounds in business and public service. As a former GOP chairman, I have worked with many great elected officials and party committeemen and supported many of them. People really need to find out who their elected officials are at every level of government and learn about the candidates. It is their local government and their tax money being spent.)
— Political or politically correct? – Wayne Lela, Downers Grove
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-voice-letters-opinion-st-0226-20170225-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Got a kick out of “Toby Keith decried as too ‘political’ for Naperville Ribfest.” I mean, really, we wouldn’t want too much diversity! One big reason Trump handily beat Clinton was that a lot of decent, moral people are getting really fed up with liberal hypocrisy, liberal judgmentalism, liberal self-righteousness, liberal name-calling, liberal violence and hate, liberal intolerance and liberal bullying. We need to encourage the “politically correct” mob to keep opening their mouths so they can make fools of themselves. We’ll keep winning elections, and they can look in the mirror to see the losers that they are.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville anti-Trumps promote Islam big time. How soon will these anti-Trumps succeed in getting Naperville to banish those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote Islam?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-moms-circle-islamic-center-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Mark Giangreco’s penalty for anti-Trump tweet a wake-up call for media members – Phil Rosenthal
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-mark-giangreco-anti-trump-suspension-spt-0227-20170226-column.html
— AOL could get a new crop of customers – Hayley Tsukayama (DIERSEN HEADLINE: I have been an AOL customer since January of 1995. Many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-aol-verizon-new-customers-wp-bsi-20170226-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Our election duty to get informed – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to know only what they tell them, no more and no less.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170225/discuss/170229152/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in getting evangelicals to promote LGBTQ activity, that is, Democrats crow over their success in getting evangelicals to promote the anti-evangelical Democrat Party.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170226/discuss/170229235/
— Endorsement: Chapa LaVia, Guzman for Aurora mayor in primary
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170226/discuss/170229151/

WGN RADIO
— The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 2/26/17 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/02/26/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-22617/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After that, Brad Cole chimes in on the show. Brad is the executive director of the Illinois Municipal League–the state association of municipal governments. Brad will update us on the IML’s 2017 legislative agenda and how it ties into the so-called “grand bargain” that state senators are discussing in Springfield. And for our final guest, we’ll catch up with our good friend of the show,Christopher Mooney. Chris is the director of the Institute of Government and Policy at the University of Illinois and we’ll talk about the “grand bargain” talks, the 2018 race for governor and much, much more.)

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote LGBTQ activity. Democrats run Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois. How soon will they first banish from Chicago, then banish from Cook County, and then banish from all of Illinois those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote LGBTQ activity?
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagoans-rally-to-support-trans-rights-after-trump-rescinds-student-protections/b4f1b5d2-50e9-4d00-a29b-a6ccdfad7467

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— It’s time for penance at the Capitol – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170225/our-view-its-time-for-penance-at-capitol
— Rauner’s office: Gov spends 55% of Illinois nights at Mansion – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170225/rauners-office-gov-spends-55-of-illinois-nights-at-mansion

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Civility lacking at budget address – Jim Soeldner, Ellsworth
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/civility-lacking-at-budget-address/article_ee168269-15c7-5e9f-99ee-e90d60be8d6f.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Highest pay in nation not good enough for Illinois workers – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article134721029.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Someone apparently needs to check the state of Illinois’ email system, because the 38,000 members of the American Federation of State, Callous, Me-First Employees failed to get the three messages from Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner that this state is so broke that we are in a crisis and cannot afford another $3 billion a year in raises. The state’s largest employee union authorized a strike rather than take the same deal 20 other state unions already accepted. They were the nation’s highest-paid state workers at $63,660 in 2015, which is double your private sector average Illinois salary of $32,206. Not to mention, they only work 37.5 hours a week, pay about one-fourth of their platinum health care coverage while taxpayers put in $15,000 a year and their early retirements at age 50 and their premium pensions are the main reasons Illinois taxpayers face a $130 billion liability. It would be interesting to see them strike and watch what happens next. The folks manning the prisons and responsible for law enforcement can’t walk off, so public safety would be OK. Illinois can legally replace striking workers, and Rauner’s office said there are already 18,000 applicants, including 2,000 veterans. The unholy alliance between the state’s Democratic majority and the state employees financing their campaigns is what put us in the $130 billion pension hole and with $12.4 billion in unpaid state bills. We are fools if we make the tax burden even worse in Illinois, which already has the nation’s highest state and local taxes. Jobs and workers are already fleeing Illinois. Missouri gains 20 people a day from Illinois, so which area with the largest population concentration outside Chicagoland stands to suffer the most? Illinois property taxes last year averaged more than double Missouri’s. Missouri just became a right to work state. That rumble you hear is the sound of even more moving vans starting. The thud that follows would be state AFSCME workers refusing to get out of the way.)

NEWSMAX
— OUTSTANDING: Renewed U.S. Crackdown Will Kill Jobs, Damage $6 Billion Marijuana Industry (DIERSEN: Those who promote pot in America want to destroy America.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Marijuana-Pot-Crackdown-White-House/2017/02/24/id/775399/

BREITBART
— Economist: 41 Percent of White, Working-Class Men Have Abandoned Work – KATIE MCHUGH
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/23/economist-41-percent-of-white-working-class-men-have-abandoned-work/

TOWNHALL
— Left-Wing Attendees Disrupt Opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance at Louisiana Town Hall – Guy Bensonn
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/02/24/watch-leftwing-attendees-heckle-opening-prayer-disrupt-pledge-of-allegiance-at-louisiana-town-hall-n2289776

GOPUSA
— Franklin Graham says NFL and NBA have lost their minds backing transgender rights
http://www.gopusa.com/franklin-graham-says-nfl-and-nba-have-lost-their-minds-backing-transgender-rights/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘Big Government’ Is Ever Growing, on the Sly – GEORGE WILL
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445230/federal-government-growth-continues-while-federal-employee-numbers-hold

CONSERVATIVE DAILY POST
— Gov. Brown Signs Next Sanctuary Bill, $115M Cut From Middle Class Education For Illegals Instead – Matthew Bernstein
https://conservativedailypost.com/gov-brown-signs-next-sanctuary-bill-115m-cut-middle-class-education-illegals-instead/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— New York Times Reporter Glenn Thrush Keeps Interrupting Sean Spicer. So the Press Sec. Fires Back with a Lesson in Manners – MIKE MILLER (DIERSEN: I have been a reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. What do you say to Democrats and Democrat plants, to Libertarians and Libertarian plants, to Greens and Green plants, and to RINOs who treat me in public like I am Glenn Thrush? I should write a book about the times that they have done that, including at the January 19, 2017 Wheaton Chamber of Commence State of the City Address.)
http://ijr.com/2017/02/810485-ny-times-reporter-keeps-interrupting-sean-spicer-so-the-press-sec-fires-back-with-a-lesson-in-manners/
— Reporter Accuses Trump of Racism at WH Presser—Websites Check Her Claim & Say ‘Hold On a Minute’ – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that everyone who is not anti-Trump is a racist.)
http://ijr.com/2017/02/810273-reporter-accuses-trump-of-racism-at-wh-presser-websites-check-her-claim-say-hold-on-a-minute/
— World Famous Golfer Gets Called a ‘Fascist’ for Golfing With Trump. He Fires Back With a Hole-in-One Message – JUSTEN CHARTERS
http://ijr.com/2017/02/810781-world-famous-golfer-gets-called-a-fascist-for-golfing-with-trump-his-fires-back-with-a-hole-in-one-message/

THE HILL
— 5 ways politics could steal the show at Oscars – JUDY KURTZ (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Hollywood officially declare war on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/321036-will-politics-steal-the-show-at-oscars

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because for many decades, a) Mexico has sent many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) Mexico has kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) Mexico has sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally, constructively, for many decades, Mexico has been at war with America. Ever-increasingly, treasonously, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs side with Mexico against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/trumps-tauntsare-stirring-a-level-of-nationalism-mexico-hasnt-seen-in-years/2017/02/24/ed22fa4a-ee15-11e6-a100-fdaaf400369a_story.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: OUTSTANDING: Immigration Agents Discover New Freedom to Deport Under Trump – NICHOLAS KULISH, CAITLIN DICKERSON and RON NIXON
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/ice-immigrant-deportations-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Ruled the Tabloid Media. Washington Is a Different Story.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/politics/trump-press-conflict.html
— The Immigration Facts Donald Trump Doesn’t Like – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens. If the New York Times was not so hypocritical, it would immediate fire all its employees who are citizens of America and replace them with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/the-costs-of-mr-trumps-dragnet.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who boycotts you? I should write a book about those who boycott me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or they are 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/business/the-unlikely-general-behind-an-anti-trump-boycott.html
— Who Are the Richest of the Rich? – PAUL SULLIVAN (DIERSEN: Who has the most money in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Who do they promote with their money? Who do they destroy with their money?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/your-money/who-are-the-richest-of-the-rich.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/trump-vs-press-crazy-stupid-love.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/why-so-few-women-in-state-politics.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps call for LGBTQ individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and counties to unite and to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and counties that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/two-consonants-walk-into-a-bar.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will destroy you if you do not glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/opinion/sunday/these-are-children-not-bad-hombres.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call for Trump to be destroyed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/business/media/trump-media-republicans.html
— Germany’s Intelligence Service Spied on Journalists – ALISON SMALE (DIERSEN: It is real easy to spy on me. Just read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about those who read my emails solely to get information to use against me. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants , etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/world/europe/germany-bnd-surveillance-der-spiegel.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Buffett glorifies and praises foreign countries and their citizens, that is, ever-increasingly, Buffett demonizes, denigrates, and condemns America and its citizens.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/25/warren-buffetts-annual-letter-boasts-big-gains-but-avoids-political-chatter/98398428/
— Fox anchor Shepard Smith is not amused with Trump’s media bashing – Charles Ventura (DIERSEN: Since 2000, those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have bashed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails far more harshly than Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens have.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/02/25/shepard-smith-donald-trump-cnn-fake-news/98397906/

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Trump’s chief strategist critiques the media as the ‘opposition party’ at CPAC – Daniel Salazar (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the media a) glorifies and praises the Democrat Party platform and Democrats and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the Republican Party platform and Republicans.)
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article135020144.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Favor Trump’s Litmus Test for Potential Immigrants (DIERSEN: Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. RINOs only want immigrants who will work for less money.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/february_2017/most_favor_trump_s_litmus_test_for_potential_immigrants

February 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— When it comes to courting Caterpillar, extend an invitation, not an offer – Naperville Sun Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-editorial-caterpillar-naperville-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Major Republican donors’ stake in far-right media outlet Breitbart is confirmed – Elise Viebeck and Matea Gold (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Everyone involved in media, in politics, in government, and in anything that is related to the aforesaid should be required to publicly disclose the amount and source of their income. I get a) $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) $17,288/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and c) $2,028/year Social Security.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-major-gop-donor-stake-in-breitbart-20170224-story.html
— Jesse Jackson Jr.’s workers’ compensation benefits ‘troubling’: ethics expert – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jesse-jackson-junior-follow-met-20170224-story.html
— As election day approaches, here’s a review of the Aurora mayoral race – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-profiles-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Protesters call for town hall meeting; Hultgren says they follow a ‘playbook’ to disrupt – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-hultgren-protest-town-hall-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Jesse Jackson Jr., Redflex prove that crime pays in Chicago – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-chicago-way-crime-john-kass-0224-20170223-column.html
— Area schools won’t change transgender policies despite federal reversal – Rafael Guerrero
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-fox-valley-schools-transgender-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Democrats brace for backlash as they vote on new DNC chair – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-dnc-chairman-20170224-story.html
— Residents crowd Glen Ellyn town hall to discuss health care, press freedom, immigration – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-citizens-town-hall-st-0224-20170224-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Glen Ellyn anti-Trump Michael Malone says to Roskam “If you don’t like the circus, get out of the tent.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-to-rep-roskam-if-you-don-t-like-the-circus-get-out-of-the-tent-20170224-story.html
— Mayoral candidates tout endorsements – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-endorse-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Violence endures at Parkway Gardens, even with a deep-pocketed owner – Angela Caputo and Kathy Bergen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-related-parkway-gardens-met-20170224-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-moms-circle-islamic-center-st-0226-20170224-story.html
— Who’s watching the watcher? How local governments fall prey to big thefts – Editorial (DIERSEN: What qualifications do those who are paid to watch units of government in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois have? GAO audits federal agencies. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $94,610-$122,991). For almost 9 of those years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators; for almost 6 years, on audits of many other federal agencies; and for 3 years, on audits of IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I served on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years. I passed the CPA examination and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. I am a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I have masters degrees in business, accounting, and financial markets and trading. Because I have so many qualifications, those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who do not want me to expose their wrongdoing focus on demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-madigan-essex-kankakee-public-corruption-edit-0225-jm-20170224-story.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Governments are required to hire auditors, but many audits essentially rely on records provided by the officials being audited. Audits often are cursory and nonprobing. In the Dixon case, the city’s outside auditors and bankers settled with the city for nearly $40 million — a rare admission of accountability failure. Burnham officials sued their auditors for not catching the theft. The list of embezzlement cases involving public officials is long, but nearly every case involves three culprits: Too little oversight. Too concentrated control. Too much trust. If you’re an elected official (you too, school board members) or government worker who deals with taxpayer-funded accounts, be vigilant — and not only of your own conduct. Ask the questions: Who has access to the accounts and who oversees that person? How many signatures are required on transactions? How probing are the audits we’re paying for? That is: Who’s watching the watcher?)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Billionaire pols could use a little farm team training – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you know about the federal government? GAO audits federal agencies. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $94,610-$122,991). For almost 9 of those years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators; for almost 6 years, on audits of many other federal agencies; and for 3 years, on audits of IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I served on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-billionaire-pols-could-use-a-little-farm-team-training/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In politics, there used to be farm teams. If you planned to run for governor some day, you might start out by running for the Chicago City Council. You could learn to hit a curve ball before moving up. But now very wealthy men — they all seem to be men — with no previous experience in elective office are pushing right to the top. People like Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Chris Kennedy and J.B. Pritzker, self-funded and self-impressed, are running for governor or senator or president or whatever and often winning. Because money often wins. But because they have never played even a summer or two of Triple-A ball, hacking away on a local school board or village board, they are prone to the kind of mental errors that could have been avoided with a little seasoning. We’re thinking here, first of all, of major league wannabee J.B. Pritzker, the Chicago billionaire who’s contemplating a run for governor. On Thursday morning, Pritzker woke up and could not resist an overwhelming desire to tweet out: “As a protest against Trump’s rescinding protections for trans kids, everyone should use the other gender’s bathroom today!” This did not go over well. Conservatives, choosing to take his suggestion literally, warned they would beat up any man who tried to enter a woman’s bathroom. And liberals said Pritzker entirely missed the point. As state Rep. Will Guzzardi tweeted in response, “No disrespect” but “we just want to let kids use their own gender’s bathroom.” Pritzker later clarified that he was just being flip to make a point. But a more experienced politician would have known that flip doesn’t play with the public. And you have to learn when not to swing. Maybe Pritzker will learn. They often do. Will Kennedy still run into elevators when reporters ask him annoying questions? Time will tell. But Rauner doesn’t talk as much anymore like an arrogant CEO. And who knows, if Trump strikes out enough, maybe even he will learn. Well, no, we don’t actually believe that. Our best scouts say Trump is not coachable.)

DAILY HERALD
— Few attend first Dist. 200 forum on $132.5 million tax-backed loan question – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170224/news/170229220/

ABC7
— RACIST CAMPAIGN FLYERS SEEN IN DOLTON PRIOR TO MAYORAL ELECTION – Stacey Baca
http://abc7chicago.com/news/racist-campaign-flyers-seen-in-dolton-prior-to-mayoral-election/1771536/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens.
http://abc7chicago.com/society/syrian-immigrants-reunited-with-4-year-old-daughter-in-chicago/1772171/

WGN TV
— Rauner administration details why Thompson Center needs to go – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/02/24/rauner-administration-details-why-thompson-center-needs-to-go/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Politicians emulate Trump’s bombastic ways at their peril – RICH MILLER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present politicians and would be politicians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who emulate Trump’s bombastic ways. They have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me. They have always blamed me for their problems, blamed me for your problems, blamed me for my problems, and blamed me for everyone’s problems. They are what everyone would say are scapegoaters.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170224/NEWS02/170229919/pols-emulate-trumps-bombastic-ways-at-their-peril
— Tollway gets new help in O’Hare access fight – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170224/BLOGS02/170229920/ohare-western-access-gets-congressional-allies

WTTW
— CPS Unfreezing $15M in School Funds After Latino Community Outcry – Matt Masterson
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/24/cps-unfreezing-15m-school-funds-after-latino-community-outcry

WBEZ
— TREASONOUS: Congressman Rush Declares His Offices As Sanctuaries – Claire Donnelly
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/congressman-rush-declares-his-offices-as-sanctuaries/2c88c461-87a4-44c2-baad-354d6fac8950
— Indivisible Illinois Activists Concerned About Bobby Rush’s Absence From Congress – Claire Donnelly
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/indivisible-illinois-activists-concerned-about-bobby-rushs-absence-from-congress/73a25197-53b7-494f-a4f5-bae4845ee434

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps harass Kinzinger and Hultgren.
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/02/23/dekalb-county-activists-seek-parley-with-congressmen-kinzinger-hultgren/amm74o/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want anti-Trumps to harass Roskam.
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/02/24/u-s-rep-peter-roskam-overseas-as-town-hall-held-without-him/ag19nw8/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want anti-Trumps to harass Hultgren.
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/02/24/protesters-converge-on-u-s-rep-randy-hultgrens-office/ajpvn5x/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote www.indivisibleNWIL.us.
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/02/24/residents-form-indivisible-political-group-in-crystal-lake/as6a45u/

LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Push to expand gambling underway in Missouri and Illinois – Kurt Erickson
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/push-to-expand-gambling-underway-in-missouri-and-illinois/article_bf5cdacb-7b54-5b7f-b0ea-627ec18c47bd.html
— St Louis-area Republicans in Congress avoid raucous town halls – Chuck Raasch
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/st-louis-area-republicans-in-congress-avoid-raucous-town-halls/article_bfd9d903-53b4-5f60-802b-d1198b19e3cb.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are overjoyed that “Mexican consulate comes to Peoria.”
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170224/mexican-consulate-comes-to-peoria
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the proper documents, people born in Mexico can get a copy of a birth certificate within minutes. People can get “matriculas,” or government-issued identification cards, for themselves or their children. Some hold dual citizenship or they want their children to hold dual citizenships. The ID cards feature fingerprints, retinal-imaging and 27 digital locks to prevent identification theft, according to Marco Peral, of the consulate offices. Ron Noriega said the unit provides services to all who come. “They’re Mexicans, regardless of their status,” she said. “We don’t ask, there’s no reason to ask. We’re only providing a service.” The mobile unit’s services expanded this year, to include health screenings and legal advice on immigration, labor and other administrative issues. Staff from Alivio Medical Center, a Chicago-based clinic, travel with the mobile unit.)

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Trump’s travels on pace to cost taxpayers more than Obama’s trips – ROGER SCHLUETER
http://www.bnd.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/answer-man/article134647399.html

WJBC
— Barickman calls Madigan’s new school funding commission ‘stall technique’ – Adam Studzinski
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/02/24/barickman-calls-madigans-new-school-funding-commission-stall-technique/

WJDB
— President Trump’s history of using anonymous sources (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in your municipality who use anonymous sources? What would you say to someone who has lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality who justifies his badmouthing you by saying that anonymous people have told him that you go around badmouthing him?)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/02/24/president-trumps-history-of-using-anonymous-sources

TIMES
— Why spend so much on cars, gas? – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/as-it-is-why-spend-so-much-on-cars-gas/article_8a9086d5-bdc1-5f1a-919d-47168c726076.html

MORTON TIMES NEWS
— Transgender protection status remains in Illinois – Sharon Woods Harris
http://www.mortontimesnews.com/news/20170224/transgender-protection-status-remains-in-illinois

WYCC PBS CHICAGO
— In The Loop 2.24.17 Highway Horror, Giving Shelter, Fighting Hate, Sextortion & Cyber Security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIBHZpu7apA&feature=youtu.be

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
http://www.nctv17.com/creating-a-circle-of-peace-in-naperville/

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner take the bait to threaten “PATCOING” State employees? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/02/gov-rauner-take-the-bait-to-threaten-patcoing-state-employees/

MCHENRY TIMES
— Videos surface of men wearing Algonquin Township Highway Dept. uniforms firing guns, totaling car – Vimbai Chikomo
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511084992-videos-surface-of-men-wearing-algonquin-township-highway-dept-uniforms-vandalizing-township-vehicle

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Winfield Township trustee candidate: Barbara Alekna – Vimbai Chikomo
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511084817-winfield-township-trustee-candidate-barbara-alekna
— Winfield Township trustee candidate: Zachary Halley – Vimbai Chikomo
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511084836-winfield-township-trustee-candidate-zachary-halley

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— USELESS COMMITTEES PROVIDE POLITICAL PAY RAISES FOR STATE LAWMAKERS Buried in the House rules lawmakers passed in January are a dozen new committees, bringing the total number of standing committees in the House to 45. Committee chairs receive a $10,326 stipend annually. – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/useless-committees-provide-political-pay-raises-for-state-lawmakers/?linkId=34857265

BREITBART
— Chicago Has Deadliest Day of 2017, Seven Killed, Including Pregnant Woman – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/23/chicago-deadliest-day-2017-7-killed-including-pregnant-woman/
— Black Students at University of Michigan Demand Segregated Space – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/24/black-students-university-michigan-demand-segregated-space/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Nine Causes of Scientific Decline in American Academia – Leo Goldstein
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/nine_causes_of_scientific_decline_in_american_academia.html
— CNN’s Chris Cuomo OK with girls having forced exposure to male genitalia – Carol Brown
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/cnns_chris_cuomo_ok_with_girls_having_forced_exposure_to_male_genitalia.html

NEWS WITH VIEWS
— THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA – Rob Pue
http://www.newswithviews.com/Pue/rob103.htm

HANNITY
— CNN’s Cuomo: Underage Girls Should Be Taught ‘Tolerance’ For Male Genitals In School Locker Rooms
http://www.hannity.com/articles/election-493995/cnns-cuomo-underage-girls-should-be-15592533/

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Three Key Tenets of the Trump Platform Honed at CPAC President debuted his populist vision at conservative confab in the years leading to 2016 – Martin Walsh
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/three-things-trump-said-at-cpac-that-are-relevant-today/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Immigration Trump argued in 2013 that the Republican Party would continue to lose elections if GOP lawmakers granted citizenship to illegal immigrants, comparing reform efforts that included amnesty to a “suicide mission.” “The fact is 11 million people will be voting Democratic. You can be out front. You can be the spearhead. You can do whatever you want to do, but every one of those 11 million people will be voting Democratic,” Trump said, adding, “It is just the way it works.” In 2015, Trump again made immigration a major emphasis in his speech. “It’s a massive problem we have to stop illegal immigration,” Trump explained. “It’s disgusting what is happening to our country, we are a dumping ground for the rest of the world.” Trump also highlighted the immediate need for a border wall. “We need a wall. If I run, I will tell you, the king of building buildings, the king of building walls,” Trump said, “Nobody can build ’em like Trump. That I can promise you. I can promise you that.”)

POLITICO
— Trump wages war on Chicago The nation’s third-largest city has become the place the president loves to hate. – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-chicago-235374

THE HILL
— GOP grapples with how to handle town halls – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are full of hatred. Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/321090-gop-grapples-with-how-to-handle-town-halls

ROLL CALL
— At CPAC, Trump Delivers a Journalism Lecture — and a Threat POTUS hits anonymous sources after ‘senior administration official’ briefs reporters – John T. Bennett
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/at-cpac-trump-delivers-a-journalism-lecture-and-threat

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans in Congress Are Still Looking for Direction from Trump.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/republicans-congress-are-still-looking-direction-trump-n725141

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups do not want police to enforce immigration laws: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us/sanctuary-city-trump-immigration-detainers.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat press makes it clear that exists a) to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green party platform and b) to get rid of Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/barring-the-white-house-press-corps-from-the-white-house.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, NYT sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/the-islamophobic-huckster-in-the-white-house.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, NYT sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/why-i-will-not-leave.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-conservatives say “At CPAC, Conservatives Settle Into Their New Role.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us/politics/cpac-photos-trump-conservatives.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mexico Responds to Trump Our southern neighbors aren’t rolling over to his political demands. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, WSJ sides with Mexico AGAINST America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-responds-to-trump-1487978920

USA TODAY
— Deadly drug overdoses more than doubled since 1999 – Sean Rossman (DIERSEN: Citizens of what countries bring the most heroin into America?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/24/deadly-drug-overdoses-more-than-doubled-since-1999/98345458/

February 23 Evening Edition

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Attorney General Convenes Summit on Trump Orders Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has convened legal and civil rights organizations in the wake of what she calls “troubling” executive orders issued by President Donald Trump. – AP (DIERSEN: What do Trump, Pence, Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, Shimkus, Rauner, Sanguinetti, Radogno, Durkin, Schneider, DeMonte, and Porter have to say about this?)
https://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-23/illinois-attorney-general-convenes-summit-on-trump-orders
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Groups attending Thursday’s summit include Arab American Family Services, the Chicago Urban League and Lambda Legal. Group leaders say they fear escalating hate crimes. Madigan says orders dealing with immigration threaten America’s “history of inclusion and diversity.” She says that includes a temporary ban on travel from seven predominantly-Muslim countries. The four-term Democrat supported lawsuits against the ban. The ban was blocked in court, but Trump says he’s revising it. On Thursday, Madigan condemned the Trump administration’s rollback of public school bathroom requirements for transgender students. Madigan says she backs a proposal that will strengthen Illinois’ hate crime laws.)

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump Speaks at CPAC
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/02/23/president-trump-speaks-cpac
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: President Donald J. Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, February 24. The President will address the annual meeting of the conservative movement at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland, at 10:00 AM. CPAC is a gathering of conservative activists from all across the country who meet to learn from each other, receive training in activism and campaign management, and hear from prominent conservative leaders. The conference began in 1974, when then-Governor Ronald Reagan described his vision of America as a “city upon a hill” for the first time. To date, three Presidents have addressed CPAC. President Trump will be the fourth. President Trump has addressed CPAC several times in the past, speaking to the gathering in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Heading into the conference, President Trump has already achieved many important accomplishments in his first month in office. Whether it is jumpstarting job creation, restoring public safety, slashing harmful regulations, or keeping his promise to defend the Constitution, conservatives have much to be excited about heading into Friday’s message from the President. In addition to the President, Vice President Mike Pence will speak at the conference tonight, February 23, at 7:30 PM. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon spoke to the conference this afternoon.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump won’t get much help with immigration order from city, state – Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-wont-get-much-help-with-immigration-order-from-city-state/
— Trump tweets ‘Chicago needs help’ after 7 homicides in one day – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-tweets-chicago-needs-help-after-7-homicides-in-one-day/
— Channel 7’s Mark Giangreco suspended for anti-Trump voter tweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/channel-7s-mark-giangreco-suspended-for-anti-trump-voter-tweet/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: WLS-Channel 7 sports anchor Mark Giangreco has been suspended without pay for a tweet calling President Donald Trump a “cartoon lunatic” elected by “a country of simpletons,” according to an online report. The TV station handed Giangreco a “multi-week suspension” without pay, according to media blogger Robert Feder. “Mark Giangreco’s Twitter comments are not in line with ABC 7 Chicago’s non-partisan editorial standards. We’ve reviewed the matter and are taking the appropriate action,” the station told Feder in written statement. Giangreco appeared on the station’s 5 p.m. newscast on Thursday, after word of his suspension was reported. The sportscaster drew his bosses’ ire when he responded to a tweet from a Toronto Star sports columnist who wrote “Donald Trump: a hateful ignorant corrupt simpleton supported by 87% of Republicans.” Giangreco countered with a tweet since deleted: “So obvious, so disturbing. America exposed as a country full of simpletons who allowed this cartoon lunatic to be ‘elected.’” Giangreco is ABC 7’s “Chicago sports director and primary sports anchor/reporter for the Number One rated 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts,” according to a biography on the station’s web site. “Giangreco has earned a reputation for being a sports anchor that even non-sports fans enjoy watching, delivering sports with humor, wit and an interesting spin on the day’s sports news,” according to the bio. ” He joined the station in 1994 after a stint at WMAQ-TV. Giangreco is the brother of Pete Giangreco a leading Chicago-based Democratic political consultant whose clients have included Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel and Tammy Duckworth.)
— KPMG adding 500 jobs in Chicago, fueled by cybersecurity growth – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kpmg-adding-500-jobs-in-chicago-fueled-by-cybersecurity-growth/
— Madigan forms school-funding panel; Rauner doesn’t object – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/in-apparent-jab-at-rauner-madigan-forms-new-school-funding-panel/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump touts recent immigration raids, calls them a ‘military operation’ – Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-raids-military-20170223-story.html
— Hundreds of protesters urge Bobby Rush, other Illinois Democrats to fight harder against Trump – Nick Swedberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-congressional-offices-protesters-met-0224-20170224-story.html
— Union authorizes strike, Rauner doesn’t budge – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-afscme-strike-illinois-met-0224-20170223-story.html
— Bannon: Trump administration is in unending battle for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’ – Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cpac-bannon-priebus-20170223-story.html
— Rauner: OK on Obama Day, but no one gets to skip work – Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-barack-obama-state-holiday-met-0224-20170223-story.html
— State workers should embrace the 40-hour week – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-afscme-strike-work-hours-rauner-perspec-0224-20170223-column.html
— DeVos defiant at CPAC: ‘My job isn’t to win a popularity contest’ – Emma Brown (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to curry their favor, to pander to them, to serve as one of their operatives, to serve as one of their dupes, and/or to give them lots of money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-betsy-devos-cpac-20170223-story.html
— Mike Pence at CPAC says ‘America’s Obamacare nightmare is about to end’ – Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mike-pence-cpac-obamacare-20170223-story.html
— Mundelein trustee draws heat for ‘Korean money’ comment on Facebook – Rick Kambic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mundelein/news/ct-mun-abernathy-kim-facebook-comment-tl-0302-20170223-story.html
— The embarrassing confusion of the ‘women’s strike’ – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-women-strike-feminists-anti-trump-perspec-0224-20170223-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— ABC 7 suspends Giangreco over tweet deriding Trump
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170223/news/170229435/
— $25 million project to revamp Cantigny gardens, museums – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170223/news/170229480/

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: WHITE HOUSE: FEDS WILL STEP UP MARIJUANA LAW ENFORCEMENT – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/white-house-feds-will-step-up-marijuana-law-enforcement/1769649/
— ILLINOIS UNION OKS STRIKE OVER RAUNER CONTRACT DISPUTE – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-union-oks-strike-over-rauner-contract-dispute/1769286/
— GROUP CALLS FOR TOWN HALLS WITH CONGRESS MEMBERS – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/group-calls-for-town-halls-with-congress-members/1769866/

NBC5
— After 7 Fatal Shootings in 1 Day, Trump Tweets ‘Chicago Needs Help!’ – Richard Ray
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/After-Citys-Deadliest-Day-of-2017-Trump-Tweets-Chicago-Needs-Help-414668903.html
— Pritzker Calls for Bizarre Protest After Trump Strips Transgender Protections – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-bizarre-protest-after-trump-strips-trans-protections-414633773.html
— AFSCME Approves Strike, Faults Rauner’s ‘Refusal’ to Negotiate The announcement marks the first such vote in the union’s 45-year history of collective bargaining – Tom Schuba and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/afscme-authorizes-strike-faults-rauners-refusal-to-negotiate-414628113.html

CBS2
— Another Poison-Pen Trump Tweet About Chicago Violence: City ‘Needs Help’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/23/another-poison-pen-trump-tweet-about-chicago-violence-city-needs-help/
— Democrats Slam “Hypocritical” Rauner For GOP Attacks On Comptroller
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/02/23/democrats-slam-hypocritical-rauner-for-gop-attacks-on-comptroller/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State workers take step toward strike – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170223/BLOGS02/170229944/states-afscme-workers-authorize-strike
— KPMG plans to add 500 more Chicago jobs – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170223/NEWS01/170229956/kpmg-plans-to-add-500-more-chicago-jobs

SPRINFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Demonstrators urge Rep. Davis to hold ‘real, in-person town hall’ meeting – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170222/demonstrators-urge-rep-davis-to-hold-real-in-person-town-hall-meeting

SOUTHERN
— Illinois attorney general convenes summit on Trump orders
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/illinois-attorney-general-convenes-summit-on-trump-orders/article_b6bf8fb8-6eae-5ed5-b9c4-ff7c97d3a4db.html

WJBD
— Steve Bannon says media ‘always wrong’ about Trump
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/02/23/steve-bannon-says-media-always-wrong-about-trump

FOX ILLINOIS
— Protesters Still Looking For Answers From Rep. Davis – Hunter McKee (DIERSEN: What do Trump, Pence, Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, Shimkus, Rauner, Sanguinetti, Radogno, Durkin, Schneider, DeMonte, and Porter have to say about this?)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-still-looking-for-answers-from-rep-davis

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Rep. Kelly introduces American Dream Act to help assist those left behind in economic recovery
http://hfchronicle.com/article/2017/feb/23/rep-kelly-introduces-american-dream-act-help-assist-those-left-behind-economic

WHEATON PATCH
— Rep. Peter Roskam On Trip Promoting Democracy Abroad While Constituents Seek Meetings At Home The congressman is on a three-nation tour to promote democracy and reassure allies, especially those intimidated by Russia. – Patrick Martin
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/rep-peter-roskam-trip-promoting-democracy-abroad-while-constituents-seek-meetings

LAKEVIEW PATCH
— Boystown Transgender Rights Rally To Protest Trump Administration’s Policy Reversal The event Saturday afternoon will include speakers and a march down Halsted Street. – Joe Vince
http://patch.com/illinois/lakeview/boystown-transgender-rights-rally-protest-trump-administrations-policy-reversal

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois Family Institute speaks out against abortion funding legislation – Vimbai Chikomo
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511084110-illinois-family-institute-speaks-out-against-abortion-funding-legislation

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Winfield Township trustee candidate: Ruzicka – Vimbai Chikomo
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511084511-winfield-township-trustee-candidate-ruzicka
— Winfield Township trustee candidate: Voelz – Vimbai Chikomo
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511084568-winfield-township-trustee-candidate-voelz

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Governor’s office says strike authorization approval is attack on taxpayers
https://ilnews.org/12274/governors-office-says-strike-authorization-approval-attack-taxpayers/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage officials subpoenaed – Radio Engineer trial to begin – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/02/college-of-dupage-officials-subpoenaed-radio-engineer-trial-to-begin/

FOX NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Gov. Abbott: New Bill Could Jail Officials Who Adopt Sanctuary City Policies (DIERSEN: What about Illinois?)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/23/texas-bill-jail-officials-sheriffs-who-adopt-sanctuary-city-policies
— O’Reilly: Sanctuary City Mayor, Police Chief ‘Have Blood on Their Hands’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/22/bill-oreilly-talking-points-memo-illegal-immigration-sanctuary-cities-denver-new-poll
— Rand Paul Fires Back After Being Called Trump’s ‘Most Loyal Stooge’ (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and that could easily kill me figuratively if not literally.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/23/rand-paul-fires-back-after-being-called-trumps-top-stooge
— Coulter Gives Trump an ‘A+’ for 1st Month, Urges Him to Tweet More
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/22/ann-coulter-tucker-donald-trump-fake-news-immigration-sessions-crime-statistics

BREITBART
— Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus at CPAC: ‘If the Party and the Conservative Movement Are Together, It Can’t Be Stopped’ – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/23/steve-bannon-reince-priebus-cpac-party-conservative-movement-together-cant-stopped/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— ILLEGAL ALIENS DRAIN MILLIONS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/23/illegal-aliens-drain-millions-from-social-security/

GOPUSA
— 6 dead, 6 wounded in Chicago shootings yesterday
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21098
— When A Politician Says ‘Fake News’ And A Newspaper Threatens To Sue Back
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20968
— The Desperate Democrats are Truly Deranged
http://www.gopusa.com/the-desperate-democrats-are-truly-deranged/

NEWSMAX
— OUTRAGEOUS: Candidates Discuss Impeachment at DNC Chair Debate – Joe Crowe
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Democrats-Impeachment-DNC-Chair/2017/02/23/id/775152/
— Number of Illegals Applying For College Financial Aid Drops After Trump Exec Order – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/illegal-aliens-college-financial/2017/02/23/id/775286/

WORLD NET DAILY
— WATCH PREMIERE CONSERVATIVE EVENT NOW
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/speakers-from-premiere-conservative-event-speaking-now/

TOWNHALL
— OUTRAGEOUS: Top DNC Chair Candidate: You Bet Impeaching Trump is Already On the Table – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/02/23/dnc-chair-candidates-hey-lets-impeach-trump-n2289671

DAILY CALLER
— The New York Time’s Top Two Political Reporters Are Basically Democratic Operatives – Rachel Stoltzfoos (DIERSEN: I am an operative for the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, but I am NOT an operative or a dupe for any activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, political consultant, or anyone else.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/23/reminder-the-nyts-top-two-political-reporters-are-basically-democratic-operatives/
— Nancy Pelosi Thinks John Kasich Is The Governor Of Illinois – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/23/nancy-pelosi-thinks-john-kasich-is-the-governor-of-illinois-video/
— Keith Ellison Once Said Black People Don’t Have ‘Obligation’ To Obey Government – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/23/keith-ellison-once-said-black-people-dont-have-obligation-to-obey-government/
— Democrats Behind Mexico City Demonstration Against Tillerson – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with Mexico and with other foreign countries AGAINST America.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/23/revealed-democrats-behind-mexico-city-demonstration-against-tillerson/

CHRISTIAN TODAY
— Jesus Turned Over The Tables. How Angry Are Christians Allowed To Get? – Andy Walton
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/jesus.turned.over.the.tables.how.angry.are.christians.allowed.to.get/104978.htm

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conway jokes CPAC could become ‘TPAC’ in honor of Trump – GABBY MORRONGIELLO
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conway-jokes-cpac-could-become-tpac-in-honor-of-trump/article/2615550

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Despite the Hysteria, Trump Is Trending Less Authoritarian Than Obama – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445185/trump-less-authoritarian-obama

THE HILL
— Conservatives to Congress: Get moving – SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320909-conservatives-to-congress-get-moving
— Bannon needles media at CPAC – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320878-bannon-needles-media-at-cpac

WASHINGTON POST
— DeVos defiant at CPAC: ‘My job isn’t to win a popularity contest’ – Emma Brown (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to curry their favor, to pander to them, to serve as one of their operatives, to serve as one of their dupes, and/or to give them lots of money.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/02/23/devos-defiant-at-cpac-my-job-isnt-to-win-a-popularity-contest/
— Why demographics weren’t — and won’t be — destiny for Democrats – Lanae Erickson Hatalsky and Jim Kessler (DIERSEN: Democrats would love to dump “our system of place-based government” and replace it with a gender/race/age/religion/national origin/wealth-based government system because those who are anti-male, anti-White, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German national origin, and/or anti-rich people VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-demographics-werent–and-wont-be–destiny-for-democrats/2017/02/22/576a3a60-f91c-11e6-9845-576c69081518_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why did changing demographics not lead to electoral destiny for Democrats? Our report out this month provides several answers, starting with the fact that demographic change isn’t evenly dispersed. In our system of place-based government, unless millennials move to the rural South or the growing Latino population settles in equal measure across the Rust Belt, demography will take a long time. Take the U.S. House. Going into the 2016 cycle, the 159 House districts deemed safely Democratic by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report are already majority-minority. (The average is 45 percent white.) The 90 swing districts are 70 percent white — much closer to the breakdown in safe Republican districts, which number 186 and are 75 percent white on average.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue that there are only 11 million in America illegally, not 12, 14, or 15 million. How many millions of those many millions have always voted for Democrats?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/23/spicers-claim-there-are-12-14-15-million-people-in-the-u-s-illegally/
— Kellyanne Conway: Feminism associated with being ‘anti-male’ and ‘pro-abortion’ – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/23/kellyanne-conway-feminism-associated-with-being-anti-male-and-pro-abortion/
— The trickle of refugees fleeing the U.S. to Canada could become a deluge in the spring – Alan Freeman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/23/the-trickle-of-refugees-fleeing-the-u-s-to-canada-could-become-a-deluge-in-the-spring/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and blame him for racism and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/22/this-is-not-trumps-america-passengers-rejoice-when-man-accused-of-racism-kicked-off-flight/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/22/things-got-very-ugly-on-cnn-last-night/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/22/demonic-activity-palpable-at-president-trumps-rally-pastor-says/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/23/a-majority-of-americans-are-embarrassed-by-president-trump/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/23/trump-will-likely-sell-out-his-working-class-white-base-heres-how/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/22/donald-trump-is-losing-his-war-with-the-media/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/02/23/greatest-threat-to-democracy-commander-of-bin-laden-raid-slams-trumps-anti-media-sentiment/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/23/the-trump-white-house-doesnt-really-want-balanced-media-coverage/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-could-do-with-acting-a-bit-more-vice-presidential/2017/02/22/470cb15e-f951-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “America’s Rowdy Town Halls: More Organic Than Organized Many participants are first-timers who echo in passion, though not in politics, the people who emerged early in the tea-party movement.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-rowdy-town-halls-more-organic-than-organized-1487881129
— U.S. Official’s Diplomatic Line in Mexico Differs From Trump’s Mexico angry over new U.S. immigration, deportation rules – FELICIA SCHWARTZ, ROBBIE WHELAN, and JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA (DIERSEN: Mexico continues to refuse a) to stop sending its citizens into America illegally, b) to recall its citizens who are in America illegally, and c) to stop sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-officials-on-tough-trip-in-mexico-trump-says-1487871849
— Author Pulls Curtain Back on Elite New York Prep-School Admissions Amy Poeppel, formerly of Trevor Day School, in her debut novel riffs on fierce competition children face in gaining entry to these institutions – LESLIE BRODY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that my parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, that my father attended that school, that my grandfather attended that school, and that my great grandfather attended that school.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/author-pulls-curtain-back-on-elite-new-york-prep-school-admissions-1487880676

NPR
— Vice President Pence Addresses CPAC – JESSICA TAYLOR
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/516930452/watch-live-vice-president-pence-addresses-cpac

CORVETTE MUSEUM
— JOHN OATES HAULS ACROSS CORVETTE COUNTRY
http://www.corvettemuseum.org/john-oates-hauls-across-corvette-country/

SUPER CHEVY
— 1972 Corvette Stored Since 1973 with 3,749 Miles! – Jerry Heasley (DIERSEN: I have owned my 1972 Corvette since I took delivery of it on October 14, 1971. It has 5,081 miles on it. Because I spend 10+ hours a day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, I have not started it since 2009.)
http://www.superchevy.com/features/1702-1972-corvette-stored-since-1973-with-3749-miles/

February 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-town-hall-protests-20170221-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fake news versus biased and lazy news – John Stossel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-fake-news-versus-biased-and-lazy-news/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: You might be paying for a primary you can’t vote in – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170222/news/170229697/

ABC7
— MEMBERS OF CPS LATINO ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESIGN IN PROTEST OF BUDGET CUTS – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/education/cps-latino-advisory-committee-members-resign-in-protest-of-budget-cuts/1766892/

NBC5
— Roskam Clarifies Signup Requirements For Tele-Town Halls After Repeated Questions
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Roskam-Clarifies-Signup-Requirements-For-Tele-Town-Halls-414434273.html
— Billions in Unclaimed Cash Due to Citizens, Businesses and Governments in Illinois NBC5 Investigates found piles of cash unclaimed by the governments of Chicago, Cook County, even the state itself – much of it sitting around for decades. – Katy Smyser and Phil Rogers
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Billions-in-Unclaimed-Cash-Due-to-Citizens-Businesses-and-Governments-in-Illinois-414435703.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Want term limits? Be careful what you wish for – TIM JONES (DIERSEN: Do you want term limits? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want term limits. They stress how much better TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois is doing now that I am not its chairman. They stress how much better the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee is doing now that I am not one of its members. They stress how much better the Milton Township Republican Central Committee is doing now that I am not its webmaster. They stress how much better the Illinois Center Right Coalition is doing now that I am not a member of its Steering Committee. They stress how much better the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter is doing now that I am not a member of its board of directors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170222/NEWS07/170229999

WTTW
— Majority of CPS Latino Council Resigns Amid Budget Cuts – Matt Masterson
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/22/majority-cps-latino-council-resigns-amid-budget-cuts
— Local Republicans (Jay Bergman, Pat Brady, Joe Morris, Kathleen Murphy) React to President Trump’s First Month – Nick Blumberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats determine who speaks for Illinois Republicans. Who speaks for Republicans in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/21/local-republicans-react-president-trump-s-first-month

OTTAWA TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trump Ottawa Times a) acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party and b) promotes Kinzinger and other anti-Trumps.
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/protest-planned-for-kinzinger-office/article_1b5747d2-f843-5911-bc9f-d26fae39d7ea.html

WSIL TV
— OUTSTANDING: Trump lays out tougher approach to illegal immigration (DIERSEN: When will Rauner do that? When will the Republican elected officials who run your county, your township/ward, and your municipality do that?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34565164/trump-lays-out-tougher-approach-to-illegal-immigration
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives do everything that they can to paint Milo Yiannopoulos as being a typical conservative.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34565195/conservative-forces-clash-in-trumps-early-days

FOX ILLINOIS
— Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti Visiting Chatham Township
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lt-governor-evelyn-sanguinetti-visiting-chatham-township
— Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti Praises Urbana Partnership
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lieutenant-governor-praises-urbana-partnership

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lieutenant governor Evelyn Sanguinetti praises Urbana Aquatic Center in visit – Nicole Lafond
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-02-22/lieutenant-governor-praises-urbana-aquatic-center-visit.html

SOUTHERN
— As AFSCME strike votes are tallied, Southern Illinois state workers pray for resolution to budget crisis – MOLLY PARKER (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) are a member of a church, b) attend church services, and/or give money to a church. They do that to give themselves standing to a) destroy those like me who do not pander to them, b) destroy those like me who fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or c) destroy those like me who fail/refuse to give them money.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/as-afscme-strike-votes-are-tallied-southern-illinois-state-workers/article_99555e8c-7e88-5789-8270-fa009429bf28.html

SOUTHSIDE WEEKLY
— Illinois Lottery Exacerbates Inequities in Chicago Communities on the South and West Side buy disproportionately more lottery tickets but do not see returns to their schools – THEO GRANT-FUNCK
http://southsideweekly.com/illinois-lottery-exacerbates-inequities-chicago/

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Obamacare.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170222/AP/302229942
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats flood Republican town hall meetings with anti-Trumps.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170222/AP/302229938

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Illinois Senators vocally oppose Trump on immigration orders – Nora Shelly (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats treasonously a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/02/22/city/illinois-senators-vocally-oppose-trump-on-immigration-orders/

CITY OF WHEATON
— Nominate Someone for 2017 Good Citizens Award – Lindsay Qualkenbush (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, because of the way that my question about Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades was responded to at the January 19, 2017 Wheaton State of the City Address, those who attended the event would be discouraged from nominating me for a Good Citizens Award.)
http://www.wheaton.il.us/news/pressreleases/detail.aspx?id=9762#.WK26iBHxZZI
http://www.wheaton.il.us/goodcitizen/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE: WHAT DOES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACH?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/what-does-the-catholic-church-teach-on-the-immigration-issue.html

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THERE’S NOTHING FREE – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: To get their votes, Democrats always promise voters that they will a) use government to take money away from Republicans and b) use government to give that money to Democrats.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/business/theres-nothing-free/

NEWSMAX
— CPAC Looking More Like Trump’s Vision – Greg Richter (DIERSEN: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter now look far more like my critics’/opponents’ vision.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/CPAC-conservatives-meeting-Washington/2017/02/21/id/774884/
— Poll: 80 Percent of Americans Back Sanctuary City Crackdown
http://www.newsmax.com/US/sanctuary-cities-illegals-feds/2017/02/21/id/774826/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Seek Reconciliation – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout. They are not interested in reconciliation. They want to destroy a) me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS email, b) those who do not pander to them, c) those who do not serve as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes, d) those who do not give them money, and e) those who share my demographics. My critics/opponents have always taken advantage of the fact that I forgive those who trespass against me.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/02/22/seek-reconciliation-part-1/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Milo needs ‘moral chains’ – Trevor Thomas
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/milo_needs_moral_chains.html

GOPUSA
— Farrakhan slammed both Democrats and Trump in Detroit
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20965
— NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) Comes (Almost) to CPAC (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21045
— Flynn went down for comments, so why not McCain? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, members of the following groups glorify and praise McCain: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21017
— Ex-Mexican official to avenge Trump by jamming courts
http://www.gopusa.com/ex-mexican-official-to-avenge-trump-by-jamming-courts/
— Fighting for the Falsely Accused (DIERSEN: Who fights for you? Who falsely accuses you? The following falsely accuse me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21024

FOX NEWS
— Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Shares Stage with Convicted Terrorist, Responsible for the Murder of 2 Israeli Students
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/02/21/congresswoman-shares-stage-convicted-terrorist-responsible-murder-2-israeli-students

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Milo Yiannopoulos is destructive to conservatism – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am “destructive to conservatism.” They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/milo-yiannopoulos-is-destructive-to-conservatism

ONE NEWS NOW
— Obama, Islamists forcing mosque on Christian refugees – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2017/02/22/obama-islamists-forcing-mosque-on-christian-refugees
— Congressman: Not fooled by ‘grassroots’ protests – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/02/22/congressman-not-fooled-by-grass-roots-protests

BREITBART
— Maxine Waters: Trump’s Administration, Associates Are ‘a Bunch of Scumbags’ – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/02/21/maxine-waters-trumps-administration-associates-are-a-bunch-of-scumbags/

BLAZE
— CPAC, liberal media need a lesson in free speech – Justin Haskins (DIERSEN: Yiannopoulos promotes Liberal and Libertarian values, not conservative values.)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/cpac-liberal-media-need-a-lesson-in-free-speech/
— Trump admin to scale back on rule expanding Title IX protection to transgender students – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/21/report-trump-admin-to-scale-back-on-rule-expanding-title-ix-protection-to-transgender-students/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— PAT BUCHANAN: I would not have invited him, but let me say this. There is an element of humor here if CPAC is going to show off the terrible speech codes being imposed on campuses that don’t let Milo speak, and then they don’t let Milo speak. Ha ha, what is that comedian that says you can’t make this stuff up!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/21/pat_buchanan_mocks_cpac_for_censoring_milos_talk_on_liberal_censorship_cant_make_this_stuff_up.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatism’s future in the age of Trump – W. JAMES ANTLE III (DIERSEN: Who promotes conservative values in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America. The more that you do to promote conservative values, the harder that members of the following groups work to destroy you: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conservatisms-future-in-the-age-of-trump/article/2615157

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Left-Wing Front Groups Make Anti-Trump Money Untraceable – Lachlan Markay (DIERSEN: What are the left-wing front groups in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/left-wing-front-groups-make-anti-trump-money-untraceable/
— Feds Paid $1 Billion in Social Security Benefits to Individuals Without a SSN – Elizabeth Harrington (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
— Nikki Haley Denounces UN’s ‘Outrageously Biased’ Resolutions Against Israel – Sam Dorman (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are anti-Israel.)
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/nikki-haley-denounces-uns-outrageously-biased-resolutions-against-israel/
— Clinton Donor Quits CIA Because of Trump, Says Decision Not About Politics – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: In 1971, I became a federal employee because Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My employer at the time, Firestone Stores, had fired me because I had accepted Oldsmobile’s job offer.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-donor-quits-cia-because-of-trump-says-decision-not-about-politics/

THE HILL
— Republicans at risk in 2018 steering clear of town halls – SCOTT WONG AND CRISTINA MARCOS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320558-republicans-at-risk-in-2018-steering-clear-of-town-halls

POLITICO
— Facebook to aid CPAC as it courts conservatives – TONY ROMM and NANCY SCOLA (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/facebook-aid-cpac-courts-conservatives-235256
— Yiannopoulos flap casts pall over CPAC The onetime signature event for conservatives has been riven by charges of celebrity- and profit-seeking. – ELIANA JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/cpac-conservatives-milo-yiannopoulos-235251
— GOP lessons from the latest round of brutal town halls As Republicans face hostile crowds at town halls nationwide, Rep. Dave Brat offered one possible blueprint for survival. – KYLE CHENEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/republicans-congress-town-hall-235255

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats disrupt Republican town hall meetings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/politics/town-hall-protests-obamacare.html
— Trump Uses His Tee Times for a Mix of Diplomacy and Recreation – MARK LANDLERFE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/trump-golf-mar-a-lago.html
— President Trump Wants a Wall? Mexico Is It – Eduardo Porter
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/business/economy/mexico-immigration-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Milo Is the Mini-Donald.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/opinion/milo-is-the-mini-donald.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration rule on anonymous sources: Okay for us, not so okay for you – Erik Wemple (DIERSEN: One of my critics/opponents in Wheaton who has lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout, justifies his belittling me and insulting me in public a) by relying on anonymous sources and b) by relying on what these anonymous sources have said to him about me. Should I demand that he put in writing the names of his anonymous sources and exactly what they said to him about me? Because he is an elected official, should I file a FOIA request?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/02/21/trump-administration-rule-on-anonymous-sources-okay-for-us-not-so-okay-for-you/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In the 33 days so far, we’ve counted 132 false or misleading claims.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims/
— At CPAC, conservatism betrayed – Kathleen Parker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/at-cpac-conservatism-betrayed/2017/02/21/3c388ddc-f881-11e6-9845-576c69081518_story.html
— After refusing to watch LGBT diversity video, Social Security judge sues to avoid being fired – Derek Hawkins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/21/after-refusing-to-watch-lgbt-diversity-video-social-security-judge-sues-to-avoid-being-fired/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Citing his First Amendment rights and religious protections under the Civil Rights Act, a Social Security Administration judge in Texas who refused to watch an LGBT diversity training video is suing his superiors to avoid being fired, saying he was subject to a “religiously hostile work environment.” Judge Gary Suttles said in a complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Texas that the Social Security Administration, or SSA, should be barred from taking any disciplinary action against him at least until his religious discrimination claims are heard by a federal employment panel. “The agency has wholly failed to work in good faith to reasonably accommodate Judge Suttles’ sincerely held religious belief against watching” the video, the complaint says. The agency violated his rights, the complaint says, “by discriminating against him on the basis of his religion, creating a religiously hostile work environment,” and by “retaliating against him for his protected activity of seeking a religious accommodation.” A representative from the SSA was not immediately available for comment on Tuesday. Suttles’s case comes amid a sweeping expansion of LGBT rights, during which courts have ruled against bakers, florists and others who say anti-discrimination measures clash with their religious liberties. Social conservatives and some Christians argue that the government should not be able to force them to offer their services to same-sex couples, and they have sought religious freedom exemptions as recourse. Some of the most high-profile cases have played out in the business world, including a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But government officials have drawn attention for their defiance, too, among them Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses in violation of a Supreme Court ruling. Suttles was hired as an administrative law judge in the Houston District office of the SSA in 2005. In the time since, he has never received a reprimand or warning, his complaint says. In May, one of the office’s directors sent an email ordering employees to watch a video called “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community.” The 17-minute video included a message from the agency commissioner and “a brief session on tips for increasing cultural awareness in a diverse and inclusive environment,” according to the complaint. The email said the SSA was responding to a 2011 executive order from President Obama that instructed federal agencies to develop new workplace diversity and inclusion plans. Suttles wasted no time telling the office director he would not watch the video. “I am already fully aware to treat all persons with respect and dignity and have done so my entire life,” he said in an email the next day, according to the complaint. “Furthermore, this type of government indoctrination training does not comport with my religious views and I object on that basis as well. Monica Anderson, the hearing office’s chief administrative law judge, responded with a sharply-worded message giving Suttles a “direct order” to watch the training video. “Failure to follow this directive may lead to disciplinary action,” the chief judge said, according to the complaint. Anderson also denied Suttles’s request for a religious accommodation, saying the agency needed to ensure “all employees know about and comply with this.” The back and forth carried on for a few months. Suttles suggested that the agency give him a pass by allowing him to take a professional ethics course or “alternative diversity” course that “did not deal with such a specific community of people.” Anderson declined, proposing instead that Suttles read a transcript of the video. Suttles again refused. “Judge Suttles continued to refuse to watch the mandatory,” the complaint says, “because it is the substantive content of which, not the medium by which the content was delivered that violates his faith.” By the fall, Suttles’s case had made its way to the regional chief administrative law judge, who issued an official reprimand and warned Suttles that “future acts of misconduct” could result in more serious punishment, including removal from the job. (Administrative law judges, unlike federal court judges under Article III of the Constitution do not have life tenure.) The reprimand barred Suttles from working from home or requesting a job transfer for one year, according to the complaint. Suttles claims the action was retaliatory. He reported the episode to an Equal Employment Opportunity counselor, alleging the agency violated his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion, as well as his rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on several factors, including religion. According to the complaint, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will not finish its initial review of his case until mid-March. In the meantime, the deadline for Suttles to watch the video has lapsed. The judge said the agency “has made it quite evident that it does not intend to wait” to discipline him. Suttles says he will suffer “irreparable harm” unless the court prevents the agency from disciplining him or forcing him to watch the video. Though his complaint describes a “sterling work record,” Suttles was criticized and investigated by the SSA in 2015 after he scoffed at a Gulf War veteran’s post-traumatic stress disorder during a disability benefits hearing. Suttles questioned whether the veteran, a 44-year-old who served as a fueler on an aircraft carrier, had experienced true trauma during the war. “I mean, hey, you were in the Navy. You weren’t even fighting on the ground,” Suttles told him, according to the Austin American-Statesman. “To me it would have been exciting. What do you mean stressful?” The remarks were condemned by veterans groups at the time. The SSA ultimately rejected calls to temporarily remove Suttles from his job.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Missing the Meaning of Trump Liberals desperately pretend his rise is a message from Russia, not voters. – HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/missing-the-meaning-of-trump-1487723030
— In Refugees, Companies Find a Talent Pool – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: What percent of employers in America would rather hire a refugee than a citizen of America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-refugees-firms-find-talent-pooland-training-challenges-1487678408

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump glorifies and praises illegals.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/21/trump-deportation-raid-immigration-texas-raul-reyes-column/98130790/

WJLA
— Sitting U.S. president to attend CPAC for first time in 9 years – John Gonzalez (DIERSEN: I was there.)
http://wjla.com/news/local/sitting-us-president-to-attend-cpac-for-first-time-in-9-years

EASTON COURIER
— Murphy calls for investigation after deaths at Connecticut sober houses – Chris Murphy (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is responsible for oversight of Butterfly Garden (http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/18/wheaton-city-council-approves-facility-for-single-moms-at-former-wheaton-inn/a5r6lc4/) in Wheaton? ANSWER: Wheaton’s Mayor Michael Gresk, the five Wheaton City Council members who voted to approve it, and Wheaton’s attorney James Knippen.)
http://www.eastoncourier.com/51613/murphy-calls-for-investigation-after-deaths-at-connecticut-sober-houses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Following a recent string of overdoses that have occurred in Connecticut sober houses, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) have called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate federal and state oversight of sober living homes, and determine whether additional oversight is necessary. In a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro, Murphy outlined the gravity of the opioid epidemic in Connecticut and emphasized that a GAO review of sober homes would be helpful in understanding the role they play in helping Americans recover from substance use disorders. “Connecticut is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner projected that almost 900 residents in my state would die from an overdose in 2016. This is more than double what it was just four years ago,” wrote Murphy. “Unfortunately, there have been several recent overdoses that have occurred in Connecticut sober houses. These deaths have raised questions about these facilities and the GAO review will be helpful in determining whether state and federal policymakers should consider additional oversight.” Most recently, a Ridgefield man and Danbury woman died within a span of two weeks from drug overdoses at a sober house in Torrington.)

DAILY BEAST
— Bill Maher Takes Credit for Milo Yiannopoulos’s Fall (DIERSEN: Who takes credit for your falls? I should write a book abut those who take credit for my falls and/or who hint/imply/argue/shout that I cause all my own problems.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/02/22/bill-maher-takes-credit-for-milo-yiannopoulos-s-fall.html
— Why Is Facebook Helping Fund CPAC? The social networking giant caught all kinds of flak for its role in the 2016 election. But that isn’t stopping it from bankrolling a huge, often-controversial conservative confab. – Betsy Woodruff (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/21/why-is-facebook-helping-fund-cpac.html

THE WEEK
— There’s a CPAC panel called ‘If Heaven has a gate, a wall, and extreme vetting, why can’t America?’
http://theweek.com/speedreads/681592/theres-cpac-panel-called-heaven-gate-wall-extreme-vetting-why-cant-america
— Conservatives converge on D.C. for annual CPAC confab (DIERSEN: Every year, CPAC becomes more and more and more Libertarian.)
http://theweek.com/speedreads/681589/conservatives-converge-dc-annual-cpac-confab

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Principals to Bar Immigration Agents From Chicago Schools Chicago Public Schools has instructed its principals not to let federal immigration agents inside district buildings without a criminal warrant. – AP
http://www.usnews.com/news/illinois/articles/2017-02-22/principals-to-bar-immigration-agents-from-chicago-schools

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Iowa Bill Would Force Universities to Consider Political Affiliation in Faculty Hiring – Peter Schmidt (DIERSEN: Virtually all employers in America are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or RINO. They despise if not hate Republicans. (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Iowa-Bill-Would-Force/239261

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— 25 Years Without a Raise At Youngstown State, adjuncts marked the anniversary with a cake. – Colleen Flaherty (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that my salary as a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 increased every year because of cost of living adjustments, step increases, and/or promotions, except in 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In today’s dollars: $15.56/hour (GS-4) in 1966 when I was 18 years old, $44,853 (GS-7) in 1971, $54,864 (GS-9) in 1972, $66,379 (GS-11) in 1973, $79,653 (GS-12) in 1974, $90,171 in 1979 (GS-12 Step 5), $94,610 in 1986 (GS-13), and $122,991 (GS-13 Step 10) in 1997.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/22/youngstown-state-adjuncts-celebrate-25-years-without-raise

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Are You Paying Attention to Your Community’s Needs? – Tim Gallagher (DIERSEN: Who pays attention to your community’s needs? Should I pay more attention to Wheaton’s needs? Should I draw more attention to what those who run Wheaton do and do not do?)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-are-you-paying-attention-to-your-communitys-needs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If the 2016 election taught the newspaper industry one thing, it’s that we don’t know what’s important to many people in our communities. Yes, we publish letters to the editor and do “man on the street” reaction to major news stories. But we learned in the voting results of 2016 that there are a lot of issues crucial to the people in our communities that don’t make a typical news narrative. To hold onto a badge of relevancy, we need to change this. We need to convene the community in conversation about what really matters, even when it is on no one’s council or school board agenda.)

MONEY MAGAZINE
— What the Richest Americans are Driving Now – Brad Tuttle
http://time.com/money/4676840/what-the-richest-americans-are-driving-now/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Unlike Obama, Voters Say Media No Help to Trump (DIERSEN: The media a) wants Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens to succeed and b) wants Republicans to fail.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/media/unlike_obama_voters_say_media_no_help_to_trump

February 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration reveals details of deportation plans
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-administration-reveals-details-of-deportation-plans/amp/
— Mistreated groups should unite in protests – Ted Z. Manuel (DIERSEN: Are you a member of a mistreated group? Members of the following groups hint/imply/argue/shout that they are mistreated: anti-Trumps, anti-Protestants, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, anti-Americans, anti-Whites, anti-males, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-mistreated-groups-should-unite-in-protests/
— Anti-Semitism ‘horrible,’ ‘painful,’ must ‘stop’ – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-tuesday-says-anti-semitism-horrible-after-incidents/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s ‘passionate intensity’ has political consequences – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-passionate-intensity-20170221-column.html
— Donald Trump and the show that never ends – Jonathan Bernstein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-president-spectacle-20170221-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Reince Priebus.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-reince-priebus-steve-bannon-trump-20170221-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Common-sense solutions for Illinois’ ever expanding budget problems – State Rep. Steven Andersson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170221/discuss/170229946/
— Uber to investigate sexual harassment claim by engineer – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170220/news/302209965/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Remember, the enemies of freedom always silence the reporters first.” (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the biggest “enemies of freedom” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170221/discuss/170229950/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Greg Baise has got a vested interest in state budget deal – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: What do you have a vested interest in and why? I have a vested interest in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America because that is where my wife and I intend to spend the rest of our lives.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-02-21/jim-dey-hes-got-vested-interest-state-budget-deal.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Workers compensation benefits: Rich helping the rich? – Todd A. Strong, Attorney, Peoria
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170220/letter-rich-helping-rich

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— McCain steps up Trump criticism ‘First thing dictators do is shut down the press’ – ERIC BRADNER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, McCain panders to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/mccain-steps-up-trump-criticism/660669128
— Kasich tentatively slated to meet with Trump – CNN (DIERSEN: From what I see, many anti-Trumps see Kasich as being their leader. 93 in my precinct voted for Kasich in the March 15, 2016 Republican presidential primary.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/kasich-tentatively-slated-to-meet-with-trump/660549430

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Democrat pot pusher wants help from Rauner to push more pot.
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=237335#.WKwkEhHxZZI

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS HELPING WHITE EXTREMISTS SHED HATE – AP (DIERSEN: If you support Trump, sooner or later, anti-Trumps will call you a White extremist and a hater.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170221/AP/302219948
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump’s election with the support of neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan has lent a new sense of urgency to opponents of white supremacy. “The Trump election has absolutely lit a fire under the butts of the white nationalists,” Martinez said. “It is like, ‘Our time is coming.'”)

CHICAGO NOW
— President Trump’s enemies – Bob Schneider (DIERSEN: Who has declared themselves to be one of your enemies? Should I write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have declared themselves to be one of my enemies? The aforesaid include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. The aforesaid focus on stopping everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and they helped end my service as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and/or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/politics-now/2017/02/president-trumps-enemies/

CHICAGOIST
— Video: It’s ‘Not My President’s Day,’ Protesters Say As They Rally In The Loop
http://chicagoist.com/2017/02/20/more_trump_protests_are_expected_in.php

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston stands to lose funds under proposed statewide property tax freeze – Nora Shelly
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/02/21/city/evanston-stands-to-lose-funds-under-proposed-statewide-property-tax-freeze/

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Former Illinois resident tells others how to bail out of Prairie State – Michael Carroll
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511076360-former-illinois-resident-tells-others-how-to-bail-out-of-prairie-state

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— Economist presses Rauner to speak out against tax hike proposals
http://southcooknews.com/stories/511083811-economist-presses-rauner-to-speak-out-against-tax-hike-proposals

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State GOP: Madigan’s democracy talk ‘doublespeak’ for dictatorship
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511083909-state-gop-madigan-s-democracy-talk-doublespeak-for-dictatorship

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Identity Politics & Paraphilias: Why the Term ‘Sexual Orientation’ is Nonsense – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/identity-politics-paraphilias-term-sexual-orientation-nonsense/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Milo Yiannopoulos is Destructive to Conservatism – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/milo-yiannopoulos-destructive-conservatism/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— ONE MILLION ILLEGALS ARE UNDER DEPORTATION ORDERS. WHY ARE THEY WALKING AROUND FREE?
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/02/21/one-million-illegals-are-under-deportation-orders-why-are-they-walking-around-free/

GOPUSA
— Business slows for those dependent on illegal aliens (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America, which businesses are most “dependent on illegal aliens?” How much money do these corrupt treasonous businesses give corrupt treasonous politicians?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20916
— Media Malpractice: The ABCs of Media Bias
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20937
— Democrat congressman to sue over removal of painting depicting cops as pigs (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being anti-police.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20974
— Millennials view Evangelicals, Muslims, atheists equally, favor Buddhists (DIERSEN: What do millennials think of Missouri Synod Lutherans (MSL)? I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a MSL. I should write a book about elected officials in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, and in Milton Township who demonize, denigrate, and condemn MSLs as being “too conservative.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20959

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Milo Yiannopoulos, an expensive lesson for (CPAC) – Wesley Pruden (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, CPAC is more Libertarian than it is conservative. Libertarians invited Yiannopoulos to speak at CPAC, not conservatives.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/milo-yiannopoulos-proves-costly-to-cpac/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE SECRET OF AMERICA’S GREATNESS – Ben Kinchlow
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-secret-of-americas-greatness/

WEEKLY STANDARD
— White Guilt Invades Elite Illinois High School – DENNIS BYRNE (DIERSEN: If you are White, if you are not full of White guilt, Democrats not only will not accept you, they will get rid of you.)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/white-guilt-invades-elite-illinois-high-school/article/2006914

CNN
— Trump admin outlines plan to crack down on (ILLEGALS) – Tal Kopan (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/politics/dhs-immigration-guidance-detentions/index.html

HUFFINGTON POST
— Milo Yiannopoulos would have been the most high-profile openly gay speaker in CPAC’s history. But he is not the ideal standard-bearer for gay Republicans. – Sam Stein (DIERSEN: “Gay Republicans” focus on getting rid of Republicans who do not promote LBBTQ activity.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/milo-yiannopoulos-cpac-lgbt-conservatives_us_58abac89e4b07028b7034791

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— President Donald Trump is tweeting further criticism of Sweden’s immigration policies. – CATHERINE LUCEY (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because the want cheap labor.)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_SWEDEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-02-20-13-44-39

NBC NEWS
— Despite Presidents Day, Protesters Give Trump No Respite In the weekend leading to the Presidents Day holiday, protesters continued to march nationwide, over issues from science to immigration. (DIERSEN: Those who protest Trump are anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/despite-president-s-day-protesters-give-trump-no-respite-n723436

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Trump Deportation Rules Allow Far More Expulsions – RON NIXON and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/politics/dhs-immigration-trump.html
— How Readers React to Political News Stories They Don’t Like: By Ignoring Them – KEVIN QUEALY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS closely for “opposition research.” They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or they 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/21/upshot/how-readers-react-to-political-news-they-dont-like-they-ignore-it.html
— On Free Press, Supreme Court Pick at Odds With Trump – ADAM LIPTAK (DIERSEN: In America, the press is not free. In America, the press is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/us/politics/on-free-press-supreme-court-pick-at-odds-with-trump.html
— Move Left, Democrats – STEVE PHILLIPS (DIERSEN: “Move left” is code for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that support Trump and/or are Protestant, conservative, 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.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/opinion/move-left-democrats.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE SUBCAPTION: Don’t just resist Trump, Replace him. – David Brooks (DIERSEN: For anti-Trumps, exactly what is “replace him” code for?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/opinion/this-century-is-broken.html?ref=opinion

WASHINGTON POST
— The career pivot is the ultimate test of self-reinvention – Susan Svrluga (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. In 1980, after working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, I transferred to GAO. Because I was an old (31) non-veteran White male Republican who complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to accept an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. To justify that pay cut, they ignored the fact that much of what I had done for IRS was very similar to what I would be doing for GAO including fact gathering, interviewing, summarizing and analyzing data, investigating, report writing, and developing recommendations. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and that I became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-career-pivot-is-the-ultimate-test-of-self-reinvention/2017/02/15/881b0d20-eedf-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Tightens Deportation, Detention Rules Homeland Security memos say almost anyone living in the U.S. illegally is subject to removal – LAURA MECKLER
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-tightens-deportation-detention-rules-1487693476
— Why the University of Chicago Opposes ‘Trigger Warnings’ President Robert Zimmer on the role of universities and why they need to be open to controversial ideas – DOUGLAS BELKIN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-university-of-chicago-opposes-trigger-warnings-1487646602
— Why Bosses Should Stop Thinking of ‘A Players,’ ‘B Players’ and ‘C Players’ Putting employees into performance boxes hurts the workers—and the company – PETER CAPPELLI (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government a) put their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger into their A or B boxes and b) put their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older into their B and C boxes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-bosses-should-stop-thinking-of-a-players-b-players-and-c-players-1487255326
— Seven Steps to Reduce Bias in Hiring The key is to take bias out of the hiring process instead of trying to take it out of the people doing the hiring – JAY J. VAN BAVEL and TESSA V. WEST (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.wsj.com/articles/seven-steps-to-reduce-bias-in-hiring-1487646840
— Democracy Can’t Function Without Secrecy ‘Loose lips sink ships,’ and the leakers who sank Mike Flynn weren’t acting on public-spirited principle. – MICHAEL B. MUKASEY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but a) who do not want me to know about their activities or their events, do not want me to promote their events, do not want me to attend their events, and/or do not want me to report on their events and b) who pander to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democracy-cant-function-without-secrecy-1487635416
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Libertarian Is Steadfast in Dissent – Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about nasty disingenuous hypocritical Libertarians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who falsely claim to be Republican to give themselves standing to destroy the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justin-amash-emerges-as-leading-critic-of-fellow-republican-donald-trump-1487599201

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Men outnumber women more than 2-1 among top White House aides – Donovan Slack (DIERSEN: How many of your aides are women?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/20/men-outnumber-women-trump-aide-white-house/97913112/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want corn farmers to side with Mexico against America.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/02/20/mexican-retaliation-could-hurt-corn-farmers/98008070/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in keeping Trump’s approval ratings down. Who takes the lead in your municipality in driving your approval rating down? For me, it is the mayor of the city that I have lived in since 1978. Attendees at his latest “State of the City” address can testify to that.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/20/no-honeymoon-one-month-trumps-approval-ratings-sagging/98151476/
— AS FOX NEWS MOVES TO THE LEFT: Trump unhinged: Now he’s even at war with Fox News – Alicia Shepard
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/20/fox-media-twitter-chris-wallace-shepard-smith-trump-alicia-shepard/98152546/
— AS FOX NEWS MOVES TO THE LEFT: Trumping Obama’s war with Fox – Kirsten Powers
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/20/trump-obama-press-media-cnn-fox-kirsten-powers-column/98151248/
— DISGUSTING: Political discourse takes center stage on runways – Cara Kelly
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170221/282299614934897
— DISGUSTING: The first New York Fashion Week since the election of Donald Trump was more political than ever. Designers have made statements – verbally and on the catwalk – against the policies of the new president.
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/life/2017/02/15/nyfw-gets-political-age-trump/97921548/

DAILY MAIL
— Trump’s ex-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski blames President’s inner circle including Kellyanne, Reince, Jared and Bannon for White House chaos – DARREN BOYLE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4244710/Trump-s-ex-campaign-manager-attacks-White-House-failures.html

FED SMITH
— 15,000 New Federal Employees Key Part of Immigration Enforcement – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/21/15000-new-federal-employees-key-part-of-immigration-enforcement/
— Restoring EPA Priorities and Involving Federal Employees – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Their top priorities have always been a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, b) getting rid of Republicans, and c) defending and advancing the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/20/restoring-epa-priorities-and-involving-federal-employees/

FED WEEK
— Issues with Skills Gaps, Career Development Raised (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Their top priorities have always been a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, b) getting rid of Republicans, and c) defending and advancing the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/issues-skills-gaps-career-development-raised/

February 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The media’s ‘Me-me-me’ party line – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-media-unfair-coverage-trump-perspec-0220-md-20170218-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Des Plaines city council turns to polygraphs in leak investigation – John Keilman and Brian L. Cox
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/des-plaines/ct-des-plaines-polygraph-leak-met-20170219-story.html
— Mayoral candidates square off in suburban election primaries Madigan is accused of trying to buy control of election in Aurora – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-suburban-primaries-met-20170220-story.html
— Illinois’ separate but unequal school funding system – Forrest Claypool
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-illinois-separate-but-unequal-school-funding-system-20170217-story.html

— The dumbing down of the American voter – Leonard Pitts Jr. (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants you to be dumbed down? ANSWER: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to be dumbed down. They want you to know ONLY what they want you to know. They want to manipulate/dominate you. They certainly do not want anyone to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid. They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-education-divide-american-voters-20170217-column.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Steinberg blasts Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-hard-to-honor-a-man-who-never-stops-honoring-himself/

DAILY HERALD
— Some DuPage Republicans holding township primaries Feb. 28 – Robert Sanchez and Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170220/news/170229977/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Why aren’t Illinoisans blocking traffic in front of their Capitol? – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170219/their-view-why-arent-illinoisans-blocking-traffic-in-front-of-their-capitol

NORTHWEST HERALD
— U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren talks veterans’ issues, Trans-Pacific Partnership with residents – TONY SCOTT (DIERSEN: Trump and his supporters need to get examples to Hultgren that support Trump’s statement that “Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants.”)
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/10/03/u-s-rep-randy-hultgren-talks-veterans-issues-trans-pacific-partnership-with-residents/avn9vdb/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A resident at the meeting said he had read that illegal immigrants get better health care than veterans. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made such claims during his campaign, most recently during a Sept. 7 speech in Philadelphia. “Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants,” he said, according to national media reports. Hultgren said such a claim isn’t true. “I don’t think that’s true,” he said. “That illegal immigrants are getting better care than our veterans, I don’t think that’s true. I don’t know where that came from.” Hultgren said there have been some reforms, but there is “more that needs to happen.” He praised the VA for the experience he has had with his own father. “My dad’s a veteran, and so grateful for the VA,” he said. “Hines has been really good to him and also [James] Lovell [Federal Health Care Center] in North Chicago has been really great. And to me, that’s one of those that really is a model: a joint VA and DOD facility relationship with Lovell. But almost everything we’ve heard has been very positive. The quality of care is unbelievable. All the resources for our veterans are right there.”)

JOURNAL COURIER
— Commentary: In state politics, it’s ‘daddy dearest’ – Scott Reeder
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/106044/commentary-in-state-politics-its-daddy-dearest

QUAD CITIES TIMES
— Rauner put Senate Republicans in a bind – Rich Miller
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-rauner-put-senate-republicans-in-a-bind/article_6b888ce9-1942-5546-8356-248e7f511b50.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— More refugees flee U.S. for Canada Canadian advocates: U.S. is no longer a safe country – CNN (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America has become an extremely “safe place” for those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/more-refugees-flee-us-for-canada/660156804
— New Yorkers rally to say, ‘Today I am a Muslim, too’ Protest took place in Times Square – ELIOTT C. MCLAUGHLIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps get rid of you if you do not promote Islam?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/new-yorkers-rally-to-say-today-i-am-a-muslim-too/660079830

SANGAMON SUN
— Chicago, other elite cities attracting companies away from downstate, economic columnist says – Karen Kidd
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511083012-chicago-other-elite-cities-attracting-companies-away-from-downstate-economic-columnist-says

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP hopes to keep converting Democrats through common-sense policies – Michael Carroll
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511077186-dupage-gop-hopes-to-keep-converting-democrats-through-common-sense-policies
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County Republican Party sees opportunities to expand the party’s influence in 2017 since the blue tide that gave Democrat Hillary Clinton a 15-point margin of victory in the county’s polling numbers petered out down the ballot. “We’re pretty optimistic that Republicans are going to continue being elected,” county GOP Chairman Brian Krajewski told the DuPage Policy Journal. The party will be looking to build its base as it focuses on electing Republicans running in elections in nine townships in the spring, Krajewski said. Those offices include trustees, highway commissioner, clerk and supervisor. Generally, Illinois townships are responsible for maintaining roads and bridges, assessing local property taxes, and aiding the indigent. The DuPage townships consist of Wayne, Bloomingdale, Addison, Winfield, Milton, York, Naperville, Lisle and Downers Grove. Krajewski pointed to the county GOP’s showing in the November vote, when the party picked up another seat on the county governing board. Now the board is made up of 17 Republican members vs. one Democrat. “Residents here in DuPage are comfortable with the way things are being run,” Krajewski said. Though in county voting Republican Donald Trump finished behind Clinton in the November presidential race, a majority of county voters supported the GOP candidate for state controller, Leslie Geissler Munger, over Democrat Susana Mendoza, who won the statewide race. Republicans also prevailed in county offices – state’s attorney, circuit court clerk, county auditor, coroner and recorder – Krajewski said. Indeed, Democrats did not even field candidate in the state’s attorney and coroner race in DuPage, which is adjacent to Democrat-dominated Cook County. DuPage County’s success can also be seen in the population flow from the Chicago region into the county, according to Krajewski. People are drawn by the county’s low property taxes, good schools, low crime rate and emphasis on law enforcement, he said. “A lot of Democrats switch to the Republican Party once they move here,” Krajewski said. The county GOP will focus on getting its message out in the coming year while stressing that the state’s problems are long-term and did not start when a Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner was elected two years ago. The GOP-dominated county board has also put out its governing priorities in the coming year. These priorities include cutting the size and cost of local government by merging the Elections Department and the County Clerk’s Office and keeping the DuPage Convalescent Center operating so it can continue to serve 350 county residents. Fighting heroin addiction will also be a top priority. In 2016, the county Coroner’s Office reported that opioid-related deaths in the county numbered 78 – a 53 percent increase over the number of deaths reported in the previous year. The deaths involved heroin, fentanyl and mixtures of the two. The county will also lobby to restore state funding in support of county probation costs as well focusing on easing traffic congestion and protection against flooding. In addition, county board members want to extend surcharges on wireless services, which had been set to phase out on July 1. The surcharge helps to fund 911 responses countywide.)

DAILY ILLINI
— Why The Daily Illini is not your enemy – Editorial (DIERSEN: What percent of the Daily Illini staff is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://dailyillini.com/opinions/editorials/2017/02/20/editorial-daily-illini-not-enemy/

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
http://www.columbiachronicle.com/metro/article_c8e8ca8c-f4ba-11e6-8c95-c7fe4776a942.html

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— 6th Annual Feed the Need in Naperville
http://www.nctv17.com/6th-annual-feed-the-need-in-naperville/

EVANSTON PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that support Trump, and especially Trump supporters who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/gabel-invites-residents-attend-seminar-protecting-our-civil-liberties

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Country Club Hills Fire Department – “Thousands of Web searches for pornography” – Hard drives wiped. – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/02/country-club-hills-fire-department-thousands-of-web-searches-for-pornography-hard-drives-wiped/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DI LEO: TRUMP THE TRUST-BUSTER? THE PRESIDENT TAKES ON THE MSM’S MONOPOLY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/02/trump-the-trust-buster-the-president-takes-on-the-msms-monopoly.html

GOPUSA
— State Dep. officials barred from Trump-Netanyahu meeting (DIERSEN: Of course, during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, my Democrat supervisors, my Democrat coworkers, and my Democrat subordinates barred me from the meetings that they held to get rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=20918
— Media Lapdogs Become Rabid Attack Dogs
http://www.gopusa.com/media-lapdogs-become-rabid-attack-dogs/
— Leaked: DHS Memos Aimed at Illegal Aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/leaked-dhs-memos-aimed-at-illegal-aliens/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Donald Trump to speak at CPAC on Friday – David Sherfinski
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/donald-trump-speak-cpac-friday/
— Trump stance on religious liberty leaves social conservatives nervous Evangelicals want promise kept – Bradford Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/19/trump-stance-on-religious-liberty-leaves-social-co/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Trump’s Epic Press Conference Draws Cheers From the People, Jeers from the ‘Fake News’ Media – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/02/19/trumps-epic-press-conference-draws-cheers-people-jeers-fake-news-media/

CHRISTIAN NEWS
— Judge Rules Illinois Law Banning Help for Homosexual Youth Doesn’t Apply to Pastors – Heather Clark
http://christiannews.net/2017/02/20/judge-rules-illinois-law-banning-help-for-homosexual-youth-doesnt-apply-to-pastors/

COLLEGE FIX
— Students could opt out of paying for liberal campus programs under Gov. Scott Walker’s budget – JACKSON RICHMAN
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/31283/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Charter Schools Are No Panacea – Eileen F. Toplansky
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/charter_schools_are_no_panacea.html

HOOVER INSTITUTE
— The End Of Identity Politics – Victor Davis Hanson
http://www.hoover.org/research/end-identity-politics

NEWSMAX
— Liberal Voters to Dems: Oppose Trump or ‘We Will Replace You’ – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/voters-activists-protestors-presidents-day/2017/02/19/id/774476/

BREITBART
— Top 10 Holdover Obama Bureaucrats President Trump Can Fire or Remove Today – MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on my superiors’ lists of employees who they wanted to get rid of. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/18/top-ten-holdover-obama-bureaucrats-president-trump-can-fire-today/
— MILO Teases the Topic of His Upcoming CPAC Speech on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday – CHARLIE NASH
http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2017/02/19/milo-teases-topic-of-upcoming-cpac-speech-siriusxm-breitbart-sunday/

THE BLAZE
— Limbaugh obliterates the mainstream media for trying to ‘destroy’ Trump: ‘It’s not going to work’ – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: Who focuses on destroying individuals, organizations, and/or companies in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about such destroyers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/19/limbaugh-obliterates-the-mainstream-media-for-trying-to-destroy-trump-its-not-going-to-work/
— Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board reportedly not consulted on CPAC invite – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/19/video-surfaces-of-milo-yiannopoulos-defending-pedophilia-acu-board-reportedly-not-consulted-on-cpac-invite/

DAILY CALLER
— Rand Paul Blasts McCain’s Comments On Trump – Juliegrace Brufke
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/19/rand-paul-blasts-mccains-comments-on-trump/
— Milo Angrily Denies Defending Sex Abuse: ‘A Vile And Disgusting Crime’ – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/19/milo-angrily-denies-defending-sex-abuse-a-vile-and-disgusting-crime/

FEDERALIST
— Barack Obama’s Group Behind Protests Around The Country – Robert Gehl
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/barack-obamas-group-behind-protests-around-the-country

POLITICO
— Lewandowski: Trump’s staff has ‘not prepared’ him
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/corey-lewandowski-criticize-trump-staff-ax-files-235201

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Juan Williams says “Senate GOP begins to push Trump away.”
http://thehill.com/opinion/juan-williams/320324-juan-williams-senate-gop-begins-to-push-trump-away

HUFFINGTON POST
— Chris Wallace: Obama Didn’t Like The Media, ‘But He Never Said We Were An Enemy’ “He never went as far as President Trump has, and that’s what’s concerning.” – Rebecca Shapiro (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the media focuses on electing Democrats, on reelecting Democrats, and on defending and advancing the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-wallace-reince-priebus-fake-media-enemy-of-people_us_58aa8f89e4b07602ad55fb69

NBC NEWS
— Russia Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump for Putin – BILL NEELY (DIERSEN: I should compile written psychological dossiers on my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-compiles-psychological-dossier-trump-putin-n723196

WASHINGTON POST
— Bannon molded Breitbart into a far-right sledgehammer. How it will be wielded in the Trump era? – Manuel Roig-Franzia and Paul Farhi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bannon-molded-breitbart-into-a-far-right-sledgehammer-how-it-will-be-wielded-in-the-trump-era/2017/02/19/422fbed2-f704-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html
— Will your pension be there when you need it? – Michelle Singletary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/02/20/will-your-pension-be-there-when-you-need-it/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/nyregion/retirement-medicinal-marijuana.html
— With Coverage in Peril and Obama Gone, Health Law’s Critics Go Quiet – JONATHAN MARTIN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/affordable-care-act-critics.html?

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Video shared ahead of CPAC shows Milo Yiannopoulos speaking fondly of relationships between men and ‘young boys’ – Nicole Hensley
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/video-shows-milo-yiannopoulos-speaking-fondly-pedophilia-article-1.2977071

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/19/donald-trump-not-my-presidents-day-protests/98130952/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chris Woodyard reports on what vehicles the “wealthiest among us” drive.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170220/281792808791954

TIME
— OUTSTANDING: New Homeland Security Guidelines Call for the Sweeping Detention and Deportation of Illegal Immigrants – AP
http://time.com/4676187/trump-immigrants-deportation-memo-mexico-migrants/

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Fortune sides with the press and against Trump. The press sides with those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-Jewish, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://fortune.com/2017/02/20/fox-news-wallace-priebus-trump/

FED SMITH
— Civil Service Reform Is Coming: What Should It Be? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/02/20/civil-service-reform-is-coming-what-should-it-be/