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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker tries to deflate rat with union support – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-pritzker-tries-to-deflate-rat-with-union-support/
— Wanted: Conservative sports network to compete with ESPN – S. E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/wanted-conservative-sports-network-to-compete-with-espn/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supporters taking another crack at automatic voter registration after Rauner veto – Haley BeMiller  (DIERSEN: Democrats want voters who automatically vote for Democrats.  Those who automatically vote for Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-automatic-voter-registration-rauner-met-0504-story.html
— It’s time for Muslim Americans to do politics as other minorities do – Alia Salem  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors UNITE TO GET RID OF THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-muslim-americans-politics-20170503-story.html
— How universities lose their way — and cheat their students – Victor Davis Hanson  (DIERSEN: It seems that ever-increasingly, universities focus on cranking out hate-filled “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-free-speech-liberal-colleges-campuses-20170504-story.html
— Fewer people going hungry in Cook County, but many still need help – Greg Trotter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-cook-county-food-insecurity-0504-biz-20170503-story.html
— GOP’s John Kasich: Time is ripe for a billionaire independent to run for president – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: Kasich says “I think the Republican Party doesn’t know exactly what it’s for.”  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-john-kasich-0504-chicago-inc-20170503-story.html
— U.S. Senate vote deals blow to Illinois retirement savings program – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-senate-secure-choice-illinois-retirement-0504-biz-20170503-story.html
— Crime’s toll on a neighborhood: Violence that crushes lives also crushes parts of Chicago – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-south-shore-violence-crime-chicago-edit-20170502-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Jack Franks getting police protection after comments on blog; Political reality at Harvard; Twitter fire for Walsh; Compost at the Curb; Collaborating at Marmion; Morrison on abortion, slavery – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170504/lester-jack-franks-getting-police-protection-after-comments-on-blog
— Human Race supports 71 DuPage nonprofits – Christie Willhite  (DIERSEN: What percent of these 71 non-profits promote planks in the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, the Green Party Platform, and the Republican Party platform?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170504/human-race-supports-71-dupage-nonprofits
— Mixed, but clear, messages on budget urgency – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170504/editorial-mixed-but-clear-messages-on-budget-urgency

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Time for Illinois business leaders to demand end to budget brinkmanship – ANDREA DURBIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170504/OPINION/170509919
— Kinzinger, Roskam, Hultgren still mum on health care vote – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170503/BLOGS02/170509931
— New assessments bring onslaught of appeals – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170504/CRED0701/170509923/surburban-chicago-assessors-inundated-by-appeals

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Anyone care about costs? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-04/anyone-care-about-costs.html
— Investigation into illegal hiring under Quinn expanded – Jim Dey  (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://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-04/jim-dey-investigation-illegal-hiring-under-quinn-expanded.html

WTTW
— Illinois Among Worst States for Contaminated Drinking Water – Alex Ruppenthal  (DIERSEN: Who in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois in responsible for assuring that drinking water is clean?)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/03/illinois-among-worst-states-contaminated-drinking-water

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— UIS professors’ strike enters second day – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170503/uis-professors-strike-enters-second-day
— TRAGIC: Litchfield medical marijuana dispensary set to open next week – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170503/litchfield-medical-marijuana-dispensary-set-to-open-next-week

PEKIN TIMES
— Clinton lost Obama’s margins in Illinois, union homes – Bill Knight
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170504/knight-clinton-lost-obamas-margins-in-illinois-union-homes

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Democrats hit Rauner on spending for new warehouse space – AP
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/democrats-hit-rauner-on-spending-for-new-warehouse-space/article_977cd612-30da-11e7-b974-bb55a114f9fa.html
— In Illinois, apparently you don’t need a budget – Frank Mullen
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/columnists/frank_mullen_iii/in-illinois-apparently-you-don-t-need-a-budget/article_16f2f5d4-91b8-5471-8748-fe830947ceb9.html

WSIL TV
— Trump to weaken IRS rule against church political activity – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party, the Libertarian Party, and/or the Green Party. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and even worse things.  If you do not speak out against something, constructively, you promote it.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35338428/trump-targeting-irs-rule-on-churches

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more full of hatred of Trump that you are, the more that anti-trumps promote what you say.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/legend-trump-is-misguided-unprepared-bigoted/706378131

NPR ILLINOIS
— A ‘Forgotten History’ Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America – TERRY GROSS  (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats a) blame you for the sins of your parents, the sins of your grandparents, the sins of your great grandparents, etc., b) blame you for all the problems that minorities, women, etc. have had, are having, and will have, c) charge you with benefiting from your ancestors’ sins, racism, sexism, bigotry, etc., and d) demand that you pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/forgotten-history-how-us-government-segregated-america#stream/0

CHICAGIST
— Among Major Cities, Chicago Ranks Worst In Home Value Recovery – STEPHEN GOSSETT
http://chicagoist.com/2017/05/03/among_major_cities_chicago_ranks_wo.php

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Isn’t Puerto Rico, But…. – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-isnt-puerto-rico-but-wirepoints-original/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— While politicians posture, Illinois industry is getting crushed – Austin Berg
https://ilnews.org/opinion/berg-while-politicians-posture-illinois-industry-is-getting-crushed/article_9162bcea-3046-11e7-ba89-cf90aa2b7c5a.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 5 CONSEQUENCES OF DECADES OF ILLINOIS’ BAD BUDGET DEALS – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/5-consequences-of-decades-of-illinois-bad-budget-deals/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner’s new ad tries to connect him to start-up lifestyle
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/04/rauners-new-ad-tries-to-connect-him-to-start-up-lifestyle/
(FROM THE POSTING: For the small business owners, the entrepreneurs, the risk-takers and change-agents. There’s no 9-5. Work doesn’t stop and they don’t stop, because they know there’s always more to be done, more to achieve. Bruce Rauner knows that drive. He made his name leading one of Illinois’ most respected businesses. But his first job was cooking burgers. His second? Parking cars. In college, he worked in the dining hall to earn extra money. When he moved back to Chicago to work at a data company, he spent nine months sleeping on a camping mattress, because he didn’t have any furniture. But this self-made businessman would go on to earn an MBA from Harvard, joining an investment start-up and building a reputation as a business pioneer. That same spirit now drives his push for real reform in our state, because across Illinois more than one million small businesses are led by creative, driven innovative people from every walk of life. And they need a governor who’s fighting for them. Working for you and our future. Bruce Rauner.)

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— PARENTS: PREPARE YOUR COLLEGE KIDS FOR LEFT-WING CAMPUS BIAS – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/education/parents-prepare-your-college-kids-for-left-wing-campus-bias/

FOX NEWS
— National Day of Prayer: Ten reasons why prayer is the ultimate protest – Nick Hall  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for GOD to a) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) stop everyone from reading those emails, c) stop me from raising funds from Republicans to sponsor entries in Wheaton Independence Day parades, d) stop Republicans from donating funds to sponsor entries in those parades, e) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and f) send me straight to HELL. Should I write a book about the aforesaid churchgoers?)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/04/national-day-prayer-ten-reasons-why-prayer-is-ultimate-protest.html

GOPUSA
— Obama admin asked that 1,934 Americans’ names be ‘unmasked’ in intel  (DIERSEN: If your critics/opponents unmasked you, what would they find?)
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-admin-asked-that-1934-americans-names-be-unmasked-in-intel/
— The Smug Blind Left Is Trump’s Best Friend – Ben Shapiro
http://www.gopusa.com/the-smug-blind-left-is-trumps-best-friend/

ANN COULTER
— SWAMP PEOPLE: 47; TRUMP: 0
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2017-05-03.html?utm_source=jolt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Jolt_5/4/2017
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If this is the budget deal we get when Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency, there’s no point in ever voting for a Republican again. Not only is there no funding for a wall, but — thanks to the deft negotiating skills of House Speaker Paul Ryan — the bill actually prohibits money from being spent on a wall. At a CYA press conference on Tuesday, Trump’s ridiculously chipper budget director, Mick Mulvaney, described the bill’s prohibition on building a wall as a MAJOR win. (At least Mulvaney said it in English, unlike his all-Spanish 2014 townhall.) True, there will be no wall. But the Democrats graciously agreed to allow the administration to fix broken parts of any existing fences on up to 40 miles of our 3,000 mile border. The other big wins, according to Mulvaney, are: 1) more defense spending, which is fantastic news, because I was worried Boeing and Lockheed Martin CEOs were falling behind Mark Zuckerberg with their gluttonous salaries; and 2) school choice, an obsession of Washington wonks that is hated out in America, where parents move to high-tax towns for the express purpose of avoiding schools full of disaffected urban youth, and the disaffected urban youth don’t want to spend two hours on a bus every day. But Mulvaney assures us that this monstrosity of a spending bill has set things up beautifully for the next budget negotiation in October. That has become the GOP’s official motto: “Next time!”)

THE BLAZE
— DISGUSTING: Congress prevents DOJ from enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized pot – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/03/congress-prevents-doj-from-enforcing-federal-marijuana-laws-in-states-that-have-legalized-pot/
— Ann Coulter destroys Donald Trump over budget deal: ‘comically improbable’ president isn’t ‘winning’ – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/03/ann-coulter-destroys-donald-trump-over-budget-deal-comically-improbable-president-isnt-winning/

BREITBART
— GAO: Nearly 70 Mexican Border Tunnels Discovered in 5 Years – RYAN SAAVEDRA  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps from your precinct, from your municipality, from your township/ward, from your county, from Illinois, from America, and from foreign countries volunteer to dig more tunnels to speed up the illegal flow into America of a) citizens of foreign countries and b) illegal drugs?)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/04/nearly-70-mexican-border-tunnels-discovered-5-years/
— Poll: Hispanic Support for President Trump Jumps to 45 Percent – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/03/poll-finds-hispanic-support-for-president-trump-up-to-45-since-election/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Levin: Conservative influence BADLY needed in the White House – Phil Shiver
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/levin-conservative-influence-badly-needed-in-the-white-house

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Working-class Americans are subsidizing government union largesse – Akash Chougule  (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007.  If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/working-class-americans-are-subsidizing-government-union-largesse/article/2622104

THE HILL
— Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs – MARK HENSCH (DIERSEN: If you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use against you what you did with your summers when you were young. I delivered newspapers and did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964.  I washed dishes during the summer of 1965.  I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966.  I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/331788-obamas-donating-2m-to-chicago-summer-jobs-programs

POLITICO
— RAUNER STANDS TO RECEIVE TAX BREAK UNDER REPEAL – Natasha Korecki  (DIERSEN: Do you want the “marriage penalty” tax to be repealed? My wife and I have been paying it big time ever since we got married in 1978.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/05/politico-illinois-playbook-220123
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican healthcare plan would repeal the Net Investment Tax, which was a tax of higher tax brackets mandated under the Affordable Care Act meant to help subsidize insurance premiums under Obamacare. It is a tax of about 3.8 percent on investment income for higher tax brackets. In 2015, Rauner paid $6.6 million toward that tax. (See Rauner return here) The anti-Rauner group Illinois Working Together, has made an issue of this saying “the people of Illinois deserve to know where Gov. Rauner stands,” on the repeal.)

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump signs order aimed at allowing churches to engage in more political activity – John Wagner  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party, the Libertarian Party, and/or the Green Party. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and even worse things.  If you do not speak out against something, constructively, you promote it.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-signs-order-aimed-at-allowing-churches-to-engage-in-more-political-activity/2017/05/04/024ed7c2-30d3-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Will Newcomers Dye the Suburbs Blue? – RICHARD FAUSSET  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are filled with hatred of Republicans, but who nevertheless move to Republican areas to take advantage of the great schools, prosperity, and safety that Republicans created there? I should write a book about such Republican haters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/ossoff-handel-georgia-sixth-district.html
— Trump’s Immigration Proposals ‘Conspicuously Absent’ From Spending Bill – RON NIXON  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are overjoyed.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/trump-immigration-spending-bill.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Power of Trump’s Bully Pulpit – Christopher Ruddy (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who/what do those who have/had the bully pulpit a) glorify and praise and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn? I should write a book about those who have/had the bully pulpit in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and who/what they a) glorified and praised and b) demonized, denigrated, and condemned.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/opinion/donald-trump-foreign-policy.html
— State’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Panel Found to Have Little Expertise – JESSE McKINLEY  (DIERSEN: Based on your work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses, what activity do you have the most expertise doing?  For me, it is auditing government agencies/operations.  I base that on a) my having worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991; b) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173; c) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48; d) my earning job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and e) my earning a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/nyregion/after-struggles-medical-marijuana-program-evolves.html
— Trump Is Expected to Relax Tax Rules on Churches Endorsing Political Candidates – MICHAEL D. SHEAR, LAURIE GOODSTEIN and MAGGIE HABERMAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party, the Libertarian Party, and/or the Green Party. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and even worse things.  If you do not speak out against something, constructively, you promote it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/trump-religion-executive-order-gay-rights.html
— ‘No Asylum Here’: Some Say U.S. Border Agents Rejected Them – CAITLIN DICKERSON and MIRIAM JORDAN  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps tell all the citizens of all the countries in the world to come to America for “asylum.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/asylum-border-customs.html

USA TODAY
— Obama’s $400,000 speech could prompt Congress to go after his pension – Gregory Korte  (DIERSEN: Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if Obama can make lots of money as a retired federal employee, I should also be able to make lots of money?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/03/obamas-400000-speech-could-prompt-congress-go-after-his-pension-trump-bush/101242772/
— Fewer are hungry; but for those who are, the struggle is worse – Greg Toppo
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/04/fewer-hungry-but-those-who-struggle-worse/101258198/
— Americans just broke a record for being stressed. Here’s how to reverse the trend – Jayne O’Donnell  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout a) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails cause stress, b) that therefore, no one should read the emails, and c) that ignorance is bliss.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/01/stress-negativity-mindfulness/100989170/
— Indiana teen is graduating college — before she gets her high school diploma – Matthew Diebel  (DIERSEN: How hard were you pushed to be successful when you were in high school?  Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/03/indiana-teen-graduating-college—-before-she-gets-her-high-school-diploma/101237228/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is A Republican For?  If the GOP can’t pass ObamaCare reform, voters may return Congress to the Democrats. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-a-republican-for-1493852370
— Be Careful What You Wish For, Washington  The press, Democrats and Republicans get what they want. They won’t be happy. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-washington-1493852267
— Red Flag for U.S. Business Schools: Foreign Students Are Staying Away – Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that Loyola in not Ivy League.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/red-flag-for-u-s-business-schools-foreign-students-are-staying-away-1493819949
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BOOK REVIEW: England: Last Hope Island – Lynn Olson  (DIERSEN: If/when the anti-Trumps succeed in driving members of the following groups out of America, where will they go: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-refugees-who-won-world-war-ii-1493852194

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A technology gap between the rich and poor is deepening US inequality – Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/technology-gap-deepening-us-inequality-2017-5-1001980221
— DISGUSTING: The Trump administration hired an official who was accused of sexually assaulting five students – Justin Elliott  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates ever filed any kind of complaint against me. However, my Democrat superiors treated me, that is, punished me, like many complaints had not only been filed against me, but that they had been proven.  My Democrat superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/steven-munoz-sexual-assault-2017-5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A political appointee hired by the Trump administration for a significant State Department role was accused of multiple sexual assaults as a student several years ago at The Citadel military college. Steven Munoz was hired by the Trump administration as assistant chief of visits, running an office of up to 10 staffers charged with the sensitive work of organizing visits of foreign heads of state to the U.S. That includes arranging meetings with the president. At The Citadel, five male freshmen alleged that Munoz used his positions as an upperclassman, class president and head of the campus Republican Society to grope them. In one incident, a student reported waking up with Munoz on top of him, kissing him and grabbing his genitals. In another, on a trip to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., a student said that Munoz jumped on him in bed and he “felt jerking and bouncing on my back.” An investigation by The Citadel later found that “certain assaults likely occurred.” A local prosecutor reviewed the case and declined to seek an indictment. Munoz’s hiring raises questions about the Trump administration’s vetting of political appointees, which has been both slow and spotty, with multiple incidents of staff being fired only weeks into their jobs, including for disloyalty to Trump. The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment. Munoz, a Miami native, worked as a political consultant in South Carolina after graduating from The Citadel in 2011. He was publicly reported to be under investigation the following year around the time he was working for Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign. Stories from that time, which outline some but not all of the allegations against Munoz, are easy to find via a simple Google search.)

GOVERNING
— U.S. Senate Votes to Block State-Run Retirement Plans – Evan Halper
http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/tns-senate-secure-choice-states-retirement.html

THINK PROGRESS
— The line between an independent press and the White House’s public relations is blurring  Why is the White House discussing its agenda with conservative media only? – Joshua Adams  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consults, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who a) glorify, praise, and pander to the Democrat press and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-press-call-conservative-media-3fb19e4db795

AGRO FINANCIAL
— DIERSEN HEADLKINE: If you oppose pot, you should boycott websites that sell their email lists to Agro Financial.
https://pro.agorafinancial.com/p/TEK_secretpot2_0217/LTEKT501/

AUTOWEEK
— What was the final straight-six-powered, rear-wheel-drive American car?  (DIERSEN: The first and only new car that my outstanding father bought was a bottom of the line straight-six-powered, rear-wheel-drive 2-door 1967 Chevy. He was 45 years old when he bought it and he died suddenly 2 years later.)
http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/what-was-final-straight-six-powered-rear-wheel-drive-american-car