July 30 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans pick David Olsen as replacement for Rauner ally Sandack – Mick Dumke
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/republicans-pick-replacement-for-rauner-ally-sandack/
— 18 aldermen avoid hefty property-tax hikes, 5 pay less – Tim Novak
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs-18-aldermen-avoid-hefty-property-tax-hikes-5-pay-less/
— Ex-Rep. Lipinski drops federal lobbying after Sun-Times/BGA story – Chuck Neubauer and Sandy Bergo
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ex-rep-lipinski-drops-federal-lobbying-after-sun-timesbga-story/
— Donald Trump attacks Muslim father’s convention speech – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-attacks-muslim-fathers-convention-speech/
— After Trump tweak, Democrats plant their flags – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-after-trump-tweak-democrats-plant-their-flags/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— States’ flag-burning laws are unconstitutional, but persist anyway
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-flag-burning-laws-still-exist-20160730-story.html
— In response to father of dead Muslim soldier, Trump insists he’s made a lot of sacrifices – Kurtis Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-muslim-soldier-response-20160730-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites love it when Whites hint/imply/argue/shout that Whites are racists.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-racism-america-hillary-trump-obama-chapman-perspec-0731-md-20160729-column.html
— Naperville aims to become restaurant ‘satellite’ to Chicago – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-new-restaurants-st-0727-20160730-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— COD trustee Olsen to fill Sandack’s seat – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160730/news/160739907/
— The Trump message Bloomberg wants Republicans to hear – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160730/discuss/160739911/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why are so many professors moving out of Illinois? – STEVEN R. STRAHLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160730/ISSUE01/307309989/why-are-so-many-professors-moving-out-of-illinois

 

WSIL TV
— Donald Trump attacks Muslim father’s convention speech – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32577743/donald-trump-attacks-muslim-fathers-convention-speech

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove board member Olsen selected to replace Sandack  Also a COD board member, new state rep. will need to collect signatures for fall ballot – NATHAN LURZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/07/30/downers-grove-board-member-olsen-selected-to-replace-sandack/a8i0kdp/

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS
— Rauner Curtails Conscience Rights by Signing SB 1564 – Mary Anne Hackett
http://catholiccitizens.org/news/66950/gov-rauner-curtails-conscience-rights-signing-sb-1564/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Representative David Olsen – It’s official – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/state-representative-david-olsen-its-official/
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/press-release-state-representative-david-olsen/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER VETOES SEIU-BACKED BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE COST OVER $100M ANNUALLY – Heather Weiner  (DIERSEN: Rauner’s decriminalization of pot will cost non-stoners in Illinois millions if not billions of dollars annually.  Ever-increasingly, non-stoners in Illinois will have to pay for all the damage, destruction, death, and even worse things that stoners will cause in Illinois.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-vetoes-seiu-backed-bills-that-would-have-cost-over-100m-annually/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POSSESSING SMALL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA IN ILLINOIS WILL NO LONGER LAND YOU IN JAIL (DIERSEN: Rauner’s decriminalization of pot will cost non-stoners in Illinois millions if not billions of dollars annually.  Ever-increasingly, non-stoners in Illinois will have to pay for all the damage, destruction, death, and even worse things that stoners will cause in Illinois.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/possessing-small-amounts-of-marijuana-in-illinois-will-no-longer-land-you-in-jail.html
— REP. MORRISON: RAUNER’S MESSAGE IS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, FREE SPEECH RIGHTS DON’T MATTER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/rep-morrison-rauners-message-is-religious-beliefs-and-free-speech-rights-dont-matter.html
— PRO-LIFE ACTION LEAGUE: WE TRUSTED GOV RAUNER TO PROTECT CONSCIENCE RIGHTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/pro-life-action-league-we-trusted-gov-rauner-to-protect-conscience-rights.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner lambasted, even called “traitor” for siding with Democrats on abortion bill
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/30/rauner-lambasted-even-called-traitor-for-siding-with-democrats-on-abortion-bill/

 

EAGLE FORUM
— Republicans Debate: Should Women Be Drafted? – Phyllis Schlafly  (DIERSEN: Employers are extremely reluctant to hire anyone who is subject to the draft.)
http://www.eagleforum.org/publications/psr/july16.html

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— RNC Chair Reince Priebus: 90% of Republicans Are Now Supporting Trump, The Rest Should Get on Board – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/07/rnc-chairman-reince-priebus-90-republicans/

 

NEWSMAX
— Mitt Romney: I Think Trump Could Win In November – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Romney-Trump-november-elections/2016/07/30/id/741336/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— 67 PERCENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES WILL BE DEMOCRAT BY THE END OF HILLARY’S FIRST TERM – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/07/29/67-percent-of-federal-judges-will-be-democrat-by-the-end-of-hillarys-first-term/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— NAVY TO NAME SHIP AFTER ‘GAY’ CHILD MOLESTER  Matt Barber on ‘slap in the face’ of those who served, fought, died for America
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/navy-to-name-ship-after-gay-child-molester/

 

THE HILL
— Ballot measures explode across country — and so do their costs – Reid Wilson
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/289461-ballot-measures-explode-across-country-and-so-do-their-costs

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Anti-Trumps say “Electoral Map Gives Donald Trump Few Places to Go.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-presidential-race.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illegals in North Carolina who use their false identifications to vote for Democrats are overjoyed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/29/the-smoking-gun-proving-north-carolina-republicans-tried-to-disenfranchise-black-voters/

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that “white trash” is “flocking to Donald Trump.”
http://nypost.com/2016/07/30/why-white-trash-americans-are-flocking-to-donald-trump/

 

GUARDIAN
— 17 Turkish journalists charged with terror group membership  State-run news agency says those charged have been remanded in custody after hearings at Istanbul court – Chris Johnston and Josy Forsdike  (DIERSEN: To discredit me as being a journalist, my critics/opponents stress that I am not only a Republican, but that I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/30/turkish-correspondent-tweets-arrests-of-42-journalists-in-turkey

 

INDEPENDANT
— Husband’s job could determine whether a marriage will end in divorce  ‘Contemporary husbands face higher risk of divorce when they do not fulfil the stereotypical breadwinner role’ – Harriet Sinclair  (DIERSEN: As Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, otherwise known as the Democrat Party platform, increasingly succeeds in driving White men out of the workforce, more and more and more traditional marriages will end in divorce.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/marriage-job-relationship-husband-divorce-a7163651.html

July 26 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Outstanding fundraiser for DuPage County Board Member Brian Krajewski at Carlucci’s Restaurant in Downers Grove Tuesday evening July 26, 2016.  DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin spoke very highly of Krajewski. The 150+ attendees included Illinois officials and candidates Patti Bellock, Heidi Holan, and Chris Nybo; DuPage County officials and candidates Janice Anderson, Richard Blass, John Curran, Pete DiCianni, Tim Elloitt, Gary Grasso, Bob Grogan, Tonia Khouri, Paula McGowen, James Mendrick, Sean Noonan, Dave Olsen, Don Puchalski, Karyn Romano, and Sam Tornatore; Township officials Kathy Abbate, Greg Boltz, Tony Cuzzone, John Dombroski, Marty Keller, John Morrissey, Rachel Ossyra, and Deanna Wilkins; Municipal officials Noreen Ligino and Martin Tully; Judges Liam Brennan, Dan Guerin, Ann Jorgensen, Bob Kleeman, Tim McJoynt, and Patrick O’Shea; and Party leaders Matt Carlyle and Burt Minor. Event sponsors included Bellock, Claar, Curran, Holan, O’Shea, Puchalski, and Romano. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— The Sandack mystery continues – Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff and Ross Weidner
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rep-sandack-quits-top-gop-post-over-internet-scam/1444005/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a heavily blacked-out police report provided to the I-Team by Downers Grove police, Republican state Rep. Ronald L. Sandack made an allegation on July 14 of “an Internet scam.” Ten days later Sandack announced he was resigning from his elected position, claiming he was suffering the effects of “cyber security issues.” Neither Sandack at the time he quit, nor the suburban police report obtained Tuesday afternoon, offer any clarity as to what actually happened-or why it was serious enough to warrant resignation. Sandack has not responded to our numerous requests for information. A person who answered the front door at his home today said that the ex-legislator was at work. He is a partner at a downtown Chicago law firm and has not been available there. Sandack said in a cryptic statement on Sunday that he was forced to re-evaluate his “continued public service” due to the threat. The mostly-redacted police report does put the date of the “Internet scam” as July 7, a full week before Sandack actually reported whatever it was to police. There is no explanation why it took one week to report something serious enough to eventually cause his resignation. Oddly, Mr. Sandack was a voracious social media communicator until the cyber threat occurred-said to have been fake accounts set-up in his name (or his family members.) Currently, his Facebook and Twitter pages are down and there is no trace of whatever bogus accounts may have been established. Downers Grove police have apparently assigned at detectives to look into the allegation, according to the report. However, police officials have offered no additional details, clarity or assistance to help the public understand what may have occurred, whether there is any kind of public threat or the status of the investigation.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP State Rep. Ron Sandack reported ‘Internet scam’ to cops – Chris Fusco
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-state-rep-ron-sandack-reported-internet-scam-to-cops/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican state Rep. Ronald L. Sandack, a top of ally of Gov. Bruce Rauner, went to the police department in his hometown to report an “Internet scam” earlier this month — but a report about the incident reveals little about what led Sandack to abruptly resign his seat from the Illinois House over the weekend. Sandack issued a statement to the political blog Capitol Fax on Sunday saying that “cyber security issues” forced him to re-evaluate his “continued public service.” But the police report released Tuesday afternoon by the Downers Grove Police Department offers no details about what might have happened to Sandack as virtually the entire narrative is blacked out. Sandack didn’t immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. More to come on this developing story.)
— Emanuel accepts Rauner apology for insult to teachers, principals – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-accepts-rauner-apology-for-insult-to-teachers-principals/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Decision on Sandack’s replacement still days away – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160726/news/160729247/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage GOP leaders will have the biggest say in choosing his replacement, but the Will County Republican Central Committee must be consulted because a small number of precincts in the 81st District are in that county. Krajewski said he’s scheduled to meet Saturday morning with Havel. In the meantime, he’s asking other Republicans interested in the position to send him their resume. “We’ve got to see who the candidates are,” Krajewski said. Depending on the number of applicants, a decision could come Saturday or Sunday, he said. On Monday, Krajewski said David S. Olsen is the leading candidate to replace Sandack. Olsen, 27, of Downers Grove, serves as vice chairman of the College of DuPage board of trustees, as a Downers Grove village commissioner and as vice chairman of the Downers Grove Township Republican Organization. He has expressed interest in the House seat in the past. . .If he’s chosen as Sandack’s successor, one decision Olsen needs to make is whether he will resign from the Downers Grove village council or from COD board. “That’s something that has to be discussed with my mayor, Mayor (Martin) Tully, and with (COD board) Chairman Deanne Mazzochi, and with Brian Krajewski and others,” Olsen said. “I think it’s premature to speculate on what I would do.” He said his main goal is to do “the right thing” for residents in Downers Grove, COD’s district and the 81st District.)
— Redacted report sheds little light on Sandack resignation – Mike Riopell and Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160726/news/160729195/
— Convention could start 2018 Dem race for governor – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160726/news/160729234/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Online impostors are real. But is Ron Sandack’s story? – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-ron-sandack-illinois-republican-resigns-perspec-zorn-0727-jm-20160726-column.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Something doesn’t quite add up in the “official” story of why Illinois House Republican floor leader Ron Sandack abruptly resigned over the weekend. The scrappy Downers Grove pol said in a brief statement that “cybersecurity issues” prompted him to “re-evaluate” his political career and immediately step down in order to (stop me if you’ve heard this before) spend more time with his family. Reportedly, the cybersecurity issue in question was that spoofers had created fake Facebook and Twitter accounts in his name, thus threatening to damage his reputation. That’s certainly an unpleasant development if true. And the claim is plausible. Social media have yet to solve the impostor problem, as I was reminded just the other day when I got a Facebook friend request that appeared to be from another Chicago newspaper columnist with whom I was already connected. The request not only used his name but also a photo of him swiped from his real page. Online impostors don’t target just pols, pundits and other well-known figures. I routinely get Facebook friend requests from those who have either assumed others’ identities or simply invented personas, often of scantily clad women, in what seems to be a desperate and feeble attempt to peddle cheap sunglasses or other consumer goods.)
— Heavily redacted police report offers few details on Sandack resignation – Joe Mahr and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ron-sandack-police-report-met-20160726-story.html
— Union leader Terry O’Sullivan calls Rauner a ‘jackass,’ vows to ‘take him out’ in 2018 – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-labor-democratic-convention-bruce-rauner-met-0727-20160726-story.html
— Kennedy rips Rauner, ducks questions on whether he’ll run for governor – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chris-kennedy-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-met-0727-20160726-story.html
— Emanuel to Rauner: Apology accepted, but ‘champion’ Chicago kids – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-chicago-teachers-apology-met-0727-20160726-story.html
— BREYOND DIGUSTING: Smoke pot with your kids, Richard Branson tells Chicago business audience – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-richard-branson-joints-kids-0727-chicago-inc-20160726-story.html

 

NBC5
— Chris Kennedy Slams Rauner, Dodges Questions About Gubernatorial Run  Businessman Chris Kennedy stoked further speculation about a possible gubernatorial run after slamming Gov. Bruce Rauner during a breakfast at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chris-Kennedy-Slams-Rauner-Dodges-Question-About-Gubernatorial-Run-388319332.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— As Clinton claims nomination, protests continue
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/181851688-story

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner calls Illinois’ political system rigged, calls for amendments on term limits and remapping – Stephen Elliott
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/rauner-calls-illinois-political-system-rigged-calls-for-amendents-on/article_1dc7e954-0992-5023-90ea-2114406fdf2a.html

 

WSL AM
— Durbin won’t rule out challenging Rauner for Governor – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2016/07/26/durbin-wont-rule-out-challenging-rauner-for-governor/

 

DNA INFO
— Rahm Accepts Rauner’s CPS Apology, But Calls On Gov. To ‘Turn The Page’ – Ted Cox
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160726/pullman/rahm-accepts-rauners-cps-apology-but-calls-on-him-turn-page

 

WBEZ
— Divide Among Illinois Democrats On Display During First Night Of DNC – Tony Arnold, Lauren Chooljian
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/divide-among-illinois-democrats-on-display-during-first-night-of-dnc/df09862d-64e7-4fcc-aa53-9ded4e37ba53

 

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Schimpf stresses term limits compared to Simon’s leniency
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/510967425-schimpf-stresses-term-limits-compared-to-simon-s-leniency

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — If Michelle Obama ran for office, Illinois Democrats would roll the ‘red carpet’ out for her – Chris Cillizza
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/if-michelle-obama-ran-for-office-illinois-democrats-would-roll/article_67ba8464-0d81-5483-bc56-0bb9ac9b23ed.html

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Trump’s LGBTQ-Friendly GOP Elevates Homosexual Businessman Peter Thiel – Media Hype for ‘Gay Republicans’ Overshadows Conservative Platform  Fox News, media, Republican social liberals cheer on LGBTQ agenda in Cleveland – Peter LaBarbera
http://americansfortruth.com/2016/07/25/trumps-lgbtq-friendly-gop-elevates-homosexual-businessman-peter-thiel-media-hype-for-gay-republicans-overshadows-conservative-platform/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino ignores State Board of Elections – Rep. Ives issues press release – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/auditor-general-frank-mautino-ignores-state-board-of-elections-rep-ives-issues-press-release/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Family PAC Cruise – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/07/26/the-family-pac-cruise/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TEXAS PROSECUTORS DROP FELONY CHARGES ON CENTER FOR MEDICAL PROGRESS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/texas-prosecutors-drop-felony-charges-on-center-for-medical-progress-investigative-journalists.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner is gearing up
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/26/rauner-is-gearing-up/
— Convention delegates are “not normal” party members
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/26/convention-delegates-are-not-normal-party-members/
— Mautino misses deadline
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/26/mautino-misses-deadline/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Hillary-Alinsky-Lucifer Connection – PAUL KENGOR
http://spectator.org/the-hillary-alinsky-lucifer-connection/

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— ISIS Was Not Mentioned Once in 61 DNC Speeches on Day 1
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/07/26/isis-was-not-mentioned-once-61-dnc-speeches-monday

 

DAILY CALLER
— Hollywood Relies On ‘Hitler Card’ In Bid To Stop Trump – Christian Toto
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/26/hollywood-relies-on-hitler-card-in-bid-to-stop-trump/
— Limbaugh: Democrats Are ‘Baby Butchers,’ ‘Sharia Muslims’ – Steve Guest
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/26/limbaugh-democrats-are-baby-butcher-sharia-muslims-audio/
— No Visible American Flags Present At The Democrat Convention – ALEX PFEIFFER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/25/no-visible-american-flags-present-at-the-democrat-convention/

 

THE HILL
— Boos and booze: Sanders struggles to control supporters – Jonathan Easley and Jordain Carney
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/289297-boos-and-booze-sanders-struggles-to-control-supporters
— GOP hits Democrats for not mentioning ISIS on convention’s first day – Jesse Byrnes
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/289236-gop-faults-dems-for-not-mentioning-isis-on-conventions-first
— Priebus on Dem email leaks: ‘This is just the beginning’ – Jesse Byrnes
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289260-rnc-chair-on-emails-this-is-just-the-beginning

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Insourcing: American Lose Jobs to H-1B Visa Workers – Judy Frankel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judy-frankel/insourcing-american-lose-_b_11173074.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DNC Shows Off Diversity Through Speakers, Bathrooms
http://www.wsj.com/video/dnc-shows-off-diversity-through-speakers-bathrooms/A4072722-9579-4B46-9B7D-001E8EB83758.html

 

FORBES
— Bernie Supporters Mangle The Democratic Party’s Message Of Unity, But It Makes For Good Ratings – Brett Edkins (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are united against those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2016/07/26/bernie-supporters-mangle-the-democratic-partys-message-of-unity/#713be4973a58

July 22 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DONALD TRUMP ACCEPTS GOP NOMINATION ON FINAL DAY OF RNC – Kathy Brock and Ben Bradley
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/donald-trump-accepts-gop-nomination-/1437252/

 

CBS2
— Kirk Calls For Debate In Spanish With Challenger Duckworth – Jay Levine  (DIERSEN: Levine says “In many ways, and on many issues, Kirk seems closer to Democrats than Republicans.” For many decades, Kirk supporters have dominated the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/21/kirk-calls-for-debate-in-spanish-with-challenger-duckworth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Like most of Illinois’ prominent Republicans, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is not at the Republican National Convention.  He’s proposing a series of bilingual debates against Democratic Challenger Tammy Duckworth. Kirk tells CBS2 Special Correspondent Jay Levine that aside from a few physical limitations, he’s fully recovered from the stroke which nearly took his life four years ago. The first-term senator still uses a wheelchair most of the time, but mentally, he says he’s fully recovered. He says he could handle debates. “In fact, I have asked Tammy Duckworth to debate me en espanol,” says Kirk, who is up for other debates, and in English. Kirk has said he won’t endorse his party’s controversial presidential nominee, Donald Trump. He says he’ll write in retired Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell, and urge others to do the same. “I don’t think Donald Trump would make a good commander-in-chief, he’s too emotional,” Kirk says of Trump. In many ways, and on many issues, Kirk seems closer to Democrats than Republicans. “I am a moderate, pro-choice pro-gay rights guy who wants to spend less and tax less,” Kirk says. He says he also bucks his party where the NRA is concerned. Levine asked Kirk about a series of controversial statements he has made in recent memory. That includes a reference last year to Chicago’s South Side, when he referred to an unmarried colleague as a “bro with no ho.” “When you’re in a race like I’m in, everything is taken the wrong way,” Kirk says. But then he almost immediately let fly another headscratcher about the therapeutic benefits of pinot grigio. He says the wine has helped him talk more clearly. “Suddenly, as the pinot grigio hit the brain stem, my speech abilities came back. And I said to my girlfriend, ‘OK, it’s going to be only pignot grigio.’”  Kirk has waged a long, hard battle to recover from that life-threatening stroke. Now, he’s fighting for his political life, for a U.S. Senate seat Democrats feel may be their best chance to take that chamber from the GOP.)

 

WBEZ
— Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider Urges Trump Supporters To Get Involved – Tony Arnold  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If/when Schneider is asked what should Illinois Republicans do to keep up to date with news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans, how should he respond? ANSWER: Not only read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails every morning and every evening at
www.gopillinois.com, but subscribe at that website to get those emails each and every morning and evening.  GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free of charge and they contain no advertising.  The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) would love to put out emails like GOPUSA Illinois Editor Dave Diersen does, but the IRP could never afford to pay the millions of dollars each year that would cost.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-gop-chairman-urges-trump-supporters-to-get-involved/63425fd9-bd8a-4c80-a0b3-6b3610b3a8a5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With some Illinois Donald Trump supporters at odds with the state’s Republican party, Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider asked Trump supporters to get involved in races beside the presidential campaign when they return from Cleveland. Schneider said the state GOP organization has more tools to help elect Trump – and other Republican candidates – than political newcomers, who haven’t been involved in the party, can do alone. One way in particular Schneider said the state party can help candidates, is through personal data collection on voters. “We know more about you, I hate to say it, than you think,” Schneider said Thursday morning at the final breakfast meeting of the Illinois Republican delegation. “I mean, we know so much about you because of the data that we’re getting. I can tell you that we get the information from your credit cards and where you buy – what cable TV stations that you watch.” Schneider said all that information helps the Republican Party advertise to swing voters, instead of just the voters who are likely to mark ballots for the GOP regardless of advertisements. He said if Trump supporters want to help their candidate in a bigger way, they should get more involved in the established Republican Party because it already has a way to target specific voters for campaign literature. This comes as earlier in the week, Schneider introduced himself – and the state Republican Party – as the friend – not the enemy – of Trump supporters wary of party leaders who oppose Trump for president. “You all need the Illinois Republican Party,” Schneider said to the political newcomers who make up a lot of the Illinois Republican delegation at national convention. “We need you and you need us. You need us because we are the framework. We’re the grassroots. We’re the get-out-the-vote program. We’re the phone banks. We’re the data.” Schneider credited Bruce Rauner’s 2014 campaign for governor, in which Rauner contributed millions of dollars from his own bank account, for helping build the state GOP’s database on voters. Schneider says Republicans are targeting 22 state legislative districts currently held by Democrats around Illinois that he thinks can flip to Republican this November. Schneider says this election could help take away the Democratic supermajorities in the state House and Senate – if more political newcomers like the Trump delegates get involved.)
— Shared Beds And Hitting Thrift Stores: How Illinois Trump Delegates Are Cutting Costs In Cleveland – Lauren Chooljian
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/shared-beds-and-hitting-thrift-stores-how-illinois-trump-delegates-are-cutting-costs-in-cleveland/65bfe7de-8c04-49aa-833b-df3a3a38aab6
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With one day left in the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, some members of the Illinois delegation in Cleveland are already sure this week has been one of the best of their lives. They say the RNC has been energizing and inspiring, but also very expensive. Many of them have tried to find ways to cut costs, and some of those tactics are more intimate than others.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump offers familiar promises, no specifics — again – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-trump-offers-familiar-promises-no-specifics-again/
— Gutierrez to speak at Democratic convention – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rep-luis-gutierrez-to-speak-at-democratic-convention/
— Calculating Cruz helped kill conservatism – Mona Charen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/mona-charen-calculating-cruz-helped-kill-conservatism/
— Prejudice against Mexicans? Trump’s still all in – Marlen Garcia  (DIERSEN: Trump is prejudiced against those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and/or who bring others to America illegally.  Anti-Trumps are prejudiced against those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/author/mgarciasuntimescom/
— SNEED: Ka-ching! It’s no secret Trump has had trouble raising major money from big-bucks Republican donors. Sneed cornered House leader Jim Durkin — who is still furious with Trump for defaming Vietnam War hero John McCain — who was in Cleveland raising major moolah. But it was not for Trump. “I’m raising money for the Illinois legislative races, not for Trump,” he said. “It’s still a wait-and-see if I vote for him.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-ivanka-trump-steals-the-show-at-gop-convention/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump steps into void left by what Republican Party destroyed – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-republican-convention-kass-0722-20160721-column.html
— Lawsuit makes things awkward at Gov. Rauner and first lady appearance – Kim Geiger  (DIERSEN: Have you ever sued your employer?  While I worked for GAO in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  In 1978, while I worked for IRS, I took IRS to Tax Court for disallowing my education deductions.  In 1974, while I worked for IRS, I filed a grievance against IRS for disallowing my partial day per diem requests (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866).
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-diana-rauner-lawsuit-20160721-story.html
— Judge orders state to reconsider medical marijuana for migraines – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that push pot want everyone in America to be a stoner.  They want to destroy America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-medical-marijuana-migraines-met-20160721-story.html
— Township highway commission files appeal in budget lawsuit – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-township-lawsuit-appeal-st-0722-20160720-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Full text of Trump’s speech, footnoted by his campaign – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/160729660/
— The 10 most dramatic moments of the Republican convention – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/160729657/
— Making GOP history, Trump vows to protect LGBTQ community – AP  (DIERSEN: Trump is new to politics and he has never held a government office. Soon, he will learn that those who promote LGBTQ activity do not merely want “protection,” they want to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. When Trump comes to realize that, will he help those who promote LGBTQ activity destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity?  Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/307229981/
— GOP convention ends quietly with few arrests after protests – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/307229995/
— GOP convention did little to reassure doubters – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/discuss/160729659/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CTA, Metra are unworthy ‘social engineering,’ GOP says – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were overwhelmingly anti-automobile.  They viewed automobiles a) as being things that people use to escape Democrat-run cities and/or b) as things that were made by overpaid UAW members.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160721/BLOGS02/160729936/cta-metra-are-unworthy-social-engineering-gop-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you realize that, when you took Metra, Pace or the Chicago Transit Authority to work or school today, you were engaged in “social engineering?” Well, you were, according to a section of the 2016 Republican Platform that was adopted this week and on which Donald Trump and Mike Pence will now run. And it’s time for such “government transit” to get its hands off of the U.S. Highway Trust Fund, the GOP says. Under current law, proceeds from the federal 18.4 cents a gallon tax on gasoline are split between roads and transit, with the latter usually getting about a fifth of the total. The fund has come perilously close to running short in recent years, in part because people are driving less but the per-gallon tax has remained frozen for many years. Faced with that, GOP House lawmakers a few years ago moved to switch the entire amount to roads, something that would have forced transit to battle it out for every other demand for federal general funds. That got squelched when a handful of GOP congressmen from urban areas, including Chicago, revolted. But the idea has never quite died among GOP conservatives, mostly from rural and suburban districts. the 2012 party platform called for an end to the diversion, but left it at that. . .The new version goes considerably further.)

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren warms to Trump – BRETT ROWLAND
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/07/21/u-s-rep-randy-hultgren-warms-to-trump/arm47i1/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County officials react to Donald Trump’s acceptance of GOP nomination for president – HANNAH PROKOP
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/07/21/mchenry-county-officials-react-to-donald-trumps-acceptance-of-gop-nomination-for-president/a99tvtv/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump accepts presidential nomination, paints a dire picture of America  Trump at nomination: ‘I alone can fix it’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/donald-trumps-most-important-moment-1

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois delegates strive for unity as GOP convention wraps up – MAUREEN O’REILLY  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who do not “strive for unity,” but who a) focus on getting rid of those like me who support planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or the Republican Party platform that they reject, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks; b) who focus getting rid of those like me who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling; c) who focus on getting rid of those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate; and/or d) who focus on getting rid of those like me who have sued them.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article91208667.html

 

WSIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that Republicans are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  How soon, if not already, should Republicans go to court and a) get retaining orders issued against Democrats and/or b) sue Democrats for sander and/or for libel?)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/diversity-check-illinois-rnc-delegation#stream/0

 

WAND
— Anti-Trump Protest Held in Champaign – Michon Lindstrom  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, anti-Trumps promote their anti-Trump protests.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/32504351/anti-trump-protest-held-in-champaign

 

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— New Data Shows Illinois Voters Favor State Workers in Contract Talks  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  Do voters favor those who share your demographics?  Democrats and RINOs in Illinois hint/imply/argue/shout that Illinois voters favor those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-22/livable-wages-working-families/new-data-shows-illinois-voters-favor-state-workers-in-contract-talks/a53133-1

 

JOLIET PATCH
— Lovers, Haters of Donald Trump Protest in Joliet  Despite the heat, a handful of people protested at Larkin Ave. and Jefferson St. Thursday. – Scott Viau  (DIERSEN: How have the Trump haters treated you so far?  How do you anticipate that the Trump haters will treat you in the future?  If/when they threaten/commit violence against you, will you go to court and a) get restraining orders against them and/or b) sue them?  Who are the biggest Trump haters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  What do you say to “Republicans” who talk and act like they are Trump haters?)
http://patch.com/illinois/joliet/lovers-haters-donald-trump-protest-joliet

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— More than 181,000 Illinoisans have been issued a license to carry a concealed firearm since the spring of 2014, according to the Illinois State Police. Using the latest data, we list and map out which counties have the most license holders.
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/07/20/an-updated-look-at-concealed-carry-in-illinois-by-the-numbers/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP CREDITS EVANGELICALS AS A “BIG REASON” HE BECAME THE 2016 GOP NOMINEE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/trump-credits-evangelicals-as-a-big-reason-he-became-the-2016-gop-nominee.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ted Cruz and an act of betrayal  He might have sacrificed his future as a Republican – Editorial
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/21/ted-cruz-and-an-act-of-betrayal/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— JUST WHO IS THE ‘ESTABLISHMENT?’ – Ken Blackwell  (DIERSEN: Members of the establishment have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  Far too many establishment members use their clout to destroy those like me who a) do not glorify and praise them, b) do not pander to them, c) do not serve as one of their operatives, d) do not serve as one of their dupes, and/or e) do not give them money.  I should write a book about such clout abusers, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/just-who-is-the-establishment/

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Priebus: ‘We Don’t Apologize for America, We Celebrate America’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/07/21/priebus-rnc-speech-we-dont-apologize-america-we-celebrate-america

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago: Imagining a world without police
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12847
— Trump: The American people will come first again
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12886

 

BREITBART
— Reince Priebus: Hillary Clinton Views the Oval Office as a ‘Cash Cow’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/21/reince-priebus-hillary-clinton-views-the-oval-office-as-a-cash-cow/

 

THE BLAZE
— Krauthammer: Cruz’s RNC Speech Was ‘Longest Suicide Note’ in U.S. Political History – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/21/krauthammer-cruzs-rnc-speech-was-longest-suicide-note-in-u-s-political-history/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Sure, Trump’s Speech Was Dark. America’s in a Dark Place Right Now. – JIM GERAGHTY
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/438216/sure-trumps-speech-was-dark-americas-dark-place-right-now
— Ivanka on Women and Workplace Issues – CARRIE LUKAS  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were female that I caused all the problems that all my female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had, were having, and will have.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/438217/rnc-convention-ivanka-women-and-workplace-issues

 

ROLL CALL
— Trump Pledges to Make America Safe  He accepts GOP nomination for president and promises a law-and-order administration – John Bennett
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-tell-delegates-clinton-made-u-s-world-less-safe

 

THE HILL
— Trump manager: Women’s ‘husbands can’t afford to pay bills’ Paul Manafort said women will be voting for the real estate mogul because “they can’t afford their lives.” – Caitlin Yilek  (DIERSEN: Are you a married woman?  Why doesn’t your husband have more money that he has? My $50,720 Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  QUESTION: Why did they do that?  ANSWER: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.  To make way for their young Democrat minority and female employees, they had to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288810-trump-campaign-manager-many-women-feel-they-cant-afford
— Trump closes convention with stabilizing speech – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288836-trump-closes-convention-with-stabilizing-speech
— Obama decries anti-Muslim discrimination – Jordan Fabian (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats an the RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote Islam?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288784-obama-decries-anti-muslim-discrimination
— Trump on Cruz endorsement: ‘If he gives it, I won’t accept it’ – Lisa Hagen  (DIERSEN: Whose endorsement do you NOT seek? I do not seek the endorsement of those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288871-trump-i-would-not-accept-cruzs-endorsement

 

POLITICO
— Ivanka Trump pitches father as champion of women – Katy O’Donnell  (DIERSEN: What will Trump do to stop political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-ivanka-trump-225995

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Reince Priebus To America: ‘Hold On. Help Is Coming’ With Donald Trump – Igor Bobic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-donald-trump_us_57916315e4b00c9876cedad1

 

ABC NEWS
— Donald Trump: ‘Americanism, Not Globalism, Will Be Our Credo’
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/donald-trump-americanism-globalism-credo-40791714

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP RAISES ISSUES FATHER RARELY MENTIONS – STEPHEN OHLEMACHER (DIERSEN: What will Trump do to stop political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid?)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_CONVENTION_IVANKA_TRUMP

 

REUTERS
— Obama: Discrimination against Muslims an affront of American values  (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats an the RINOs, that is, the anti-Trumps, get rid of you if you do not promote Islam?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-obama-muslims-idUSKCN10131V

 

UPI
— RNC chief Priebus: Hillary Clinton is corrupt, stale; ‘we are the party with new ideas’  “We honor what the people say,” the Republican Party’s national chairman said Thursday night. – Eric DuVall
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/07/21/RNC-chief-Priebus-Hillary-Clinton-is-corrupt-stale-we-are-the-party-with-new-ideas/1101469150624/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: G.O.P.’s Moneyed Class Finds Its Place in New Trump World – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE  (DIERSEN: How much income and net worth do you need to be in the moneyed class in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/gops-moneyed-class-finds-its-place-in-new-trump-world.html
— The World Roger Ailes Created – JANE HALLJU
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/the-world-roger-ailes-created.html
— Roger Ailes Fused TV With Politics, Changing Both – JAMES PONIEWOZIK
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/arts/television/roger-ailes-out-fox-news.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Death Of the Party – David Brooks
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/campaign-stops/the-dark-knight.html
— Donald Trump’s Campaign of Fear – Editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/donald-trumps-campaign-of-fear.html
— Gay Republicans at the Convention: Scarce, Except in D.C. Delegation – JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/gay-republicans-washington-dc.html
— Mexican Journalist Who Exposed Scandal Says Lawsuit Is Meant as a Warning – ELISABETH MALKIN  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the warnings that I have received from the following: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and from those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/world/americas/mexican-journalist-who-exposed-scandal-says-lawsuit-is-meant-as-a-warning.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump tells donors that Cruz boos showed GOP is united behind him – Sean Sullivan and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/21/trump-tells-donors-that-cruz-boos-showed-gop-is-united-behind-him/
— Obama calls Muslims ‘an essential part of the fabric of our country’ – Juliet Eilperin  (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats an the RINOs, that is, the anti-Trumps, get rid of you if you do not promote Islam?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/21/obama-calls-muslims-an-essential-part-of-the-fabric-of-our-country/
— Ted Cruz not backing down as he reopens wounds from hard-fought GOP primary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/unity-in-question-as-republicans-prepare-for-trump-to-take-the-stage-thursday/2016/07/21/7009bad2-4f03-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Missouri Synod Lutherans Armor Up to Defend Women  The Senate wants to mandate female draft registration—starting a war over conscience. – KOREY MAAS  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Missouri Synod Lutherans?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/lutherans-armor-up-to-defend-women-1469141810

 

USA TODAY
— Trump will put America first – Rep. Duncan Hunter
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/21/donald-trump-duncan-hunter-editorials-debates/87409528/
— Good news, America! Trump, Clinton too old for 2nd term: We’re stuck with one of them now, but it might not be for long. What are they hiding in medical records? – Michael Medved  (DIERSEN: What health problems do/did your parents have?  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  All of my potential employers and employers knew that.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/21/trump-hillary-age-health-records-medved-column/87285390/

 

THE BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/22/meet-the-shady-network-of-immigration-opponents-donald-trump-loves-to-cite.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps accuse Trump.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/21/trump-rape-accusers-turn-on-each-other.html

 

NEWS NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors love Michael Steele.
http://newsone.com/3487131/michael-steele-questions-republicans/

 

CLEVELAND
— Donald Trump nomination transforms Republican party, Ivanka Trump stars with speech – Tim Bielik
http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2016/07/donald_trump_nomination_transf.html

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump and GOP Outline Plans for Federal Government at Republican Convention – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats will use any budget cuts to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/07/trump-and-gop-outline-plans-federal-government-republican-convention/130127/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans from across the country gathered in Cleveland this week to nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate, and while there was some discord in the party ranks, the GOP was united in its desire to cut the size and scope of government. The speakers articulated few specifics of a government management agenda, but did not shy away from criticizing the Obama administration for expanding the roles of agencies and their regulatory reach. In his acceptance speech Thursday, Republican nominee Donald Trump to vowed “no tolerance for government incompetence.” He spent much of his speech discussing national security and government’s role in protecting it. “The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens,” Trump said. “Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.” Trump promised to cut waste across government on an expedited timeframe. “We are going to ask every department head in government to provide a list of wasteful spending projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days,” Trump said. “The politicians have talked about it; I’m going to do it.”)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— House Oversight continues its ‘political burrowing’ inquiries – Carten Cordell  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my nastiest Democrat superiors talked and acted like they were burrowed in Democrat extremists.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/management/oversight/2016/07/21/house-oversight-political-burrowing-inquiries/87384006/

 

FED SMITH
— Priorities in Trump’s Acceptance Speech and the Federal Workforce – Ralph Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/22/priorities-in-trumps-acceptance-speech-and-the-federal-workforce/

 

SALON
— Reince Priebus Tells Inspirational Story of GM Exec Who Helped Fuel Nazi War Effort – Josh Levin
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/21/reince_priebus_tells_inspirational_story_of_gm_president_william_knudsen.html

July 20 Evening Edition

WTTW
— California U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa: Trump Probably Won’t Build Actual Wall – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/20/congressman-trump-probably-wont-build-actual-wall
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is one of the cornerstones of Donald Trump’s campaign platform, and the issue that has inflamed passions on both sides: Trump has pledged repeatedly to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and to have Mexico foot the estimated $5 to $10 billion to pay for it. But a high-ranking Republican congressman on Wednesday told the Illinois delegation that Trump’s promise amounts to little more than a metaphor for fixing the country’s broken immigration system. It doesn’t necessarily mean a physical wall will get built, he said. “Donald Trump speaks in shorthand too much,” said California U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa in a breakfast speech before Illinois delegates. “‘Build a wall’ is code for, ‘Let’s get our immigration system working so that, if you’re here legally, we work with you. If you’re illegally here, you don’t get a job.’” Illinois U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, who says he will vote for Trump but won’t necessarily support him, says the nominee has been unclear on the specifics of his policy as it relates to immigration reform and border control. And he says a physical wall across the entire border with Mexico isn’t a given. “This is up to Donald Trump to define these terms that he articulated in the campaign,” Roskam said. “We need control of the border. If it’s a physical manifestation, or high tech, or whatever it happens to be, that’s up to him to tell us.” But the Trump delegates in attendance weren’t buying the concept of wall as metaphor. “Trump says build a physical wall, I think that means he’s going to build a wall,” said delegate Maria Hough. “I think the congressman is sadly mistaken,” said delegate Stella Kozanecki, an 80-year-old first timer from downstate Mount Vernon. “It means build a wall.” Trump delegate Mark Fratella, an Evanston public school teacher who lives in Elmhurst, takes an all-of-the-above approach. “The ‘build a wall’ has two meanings: the physical meaning and just securing our borders, because we don’t know who’s coming into this country,” Fratella said. “We want a wall, but we want a door in that wall for legal, orderly immigration.”)
— Downers Grove Teen Carl Miller is Illinois’ Youngest Delegate – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/20/downers-grove-teen-illinois-youngest-delegate

 

WBEZ
— Illinois Republicans Introduce DuPage Teenager Carl Miller Seen As Future Of The State Party – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-republicans-introduce-dupage-teenager-seen-as-future-of-the-state-party/ec499f61-51d6-4c7f-943f-b1e89750e62d
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are happy that “Illinois’ Elected Republicans Continue To Wrestle With Supporting Trump.”  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-elected-republicans-continue-to-wrestle-with-supporting-trump/b0a41e55-8b10-4936-b729-38480a8876d8

 

ABC7
— RNC FLAG-BURNING DEMONSTRATION GETS HEATED, SEVERAL ARRESTED
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rnc-flag-burning-demonstration-gets-heated-several-arrested/1435298/
— DONALD TRUMP EXPLAINS PLAN TO FUND WALL ALONG US-MEXICO BORDER – David Ono
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-explains-plan-to-fund-wall-along-us-mexico-border/1434861/
— JUDGE BLOCKS ILLINOIS REDISTRICTING PLAN FROM BALLOT – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-blocks-illinois-redistricting-plan-from-ballot/1435070/

 

NBC5
— Hillary Clinton: ‘Rauner Has Been Holding the Budget Hostage for Months’  Clinton slammed Gov. Rauner Tuesday, blaming him for the fallout from the state’s budget impasse. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/hillary-clinton-criticizes-rauner-illinois-state-budget-387649861.html
— Sen. Mark Kirk Changes His Vote for President After Criticism Over Write-In  During a radio interview, Kirk announced that he would write-in former Secretary of State Colin Powell for president, instead of voting for Republican nominee Donald Trump – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sen-mark-kirk-changes-his-vote-for-president-anti-trump-tammy-duckworth-387682231.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise Kinzinger because he “Still Has Doubts About Trump.”  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/20/kinzinger-still-has-doubts-about-trump-but-says-gop-needs-to-unite/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois delegation told Trump’s build-a-wall vow is ‘code’ for fixing immigration – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-convention-issa-trump-met0721-20160720-story.html
— Judge tosses Rauner-backed Illinois redistricting referendum from ballot – Kim Geiger and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-redistricting-lawsuit-ruling-madigan-met-20160720-story.html
— White privilege and why Melania Trump gets a pass, Michelle Obama doesn’t – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-melania-michelle-criticism-glanton-talk-20160720-column.html
— Police arrest 17 protesters during flag-burning demonstration outside RNC
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cleveland-gop-convention-protest-20160720-story.html
— Hospital prepping for annual influx of drunken teenagers from Lollapalooza – Marion Renault
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lollapalooza-drill-underage-drinking-met-20160720-story.html
— Republicans link Lucifer to Hellary and liberal heads explode – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-republican-convention-kass-0721-20160720-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.: Trump’s wall is ‘code to fix immigration’ – Tina Sfondeles and Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/issa-trump-pledge-to-build-a-wall-is-code-to-fix-immigration/
— Abortion referral bill threatens basic health services – Dr. Colleen Malloy and Emily Zender
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-medical-professional-shortage-dont-allow-it-to-become/
— Democrats’ stance on redistricting reform will catch up to them – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-dems-stance-on-redistricting-reform-will-catch-up-to-them/
— Shooting of 6-year-old girl revives demand for 1,000 more cops – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/shooting-of-six-year-old-resurrects-demands-for-1000-more-cops/
— CTU protests for additional Chicago Public Schools funding – Jacob Wittich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ctu-protests-for-additional-chicago-public-schools-funding/
— GOP revokes delegate’s credentials for ‘racist’ FB post – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-gop-revokes-delegate-credentials-racist-fb-post/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party on Wednesday revoked the convention credentials of a Donald Trump delegate from Chicago “for publicly-made racist comments and threats of violence” on a Facebook posting. Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider told the Sun-Times the party, “has zero tolerance for racism of any kind and threats of violence against anyone.”  The executive committee of the Illinois GOP party made the decision regarding Fifth Congressional District delegate Lori Gayne after party officials said she confirmed to them she was the author of the offending post, made under a different name. Gayne was elected a Trump delegate in the March Illinois primary from the North Side district. Gayne told the Sun-Times on Wednesday she wrote the post, after a reporter from the newspaper raised the matter with her on Tuesday evening, while she was with the Illinois delegation on the convention floor. The Republican National Convention welcome party was thrown Sunday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Gayne wrote, over a photo of law enforcement officials on the roof on the iconic building on the Lake Erie shore: “Our brave snipers just waiting for some “N—- to try something. Love them.”  She used an abbreviation for the racial slur. Schneider said in a statement, as party chairman,  “I condemn in the strongest terms the racist comments and threats of violence made by Ms. Gayne, a member of our delegation to the Republican National Convention. Ms. Gayne brought the statements to the attention of Illinois Republican Party staff after being contacted by Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times,” Schneider said in statement. “Let me be unequivocally clear — racism and threats of violence have absolutely no place in the Illinois Republican Party or in a civil and inclusive society. “The Illinois Republican Party believes that inciting violence against anyone attending the RNC places state delegations, demonstrators exercising their First Amendment rights, and law enforcement personnel needlessly in harm’s way. Therefore, I have consulted with the Executive Committee of the Illinois Republican Party and have revoked Ms. Gayne’s credentials as a delegate to the Republican National Convention.” Gayne offered her “deepest apologies” in a statement, saying, “I strongly regret the offensive statements I recently made on social media. While I in no way intended to make racist or threatening statements, I now realize that they could be interpreted that way. “I have the deepest respect for members of law enforcement and know that they put their lives on the line every day. I made the offensive statements in my attempt to applaud their courage in the face of protests. But I now realize that my statements were ignorant and intolerant, and they cannot be justified. “The statements do not reflect my character or feelings toward minorities. As a Jewish woman, I know that racism of any kind is unjustifiable and hurtful, even when it’s not intended. I also know that violence is never the answer to political disagreements. I respect the decision of the Illinois Republican Party and understand their concerns about my safety and that of the entire Illinois delegation. Please accept my deepest apologies.”)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Liar. Lucifer. Lock her up. GOP denounces Clinton – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160720/news/307209926/
— DuPage leaders mourn slain Dallas officers – DuPage Diversity Committee
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160720/submitted/160729908/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Caitlyn Jenner promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160720/news/307209892/
— Housing advocates seek ‘freedom of choice and equality’ in Naperville – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160720/news/160729893/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois GOP delegates: Bashing Clinton can’t be only Trump strategy – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160720/illinois-gop-delegates-bashing-clinton-cant-be-only-trump-strategy

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ben Carson defends connecting Hillary Clinton to Lucifer – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ben-carson-defends-connecting-hillary-clinton-to-lucifer

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Madigan accused of interfering with reforms favoring middle class – Vimbai Chikomo
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/510963986-madigan-accused-of-interfering-with-reforms-favoring-middle-class

 

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Schimpf brings military leadership to the political table in Senate bid
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/510963267-schimpf-brings-military-leadership-to-the-political-table-in-senate-bid

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Kinzinger slowly warms to Trump  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or e) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://ilnews.org/8840/illinois-republican-slowly-warms-to-trump/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is CEO Trump handling his campaign negligently? The Melania Trump/Meredith McIver plagiarism – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/07/is-ceo-trump-handling-his-campaign-negligently-the-melania-trumpmeredith-mciver-plagiarism/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Holan: Voice of the people heard with stop-gap budget – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/510962124-holan-voice-of-the-people-heard-with-stop-gap-budget

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— ILLINOIS GOP LEADER RICHARD PORTER: TRUMP WILL BE TRUMP — AND THAT’S GOOD – Matt Dietrich
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/20/editors-picks/mattdietrich/illinois-gop-leader-trump-will-be-trump-and-thats-good/62046/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cook County Judge Says “No Way” to Reapportionment Reform – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/07/20/cook-county-judge-says-no-way-to-reapportionment-reform/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Sen. Sam McCann not ready to return ill-gotten gains – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/sen-sam-mccann-not-ready-to-return-ill-gotten-gains/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MELANIA TRUMP SPEECHWRITER OFFERS RESIGNATION; TRUMP REJECTS IT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/melania-trump-speechwriter-offers-resignation-trump-rejects-it-she-explains.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL – ISIS DECLARES WAR WHILE WORLD SUCCUMBS TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/thorner-oneil-isis-declares-war-while-world-succumbs-to-political-correctness.html

 

GOPUSA
— Gov’t dependency a ‘narcotic’ enabling racial tensions
http://www.gopusa.com/govt-dependency-a-narcotic-enabling-racial-tensions/
— Ailes ouster could cause seismic shift  (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT AILES’ REPLACEMENT TO BE anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/ailes-ouster-could-cause-seismic-shift/
— Agitators build ‘wall’ in Cleveland  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with the illegals and against America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12794
— For the first time in 40 years, Texas Republicans didn’t pick the nominee
http://www.gopusa.com/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-texas-republicans-didnt-pick-the-nominee/

 

EAGLE FORUM
— How Pence Complements Trump – Phyllis Schlafly
http://www.eagleforum.org/publications/column/how-pence-complements-trump.html

 

FEDERALIST
— Sheriff Clarke Is Right: There’s A War On Cops  Sheriff Clarke is right: we’re seeing ‘guerrilla urban warfare against the police’ fueled by a false narrative about police shootings. – Robert Tracinski
http://thefederalist.com/2016/07/20/sheriff-clarke-is-right-theres-a-war-on-cops/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— NEWT: ‘60% CHANCE’ TRUMP BEATS HILLARY  Gingrich tells WND: ‘I plan to work hard to see him elected president’ – JEROME R. CORSI
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/newt-i-give-donald-trump-a-60-percent-chance-of-defeating-hillary/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— NO, PRESIDENT OBAMA, NOT EVERYONE IS GUILTY OF BIGOTRY – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/07/19/no-president-obama-not-everyone-is-guilty-of-bigotry/

 

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: I Won’t Support Trump ‘Enthusiastically’ – Joe Crowe (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps love Kinzinger.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/adam-kinzinger-trump-support/2016/07/20/id/739681/

 

BREITBART
— Rock Band Third Eye Blind Uses RNC Charity Event to Mock Conservatives – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/07/20/rock-band-third-eye-blind-uses-charity-event-mock-conservatives-rnc/

 

TOWNHALL
— Caitlyn Jenner Speaks at “Big Tent Brunch”; Urges Republicans to Embrace LGBT Community – Christine Rousselle  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBT activity want to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2016/07/20/caitlyn-jenner-n2195217

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Mike Pence Pick Hints At What Kind Of President Trump Would Be  The choice shows he’d want to work closely with Congress’ most conservative members. – Matt Fuller
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-vp-trump_us_578e5be9e4b0f180da630b59
— RNC Chair Says Republicans Lose Acting Normal, So Why Not Give Trump A Shot  Reince Priebus is apparently over “the button-down, Boy Scout approach.” – S.V. Date
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-reince-priebus-gop_us_578fb03be4b04ca54ebfe106

 

REUTERS
— Trump could seek new law to purge government of Obama appointees – EMILY FLITTER  (DIERSEN: Have you ever been purged?  While I worked for GAO 1980-1997 in its Chicago office, the Democrats who ran GAO routinely gave the managers of that office lists of employees in that office who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran that they were to purge.  Of course, needless-to-say, I was always on those purge lists.  They would have succeeded in purging me much soon than they did if I had not taken the following job-related actions: a) completed the requirements for a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) become a licensed CPA in 1982, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) completed the requirements for a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-purge-exclusive-idUSKCN10003A

 

AOL NEWS
— Several protesters arrested after flag-burning protest at Republican Convention – MAXWELL TANI
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/20/several-protesters-arrested-after-flag-burning-protest-at-republ/21435999/

 

CNN
— Will Chris Christie get a second act? – Errol Louis
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/opinions/republican-convention-christie-reaction-louis/

 

ABC NEWS
— Laura Ingraham: ‘Donald Trump Is the Solution’
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/laura-ingraham-donald-trump-solution-40753281

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Diversity, Trump Support, Rap Featured at RNC Leadership Breakfast.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/diversity-trump-support-rap-featured-rnc-leadership-breakfast-n613626

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Melania Trump’s Speechwriter Takes Responsibility for Lifted Remarks – MAGGIE HABERMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/us/politics/melania-trump-speech-meredith-mciver.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump campaign identifies staffer who wrote Melania Trump’s speech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/20/trump-campaign-identifies-staffer-who-wrote-melania-trumps-speech/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Top Trump allies defend Melania, blame gaffe on campaign staffers – Chris Villani
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/07/top_trump_allies_defend_melania_blame_gaffe_on_campaign_staffers

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Plagiarism cry puts Trump campaign off its stride.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/07/19/gop-convention-marred-plagiarism-allegations/kvXYztUCBOy3Ma1N5PuQdM/story.html

 

ROCKWELL HERALD BANNER
— In contrast with Trump, Pence championed the free press – Maureen Hayden (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents oppose free press.  My critic/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they want their operatives and their dupes to destroy all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/cnhi_network/in-contrast-with-trump-pence-championed-the-free-press/article_83fb27e8-ef03-52ad-bfc3-f4c6ed342d28.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Writer Meredith McIver Apologizes for Copied Phrases in Melania Trump’s Speech  Trump Organization writer says she inadvertently included words from Michelle Obama’s 2008 address – KRISTINA PETERSON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/writer-meredith-mciver-apologizes-for-copied-phrases-in-melania-trumps-speech-1469034584
— Trump’s Bridge Builder to Hispanics Faces Steep Wall
http://www.wsj.com/video/trumps-bridge-builder-to-hispanics-faces-steep-wall/D8B9693A-E4BB-404B-825F-667CB2BF7D6C.html

 

USA TODAY
— Mother of Baton Rouge gunman says VA ‘didn’t want to help’ – Gregg Zoroya
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/20/mother-vet-who-killed-police-baton-rouge-feared-he-suffered-fom-ptsd/87343896/

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Zogby demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and his supporters.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnzogby/2016/07/20/gop-convention-the-party-is-dead-long-live-the-king/#2f0ed8c75338

 

FISCAL TIMES
— GOP Platform Has Some Bad News for Federal Employees – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: I have always been a Republican.  If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me figuratively if not literally.  Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/07/20/GOP-Platform-Has-Some-Bad-News-Government-Employees

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Notable Cases of Plagiarism (Other Than Melania Trump’s) – Alicia Adamczyk
http://time.com/money/4413480/melania-trump-plagiarism-high-profile/
— The Real Reason More Women Didn’t Speak Out Against Ailes  Iron-clad non-disparagement clauses worked to muzzle them. – Alicia Adamczyk (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like they wanted me to sue them. They talked and acted like they wanted me to highlight in court a) how they gave preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, b) how they discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and c) how they took adverse actions against their employees who complained about the aforesaid. Of course, needless-to-say, the aforesaid helps them hire, retain, and promote those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://time.com/money/4414582/fox-news-roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-women-speak-out/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are happy that Kinzinger says “If I Support Trump, I Won’t Do It Enthusiastically” and that he is “still wrestling” with endorsing Trump.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/gop-congressman-if-i-support-trump-i-wont-do-it-enthusiastically/article/2003399

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The GOP Will Be the Party of Trump for a Long Time  He’s not the outsider anymore, but the most important voice in his party.”  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://newrepublic.com/article/135293/gop-will-party-trump-long-time

 

ROLLING STONE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rolling Stone demonizes, denigrates, and condemns individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity and Islam.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/inside-rncs-hottest-ticket-the-big-gay-islamophobia-party-w429967

July 20 Morning Edition

WTTW
— Illinois Delegation Faces Full Schedule on Wednesday – Paris Schutz  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois?  How happy are you with what the following have done to keep you up to date with what the Illinois delegation has done, is doing, and will do at the convention: a) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) your Republican county party organization, and d) your Republican township/ward party organization?  What emails have you received from the aforesaid about the convention?  What have the aforesaid posted on their websites about the convention?  Constructively, by their default, by their failure to communicate, the aforesaid have appointed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to fill that void, to communicate for them.  Of course, needless-to-say, I am greatly honored.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/19/illinois-delegation-faces-full-schedule-wednesday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California Congressman Darrell Issa is scheduled to speak before the delegation. Issa is one of Hillary Clinton’s most vocal critics and has referred to her as a “criminal involved in a criminal enterprise.”  Delegates will also hear from Illinois Congressmen Adam Kinzinger and John Shimkus. The delegation is later scheduled to attend a dinner event honoring Republican Illinois Senate Leader Christine Radogno and Illinois House Leader Jim Durkin, before heading to the Quicken Loans Arena for night three of the Republican National Convention. Wednesday’s theme is “make America first again.” Headlining speakers, according to the official convention program, include U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and presumptive vice president candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.)
— IL GOP Chair: Donald Trump ‘Will Lift’ Republican Party
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/19/il-gop-chair-donald-trump-will-lift-republican-party
— DIERSEN: PANALISTS INCLUDE DILLARD AND IBENDAHL: 30:09-MINUTE VIDEO  July 19, 2016 – Full Show
http://video.wttw.com/video/2365806356/
(FROM THE POSTING: “Chicago Tonight” covers the Republican National Convention with special reports and footage from reporters on the scene. Illinois Delegates Cast Nominating Votes for Trump IL GOP Chair: Donald Trump ‘Will Lift’ Republican Party)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— One group is responsible for America’s culture of violence, and it isn’t cops, black Americans, Muslims or rednecks. It’s men. – Melissa Batchelor Warnke  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, those who agree with Melissa Batchelor Warnke, that is, those who are anti-male, demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s supporters.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-men-cause-violence-20160719-story.html
— Kasich lauds Rauner while dissing Trump  Illinois delegates told GOP needs ‘inclusive reform.’ – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia  (DIERSEN: Because Kasich is the leading anti-Trump on the planet earth, would you want Kasich to laud you?)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20160719/281685434193494
— Muslims for Trump speak up amid criticism – Manya Brachear Pashman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-muslims-for-trump-met-20160720-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise Libertarians.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-libertarian-gary-johnson-bill-weld-edit-0720-md-20160719-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-libertarian-johnson-weld-trump-clinton-perspec-0720-jm-20160719-story.html
— Social media shaming keeps us cleaning up after Fido – Rob Manker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-manker-column-st-0720-20160719-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Huber gets help rebounding from fire that leveled his camp – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-friends-help-huber-st-0720-20160719-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH COLOR PHOTO OF POLICE CHIEF: Police chief calls author of essay about growing up black in Naperville – Genevieve Bookwalter  (DIERSEN: What town did you grow up in?  I grew up in Crete, Illinois 1948-1972 and I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton a) who demonize  me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a newcomer and b) use the fact that none of my grade school or high school classmates were Black to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a racist?  Ever-increasing, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes say that Republicans are racists.) 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-police-crooks-conversation-st-0720-20160718-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— Melania Trump speech writer apologizes for speech “mistake” – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/melania-trump-speech-writer-apologizes-for-speech-mistake/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Plagiarizing Mrs. Obama is height of hypocrisy.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mitchell-plagiarizing-mrs-obama-is-height-of-hypocrisy/
— Aldermen sign off on $4.72M in police-abuse settlements – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, virtually all of those who I supervised were Democrat, minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran.  Even though none of them ever filed a complaint against me, my Democrat superiors and supervisors treated me like they all had charged me with a) discriminating against Democrats, b) discriminating against minorities, c) discriminating against females, d) discriminating against those who are younger, e) discriminating against the disabled, and f) discriminating against veterans.  In fact, I always fully complied with Democrat superiors’ and supervisors’ orders to give the aforesaid preference.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/aldermen-sign-off-on-4-72m-in-police-abuse-settlements/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With frustration and resignation, the City Council’s Finance Committee on Tuesday signed off on three more police misconduct settlements totaling $4.72 million, including the last of 25 lawsuits stemming from the dirty work of former Special Operations Section kingpin Jerome Finnigan. The settlements bring this year’s total to $18.6 million and the tab for settling police abuse cases over the last decade to well over $500 million. The largest of the three settlements, for $3.75 million, will go to the three teenage children of Esau Castellanos-Bernal. The intoxicated man was fatally shot by police after crashing his car in 2013. The case involves an alleged cover-up by Chicago Police officers. It’s the subject of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and the soon-to-be-disbanded Independent Police Review Authority.)
— O’Hare security contractor fires strike leaders – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-ohare-security-contractor-fires-strike-leaders/
— Judge blocks Illinois redistricting plan from November ballot – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-blocks-illinois-redistricting-plan-from-ballot/

 

DAILY HERALD
— 3 things to watch Wednesday at the Republican convention – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160720/news/160729959/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois delegation’s key speakers at their morning meeting include California U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, as well as U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Channahon, whose district surrounds the Chicago area just west of McHenry, Kane and Kendall counties. Kinzinger hasn’t been the most enthusiastic lawmaker toward Trump in recent months, so his speech could give the delegation something to talk about.)
— O’Hare gate expansions good news for western access, Cronin says – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160719/news/160718961/
— COD’s unusual way of selecting auditor – Roger Kempa, Darien
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160720/discuss/160729983/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mary F. Warren of Wheaton demonizes, denigrates, and condemns “conservative Republicans,” and especially those who are “white and affluent.”  Why did Warren move to Wheaton?  Why does Warren stay in Wheaton?
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160720/discuss/160729984/

 

CRAIN ‘CHICAHO BUSINESS
— Wear long shorts—and 6 other rules for women at #RNCinCLE – SOPHIE LUCIDO JOHNSON  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on destroying women who are Republican.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160719/OPINION/160719796/rules-for-women-at-the-republican-national-convention
— Court rejects plan to revamp Illinois’ remap rules – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160720/BLOGS02/160729990/court-rejects-plan-to-revamp-illinois-remap-rules

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Twin City delegates report from GOP convention – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/twin-city-delegates-report-from-gop-convention/article_f5cfaf67-e32b-5284-bba6-8f1a53fb1cd0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chris Gramm was surprised to be a center of attention after the first day of the Republican National Convention.  Gramm, a Bloomington resident and presidential delegate from Illinois’ 18th Congressional District, appeared on the front page of an early edition of The New York Times after stepping up to represent delegates opposed to presumed candidate Donald Trump. Gramm, who was elected during the March 15 primary election as a delegate for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, was pictured shouting Monday for a roll call vote of states on the convention rules — a vote meant to embarrass Trump. “I want to make the establishment know there are people that won’t just lay down for whatever they want, and I’m happy to be the face of that movement,” he said. Later editions of Tuesday’s Times featured a front-page photo of prospective First Lady Melania Trump, who gave a headline speech Monday night. Gramm and fellow delegate Jim Fisher, a Hudson resident, told The Pantagraph on Tuesday about their experiences so far:)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois’ bicentennial bash looks to be a bust – Phil Luciano
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160719/phil-luciano-illinois-bicentennial-bash-looks-to-be-bust

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump Wins GOP Nomination, But State Party Leaders Remain Noncommittal – AMANDA VINICKY  (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans are overjoyed that “State Party Leaders Remain Noncommittal.”)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/trump-wins-gop-nomination-state-party-leaders-remain-noncommittal

 

WAND
— Grand Jury Dismisses Aaron Schock – Tamara Damante
http://www.wandtv.com/story/32487149/grand-jury-dismisses-aaron-schock

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps stress “Illinois’ top 2 Republicans stay away from Trump & convention.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32484245/illinois-top-2-republicans-stay-away-from-trump-convention
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In bumpy coronation, Trump takes the crown.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32485343/in-bumpy-coronation-trump-takes-the-crown

 

WJBC
— Rep. Davis hopes to see ‘unified’ GOP after convention
http://www.wjbc.com/2016/07/19/rep-davis-hopes-to-see-unified-gop-after-convention/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger Talks Day Two Of RNC – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-adam-kinzinger-talks-day-two-of-rnc

 

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Where Does Gov. Rauner Stand on Trump?”)
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-20/civic-engagement/where-does-gov-rauner-stand-on-trump/a53070-1

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Speechwriter defends Donald Trump Jr.’s words  2 sentences in speech accused of being copied – CNN  (DIERSEN: Does anyone write your speeches, and if so, who?  It would be great if the operatives and dupes who have slandered me in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and elsewhere would disclose who wrote their speeches.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/speechwriter-defends-donald-trump-jrs-words
— Clinton: Trump most dangerous candidate in US history  Trump has no discipline, sense of limits of presidential power – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/clinton-trump-most-dangerous-candidate-in-us-history

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— GOP convention party gets started – Denny Sands
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/07/19/sands-gop-convention-party-gets-started/auxpt88/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— 37 of 50 Chicago aldermen took illegal campaign cash in 2015 – Austin Berg
http://www.chicagonow.com/city-limits/2016/07/37-of-50-chicago-aldermen-took-illegal-campaign-cash-in-2015/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Terrorist attacks, immigration and Brexit can be managed with stronger leadership, Khouri says – Kerry Goff
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/510940977-terrorist-attacks-immigration-and-brexit-can-be-managed-with-stronger-leadership-khouri-says

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – Was Breuder FOIA violation felony record concealment? – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/college-of-dupage-was-breuder-foia-violation-felony-record-concealment/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Rotten to the Common Core: Two Events Exposing the Massive Education Takeover – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/rotten-common-core-two-events-exposing-massive-education-takeover/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY JUDGE BLOCKS INDEPENDENT MAP EFFORT; ADVOCATES PLAN TO APPEAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/cook-county-judge-blocks-independent-map-effort-advocates-plan-to-appeal.html
— WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S RNC PROGRAM TO FEATURE PENCE, CRUZ, GINGRICH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/wednesday-nights-rnc-program-to-feature-pence-cruz-gingrich.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sandack temporarily shuts down three of his four social media accounts
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/20/sandack-temporarily-shuts-down-three-of-his-four-social-media-accounts/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mike Lee: Priebus owes Trump apology for convention mess – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/19/mike-lee-says-reince-priebus-owes-donald-trump-apo/
— Media put on notice about bias at RNC – Bradford Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/19/rnc-reporting-bias-gets-warning/
— Pentagon issues sex change manual, allows extended time off for process – Rowan Scarborough  (DIERSEN: If a man identifies himself as being a woman, does he then get all the benefits of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/14/pentagon-issues-sex-change-manual-allows-extended-/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Race relations reach all-time low under Obama – Bradford Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/19/race-relations-reach-all-time-low-under-obama-poll/
— First Amendment Defense Act raises debate on punishing belief against same-sex marriage – Bradford Richardson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, you are punished if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/12/first-amendment-defense-act-raises-debate-on-punis/
— Charging ‘racism’ in order to distract  The riot machine is starting up again, and the left is milking it – Tammy Bruce
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/13/charging-racism-in-order-to-distract/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Anti-Trump Republicans Lash Out at Matt Drudge – ROBERT STACY MCCAIN  (DIERSEN: What do you say to anti-Trump Republicans who last out at me?)
http://spectator.org/anti-trump-republicans-lash-out-at-matt-drudge/

 

BREITBART
— Urban Outfitters Cashes In on Election Season with Anti-Trump Merchandise
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/07/19/urban-outfitters-selling-anti-donald-trump-mugs-books-pro-hillary-clinton-t-shirts/

 

THE HILL
— Christie delivers Clinton ‘indictment’ – Megan R. Wilson
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288439-christie-delivers-clinton-indictment

 

— Trump aide offers resignation in Melania Trump plagiarism incident – Jeremy Diamond  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents want me to offer my resignation from everything and to take full responsibility for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/trump-aide-offers-resignation-in-melania-trump-plagiarism-incident/index.html

 

REUTERS
— Trump could seek new law to purge government of Obama appointees – EMILY FLITTER (DIERSEN: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-purge-exclusive-idUSKCN10003A

 

MSNBC
— Fox News, Ailes in negotiations over his exit – Reuters  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, virtually all of those who I supervised were Democrat, minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran.  Even though none of them ever filed a complaint against me, my Democrat superiors and supervisors treated me like they all had charged me with a) discriminating against Democrats, b) discriminating against minorities, c) discriminating against females, d) discriminating against those who are younger, e) discriminating against the disabled, and f) discriminating against veterans.  In fact, I always fully complied with Democrat superiors’ and supervisors’ orders to give the aforesaid preference.)
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/20/fox-news-ailes-in-negotiations-over-his-exit-source.html

 

ABC NEWS
— NJ Gov. Chris Christie ‘Presents the Case Against Hillary Clinton’
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/nj-gov-chris-christie-presents-case-hillary-clinton-40719298

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Melania Trump’s Speech Veered Off Course and Caused an Uproar – MAGGIE HABERMAN and MICHAEL BARBARO
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/us/politics/melania-trump-convention-speech.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The speechwriters, Matthew Scully and John McConnell, sent Ms. Trump a draft last month, eager for her approval. Weeks went by. They heard nothing. Inside Trump Tower, it turned out, Ms. Trump had decided she was uncomfortable with the text, and began tearing it apart, leaving a small fraction of the original. Her quiet plan to wrest the speech away and make it her own set in motion the most embarrassing moment of the convention: word-for-word repetition of phrases and borrowed themes from Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic convention eight years ago. The ridicule from both Democrats and Republicans was instant and relentless, disrupting what was meant to be a high point of the convention. It was, by all accounts, an entirely preventable blunder, committed in front of an audience of 23 million television viewers, that exposed the weaknesses of an organization that has long spurned the safeguards of a modern presidential campaign, such as the free software that detects plagiarism. “It just shouldn’t have happened,” said Matt Latimer, a White House speechwriter for President George W. Bush. “This was an easy home run speech: a successful, attractive immigrant talking about her husband.” Nobody seemed more startled than Mr. and Ms. Trump, who arrived in New York on Tuesday morning after a flight from Cleveland to find themselves at the center of a bizarre uproar over authenticity, plagiarism and a knotty question: Why did the wife of the Republican nominee borrow passages from the wife of the current Democratic president? Ms. Trump spent most of Tuesday out of sight, while her husband vented his frustration and anger throughout the day. This account of how a speech written by professionals was transformed into the problematic version delivered on Monday night at the Quicken Loans Arena is based on interviews with more than a dozen people involved in and close to the Trump campaign. Many of them spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose details that were supposed to remain confidential. It reinforces dominant themes of Mr. Trump’s campaign that still linger from the primary, which his team has struggled to change: a deliberately bare-bones campaign structure, a slapdash style and a reliance on the instincts of the candidate over the judgments of experienced political experts, like Mr. Scully and Mr. McConnell. The two original speechwriters were not aware of how significantly the speech had been changed until they saw Ms. Trump deliver it on television Monday night, along with the rest of the country. In the prime-time address, Ms. Trump unfurled a sequence of life lessons — about how “your word is your bond,” about “your dreams and your willingness to work for them,” and the “integrity, passion and intelligence” of her parents — in the same sequence and using much of the same language that Mrs. Obama employed in 2008. Just like Mrs. Obama, Ms. Trump explained how she wanted to pass those lessons on to her children and the children of the world. And just like Mrs. Obama, she offered a gauzy invocation about the limitlessness of aspirations when they are matched by determination. In a series of evolving explanations, Trump aides and allies dismissed the episode as a trivial distraction, alternating between outright denial that Ms. Trump’s speech had used word-for-word phrases from Mrs. Obama and blaming the news media. “Ninety-three percent of the speech is completely different,” declared Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s campaign chairman, pegged the number of suspicious words at 50. “And that includes ‘ands’ and ‘thes’ and things like that,” he said on Tuesday. Across the country, slack-jawed Republican political operatives and speechwriters expressed expletive-laden bewilderment at the organizational breakdown allowing such an episode to occur. “It’s like some guy trying to paddle across a river in a rowboat who shoots a hole in his boat,” said Stuart Stevens, who wrote speeches for Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, throughout the 2012 campaign.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Black Republicans See a White Convention, Heavy on Lectures.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/us/politics/black-republicans-convention.html?_r=0

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Campaign mops up poorly after Melania Trump speech mess.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/07/19/campaign-mops-up-poorly-after-melania-trump-speech-mess/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-trumps say “In GOP convention’s rocky start, deeper questions emerge.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-conventions-rocky-start-deeper-questions-emerge-about-trump/2016/07/19/26bdba40-4dbe-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-trumps say “Melania’s plagiarized convention speech shows Trump’s campaign is still not ready for prime-time.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/07/19/daily-202-melania-s-plagiarized-convention-speech-shows-trump-s-campaign-is-still-not-ready-for-prime-time/578d7d58cd96926bdf50e87a/
— Hatch Act — too complicated for a Cabinet secretary? Not really – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/07/20/hatch-act-too-complicated-for-a-cabinet-secretary-not-really/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump camp sees a Kasich betrayal  Slams Ohio gov’s boycott of convention as ‘petulant’ – Julie Mehegan  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  Too what extent are Kasich supporters anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2016/07/mehegan_trump_camp_sees_a_kasich_betrayal

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Mum Supporters -HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.  (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, how harshly will the anti-Trumps punish Trump’s supporters?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-mum-supporters-1468968306
— Gay Republicans See Progress, Setbacks in Party’s Stance on LGBT Rights  Platform includes provisions viewed by many activists as discriminatory – BETH REINHARD  (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/gay-republicans-see-progress-setbacks-in-partys-stance-on-lgbt-rights-1468971656
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Roughly Half of U.S. Workers Are Satisfied – Lauren Weber  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and Democrat supervisors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/job-satisfaction-hits-a-10-year-highbut-its-still-below-50-1468940401

 

USA TODAY
— No-shows and reduced numbers temper RNC protests – Kevin Johnson, Trevor Hughes and Mary Troyan,
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/19/no-shows-and-reduced-numbers-temper-rnc-protests/87307370/
— This job pays $263,500 for a few days’ work – Matt Krantz
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/07/19/job-pays-263500-few-days-work/87262478/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Senator Ted Cruz Still Has a Plan and He’s Only 45 Years Old – Sasha Issenberg and Steven Yaccino  (DIERSEN: What plans have you had?  GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I transferred from IRS to GAO.  My plan was to get assigned to audits of IRS so that I could use the knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 level (currently $77,899-$88,286). But my Democrat GAO superiors and Democrat GAO supervisors had great success in killing my plan.  During the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I succeeded in getting assigned to audits of IRS for only 3 years (1986-1988).  Audits of IRS are/were preferred assignments that were to be given only to GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.  The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS, wasted my career, and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-20/ted-cruz

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “PENCE: TRUMP’S PERFECT STRAIGHT MAN.”)
http://www.newsweek.com/pence-trump-perfect-straight-man-481858

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— It Costs $80 to Park Your Car at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland – Brad Tuttle
http://time.com/money/4412913/republican-national-convention-cleveland-parking-price-gouging/
— Fewer People Are Starting Their Own Businesses – Kerry Close  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents shout at entrepreneurs that I was a failed lowly wage earner 1964-1997 who never earned more than $120,427 a year in today’s dollars.)
http://time.com/money/4413251/small-business-entrepreneurship-decline/

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Anti-Trumps say “The Republicans plumb the depths.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/07/20/pers-j20.html

 

MOTHER JONES
— “The Most Hated Campaign Operative in America” Just Joined the Trump Team  Nick Ayers has a long history of rubbing fellow politicos the wrong way—and using dark money to demolish opponents. – RUSS CHOMA  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most hated campaign operatives in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  It would be great if I could get them all to show up at the same time at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.  They could tell their stories of how they demolished me and of how they demolished many others.  They talk and act like the WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY.  They talk and act like they work for whoever GIVES THEM THE MOST MONEY.  They talk and act like they only work for those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  It would be great if they would disclose those who have paid them to do their dirty work.)
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/nick-ayers-republican-consultant-joins-trump-campaign

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is Trump’s Business Record A Good Fit for the White House?  (DIERSEN: What is you record?  What is it a “good fit” for?)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/is_trump_s_business_record_a_good_fit_for_the_white_house

July 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION GETS CHAOTIC START IN CLEVELAND- Kathy Brock and Ben Bradley
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republican-national-convention-kicks-off-in-cleveland/1431479/
— LIVE BLOG: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION UPDATES AND ANALYSIS
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/live-blog–republican-national-convention/1431282/

 

NBC5
— Duckworth Slams Kirk for Endorsing Petraeus, Pence  In a new campaign video released Monday, Rep. Tammy Duckworth slammed her opponent, Sen. Mark Kirk, for endorsing embattled former CIA Director David Petraeus for president.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Duckworth-Slams-Kirk-for-Endorsing-Petraeus-Pence-387322571.html
— McDonald’s, Starbucks Agree to Filter Wi-Fi Porn  The move follows a campaign from anti-pornography groups Enough is Enough and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to demand the chains filter out pornography
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mcdonalds-starbucks-wi-fi-porn-filter-387354751.html
— Chicago Activists Protest GOP Convention Amid Heightened Security  As the Republican National Convention gets underway Monday at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, protesters from Chicago are demonstrating for a variety of causes despite an unprecedented police presence. – Tom Schuba and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-activists-protest-gop-convention-amid-heightened-security-387336001.html

 

CBS2
— Downers Grove Teen Carl Miller Serving As GOP Alternate Delegate In Cleveland – Rob Johnson
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/18/chicago-teen-serving-as-gop-alternate-delegate-in-cleveland/
— Republican Dold Among Illinois No-Shows At Party Convention – Vince Gerasole
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/18/republican-dold-among-illinois-no-shows-at-party-convention/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Vulgar anti-Hillary pins a big hit outside Republican National Convention – Amber Eikel
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/176000045-story

 

WTTW
— Delegates on Guard at GOP Convention After Baton Rouge Police Shootings – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/18/delegates-guard-gop-convention-after-baton-rouge-police-shootings

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican delegates strive for unity, but find it hard to come by – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-republican-convention-kass-0719-20160718-column.html
— Tumult breaks out on GOP convention floor after anti-Trump forces blunted
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-national-convention-cleveland-20160718-story.html
— Cleveland rowdy as pro-Trump, anti-Trump factions rally – Joel Achenbach
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-convention-cleveland-rally-20160718-story.html
— Kasich takes backhanded shot at Trump in speech to Illinois convention delegates – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-national-convention-john-kasich-met-0719-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday told Illinois delegates to the Republican National Convention that the GOP should grow the party by promoting an “inclusive reform agenda” — a backhanded shot at the rival who vanquished him for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump. Kasich also urged Illinois Republicans to stand by Gov. Bruce Rauner in his battles with Democrats who control the state House and Senate, saying Rauner’s agenda will eventually leave the state “better off.” Rauner is absent from the convention. The Ohio governor’s appearance came on a tumultuous first day of the convention, which began with Trump’s top adviser, Paul Manafort, accusing Kasich of being “petulant” and “embarrassing his party in Ohio” by refusing to endorse the presumptive nominee. Kasich’s visit to the Illinois delegation was the first of several the two-term governor is making to delegates in Cleveland outside the Quicken Loans Arena convention hall, which he has pledged not to set foot in. Later this week, Kasich plans include a stop with the New Hampshire GOP convention delegation, spurring speculation that the term-limited governor is looking ahead to a presidential bid in 2020.)
— Illinois’ GOP leaders squander a chance to court Trump delegates – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-republican-convention-illinois-delegates-trump-mcqueary-perspec-0719-jm-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four years ago, the late Judy Baar Topinka worked the room, along with a handful of establishment Republicans all jockeying for possible gubernatorial runs: Dan Rutherford, Sen. Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard and then-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, who resigned from Congress last year amid a federal probe of his campaign spending and mileage reimbursements. He is still awaiting word from a federal grand jury on whether charges will be brought. Schock’s resignation from Congress was a stunning fall from grace for a rising star in the party. Monday’s breakfast sure didn’t feel like the old GOP, though, and that’s a good thing. The Illinois Republican Party has struggled to be relevant for more than a decade. Here, in a room of Doug Hartmanns who probably did more legwork this election cycle than any of the leaders who decided to dis the gathering, the GOP had a chance to come to terms with the rebellion. To respect it. Instead, Illinois Republican leaders hosted a cocktail party Monday afternoon in downtown Cleveland for Kasich. No, Trump isn’t winning every heart and mind. But if Monday’s breakfast gathering showed anything, it was proof that he is motivating a stable of supporters who generally have stayed out of politics. People such as Doug Hartmann. And Christopher Hilliard of Oak Forest, also a first-time delegate, who said he connected with the Trump campaign shortly after Trump announced last summer that he was running. Hilliard said he wouldn’t be involved in the presidential race at all if not for Trump. Isn’t this what the Republican Party of Illinois needs? New blood and a motivated, growing membership? Isn’t that how you win elections? The elite within the party should have been shaking hands and getting to know the delegates. Instead, they stayed in their fluffy hotel beds and probably ordered room service, precisely the tone-deafness that got us here.)
— Illinois Republicans seek unity at first GOP convention breakfast in Cleveland – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-national-convention-breakfast-met-719-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republicans kicked off the first day of the Republican National Convention searching for unity, demonizing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as reasons to support the GOP ticket. The pep talk came as the delegation convened for the first time at a breakfast, a chance for GOP leadership to convince Donald Trump delegates that the Illinois Republican Party was firmly behind the presumptive presidential nominee. At one point, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider asked attendees to raise their hand if it was their first time attending the Republican National Convention. When more than half of the room responded, Schneider reached for common ground. “Guess what, it’s mine too. I’m a newbie too. We need to work together. All of us together as the Illinois Republican Party. We’re not you’re enemy, we’re your friend,” Schneider said. “We’re the balance, we’re the structure, we’re the backbone of the Illinois Republican Party that’s going to help you elect your candidates along with our candidates,” Schneider said. “All people that will do a far better job than any Democrat would do.”  State Rep. John Cabello, an at-large Trump delegate who is co-chair of the delegation, also sought to assure Trump delegates that the party was behind them, saying he’s heard “rumors” to the contrary, calling them “absolutely false.” “We have all locked arms to make sure crooked Hillary is not the next president of the United States,” said Cabello, of Machesney Park near Rockford.)
— Rauner and the trouble with AFSCME’s sweetheart deal – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-unions-afscme-rauner-rickert-perspec-0719-jm-20160718-story.html
— Up financial creek, Illinois adopts native canoe as ‘official state artifact’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-pirogue-state-artifact-0719-chicago-inc-20160718-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Huppke demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and his supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-rnc-convention-trump-safety-huppke-20160718-story.html
— Illinois’ first lady unveils $15 million plan to renovate crumbling executive mansion – Blair Kamin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-executive-mansion-kamin-met-0719-20160718-column.html
— Fire at Naperville homeless man’s camp might be arson: police – Bill Bird and Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-huber-tent-fire-st-0720-20160718-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Republican Party is nominating an incompetent candidate.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-republican-convention-2016-20160718-story.html
— Tumult over rules, condemnation of Clinton at GOP convention – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–gop-2016-convention-20160718-story.html
— Pro- and anti-Trump forces hold dueling rallies in Cleveland – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–gop-2016-cleveland-20160718-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ohio Gov. Kasich pushes for unity, but not for Donald Trump – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ohio-gov-kasich-pushes-unity-not-donald-trump/
— Voter registration a grave task for national group – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-voter-registration-grave-task-national-group/
— Activists, aldermen propose immigration reform amendment – Jacob Wittich  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/activists-aldermen-propose-immigration-reform-amendment/
— Emanuel urges Chicagoans to thank cops who feel ‘almost hunted’ – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-urges-chicagoans-to-thank-cops-who-feel-almost-hunted/
— After uproar, RNC convention bid to deny Trump nomination fizzles – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/after-uproar-rnc-convention-bid-to-deny-trump-nomination-fizzles/
— Protests, non-voters and a linty-fresh Trump – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-protests-non-voters-and-a-linty-fresh-trump/
— Culture shock at the Republican National Convention – Mary Mitchell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mitchell-culture-shock-republican-national-convention/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump formally nominated, Illinois delegates hear from suburban Republicans – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719056/
— Trump delegate Mark Fratella: Illinois Republican Party is behind him – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719086/
— Trump wasn’t first choice for some Illinois delegates – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719107/
— Naperville code update could prevent housing discrimination – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719059/
— Tent home of Naperville ‘protester’ burns down – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719071/
— Republican platform tacks right on social issues – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/307189819/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— After dust-up over rules, Illinois’ GOP delegates join process of nominating Trump – MAUREEN O’REILLY
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article90433297.html

 

PEKIN DAILY TIMES
— Federal grand jury term ends without Schock Indictment – Andy Kravetz
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20160718/federal-grand-jury-term-ends-without-schock-indictment

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Top Illinois Republicans are no-shows in Cleveland – AP
http://herald-review.com/ap/politics/top-illinois-republicans-are-no-shows-in-cleveland/article_e0f7c349-3edc-532d-a637-f16aa16ce77e.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois GOP seeks to unite behind Trump at party convention – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/illinois-gop-seeks-unite-behind-trump-party-convention#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Illinois political economy, the more things change, the more they stay the same: Watch IL Chamber’s Maisch w/Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/07/llinois-political-economy-the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same-watch-il-chambers-maisch-wberkowitz-cableweb/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Rauner’s Top Campaign Guy Nick Ayers Is Now Running the Pence VP Campaign  Will Rauner warm to Trump/Pence? – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/July-2016/RNC-Nick-Ayers-Trump/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— THE BAGGAGE THE ILLINOIS GOP DELEGATION BRINGS TO CLEVELAND – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/18/editors-picks/doug-ibendahl/the-baggage-the-illinois-gop-delegation-brings-to-cleveland/61787/

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— The Baggage The Illinois GOP Delegation Brings To Cleveland – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14163
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Republicans from across America descend on Cleveland this week for the Republican National Convention, Illinois can take pride in the diversity of its elected delegation. Donald Trump deserves most of the credit for that diversity. Kent Gray of Springfield coordinated the Illinois delegate effort for the Trump campaign and he did a fine job slating men and women from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities. The best news is Trump delegates won 39 of the 54 slots on the ballot in the March 15 Primary (three from each of Illinois’ 18 congressional districts). Ted Cruz won nine and John Kasich six. In other words, the Illinois delegation is overwhelmingly a Trump delegation. Another thing I love is the fact most of the Trump delegates are regular people – taxpayers with real jobs who pay the bills. Many are also brand new to the political process. In other words their hands are clean of Illinois GOP past misdeeds. Many got involved this year solely because of Donald Trump. Incredibly many in the media deem all of this as some kind of bad thing. Trump delegates have been openly mocked, with the Trump-hating Chicago Tribune (a/k/a tronc) patronizingly calling them “unorthodox.” The dying rag even scoured social media postings of Illinois Trump delegates hunting for embarrassing tidbits. Meanwhile anti-Trump zealot Pat Brady who proudly stands-by the advice he gave in December on Chicago radio that “You’ve got to take [Trump] out with a headshot” – is still regularly cited by media outlets as if he has a clue. Instead of serious analysis of this Republican National Convention and the Trump phenomenon, the local press is largely obsessed with rehashing stories about which do-nothing career politicians aren’t going to Cleveland. No one bothers to ask why a Convention which is centered around a do-er and a successful builder like Trump shouldn’t be grateful that some of the failed politicians from one of the worst run states in the country won’t be transporting their ineptitude across state lines. Donald Trump represents new hope for the Republican Party. He has yet to be elected to any public office but he’s already making the GOP better and more diverse here in Illinois. He’s expanding the base and is generating energy we haven’t seen in the GOP since Ronald Reagan. Of course panicky Democrats are going to call him racist and sexist. That kind of blatantly false attack was always expected in the face of Trump’s decades-long record of hiring and promoting thousands of women and minorities. Hillary and her media lapdogs know Trump’s message of making America great again and expanding economic opportunity for all is particularly attractive to African-American and Hispanic folks who remain trapped on the Liberal Plantation. Donald Trump isn’t the Republican Party’s problem. Trump’s doing his job and so are his supporters. It’s the failed GOP players who sit around in Illinois carping at Trump who have some explaining to do. It’s their selfishness and total lack of leadership for years which has made the Republican Party in Illinois a less than welcome place for minorities. Here are just a few illustrations.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS’ RNC DELEGATES MEET UP IN CLEVELAND; CONVENTION UPROAR SHORT-LIVED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/illinois-rnc-delegates-meet-up-in-cleveland.html
— KASICH ATTENDS ILLINOIS GOP CONVENTION DELEGATES’ MEETING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/ohio-gov-kasich-attends-illinois-gop-delegation-meeting-.html
— FBI SAYS ORLANDO SHOOTER DID NOT TARGET CLUB BECAUSE IT WAS GAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/orlando-shooter-did-not-target-club-because-it-was-gay.html
— WHILE IN IRAN, NATION OF ISLAM’S FARRAKHAN PREDICTS DIRE FUTURE FOR AMERICA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/while-in-iran-nation-of-islams-farrakhan-predicts-dire-future-for-america.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— LIVE COVERAGE *** Republican National Convention
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/18/live-coverage-republican-national-convention/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Paul Manafort: John Kasich is ‘embarrassing’ Ohio – David Sherfinski
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/paul-manafort-john-kasich-embarrassing-ohio/
— Trump’s pitch to union members  The candidate is not anti-union, but pro-employee – Richard Berman
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/donald-trumps-pitch-to-union-members/
— Pence is salt to Trump’s pepper  The Indiana governor adds political experience that the business mogul lacks – Cal Thomas
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/mike-pence-has-political-experience-donald-trump-l/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— RADICALS SEEK ‘BLACKS-ONLY’ NATION IN SOUTH  5 American states (Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia) where government ‘can no longer maintain control.’ – CHERYL CHUMLEY
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/radicals-seek-blacks-only-nation-in-south/

 

TOWNHALL
— Live From Cleveland: Enthusiasm, Unease, Resignation, and Discord at Trump’s Convention – Guy Benson
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/07/18/discord-warring-factions-of-gop-lock-horns-in-cleveland-n2194163

 

DAILY CALLER
— University Of Michigan Professor: New Black-Only SEGREGATED NATION In Southern USA ‘Fairly Easy’ – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/university-of-michigan-professor-new-black-only-segregated-nation-in-southern-usa-fairly-easy/
— Baton Rouge Shooter Claimed Blacks ‘Superior To Whites’ In Book – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/baton-rouge-shooter-claimed-blacks-superior-to-whites-in-book/
— Ladies Get Naked In Cleveland To Protest Trump Or Something – JIM TREACHER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/ladies-get-naked-in-cleveland-to-protest-trump-or-something/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Shame on RNC chair Reince Priebus if Trump is the nominee.”
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/07/shame-on-rnc-chair-reince-priebus-if-trump-is-the-nominee

 

RED STATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Reince Priebus Ignores Delegate Votes And Appoints Mitch McConnell Temporary Convention Chair.”
http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/07/18/watch-reince-priebus-ignores-delegate-votes-appoints-mitch-mcconnell-temporary-convention-chair/

 

THE HILL
— GOP passes rules vote over outcry from Trump opponents – Ben Kamisar
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/288205-gop-passes-rules-vote-over-outcry-from-trump-opponents
— Anti-Trump delegates say they will force roll call vote on rules – Ben Kamisar
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288186-anti-trump-delegates-say-they-will-force-roll-call-vote
— Ryan: Trump ‘not my kind of conservative’ – Scott Wong
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/288195-ryan-trump-not-my-kind-of-conservative

 

POLITICO
— Chaos erupts on GOP convention floor after voice vote shuts down Never Trump forces  Anti-Trump delegates wanted a roll call vote on convention rules. – Kyle Cheney
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/never-trump-delegates-have-support-needed-to-force-rules-vote-225716

 

CNN
— Convention drama: Trump campaign stops rules rebellion – Stephen Collinson, Tal Kopan and Tom LoBianco
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/politics/rnc-procedural-votes-rules-committee/index.html

 

CBS NEWS
— Do we know enough about the candidates’ health?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-records-of-presidential-candidates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Rancor Reigns as Bitterly Divided Republicans Begin Their Convention.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/republican-convention-donald-trump.html
— Donald Trump Portrayed as an Heir to Richard Nixon – MICHAEL BARBARO and ALEXANDER BURNS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/donald-trump-portrayed-as-an-heir-to-richard-nixon.html
— Melania Trump: From Small-Town Slovenia to Doorstep of White House – JASON HOROWITZ
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/melania-trump-slovenia.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Republican National Convention: Updates on Day 1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics-live/liveblog/republican-national-convention-updates/
— Trump’s running mate is ‘one of the most extreme vice-presidential picks,’ Clinton says – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/18/clinton-takes-aim-at-trumps-new-running-mate-in-address-to-educators/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican Chief Puts Party’s Machine in Overdrive for Trump – MONICA LANGLEY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-chief-puts-partys-machine-in-overdrive-for-trump-1468856144
— Hillary Clinton Talks Racial Inequality at NAACP Conference  Calls Donald Trump a prominent voice in the ‘birther’ movement who ‘plays coy with white supremacists’ – ERICA ORDEN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities a) that Republicans are racists, b) that Republicans have caused all the problems that minorities have had, c) that Republicans are causing all the problems that minorities have, and d) that Republicans will forever cause all the problems that minorities will have.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-talks-racial-inequality-at-naacp-conference-1468872201

 

FORTUNE
— Wall Street Opts to Steer Clear of Trump’s Republican Convention – Cyrus Sanati
http://fortune.com/2016/07/18/wall-street-opts-to-steer-clear-of-trumps-republican-convention/
— Pro-Trump, Anti-Trump Protesters Agree: The Other Side Has Been Brainwashed – Charlotte Alter and Sam Frizell
http://fortune.com/2016/07/18/pro-trump-anti-trump-protesters-agree-the-other-side-has-been-brainwashed/

 

USA TODAY
— In Cleveland, discomfort with idea of John Kasich 2020 run – Chrissie Thompson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/18/john-kasich-2020-run/87269258/

 

CLEVELAND
— Youngest member of Illinois RNC delegation Carl Miller can’t yet vote, Cleveland impresses Chicagoans: Delegate impressions
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/07/youngest_illinois_rnc_delegate.html

 

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
— Aging Federal Workforce Bucks Retirement Trends, Georgia State University Public Policy Study Shows
http://news.gsu.edu/2016/07/18/aging-federal-workforce-bucks-retirement-trends-georgia-state-university-public-policy-study-shows/

July 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DONALD TRUMP FORMALLY INTRODUCES INDIANA GOV. MIKE PENCE AS VP PICK – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-introduces-pence-as-vp-pick/1429640/
— VOTING TECHNOLOGY CHANGING ELECTIONS
http://abc7chicago.com/technology/voting-technology-changing-elections/1428545/
— GRAPPLING HOOKS, TENNIS BALLS AMONG BANNED ITEMS AT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/grappling-hooks-tennis-balls-among-banned-items-at-republican-national-convention/1427431/

 

NBC5
— Preparing for the Conventions – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-430P-SOT-DEEP-DISH_Chicago-387028311.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Are Trump’s misfires intentional? – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-are-trumps-misfires-intentional/
— Chicago’s segregated police stations – Tim Novak
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicagos-segregated-police-stations-watchdogs-laquan-mcdonald/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Happy warrior’ Pence’s Trump team-up brings out hopes, fears in home state
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-indiana-gov-mike-pence-trump-vice-president-met-20160715-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: More than 6 in 10 adults say race relations in U.S. are generally bad – Krissah Thompson – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-us-race-relations-poll-20160716-story.html
— More than 100 protest in Chicago against police brutality – Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-police-protests-0716-20160715-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pence has long conservative record on immigration – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160716/news/307169989/
— Political outsider Trump introducing insider Mike Pence – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160716/news/307169991/
— 8 years after hope and change, voters are angry, anxious – AP (DIERSEN: Those who have been Obama’s strongest supporters are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160716/news/307169940/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “On Capitol Hill dysfunction reigns, GOP leaders fall short/”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160716/news/307169986/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumpa and anti-Republicans say “The challenge of the GOP convention: prove Trump can lead.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160716/discuss/160719253/
— More consolidation?: As with any idea about government, the Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 referendum to eliminate a township trustee position bears close study. But the value of the job, which appears to duplicate accounting work already done by the district, does seem suspect. Mount Prospect District 57 may add the ballot question, too. – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160716/discuss/160719254/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How Rauner can show up Edgar: Change school funding – RICH MILLER  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160716/ISSUE11/307169994/how-rauner-can-show-up-edgar-change-school-funding
— Sen. Daniel Biss’ turnaround agenda – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160716/ISSUE05/307169996/this-democrats-turnaround-agenda

 

BELVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Region’s GOP delegates head to convention with uncertainty, enthusiasm and hope for unity – BRIAN BRUEGGEMANN
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article90079267.html

 

WSIL TV
— Low-key Trump intro for ‘my partner,’ running mate Pence – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32459617/political-outsider-trump-introducing-insider-mike-pence
— Analysis: What does the VP rollout tell us about Trump? – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32461155/analysis-what-does-the-vp-rollout-tell-us-about-trump

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— TRAGIC: Number of medical marijuana patients doubles
http://ilnews.org/8762/number-of-medical-marijuana-patients-doubles/

 

STATELINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Pences say “Trump-Pence: The unlikely duo.”
http://www.mystateline.com/news/trumppence-the-unlikely-duo

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— OUTSTANDING: Political novice from Buckingham helps push Trump to top
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/political-novice-from-buckingham-helps-push-trump-to-top/article_0d81b97c-93f4-5c30-b0e4-e9c61a19e8f1.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage County – Political dynasty crumbling? – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/dupage-county-political-dynasty-crumbling/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “They are a large, Irish-Catholic political family known for pooling their talents to win campaigns they’re not expected to,” says the Chicago Tribune referring to the Cronin family in this article. As far as talent in winning campaigns, one could argue that ability may be crumbling as the last two county board seats Chairman Cronin was banking to win were lost by a substantial margin in most people’s eyes.  We also suspect any potential future victories for himself may fall short based on the treasure trove of information now available at the people’s fingertips. The Tribune article claims the Cronin family is used to being compared to the Kennedy’s. Comparing Dan Cronin to Kennedy does have some validity. I think most would agree the common link is playing the taxpayer for the fool and capitalizing on the people’s laziness when it comes to holding them accountable. In order to hold public officials accountable, you must first know the truth.  You start by putting all the pieces of a puzzle together to better see the real picture. The challenge in putting together political puzzles is being able to actually find all the puzzle pieces as they have become masters at hiding them. We have spent over two years exposing malfeasance at the College of DuPage and have done our best to follow up on every tip we received. One of the interesting tips we received dealt with Dan Cronin, current DuPage County Board Chairman.  The tip was that COD hired him to do workers compensation claims on behalf of the college. We first covered this matter in this article, which confirmed he was in fact doing legal work on behalf of the college, but we still had some loose ends. I think we now have those last puzzle pieces to see the real picture and better understand how things operate in DuPage County. As earlier reported, we did seek a comment from Chairman Cronin regarding his representation of the college on workman’s compensation claims which can be viewed in this article. Please note he never truly answered our question but did confirm, his “law firm has represented the consortium since 2008.” The response, knowing what we know now, was nothing short of political duck and cover. Cronin’s response no longer passes the smell test.  The  COD Board of Trustees recently voted to release a large volume of closed session minutes.  Currently available are minutes between February of 2000 and August of 2009. That is a lot of reading to do and so far, it’s clear those running COD had no problem violating the Open Meetings Act and taking action in closed session on a litany of matters. I digress.  What does all this have to do with Dan Cronin?)
— College of DuPage – Breuder’s Human Rights Complaint Dismissed – Part II – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/college-of-dupage-breuders-human-rights-complaint-dismissed-part-ii/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— IRS: ILLINOIS IS LOSING MILLENNIALS  An increasing number of younger adults are making up the exodus of taxpayers from the state. – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/irs-illinois-is-losing-millennials/

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Is Last Chance to Save America – TOM TANCREDO
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/16/donald-trump-last-chance-save-america/
— Assad: U.S. Is Not ‘Serious’ About Fighting Islamic State – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/07/15/assad-says-u-s-presidential-candidates-lack-foreign-policy-experience/

 

THE HILL
— Cruz steps into spotlight for Trump – Jordain Carney
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/287785-cruz-steps-into-spotlight-for-trump
— Priebus says gay convention speaker is ‘welcome in our party’ – Harper Neidig  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288035-priebus-says-gay-convention-speaker-is-welcome-in-our

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump Makes Mike Pence Introduction All About Donald Trump  It took him nearly half an hour to even bring Pence onstage. – Sam Levine
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mike-pence_us_578a57dae4b03fc3ee511d90

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clinton Portrays Trump as a “Poor Role Model for Children.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-children-ad.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Forces G.O.P. to Choose Between Insularity and Outreach.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-convention.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— More than 6 in 10 adults say U.S. race relations are generally bad, poll indicates – Krissah Thompson and Scott Clement  (DIERSEN: Those who have been Obama’s strongest supporters are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/more-than-6-in-10-adults-say-us-race-relations-are-generally-bad-poll-indicates/2016/07/16/66548936-4aa8-11e6-90a8-fb84201e0645_story.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP insiders cheer Pence, though some Trump skeptics dismissive – DAVID M. DRUCKER
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-insiders-cheer-pence-though-some-trump-skeptics-dismissive/article/2596700

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Lures New Big-Money Donors as Old Guard Retreats  Of the contributions disclosed so far, the biggest Trump supporter in the country is Geoffrey Palmer, a real-estate developer in Beverly Hills. – Zachary Mider
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-16/trump-lures-new-big-money-donors-as-old-guard-retreats

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Are Federal Pay and Benefits Too Generous? – Kellie Lunney (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 a background investigation, e) because they cannot pass a physical examination, f) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or g) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2016/07/are-federal-pay-and-benefits-too-generous/129943/

 

FED SMITH
— Worst Case Scenario: Proposed Cuts to Federal Pay and Benefits – Ralph Smith (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 a background investigation, e) because they cannot pass a physical examination, f) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or g) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/16/worst-case-scenario-proposed-cuts-to-federal-pay-and-benefits/

 

HARRIS POLL
— Latest Happiness Index Reveals American Happiness at All-Time Low  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be unhappy?  The following want me to be unhappy: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.theharrispoll.com/health-and-life/American-Happiness-at-All-Time-Low.html

July 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, this is an anti-Trump press release issued jointly by the Naperville Township Democrat Party, the DuPage County Democrat Party, the Illinois Democrat Party, and the Democrat Party.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-republican-convention-st-0717-20160716-story.html
(FROM THE CONSTRUCTIVE PRESS RELEASE: Republicans from Naperville will be focusing on local elections rather than participating in their party’s national convention in Cleveland this week. None of the elected delegates for presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump hail from Naperville nor do any of Illinois’ at-large delegates. And Trump is not high on many Republicans’ list for a leader. Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico, a Republican who welcomed Gov. Bruce Rauner to Exchange Club of Naperville’s Ribfest earlier this month, said he will not vote for Trump. “I am not a Trump supporter. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I just can’t vote for him,” Chirico said. “I think he’s too divisive. He’s not, in my view, the kind of leader I want for this country. I want someone to bring our country together.” With the ongoing racial tension in the U.S., as well as pressure against LGBT groups and other minorities, Chirico said Trump is not the man to lead. “Some of that (divisiveness), in part, is created by strong rhetoric,” Chirico said. “Having someone who is calmer can help diffuse those things.” Rather than attend the convention, many of the Republican Party faithful plan to shore up the ranks back home. Naperville Township Republican Chairman Carl Schultz said he “mostly is concentrating local races” through grassroots efforts. A few committeeman vacancies still need to be filled in the upcoming weeks so Republicans can begin work campaigning after the convention. “I think it’s important. There is an expectation that thousands of more people will be voting in November,” Schultz said. “We had a pretty good turnout in the primaries.” He said reaching voters with one-on-one contact works far better than mailings, which can’t answer voter questions. “I certainly think people look at (fliers)… some read through it or save it for later, and some recycle it so it has no chance to be read,” he said. Schultz said the goal is to get voters to consider all the races on the ballot, not just the one for president. “Most people are going to vote on the top. We are hoping they might go all the way down the ballot,” he said. Another fear is that a dislike of both candidates might keep voters away. Naperville Township Supervisor Rachel Ossyra said it is important that voters not stay home for November’s election, even if they don’t agree with the candidates at the top of the ticket. Votes still need to be cast in local races. “Skip it and move on to the next one,” Ossyra said. “There are 20 other elections on the ballot that are important.” “Your local quality of life is on the ballot,” she said. Ossyra, who was on the primary ballot as a delegate for Republican candidate Marco Rubio, said she is not supporting Trump for president. “I’m not going to be out campaigning for him, no,” Ossyra said. “It doesn’t fit my core values on many levels, in terms of diversity and policy toward people.” DuPage County Republican Chairman Brian Krajewski said don’t expect the presidential candidates to view Illinois as much of a battle ground compared to nearby states such as Iowa and Ohio. On the other hand, he anticipates both parties will throw a great deal of money at the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Mark Kirk and Democratic rival Tammy Duckworth. “That will be an important race in Illinois. It has ramifications on who has control of the (U.S.) Senate,” Krajewski said. As far as the top of the ticket, “I am definitely supporting our presidential candidate,” he said. Krajewski, who likely won’t attend the convention because of prior commitments, said Trump is getting a support from an unlikely group — union workers, who traditionally vote Democratic. He said they philosophically side with Trump on the need for tighter U.S. security and they believe his business background will be better at turning the economy around. “For blue collar workers, he’s the candidate,” Krajewski said. He said also stressed the importance of grassroots efforts, especially reaching the voters who have no party affiliation. “People in the middle are who decides the races. It’s the independents,” he said. The independent voters, he said, helped Barack Obama to carry DuPage County in the last two elections. “Democrats won the national level, Republicans on the local level,” he said. Krajewski said also it shows voters are happy with Republicans at the local level. “And that has much more impact on your everyday life,” he said.)
— Unorthodox Illinois Republican delegation heads to Trump convention without Rauner, Kirk – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-convention-cleveland-met-0717-20160716-story.html
— Trump, Pence don’t agree on key social, economic policies – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–campaign-2016-trump-vs-pence-20160715-story.html
— Political outsider Trump introducing insider Mike Pence – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–campaign-2016-20160716-story.html
— How Democratic operatives exploit Trump’s defects in other Illinois races – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-illinois-republicans-kirk-duckworth-edit-0717-md-20160715-story.html
— Delay in Thompson Center battle could save it from becoming teardown – Blair Kamin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-thompson-center-kamin-met-0717-20160715-column.html
— Islamic State group claims Nice attacker as a ‘soldier’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-eu–france-truck-attack-20160716-story.html
— The story behind Naperville man’s viral Facebook post – Mary Schmich
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-naperville-brian-crooks-mary-schmich-0717-20160715-column.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Restaurant loses video gambling privilege  The village has refunded video gaming machine vendor LZ Entertainment LLC $4,500 in video gaming fees the company paid for five gambling machines for Sabor Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant, at 7052 W. Forest Preserve Drive, had video gaming machines set up for about a month, according to Norridge Mayor James Chmura, but a stipulation in its lease with Norridge Commons shopping center, which bans gaming, forced the owner to remove the machines.  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Those who promote vice are nasty.  Of course, needless-to-say, those who promote video gambling, their operatives, and their dupes focus on destroying me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/norridge/news/ct-nhh-norridge-briefs-tl-0721-20160715-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans head toward unconventional convention – Lynn Sweet and Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/with-many-absent-gop-heads-toward-unconventional-convention/
— Man convicted of threatening state rep gets only probation
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/man-convicted-of-threatening-state-rep-gets-only-probation/

 

WLS AM
— Trump Picks Pence; Roskam Says “Smart Move” – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2016/07/15/trump-picks-pence-roskam-sayssmart-move/

 

NBC5
— Suburban Man’s Facebook Post on Being Black Goes Viral –
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-mans-facebook-post-on-being-black-goes-viral-387051661.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— In tight race, Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk steps away from GOP
http://www.wthr.com/story/32460038/in-tight-race-illinois-sen-mark-kirk-steps-away-from-gop
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/In-tight-race-Illinois-Sen-Mark-Kirk-steps-away-8381896.php

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Area Republicans say they’re pleased with Pence – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160715/area-republicans-say-theyre-pleased-with-pence

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump finance group’s first report offers names of biggest backers  ‘Trump Victory’ raises $25.7 million – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-finance-groups-first-report-offers-names-of-biggest-backers
— Pence now says he backs Trump on Muslim ban  VP choice first said proposal was ‘offensive’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/pence-now-says-he-backs-trump-on-muslim-ban
— Bush trashes Trump on eve of GOP convention  Trump blocking out ‘sober discourse,’ Bush says – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/bush-trashes-trump-on-eve-of-gop-convention

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois lawmakers spurn GOP convention – Dan Petrella  (DIERSEN: I am proud to say that the following spurn me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-spurn-gop-convention/article_ee892b99-2e4d-5afe-854f-ba91a359bc76.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner says war against terrorism will take ‘decades’ – DAN PETRELLA
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rauenr-says-war-against-terrorism-will-take-decades/article_5617a7a3-e845-5872-abe2-158276b58df7.html

 

STATELINE
— Rauner Wants Budget Deal Before November  (DIERSEN: Republicans want spending cuts.  Democrats want tax increases.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/rauner-wants-budget-deal-before-november

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois Politicians Divided on Attending National GOP Convention
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-politicians-divided-on-attending-national-gop-convention
— Local Lawmaker Rodney Davis Prepares For RNC – ESTHER KWON
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/local-lawmaker-prepares-for-rnc

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Blunt, other Republicans praise Trump veep choice Pence, but some doubts remain – Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/blunt-other-republicans-praise-trump-veep-choice-pence/article_d591dc4d-bdbf-5330-badf-a515995505f0.html

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Reince Priebus not to blame for GOP woes – Christian Schneider
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/reince-priebus-not-to-blame-for-gop-woes-b99762370z1-387005071.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IR READERS’ FAVORITES FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY 2016  (DIERSEN: I included a link to the Brady article at the top of my Thursday July 14 Morning Edition GOPUSA ILLINOIS email and it was also the 31th link in the Wednesday July 13 GOPUSA ILLINOIS Evening Edition email.  In the Thursday July 14 link, I drew attention to what Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider wrote about Brady and Trump.  The Demonte article was the 29th link in the July 15 evening edition email.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/ir-readers-favorites-for-the-second-week-of-july-2016.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What do Illinois Review readers like to read, share and want more of? We want you to know our readers’ opinions matter. Your informed comments add to discussions and help us all to know that there are lots of like-minded conservatives in Illinois. So what did you like best during the second week of July 2016? Illinois Review readers’ favorites this week centered around former IL GOP Party Chairman Pat Brady and his scathing comments about Donald Trump, followed by RNC Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte’s response to Brady and Senator Mark Kirk’s revelation of who he intends to vote for in November: Based on the number of reads, likes and shares, here’s this week’s top five that you don’t want to miss: 740 LIKES: FORMER IL REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR PAT BRADY SAYS TRUMP CAN’T WIN, HILLARY BETTER ALTERNATIVE)

 

GOPUSA
— Hillary vows to double down on Obama’s executive actions on immigration
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12552

 

NEWSMAX
— Consumer Prices Maintain Gains on Rising Housing, Healthcare Costs
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/consumer-prices-cpi-costs/2016/07/15/id/738813/

 

THE BLAZE
— Methodists Elect 1st Openly Gay Bishop in Defiance of Ban  Carly Hoilman  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who promote LGBTQ activity take over your church and get rid of its members who do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/16/methodists-elect-1st-openly-gay-bishop-in-defiance-of-ban/
— Liberal Columnist Blasts Rudy Giuliani, Claims ‘White Americans Couldn’t Handle What Black Americans Go Through’ – Carly Hoilman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for White privilege, a) I never would have graduated from Hope Lutheran Grade School in 1962, from Crete-Monee High School on 1966, from NIU in 1970, from Loyola in 1976, from DePaul in 1980, or from IIT in 1997, b) I never would have passed the CPA examination in 1979 or the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, c) I never would have become a licensed CPA in 1982, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) the Post office would never have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores would never have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would never had offered me a job in 1971, IRS would never have offered me a job in 1971, and GAO would never have offered me a job in 1980.  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/16/liberal-columnist-blasts-rudy-giuliani-claims-white-americans-couldnt-handle-what-black-americans-go-through/

 

TOWNHALL
— 20 Examples of What It Would Look Like if White Privilege Really Existed – John Hawkins  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for White privilege, a) I never would have graduated from Hope Lutheran Grade School in 1962, from Crete-Monee High School on 1966, from NIU in 1970, from Loyola in 1976, from DePaul in 1980, or from IIT in 1997, b) I never would have passed the CPA examination in 1979 or the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, c) I never would have become a licensed CPA in 1982, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) the Post office would never have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores would never have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would never had offered me a job in 1971, IRS would never have offered me a job in 1971, and GAO would never have offered me a job in 1980.  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2016/07/16/20-examples-of-what-it-would-look-like-if-white-privilege-really-existed-n2193361

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Trump placates donors, establishment with Pence – Chris Stirewalt
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/15/trump-placates-donors-establishment-with-pence.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— Islam at war with a delusional, suicidal West – MATT BARBER
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/islam-at-war-with-a-delusional-suicidal-west/#!

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pence Pick Boosts GOP Leaders’ Trust in Trump – Rebecca Berg & James Arkin
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/16/pence_pick_boosts_gop_leaders_trust_in_trump.html

 

NSIC
— Principles of Economics and Freedom – Bob McEwen
http://nsic.org/video-mcewen.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump introduces Pence as a unifier – Jessie Hellmann
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288023-trump-pence-as-vp-will-unify-republican-party

— Trump’s secret weapon is Ivanka – Ben Kamisar
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287789-right-hand-woman

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Will Trump use the convention to broadcast a more moderate image? – Nathaniel Swigger  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Trump to not only dump, but to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-us/will-trump-use-the-conven_b_11031352.html

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Pence unlikely to open donor floodgates to Trump.”
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/mike-pence-donors-fundraising/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Pences say “Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Republicans as Different as Night and Day.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/us/politics/republican-trump-pence.html
— ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack in Nice, France – ALISSA J. RUBIN and ANDREW HIGGINS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/world/europe/isis-nice-france-attack.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Justice Ginsburg’s damage to the Supreme Court – Ruth Marcus  (DIERSEN: One could argue that Pat Brady and his supporters have done far more damage to the Illinois Republican Party and to all Republicans than Ginsburg has done to the Supreme Court.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-damage-justice-ginsburg-did-to-the-supreme-court/2016/07/15/7c80f054-4ab8-11e6-90a8-fb84201e0645_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Paul Ryan and the Trump Party  A GOP schism isn’t as inevitable as it appears. The House speaker wants his ‘A Better Way’ plan to succeed, and Trump might need to put it into action. – Joseph Rago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-ryan-and-the-trump-party-1468623843
— The GOP’s Trump Power Play  Squelching dissent won’t build loyalty for the fall campaign. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gops-trump-power-play-1468623655
— The Marvel of Electricity  Although the grid’s vulnerability to cyberattack and sabotage gets the headlines, the No. 1 cause of power outages is foliage. Almost as problematic are squirrels. – R. TYLER PRIEST  (DIERSEN: For 15 years (1984-1999), frequent and lengthy power outages during and after storms discouraged the Diersens from having their basement finished at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-marvel-of-electricity-1468616241
— The Perils of Cosigning that Student Loan  Cosigners sometimes don’t realize they are responsible for paying the loan if the student doesn’t – VERONICA DAGHER  (DIERSEN: What factors discouraged lending you money to get a college degree?  For me, they were a) my being draft bait, b) my only just barely making it into the top 20% of my high school class, c) my ACT score being only 24, d) my father having type 1 diabetes, not having a college degree, and not earning that much, and e) my washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights for the minimum wage instead of demonstrating leadership potential.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perils-of-cosigning-that-student-loan-1468575002
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 90% of private student loans made to undergraduates require a creditworthy cosigner, Mr. Kantrowitz says. Lenders typically require cosigners to have an income above a certain threshold. Because of their likely scant credit history, most students won’t qualify for a private student loan without a cosigner.)
— Boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials: Catchall Groupings  Why marketers and academics like pigeonholing generations into defined cohorts –  JO CRAVEN MCGINTY  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on turning members of all the generations against Republicans, and especially Republicans who were conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, and/or non-veteran like me.)
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/boomers-gen-xers-and-millennials-catchall-groupings-2212/
— Analysis of the Generations Isn’t an Exact Science  Groupings like baby boomer and millennial appeal to those measuring social change, but cutoffs are fuzzy – JO CRAVEN MCGINTY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/analysis-of-the-generations-isnt-an-exact-science-1468575000

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why Republicans Should Actually Vote for Hillary Clinton.”
http://fortune.com/2016/07/16/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-republicans/

 

FORBES
— If Top Tech Leaders Think Donald Trump Is Anti-Innovation They Should Ponder What Hillary Will Do – Tim Worstall  (DIERSEN: Hillary promotes those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/07/16/if-top-tech-leaders-think-donald-trump-is-anti-innovation-they-should-ponder-what-hillary-will-do/#782deeb84fe3

 

USA TODAY
— GOP to Welcome Openly Gay Speaker to Convention  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2016/07/15/87156032/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Mike Pence is the perfect complement to Donald Trump – Editorial
http://nypost.com/2016/07/15/mike-pence-is-the-perfect-complement-to-donald-trump/

 

HERALD DISPATCH
— Even U.S. senator has been target of racial profiling  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs profile Republicans as being racists.  They especially profile Republicans as being racists who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/even-u-s-senator-has-been-target-of-racial-profiling/article_a8201d41-4979-53c8-b4c6-ee8e679097cd.html

 

DAILY BEAST
— Bill Maher Compares Trump’s Children to ‘Nazis’ – Marlow Stern  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Are you a Republican?  Soon, if not already, if you do not join the Democrats in calling Trump and his supporters Nazis and even worse things, Democrats will call you a Nazi and threaten to do even more to slander you.  Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  In anticipation of the aforesaid, should the Republican elected officials and Republican party leaders a) obtain restraining orders against Democrats and/or b) file lawsuits against Democrats?)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/15/bill-maher-compares-trump-s-children-to-nazis.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— PENCE ADVOCATED IMMIGRATION COMPROMISE IN CONGRESS – EMILY CADEI
http://www.newsweek.com/pence-trump-immigration-480983?rx=us

 

PBS
— Mike Pence’s political journey, from Cruz backer to Trump’s No. 2
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/mike-pences-political-journey-cruz-backer-trumps-no-2/

 

THE NATION
— It Takes Jamie Dimon 3 Hours to Earn What Some of His Employees Do All Year  So much for the JPMorgan Chase CEO’s being a working-class hero. — Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen
https://www.thenation.com/article/is-jamie-dimon-a-working-class-hero/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Conservative Lawmakers Push for Expedited Firings Across Government – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: These “conservative lawmakers” should be pushing against political affiliation discrimination, against reverse discrimination, against age discrimination, and against retaliation for blowing the whistle on the aforesaid.  But they don’t because if they did, Democrats and RINOs would get rid of them.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/07/conservative-lawmakers-push-expedited-firings-across-government/129955/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of conservative lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to expedite the disciplinary process throughout the federal government, saying the measure would boost accountability. The bill, introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., and cosponsored by Reps. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas; Steve King, R-Iowa; and Randy Weber, R-Texas, would limit the time federal employees have to appeal a negative personnel action and restrict the number of appeals they could file to just one. Agencies would suspend employees without pay throughout the appeal process. Employees would have seven days to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board a firing, suspension or other action. MSPB would then have 45 days to issue a ruling on the appeal. If the board did not act in that timeframe, then the agency’s decision would stand.)

 

SALON
— Mike Pence is even worse than you think: Trump’s VP pick has a long, disastrous record of opposing LGBT rights  The “religious liberty” governor earns a 0 from the Human Rights Campaign and voted against hate crimes prevention – NICO LANG  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that promote LGBT activity run America, run Illinois, run Cook County, and run Chicago.  Of course, needless-to-say, the aforesaid will use their tremendous power to destroy Pence.)
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/16/mike_pence_is_even_worse_than_you_think_trumps_vp_pick_has_a_long_disastrous_record_of_opposing_lgbt_rights/

July 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Newt Gingrich: Test every Muslim in America and deport those who believe in Sharia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-newt-gingrich-test-muslims-for-sharia-20160715-story.html
— As Clinton stumbles, Trump takes an apparent slim lead in new tracking poll – David Lauter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-usc-lat-tracking-poll-20160705-snap-story.html
— A look at Gov. Mike Pence’s Chicago roots – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mike-pence-chicago-connection-20160714-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I really owe a debt of gratitude to Chicago that springs from my own personal history. When my grandfather got off a boat on Ellis Island in about 1923, he caught a train to Chicago and he drove a bus in this city for about 40 years,” Pence told the crowd. “My mom and dad both grew up on the South Side of Chicago, down around 55th and Honore. In fact, we have family that goes to school and lives and works in this community here today.”  The religious conservative also noted how especially meaningful it was to be addressing the City Club during December, the time of year he often traveled to Chicago as a child. “It’s very personal when I’m in this city. I feel very at home. My story is I was raised by two big city kids in a really small town in southern Indiana,” said Pence, who grew up in Columbus, Ind., and represented the area in Congress before becoming governor in 2013. “Particularly this time of year, the Pence family would find themselves in the back of a station wagon making the long trip up what was then Highway 31 to the South Side of Chicago to hearth and home and family and friends. It’s a blessing to be here this time of year with all of you and reflect on those deep memories.” The speech may have been a blessing, but Pence also used it as an opportunity to unload some ribbing on what he characterized as Illinois’ political and governmental dysfunction. He noted Indiana-purchased billboards in Illinois that read “Caution high taxes ahead” and “Attention tax drop. State line 16 miles ahead” as the audience laughed. “We’ve been buying a lot in Crain’s Chicago Business magazine,” Pence said with a smirk. “My personal favorite was: You had me at balanced budget.”)
— We should have more say over Facebook news – Phil Rosenthal  (DIERSEN: Who wants to have say over what you do? The following want to have say over what I do: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-rosenthal-facebook-rainbow-0715-biz-20160714-column.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For a while Wednesday night and into Thursday, you may have noticed on the website where more than 40 percent of U.S. adults are said to get word of current events, the biggest news in Chicago was a double rainbow. This is what happens when Facebook tweaks its news feed algorithm. Every person with a smartphone shot got to decorate your news feed, turning it into a veritable Rainbow Connection, squeezing out whatever else might have been going on in the world, potentially affecting your life and business. Yet, to be honest, the rash of rainbows actually were a welcome respite. The sight of something everyone could get behind was a much-needed palate cleanser from what Facebook has become of late, even if it grew repetitive after a while. A fuller spectrum of color is nice when so much seems geared to making us see red. Since Facebook moved to downgrade and downplay news sites (such as the Chicago Tribune) in its news feed, the social media site with more than 1 billion users worldwide has, for many users, become an even more contentious toxic dump of inflamed political bickering and rumors. The expectation when the change was announced was that users would be inundated by their Facebook friends’ vacation videos, baby pictures, food commentary, health updates and other trivia. That’s all there. There’s no shortage of info about which of your acquaintances doesn’t get the appeal of “Pokemon Go,” who went to the Adele concert and who scored well on a vocabulary test making the rounds. But because the algorithm favors what users share among themselves, respond to, spend time with and comment on, the “real” news that finds its way into the stream can be among the most extreme, divisive version of any given story.)
— The abortion lobby’s horrifying new ‘comedy’ act – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-distasteful-abortion-comedy-video-by-naral-perspec-0715-20160715-story.html
— What it’s like to be black in Naperville, America – Brain Crooks (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that none of my grade school or high school classmates were minorities.  I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.  They would use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a racist.  What do you say to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes?  Should I write a book about them?  Should I sue them?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-being-black-naperville-america-st-0715-20160714-story.html
— Former Naperville man’s essay on black life goes viral – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-crooks-essay-viral-st-0715-20160715-story.html
— Republican stalwarts just blocked the last big push to stop Donald Trump’s nomination – Melanie Mason and Lisa Mascaro
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-republican-nomination-rules-20160714-snap-story.html
— You can’t bring a water gun to protest the RNC, but you can bring an AK-47 – Matt Pearce
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-cleveland-republican-protests-20160714-snap-story.html
— Mike Pence looks like Donald Trump’s ideal running mate – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-mike-pence-donald-trump-vp-ideal-20160715-story.html
— Sheriff’s office, resident address DuPage board on police shootings – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-sheriff-dupage-grief-st-0713-20160714-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— School budgets show CPS still losing students – LAUREN FITZPATRICK
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/school-budgets-show-cps-still-losing-students/
— Mike Pence has deep Chicago ties – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: What are your Chicago ties?  My ties include a) working for IRS there for the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1980, b) working for GAO there 1980-1997, c) taking classes at UIC there 1966-1968, 1971, and 1982-1983, at Loyola 1972-1976, at DePaul 1976-1980, at Becker CPA Review 1978-1979, at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and at IIT 1992-1997, d) living in a studio apartment there for 3 months in 1971, e) owning a studio condo there in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building and living there part-time 1974-1976, f) owning and living in a one bedroom condo in the ODE building there 1976-1978, g) walking to work at IRS from the ODE building 1974-1978, h) frequently riding a bicycle along the lakefront north and south of the ODE building 1976-1978, i) meeting my wife there, courting my wife there, and then marrying her there in 1978, j) having my 1969 Dodge Charger SE stolen there in 1971 and having my 1962 Chevy BelAir stolen there while I worked for IRS at its office at 63rd and Halsted in 1973, k) reading Chicago newspapers since the 1960s, l) watching Chicago television stations since the 1950s, m) listening to Chicago radio stations since the 1950s, n) arguing Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange in federal court there in the late 1990s, and o) arguing Diersen v. GAO in federal court there in the early 2000s. Again, what are your Chicago ties? You might get asked those questions if you run for a statewide government or political office. You might get asked those questions if you run for any government or political office that represents Chicago or any part of it.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-trump-pick-has-deep-chicago-ties/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump may have chosen a lifelong Hoosier as his running mate, but Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has strong Chicago ties. Pence, the grandson of a Chicago bus driver, is now ready to get on board the Trump train. Trump’s veep mate addressed the City Club of Chicago months before Trump jumped into the presidential fray, speaking at the City Club in June 2015. It was during Pence’s City Club address that his “great connection to Chicago” was discussed, informing the audience his grandfather got off the boat at Ellis Island — and then took a bus to Chicago, where he lived for 40 years. Said Pence: “My parents grew up on Chicago’s South Side, around 55th and Honore. I have family that continues to live and work in the Chicago community; my oldest brother went to Loyola University. “I grew up in the country raised by two city folks. Christmastime meant the family would pack up and ride up to the South Side of Chicago to be with friends and family.” Rev. Clete Kiley, the chief operations administrator for Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich, tells Sneed Pence once marched with civil rights hero U.S. Congressman John Lewis. “He participated in the annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama years ago,” said Kiley, who was then head of the Institute for Faith and Politics.” “As a Republican, Pence accepted a leadership role and marched across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in memory of the civil right marches in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama,” said Kiley. Ald. Ed Burke (14th), his wife, Justice Anne Burke, and their son, Travis, was also on that pilgrimage march with Pence in Alabama. “It was quite a moving pilgrimage,” Burke said.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville Township’s road district to appeal lawsuit dismissal – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160714/news/160719436/
— This education-funding panel might just fool the skeptics – Ralph Martire
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160715/discuss/160719447/
— Why the big range in mosquito control costs? – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160714/discuss/160719438/
— Wheaton Hawthorne neighborhood profile – Sherry Giewald
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160715/entlife/160719650/

 

NBC5
— Donald Trump’s Canceled Chicago Rally Carried Hefty Price Tag  The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s rally in Chicago in March resulted in at least five arrests and two injured officers – Phil Rogers  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps, that is, Clinton supporters, make it clear that they will harm you if you support Trump.  In your precinct, how many are more likely or less likely to vote for Trump because of the aforesaid?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/donald-trump-canceled-chicago-rally-carried-hefty-price-tag-386880471.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— New Taxes Considered for Schools – Benjamin Yount  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=218824#.V4jk-WgrKM8

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Playing with fire may lead to a better Illinois  Democratic senator Biss burns with ideas to fix government – Madeleine Doubek
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/13/playing-with-fire-may-lead-to-a-better-illinois/ao0n6te/

 

WBEZ
— Some Illinois Republicans May Skip RNC, But WBEZ Will Be There
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/some-illinois-republicans-may-skip-rnc-but-wbez-will-be-there/0a50da9c-91f1-41b3-880f-7f369a3810d5

 

WQAD
— State report shows Illinois staring down $8 billion deficit – KATRINA LAMANSKY
http://wqad.com/2016/07/15/state-report-shows-illinois-staring-down-8-billion-deficit/

 

WSIL TV
— Governor Rauner promotes opportunities for minorities and for women in Illinois – Amy Fox  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted opportunities for their employees who were minorities and/or women by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32450407/governor-rauner-promotes-minority-opportunities-in-illinois

 

POLITIFACT
— Tammy Duckworth says Mark Kirk called for the ‘mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans’ – Kevin Hoffman
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2016/jul/15/tammy-duckworth/says-mark-kirk-called-mass-arrest-18000-african-am/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— ARE YOU LIVING IN ONE OF THE TOP 20 SAFEST CITIES IN ILLINOIS? – Kevin Hoffman  (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries that encourage criminals to live in your municipality?)
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/12/whats-hot/kevin-hoffmanrebootillinois-com/are-you-living-in-one-of-the-top-20-safest-cities-in-illinois/61418/

 

ILLINOIS MIRROR
— Reboot Illinois’ Fact-Check Fail on Rauner Family Income Claim – Brittany Clingen
http://www.illinoismirror.com/reboot-illinois-fact-check-fail-on-rauner-family-income-claim/

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Benjamin Yount discusses Trump with Doug Ibendahl (7/14/16 Parts 3 & 4)
http://www.cities929.com/portal.asp?pid=3557181&sid=3309

 

TPM
— Gingrich: We Should ‘Test’ Every US Muslim, Deport Them If Believe In Sharia – ALLEGRA KIRKLANDP
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gingrich-test-deport-us-muslims-sharia

 

GOPUSA
— In wake of terror attack Gingrich calls for Sharia test for Muslims living in U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/in-wake-of-terror-attack-gingrich-calls-for-sharia-test-for-muslims-living-in-us/
— National polls shift toward Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/national-polls-shift-toward-trump/
— Ignorance of Facts Fuels the Anti-Cop ‘Movement’
http://www.gopusa.com/ignorance-of-facts-fuels-the-anti-cop-movement/
— GOP platform pleases conservatives
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12564

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Reince Priebus fails to rein in renegade anti-Trump delegates as convention looms – Seth McLaughlin
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/14/reince-priebus-fails-to-rein-in-anti-trump-delegat/
— Republicans demand punishment for countries that refuse to take back criminal illegals – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/14/republicans-demand-punishment-for-countries-that-r/
— Donald Trump provides rare opportunity for inclusion for gay Republican activists – S.A. Miller  (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying the Republican Party.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/14/donald-trump-provides-rare-opportunity-for-inclusi/

 

TOWNHALL
— Obama, Clinton and Race Exploitation – David Limbaugh
http://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2016/07/15/obama-clinton-and-race-exploitation-n2192893

 

NEWSMAX
— Politico: GOP Insiders Say Violence ‘Bound to Spill Over’ at Convention – Joe Crowe
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Politico-GOP-Insiders-Violence-Convention/2016/07/15/id/738807/
— ‘Never Trump’ Movement Crushed in GOP Rules Hearing
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/never-trump-movement-crushed/2016/07/14/id/738768/
— Rachel Maddow’s Trump Comments Appear to Compare Him to Adolf Hitler –  J. Wheaton  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans like Hitler demonized, denigrated, and condemned the Jews.)
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/rachel-maddow-trump-comments-hitler/2016/07/14/id/738698/

 

FRONTPAGE NEWS
— CITIES BRACE FOR NATIONWIDE DAY OF RAGE  The shadowy group Anonymous says trouble is on the menu. – Matthew Vadum
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263514/cities-brace-nationwide-day-rage-matthew-vadum

 

BREITBART
— BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE: Clinton to Resettle One Million Muslim Migrants During First Term Alone – JULIA HAHN
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/14/clinton-resettle-one-million-muslim-migrants-first-term-alone/
— RNC Chairman Priebus: Rules Committee Meeting Shows Our Party ‘Unity’ – PATRICK HOWLEY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/07/14/rnc-chairman-priebus-rules-committee-meeting-shows-party-unity/

 

THE BLAZE
— Illinois Family Wants to Adopt Foster Child — But May Be Forced to Give Up Their Second Amendment Rights to Do So – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/14/illinois-family-wants-to-adopt-foster-child-but-may-be-forced-to-give-up-their-second-amendment-rights-to-do-so/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Petition Calls for RNC Rules Committee to Open Up Republican Primaries to Non-GOP Voters – Kaitlyn Schallhorn  (DIERSEN: Non-Republicans, that is, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WANT REPUBLICANS TO LOSE.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/14/petition-calls-for-rnc-rules-committee-to-open-up-republican-primaries-to-non-gop-voters/?ut

 

THE REPUBLIC
— Mike Pence path to public service
http://www.therepublic.com/2016/07/15/mike_pence_path_to_public_service/

 

ROLL CALL
— Ryan Hopeful Trump Will ‘Endeavor to Try to Change’- Eric Garcia  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to change?  The following want me to change: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/paul-ryan-trump-will-endeavor-try-change

 

THE HILL
— O’Reilly lands live interviews with Trump, Clinton after Nice attacks – Joe Concha
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287859-oreilly-lands-live-interviews-with-trump-clinton-after-nice-attacks
— GOP squashes ‘Never Trump’ rules proposal in heated hearing – Jonathan Easley
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287860-gop-squashes-never-trump-proposal-in-emotional-rules-committee-hearing

 

POLITICO
— CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ARTICLE TITLE: Telling truth is challenge for Trump – Roger Simon
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/to-tell-the-truth-a-challenge-for-trump-225499
— Republican unity negotiations break down  The RNC spent most of the day behind closed doors with anti-Trump insurgents. It yielded nothing. – Kyle Cheney
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-never-trump-meet-225540
— OUTRAGEOUS: GOP panel rejects plan to push closed primaries – Kyle Cheney (DIERSEN: Non-Republicans, that is, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WANT REPUBLICANS TO LOSE.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/gop-panel-rejects-plan-to-push-closed-primaries-225575
— Federal budget deficit will increase $162 billion in 2016
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/federal-budget-deficit-will-increase-162-billion-in-2016-225603

 

CNN
— Amnesty International sending ‘human rights observers’ to conventions – Gregory Krieg
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/politics/amnesty-international-human-rights-observers-conventions/

 

ABC NEWS
— Republican Panel Leaves Anti-Trump Move Gasping for Breath – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/republican-panel-leaves-anti-trump-move-gasping-breath-40599457

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Clevelanders Open Homes and Churches to Convention Demonstrators – YAMICHE ALCINDOR  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, these Clevelanders are 100% responsible for all the death and destruction that convention demonstrators cause.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/us/politics/rnc-protestors-cleveland.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— When dual citizenship is difficult to maintain – Gary L. Fellman, Wheaton  (DIERSEN: Dual citizenship should never be allowed.  Under absolutely no circumstances should a citizen of America be allowed to also be a citizen of another country.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-dual-citizenship-is-difficult-to-maintain/2016/07/14/f813c16a-4914-11e6-8dac-0c6e4accc5b1_story.html
— Donald Trump wants Congress to declare war on ISIS. It hasn’t done that since World War II. – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/14/donald-trump-wants-congress-to-declare-war-on-isis-it-hasnt-done-that-since-world-war-ii/
— Attempts to unbind GOP delegates crushed, effectively ending ‘Never Trump’ movement – Ed O’Keefe and Dan Balz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/14/as-trump-prepares-to-unveil-vp-pick-republican-delegates-scramble-to-ward-off-rules-revolt/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— ‘Never Trump’ forces converge on Cleveland for last stand over party’s nomination – Lisa Mascaro and Melanie Mason
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-gop-convention-never-trump-20160714-snap-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Refugees in Europe say they fear terrorists are among them – Gilgamesh Nabeel and Jabeen Bhatti
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/07/14/refugees-europe-say-they-fear-terrorists-among-them/87008334/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote Islam.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/rieder/2016/07/14/rieder-combating-anti-muslim-rhetoric/87075648/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will ‘Stop-Trump’ Movement Now Target Pence? – REID J. EPSTEIN
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/07/15/friday-preview-will-stop-trump-movement-now-target-pence/
— Trump’s Pence Selection  The Indiana Governor will reassure some wary Republicans. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-pence-selection-1468537866
— The Convention Revolt Peters Out  Anti-Trump forces have failed to unbind delegates. What if Donald had agreed? – KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-convention-revolt-begins-1468537305
— Low Unemployment, High Dissatisfaction  The sunny jobs reports don’t count people who have given up looking for work. No wonder the national mood is sour. – Bob Funk  (DIERSEN: What are the top reasons why employers would not offer you a job?  For me, they are a) the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me including not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims; and c) the adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office superiors took against me including forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois side with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/low-unemployment-high-dissatisfaction-1468537493

 

BLOOMBERG
– Trump’s Rise Pressures Both Parties to Change  The dynamic could possibly make this year as transformative as the elections of 1932 or 1968—but predicting a realignment is tricky. – Peter Coy  (DIERSEN: Unlike the Democrat Party, the Republican Party in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township lets people have leadership roles who despise, if not hate conservatives, that is, who despise if not hate the base of the Republican Party. They especially hate those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-15/party-realignment

 

WASHINTON TIMES HERALD
— Pence brings conservative credentials to GOP ticket – Maureen Hayden
http://www.washtimesherald.com/news/local_news/pence-brings-conservative-credentials-to-gop-ticket/article_4120a3b0-ebdb-5ad6-bdde-6fb08a30d75b.html

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps, that is, Clinton supporters, threaten to harm Trump supporters. How will that impact voters?
https://psmag.com/why-recent-violence-is-unlikely-to-increase-support-for-donald-trump-a9aca03c1225#.71tau1qq9

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Social Security reform for Civil Service Retirement System feds hits a roadblock – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/pay-benefits/2016/07/social-security-reform-csrs-feds-hits-roadblock/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Who Gave Us Justice Ginsburg? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_pat_buchanan/who_gave_us_justice_ginsburg

 

SALON
— What Newt Gingrich really thinks of Donald Trump: He’s “not a conservative”  Gingrich: Trump would lose in a landslide if he didn’t evolve to be more like Ronald Reagan than Barry Goldwater – ROBERT FATURECHI
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/15/what_newt_gingrich_really_partner/

July 14 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Tim Schneider, the current Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, responded to Brady’s comments, writing: “Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady’s comments do not reflect the views or opinions of the current leadership of the Illinois Republican Party. Through the results of the March Primary, Illinois Republicans made their voices heard and believe that Donald Trump is best suited to take on Hillary Clinton and her decades of corruption, deceit, and liberal politics. The Illinois Republican Party is fully committed to supporting the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/former-illinois-republican-party-chair-says-tump-cant-win-the-election.html

 

ABC7
— GOP CONVENTION FIGHT BREWING AS DELEGATES MULL GOING ROGUE – RYAN STRUYK
http://abc7chicago.com/news/gop-convention-fight-brewing-as-delegates-mull-going-rogue/1425611/

 

NBC5
— Clinton Ahead or Even in Midwest Battlegrounds  The two candidates are tied at 39 percent each in Ohio
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Polls-Clinton-Ahead-Or-Even-In-Midwest-Battlegrounds-Trump-386663131.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM TO PROMOTE LGBTQ ACTIVITY, ABORTION, MASS/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, POT, GAMBLING, RACE AND GENDER BASED PREFERENCE GIVING, ABOLITION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND OTHER TERRIBLE THINGS, AND IF NOT THAT, SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE AFORESAID.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-why-the-republican-and-democratic-1468495623-htmlstory.html
— Hillary Clinton calls on Americans to reject ‘divisive’ Trump candidacy – Michael A. Memoli (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on dividing those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-clinton-springfield-20160713-snap-story.html
— Duckworth ad rips Kirk for embellishing military record – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-mark-kirk-attack-ad-story.html
— State: No unemployment benefits without posting resume – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: What are the top reasons why employers would not offer you a job?  For me, they are a) the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me including not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims, and c) the adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office superiors took against me including forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois side with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-jobseekers-register-employment-service-0714-biz-20160713-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO, ON COOK COUNTY, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Segregation still haunts CPS – Natalie Y. Moore, reporter for WBEZ and author of “The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-cps-segregation/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Daily Herald promotes Reboot Illinois and Politifact.  What if the Daily Herald promoted GOPUSA ILLINOIS?  Ever-increasingly, those who try to compete with GOPUSA ILLINOIS spend more and more and more money and/or force those who visit their websites and/or read their emails to look at more and more and more nasty advertising.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160713/news/160719551/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Dail Herald shows that it exists to promote LGBTQ activity and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160714/discuss/160719566/

 

WGN RADIO
— Political analyst Chris Robling on Black Lives Matter protests: “All they are interested in is racial division” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2016/07/12/political-analyst-chris-robling-on-black-lives-matter-protests-all-they-are-interested-in-is-racial-division/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats like tone of Clinton’s address – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: AP reports that Clinton said that Trump is dangerous, divisive, and fear-mongering. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20160713/bernard-schoenburg-democrats-like-tone-of-clintons-address
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use “Nuns on the Bus” to promote Clinton and the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160713/nuns-on-bus-call-for-mending-gaps

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— “Pay Now Illinois” Coalition Files Lawsuit
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/pay-now-illinois-coalition-files-lawsuit

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clinton slams Trump in Springfield
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32440139/hillary-clinton-makes-campaign-stop-in-springfield
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Clinton slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for sending what she calls an ugly message to America, referring to Trump’s promises to ban Muslims and deport eleven million illegal immigrants. “Imagine if he did not just have Twitter or cable news to go after his critics and opponents, but also the IRS or the military for that matter,” Clinton said. Clinton’s comments come as new polling data from Quinnipiac University shows Trump with the lead in key swing states, gaining ground thanks to voters who increasingly view Clinton as untrustworthy.)

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Per-mile road tax crashes in Illinois; but moves ahead in California – Dennis Byrne  (DIERSEN: Would a per-mile road tax benefit you?  I own six cars (1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang), but I drive them extremely few miles because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2016/07/per-mile-road-tax-crashes-in-illinois-but-moves-ahead-in-california/

 

WILL COUNTY NEWS
— Tell Gov. Rauner to ‘VETO’ the Muslim American Advisory Council – Steve Balich
http://willcountynews.com/2016/07/13/tell-gov-rauner-to-veto-the-muslim-american-advisory-council/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— RNC speaker list includes Donald Trump’s wife and children, Benghazi survivors – David Sherfinski
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/14/rnc-speaker-list-includes-donald-trump-wife-and-ch/
— House votes to expand ‘conscience’ protections for those opposed to abortion – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What to you say to “Republican” party leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, their operatives, and their dupes who focus on destroying those like me who support the right-to-life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform?  Should I write a book about the aforesaid?)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/13/abortion-conscience-protections-approved-in-house/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Ebony Magazine Editor: Hate Crimes Can’t Be Committed Against White People, Cops – Steve Guest
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/13/ebony-magazine-editor-hate-crimes-cant-be-committed-against-white-people-cops-video/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHRISTIAN YOUTH CHOIR LIKENED TO NAZIS, ISIS  ‘This church ticks every box on the Ugly Religious Fundamentalism checklist’ – BOB UNRUH  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois are fully aware that the more of the following that apply to you, the easier it is for them to liken you to Nazis: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, German national origin, Lutheran, rich, gun owner, and ancestors in America for a long time.  If you were me, how would you react to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who liken me to Nazis?)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/christian-youth-choir-likened-to-nazis-isis/#!

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s ‘law-and-order’ gamble – Mike Lillis  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that they will have minorities riot and destroy America if Trump is elected.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287635-trumps-law-and-order-gamble

 

CNN
— Conservatives split on Trump’s running mate – Mark Preston  (DIERSEN: Who leads the conservatives in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?  I should write a book about those who lead the anti-conservatives in Illinois, in Congressional District 6, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. By definition, leaders have religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/politics/donald-trump-vice-president-search-conservatives/

 

ABC NEWS
— Center Stage at GOP Convention: Dump Trump Vs Party Leaders – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/center-stage-gop-convention-dump-trump-party-leaders-40567189

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump may spell doom for vulnerable GOP senators.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/susceptible-republican-senators-up-for-election-continue-to-dodge-donald-trump/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republican Officials Brace for Chaos at Convention – JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/republican-convention-issues.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Hillary Clinton, at Site of Lincoln Speech, Laments G.O.P.’s Turn to Donald Trump – MATT FLEGENHEIMER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/hillary-clinton-race-speech.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/opinion/a-history-of-white-delusion.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/opinion/blood-on-your-hands-too.html
— How Excessive Executive Pay Hurts Shareholders – Editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/opinion/how-excessive-executive-pay-hurts-shareholders.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— RNC members still don’t know what Donald Trump has planned for the convention – Rebecca Sinderbrand
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/paloma/the-daily-trail/2016/07/13/the-daily-trail-rnc-members-still-don-t-know-what-donald-trump-has-planned-for-the-convention/5786c289cd96926bdf400f4a/
— Why highways have become the center of civil rights protest – Emily Badger
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-highways-have-become-the-center-of-civil-rights-protest/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Group Promotes a Platform That Avoids Hot-Button Issues  Group aims to replace 60-page document with a statement of principles that leaves out Donald Trump’s position on trade, gay marriage issue – REID J. EPSTEIN  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WANT EVERYTHING TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WANT TO DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-dissidents-to-challenge-platform-as-anti-gay-on-convention-floor-1468449084
— Trump Calls on Ginsburg to Resign From Supreme Court  Presumptive GOP presidential nominee says ‘her mind is shot,’ after she criticized his candidacy – BRENT KENDALL
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-calls-on-ginsburg-to-resign-from-supreme-court-1468444857
— Settlement of Syrian Refugees in the U.S. Accelerates  After a slow start, Obama administration’s annual goal of 10,000 arrivals is within reach – MIRIAM JORDAN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/settlement-of-syrian-refugees-in-the-u-s-accelerates-1468402205
— LOW INTEREST RATES: Sorry, You’re Just Going To Have to Save More Money – JASON ZWEIG
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/07/13/sorry-youre-just-going-to-have-to-save-more-money%e2%80%8b/
— In Advanced Economies, Two-Thirds of Population Have Seen Incomes Stagnate, Study Shows  Report underscores damage done by financial crisis to economic advancement for half a billion people – JOSH ZUMBRUN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-advanced-economies-two-thirds-of-population-have-seen-incomes-stagnate-study-shows-1468450861

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: By her words, Clinton calls for anti-Whites to protest against Trump.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/13/hillary-clinton-race-springfield-trump/87030572/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: With days to go, GOP convention struggles with $6 million shortfall – Fredreka Schouten
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/07/13/republican-convention-6-million-shortfall/87034814/
— Trump, Clinton both threaten Freedom of the Press – Carol E. Lee and Jeff Mason  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents do?  My critics/opponents focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/14/trump-clinton-both-threaten-freedom-press-reporters-first-amendment-questions-white-house-correspondents-column/87027090/
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Ginsburg’s bus league remarks hurt court credibility – Editorial
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/13/ginsburg-supreme-court-trump-ethics-editorials-debates/87050488/
— Police brace for days of protests in Cleveland – Trevor Hughes
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/13/cleveland-protests-trump-police-republican-convention/86996112/

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— GAO report criticizes Energy Department’s handling of whistleblower complaints – LINDSAY WISE AND SAMMY FRETWELL (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government retaliated against me for blowing the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article89476512.html

 

NPR
— Some Trump RNC Delegates Surprised About Paying Their Own Way To Cleveland – LAUREN CHOOLJIAN
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/14/485911005/some-trump-rnc-delegates-surprised-about-paying-their-own-way-to-cleveland

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Retirees Need To Tighten Belts While Current Employees Expect To See Pay Increases – Michael Wald  (DIERSEN: As time goes on, the negative impact of my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old INCREASES.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/13/federal-retirees-need-to-tighten-belts-while-current-employees-expect-to-see-pay-increases/