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June 4 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you favor or oppose my reporting the names of Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who speak at and/or attend Republican events in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County? If you favor my doing that, please let the following know that:

 

DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Chairman Brian Krajewski, DCRCC Secretary Paul Hinds, Milton Township Republican Central Committee Chairman Chris LeVan, the eight other Republican township party chairmen in DuPage County, and Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots including Peter Roskam, Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Amy Grant, Peter Breen, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, James Mendrick, Paul Hinds, Gwen Henry, Grant Eckhoff, Chris Zaruba, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay.

 

My critics/opponents have always vehemently opposed my reporting on political events, and especially my reporting who attends them. Should I attend and report on DCRCC’s Lincoln Day Diner with George P. Bush this Wednesday evening in Oak Brook and suffer the punishment that my critics/opponents will heap on me? My critics/opponents do not want me to know about their events or other activities, do not want me to promote their events or other activities, do not want me to attend their events, and do not want me to report on their events or other activities. At best, they paint me as being “too conservative, that is, that I support too many planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. They focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.

 

My critics/opponents want all emails that are sent to me to contain the following disclaimer:

 

 “This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information which is the property of the sender, intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). This email message (including attachments) contains information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message or from any attachments that were sent with this email, and if you have received this email message in error, please advise the sender by email, and delete the message. Unauthorized disclosure and/or use of information contained in this email may result in civil and criminal liability. Receipt of this e-mail shall not be deemed a waiver by the sender of any privilege or the confidential nature of the information. The e-mail address of the sender may not be used, copied, sold, disclosed or incorporated into any database or mailing list for spamming and/or other marketing purposes without the prior consent of the sender. The sender of the e-mail, shall not be liable to any party for any direct, indirect or consequential damages, including, without limitation, loss of profit, interruption of business or loss of information, data or software or otherwise. The provisions of Section 11 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 apply to this email notice and make it enforceable and binding on the recipient/addressee.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Facebook is a Democrat website. Ever-increasingly, tragically, the Democrat Facebook is succeeding in getting conservative and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders a) to neglect their websites, if not dump their websites and b) to send out fewer emails, if not stop sending out emails. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner signs full state budget for the first time in his term – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-20180604-story.html
— With Rauner approving budget Monday, ‘we can get into the fun stuff of campaigns,’ Durkin says – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-monday-edition-20180601-story.html
— Ways to create a mentally strong workplace – Amy Morin (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and females and b) making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-ways-to-create-a-mentally-strong-workplace-20180525-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans blame Republicans for Mexico’s problems.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-mexico-guns-20180524-story.html
— Evergreen Park school board will allow new principal to address anonymous misconduct accusations – Zak Koeske (DIERSEN: Who makes accusations against you? I should write a book about those who make accusations against me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-evergreen-park-principal-controversy-st-0601-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you encourage immigrants to speak, read, and write English, the more that members of the following groups call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-carpentersville-drops-english-as-official-language-20180601-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker blasts past $100 million mark in cash kicked into campaign – Zak Koeske
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/pritzker-gives-his-campaign-a-25-million-boost/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Illinois pols who can’t say ‘no’ to a TV camera – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do not want me to know about their events or other activities, do not want me to promote their events or other activities, do not want me to attend their events, and do not want me to report on their events. My critic/opponent focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180601/ISSUE05/180609987/metro-chicagos-members-of-congress-with-the-most-tv-appearances
— Durkin: The unsung hero of Illinois’ budget wars – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180601/ISSUE11/180539946/illinois-rep-jim-durkin-is-unsung-hero-of-budget-war

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— TRAGIC: Got ink? Springfield sees rise in tattoo studios – Carla Jimenez
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180603/got-ink-springfield-sees-rise-in-tattoo-studios

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Danville officials scramble to pass school pay raises – Noelle McGee
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-03/danville-officials-scramble-pass-school-pay-raises.html
— Budget deal hasn’t solved state’s financial woes – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-02/jim-dey-budget-deal-hasnt-solved-states-financial-woes.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Hultgren: Northern Illinois being threatened by Wisconsin
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/01/hultgren-northern-illinois-being-threatened-by-wisconsin/aqoq02p/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— New Illinois Budget Has Doubters – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=266241

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Election year politics at play in Illinois budget deal – Jim Niedelman
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/election-year-politics-at-play-in-illinois-budget-deal/1217457533

 

ILLINOIS CARRY
— Think Rauner Would Do This At The State Fair Parade?
http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69215

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BUDGET GIMMICKS EXPLAINED: WHY THE NEW ILLINOIS SPENDING PLAN IS NOT BALANCED – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/budget-gimmicks-explained-why-the-new-illinois-spending-plan-is-not-balanced/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republicans on Parade at Harvard’s Milk Day
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/03/republicans-parade-harvards-milk-day__trashed-copy/
— Illinois Leaks Criticizes Former Algonquin Township Supervisor, Plus Current Supervisor and One Trustee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/03/117418/

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Despite opposition from Illinois State Rifle Association, gun licensing bill sent to Gov. Rauner’s desk – Angela Underwood
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511444912-despite-opposition-from-illinois-state-rifle-association-gun-licensing-bill-sent-to-gov-rauner-s-desk

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— US SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CHRISTIAN BAKER’S RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/us-supreme-court-upholds-christian-bakers-religious-freedoms.html
— ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS FUND NEARLY 20,000 RETIRED TEACHERS’ SIX-FIGURE PENSIONS (DIERSEN: How much is or will be your pension? My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is $51,864/year. To get that pension, a) I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years 1966-1969, for IRS almost 9 years 1971-1980, and for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997; b) I contributed 7% of my salary to CSRS; c) I got promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986; and d) I used very few of my sick days.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-taxpayers-fund-nearly-20000-teachers-six-figure-pensions-.html
— COOK COUNTY CLERK RESPONDS TO SUPREME COURT DECISION WITH PRO-LGBTQ TWEET
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/cook-county-clerk-responds-to-supreme-court-decision-with-pro-lgbt-tweet.html
— REP. MCSWEENEY EXPLAINS WHY HE VOTED AGAINST THE STATE BUDGET OTHERS ARE SWOONING OVER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/rep-mcsweeney-explains-why-he-voted-against-the-state-budget-others-are-swooning-over.html

 

GOPUSA
— Samantha Bee vs Roseanne: Equal justice matters (DIERSEN: If you have been fired or forced to retire, of course, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use that against you. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47260

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Facebook Replacing ‘Trending News’ with Pre-Approved Publishers – Liz Angarola (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want Facebook to reject www.gopillinois.com. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news. They would stress that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. do not manipulate me, dominate me, or approve of me.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/facebook-replacing-trending-news-with-pre-approved-publishers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In its Friday announcement, Facebook unveiled plans to help users stay informed by testing out a new “Breaking News” label on select news stories. The company has pre-approved 80 “trustworthy and quality” publishers from across the globe to test the feature on their posts in the News Feed. “So we’re exploring new ways to help people stay informed about timely, breaking news that matters to them, while making sure the news they see on Facebook is from trustworthy and quality sources,” Alex Hardiman, Facebook’s head of news products, wrote in the news release. In short, the subtle change will allow news organizations to help users to stay informed about the news they care about most — as long as it’s from one of the organizations Facebook has chosen. While the full list of the 80 publishers currently involved in the test has not been made public, those who have reported their involvement include The Washington Post, ABC News, Recode, The Verge and Vox. In the announcement, Facebook did not disclose the criteria used to choose the 80 publishers, nor did the company reveal whether or not more publishers will be added in the future. “People tell us they want to stay informed about what is happening around them,” Hardiman’s announcement concluded. “We are committed to ensuring the news that people see on Facebook is high quality, and we’re investing in ways to better draw attention to breaking news when it matters most.” Facebook has greatly reduced the distribution of our stories in our readers’ newsfeeds and is instead promoting mainstream media sources. When you share to your friends, however, you greatly help distribute our content. Please take a moment and consider sharing this article with your friends and family. Thank you.)
— Republican Congressman Devin Nunes Claims Drudge Report Is Being Censored by Twitter – CILLIAN ZEAL
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/republican-congressman-devin-nunes-claims-drudge-report-is-being-censored-by-twitter/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— EVERYDAY RACISM? – ERIC M. WALLACE, PHD
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/everyday-racism-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sometime during the month of April, I was contacted by WGN and asked to be interviewed for a segment they were doing on Everyday Racism. I was told that WGN wanted another point of view. At that point, I should have asked about the point of view to which WGN was seeking an alternative. I might have learned that a particular narrative was being proffered, and anything expressed contrary to that narrative was not going to be fully or fairly treated. I agreed to do the interview not really knowing much about the segment or how long it would be. WGN reporter Gaynor Hall interviewed me for about a half hour. She asked me questions about my background, my politics, and my experiences with racism. I answered all her questions as my wife listened. I also made it clear that I see the world through a biblical worldview. What I mean by that is we are all sinners, and racism is a sin. It is part of our human nature that can’t be legislated away. Racism is an inward thought about the inferiority of other races or harboring negative stereotypes of those races. The overt act, which I said we must be more concerned about, is discrimination. I also mentioned that racism is a secular construct that is not evidenced in Scripture. There is only one race—the human race.)

 

FOX BUSINESS
— California Republican lawmaker warns Google, other tech giants of hearings if bias continues – Matthew KazinPu
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/california-lawmaker-warns-google-other-tech-giants-of-hearings-if-bias-continues

 

THE HILL
— Supreme Court sides with baker in same-sex wedding case – LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/390531-supreme-court-sides-with-baker-in-same-sex-wedding-case
— Impartial advisers could help Trump restore civil service accountability – PHILIP K. HOWARD (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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/390358-impartial-advisers-could-help-trump-restore-civil-service-accountability
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Contrary to perceived wisdom about the sanctity of job protection, civil servants did not have tenure until the 1960s. Civil service was designed as a system of neutral hiring; it defanged the spoils system by eliminating political hiring of the rank-and-file. “If the front door [is] properly tended,” as a civil service reformer put it, “the back door [will] take care of itself.” The only protections against termination were a) to guard against politically-motivated firings (the Lloyd-LaFollette Act of 1912) and b) to protect quasi-judicial officers from executive meddling (the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision). Otherwise, as the leading Supreme Court decision held, the president had “the exclusive and illimitable power of removal” of executive branch employees. This all changed in 1963 when, as a payback for public union support, President John F. Kennedy in Executive Order 10988 authorized collective bargaining. Congress in 1978 then imposed collective bargaining upon the president as a statutory obligation. The Supreme Court never has been asked to rule on whether Congress had constitutional authority under Article II — which states, “The executive power shall be vested in a President” — to effectively remove executive power over personnel performance. An attorney general’s opinion at the time of original civil service reform stated that Congress could not so restrict the president’s authority. The harm of unaccountable civil service is not lots of shiftless people, but an enervated public culture. No accountability corrodes the spirit of organizations because it eliminates the trust that co-workers will do their share. Energy fades as it becomes clear that it doesn’t matter what you or anyone does. Without accountability, the only other tool for managing personnel is dense rulebooks, so suffocating bureaucracy is layered on top an already-dispirited workplace. By making civil servants “virtually impregnable” to accountability, Congress might as well have put nerve gas into public offices. It didn’t take long for the nerve gas to take effect. A 1989 report by the Volcker Commission on Civil Service found a “quiet crisis” in federal civil service, characterized by “an erosion of performance and morale.” The commission found that seven of 10 federal employees who witnessed fraud, abuse or waste did not even bother to report what they saw. A second Volcker Commission in 2003 found deep resentment at “the protections provided to those poor performers among them who impede their own work and drag down the reputation of all government workers.” The original idea of civil service remains valid — to create a “merit system” where civil servants are hired and retained based of performance. But the current system, as the Partnership for Public Service has concluded, is “a relic of a bygone era.” Attracting good people requires giving them real responsibility, not making them clerks on a bureaucratic assembly line. No one will give officials responsibility, however, unless they can be accountable if they abuse it. Distrust is the main hurdle to reforming civil service. Personnel decisions require judgment, not objective proof. How do you prove who doesn’t work hard, or isn’t cooperative with co-workers, or is mean-spirited? Someone must make those decisions, and Trump’s appointees are unlikely to be trusted. Union officials defend current procedures as being “just a matter of due process.” But due process is an impenetrable barrier because it puts the burden on the supervisor. Can you prove that this person is so much worse than anyone else? In a public service that aspires to A’s, due process protects people who get D’s and F’s. Our quandary is this: No president until Trump has been willing to take on public unions, but Trump lacks the trust to achieve the bold civil service overhaul that’s needed. How do we square this circle?)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you claim to be a Republican, but you demonize, denigrate, and condemn, Trump, members of the following groups will glorify you and praise you: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-donald-trump_us_5b150127e4b02143b7cddf38

 

NBC NEWS
— California’s GOP is collapsing. Is that a sign for Republicans nationwide? After Tuesday’s primary, the GOP may not even have a candidate in the running for governor or Senate this fall. – Alex Seitz-Wald
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/california-s-gop-collapsing-sign-republicans-nationwide-n879286

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Tried to Rein In Fake Ads. It Fell Short in a California Race. – Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/technology/california-congressional-race-facebook-election-interference.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites are overjoyed about the demise of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/business/media/advertising-multiracial-families.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/opinion/trump-republican-party.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals, so it is surprising that anti-Trumps acknowledge that some illegals are domestic abusers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/us/immigrants-houston-domestic-violence.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemns Trump supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/us/politics/chris-mcdaniel-mississippi-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans crow about their success in turning Asians against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/us/democrats-asians-orange-county-california.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘I will not back down’: Kansas Republican defends displaying replica machine gun in parade – Allyson Chiu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/04/city-apologizes-after-kansas-republican-rides-in-parade-with-replica-machine-gun-mounted-on-his-jeep/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Asserts ‘Absolute Right’ to Pardon Himself In a Twitter message, the president also says: ‘but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?’ – Daniel Nasaw
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-asserts-absolute-right-to-pardon-himself-1528116580
— The Canard About Falling Incomes – Andy Kessler (DIERSEN: Has you income fallen? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, my income has fallen $73,461/year or 59%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year. So far, in today’s dollars, since 1997, my income has fallen $1,524,316.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-canard-about-falling-incomes-1528054223

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, USA TODAY makes it clear that it exists to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/04/same-sex-marriage-ruling-undermined-gay-parents/650112002/
— Can the 3.8% unemployment rate tumble toward zero? – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Are you unemployed? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that since 1997, when I 49 years old, I have not been able to get a paid job that is appropriate for someone with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. They use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/06/03/unemployment-can-go-lower/664879002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But first, before you get too excited, some perspective. A big reason unemployment dropped last month is the portion of Americans working or looking for jobs dipped to 62.7%. That share, known as the labor force participation rate, generally has been falling for years as Baby Boomers retire. Also, many men ages 25 to 54 remain outside the workforce as a result of the opioid crisis and the loss of manufacturing and construction jobs during and after the recession of 2007-09. In other words, many people aren’t officially considered unemployed because they’re not actively looking, although they really would like jobs. “You’re able to pull (the unemployment rate) down because you don’t have as many people participating,” says Diane Swonk, chief economist of Grant Thornton.)

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Is Illinois trying to ‘poach’ Iowa teachers with higher pay? – Mackenzie Ryan (DIERSEN: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO – a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) to GS-9 Step 10 (currently $72,677).)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/05/31/could-illinois-poach-iowa-teachers-higher-guaranteed-pay/659867002/

 

NEW JERSEY
— Phil Murphy orders immediate spending, hiring freeze – Samantha Marcus
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/06/phil_murphy_orders_immediate_spending_hiring_freez.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DETROIT GRAND PRIX: GM EXECUTIVE MARK REUSS CRASHES PACE CAR – DAN CANCIAN
http://www.newsweek.com/detroit-grand-prix-gm-executive-mark-reuss-crashes-pace-car-956194

June 3 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Latest $25 million check pushes Pritzker’s total self-funding past $100 million – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-campaign-cash-20180603-story.html
— Giuliani calls it ‘unthinkable’ that Trump would pardon himself – Joel Achenbach and Ashley Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-giuliani-trump-subpoena-russia-probe-20180603-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti- Trumps say “Trump is making life harder for the poor.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-united-nations-poor-people-20180603-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bruce Rauner has attached himself to the Cubs — does he know the issues? – Rick Morrissey
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/chicago-cubs-yu-darvish-jason-heyward-joe-maddon-theo-epstein/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/irish-pro-choice-landslide-should-resonate-in-the-supposed-land-of-the-free/
— Getting illegal guns under our lax laws is a simple handshake deal – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/northwestern-university-study-illegal-guns-handshake-gun-violence/
— Supreme Court Janus v. AFSCME decision: Most important labor case in a decade – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/supreme-court-janus-v-afscme-decision-most-important-labor-case-in-a-decade/

 

DAILY HERALD
— End of an era? Tea party class of House Republicans fades – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180603/news/306039967/
— DuPage County moving closer to dissolving Lombard-area water agency – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180603/dupage-county-moving-closer-to-dissolving-lombard-area-water-agency

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump to host Muslims at White House for Ramadan
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-to-host-muslims-at-white-house-for-ramadan-according-to-report

 

WGN TV
— Politicians show support for LGBTQ community as Pride Month kicks off – SEAN LEWIS (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes focus on getting rid of those like me who support the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/03/politicians-show-support-for-lgbtq-community-as-pride-month-kicks-off/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The month of LGBTQ pride kicked off with a Sunday brunch, where alongside the food, politics was being served up as the main course. Among the many politicians making an appearance at the Equality Illinois event was Gov. Bruce Rauner and democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Latest $25 million check pushes Pritzker’s total self-funding past $100 million – Rick Pearson
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180603/latest-25-million-check-pushes-pritzkers-total-self-funding-past-100-million

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://nprillinois.org/post/rise-legal-weed-drug-education-moves-dont-delay#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Billionaires/ Salary Caps/ Political Candidates – Bob Angone
http://www.chicagonow.com/just-sayin/2018/06/billionaires-salary-caps-political-candidates/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Obama put diversity over safety at FAA – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/06/03/obama-put-diversity-over-safety-at-faa

 

BLAZE
— Associated Press declares Republican ‘Tea Party’ era has faded away — but is it gone for good? – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/03/associated-press-declares-republican-tea-party-era-has-faded-away-but-is-it-gone-for-good

 

BREITBART
— Chain Migration from DACA Amnesty Could Import Foreign Population Twice the Size of Los Angeles – John Binder
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/03/chain-migration-daca-amnesty/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Moderate Republican: We have the votes to force immigration bills to House floor – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/moderate-republican-we-have-the-votes-to-force-immigration-bills-to-house-floor

 

PJ MEDIA
— If 13-Time Loser Can Lose Once More, He Could Be California’s Next GOP Governor – ROD KACKLEY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes could call me a 22-time loser. 5 times 1975-1979 IRS did not promote me to GS-13; 6 times 1980-1985 GAO did not promote me to GS-13; and 11 times 1987-1997 GAO did not promote me to GS-14. In 1997, the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://pjmedia.com/election/if-13-time-loser-can-lose-once-more-he-could-be-californias-next-gop-governor/

 

THE HILL
— Bernie Sanders: Disney needs ‘moral defense’ for having hungry workers while making billions – LUIS SANCHEZ –
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/390430-bernie-sanders-disney-needs-moral-defense-for-having-hungry-workers-while
— Maybe it’s time to revisit the debate on limiting presidential pardon powers – JAMES GAGLIANO (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/390448-maybe-its-time-to-revisit-the-debate-on-limiting-presidential-pardon

 

FORBES
— You Should Be Contributing At Least 20% To Your 401k – Robert C. Lawton (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I had to contribute only 7% to the Civil Service Retirement System.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlawton/2018/06/03/you-should-be-contributing-at-least-20-to-your-401k/#1969d3e53198

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Equality Illinois brunch ushers in Pride Month – Matt Simonette (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes focus on getting rid of those like me who support the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Equality-Illinois-brunch-ushers-in-Pride-Month/63066.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Victory Fund CEO and former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner were among those on hand June 3 as the LGBT advocacy Equality Illinois kicked off June with its annual Pride Brunch at Venue West, 221 N. Paulina St. . .Rauner was introduced by his wife Diana, and noted that he had signed all bills that had come before him advancing LGBT equality; he also mentioned that his first act as a justice of the peace after becoming governor was officiating at the same-sex wedding of one of his staff. “These issues are not partisan issues,” Rauner said. “They are people issues.”)

June 3 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Peter Roskam, Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Amy Grant, Peter Breen, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, James Mendrick, Paul Hinds, Gwen Henry, Grant Eckhoff, Chris Zaruba, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay. The deadline for parade entries is June 11, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326. Thanks. – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker pumps $25 million into campaign fund, gives million to Madigan committee
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/02/pritzker-pumps-25-million-into-campaign-fund-gives-million-to-madigan-committee/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— An ERA memo – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: To vote for the ERA is to flush Phyllis Schlafly and all her supporters, including me, down the toilet.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chance-the-rapper-joining-st-sabina-peace-rally/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wow! Sneed was surprised not to see a mention of legendary conservative maven Phyllis Schlafly when Illinois permitted ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment last week. In all due respect, Schlafly must have been turning over in her grave. Who was Schlafly? Dubbed the first lady of the conservative movement, Schlafly was credited by some historians as the reason the ERA failed to pass in Illinois! The ERA Amendment lost steam in the late 1970s because of the work of Schlafly’s “volunteer brigades,” who were known to cajole legislators with apple pies. As the nation’s most famous anti-feminist during the rebirth of the Women’s Liberation Movement decades — she was also the president of the Illinois Federation of Republican Women from 1956 to 1964. She wore her hair up, she did not burn her bra, and you just knew she wore a girdle. For a journalist in the late ’60s and ’70s, Schlafly’s name was in your Rolodex. When Schlafly died in 2016, at the age of 92, her New York Times obit described her as being one of the most polarizing figures in American public life, a self-described housewife with “a moral ferocity reminiscent of the ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation.” She was a remarkable woman who, thank goodness, did not get the last word in the ongoing fight for a woman’s equal rights.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-lies-disinformation/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning young people into Trump haters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–ap-poll-young-americans-empowered-20180530-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy America discourage immigrants from speaking, reading, and writing English. My ancestors, who immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s, would have been much more successful if they had dumped the German language sooner than they did. My outstanding parents never attended college. My mother never attended high school. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–bilingual-in-america-20180526-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Barr and Bee on Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-persec-page-rosanne-barr-samantha-bee-donald-trump-0603-20180601-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-roseanne-tv-show-canceled-st-0601-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Democrats do everything that they can to blame gun violence on Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-picnic-for-peace-st-0603-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Town halls a victim of Democrats’ violent fringe – Gregory Moffett, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180603/town-halls-a-victim-of-democrats-violent-fringe
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: How college courses for veterans aim to aid transition to civilian life – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, there should be college courses for government employees to “aid transition to civilian life.” Overwhelmingly, non-government employers, and everyone else for that matter, a) view government work experience as being completely worthless and b) view government employees as being lazy, stupid, overpaid, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180602/how-college-courses-for-veterans-aim-to-aid-transition-to-civilian-life
–FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you think of Republican DINKs (dual income, no kids)? I should write a book about those who despise/hate Republican DINKs. Those who despise/hate Republican DINKs include my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180602/constable-chinese-orphan-brings-love-and-challenges-to-empty-nesters-
— These American workers are still being paid like it’s the 1980s – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: What is the prevailing wage for those who have education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses comparable to what you have? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license (licensed CPA) when I was 32.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180603/these-american-workers-are-still-being-paid-like-its-the-1980s

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Townships defend their services, tax support – DEREK BEIGH and RYAN VOYLES (DIERSEN: I remain neutral on township government notwithstanding the many adverse actions that township officials and township employees have taken against me. Should I write a book about those adverse actions and about those township officials and employees who took those adverse actions against me? Some of them talk and act like they want me to. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I am sure that the Township Officials of Illinois organization (https://www.toi.org/) does not want its members to use their government and political clout a) to destroy those who do not glorify and praise them, b) to destroy those who do not pander to them, and c) to destroy those who do not give them money.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/townships-defend-their-services-tax-support/article_7ec6562f-5308-5628-99e8-561bde1e75a8.html
— State budget a relief, but much more to do – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-state-budget-a-relief-but-much-more-to-do/article_6c745058-e6c3-5ccc-9668-f678ddf0a540.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner may have given up on big shake-up – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to give up on? My critics/opponents want me to give up on defending/promoting a) Donald Trump, b) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents want me to give up my opposition to promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-03/tom-kacich-rauner-may-have-given-big-shake.html
— Victory lap in Springfield – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-03/editorial-victory-lap-springfield.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— With agreement, an easier budget vote this time around – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180602/bernard-schoenburg-with-agreement-easier-budget-vote-this-time-around

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Hearing set on Deerfield’s semi-automatic weapons ban – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article212440799.html

 

WAND
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38333572/lawmakers-looking-for-opioid-alternatives

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— State budget first step to rebuilding Illinois – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-state-budget-first-step-to-rebuilding-illinois/article_d231a937-5e8d-53e7-ad18-7b0a0129244e.html

 

ABC NEWS
— Google blames Wikipedia for linking California GOP to Nazism – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/google-blames-wikipedia-linking-california-gop-nazism-55576162

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Never Mind the News Media: Politicians Test Direct-to-Voter Messaging – Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about politicians who do NOT want you to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? They want you to known only want they tell you, no more and no less. They do NOT want me to know about their events or their other activities. They do NOT want me to promote their events or their other activities. They do NOT want me to attend their events. They do not want me to report on their events or their other activities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/bernie-sanders-town-hall.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These media methods have obvious appeal: Politicians can appear accessible but remain insulated from the press. They are also not altogether new. President Trump eschewed traditional television advertising during the 2016 campaign and can now overshadow even his own party’s message at the drop of a tweet. And many politicians have long made a practice of ducking reporters. Yet several factors have converged to elevate the practice: Fake news and false information about politics have proliferated; the public’s trust in the mainstream media is low; and social media platforms make unfiltered messaging easier than ever. As a result, there is a new urgency among politicians to deliver talking points directly. Some two-thirds of Americans get at least some of their news on social media, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. “Bernie and others are trying to find other ways that they can more directly connect with people,” said Guy Cecil, the chairman of Priorities USA, a Democratic “super PAC.” Many politicians blame the news media for the shift, claiming dishonest coverage has left them no other choice.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Did your mother stay home and raise you. My mother did. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) that gave me a tremendous unfair advantage in life and b) that proved that my parents were undeservedly filthy rich. In my defense, my outstanding parents never attended college. My mother never attended high school. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45, and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/technology/government-mom.html
— Thinking About Retirement? Consider Working a Little Longer – Jeff Sommer (DIERSEN: What if I had NOT succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats in 1997 when I was 49 years old? What if I had NOT taken their early retirement “offer?” I would NOT have again been eligible to retire for 6 years, that is, until I was 55 years old in 2003. If I had NOT taken their early retirement “offer,” my Democrat GAO superiors had promised to make my next 6 years a living hell. Who would have come to my defense? Based on how they and their staffs have treated me since 1997, no Illinois Republican U.S. Senator and no Illinois U.S. Representative would have come to my defense. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if Illinois Republican U.S. Senators and Illinois U.S. Representatives or their staffs had come to my defense, I would still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my Illinois Republican U.S. Senators and my Illinois U.S. Representatives and their staffs a) have dumped me, b) have thrown me under the bus, and c) have flushed me down the toilet.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/business/thinking-about-retirement-consider-working-a-little-longer.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time crow about their successes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/opinion/sunday/sex-gender-christian-campuses.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups crow about their success in destroying California: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/opinion/sunday/california-progressive-politics.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mexico crows about its success in destroying America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/opinion/sunday/the-mexican-revival-of-small-town-america.html
— Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? California City Is First in U.S. to Try Long plagued by poverty and desperation, Stockton, Calif., is testing universal basic income as a means of improving the lives of its residents. – Peter S. Goodman (DIERSEN: How much “free cash” would it take to get you to stop working – $15,000/year, $20,000/year, $25,000/year, $30,000/year, $35,000/year, $40,000/year, $45,000/year, $50,000/year, or more?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/business/stockton-basic-income.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and anti-White demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are not anti-men and anti-White.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/opinion/sunday/tradwives-women-alt-right.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The Times’ recommendations for Tuesday’s California primary – Editorial (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, John Cox did not succumb to my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes a) who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me, b) who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems, and c) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and even worse things.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-endorsement-recap-20180603-story.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise illegals, if you do not pander to illegals, and if you do not give money to illegals, Democrats call you a racist and even worse things. Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they are going to use illegals to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.newsweek.com/republicans-are-battling-be-most-anti-immigrant-candidate-their-primaries-954548

 

FED SMITH
— Executive Order on Firing Policies Leaves Federal Employees Contemplating Job Security – Mathew B. Tully, Esq. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Democrats run the federal government. 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/03/executive-order-firing-policies-leaves-federal-employees-contemplating-job-security/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Even More Optimistic About Economic Opportunity in U.S. (DIERSEN: When were you born? I was born in 1948. If I was trying to get a job now, I would be extremely pessimistic. Ever-increasing, employers make it clear that they do not want to hire, retain, or promote those who share my demographics. The only thing that is better now is that I would not be “draft bait.” I was “draft bait” until early 1971. Employers do not want hire those who are “draft bait.”)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/may_2018/americans_even_more_optimistic_about_economic_opportunity_in_u_s

June 2 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Indiana Republicans could remove language from the state party’s platform that calls for marriage between a man and a woman. – AP (DIERSEN: I have asked Bob Grogan, my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC), to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee like IRP SCC member Ron Smith did in 2008.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180602/news/306029935/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The language was added when Vice President Mike Pence was governor. But it is omitted from the latest draft of Indiana Republican Party’s platform. Delegates will be able to vote on the platform when they meet in Evansville next weekend. GOP Chairman Kyle Hupfer tells the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette that the new draft is a “compromise” that includes language that is inclusive. He says the party’s goal was “to try not to offend anyone.” Not everyone is happy with the proposed change. Micah Clark, executive director of the socially conservative American Family Association of Indiana, called it a “weak statement” that was “pure mush.”)
— 14th District candidates back green energy but far apart on climate change – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180602/14th-district-candidates-back-green-energy-but-far-apart-on-climate-change
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180602/news/306029939/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A GENERATION OF COLLEGE GRADS BURIED IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT – Rachel Hinton and Ashlee Rezin
https://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/a-generation-of-college-students-buried-in-debt/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that anti-Republicans glorify you and praise you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pushed-by-voters-gop-moderates-rebel-on-immigration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans promote the ERA.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-signs-era-better-late-than-never-legislature-america-women-equal-rights/
— Chicago firefighter charged after daughter posts Snapchat photo holding rifle – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-firefighter-charged-after-daughter-posts-snapchat-photo-holding-rifle/

 

CBS2
— President Trump’s Weekly Address; Democrats’ Weekly Address
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/02/president-trump-weekly-address-democrats-weekly-address-12/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Budget highlighted eventful, mostly peaceful session – Brenden Moore, Doug Finke, Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180602/budget-highlighted-eventful-mostly-peaceful-session

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— School leaders worry about cost of mandated pay raises for teachers – JULIA EVELSIZER (DIERSEN: How strongly has society disrespected the jobs that you have held? The more that society disrespects a job, the more money that those who take those jobs should be paid. I should write a book about those who disrespect auditors, tax collectors, gasoline pumpers, salesmen, security guards, assembly line workers, mailmen, slag chippers, golf shoe cleaners, dish washers, paperboys, lawn mowers, etc.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/school-leaders-worry-about-cost-of-mandated-pay-raises-for/article_9dd2d29e-d163-5349-a957-2b6b317edea0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gradert said teachers enter the field because of a passion for education, but are burdened with the task of offering social and emotional support to students while facing disrespect from society.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Toto, are we in Illinois? – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180602/statehouse-insider-toto-are-we-in-illinois

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Don’t bet that gambling can save Illinois Sports betting could become latest way to gamble here – Jim Nowlan
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/05/30/dont-bet-that-gambling-can-save-illinois/a1wtc6/

 

NRA ILLINOIS
— Registration & Firearm Surrender Bills Go to Governor Rauner’s Desk
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180602/illinois-registration-firearm-surrender-bills-go-to-governor-rauners-desk

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Illinois’ balanced budget? The joke’s on us – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2018/06/illinois-balanced-budget-the-jokes-on-us/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Armed member of ‘Pfleger’s security’ arrested outside his church – W.J. Kennedy
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511437418-armed-member-of-pfleger-s-security-arrested-outside-his-church

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller Took Fifth Amendment
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/bob-miller-took-fifth-amendment/
— Hultgren Re-Announces Break with Trump on Tariffs
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/hultgren-re-announces-break-trump-tariffs/
— Skillicorn Reflects on Legislation Session
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/skillicorn-reflects-legislation-session/
— State Rep. Peter Breen Draws Protest from NYC Planned Parenthood
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/02/state-rep-peter-breen-draws-protest-nyc-planned-parentlhood/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— GOP House reps give their nod to pension limitations – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: Who wants to limit your pension? Since 1966, my Democrat critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have wanted to limit my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. According to them, only Democrats should get CSRS pensions. They are overjoyed a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and did not promote me beyond GS-13, b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511437304-gop-house-reps-give-their-nod-to-pension-limitations

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Affirmative action in the control tower – Willie Shields (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Affirmative Action at GAO, at IRS, and at the Post Office.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/affirmative_action_in_the_control_tower.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I don’t fly. When folks ask me why, the short answer is that I know too much: I’m a former FAA air traffic controller. It’s been recently reported that the FAA is now actively recruiting new trainees to work in the towers and control rooms directing airplanes and that the criteria they now utilize to screen applicants is a curiously absurd “biographical questionnaire.” Jason L. Riley in the Wall Street Journal: “A recently completed six-month investigation by Fox Business Network found that the Federal Aviation Administration has quietly moved away from merit-based hiring criteria in order to increase the number of women and minorities who staff airport control towers. The changes come despite the fact that the FAA’s own internal reports describe the evidence for changing the hiring process as “weak.” Until 2013, the FAA gave hiring preference to controller applicants who earned a degree from one of its Collegiate Training Initiative schools and scored high enough on an eight-hour screening test called the Air Traffic Selection and Training exam, or AT-SAT, which measures cognitive skills. The Obama administration, however, determined that the process excluded too many from minority groups. In May 2013, the FAA’s civil rights administrator issued “barrier analyses” of the agency’s employment procedures, which recommended “revising how the AT-SAT is used in establishing best-qualified lists.” By the start of last year, the FAA was using a biographical questionnaire (BQ) to initially vet potential hires. The questions – “How many sports did you play in high school?”, “What has been the major cause of your failures?” – seem designed to elicit stories of personal disadvantage or family hardship rather than determine success on the job.” I can tell you with absolute certainty that the FAA Air Traffic Control Division has been down with the affirmative action program for a long time. The PATCO controllers’ strike during the summer of 1981 seemingly gave the “fire whitey” gang the opening they craved. There was one problem. The air traffic system needed to get back up and running smoothly, and especially safely, so that Ronald Reagan’s mass firing would look reasonable. So they quickly hired aviation-experienced people, including pilots and experienced military air traffic controllers. I was one of them. Granted, some of these well qualified new guys were black, but no one would look upon this new controller work force and call it a model of so-called diversity. The big push for hiring other than pale males would have to wait. Safety first, as it were. A few things happened in the next few years. First, the FAA stopped reporting aviation incidents, including near mid-air collisions and runway incursions. When safety incidents are under-reported or deceitfully downgraded, the system starts to look like perfection, and the FAA will gladly report, as it frequently does, that it is “The Safest System In The World.” These people want the flying public to skate out onto the ice, even as they are lying about how thin the ice is, and while we are at it, how warm it is today.)

 

MERCURY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The less that you do to promote illegal immigration, the more that those who promote illegal immigration demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/02/navarrette-gop-treatment-of-immigrants-is-really-bad-almost-as-bad-as-democrats/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa Face the Past in California Race – Adam Nagourney, Sydney Ember and Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: What is in your past? Have you ever been charged with misconduct? I have not. But nevertheless, because the federal government forced me to retire and it took other adverse actions against me, because of my demographics, and because I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc., my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/us/politics/gavin-newsom-antonio-villaraigosa-california.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And the leading contenders to win on Tuesday are particularly burdened by political and personal baggage that offer another contrast with Mr. Brown as he prepares to retire to his ranch. Two of the Democrats — Mr. Villaraigosa and Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor — were involved in high-profile affairs while they were in public office in the mid-2000s, episodes that have been raised against them during a candidate debate and in a handful of advertisements at a time of heightened awareness of sexual misconduct.)

June 2 Morning Edition

CBS2
— CPS Failed To Protect Students From Sexual Abuse – Mai Martinez
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/01/895826-cps-failed-to-protect-students-sexual-abuse/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘The Illinois Exodus’: A black comedy or disaster movie? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-exodus-budget-springfield-20180601-story.html
— Hinsdale state Rep. Patti Bellock explains why she voted against the Equal Rights Amendment – Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/news/ct-dhd-era-bellock-tl-0607-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘I’m sick to my stomach’ — Chicago schools CEO Janice Jackson on sexual violence against students – David Jackson, Gary Marx, Juan Perez Jr. and Jennifer Smith Richards
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-school-sexual-misconduct-investigation-20180523-story.html
— Trump has no standing to bleat about celebrities who hurl ugly insults – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-samantha-bee-ivanka-trump-word-0603-20180601-story.html
— In Chicago, Pelosi calls Trump’s suggestion of clemency for Blago the ‘shiny object of the moment’ – Gregory Pratt, John Byrne and Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-trump-blagojevich-reaction-20180601-story.html
— Letting sexual predators prowl CPS – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-schools-abuse-investigation-20180531-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps urge Republican candidates to dump Trump and to dump the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180602/news/306029979/
— Facebook losing its cool as teens pick YouTube, Snapchat – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: How much time do you spend on Facebook? How dependent are you on Facebook? Facebook is a Democrat website. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to spend all your time on Facebook and become totally dependent on Facebook.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180602/facebook-losing-its-cool-as-teens-pick-youtube-snapchat

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Investigation: Chicago schools failed to report abuse cases – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/investigation-chicago-schools-failed-to-report-abuse-cases-1

 

WLS AM
— Google blasted for linking California Republican Party with Nazism
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/01/google-blasted-by-top-republican-for-linking-california-republican-party-with-nazism/

 

WTTW
— CPS Failed to Protect Students from Sex Abuse – Matt Masterson
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/06/01/cps-failed-protect-students-sex-abuse-tribune-report

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Are Loncar claims a lot of smoke? – RICH MILLER (DIERSEN: Are you an old White male non-veteran? As part of their efforts to get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise an older Black female veteran who they wanted to get rid of. Of course, they wanted her to charge me with sexual harassment.)
https://herald-review.com/news/opinion/miller-are-loncar-claims-a-lot-of-smoke/article_0c4c635b-d8f4-5fa3-9a41-de87d3793c4d.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner missing in budget debate, dropped long-time demands – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/rauner-missing-in-budget-debate-dropped-long-time-demands/article_f6f47910-67ef-5d9c-84f9-d623c209001f.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— State Rep. Lang Latest Illinois Politician Accused Of Misconduct – DAISY CONTRERAS
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/state-rep-lang-latest-illinois-politician-accused-misconduct

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner to sign spending plan he acknowledges doesn’t address bill backlog, have reforms to grow the economy or reduce taxes – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-to-sign-spending-plan-he-acknowledges-doesn-t-address/article_f28f39fa-6527-11e8-a359-bf153b88b003.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Illinois Can’t Afford to Sit Back on Marijuana Legalization – John Biver (DIERSEN: Who is leading the opposition to pot in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/05/spotlight-illinois-cant-afford-to-sit-back-on-marijuana-legalization/

 

NEWSMAX
— Savings From Illinois’ Pension Buyout Plan Could Fall Short (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/personal-finance/savings-illinois-pension-buyout/2018/06/01/id/863565/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps urge Republican candidates to dump Trump and to dump the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/us/politics/republicans-immigration-petition.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In editorials unethically made to look like a news articles, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/us/obama-trump-race.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/americas/mexico-us-tariffs-steel-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Google employees side with America’s enemies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/technology/google-pentagon-project-maven.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s twisted view of who qualifies as a victim – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, the more of the following that you are, the more that you cannot be a victim: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. According to anti-Trumps, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you are a discriminator, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/01/trumps-twisted-view-of-who-qualifies-as-a-victim/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Pick for Bolton Aide Draws Criticism – Dion Nissenbaum (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were furious at those who hired me and promoted me. In 1987, they succeeded in forcing the GAO manager to retire who had a) hired me in 1980, b) got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and c) promoted me in 1986. In 1975, they succeeded in forcing the IRS manager to transfer to Texas who had a) promoted me in 1972, b) promoted me in 1973, and c) promoted me in 1975.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-boltons-deputy-draws-ire-of-jewish-muslim-groups-1527854400
— IRS to Spend Nearly $300 Million on IT in Tax Overhaul Money will help update 140 computer systems to help the agency implement the new tax law – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-to-spend-nearly-300-million-on-it-in-tax-overhaul-1527871564

 

CHEAT SHEET
— It’s Not Just Donald Trump, These Famous Americans Also Received Draft Deferments – Eric Schaal (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed to veterans, and to everyone else, that I sought and obtained four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a draft dodger, political hypocrite, coward, and even worse things, and that I should be punished for getting those deferments. While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were veterans. All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency downsized. All during those almost 18 years, GAO’s employees who were veterans were specifically protected from suffering the adverse impact of that downsizing. If I had been a veteran, GAO could not and would not have forced me to take its early retirement “offer” in 1997.)
https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/its-not-just-donald-trump-these-famous-americans-also-received-draft-deferments.html/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every election season, Americans learn about the military records (or lack thereof) of the presidential candidates. In Hillary Clinton’s case, the former secretary of state never had a chance to be drafted, so that was an easy one in 2016. Donald Trump, on the other hand, was certainly of draft age during Vietnam yet never served in the war. Upon further investigation, it turned out Trump, who’s mocked the record of U.S. war heroes, avoided combat because of a weakness in his foot. Trump is not alone when it comes to politicians and other self-proclaimed patriots who dodged military service. Here are eight other famous Americans who received draft deferments, including one former president. . .John Wayne. . .Dick Chaney. . .Mitt Romney. . .Bill Clinton. . .Rudy Giuliani. . .Rush Limbaugh. . .Ted Nugent. . .Bill O’Reilly. . .Donald Trump)

 

PENSIONS & INVESTMENTS
— Illinois budget bill features pension buyout for state workers – MEAGHAN KILROY (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement.)
http://www.pionline.com/article/20180601/ONLINE/180609983/illinois-budget-bill-features-pension-buyout-for-state-workers

 

AIR FORCE TIMES
— Fired Air Force wing commander charged with sexual assault, cruelty – Stephen Losey (DIERSEN: Have you been charged with misconduct? I have not. But nevertheless, because the federal government forced me to retire and took other adverse actions against me, because of my demographics, and because I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc., my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/06/02/fired-air-force-wing-commander-charged-with-sexual-assault-cruelty/

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Federal workers union sues Trump over executive order (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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-workers-union-sues-trump-over-executive-order/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When instituted, Trump’s orders tell agencies that workers whom managers found below-average would have 30 days to correct their faults, and could be immediately fired, rather than just disciplined, if they failed. Seniority would go out the window when federal agencies must lay off workers. And agencies could trade disciplinary information about a worker, allowing potential blacklisting. Grievances and arbitrations—which unions use to defend workers—would cover fewer issues and would cover “misconduct or unacceptable performance,” Trump’s orders say. His edicts left those terms undefined. And workers could not file grievances if bosses denied them regular pay raises Congress passed, bonuses they earned, or both. “These executive orders are a direct assault on the legal rights and protections Congress has specifically guaranteed to the 2 million public-sector employees across the country who work for the federal government,” Cox added. “This administration seems hell-bent on replacing a civil service that works for all taxpayers with a political service that serves at its whim.” In a later hasty press call after Trump’s original announcement, Cox added, “This is basically an attempt to make federal employees ‘at will’ employees so you can hire whoever voted for you and put on your bumper sticker during the last election.” He also said Trump is yanking protection from whistleblowers while shielding corrupt managers who play favorites. “The executive orders indicate an administration threatened by workers with rights,” NTEU President Reardon said. “The truth is these orders will disrupt the work-places of every agency, add red tape and impede the quality work taxpayers expect and deserve.”)

June 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump schemes aside, Blagojevich deserves shorter sentence – Editorial (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-schemes-aside-blagojevich-shorter-sentence-trump-commute/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Trump should leave Blagojevich in prison – Editorial (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-blagojevich-trump-commute-sentence-20180531-story.html
— Ever-defiant Blago doesn’t deserve Trump’s mercy – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-blagojevich-trump-commutation-0601-20180531-story.html
— More firms used Facebook to block older job seekers, lawsuit alleges – Josh Eidelson (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. QUESTION: What percent of Facebook employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? ANSWER: !00%)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-facebook-job-seekers-age-discrimination-20180529-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A proposed class action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job-seekers has been expanded to identify additional companies, further widening the latest front in claims that candidates are being filtered out by gender, geography, race and age. “When Facebook’s own algorithm disproportionately directs ads to younger workers at the exclusion of older workers, Facebook and the advertisers who are using Facebook as an agent to send their advertisements are engaging in disparate treatment,” a communications union alleged in the amended complaint- citing a legal test for employment discrimination-filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court. The union added claims under California’s fair employment and unfair competition statutes to the lawsuit, which was initially filed in December.)
— How I would’ve made my 40s a happier decade of my life – Jonathan Rauch (DIERSEN: What do you regret? Should I regret not pretending to be Swedish national origin, not being a Democrat or a RINO, avoiding the draft, not even trying to earn a degree from an Ivy League university, accepting the Post Office’s job offer in 1966, accepting IRS’s job offer in 1971, accepting GAO’s job offer in 1980, complaining about patronage and political affiliation discrimination, complaining about reverse discrimination, complaining about age discrimination, complaining about retaliation, filing grievances and other complaints, filing lawsuits, not painting myself as being a yes-man, not being a yes-man, not glorifying and praising, pandering to, and giving money to those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, not being a church member since the 1970s, not attending church services since the 1970s, not giving money to a church since the 1970s, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, not owning dogs, etc.?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-midlife-crisis-changing-slump-0601-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today I know why: Recent research in economics, psychology and neuroscience shows that aging has an independent effect on life satisfaction, separate from factors such as health, wealth and other life circumstances. In other words, time is not an emotionally neutral backdrop. Instead, its effect on happiness is U-shaped: Other things being equal, people’s life satisfaction tends to decline from their early 20s until midlife, then turns around at about age 50. Armed with this knowledge, I often wish I could go back and warn the pre-40 me of what was coming. I first started to notice the onset of nagging dissatisfaction around my 40th birthday; I figured it would pass. But counting my blessings, as I often did, only deepened my funk. As my 40s went on, the perplexing feelings of restlessness and regret deepened. At 45, I attained the highest prize in my profession, yet not even that success hushed the inner critics saying I had wasted my life. By my late 40s, I painfully concluded that dissatisfaction and ingratitude were my new normal.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Is attacking a cop a hate crime? New federal law would give police similar protections – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A promote hatred against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180601/is-attacking-a-cop-a-hate-crime-new-federal-law-would-give-police-similar-protections
— Only the fat cats are better off – Marion J. Reis, Lombard (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fat cat? My critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout have always had their operatives and their dupes shout at those who have less money than I have that I am a fat cat. They stress the money that I have spent on new cars, real estate, tuition, collector cars, computers, etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180601/only-the-fat-cats-are-better-off
— Polls: Most Americans say teachers are underpaid — and many would pay higher taxes to fix it – Valerie Strauss
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180601/polls-most-americans-say-teachers-are-underpaid-x2014-and-many-would-pay-higher-taxes-to-fix-it

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A third of Chicago home borrowers can’t afford to move – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: What percent of homeowners in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois cannot afford to move? If they could afford to move, where would they move to?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180601/CRED0701/180609998
— SALT tax-cap workaround hits Springfield roadblock – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/BLOGS02/180539945
— The deadline to nominate someone for 40 Under 40 is June 11, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. CDT. (DIERSEN: For non-veteran White males to be rising stars in the federal government, they must make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. There are extremely few non-veteran White male rising stars in the federal government.)
https://crainschicago.secure-platform.com/a/page/40under40

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Feds File Charges Against 2 For Allegedly Selling Drugs Online – Tom Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/feds-file-charges-against-2-for-allegedly-selling-drugs-online/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Gun control advocates change approach with June 1 call to action – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/05/29/gun-control-advocates-change-approach-with-june-1-call-to-action/an9wiv/

 

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?
http://wqad.com/2018/05/31/trump-considering-commuting-rod-blagojevichs-sentence/

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly thanks Trump for pardoning Dinesh D’Souza
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-thanks-trump-for-pardoning-dinesh-dsouza

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Bruce Rauner Reaches Point Governor Dan Walker Did in His First Year in Office – Gets Budget – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/31/governor-bruce-rauner-reaches-point-governor-dan-walker-first-year-office-gets-budget/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Harris, House Republicans put ERA over the top
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511436454-harris-house-republicans-put-era-over-the-top

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Durkin, Olsen, Wehrli, Winger vote ‘yes’ in House ERA vote
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511436401-durkin-olsen-wehrli-winger-vote-yes-in-house-era-vote

 

WIREPOINTS
— A budget for lawmakers, not Illinoisans – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/a-budget-for-lawmakers-not-illinoisans-wirepoints-original/
— Illinois, One Chart Shows How You’re Being Lied To Again About This Budget Being ‘Balanced’ – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-one-chart-shows-how-youre-being-lied-to-again-about-this-budget-being-balanced-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONSERVATIVE LAWSUIT AGAINST U OF I PROCEEDS TO FEDERAL COURT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/conservative-lawsuit-against-u-of-i-proceeds-to-federal-court.html
— PATTI BLAGOJEVICH APPEALS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR COMMUTATION OF ROD’S SENTENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/patti-blagojevich-appeals-to-president-trump-for-rods-pardon.html
— THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF CORPORATE WELFARE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/the-opportunity-cost-of-corporate-welfare.html

 

GOPUSA
— Black market in marijuana much greater since legalization
http://www.gopusa.com/black-market-in-marijuana-much-greater-since-legalization/
— Illegal alien children cost taxpayers $670 a day
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-children-cost-taxpayers-670-a-day/
— CNN’s Don Lemon lectures: If you watched Roseanne, you’re a bigot (DIERSEN: What do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/cnns-don-lemon-lectures-if-you-watched-roseanne-youre-a-bigot/

 

CNN
— Two companies (Autotrader and State Farm) suspend ads from Samantha Bee’s show after vulgar remark about Ivanka Trump – Jackie Wattles and Brian Stelter
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/31/media/samantha-bee-advertiser/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The wife of Chicago’s police superintendent has filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming she’s a victim of discrimination. (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, all the many employees who my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise were one or more of the following: Democrat, minority, female, older, disabled, veteran, and/or an employee who they wanted to get rid of. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, no discrimination complaint was ever filed against me. No Democrat employee ever charged me with discriminating against Democrats. No minority employee ever charged me with discriminating against minorities. No female employee ever charged me with discriminating against females. No older employee ever charged me with discriminating against older employees. No disabled employee ever charged me with discriminating against disabled employees. No veteran employee ever charged me with discriminating against veterans. No LGBTQ employee ever charged me with discriminating against LGBTQ employees. Never-the-less, my Democrat superiors treated me like I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/wife-of-police-superintendent-files-discrimination-complaint/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Political Provocateur Dinesh D’Souza, at Times Held Up as a Hero of the Right – Daniel Victor (DIERSEN: Who are the “heroes of the right” in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? What do they do to defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/dinesh-dsouza-facts-history.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Starbucks Racial Bias Training ‘Uncomfortable’ and ‘Enlightening’: Employees React Some baristas wonder how to implement lessons discussed Tuesday in their day-to-day jobs – Julie Jargon and Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all bias training calls all Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-racial-bias-training-uncomfortable-and-enlightening-employees-react-1527807677
— ‘The Happiness Curve’ Review: Midlife Slump and Late-Life Upswing Research shows that, after hitting 50, most people feel less regretful about their past and more positive about their lives in general. Emily Bobrow reviews “The Happiness Curve” by Jonathan Rauch. (DIERSEN: What do you regret? Should I regret not pretending to be Swedish national origin, not being a Democrat or a RINO, avoiding the draft, not even trying to earn a degree from an Ivy League university, accepting the Post Office’s job offer in 1966, accepting IRS’s job offer in 1971, accepting GAO’s job offer in 1980, complaining about patronage and political affiliation discrimination, complaining about reverse discrimination, complaining about age discrimination, complaining about retaliation, filing grievances and other complaints, filing lawsuits, not painting myself as being a yes-man, not being a yes-man, not glorifying and praising, pandering to, and giving money to those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, not being a church member since the 1970s, not attending church services since the 1970s, not giving money to a church since the 1970s, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, not owning dogs, etc.?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-happiness-curve-review-midlife-slump-and-late-life-upswing-1527809014
— Summer Jobs Teach Real-World Lessons – Mike Kerrigan (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-jobs-teach-real-world-lessons-1527809051

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time DEMONIZE, DENIGRATE, AND CONDEMN those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/01/why-we-have-lgbtq-pride-not-straight-pride-column/658306002/
https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/faces-of-lgbtq-pride-month-2018/#/?_k=zatf7b
— Internet usage may be nearing peak, says Mary Meeker in annual tech forecast – Jefferson Graham (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups want you to a) talk and act like Facebook IS THE INTERNET and b) not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/30/internet-usage-growing-slightly-smartphone-sales-have-hit-wall/656078002/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Employers Skate on Thin Ice With Immigration Compliance, Bias – Laura D. Francis (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want to hire, retain, or promote employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, employers pander to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bna.com/employers-skate-thin-n57982093108/

 

FED SMITH
— What’s Really in Those New Executive Orders? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/05/30/whats-really-new-executive-orders/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It goes on to say that agencies should make decisions on proposed removals within 15 days of the end of the employee reply period, and that agencies should use Chapter 75 (adverse action) procedures where appropriate rather than the more common Chapter 43 (performance) procedures when dealing with poor performance. It also reminds agencies that the probationary period is the final step in the hiring process. . .This section says “Agencies shall not agree to erase, remove, alter, or withhold from another agency any information about a civilian employee’s performance or conduct in that employee’s official personnel records, including an employee’s Official Personnel Folder and Employee Performance File, as part of, or as a condition to, resolving a formal or informal complaint by the employee or settling an administrative challenge to an adverse personnel action.”)

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump: Why Haven’t They Fired ‘No Talent Samantha Bee?’ (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be fired and why? Should I write a book about a) those who want me to be fired as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and why and b) those who wanted me to be fired 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, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc., and why?)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-why-havent-they-fired-no-talent-samantha-bee

May 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Lang announces resignation as House Deputy Majority Leader after harassment allegations – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/lang-announces-resignation-as-house-deputy-majority-leader-after-harassment-allegations/3545128/

 

NBC5
— Trump Considering Pardon for Blagojevich, He Tells Reporters Trump said he was considering pardoning or commuting the sentence for Blagojevich, who was a contestant on “Celebrity Apprentice”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Considering-Pardon-for-Blagojevich-He-Tells-Reporters-484182181.html
— Illinois House Sends Governor Bill Raising Teacher Salaries
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-house-sends-governor-bill-raising-teacher-salaries-484155291.html
— House Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang Resigning From Political Leadership Post After Accusation of Harassment, Abuse
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/denise-rotheimer-woman-to-accuse-lawmaker-of-abuse-484182271.html

 

CBS2
— Mitt Romney Says He Voted For His Wife In 2016
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/31/romney-voted-for-wife-2016/

 

WGN TV
— Lou Lang leaves Democratic leadership position amid harassment allegations
http://wgntv.com/2018/05/31/lou-lang-leaves-democratic-leadership-position-amid-harassment-allegations/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House approves state budget; Rauner says he’ll approve – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-budget-final-day-20180531-story.html
— Fatalities linked to ‘drugged’ driving keep rising – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-drugged-driving-20180530-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing percentage of drivers who die in road crashes test positive for drugs, and states need to do a better job of educating the general public and law enforcement on the risks of driving while on marijuana, opioids and other substances, according to a new report. The Governors Highway Safety Association, a national nonprofit safety group, said in a report released Thursday that almost 44 percent of fatally injured drivers tested positive for drugs in 2016, the most recent year available, up from almost 28 percent in 2006. Meanwhile, the percentage of drivers killed in crashes who tested positive for alcohol dropped slightly to 38 percent in 2016 compared with 41 percent in 2006, the study found. Drunken driving has become socially unacceptable, and the same thing needs to happen with other substances, said Jim Hedlund, a former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration official who wrote the report. “The message has been out on drunk driving for 40 years now, and people have paid attention,” Hedlund said. “There’s a real social change that says it’s not acceptable to have two six-packs and go out and drive. The slogan years ago was: ‘Let’s have one for road.’ Now it’s: ‘Who’s the designated driver?’ I’d like to see the same thing for drugs.” A mix of substances were also found among drivers killed in fatal crashes. When test results for both alcohol and drugs were known, 49 percent of alcohol-positive drivers also had drugs in their systems. The report points to the challenges in tackling drug-impaired driving, including a lack of nationally accepted testing methods for drug impairment, the large number of drugs to test for and differences in effects between different drugs and drivers.)
— Chicago police lieutenant, married to top cop, files discrimination complaint against CPD – Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-superintendent-wife-complaint-20180531-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lang resigns leader post but blasts accuser as disgruntled medical pot profiteer – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-rep-lou-lang-accused-of-harassing-springfield-activist/
— ‘Realistic’ budget heads to Gov. Rauner’s desk after bipartisan ‘love fest’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/budget-bills-heading-to-gov-rauners-desk-after-bipartisan-passage/
— Trump says he might commute Blagojevich’s sentence – AP (DIERSEN: Should I request a pardon from Trump? My Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-rod-blagojevich-commute-martha-stewart-pardon/
— Wife of Chicago’s top cop files complaint accusing CPD of discrimination – Fran Spielman and Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/wife-chicago-police-superintendent-eddie-johnson-files-eeoc-complaint-chicago-police-department/

 

DAILY HERALD
— With cap lifted, Wheeling hearing from video gambling interests – Chacour Koop (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180531/with-cap-lifted-wheeling-hearing-from-video-gambling-interests
— Easy entry into Oregon’s legal pot market means huge surplus – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180531/news/305319984/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: DIERSEN HEADLINE: More and more and more students are in need.
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180531/groups-raising-money-for-dupage-students-in-need–

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Budget passes General Assembly, heads to Rauner’s desk – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/NEWS02/180539952/budget-passes-general-assembly-heads-to-rauners-desk
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/NEWS02/180539952/budget-passes-general-assembly-and-rauner-promises-to-sign-it
— Budget deal or no, Moody’s isn’t satisfied – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/BLOGS02/180539960/budget-deal-or-no-moodys-isnt-satisfied

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois House approves state budget, sends it to Rauner – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180531/illinois-house-approves-state-budget-sends-it-to-rauner

 

WQAD
— Madigan right-hand man resigns after being accused of sexual harassment
http://wqad.com/2018/05/31/madigan-right-hand-man-resigns-after-being-accused-of-sexual-harassment/
— Ruling that Trump’s Twitter blocks are unconstitutional may affect elected officials in Illinois
http://wqad.com/2018/05/31/expert-ruling-that-trumps-twitter-blocks-are-unconstitutional-may-affect-elected-officials-in-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— Rep. Ives Calls Out Partisan Attack on President Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NEFUeBjVBc&feature=youtu.be

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Declines to Prosecute Former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/31/states-attorney-patrick-kenneally-declines-prosecute-former-algonquin-township-road-commissioner-bob-miller/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— “It’s a certified terrible frat house,” is the way a sexual harassment victim coming forward today describes Springfield.
https://mailchi.mp/upstream-ideas/illinois-financial-grade-f-251685?e=6f5c563571

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Lang press conference to respond to allegations
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/live-video-rep-lang-press-conference-to-respond-to-allegations/
— Speaker Madigan responds to allegations against Lang
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/speaker-madigan-responds-to-allegations-against-lang/
— Rep. Lou Lang responds to allegations
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/rep-lou-lang-responds-to-allegations/
— Alleged abuse victim’s press conference
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/live-video-alleged-abuse-victims-press-conference/
— Alleged victim appears on Proft’s radio show
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/alleged-victim-appears-on-profts-radio-show/
— Legislators, governor avoid addressing bill backlog in budget agreement
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/legislators-governor-avoid-addressing-bill-backlog-in-budget-agreement/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois on the brink of forcing schools to teach ‘LGBT history’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/illinois-bill-would-force-public-schools-to-teach-lgbt-history
— J.Crew markets LGBT ‘pride’ clothes to kids – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/j.crew-markets-lgbt-pride-clothes-to-kids

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Trump Flushes Out Swamp with Civil Service Exec. Orders – Dick Morris (DIERSEN: Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me, including forced me to retire, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am much worse than those who “have been caught stealing agency property or running personal businesses from work, and even after they have been arrested for using drugs during lunch breaks.”)
https://www.westernjournal.com/dick-morris-trump-flushes-out-swamp-with-civil-service-exec-orders/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And most importantly, the standards for dismissing, removing or demoting public employees are going to be changed to make these procedures easier. It now takes between six months and a year to remove a tenured federal employee for poor performance and an additional eight months to handle appeals. That makes tenured federal employees forty-four times less likely to get laid off than workers in the private sector. Under this flawed system, federal employees have stayed on the job after they have been caught stealing agency property or running personal businesses from work, and even after they have been arrested for using drugs during lunch breaks. These people need to go. But there is one more step Trump must take: banning IRS labor unions. We do not permit employees of the FBI, CIA, NSA or other such agencies to form or join unions. IRS employees, however, belong to the all-powerful Treasury Employees Union, whose contract grants them a substantial role in the management of this all-powerful agency.)

 

THE HILL
— GAO says White House is blocking its investigations – JULIA MANCHESTER
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/390060-gao-says-white-house-is-ignoring-its-questions

 

POLITICO
— White House stonewalling GAO – MEL LEONOR (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/31/trump-white-house-government-accountability-office-615355

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Nearly 60% of drug-tested drivers killed in U.S. crashes had pot or opioids in their system, report says – Fredrick Kunkle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/news/tripping/wp/2018/05/31/nearly-60-percent-of-drivers-in-fatal-crashes-had-pot-or-opioids-in-their-system-new-report-says/

 

FEDERAL SOUP
–A House committee wants to know how a small agency improved morale – Sherkiya Wedgeworth (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or non-veteran told them that their morale would improve dramatically if they did more to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/05/30/house-committee-wants-to-know-how-small-agency-improved-morale.aspx

 

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN
— Feinstein, Gillibrand, Murray, Warren Call on Government Accountability Office to Investigate Economic Effects of Sexual Harassment on U.S. Workforce (DIERSEN: What about the economic effects of patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government? Because of the aforesaid, the federal government criminally wasted many millions of tax dollars to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=5B622A77-D6ED-46C0-9B86-E25F7C869258

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Federal Reserve: Banks can speculate with your paychecks and your pension! – MARK GRUENBERG
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-reserve-banks-can-speculate-with-your-paychecks-and-your-pension/

March 31 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Senate passes budget plan, sends bill to House – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-senate-passes-budget-plan-sends-bill-to-house/3540941/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner quiet on ‘truly balanced budget’; Senate begins work – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/lawmakers-optimistic-about-budget-as-deadline-nears-1

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cox leads GOP California governor primary; barely noticed when ran in Illinois – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: Trump has endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/cox-leads-gop-california-governor-primary-barely-noticed-when-ran-in-illinois/
— ALMOST ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Dawn of an ERA? State House passes Equal Rights Amendment — 95 years later – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/dawn-of-an-era-state-house-passes-equal-rights-amendment-half-a-century-later/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Barr against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/tv-stars-racist-rant-proves-too-much-for-abc/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois approves Equal Rights Amendment, 36 years after deadline – Rick Pearson, Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-equal-rights-amendment-illinois-20180530-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opponents largely contended the measure was aimed at ensuring an expansion of abortion rights for women. Supporters said it was needed to give women equal standing in the nation’s founding document. Opponents also contended the measure may be moot, since it’s original 1982 ratification deadline has long since expired. Supporters argued, however, that the ratification of the 1789 “Madison Amendment” preventing mid-term changes in congressional pay, in 1992 makes the ERA a legally viable change to the constitution. State Rep. Peter Breen of Lombard, an abortion rights opponent, called the measure “an alleged constitutional amendment” and warned it would be adopting an “illegal act.” But Breen also contended supporters “have no other thing they want to do” than expand abortion rights. “It will expand taxpayer funding of abortions, very well might rollback our parental notice (for minors to have an abortion) law and have other negative impacts on various abortion regulations,” Breen said.)
— Illinois lawmakers get closer to avoiding another long showdown as Senate advances budget – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-budget-votes-20180530-story.html
— In ad outside Wrigley Field, Rauner asks for 7 years like Cubs had before 2016 World Series title – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-cubs-20180530-story.html
— Walmart offers employees new perk: cheap access to college – AP (DIERSEN: Walmart does not pay for degrees from Ivy League universities. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–walmart-college-20180530-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-transgender-bathroom-student-locker-huppke-20180530-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois becomes 37th state to ratify ERA – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180530/illinois-becomes-37th-state-to-ratify-era

 

WTTW
— The ERA’s Revival: Illinois Ratifies Equal Rights Amendment – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/05/30/era-s-revival-illinois-ratifies-equal-rights-amendment

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rock Island County Democrats get $1M from Pritzker (DIERSEN: Who heads the Rauner campaign in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? What do they think of you?)
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rock-island-county-democrats-get-m-from-pritzker/article_eb0c6b69-e61c-558b-81c7-cc84aa07927f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker’s communications director, Galia Slayen, said Pritzker trusts Rock Island County Democratic Chairman Doug House — who also is chair of the Illinois Democratic County Chairmen’s Association — to support and lead other county leaders across the state. “Not only has Doug House worked on the county level as a chair, but he is someone that we have worked with in his capacity as president of the IDCCA and we are confident in his ability to build a statewide, grassroots infrastructure that invests in counties across the state so we can beat (Governor) Bruce Rauner and win campaigns up and down the ticket,” Slayen said. House said the donation from Pritzker is the largest Rock Island County Democrats have ever received.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois becomes 37th state to ratify Equal Rights Amendment – Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180530/illinois-becomes-37th-state-to-ratify-equal-rights-amendment
— Gun bills advance in Illinois legislature – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180530/gun-bills-advance-in-illinois-legislature
— Gov. Rauner publicly quiet on budget in recent days – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180530/bernard-schoenburg-gov-rauner-publicly-quiet-on-budget-in-recent-days

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner’s desperate ploy – Scott Reader
http://www.daily-journal.com/editorials/scott-reeder-rauner-s-desperate-ploy/article_1d306c52-6347-11e8-b419-43128f6e5130.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois Senate overwhelmingly OKs $38.5B budget
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/31/illinois-senate-overwhelmingly-oks-38-5b-budget/a8kuk17/

 

TIME
— Illinois Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment — 36 Years After the Deadline – AP
http://time.com/5296572/illinois-ratify-equal-rights-amendment-women/

 

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois becomes 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-becomes-37th-state-to-ratify-the-equal-rights-amendment

 

CHICAGO INNO
— Is it Cheaper to Uber or Own a Car in Chicago? – Jim Dallke (DIERSEN: Do/did you own a car? I have owned at least one car since I was 16 in 1964.
https://www.americaninno.com/chicago/inno-news-chicago/is-it-cheaper-to-uber-or-own-a-car-in-chicago/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Rep. Ives defends military against radical graduate assistants union
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/05/rep-ives-defends-military-against.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois House Ratifies the ERA – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/illinois-house-ratifies-the-era/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the pro-life/pro-family side, eight state lawmakers rose to speak against the ERA, including Pete Breen (R-Lombard), Allen Skillicorn (R-Crystal Lake), Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), Mary Flowers (D-Chicago), Tom Morrison (R-Palatine), Terry Bryant (R-Mt. Vernon), and Rita Mayfield (D-Waukegan).)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Tobacco 21 bill clears House on second try
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/tobacco-21-bill-clears-house-on-second-try/
— Moody’s warns against reducing pension contributions
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/moodys-warns-against-reducing-pension-contributions/
— Senate leaders crow about bipartisan budget deal
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/senate-leaders-crow-about-bipartisan-budget-deal/
— Equal Rights Amendment passes with help from Durkin (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. To vote for the ERA is to vote against the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. In Illinois, if you are going to vote against the IRP platform, you should not seek or hold a government or political office as a Republican.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/equal-rights-amendment-passes-with-help-from-durkin/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a surprising move, House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) helped give the Equal Rights Amendment the extra boost needed to pass the House. Durkin is a pro-life Catholic, and one of the loudest arguments against the ERA is it will open the door for more abortions. Earlier today Rep. Silvana Tabares (D-Chicago) had an excused absence, and everyone I asked had no idea what was going to happen with the Equal Rights Amendment. Then just before 6 p.m., Lou Lang introduced the ERA. If you heard psychotic clacking down the hallway in the Capitol basement, that was me running for the elevator. Two hours of debate later, it passed. Here’s the roll call. Watch video of the board during the vote here. GOP votes for the bill…

Steve Andersson
Dan Brady
Jim Durkin
David Harris
Chad Hays
David Olsen
Bob Pritchard
Grant Wehrli
David Welter
Christine Winger)

 

GOPUSA
— Fake news media keeps bombing in effort to destroy Trump (DIERSEN: Despite tremendous efforts by my critics/opponents since 2000 to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, I continue to put them together and send them out.)
http://www.gopusa.com/fake-news-media-keeps-bombing-in-effort-to-destroy-trump/
— Attorneys for illegal aliens complain that speeding up trials will speed up deportations
http://www.gopusa.com/attorneys-for-illegal-aliens-complain-that-speeding-up-trials-will-speed-up-deportations/
— Since Hillary can’t run America she wants to run Facebook
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47062

 

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham Blasts Racism ‘Double-Standard’: Media Silent on Jeremiah Wright & Obama, Uses Sharpton as ‘Expert’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/30/laura-ingraham-angle-roseanne-fired-racism-double-standard-obama-wright-sharpton-morning

 

BREITBART
— Summer Hiring is Raising Voters’ Wages Before Election – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: What do you say to anti-Trump employers that prefer hiring illegals over citizens of America?)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/30/report-summer-hiring-raising-hourly-wages/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report also noted that more employers are using the federal E-Verify system to screen illegal immigrants from jobs. The survey said that “nearly 40 percent of employers plan to use E-Verify to evaluate summer applicants, up from 25 percent last year.” “Given the current political environment and noise around immigration and non-citizenship status, employers are clearly being more cautious,” said Snag CEO Peter Harrison. The survey’s data suggests that millions of American voters are going to get pay raises during the summer before the election because of President Donald Trump’s lower-immigration/higher-wage policies.)

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Why was Pope Francis silent on Ireland voting for abortion?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pope-francis-silent-on-ireland-voting-for-abortion

 

LIFEZETTE
— Racism ‘One of the Most Powerful Words and Weapons’ the Left Wields Liberals trying to pin Roseanne’s repugnant tweet on Trump are carrying out a glaring double standard that penalizes those who disagree with them – Kathryn Blackhurst (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to call someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s, if not the 1940s.)
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/racism-one-of-the-most-powerful-words-and-weapons-the-left-wields-niger-innis-warns/

 

DAILY CALLER
— The Left’s War On White Men Rages On – Stephanie Hamill (DIERSEN: What do say to White men who demonize, denigrate, and condemn White men to curry favor with those who are anti-White and/or anti-men?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/30/left-war-on-white-men/

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s tweets damage the nation.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/31/poll-trumps-tweets-damage-the-nation-614311

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of Google employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/technology/google-project-maven-pentagon.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/opinion/immigration-family-separation-border.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/opinion/how-to-turn-children-into-criminals.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/us/politics/immigrant-students-deportation.html
— For ‘Columbiners,’ School Shootings Have a Deadly Allure – Manny Fernandez, Julie Turkewitz and Jess Bidgood
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/us/school-shootings-columbine.html
— Walmart Says It Will Pay for Its Workers to Earn College Degrees – Michael Corkery (DIERSEN: Walmart does not pay for degrees from Ivy League universities. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/business/walmart-college-tuition.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/05/31/these-are-the-four-largest-protests-since-trump-was-inaugurated/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Barr against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/29/roseanne-show-canceled-racist-tweet-donald-trump-column/653426002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Prosecutions deter illegal immigration – Andrew Arthur
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/30/illegal-aliens-increasing-editorials-debates/35513539/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Do When That Shiny New Job Isn’t the Right Fit – Joann Lublin (DIERSEN: The GAO manager who hired me in 1980 did everything that he could to get me assigned to audits of IRS and to promote me. However, because I was Republican, old (born in 1948), White, male, non-veteran, and someone who did not start his career with GAO, he encountered tremendous opposition. He did not succeed in a) getting me assigned to audits of IRS until I was 37 and b) promoted to GS-13 until I was 38. But then, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing him to retire.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-do-when-that-shiny-new-job-isnt-the-right-fit-1527707998
— The Year Politics Collapsed The class of 1968 included Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump. – Daniel Henninger (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-year-politics-collapsed-1527717224

 

FORBES
— Why NFL’s Ban On Player Protests Invokes First Amendment Concerns But Canceling ‘Roseanne’ Does Not – Marc Edelman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcedelman/2018/05/30/why-nfls-ban-on-player-protests-invokes-first-amendment-concerns-but-canceling-roseanne-does-not/

 

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
— Largest federal union sues President Trump over executive order AFGE: White House directive illegally denies workers their right to representation
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/largest-federal-union-sues-president-trump-over-executive-order-300657033.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— The cancellation of Roseanne Barr’s television series – David Walsh
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/31/barr-m31.html

May 30 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lawmakers set to pass budget Republicans — with Rauner’s OK — call ‘balanced’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawmakers-poised-to-pass-budget-that-even-gov-rauner-calls-balanced/
— Appellate court in Chicago won’t throw out ex-Rep. Aaron Schock’s indictment – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/appellate-court-in-chicago-wont-throw-out-ex-rep-aaron-schocks-indictment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at young people and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/more-young-people-say-politicians-care-what-they-think-poll/
— Illinois House sends governor bill raising teacher salaries – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/illinois-house-sends-governor-bill-raising-teacher-salaries/
— Lawmakers OK graduate research assistant unions – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/lawmakers-ok-graduate-research-assistant-unions/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Appeals court refuses to toss Aaron Schock charges – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-aaron-schock-ruling-20180530-story.html
— Roseanne Barr blames Ambien for tweet, drug maker says ‘racism is not a known side effect’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-roseanne-barr-racist-tweet-20180530-story.html
— ‘Two Evanstons’: As Starbucks workers get sensitivity training, city looks at local racial divide – Brian L. Cox
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-met-evanston-racial-bias-talk-20180530-story.html
— Trump Tower sign invisible in marketing brochure — and the web takes notice – Tessa Weinberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-tower-sign-missing-20180530-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump uses Barr to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-roseanne-abc-jarrett-trump-0531-20180530-story.html
— Tom Cullerton passes measure to increase budget transparency
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-tom-cullerton-passes-measure-to-increase-budg-2018-05-30-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Festivals: Taste of Wheaton, Rose Festival, cruise nights, beer fests & more (DIERSEN: Please visit the Milton Township Republican Central Committee booth at the Taste of Wheaton Saturday, June 2.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180530/festivals-taste-of-wheaton-rose-festival-cruise-nights-beer-fests–more

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois budget deal seems set—but votes await – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180530/BLOGS02/180539983/illinois-budget-deal-seems-set-but-votes-await
— Wall Street watching as state staggers toward budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180529/BLOGS02/180529892/wall-street-watching-as-state-staggers-toward-budget
— Chicago attracting more young, well-off residents – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180530/BLOGS02/180539986/chicago-attracting-more-young-well-off-residents
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you think you’ve been seeing a lot more bright young people living in Chicago lately, you have. Between 2010 and 2016, the city of Chicago gained more households in a key category—total income of more than $100,000 with the head of household under age 45—than any city in the country except for far larger New York, according to newly analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data. Specifically, the number of such households here grew from just under 105,000 to an estimated 131,000, according to the American Community Survey data. That increase of 26,000 led Houston (24,000), San Francisco (23,000), Washington, D.C. (19,000) and Los Angeles (16,000). And while on a percentage basis that demographic grew faster in San Francisco than in Chicago (57 percent versus 27 percent), the Windy City outpaced cities such as Houston and L.A. and tied red-hot Denver.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Senate OKs temporarily taking guns from dangerous people – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180530/illinois-senate-oks-temporarily-taking-guns-from-dangerous-people

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— State Lawmakers Approve Gun Restraining Orders – SAM DUNKLAU
http://nprillinois.org/post/state-lawmakers-approve-gun-restraining-orders#stream/0

 

WAND TV
— Teacher salary bill passes House, moves to governor (DIERSEN: What if schools were like the federal government? What if schools got rid of their non-veteran White male teachers who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40?)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38306098/new-bill-would-raise-minimum-teacher-salary

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Why DuPage County Jail Is Giving Tablets To Inmates The sheriff hopes the project will help inmates pass time and learn new things while incarcerated. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/why-dupage-county-jail-giving-tablets-inmates

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Five DuPage House Republicans (Durkin, Breen, Olsen, Winger, and Bellock) join Democrats to back local gun store ban
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511435266-five-dupage-house-republicans-join-democrats-to-back-local-gun-store-ban

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 72-Hour Waiting Period Bill Passed – Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/72-hour-waiting-period-bill-passed-roll-calls/
— McConnaughay Bill Allows Police Nationwide Ongoing, Real-Time Notifications about Perp’s Run-ins with Police
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/mcconnaughay-bill-allows-police-nationwide-ongoing-real-time-notifications-perps-run-ins-police/
— Lakewood President Paul Serwatka Accomplished What He Promised
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/lakewood-president-paul-serwatka-accomplished-promised/
— Ex-Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller’s Wife Anna May Miller’s Time Card
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/anna-may-millers-time-card/
— View of Budget from Illinois Environmental Council
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/30/view-budget-illinois-environmental-council/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ABORTION LOBBY ATTACKS PROLIFE LAWMAKERS’ EFFORT TO STOP TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/abortion-lobby-attacks-prolife-lawmakers-effort-to-stop-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions.html
— GROWING NUMBER OF ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS JOIN GUN CONTROL EFFORTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/growing-number-of-illinois-republican-lawmakers-join-gun-control-efforts.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives to attend tomorrow’s press conference about “leading lawmaker” who is “longtime abuser”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/ives-to-attend-tomorrows-press-conference-about-leading-lawmaker-who-is-longtime-abuser/
— Rep. Allen Skillicorn, R-West Dundee, cites “Red Dawn” as reason to oppose gun dealer licensing bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/legislator-cites-red-dawn-as-reason-to-oppose-gun-dealer-licensing-bill/
— Rauner considers budget deal “balanced”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/30/report-rauner-considers-budget-deal-balanced/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Ingraham Angle’ Highlights Passages From Starbucks’ Racial Bias Handbook
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/30/ingraham-angle-highlights-passages-starbucks-racial-bias-handbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Laura Ingraham highlighted some of the passages in the racial bias handbook handed out to employees in the training sessions. She said a Starbucks employee she spoke to on Tuesday pointed out that several black and Hispanic workers were “laughing through the book.” The book lays out so-called “Ground Rules,” including “honor[ing] other people’s truth.” Another section of the manual asked employees to recall when they first noticed their racial identity. Another asked employees about going “to work with your natural hair.” Fox News contributor Gianno Caldwell said the training sessions are all about protecting Starbucks’ bottom line, since some African-Americans vowed to boycott Starbucks after the April arrests. Democratic strategist Michael Starr Hopkins said he appreciates what the company did, arguing “far too often in this country we’re afraid to talk about race.”)
— Weak parties = More partisanship – Chris Stirewalt |
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/weak-parties-more-partisanship.html

 

BREITBART
— Kevin McCarthy: GOP ‘Very Close’ to Immigration Deal – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/30/gop-mccarthy-very-close-immigration-deal/
— Michaela Angela Davis: All Trump Voters Are Racist – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/30/michaela-angela-davis/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana: Big Tobacco 2.0 – J. J. MCCULLOUGH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/marijuana-like-big-tobacco-predatory-industry/

 

THE HILL
— Trump accuses ABC of double standard on ‘Roseanne’ cancellation – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/389887-trump-hits-abc-for-double-standard-on-roseanne-cancellation

 

CNBC
— Silicon Valley is stumped: Even A.I. cannot always remove bias from hiring AI software to eliminate the prejudice of human hiring managers has produced encouraging early results at corporations. But tech executives with experience at Google, Microsoft and Facebook say the algorithmic revolution in hiring is moving too fast. Algorithm auditing firms want to see the code; public policy experts want to press governments to force the algorithms into the open before it’s too late, they say. – Eric Rosenbaum (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers talk and/or act like they only want to hire, retain, and promote those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/silicon-valley-is-stumped-even-a-i-cannot-remove-bias-from-hiring.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal Reserve votes to ease rule aimed at preventing big banks from making risky financial bets – Renae Merle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/30/wall-street-is-about-to-snag-one-of-its-biggest-victories-of-the-trump-era/
— Walmart to offer employees a college education for $1 a day – Abha Bhattarai (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took 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 superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/30/walmart-to-offer-employees-a-college-education-for-1-a-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Walmart, the country’s largest private employer, announced Wednesday that it will pay for its workers to go back to school — as long as they get degrees in business or supply-chain management. The retailer is partnering with three universities to offer associate’s and bachelor’s degrees to 1.4 million part-time, full-time and salaried Walmart and Sam’s Club employees — a pitch to improve employee retention rates and engagement at work, while also drawing new workers. Walmart will cover the costs of tuition, books and fees, while employees will be required to pay $1 a day for the duration of their studies. “We know there [are] a lot of benefits from a business perspective,” Drew Holler, vice president of people innovation for Walmart U.S., said on a call with reporters. “We know we’re going to see an influx of applications.” Degrees will be offered by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Brandman University in Irvine, Calif., and Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb., all nonprofit institutions with online programs for working adults. Rachel Carlson, chief executive of Guild Education, a Denver-based company that will oversee the program, pointed out that the program allows employees to earn a degree without amassing college debt.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Trump Saving the Blue States? Tax reform #andGorsuch could rescue even Illinois and New Jersey. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-trump-saving-the-blue-states-1527715587

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Trump Moves to Curb Federal Employee Labor Protections – KALENA THOMHAVE (DIERSEN: 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://prospect.org/article/trump-moves-curb-federal-employee-labor-protections

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— The Illinois House has approved a 72-hour waiting period for delivery of all guns after purchase.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-05-30/the-latest-house-approves-expanded-72-hour-wait-for-guns
— What Happens if We All Run Out of Money for Retirement? Start saving now to stay prepared for a looming retirement crisis. – Geoff Williams (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who rather than saving for their retirement, purposely plan on going on welfare when they get old?)
https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/articles/2018-05-30/what-happens-if-we-all-run-out-of-money-for-retirement

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The White House Is Not Complying With Inquiries From Government’s Top Watchdog GAO – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2018/05/white-house-not-complying-inquiries-governments-top-watchdog/148602/

May 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Eric Greitens, Missouri governor, resigns after facing possible impeachment – AP (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or to prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government office or political office.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/eric-greitens-missouri-governor-resigns-amid-affair-scandal/3536337/
— ‘Roseanne’ canceled by ABC after Barr tweet on Valerie Jarrett
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/roseanne-canceled-after-roseanne-barrs-tweet/3535447/
— Blagojevich raises concerns about ‘overzealous’ prosecutors in op-ed appeal to Trump – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/blagojevich-raises-concerns-about-overzealous-prosecutors-in-op-ed-appeal-to-trump/3536305/

 

NBC5
— ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ Reboot After Barr’s Tweet About Obama Aide Barr had suggested that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett was a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.” She later apologized
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rosanne-barr-valerie-jarrett-joke-apology-twitter-483957881.html
— Female Activist Expected to Accuse ‘Leading Lawmaker’ of Abuse – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Female-Activist-Expected-to-Accuse-Leading-Lawmaker-of-Abuse-483978711.html
— Valerie Jarrett Responds to Roseanne Barr Tweet After Show’s Cancellation Barr had suggested that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett was a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.” She later apologized
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/valerie-jarrett-roseanne-barr-abc-cancel-react-483983591.html
— Report Filed on Hastert Criminal Case Hastert is now believed to be residing at his longtime home in Yorkville. – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Unspecified-Violation-Posted-to-Hastert-Court-File-483989961.html

 

CBS2
— Starbucks Shuts Down More Than 8,000 Stores For Anti-Bias Training – Dorothy Tucker (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all anti-bias training demonizes, denigrates, and condemns all Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/29/starbucks-shuts-down-more-than-8000-stores-for-anti-bias-training/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after Barr’s racist tweet
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/roseanne-barr-quits-twitter-after-offensive-statements-about-valerie-jarrett-chelsea-clinton

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Woman to accuse ‘leading’ state legislator of ‘abuse of power,’ activist says – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-to-accuse-leading-state-legislator-of-abuse-of-power-activist-says/
— Blagojevich plays Trump card clumsily — but that doesn’t mean he won’t win trick – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/blagojevich-plays-trump-card-clumsily-but-that-doesnt-mean-he-wont-win-trick/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage foreign counties to dump their unwanted children here.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/schools-have-no-legal-right-to-ask-about-a-childs-immigration-status/
— Roseanne Barr betrayed her biggest fans – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/roseanne-betrayed-her-biggest-fans-valerie-jarrett-donald-trump/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet pushed the limits of the Trump era. ABC finally drew a line. – Rex Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-roseanne-barr-jarrett-huppke-20180529-story.html
— ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after star’s racist tweet – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-roseanne-canceled-20180529-story.html
— ‘Roseanne’ and Starbucks in Trump’s America – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-roseanne-abc-starbucks-trump-20180529-story.html
— Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announces he will resign amid widening investigations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-missouri-eric-greitens-resigns-20180529-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for America’s problems.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-immigration-jeff-sessions-refugees-0530-20180529-story.html
— Trump, liberal activists trade angry immigration charges, falsehoods – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-liberal-activists-steel-cages-20180529-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Federal lawsuit filed against former Naperville cops – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180529/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-former-naperville-cops
— Lawyer: ‘Fanciful’ allegations against Dundee Twp. park board member – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180529/lawyer-fanciful-allegations-against-dundee-twp-park-board-member
— America has a massive truck driver shortage. Here’s why few want an $80,000 job. – Heather Long (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 the aforesaid.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180529/america-has-a-massive-truck-driver-shortage-heres-why-few-want-an-80000-job
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We asked truck drivers who have been doing the job anywhere from four months to 40 years for their views. Most said the answer is simple: The lifestyle is rough. You barely see your family, you rarely shower, and you get little respect from car drivers, police or major retailers. Michael Dow said he has been divorced twice because of trucking. Donna Penland said she gained 60 pounds her first year from sitting all day and a lack of healthful food on the road.)
— ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after star went on vitriolic, racist Twitter rampage – Emily Heil
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180529/abc-cancels-roseanne-after-star-went-on-vitriolic-racist-twitter-rampage
— Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, ex-Navy SEAL once seen as rising Republican star, resigns amid extramarital affair scandal – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180529/news/305299866/

 

WLS AM
— Vote to override Rauner veto falls short
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/05/29/vote-to-override-rauner-veto-falls-short/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers nix budget funding abortions – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-lawmakers-nix-budget-funding-abortions/article_a4bd5347-1bc2-56bc-bb40-14bae1448397.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— By slim margin, Illinois House endorses graduated income tax – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180529/by-slim-margin-illinois-house-endorses-graduated-income-tax
— Manar decries lack of downstate voices on Illinois Commerce Commission – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Have you dealt with ICC? In 1999, I worked with other homeowners in my neighborhood to prompt Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) to provide better protection against storm-caused power outages. ComEd insisted on providing power to my neighborhood from its distant Warrenville distribution center four long miles away rather than from its nearby Wheaton distribution center only two short blocks away. Consequently, my neighborhood needlessly suffered far greater exposure to storm-caused outages. ComEd’s refusal to correct the problem forced me to file a complaint (Docket No. 990063) with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) against ComEd. Ultimately, ComEd began routing power to my neighborhood from its nearby distribution center and power reliability has improved dramatically.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180529/manar-decries-lack-of-downstate-voices-on-illinois-commerce-commission
— Plan to raise smoking age stalls in Illinois House – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180529/plan-to-raise-smoking-age-stalls-in-illinois-house

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— IRS sends warning on loopholes – Editorial (DIERSEN: What loopholes have you been accused of taking advantage of? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes painted my education deductions 1972-1983 and 1992-1997 as being a loophole. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took 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://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-05-29/editorial-irs-sends-warning-loopholes.html

 

WQAD
— IL Gov. Rauner announces $11.05 billion infrastructure plan
http://wqad.com/2018/05/29/il-gov-rauner-announces-11-05-billion-infrastructure-plan/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Breen, Brady question bill allowing pension fund to pay nursing home bills for certain disabled residents – Angela Underwood
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511433178-breen-brady-question-bill-allowing-pension-fund-to-pay-nursing-home-bills-for-certain-disabled-residents

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Idstein: It’s criminal to ask Illinoisans to pay more in property taxes – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511433772-idstein-it-s-criminal-to-ask-illinoisans-to-pay-more-in-property-taxes

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Proposed property assessment would be devastating to Illinois homeowners, Kay says – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511433775-proposed-property-assessment-would-be-devastating-to-illinois-homeowners-kay-says

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti Discusses Sexual Harassment Scandal on WROK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1R7Ubsp5iY&feature=youtu.be

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BREEN URGES HOUSE TO REMOVE TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTION FROM STATE BUDGET CONSIDERATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/breen-urges-house-to-remove-taxpayer-funding-of-abortion-from-state-budget-consideration.html
— DEMOCRAT IDENTITY POLITICS CHASING WHITES AWAY (DIERSEN: As anti-Whites, anti-males, and anti-older people gain stronger and stronger and stronger control of the Democrat Party, how soon will they banish Whites, men, and older people from the Democrat Party?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/democrat-identity-politics-chasing-whites-away.html
— BOUC: LAST CHANCE TO PROTECT ILLINOIS WOMEN FROM ERA FRAUD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/bouc-last-chance-to-protect-illinois-women-from-era-fraud.html
— COLORADO SUBURBS ATTRACT ILLEGAL CANNABIS GROWERS; LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERWHELMED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/colorado-suburbs-attract-illegal-cannabis-growers-law-enforcement-overwhelmed.html
— ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICANS STOP WORKER PROTECTION UNIT IN ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/illinois-house-republicans-stop-worker-protection-unit-in-attorney-generals-office.html
— DESPITE BILLIONS BEHIND IN UNPAID BILLS, GOVERNOR RAUNER ANNOUNCES NEW $11 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/despite-billions-behind-in-unpaid-bills-governor-rauner-announces-new-11-billion-infrastructure-plan.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Another #MeToo moment?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/29/another-metoo-moment/
— Breen makes budget demands on abortion funding
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/29/breen-makes-budget-demands-on-abortion-funding/
— Moody’s says state withholding Harvey money is “credit negative” for all Illinois municipalities
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/29/moodys-says-state-withholding-harvey-money-is-credit-negative-for-all-illinois-municipalities/
— Madigan says Rauner is “willfully misleading taxpayers”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/29/madigan-says-rauner-is-willfully-misleading-taxpayers/
— Manar complains that nobody outside Cook and DuPage are on ICC (DIERSEN: Have you dealt with ICC? In 1999, I worked with other homeowners in my neighborhood to prompt Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) to provide better protection against storm-caused power outages. ComEd insisted on providing power to my neighborhood from its distant Warrenville distribution center four long miles away rather than from its nearby Wheaton distribution center only two short blocks away. Consequently, my neighborhood needlessly suffered far greater exposure to storm-caused outages. ComEd’s refusal to correct the problem forced me to file a complaint (Docket No. 990063) against ComEd with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Ultimately, ComEd began routing power to my neighborhood from its nearby distribution center and power reliability has improved dramatically.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/29/manar-complains-that-nobody-outside-cook-and-dupage-are-on-icc/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats accuse White House of obstructing GAO investigations – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-accuse-white-house-of-obstructing-gao-investigations

 

FOX NEWS
— Backed by Trump, Republican John Cox is a force in California governor race – Joseph Weber
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/29/backed-by-trump-republican-john-cox-is-force-in-california-governor-race.html

 

BREITBART
— 38 Shot, 8 Fatally, in Gun-Controlled Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend – Awr Hawkins
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/29/38-shot-8-killed-in-gun-controlled-chicago-over-memorial-day-weekend/

 

GOPUSA
— Hogg calls for perpetual trolling of President Trump (DIERSEN: The nastier that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are, the more motivated that I am to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46883
— One CA county has released 349 illegal aliens wanted by ICE since sanctuary state law began
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46865
— British judge wants to ban kitchen knives with sharp points
http://www.gopusa.com/british-judge-wants-to-ban-kitchen-knives-with-sharp-points/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Trumpism Corrupts: Roseanne Edition – JONATHAN V. LAST
https://www.weeklystandard.com/jonathan-v-last/roseanne-canceled-why-trump-supporters-fell-for-her-shtick

 

THE HILL
— Firing bad federal workers is the answer for a better government – Stephen Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Heritage Foundation and Consultant for FreedomWorks and Senior Analyst for CNN and Economic Adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential Campaign (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Democrats promote patronage. The Democrats who run the federal government a) DO NOT WANT TO FIRE their employees who are Democrat, and especially not those who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) DO WANT TO FIRE their employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/389673-firing-bad-federal-workers-is-the-answer-for-a-better-government

 

CBS NEWS
— Active shooter drills for preschool teachers a new normal for schools – ADRIANA DIAZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-shootings-active-shooter-drills/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Roseanne’ Canceled by ABC Hours After Racist Tweet by Roseanne Barr – John Koblin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/business/media/roseanne-barr-offensive-tweets.html
— Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused A confidential Justice Department report found the company was aware early on that OxyContin was being crushed and snorted for its powerful narcotic, but continued to promote it as less addictive. – Barry Meier
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxycontin.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— E-Verify exposes the hypocrisy of the GOP – Al Sanchez, Colesville
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/e-verify-exposes-the-hypocrisy-of-the-gop/2018/05/29/4187400c-61bd-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_story.html
— The factors that will shape the midterms – Ed Rogers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/05/29/the-factors-that-will-shape-the-midterms/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to Resign Amid Probe Over Sexual Misconduct, Campaign Irregularities “I have not broken any laws nor committed any offense worthy of this treatment,’ the governor said. – Shayndi Raice (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or to prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government office or political office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/missouri-gov-eric-greitens-to-resign-amid-probe-over-sexual-misconduct-campaign-irregularities-1527630558
— Trump Campaign Aides Team Up on Voter-Data Venture Owner of Data Propria pitches his firm as understanding of the president’s voters – Rebecca Ballhaus and Julie Bykowicz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-campaign-aides-team-up-on-voter-data-venture-1527622984
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Data Propria has about 10 commercial and political clients, Mr. Oczkowski said, with nearly the same number of employees. GOP Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, who is seeking re-election this year, paid Data Propria $95,000 in the first three months of this year for “data modeling,” state-level campaign finance reports show.)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— White House stonewalling GAO investigation efforts – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/05/29/white-house-stonewalling-watchdog-investigation-efforts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Offices within the Trump administration have refused to meet with Government Accountability Office staff on relevant investigations, and a cadre of congressmen want to know why. A group of 18 Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to the committee chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., May 29, 2018, raising concerns over the White House’s refusal to meet with GAO investigators and calling for a hearing on the matter. On May 9, 2018, the GAO General Counsel Thomas Armstrong sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn expressing concern that the National Security Council and McGhan’s offices repeatedly refused to engage with GAO staff over the course of their investigations. “Over the past year, GAO has requested information and meetings when preparing reports on topics clearly involving White House interests and expertise. These reports concern such diverse topics as the role of the NSC in the coordination of conflict prevention, mitigation and stabilization efforts abroad; Inspector General vacancies; and the cost of presidential travel and security related measures,” Armstrong wrote.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Fine Print of Trump’s Executive Order on Firing – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: To force an employee to take early retirement is to fire that employee. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/05/reading-fine-print-trumps-executive-order-firing/148557/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said the executive orders, including the one expediting discipline and firing, erode federal employees’ due process protections. “Rather than improving government efficiency, these executive orders will make it harder to resolve workplace disputes; report waste, fraud and abuse; and ensure a fair and safe workplace for federal employees,” he said. “Instead of trying to erode the rights of federal employees and whistleblowers, the administration should focus on the abuses of Cabinet officials taking charter and first class flights and buying $31,000 dining sets and $43,000 soundproof booths.”)

 

STARS & STRIPES
— GAO: VA cuts opioid prescription rate by 41 percent in past 5 years – NIKKI WENTLING
https://www.stripes.com/news/watchdog-va-cuts-opioid-prescription-rate-by-41-percent-in-past-5-years-1.530043

 

DAILY MAIL
— Romney says Trump not a role model – EMILY GOODIN (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are not a role model? I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout not only that I should not be a role model for anyone, but that everyone should get rid of me.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5783691/Mitt-Romney-says-President-Trump-not-role-model-grandkids.html