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January 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want America to give foreign countries more money a) to get them to stop sending their citizens into America illegally, b) to get them to stop keeping their citizens in America illegally, and c) to get them to stop sending illegal drugs into America illegally. From what I see, the more money that America gives foreign countries, the more that those countries will use that money a) to dump their problematic and unwanted citizens on America and b) to send illegal drugs into America.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/linda-chavez-donald-trump-wall-immigration-asylum/
— Reining in Chicago’s six-figure salary club – Editorial (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000 a year in today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chicago-employee-salary-pay-overtime-cpd-police-joe-ferguson-six-figure/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater uses Steve King to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-republican-party-racism-20190114-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage leaders continue to debate timing of merger – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190114/dupage-leaders-continue-to-debate-timing-of-merger
— McSweeney vows to continue push for suburban consolidation plan despite veto – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190114/mcsweeney-vows-to-continue-push-for-suburban-consolidation-plan-despite-veto
— Stop harming people with government shutdown, Chicago-area Democrats say – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190114/stop-harming-people-with-government-shutdown-chicago-area-democrats-say

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pet insurance is the latest perk for companies courting millennials Employers offer a range of new benefits tailored to the worries and lifestyles of younger workers. – JOHN PLETZ (DIERSEN: What if a government employer offered this perk?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/john-pletz-technology/pet-insurance-latest-perk-companies-courting-millennials
— Is Chicago finally ready for reform? Let’s start with aldermanic privilege. – Editorial
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-finally-ready-reform-lets-start-aldermanic-privilege

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois lawmakers on Pritzker inauguration: ‘We all owe him an open mind’ – GABRIEL NEELY-STREIT
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/southern-illinois-lawmakers-on-pritzker-inauguration-we-all-owe-him/article_0e20c977-7aca-500a-bcf0-0ee19cd9bb82.html

WSIL TV
— Southern Illinois lawmakers respond to Pritzker inauguration address – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39788800/southern-illinois-lawmakers-respond-to-pritzker-inauguration-address

WIRE POINTS
— The progressive tax rates Pritzker didn’t address – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.wirepoints.com/the-progressive-tax-rates-pritzker-didnt-address/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Outgoing Ives says Illinois is an example of what not to do – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511720063-outgoing-ives-says-illinois-is-an-example-of-what-not-to-do

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pritzker to meet ‘bad faith’ opponents of progressive tax with ‘considerable political will’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-to-meet-bad-faith-opponents-of-progressive-tax-with/article_e46b324c-1847-11e9-b26e-437ab7b13360.html
— Illinois’ first new Attorney General in 16 years takes aim at Trump policies – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-first-new-attorney-general-in-years-takes-aim-at/article_c93fd844-184f-11e9-aa59-b777ded84007.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The aspiring new moralists – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “new moralists” promote welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/14/editorial-aspiring-new-moralists-want-to-open-the-/

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— New migrant caravan leaves Honduras for journey to US border – Dan Gallo, Edmund DeMarche
https://www.foxnews.com/world/new-migrant-caravan-leaves-honduras-for-journey-to-us-border
— Rep. Andy Biggs: President Trump has only one option left — declare an emergency at the border – Rep. Andy Biggs
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-andy-biggs-president-trump-has-only-one-option-left-declare-an-emergency-at-the-border
— Instead of blaming Dems for shutdown, Trump should put focus on their ‘open borders’ ideology: Ben Domenech – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/instead-of-blaming-dems-for-shutdown-trump-should-put-focus-on-their-open-borders-ideology-ben-domenech

LIFE SITE NEWS
— 6,000 unite at Chicago March for Life, dwarfing pro-abortion counter-protest – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/6000-unite-at-chicago-march-for-life-dwarfing-pro-abortion-counter-protest

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Left, the Wall, the Truth – Dennis Prager
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/14/the-left-the-wall-the-truth/
— A Bold Plan for a Trump Victory – Conrad Black
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/14/a-bold-plan-for-a-trump-victory/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Shutdown: Who Is the Voice of the People? – Christopher Chantrill (DIERSEN: Who talks/acts like they are the “voice” of the voters in your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What do you say to such “voices” who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/shutdown_who_is_the_voice_of_the_people.html
— A fence behind the fence? – Daniel G. Jones
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/a_fence_behind_the_fence.html
— Build the invisible wall to complement the physical one – David Barulich
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/build_the_invisible_wall_to_complement_the_physical_one.html
— Illegal immigration and socialist strategy – Jeannie DeAngelis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/illegal_immigration_and_socialist_strategy_.html
— Manliness vs. Romneyism – Don Sucher
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/manliness_vs_romneyism.html
— Deplorable or unjustly deplored? – Jim Daws (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who paints you as being deplorable? I should write a book about past/present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Illinois Republican Party, d) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, e) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, f) Illinois Center Right Coalition, g) American Association of Political Consultants, h) etc. leaders/members who painted/paint me as being deplorable. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/deplorable_or_unjustly_deplored.html

GOPUSA
— Dems Party in Puerto Rico with Lobbyists; Media Silent
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63331
— Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory offers excuses for calling Louis Farrakhan the greatest of all time
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63322
— Mexico gearing up for arrival of new ‘migrant’ caravan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63403
— Aspiring new moralists want to open the borders to a rush of illegal migrants
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63418
— Democrats’ commitment to raising taxes punishes the rich, fails to help the poor
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63299

DAILY CALLER
— BORDER SECURITY EXPERTS EXPLAIN WHY ONLY ONE CABLE NETWORK WANTS TO TALK TO THEM – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/14/judd-homan-border-wall-cnn-msnbc/

CNS NEWS
— Stripped of Committee Assignments, Rep. King Blames ‘Political Decision That Ignores the Truth’ – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/stripped-committee-assignments-rep-king-blames-political-decision-ignores

WORLD NET DAILY
— TOP 9 THINGS YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT FREELY IN AMERICA Joseph Farah recalls days when debate was actually allowed in public
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/top-9-things-you-cant-talk-about-freely-in-america/

BREITBART
— ABC/WaPo Poll: Support for Border Wall Soars Among Swing Voters – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/14/abc-wapo-poll-support-for-border-wall-soars-among-swing-voters/
— Poll: Majority of Voters Agree with Trump, Call Porous Border a ‘Crisis’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/14/poll-majority-of-voters-agree-with-trump-call-porous-border-a-crisis/
— Democrats: Real Border Crisis Is Lack of Taxpayer Aid for Migrants – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats want to force Republicans to provide “aid for migrants.” How much “aid for migrants” do the Democrats in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois provide? How many “migrants” do they hide in their homes?)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/14/democrats-real-border-crisis-is-lack-of-taxpayer-aid-for-migrants/
— Ralph Norman: America Under ‘Attack’ from Illegal Immigration, Migrant Caravans – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/14/exclusive-ralph-norman-america-under-attack-from-illegal-immigration-migrant-caravans/
— Wisconsin’s Democrat Gov. Pushing Firearm Confiscation Orders – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/14/wisconsins-democrat-gov-pushing-firearm-confiscation-orders/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Identifying the Super-Sanctuaries – Preston Huennekens (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they want to drive Republicans out of Chicago, and that they especially want to drive Republicans out of Chicago who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://cis.org/Huennekens/Identifying-SuperSanctuaries
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago, Ill. According to Pew, over 425,000 illegal aliens live in the Chicago area. The Office of the Mayor, currently Rahm Emmanuel, operates a website that celebrates Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city. The “Sanctuary City Supportive Resources” website offers advice on how to access city resources and lists a number of participating advocacy groups for immigrants. Additionally, the city created the Chicago KeyCity program to help illegal immigrants assimilate into city life. KeyCity acts as a Chicago-specific identification card. According to the sanctuary city supportive resources website: “KeyCity is an optional, valid, government-issued ID card offered to all Chicago residents that will unlock many of the great things our City has to offer. The CityKey card is a photo identification card available to all Chicago residents which will not convey information about national origin or legal status. For many residents who do not have an identification card, CityKey can serve as an official government issued identification and can be used to access city services. Additionally, your CityKey can be used as a library card for Chicago Public Libraries, as well as a Ventra card. Presenting your CityKey at particular cultural institutions and local businesses can also give you a discount. CityKey is now available for free to all Chicago residents.” Chicago unveiled a program in 2014 that awarded city high school students with scholarships to attend community college for free. Those scholarships extend to illegal-alien students, as well, allowing them the opportunity to study at two-year colleges for free. A USA Today article noted that while illegal-alien students were eligible for the scholarships, other city students, such as those attending charter and parochial schools, were not. Chicago allows non-citizens to vote in school board elections. Chicago aggressively defends its sanctuary laws protecting criminal aliens. Emmanuel has continued to fight the Justice Department over federal funds withheld from Chicago because of their policies. In addition to those policies, Chicago has a number of added benefits in place to help integrate illegal aliens, making it a super-sanctuary.)
— Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers? – Andrew R. Arthur (DIERSEN: What are your qualifications to be a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://cis.org/Arthur/Who-FactChecks-FactCheckers

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Republicans taking no-mercy approach to even longshot 2020 Democrats – Gregg Re (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you. I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-taking-no-mercy-approach-to-even-longshot-2020-democrats

(FROM THE ARTICLE: But some of Gabbard’s most fiery remarks against same-sex marriage in years past, as well as her active campaign to promote “traditional marriage” legislation, have drawn intense scrutiny from the left. In years past, she several times referred to LGBTQ activists as “homosexual extremists,” a view that echoes that of her father, Mike Gabbard, whom a New Yorker profile of the congresswoman described as having long been “Hawaii’s leading opponent of the gay-rights movement, an energetic and often brusque activist who stood ever ready to denounce what he called ‘the radical homosexual agenda.’” “So, she’ll co-sponsor bills supporting LGBTQ rights, but still personally thinks we’re icky,” wrote Parker Malloy, the editor-at-large for the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America, on Twitter. “In any case, it’s really weird to see self-described leftists line up to support her instead of more progressive candidates. That’s all.” Gabbard, who has apologized for her previous comments, was a visible force against same-sex marriage, and in 2004 spearheaded a fight in the state against a same-sex union measure. “To try to act as if there is a difference between ‘civil unions’ and same-sex marriage is dishonest, cowardly and extremely disrespectful to the people of Hawaii,” she said at the time. “As Democrats, we should be representing the views of the people, not a small number of homosexual extremists.” Gabbard then also blasted Massachusetts’ passage of same-sex marriage legislation, making it the first in the nation to recognize gay marriage. Speaking on behalf of the Alliance for Traditional Marriage and Values, a group headed by her father, she said the Massachusetts marriage law would cause a ripple effect across the country. “It is highly likely that federal judges will soon be tearing apart our U.S. Constitution in order to force same-sex marriage down the throats of the people of Hawaii and America,” Gabbard said. “The only way to protect traditional marriage in Hawaii and throughout our country, the only way to stop activist federal judges from rewriting our constitution, is by the passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment.”)

THE HILL
— GOP maps out early 2020 strategy to retake House – LISA HAGEN AND MAX GREENWOOD (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want the Republican Party a) to dump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) to promote welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/425317-gop-maps-out-early-2020-strategy-to-retake-house
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Federal judge rules against census citizenship question – LYDIA WHEELER
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/425379-federal-judge-rules-against-census-citizenship-question
— Hopes fade for bipartisan bills in age of confrontation – SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425329-hopes-fade-for-bipartisan-bills-in-age-of-confrontation

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater uses Steve King to promote hated against Republicans.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rep-steve-king-racist-white-supremacist-history_us_5c3d5eede4b0e0baf5407ba6

CNN
— An American president actually had to deny he is a foreign agent (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who talk and act like they are foreign agents for Mexico and for other foreign countries.)
https://www.wtva.com/content/national/504337292.html

CBS NEWS
— Another migrant caravan heads for U.S. from Honduras
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-migrant-caravan-heads-for-u-s-from-honduras/

MSNBC
— Rep. Kinzinger: GOP leaders should ‘absolutely’ censure Rep. King over racially-charged comments
https://www.msnbc.com/kasie-dc/watch/rep-kinzinger-gop-leaders-should-absolutely-censure-rep-king-over-racially-charged-comments-1425160771673

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR BIG COLOR GRAPHICS: DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Trump-haters, “Illegal Immigration Is Near a 50-Year Low” and “Most drugs are seized at ports of entry, not along the open border” and “Conviction rates are lower for immigrant populations in Texas.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/11/us/politics/trump-border-crisis-reality.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting charities to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/illegal-immigrants-border-shelters-charities.html
— Pentagon Extends Troop Deployment at Mexican Border Through September – Mihir Zaveri
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/troops-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An America-hater says “Actually, the Numbers Show That We Need More Immigration, Not Less.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/opinion/trump-immigration-myth.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who say that there is no illegal immigration crisis are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/world/political-crisis-trump-mexico.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Donald Trump and His Team of Morons Nobody left besides those with no reputation to lose.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/opinion/government-shutdown-trump.html
— China Is a Dangerous Rival, and America Should Treat It Like One Enough with the endless talks and handshakes. We need to untie the American economy from China. – Derek Scissors and Daniel Blumenthal
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/opinion/us-china-trade.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Republicans Are in Lock Step With Trump on Shutdown” and asks “But for How Long?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/republicans-government-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump seeks to resurrect a long-dormant phrase: ‘illegal alien’ – Aaron Blake (DIERSEN: Democrats make it very clear that they want to replace each and every Republican in America with an illegal alien.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/14/trump-seeks-resurrect-long-dormant-phrase-illegal-alien/
— No wonder there’s a shutdown: New poll shows how much Republicans and Democrats really disagree on immigration – Kimberly Gross and
John Sides (DIERSEN: Democrats want to flood America with immigrants because beyond overwhelmingly, immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want to flood America with immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/01/15/no-wonder-theres-a-shutdown-new-poll-shows-republicans-and-democrats-disagree-profoundly-on-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Republicans identified immigration as the most important issue for Congress this year. . .2. Republicans are deeply concerned about immigrants entering the country. . .3. Partisan polarization on immigration issues is enormous. . .4. Views of immigration are fairly entrenched.)
— On Martin Luther King’s 90th birthday, a reminder of how far we have come and how far we still have to go – Peniel E. Joseph (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/15/martin-luther-kings-th-birthday-reminder-how-far-we-have-come-how-far-we-still-have-go/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters uses Steve King to promote hated against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-steve-kings-inflammatory-remarks-roil-a-gop-already-struggling-on-race/2019/01/14/a7e1c98c-181d-11e9-b8e6-567190c2fd08_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— New caravan forming in Honduras to head toward U.S. border – Brian Niemietz
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-caravan-wall-shutdown-trump-20190114-story.html

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— The Evidence on Age Discrimination in the Workplace Data shows that many older adults are forced to leave their jobs. (DIERSEN: Do you promote age discrimination? I should write a book about those who take the lead in promoting age discrimination in the a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Illinois Republican Party, d) Wheaton, e) Milton Township, f) DuPage County, and g) Illinois. They focus on getting rid of older people. They especially focus on getting rid of older people who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evidence-based-living/201901/the-evidence-age-discrimination-in-the-workplace
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The take-home message: Ageism in the workforce is real and negatively impacts the health and financial wellbeing of elders. It’s also illegal! The AARP has a list of strategies to use if you feel that you or someone who know has been affected by ageism in the workplace.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pentagon Extends Deployments at Mexican Border to September Military plans to move more engineers, fliers months after initial response to caravan immigrants – Nancy A. Youssef
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-extends-deployments-at-mexican-border-to-september-11547528929
— FRONT PAGE: P&G Challenges Men to Shave Their ‘Toxic Masculinity’ in Gillette Ad Spot pegged to #MeToo asks ‘Is this the best a man can get?’ – Alexandra Bruell (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate muscle cars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car) and hate their owners. I own a 2016 Ford Mustang, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, and a 1972 Chevy Corvette. I have owned a 1958 Chevy Bel Air, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Olds 442, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1962 Chevy Bel Air, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Olds Delta 88 Royale, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and a 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/p-g-challenges-men-to-shave-their-toxic-masculinity-in-gillette-ad-11547467200

— Job Switchers Wring Career Wins From Tight Labor Market Booming economy leads many workers to parlay new positions into higher pay and more responsibility – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: Have you switched jobs? GAO audits IRS. Since 1980, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my suffering a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that IRS had grossly overpaid me, b) that what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year, was worthless, c) that what I had learned passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 was worthless, and d) that I made a “career change” even though much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do including interviewing, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, writing reports, and making recommendations. GAO would not have required me to suffer a pay cut to transfer if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/job-switchers-wring-career-wins-from-tight-labor-market-11547204400
— How to Navigate Yet Another Office Shakeup – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, GAO was in a constant state of shakeup. The Democrats who ran GAO used those budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/another-office-shakeup-beware-reorg-fatigue-11547479540

FORBES
— Chicago Pensions: Is There Hope For Reform? – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/01/14/chicago-pensions-is-there-hope-for-reform/#6f446ad6186a

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater uses Steve King to promote hated against Republicans.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/steve-king-finally-faces-rebuke-for-years-of-racist-comments.html
— We Don’t Need More Moral Elites. We Need Less Powerful Ones. – Eric Levitz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “moral elites” promote welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/davos-david-brooks-the-rich-have-become-too-powerful.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, those who hate America argue against The Wall. Ever-increasing, countries that want to dump their problematic and unwanted citizens on America argue against The Wall.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/15/trump-mexio-border-wall-dangerous-illusion
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/15/trump-mexico-border-wall-status-migrants
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/15/us-mexico-border-trump-wall-dispatch

January 14 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Thousands join ‘March for Life’ to call for abortion restrictions, organizers say – DANA REBIK
https://wgntv.com/2019/01/13/thousands-join-march-for-life-to-call-for-abortion-restrictions/
— J.B. Pritzker set to take over as governor of Illinois – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/01/13/j-b-pritzker-set-to-take-over-as-governor-of-illinois/

ABC7
— Thousands gather in Chicago for March for Life event against abortion – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/thousands-gather-in-chicago-for-march-for-life-event/5071520/
— Judge blocks Trump administration birth control coverage rules in 13 states – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-blocks-trump-administration-birth-control-coverage-rules-in-13-states/5071202/
— JB Pritzker to be sworn in as Illinois governor on Monday – Craig Wall and Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-to-be-sworn-in-as-illinois-governor-on-monday/5071084/

WBBM780
— Pro-Life Advocates Rally Downtown
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/news/pro-life-advocates-rally-downtown

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Graham urges Trump to reopen government, but declare national emergency if border deal remains elusive – Felicia Sonmez and Cat Zakrzewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-border-wall-government-shutdown-20190113-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote women in Congress.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20190114/281895889404137
— ‘Dry January’ can be a healthy resolution, but don’t expect dramatic results – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) drink lots of booze, b) want to drink lots of booze, c) did drink lots of booze, d) make money selling booze, e) want to make money selling booze, and/or f) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-dry-january-chicago-not-drinking-healthy-20190108-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrats-20190111-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Midwest groups fill the Loop at annual March for Life – Maudlyne Ihejirika
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/thousands-fill-the-loop-at-annual-march-for-life/
— A split black vote could undo Preckwinkle’s front-runner status – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/laura-washington-chicago-mayoral-election-petition-toni-preckwinkle/

DAILY HERALD
— U.S. Rep. Casten: Thousands affected locally by government shutdown – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: Includes 3:37-minute video.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190113/us-rep-casten-thousands-affected-locally-by-government-shutdown
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thousands of federal workers and constituents in the 6th Congressional District are being directly burdened by the partial federal government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten said, and there’s no immediate end in sight. Addressing a standing-room-only crowd Sunday at the Wheaton VFW Post 2164, Casten said ending the standoff has been top priority for the 116th Congress since taking office more than a week ago. He focused on legislative procedure and services affected by the shutdown, rather than President Donald Trump’s demand for a wall along the southwestern border.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: After predecessor tried to evict it, new DuPage sheriff moves to expand jail rehab program Mendrick not cutting but helping expand jail rehabilitation program – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190114/after-predecessor-tried-to-evict-it-new-dupage-sheriff-moves-to-expand-jail-rehab-program
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who promotes women’s marches? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190114/how-the-womens-march-left-a-lasting-impact-on-these-suburban-activists-
— Once sidelined, women and minorities are returning to the workforce – Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: According to my critics/.opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were BAD jobs. Because all the jobs that I had were BAD jobs, my superiors had an extremely hard time hiring and retaining women and minorities. Qualified women and minorities could always get better jobs working for other employers. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190113/once-sidelined-women-and-minorities-are-returning-to-the-workforce

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats are counting on women to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/opinion/history-made-by-number-of-women-sworn-into-congress/article_419e660a-177b-11e9-9b88-dbd60a4ecdec.html

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Former Illinois lawmakers, politicos form data analysis, voter engagement center – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/press-release-former-illinois-lawmakers-politicos-form-data-analysis-voter-engagement-center
— Breaking barriers after Byrne: Diverse field of female candidates dominate Chicago mayoral race The top female candidates for Mayor of Chicago—all of whom, for the first time, are women of color—have amassed their war chests in markedly different ways – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/femalefundraising

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Is Personally Subsidizing The Wrong Salaries – Quicktake
https://www.wirepoints.com/pritzker-is-personally-subsidizing-the-wrong-salaries-quicktake/

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— With nothing left to lose, Ford Heights property taxpayers revolt
https://southcooknews.com/stories/511720665-with-nothing-left-to-lose-ford-heights-property-taxpayers-revolt
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Chicagoland’s poorest suburb, just three miles from the Indiana border, property owners have discovered the most effective strategy yet for avoiding Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes. Stop paying. Facing astronomical bills on real estate that’s now worthless at best, Ford Heights home and business owners have literally nothing to lose by ignoring them. Nearly 1,000 Ford Heights property tax bills totaling $2.3 million weren’t paid last year, according to an analysis of Cook County Treasurer records by South Cook News. That’s in a village of just 2,763 people, 987 households and 729 residential properties. More perspective: the village’s total 2017 budget was $1.8 million. The 996 Ford Heights properties with delinquent taxes will be up for public auction in May; willing buyers can take them off the owners’ hands by making good with Cook County on what’s in arrears. That none will both explains the strategy’s genius, and the tragedy it reveals. In Ford Heights, real estate equity has ceased to exist. The concept of “homeownership” has been explicitly, violently eviscerated in this community. And it’s hardly the only one. Effective Tax Rate: 48% The 20 most expensive properties in Ford Heights in 2017 amounted to $6.6 million in alleged, collective property value and $1.07 million in property taxes due, according to Cook County. An analysis by South Cook News found that 13 of those 20 bills have not been paid, totaling $737,630 of the $1.07 million. The non-payers have their reasons.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
– The “Trans”-Identifying Pritzker Issues Ultimatum to GOP – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/the-trans-identifying-pritzker-issues-ultimatum-to-gop/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Democrats Oppose The Wall: Trump Will Actually Build It – Peggy Ryan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/why_democrats_oppose_the_wall_trump_will_actually_build_it.html
— Just in time for Democrats arguing walls don’t work: New caravan readies to roll in – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/just_in_time_for_democrats_arguing_walls_dont_work_new_caravan_readies_to_roll_in.html
— Democrats undermine the special-ness of becoming an American – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/democrats_undermine_the_specialness_of_becoming_an_american.html
— Is Anti-Trump Hysteria America’s Most Ridiculous Moment? – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/is_antitrump_hysteria_americas_most_ridiculous_moment.html
— Free Speech Is Dead in Canada: The Persecution of Christian Activist Bill Whatcott – Amy Contrada (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, which “Republicans” worked/work the hardest to abolish the First Amendment? I should write a book about “Republicans” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who worked/work the hardest to abolish the First Amendment. They focused/focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They talked/talk and/or acted/act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/free_speech_is_dead_in_canada_the_persecution_of_christian_activist_bill_whatcott.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Do the Math: Trump’s Wall Is $25 Billion, Illegals Cost $165 Billion – Spencer P. Morrison
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/13/do-the-math-trumps-wall-is-25-billion-illegals-cost-165-billion/

TOWNHALL
— Congress Shouldn’t End Shutdown Until They Shut Down the Border – Arthur Schaper
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2019/01/14/congress-shouldnt-end-shutdown-until-they-shut-down-the-border-n2538993
— Walls Work and Belong in any Comprehensive Immigration Policy – Terry Paulson
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2019/01/14/walls-work-and-belong-in-any-comprehensive-immigration-policy-n2538845
— Why Democrats Allow Illegal Aliens to Enter America – Kevin McCullough
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2019/01/13/why-democrats-allow-illegal-aliens-to-enter-america-n2538979
— Here’s Why Ocasio-Cortez Just Picked a Fight With CBS News – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/01/13/heres-why-ocasiocortez-just-picked-a-fight-with-cbs-news-n2538975

BREITBART
— Gov. Jan Brewer: ‘Our Country Is Going to Collapse’ Without Border Wall – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/13/exclusive-gov-jan-brewer-our-country-going-collapse-without-border-wall/
— Democrat Presidential Contender Tulsi Gabbard Under Fire for Past Traditional Marriage Support – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/13/democrat-presidential-contender-tulsi-gabbard-under-fire-for-past-traditional-marriage-support/
— OUTSTANDING: Wyoming Republicans Push to Eliminate Gun-Free Zones in Public Places – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/13/wyoming-republicans-push-eliminate-gun-free-zones-public-places/

DAILY CALLER
— SCHUMER AND PELOSI SHOULD TRY TREATING TRUMP AS THEY DID OBAMA – Cora Mandy
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/13/schumer-pelosi/
— SEN. TIM KAINE DOESN’T WANT TO ‘WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY’ ON BORDER WALL ‘VANITY PROJECT THAT’S INEFFECTIVE’ – David Krayden (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is a vanity project that is ineffective and b) the only thing that is effective is what they do. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would highlight past/present Milton Township Republican Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members, and Illinois Center Right Coalition members who worked/work harder against me than against any Democrat. They say that I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails “to feed my ego.”)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/13/dem-senator-calls-wall-vanity-project-ineffective/
— PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SHUTDOWN DIFFERS GREATLY FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA’S: HERE ARE A FEW WAYS HOW – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/13/russell-vought-omb-shutdown-trump/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Has a Strong Legal Argument That He Can Declare National Emergency at Border – John G. Malcolm
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/13/trump-has-a-strong-legal-argument-that-he-can-declare-national-emergency-at-border/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 12: Since when is David Hogg qualified to assess national emergencies? – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29474-assault-america-day-12-when-david-hogg-qualified-assess-national-emergencies

WORLD NET DAILY
— IMMORAL DEMOCRAT WOMEN MISLEADING THE YOUNG Jesse Lee Peterson blasts new crop of leftist radicals in government
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/immoral-democrat-women-misleading-the-young/

HOT AIR
— Trump Is Right: Walls Work On The Southern Border – FORD O’CONNELL
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/trump-right-walls-work-southern-border/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump on Border Crisis: Other Presidents Have Called National Emergencies For Less Than This – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/13/trump_on_border_crisis_other_presidents_have_called_national_emergencies_for_less_than_this.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A crisis when it suits them – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/13/democrats-are-in-denial-about-the-border-crisis/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border security is a fight we must not lose – Rep. Ralph Norman
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/rep-ralph-norman-border-security-is-a-fight-we-must-not-lose

FOX NEWS
— Steve King will face disciplinary ‘action’ for white supremacy comments, GOP leader McCarthy says – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/steve-king-will-face-disciplinary-action-for-white-supremacy-comments-gop-leader-mccarthy-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The House minority leader then took a shot at Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who refused to condemn Michigan freshman Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib for making what Republicans charged was an anti-Semitic slur. Tlaib, who accused some Republicans of having a “dual loyalty” to Israel, had called Trump a “motherf–er” just days earlier — also without drawing condemnation from Pelosi. GOP leaders have also criticized Democrats for continuing to back former Minnesota Democratic Rep. and Democratic National Committee (DNC) deputy chair Keith Ellison, who became the state’s Attorney General earlier this year despite being accused of domestic violence. Ellison said his ex-girlfriend fabricated the accusations, even as Democrats argued that now-Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers should be believed.)

FOX BUSINESS
— Ocasio-Cortez takes us back to big-spending, big-taxing Democratic Party – Joe Lieberman
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-takes-us-back-to-big-spending-big-taxing-democratic-party-joe-lieberman

PJ MEDIA
— De Blasio Says the ‘Wrong People’ Have All the Money – RICK MORAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/de-blasio-says-the-wrong-people-have-all-the-money/

THE HILL
— Obama ‘new blood’ remark has different meaning for Biden – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination big time a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are the biggest age discriminators.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424987-obama-new-blood-remark-has-different-meaning-for-biden
— Kaine on Trump border wall: Democrats don’t want to ‘waste taxpayer money on a vanity project that’s ineffective’ – MICHAEL BURKE (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is a vanity project that is ineffective and b) the only thing that is effective is what they do. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would highlight past/present Milton Township Republican Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members, and Illinois Center Right Coalition members who worked/work harder against me than against any Democrat. They say that I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails “to feed my ego.”)
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/425097-kaine-on-border-wall-democrats-dont-want-to-waste-taxpayer-money

POLITICO
— Exasperated Democrats try to rein in Ocasio-Cortez The effort is part carrot, part stick. But it’s far from clear the anti-establishment political novice can be made to play ball. – RACHAEL BADE and HEATHER CAYGLE (DIERSEN: The Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party use sticks, not carrots.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrats-establisment-1093728
— Forget Mexico: Democrats turn focus to porous Canadian border While the White House is asking for more money and manpower at the southern border, staffing at the U.S.-Canada boundary is floundering. – LAUREN GARDNER
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/congress-canada-mexico-border-security-terrorism-1071243

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters say “Most Americans blame Trump for shutdown.”
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/US/start-here-americans-blame-trump-shutdown-canada-takes-saudi/story?id=60348307

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Democrats to the Left, Whether They Like It or Not – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-democrats-congress.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “What’s the Best Way to Dump Trump?” and says “Impeachment is tempting. But there’s a stronger case for waiting for the 2020 election.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/opinion/trump-impeachment-2020-election.html
— Chilling Notion for 2020: Disinformation Will Be Homegrown – Jim Rutenberg (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is disinformation except for what they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/business/media/democrats-disinformation-election-interference.html
— A New Migrant Caravan Forms, and Old Battle Lines Harden – Jeff Ernst, Elisabeth Malkin and Paulina Villegas
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/world/americas/migrant-caravan-honduras.html
— Overlooked No More: Laura de Force Gordon, Suffragist, Journalist and Lawyer Gordon was speaking from experience when, in 1893, she described in a speech how “society has sneered at learned women.” She spent decades trying to change that. – Jillian Rayfield (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? For me, the answer is 1844. According to the Democrats, if you are a White male Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you benefitted from your ancestors’ discrimination against women and against minorities and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/obituaries/laura-de-force-gordon-overlooked.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The ill-fated symbolism of Trump’s wall.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/14/ill-fated-symbolism-trumps-wall/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Joe Lieberman takes another dig at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Brian Niemietz
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-joe-lieberman-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-20190113-story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “National emergency declaration would be a misguided and destructive overreach.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/13/national-emergency-declaration-destructive-overreach-editorials-debates/2566066002/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/10/chefs-cannabis-food-drinks-2019-s-hottest-dining-trend/2520890002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Fault Lines’ Review: How Did We Get Here? There is plenty of evidence that Americans have become increasingly divided and embittered in recent years. It is harder to say why. Barton Swaim reviews “Fault Lines” by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A promote hatred against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fault-lines-review-how-did-we-get-here-11547411882
— Two Tacos and a B.A., Please When the economy is good, even fast-food joints pay for college. – Editorial (DIERSEN: None of the employers that I worked for 1964-1997 reimbursed my educational expenses, except for token amounts that GAO reimbursed 1992-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-tacos-and-a-b-a-please-11547411773
— Women Don’t Belong in Combat Units The military is watering down fitness standards because most female recruits can’t meet them. – Heather Mac Donald (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, to hire, to retain, and to promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, the federal government has dramatically watered down its hiring, retention, and promotion standards.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-dont-belong-in-combat-units-11547411638
— As Demand for Small Cars Weakens, More Auto Makers Drop Them From U.S. Lineups Lower gasoline prices and better-quality used vehicles drive changes; fewer choices under $20,000 – Chester Dawson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-demand-for-small-cars-weakens-more-auto-makers-drop-them-from-u-s-lineups-11547391601
— Money ‘in the Wrong Hands’ Let’s compare who does more public social good with their money. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What “social good” to you promote with your time and money? I use my time and money to promote the Republican Party platform, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/money-in-the-wrong-hands-11547411831

FORBES
— How The Shutdown Is A Win For Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda – Steve Denning
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2019/01/13/how-the-shutdown-is-a-win-for-trumps-authoritarian-agenda/#74f21b37250f

FEDERAL TIMES
— Congress passes guarantee to pay feds after shutdown – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2019/01/11/congress-passes-federal-pay-guarantee-after-shutdown/

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A White-hater says “The President’s Pursuit of White Power.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/trump-embraces-white-supremacy/579745/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Refuses to Soothe a Wounded Nation.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/donald-trump-doesnt-console-the-nation/579799/

MEDIATE
— 2020 Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Once Worked For Anti-LGBT Group, Railed Against ‘Homosexual Extremists’ – Tamar Auber
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/2020-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-once-worked-for-anti-gay-group-railed-against-homosexual-extremists/

SOCIALIST WORKER
— Protesters across the US defy Trump’s federal shutdown blackmail – Alistair Farrow
https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/47727/Protesters+across+the+US+defy+Trumps+federal+shutdown+blackmail

January 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— CALL FOR ARTICLES: GOPUSA ILLINOIS calls for articles written by Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders and elected officials that promote Trump’s policies and accomplishments and that promote planks in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform, including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What articles should Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders write and bring to everyone’s attention? ANSWER: Republican party leaders in Illinois, including the IRP National Committeewoman and Committeeman, the IRP officers, the IRP State Central Committee members, the IRP county party officers, and the IRP township/ward party officers should write articles and bring them to everyone’s attention that promote Trump’s policies and accomplishments and that promote planks in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform, including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What articles should Illinois Republican Party (IRP) elected officials write and bring to everyone’s attention? ANSWER: IRP elected officials in Illinois, including Republican congressmen, state senators, state representatives, county officials, township/ward officials, and municipal officials should write articles and bring them to everyone’s attention that promote Trump’s policies and accomplishments and that promote planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform, including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker says ‘Democrats stand together’ as party takes total power in Illinois, and all the problems – Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: Will Pritzker succeed in getting the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois once and for all that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-20190109-story.html
— In shutdown, rank-and-file workers have most to lose, says longtime federal employee from Munster – Meredith Colias-Pete
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-government-shutdown-nwi-worker-st-20190109-story.html
— Algorithm vs. appraiser: Estimating a home’s value can be complicated. Here’s what sellers should know. – Joanne Cleaver
https://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-property-valuation-0113-story.html
— Who has more compassion, Republicans or Democrats? – Meri T. Long (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) paint themselves as being extremely compassionate and b) paint me and anyone who might support me as being uncompassionate, a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-compassion-democrats-republicans-who-has-more-0113-story.html
— Mall of India development could open by July at former Naperville Walmart on Route 59 – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: What if there was a mall of a) your motherland, b) Trump supporters, c) Protestants, d) conservatives, e) patriotic people, f) Republicans, g) Americans, h) Whites, i) males, j) older people, k) rich people, l) gun owners, m) German Americans, n) draft avoiders, and/or o) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mall-of-india-route-59-st-0113-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in Naperville.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-decent-column-st-0113-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE OF UNDERWOOD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who voted for Underwood? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-underwood-neuqua-ceremonial-swearing-in-st-0113-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: City Haul: $100K club grows; more city employees got paid more than Rahm Emanuel – Mitchell Armentrout and Tanveer Ali (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000 a year in today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-city-employees-salaries-database-rahm-emanuel-overtime/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who voted for Pritzker? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and those who want more welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190112/editorial-the-dawn-of-gov-pritzker
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who voted for Underwood? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and those who want more welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190112/unbought-unbossed-x2014-underwood-echoes-legendary-chisholm-advocates-bipartisanship–

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— A new day for Illinois has arrived – J.B. Pritzker (DIERSEN: Members of Group A voted for Pritzker and now they are counting on him to get rid of members of Group B ASAP. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190112/jb-pritzker-new-day-for-illinois-has-arrived
— Davis votes for funding on agency-by-agency basis – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190112/bernard-schoenburg-davis-votes-for-funding-on-agency-by-agency-basis

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Super-wealthy office seekers appears to be growing trend – Ben Zigterman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-01-13/super-wealthy-office-seekers-appears-be-growing-trend.html
— Reps. Davis, Kinzinger crossed aisle versus shutdown – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-01-13/tom-kacich-reps-davis-kinzinger-crossed-aisle-versus-shutdown.html

SOUTHERN
— Dysfunction needs to end so we can end border crisis – Mike Bost
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-mike-bost-dysfunction-needs-to-end-so-we-can/article_a99029db-b8ab-5f38-8a9b-84c45e9c376b.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Democrat Bill Foster Wants to End Perks During Shutdown – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=277687#.XDs45Vl_OM8

WIFR
— Retired Rockford U.S. Air Force Major General John Borling: ‘Shutdown is not painful enough’ – Ethan Rosuck
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Rockford-native–504244311.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Bill on federal workers’ back pay in shutdown heads to Trump – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/bill-on-federal-workers-back-pay-in-shutdown-heads-to-trump-01-11-2019

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Liberals tear down Confederate statues, but they favor a new brand of slavery in illegal immigration – L. Todd Wood
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/12/liberals-tear-down-confederate-statues-while-impor/

FOX NEWS
— Trump is ready to negotiate but if Dems won’t, it’s time to declare a national emergency – Judge Jeanine Pirro
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/judge-jeanine-pirro-trump-is-ready-to-negotiate-but-if-dems-wont-its-time-to-declare-a-national-emergency

BREITBART
— Trump Says Dem Obstruction on Border Wall ‘Only Politics’ — ‘I Actually Think It’s Bad Politics for Them’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/01/12/trump-says-dem-obstruction-on-border-wall-only-politics-i-actually-think-its-bad-politics-for-them/
— Mr. President, You Don’t Need Congress to Build the Wall – Brigitte Gabriel
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/12/brigitte-gabriel-mr-president-you-dont-need-congress-to-build-the-wall/

DAILY CALLER
— CONGRESS MUST TAKE OUR BORDER CRISIS MORE SERIOUSLY – Jenny Beth Martin
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/12/congress-border-crisis-serious/

TOWNHALL
— I Want a Wall Just Like Israel’s – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2019/01/13/i-want-a-wall-just-like-israels-n2538859
— Republicans Should Not Give in on Border Security – Bruce Bialosky
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2019/01/13/republicans-should-not-give-in-on-border-security-n2538826

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Has the Democrats Cornered – Jim Daws
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/trump_has_the_democrats_cornered.html

NEW AMERICAN
— Immigrant Congresswoman: Trump Wants to Purify America for White Supremacists – R. Cort Kirkwood (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use immigrants, use minorities, and use women to promote hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31171-immigrant-congresswoman-trump-wants-to-purify-america-for-white-supremacists

HOT AIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about “Republicans” who promote LGBTQ activity who focus on driving out of the Republican Party those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/gay-conservatives-trump-era-best-worst-times/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Socialist Democrats and their Illegal Alien Brethren – Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh
https://canadafreepress.com/article/socialist-democrats-and-their-illegal-alien-brethren

THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez calls out CBS News for not assigning a ‘single black journalist to cover the 2020 election’ – ARIS FOLLEY (DIERSEN: What if any conservative journalists do the following employ: ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, WGN TV, WGN Radio, WLS AM, WTTW, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, Northwest Herald, Herald & Review, Peoria Journal Star, Kane County Chronicle, DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Journal & Topics, LaSalle News Tribune, Rockford Register Star, Springfield State Journal Register, Kankakee Daily Journal, Bloomington Pantagraph, Champaign/Urbana News Gazette, Alton Daily News, Times, Belleville News Democrat, Southern, Fox Illinois, NPR Illinois, Northern Public Radio, Quad Cities Online, News Channel 20, WJBD, WJBC, WSPY, WQAD, WMAY, WGEM, WGLT, WREX, Central Illinois Proud, etc.?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425070-ocasio-cortez-calls-out-cbs-news-for-not-assigning-a-single-black-journalist

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters urge those who own land along the border to oppose The Wall.
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/as-trump-visits-border-texas-landowners-prepare-for-wall-fight/article_66f757d7-d3fe-53f0-a2f6-94f871402173.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, America-haters use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-border-wall-won-t-help-migrant-children-all-ncna957876

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater argues that the media elected Trump in 2016.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/opinion/trump-2020-media.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A man-hater glorifies and praises women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/opinion/sunday/pelosi-congress-women.html
— Tucker Carlson Versus Conservatism The Fox News host amplifies a debate the right needs to have. – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/opinion/sunday/tucker-carlson-fox-news-republicans.html
— Why I Didn’t Answer Your Email Because my inbox will always be waiting for me, but my children will not. – KJ Dell’Antonia
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/opinion/sunday/email-children-balance-parenting.html
— FRONT PAGE: Students in Rural America Ask, ‘What Is a University Without a History Major?’ – Mitch Smith (DIERSEN: What college courses are job-related? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that none of the courses that I took to earn a bachelor’s degree in management and master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance were job-related. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/rural-colleges-money-students-leaving.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote hatred of Trump and his supporters, Trump-haters glorify and praise you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-congressman-rails-against-undocumented-immigrants-as-his-estranged-siblings-care-for-them-and-other-patients-in-need/2019/01/12/f486ac0a-1208-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americans-blame-trump-and-gop-much-more-than-democrats-for-shutdown-post-abc-poll-finds/2019/01/12/9c89aff2-16a9-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Americans blame Trump and GOP much more than Democrats for shutdown.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/01/13/americans-blame-trump-and-gop-much-more-than-democrats-for-shutdown-poll-says/fbYRLaA8jqExmhOmHLcG8H/story.html

LAS VEGAS SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who argues against The Wall? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jan/13/wall-hasnt-even-been-studied/

JOPLIN GLOBE
— Border battle has been brewing for decades – Geoff Caldwell
https://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/columns/geoff-caldwell-border-battle-has-been-brewing-for-decades/article_12ca8ba7-ad41-5cfb-ba88-21861a03c56a.html

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— City provides free beer, movies and food to federal workers affected by shutdown
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/city-provides-free-beer-movies-and-food-federal-workers-affected-shutdown/LBteMe4ODnrPOqD4jAWAEO/

OBSERVER REPORTER
— The cost of illegal immigration – Dave Ball
https://observer-reporter.com/opinion/op-eds/op-ed-the-cost-of-illegal-immigration/article_3a6831c6-1434-11e9-aef7-9b8831d16d9e.html

FORTUNE
— Trump’s Shifting Government Shutdown Tests Law Dating Back to Ulysses Grant – Bloomberg
http://fortune.com/2019/01/12/trump-shutdown-ulysses-grant/

CNBC
— Detroit auto show offers glimpse of future without the sedan. You want a utility vehicle or sports car? The North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week will mostly feature a lineup heavy on trucks and SUVs with a few high-profile debuts of sports cars. Industry watchers say the nature of the auto show is changing, as are automakers. – Robert Ferris
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/10/detroit-auto-show-is-a-glimpse-of-the-auto-market-of-the-future-utilities-and-sports-cars.html

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters make it clear that they are America-haters.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/21/the-republican-test-at-the-border

NEWSWEEK
— ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SLAMS MEDIA OUTLET FOR LACK OF DIVERSITY IN 2020 ELECTION COVERAGE: ‘UNACCEPTABLE IN 2019. TRY AGAIN’ – JASON MURDOCK (DIERSEN: What if any conservative journalists do the following employ: ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, WGN TV, WGN Radio, WLS AM, WTTW, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, Northwest Herald, Herald & Review, Peoria Journal Star, Kane County Chronicle, DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Journal & Topics, LaSalle News Tribune, Rockford Register Star, Springfield State Journal Register, Kankakee Daily Journal, Bloomington Pantagraph, Champaign/Urbana News Gazette, Alton Daily News, Times, Belleville News Democrat, Southern, Fox Illinois, NPR Illinois, Northern Public Radio, Quad Cities Online, News Channel 20, WJBD, WJBC, WSPY, WQAD, WMAY, WGEM, WGLT, WREX, Central Illinois Proud, etc.?)
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-slams-media-outlet-lack-diversity-political-coverage-1289345

INQUISITR
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out CBS News For Not Including Black Journalist In Election 2020 Team – Patricia Grannum (DIERSEN: What if any conservative journalists do the following employ: ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, WGN TV, WGN Radio, WLS AM, WTTW, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, Northwest Herald, Herald & Review, Peoria Journal Star, Kane County Chronicle, DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Journal & Topics, LaSalle News Tribune, Rockford Register Star, Springfield State Journal Register, Kankakee Daily Journal, Bloomington Pantagraph, Champaign/Urbana News Gazette, Alton Daily News, Times, Belleville News Democrat, Southern, Fox Illinois, NPR Illinois, Northern Public Radio, Quad Cities Online, News Channel 20, WJBD, WJBC, WSPY, WQAD, WMAY, WGEM, WGLT, WREX, Central Illinois Proud, etc.?)
https://www.inquisitr.com/5247435/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-out-cbs-news-for-not-including-black-journalist-in-election-2020-team/

THE DAY
— Transgender veteran driven from GOP – Jennifer N. Pritzker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the great success that Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs have had in driving conservatives out of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.theday.com/op-edguest-opinions/20190113/transgender-veteran-driven-from-gop

LBGTQ NATION
— 3 ways the Trump shutdown is specifically hurting LGBTQ people of all sorts – Daniel Villarreal
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/01/3-ways-trump-shutdown-specifically-hurting-lgbtq-people-sorts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. It’s hurting LGBTQ-identified federal employees Yesterday, the LGBTQ media watchdog group GLAAD cited The Washington Post’s estimate that nearly 13,600 federal workers identify as LGBTQ, though the number could be much higher. LGBTQ people experience higher rates of poverty than their straight peers. So, for many poor, queer federal employees, a single missed paycheck could prove the difference between stability and homelessness or bankruptcy. . .2. It’s hurting LGBTQ-identified asylum seekers. . .3. It’s hurting LGBTQ-identified victims of identity theft and domestic violence.)

January 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TSA officer sells ‘Shutdown Sweets’ to make ends meet – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/government-shutdown-2019-tsa-officer-sells-shutdown-sweets-to-make-ends-meet/5053288/

NBC5
— Pritzker to Use Own Money to Increase Staff Pay Pritzker’s chief of staff, three deputy governors and their special assistants, deputy chiefs of staff and other high-level employees will receive the double salaries (DIERSEN: To get a government job, how big of a pay cut would you suffer? In 1980, to get a job working for GAO, I suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-to-Use-Own-Money-to-Increase-Staff-Pay-504224021.html

CBS2
— Chicago Candidate For Alderman Claims Incumbent Is Stealing Campaign Signs – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/10/chicago-alderman-campaign-signs-stealing/
— Harris Named First Gay Illinois State House Majority Leader
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/11/harris-named-first-gay-illinois-state-house-majority-leader/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/editorial-and-opinion/dennis-welsh-that-s-how-i-see-it/dennis-welsh-editorial-legal-weed-in-illinois-get-it-right-

WLS AM
— Connected to Chicago Special Guest Jim Durkin
http://www.wlsam.com/2019/01/11/connected-to-chicago-01-13-2019-special-guest-jim-durkin/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats now have it all, except excuses – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-pritzker-democrats-super-majorities-no-excuses-0113-20190110-story.html
— What will J.B. Pritzker do with his clout? – Editorial (DIERSEN: He will a) reward those who serve as his operatives and as his dupes and b) get rid of those who do not.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-rauner-illinois-exodus-budget-20181228-story.html
— Rauner’s kinda sorta endorsement of Vallas for mayor – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-audio-rauner-s-kinda-sorta-endorsement-of-vallas-for-mayor-20190111-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-suburban-teen-pride-parade-0111-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters focus on uniting members of the following groups against Trump: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-border-wall-trump-hispanics-blacks-immigrants-0113-20190111-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Declaring an emergency might backfire on Trump.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-national-emergency-wall-20190111-story.html
— ‘Make Chicago safe again.’ Garry McCarthy talks up policing chops in 2 new campaign ads – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-garry-mccarthy-tv-ads-chicago-mayor-20190111-story.html
— DuPage County Board chairman, county clerk at odds over election commission merger occurring before or after April election – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-clerk-election-commission-st-0113-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s notable visit to a Republican gathering – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-republican-gathering-springfield-impromtu-speech/
— Illinois residents will receive SNAP benefits despite government shutdown – Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-february-snap-benefits-food-stamps/
— Taxpayers covered millions in park gym costs Jesse White promised to pay for – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jesse-white-tumblers-foundation-secretary-state-chicago-park-district-recreation-center-funding-bga/
— Billionaire J.B. Pritzker to double key staff salaries out of his own pocket – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: To get a government job, how big of a pay cut would you suffer? In 1980, to get a job working for GAO, I suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-pritzker-increasing-staff-salaries/
— Food pantry offering free groceries to furloughed government workers – Stefano Esposito (DIERSEN: What about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lakeview-pantry-groceries-federal-workers-partial-government-shutdown/

DAILY HERALD
— Vote to dissolve DuPage’s election commission set for Tuesday, but clerk says it’s too soon – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190111/vote-to-dissolve-dupages-election-commission-set-for-tuesday-but-clerk-says-its-too-soon
— DuPage clerk: Dissolve election commission after April election – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190111/dupage-clerk-dissolve-election-commission-after-april-election
— Removing old tollway board is just the first step Job won’t be complete if new board simply reflects a change in allegiances – Editorial (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190111/editorial-removing-old-tollway-board-is-just-the-first-step
— DuPage board member Tim Elliott seeking to end health insurance perk – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190111/dupage-board-member-seeking-to-end-health-insurance-perk

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why U of I is insuring itself—literally—against a drop in Chinese students Proving you can insure just about anything, the University of Illinois has taken out a policy to mitigate the risk of a decline in Chinese student enrollment. – LYNNE MAREK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/why-u-i-insuring-itself-literally-against-drop-chinese-students

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes McHenry County township consolidation bill – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/11/breaking-gov-bruce-rauner-vetoes-mchenry-county-township-consolidation-bill/ag89tsq/

SOUTHERN
— Trump’s administration is riddled with vacancies
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/trump-s-administration-is-riddled-with-vacancies/video_b0d53749-3984-5c72-9076-7433e11fdb6b.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Opioid town hall: Stopping the opioid crisis at the southern border – Leandra Bernstein
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/opioid-town-hall-stopping-the-opioid-crisis-at-the-southern-border
— Nevada’s Reid calls Trump ‘amoral,’ wants a Romney 2020 run – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nevadas-reid-calls-trump-amoral-wants-a-romney-2020-run
— Sen. Duckworth issues statement on Trump border wall threat
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-duckworth-issues-statement-on-trump-border-wall-threat

WSPY
— Oberweis ‘Seriously Considering’ Run for 14th Congressional Seat in 2020 – Tyler Bachman
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/oberweis-seriously-considering-run-for-th-congressional-seat-in/article_36cc382a-15db-11e9-88e2-33f9dde76567.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Bleep ‘My way or the highway’ – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2019/01/bleep-my-way-or-the-highway/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— State of DuPage County 2019 – Casey Krajewski
https://www.nctv17.com/news/state-of-dupage-county-2019/

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Vision 2020 Survey Deadline EXTENDED to January 20, 2019
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LBGPSVC

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP slates Lincoln Day Dinner for Feb. 22 – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511719314-dupage-gop-slates-lincoln-day-dinner-for-feb-22

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Outgoing Ives worries about transparency in school board-teacher negotiations – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511719232-outgoing-ives-worries-about-transparency-in-school-board-teacher-negotiations

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pritzker’s move to match state salary for top staff with his own money raises eyebrows, ethical questions – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-s-move-to-match-state-salary-for-top-staff/article_ac1fd942-15f4-11e9-8087-a30d61ffec34.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lawmakers work on plans to legalize recreational cannabis and sports betting – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmakers-work-on-plans-to-legalize-recreational-cannabis-and-sports/article_01b0ff56-1502-11e9-b5ac-1f9e3fa420a5.html
— Illinois Democrat wants to close Congressional sauna, other perks during shutdown – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-democrat-wants-to-close-congressional-sauna-other-perks-during/article_94725092-150c-11e9-a44b-27292eb16ec0.html
— Corruption charges prompt fresh debate in Springfield about conflicts of interest – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/burke-s-charges-bring-fresh-debate-in-springfield-about-conflicts/article_d5b430a4-150f-11e9-a492-2f27b792394a.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS RANKS 46TH IN FEDERAL DOLLARS RETURN. SO BLAME THE REPUBLICANS.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-ranks-46th-in-federal-dollars-return-so-blame-the-republicans.html
— MADIGAN TAPS OPENLY GAY STATE REP FOR NEW MAJORITY LEADER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/madigan-taps-openly-gay-state-rep-for-new-majority-leader-.html
— FORMER IL LAWMAKER FACES 12-COUNT FELONY INDICTMENT FOR POSTING NUDE IMAGES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/former-il-lawmaker-faces-12-count-felony-indictment-for-posting-nude-images.html
— MORE US VOTERS SAY TOO LITTLE BEING DONE TO STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/more-us-voters-say-too-little-being-done-to-stop-illegal-immigration.html
— THORNER: FOOLISH ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS BOOSTED EARLY EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-foolish-illinois-lawmakers-boosted-early-efforts-to-eliminate-electoral-college.html
— REP. STEVE REICK LAUNCHES COFFEE & CONVERSATION TOUR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/rep-steve-reick-launches-coffee-conversation-tour.html

CAPITOL FAX

— State Sen. Oberweis giving “serious thought” to challenging US Rep. Underwood
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/11/state-sen-oberweis-giving-serious-thought-to-challenging-us-rep-underwood/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans are lining up to challenge Underwood. Matt Quigley, a 32-year-old Navy veteran and Republican from Naperville, already has announced his intention to run in 2020. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican who has run for Congress, Senate and governor before, also is considering a bid. He said, “We’re giving it serious thought, yes.” “I don’t believe that Underwood represents the views of the majority of the people in the 14th Congressional District,” said the dairy magnate, who said he would make a decision in 30 to 60 days. “I believe I would be much closer to those views.” Underwood beat a sitting Republican congressman by 5 points last November. She’s no slouch. And Oberweis will be a 74-year-old “career politician” (or, at least, “career candidate”) by 2020 with a whole lot of votes under his belt. Even so, Gov. Bruce Rauner won the 14th CD by almost 8 points. The only statewide Democrats who won it were Jesse White (+23) and Susana Mendoza (+2). Other possibles include state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee), which could be why he’s been holding so many press conferences lately. Plenty of rumors about a few others.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner vetoes McHenry County township consolidation bill.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/11/rauner-is-rauner-to-the-end/
— Pritzker to double top staff pay out of his own pocket (DIERSEN: To get a government job, how big of a pay cut would you suffer? In 1980, to get a job working for GAO, I suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/11/pritzker-to-double-top-staff-pay-out-of-his-own-pocket/

GOPUSA
— Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62297
— Psychedelic mushrooms next in already mile high Denver?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62181
— Army struggles to reach generation of snowflakes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62336

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Daily Signal raises alarm over anti-conservative House rules – Dustin Howard
https://www.myheritage.org/news/daily-signal-raises-alarm-over-anti-conservative-house-rules/

NEWSMAX
— Calif. Liberalism Takes America if Trump Loses on Wall – Michael Reagan
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/cbs-cnn-msnbc-npr/2019/01/11/id/897830/

BREITBART
— San Diego-Based KUSI: CNN Disinvited Our Journalist Because We Reported Border Wall ‘Does Work’ – Robert Kraychik (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all those who have disinvited me a) because I support the Illinois Republican Party platform, Republican Party platform, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, b) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, c) because I refuse to pander to them, d) because I refuse to give them money, and/or e) because I have sued them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/01/11/kusi-cnn-disinvited-journalist-because-reported-wall-does-work/
— Flashback: Establishment Spent $1 Billion on ‘Virtual Fence’ to Avoid Building Border Fence – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/10/flashback-establishment-spent-1-billion-virtual-fence-avoid-building-border-fence/
— Michelle Malkin: ‘So-Called Worker Shortage’ Is a ‘Manufactured Crisis’ – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/11/michelle-malkin-so-called-worker-shortage-manufactured-crisis/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Dems losing border wall battle to Trump – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/01/11/opinion-dems-losing-border-wall-battle-to-trump

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress approves back pay — eventually — for furloughed federal employees – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/11/congress-approves-back-pay-eventually-for-furloughed-federal-employees/
— Why is Congress so dumb? We lawmakers dumped our in-house experts. Now lobbyists do the thinking for us. – Bill Pascrell Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/01/11/feature/why-is-congress-so-dumb/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our decay as an institution began in 1995, when conservatives, led by Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), carried out a full-scale war on government. Gingrich began by slashing the congressional workforce by one-third. He aimed particular ire at Congress’s brain, firing 1 of every 3 staffers at the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Research Service and the Congressional Budget Office. He defunded the Office of Technology Assessment, a tech-focused think tank. Social scientists have called those moves Congress’s self-lobotomy, and the cuts remain largely unreversed.)
— Now on Craigslist, Facebook: Household items from furloughed workers trying to make ends meet – Taylor Telford
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/10/now-craigslist-facebook-household-items-furloughed-workers-trying-make-ends-meet/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Illinois’ incoming governor will use own wealth to double some staff salaries – MIKE RIOPELL
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-illinois-governor-staff-salaries-20190111-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Criminal Records for Obsolete Crimes When pot is made legal, old convictions should be expunged. – Ted Rall (DIERSEN: If you do/did sell pot or smoke pot illegally, you do not respect the rule of law.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/criminal-records-for-obsolete-crimes-11547078695

ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
— Shutdown is reminding everyone of the good things government does – Paul Waldman
https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-shutdown-government-good-workers-20190111-story.html

WEALTHY RETIREMENT
— Retire Early: One of the Worst Financial Decisions You Can Make – Steve McDonald (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made it very clear to me that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would get rid of me long before I would be eligible for regular retirement 6 years later in 2003.)
https://wealthyretirement.com/slap-in-the-face/drawbacks-financial-independence-retire-early-thinking/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What in the name of God are you supposed to do for the next 50 or 60 years if you retire in your 30s? I’m ahead of myself here, but this just sounds so incredibly immature and badly thought out that I kind of lost control for a second. Let’s skip over the fact that living a life of “carefree bliss” – that’s what one successful FIRE advocate called it – is absurd. I say that because every person I have ever known who left the real world too early – either because of an inheritance or because they built the resources on their own to allow them to do that – went back to work out of self-preservation or looked like hell a few years into their “bliss.” For the vast majority, it doesn’t work. People need a challenge. They need structure. They need a reason to get up in the morning other than kayaking and rock climbing.)

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— ‘There’s all this stress.’ Federal workers navigate longest shutdown ‘I still really love being a federal employee,’ one furloughed metro Atlantan says – Jennifer Brett Kelly Yamanouchi,
https://www.ajc.com/news/all-this-stress-federal-workers-navigate-longest-ever-shutdown/QV2otyqJSUZkU5IFoslweI/

GUARDIAN
— ‘Barely above water’: US shutdown hits black federal workers hardest – Jamiles Lartey (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Blavk could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/11/governmnet-shutdown-black-federal-workers-trump-border-wall

January 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Billionaire Pritzker puts wealth into ‘blind trust’ before taking gov’s office – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jb-pritzker-blind-trust-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner/
— In shutdown votes, Illinois Reps. Kinzinger, Rodney Davis defect from GOP – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/in-shutdown-votes-illinois-reps-kinzinger-rodney-davis-defect-from-gop/
— Federal workers protest the partial government shutdown – Stefano Esposito and Troy Closson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-workers-protest-partial-government-shutdown/
— ‘Ceiling has been broken’ — Harris named first gay state House majority leader – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ceiling-broken-greg-harris-first-gay-state-house-majority-leader-madigan-pritzker/
— Don’t blame everything on ‘uncaring’ government – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mona-charen-tucker-carlson-marriage-government/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘This is just wrong,’ Federal workers rally in Loop, as government shutdown stretches into 20th day – Rosemary Sobol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-government-shutdown-workers-rally-chicago-20190110-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner blasts Rauner.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-failed-governor-farewell-0111-20190110-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-male bash masculinity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-masculinity-apa-guidelines-011119-story.html
— Billionaire J.B. Pritzker’s ‘blind trust’ is not totally blind. Here’s why. – Todd Lighty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-blind-trust-finances-20190110-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— No date yet to dissolve DuPage Election Commission – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190110/no-date-yet-to-dissolve-dupage-election-commission–
— Former Rep. Nick Sauer ordered to pay $3,000 bond, have no contact with victims – Lee Filas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190110/former-rep-nick-sauer-ordered-to-pay-3000-bond-have-no-contact-with-victims

— Republicans slam Rep. King for what they call racist remarks – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190110/news/301109879/

ABC7
— Former Rep. Nick Sauer, R-Lake Barrington, surrenders following charges of allegedly posting nude photos of ex-girlfriend
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/former-gop-lawmaker-nick-sauer-surrenders-after-charges-of-allegedly-posting-nude-photos-of-ex-girlfriend/5048376/

NBC5
— Pritzker to Put Personal Assets in Blind Trust Pritzker’s personal wealth is estimated to be $3.2 billion, according to Forbes – Benjamin Conboy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-blind-trust-504178481.html

CBS2
— Rauner Ranks At #47 In List Of Popular Governors In The U.S. (DIERSEN: While Rauner was governor, whose advice did he take?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/10/rauner-ranks-at-47-in-list-of-popular-governors-in-the-u-s/
— Opioid Crisis Puts Kane County Coroner Over Budget – Roseanne Tellez
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/10/opioid-crisis-puts-county-coroner-over-budget/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump threatens emergency declaration, visits US-Mexico border
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/trump-threatens-emergency-declaration-ahead-of-border-visit
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bill to legalize weed introduced in U.S. Congress is numbered 420
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/bill-to-legalize-weed-introduced-us-congress-is-numbered-420

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What strings is Pritzker putting on his investments? The incoming governor releases details on blind trusts and other controls he says will be the strongest allowed by law to keep his money and state duties separate. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/what-strings-pritzker-putting-his-investments
— Suburban congressman vows SALT deduction battle Rep. Brad Schneider was named to the powerful Ways & Means Committee, and at the top of his list is repealing what he calls the “punitive” cap on a key federal income tax deduction. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/suburban-congressman-vows-salt-deduction-battle

WTTW
— Billionaire Gov.-Elect Pritzker to Take Hands-Off Approach to Wealth – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/10/billionaire-gov-elect-pritzker-take-hands-approach-wealth

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Elk Grove Mayor’s Tenure On Tollway Board Could End Soon Legislation Passed Wednesday Gives Pritzker ‘Clean Slate’ To Make Appointments – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/elk-grove-mayors-tenure-on-tollway-board-could-end-soon/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— B-N lawmakers have questions as marijuana debate shifts from ‘when’ to ‘how’ – DEREK BEIGH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/b-n-lawmakers-have-questions-as-marijuana-debate-shifts-from/article_c2702f04-1ce6-5702-89ac-9cd245c8093a.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/at-the-border-trump-moves-closer-to-emergency-declaration-01-10-2019

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Four Losing Campaigns, Silent on the Issue of Abortion Beyond Identified Pro-Lifers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/10/our-losing-campaigns-silent-on-the-issue-of-abortion-beyond-identified-pro-lifers/
— Bill Paid By Algonquin Township Board of Trustees Improper?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/10/improper-bill-paid-by-algonquin-township-board-of-trustees/
— Daily Herald Puts Pressure on County Board Members Getting Health Insurance
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/10/daily-herald-puts-pressure-on-county-board-members-getting-health-insurance/

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives’ successor Amy Grant talks about “cooperation” and working in a “bipartisan basis”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/10/ives-successor-talks-about-cooperation-and-working-in-a-bipartisan-basis/
— Edgar, Ives respond to Rauner criticism
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/10/edgar-ives-respond-to-rauner-criticism/
— Rauner claps back at Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/10/rauner-claps-back-at-madigan/
— Where does Pritzker want to take Illinois?
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/10/where-does-pritzker-want-to-take-illinois/
— Even Pat Brady is an optimist these days (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is an optimist these days in Illinois? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/10/even-pat-brady-is-an-optimist-these-days/

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger on Vote for Funding: ‘Shutdowns Are Stupid’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/adam-kinzinger-wall-funding-shutdown/2019/01/10/id/897678/

BREITBART
— Six GOP Senators Offer to Trade Amnesties for Border Wall plus Cheap Labor
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/10/six-gop-senators-offer-trade-amnesty-cheap-labor-border-wall/

TOWNHALL
— Moderate Democrats ‘Freaking Out’ Over Pelosi’s Stubborn ‘No Concessions’ Shutdown Strategy – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/10/beware-of-including-daca-in-any-deal-to-end-the-partial-shutdown-n2538825

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Essential’ workers expect to miss paychecks, sue for damages Revised lawsuit says 420K might face hardship from shutdown – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/10/essential-workers-expect-miss-paychecks-sue-damage/

THE HILL
— Trump promises to pay federal workers after shutdown – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424835-president-trump-promises-to-pay-federal-workers-after-shutdown
— Furloughed federal employee: Trump’s speech like ‘a slap in the face’ – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://itk.thehill.com/homenews/administration/424654-furloughed-federal-employee-trumps-speech-like-a-slap-in-the-face

HUFFINGTON POST
— Government Shutdown Leaves Federal Workers Struggling To Pay For Food, Medication – Dave Jamieson and Amanda Terkel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-federal-workers_us_5c34abdde4b01e2d51f77054

CNN
— Kinzinger rails on ‘stupid shutdown idiocy cycle’
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/01/09/adam-kinzinger-government-shutdown-stupid-cycle-sot-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/

ABC NEWS
— Trump visits southern border after saying he ‘probably’ will declare emergency if no deal on wall – JORDYN PHELPS and MERIDITH MCGRAW
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-heads-texas-part-public-relations-campaign-border/story?id=60272294

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘One Paycheck, Maybe Two’: Federal Workers Tell Us How Long They Can Live Without Wages As the partial government shutdown drags on and it grows more likely that a payday will pass them by, affected workers describe their sacrifices and preparations. – Lela Moore
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/reader-center/federal-employees-unpaid-during-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration lays groundwork to declare national emergency to build wall – Erica Werner and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-administration-lays-groundwork-to-declare-national-emergency-to-build-wall/2019/01/10/e8902698-14fa-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html
— Federal workers demand end to government shutdown at White House protest – Marissa J. Lang
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/federal-workers-to-demand-end-to-government-shutdown-at-white-house-protest/2019/01/10/330d1c4e-144c-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Looking Into Diverting Army Corps Funds to Build Wall Federal law allows president to halt military construction projects and divert funds for an emergency – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-looking-into-diverting-army-corps-funds-to-build-wall-11547161664

YAHOO
— How legalized cannabis changed Colorado in the past five years – Alexis Keenan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/legalized-cannabis-changed-colorado-past-223656625.html

CBS DENVER
— Furloughed Workers Plan Protest In Downtown Denver: ‘Get This Fixed’ – Kelly Werthmann
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/01/09/furloughed-workers-protest-denver/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Federal employees in Houston squeezed as payday comes without paycheck – Erin Douglas
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Houston-s-prison-runs-on-unpaid-overtime-during-13523908.php

DALLAS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Federal workers are Trump’s latest pawns in pursuit of a border wall.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/01/10/federal-workers-trumps-latest-pawns-pursuit-border-wall

MAIL TRIBUNE
— Federal employee: ‘Bills have started to pile up’ – KAYLEE TORNAY
http://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/essential-worker-the-bills-have-started-to-pile-up

COURIER JOURNAL
— I’m one of the workers who could go broke in the government shutdown – Junis L. Baldon
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2019/01/10/government-shutdown-i-am-one-unpaid-federal-workers-who-could-go-broke/2533153002/

EDUCATION DRIVE
— 1.8M college students who could get SNAP benefits aren’t – James Paterson (DIERSEN: While you earned your bachelor’s degree, would you have been eligible for SNAP Benefits? I would not. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. While I was a student, I pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. College expenses were much lower back then.)
https://www.educationdive.com/news/18m-college-students-who-could-get-snap-benefits-arent/545730/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— GAO Report Agrees Some Low-Income College Students Are Going Hungry New report says federal agencies should improve public awareness of food assistance programs to help combat hunger among college students. – Ashley A. Smith
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/10/gao-report-reviews-studies-student-hunger

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 204 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $499,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448423_zpid/

January 4 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump says he could declare ‘national emergency’ to build border wall
http://www.fox32chicago.com/facebook-instant/president-trump-says-he-could-declare-national-emergency-to-build-border-wall

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Decision by DuPage clerk on when her office will take over election duties could come next week – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-election-merger-st-0106-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTA bus services losing riders in the last decade, data shows – Manny Ramos and Tanveer Ali
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cta-busiest-route-continues-to-lose-riders-79th-street-bus-roderick-sawyer/

DAILY HERALD
— AP-NORC Poll: Immigration among the top concerns in 2019
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190104/news/301049878/
— Help us amass a list of emails for local candidates – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190104/editorial-help-us-amass-a-list-of-emails-for-local-candidates

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What City Hall corruption costs Chicago business As the Ed Burke scandal shows, the Chicago Way remains a drag on local commerce. – CLAIRE BUSHEY and BRIGID SWEENE
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/what-city-hall-corruption-costs-chicago-business
— For Pritzker and the rest of us: Now comes the hard part Something big needs to happen soon to fix Illinois’ finances—and it’s going to cost money. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/pritzker-and-rest-us-now-comes-hard-part
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/pot-adjacent-companies-look-cash

HERALD NEWS
— Republican Navy veteran Matt Quigley announces 2020 run to unseat Lauren Underwood Constituent alleges voting misconduct by Underwood – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/04/navy-veteran-announces-2020-run-to-unseat-lauren-underwood/awnhrbs/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Newly-elected Michigan Dem uses vulgarity in vow to impeach Trump – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/newly-elected-michigan-dem-uses-vulgarity-in-call-to-impeach-trump

NPR ILLINOIS
— RNC Members Want To Block A Primary Challenge To Trump, But The Rules May Stop Them – TIM MAK
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/rnc-members-want-block-primary-challenge-trump-rules-may-stop-them#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Legalized pot leads to more stoners on the road, studies show – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511715015-legalized-pot-leads-to-more-stoners-on-the-road-studies-show
— Skillicorn encourages state GOP to regroup – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511714459-skillicorn-calls-for-state-s-gop-to-regroup
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s going to take leadership, and I vow to be a part of it,” Skillicorn said. “We must find the courage and resolve to overcome what few disagreements we really have, to focus our energy and efforts on being the change that senior citizens, college students, young families, veterans and those most vulnerable can believe in. The alternative is unthinkable.”)

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— State GOP chair calls for ban on lawmakers running tax-appeal firms – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511715027-state-gop-chair-calls-for-ban-on-lawmakers-running-tax-appeal-firms

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rodney Davis guarantees Democrats move to impeach Trump – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/central-illinois-republican-guarantees-democrats-move-to-impeach-trump/article_211ff7dc-1063-11e9-b6be-938b694150ef.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Village of Bolingbrook candidate Maripat Oliver provides false information in support of petition objections – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/village-of-bolingbrook-candidate-maripat-oliver-provides-false-information-in-support-of-petition-objections/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REP. SKILLICORN: WHERE DOES THE IL GOP GO FROM HERE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/rep-skillicorn-where-does-the-il-gop-go-from-here-.html
— DEC 2018 JOBS REPORT SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/dec-2018-jobs-report-surpasses-expectations.html
— GOP SEEKING MCHENRY COUNTY BOARD VACANCY APPLICANTS FOR DISTRICT 3
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/gop-seeking-mchenry-county-board-vacancy-applicants-for-district-3.html
— BETRAYAL SPELLS DEATH KNELL FOR ILLINOIS GOP ORGS – Jack Koenig
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/letter-to-editor-betrayal-spells-death-knell-for-illinois-gop-orgs.html

DAILY CALLER
— REP. CHERI BUSTOS SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE TO GIVE TRUMP SOMETHING ON THE BORDER WALL – Nick Givas
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/04/cheri-bustos-democrats-border-wall/

BREITBART
— Pelosi: Amnesty for ‘Patriotic’ Dreamers Will ‘Make America More American’ – Tony Lee (DIERSEN: Trump-haters use “patriotic” as a derogatory term against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/pelosi-amnesty-for-patriotic-dreamers-will-make-america-more-american/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The shutdown has taken down E-Verify, the only ‘wall’ that actually works – Erin Dunne
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-shutdown-has-taken-down-e-verify-the-only-wall-that-actually-works

THE HILL
— Trump threatens to extend partial government shutdown for years – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/423915-schumer-trump-threatened-to-keep-government-shut-down-for-years

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Claims Most Furloughed Federal Workers Are Rooting For Him On Wall Funding – Amanda Terkel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-shutdown-furloughed-workers_us_5c2fc50ce4b0bcb4c25bab28

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Suggests Shutdown Could Last ‘Months or Even Years’ – Michael Tackett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/democrats-trump-meeting-government-shutdown.html
— Republicans Seek to Boost Small Donations, but a Fragmented System Stymies Them – Stephanie Saul and Rachel Shorey
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/republican-campaign-donations.html
— McConnell Faces Pressure From Republicans to Stop Avoiding Shutdown Fight – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/us/politics/mcconnell-senate-republicans-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump threatens shutdown of ‘months or even years’ over border wall, says he could declare national emergency to get it built – Seung Min Kim, Erica Werner and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-urges-gop-lawmakers-to-stand-with-trump-in-shutdown-fight/2019/01/04/99519d06-103f-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html
— While federal workers go without pay, senior Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000 raises. – Peter Whoriskey and
Lisa Rein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/04/while-federal-workers-go-without-pay-senior-trump-administration-officials-are-poised-get-raises/
— Millions face delayed tax refunds, cuts to food stamps as White House scrambles to deal with shutdown’s consequences – Damian Paletta and Erica Werner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/millions-face-delayed-tax-refunds-cuts-to-food-aid-as-white-house-scrambles-to-deal-with-shutdown/2019/01/04/b5b58616-0fa3-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html

FORBES
— Three Practical First Steps To Successful Diversity Hiring – Julia Li (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2019/01/04/three-practical-first-steps-to-successful-diversity-hiring/

NEWSWEEK
— KOCH DONOR NETWORK WILL NOT SUPPORT TRUMP IN 2020, BUT WILL PROMOTE PERMANENT LEGAL STATUS FOR DREAMERS – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/koch-network-wont-support-trump-2020-1278141

December 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes step toward 2020 presidential run – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-takes-big-move-toward-2020-presidential-run/4994770/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump-Pelosi showdown over shutdown first battle of new era – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/trump-pelosi-showdown-over-shutdown-first-battle-of-new-era

WGN TV
— House Democrats unveil plan to re-open government – AP
https://wgntv.com/2018/12/31/house-democrats-unveil-plan-to-re-open-government/

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/12/31/marijuana-legalization-debate-shifts-from-when-to-how/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump haters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-evangelical-christian-pro-immigration-trump-0102-20181221-story.html
— Trump claims there’s a 10-foot wall around the Obamas’ D.C. home. Neighbors say there’s not. – Michael Brice-Saddler
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-obama-home-wall-20181231-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “A petulant president shuts down government and insults working people.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/federal-government-shutdown-donald-trump-jesse-jackson/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-and-the-fault-line-that-divides-our-country/

DAILY HERALD
— Trump says concrete wall was never abandoned – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181231/news/312319948/
— Trump tells Democrats ‘come back from vacation’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/president-donald-trump-democrats-vacation-negotiate-government-shutdown/

ABC ST. LOUIS
— Exodus: Population Drop In Illinois Continues, Could Eventually Cost State Electoral Vote
https://abcstlouis.com/news/local/exodus-illinois-continues-to-lose-high-numbers-of-population

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Casten. Casten will be under tremendous pressure from the Democrat Party a) to promote welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things and b) to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of the 6th Congressional district that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. It will be interesting to see which of my treasonous critics/opponents who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will join forces with Casten to get rid of me once and for all.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/12/28/elected-6th-congressional-district-democrat-casten-says-hes-ready-for-washington/abxgd9e/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Expunging the Illinois House Record: Now for Rep. Stephanie Kifowit and Then for Rep. Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/12/31/expunging-the-illinois-house-record-now-for-rep-stephanie-kifowit-and-then-for-rep-jack-franks/

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Seven Things that Set Americans For Truth (AFTAH) Apart – Peter LaBarbera, President
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/12/31/seven-things-that-set-americans-for-truth-aftah-apart/

GOPUSA
— Elected Liberal Democrats Discriminate Against Catholics
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61573
— Sheriff blames sanctuary law for California officer’s death
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61530
— Leftist media shocked at number of Latinos voting GOP
http://www.gopusa.com/leftist-media-shocked-at-number-of-latinos-voting-gop/

BREITBART
— At Least 530 Murders in Gun-Controlled Chicago During 2018 – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/31/at-least-530-murders-in-gun-controlled-chicago-during-2018/
— Shutdown Showdown: Donald Trump Calls Southern Border an ‘Open Wound’ for ‘Our Country’ – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/31/shutdown-showdown-donald-trump-calls-southern-border-open-wound-country/
— Five Things Democrats Did Not Tell You About Medicare for All – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/31/five-things-did-not-tell-you-about-medicare-all/

NEWSMAX
— Sununu: Democrats Feel They Gain From Border Chaos – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-wall-government-shutdown-democrats-mexico-will-pay-for-it/2018/12/31/id/896406/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Just Sent an Urgent Message About the Wall – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/12/31/trump-we-didnt-abandon-the-wall-n2538279
— Rep. Jeffries: Trump Is ‘Holding America Hostage’ With ‘Medieval’ Border Wall Funding ‘Ransom Note’ – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/12/31/rep-jeffries-trump-is-holding-america-hostage-with-medieval-border-wall-funding-ransom-note-n2538298

HOT AIR
— Scalise: Dems Won’t Negotiate Border Security Out Of Fear Of Radical Left
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/12/scalise-dems-wont-negotiate-border-security-fear-radical-left/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Blames Trump for ‘Forcing’ Illegals to Cross Desert – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/12/30/msnbc-blames-trump-forcing-illegals-cross-desert

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Democrats to offer funding bills without $5 billion for Trump’s wall – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-democrats-to-offer-funding-bills-without-5-billion-for-trumps-wall-reports

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Our Exhausted American Mediocracy – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/12/30/our-exhausted-american-mediocracy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Immorality of Illegal Immigration – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-immorality-of-illegal-immigration/

MARIJUANA SCIENCE FORUM
— Marijuana Use In Teenagers
http://marijuanascienceforum.org/marijuana-use-in-teenagers/

THE HILL
— Trump, lawmakers brace for prolonged shutdown – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/423367-trump-lawmakers-brace-for-prolonged-shutdown
— GOP lawmaker suggests Trump use some of his own money to help pay for border wall – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423339-gop-lawmaker-suggests-trump-use-his-own-money-to-help-pay-for-border-wall
— White House press deputy lashes out at reporter doubting Trump’s location – OWEN DAUGHTERY
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/423377-white-house-press-deputy-lashes-out-at-reporter-doubting-trumps-location

HUFFINGTON POST
— Federal Employee Union Sues Government Over Shutdown, Alleging Wage Violations The union said employees can’t be forced to work without pay. – Dave Jamieson
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/federal-employees-shutdown-lawsuit_us_5c2a95b6e4b05c88b702f2fe

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Make a Plan to End the Government Shutdown, Without Wall Funding – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/politics/government-shutdown-democrats-house.html
— Punishing Federal Workers for a Political Stalemate Readers, including a member of Congress, condemn the president for holding the employees “hostage” to his demand for a border wall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/letters/federal-workers-government-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House Democrats ready strategy to reopen government, deny Trump wall money – Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-dems-ready-strategy-to-re-open-government-upon-assuming-control/2018/12/31/bfe4773a-0d16-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html
— I’m a furloughed park ranger. Good thing my job taught me survival skills. When I started this job, I knew I should save up in case of a government shutdown. This is the fourth one of my federal career. – Sharon Stiteler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/31/im-furloughed-park-ranger-good-thing-my-job-taught-me-survival-skills/
— Trump claims there’s a 10-foot wall around the Obamas’ D.C. home. Neighbors say there’s not. – Michael Brice-Saddler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/31/trump-claims-theres-foot-wall-around-obamas-dc-home-neighbors-say-theres-not/
— Trump is losing military voters. Here’s how Democrats can win them over. A reliably Republican constituency faces daunting issues that no party has sufficiently addressed – Lyle Jeremy Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/31/trump-is-losing-military-voters-heres-how-democrats-can-win-them-over/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s wall is a monument to vanity and bigotry.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-wall-is-a-monument-to-vanity-and-bigotry/2018/12/31/361a7478-0d43-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html

BUSINESS TIMES
— Hapless Federal Workers Denied Pay Hike by Trump – Artie Villasanta
http://en.businesstimes.cn/articles/106221/20190101/hapless-federal-workers-denied-pay-hike-trump-amid-government-shutdown.htm

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters glorify and praise those who come to America illegally.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-we-saw-photographing-migrant-caravan-and-us-mexico-border-1275125

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Government Shutdown Will Continue as Long as Trump Thinks It Benefits Him.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/trump-thinks-the-shutdown-is-good-for-him-so-it-continues.html

SOLON
— Donald Trump still holds power — but the left won the culture war in 2018 As a new year dawns, it’s clear that Donald Trump’s grip is fading and the left is winning hearts and minds – AMANDA MARCOTTE
https://www.salon.com/2018/12/31/donald-trump-still-holds-power-but-the-left-won-the-culture-war-in-2018/

December 31 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Police Reviewing Surveillance From Saturday Mob Attacks Along Mag Mile – Jeremy Ross
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/30/police-reviewing-surveillance-from-saturday-mob-attacks-along-mag-mile/
— North Riverside Park Mall Closes After Juveniles Cause Disturbance, 2 Arrested
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/30/north-riverside-park-mall-closes-after-juveniles-cause-disturbance-2-arrested/

NBC5
— Prices Rise as the Minimum Wage Increases in Several States New minimum wage requirements will take effect in 20 states and nearly two dozen cities around the start of the new year – David A. Lieb
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Minimum-Wage-Increase-Several-States-US-503695231.html

ABC7
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes step toward 2020 presidential run – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-takes-big-move-toward-2020-presidential-run/4994770/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal government shutdown enters second week with no resolution in sight – Mike DeBonis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-government-shutdown-20181230-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181230/news/312309936/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181230/legal-marijuana-industry-toasts-banner-year

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/mcchrystal-i-think-trump-is-immoral-dishonest/video_cdd4bc30-d493-58c2-9a56-e38deb398232.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois farmers face uncertainty despite record harvests – AP
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/12/30/illinois-farmers-face-uncertainty-despite-record-harvests/acoacic/

WPSD
— Illinois Equal Pay Act amendment extends protections to African Americans – Logan Gay (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger higher salaries than it paid its employees who were Republican, White, and/or older who had more work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses.)
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2018/12/28/illinois-equal-pay-act-amendment-extends-protections-to-african-americans/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner developed a reputation in Springfield that his word just wasn’t good – Scott Reeder
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511712140-reeder-rauner-developed-a-reputation-in-springfield-that-his-word-just-wasn-t-good

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State must pay $845 million more to pension systems next year, report finds – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-must-pay-million-more-to-pension-systems-next-year/article_ef7c5b6a-0aba-11e9-8d33-f745b66a248a.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Fake news’ a real problem long before Trump era, media watchdogs say – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/30/donald-trumps-fake-news-call-often-real/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— UNVEILING THE LEFT’S GLOBALIST AGENDA Christine Williams reveals the real culprit behind illegal immigration.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272391/unveiling-lefts-globalist-agenda-frontpagemagcom
— DEMOCRATS’ SANCTUARY STATE CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM Police officer Ronil Singh, legal immigrant, falls to criminal who “doesn’t belong here.” – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272402/democrats-sanctuary-state-claims-another-victim-lloyd-billingsley

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP: AMERICA NEEDS ‘SLIGHTLY LARGER VERSION’ OF WALL PROTECTING OBAMA’S HOUSE – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/30/trump-larger-version-wall-obama-house/

TOWNHALL
— A Look Back at the Demise of the Mainstream News Media in 2018 – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/12/31/a-look-back-at-the-demise-of-the-mainstream-news-media-in-2018-n2538275

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat House Poised To Attack Gun Rights – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29394-democrat-house-poised-attack-gun-rights

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— CNN Attacks The Military – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/cnn-attacks-the-military/

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Lets Illegal Immigrant ‘Journalist’ Condemn Standard Descriptions as Dangerous – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/12/30/ny-times-lets-illegal-immigrant-journalist-condemn-standard

PJ MEDIA
— Store Clerk Loses His Mind When Man Wearing Trump Gear Walks In (DIERSEN: What would anti-Trumps and Trump-haters do to you if you wore Trump gear?)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/watch-store-clerk-loses-his-mind-when-man-wearing-trump-gear-walks-into-store/

EPOCH TIMES
— Democrats Commit Self-Sabotage by Dumping on Whites and Christians – Carol M. Swain (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republicans” who dump on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Are these “Republican” dumpers really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-commit-self-sabotage-by-dumping-on-whites-and-christians_2750760.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— AP Poll: Veterans’ support for Trump strong – EMILY SWANSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT
https://www.apnews.com/8d3610f4fc2f4dafb87ac4479b721de1

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic – Adam Nagourney and Robert Gebeloff
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/orange-county-republicans-democrats-demographics.html
— Too Old to Be a Freshman in Congress? Donna Shalala Doesn’t Care – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/us/politics/donna-shalala-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Dozens of journalists were murdered in 2018. This is a crisis of press freedom. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have charged me with disseminating “false” or “fake” news. Should I sue my critics/opponents? According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is “false” or “fake,” except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/dozens-of-journalists-were-murdered-in-2018-this-is-a-crisis-of-press-freedom/2018/12/30/eab8ad2e-092d-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Saudi Arabia, the same campaign against dissent that led to Mr. Khashoggi’s murder left 16 journalists imprisoned in December, according to the CPJ account, including four women who reported on women’s rights. Egypt had the dishonorable distinction of imprisoning the most people — 19 — on charges of disseminating “false” or “fake” news. The growing number of journalists jailed or attacked on that pretext is one illustration of the deleterious influence that President Trump has had on press freedom globally. His labeling of the U.S. media as the “enemy of the people” and charges of “fake news” have been imitated by regimes around the world. At the same time, his refusal to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Mr. Khashoggi’s murder, despite a CIA finding that he likely ordered it, has, as CPJ put it, “signaled that countries that do enough business with the United States are free to murder journalists without consequence.” It won’t be a surprise if 2019 produces another large body count.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shutdown Enters a New Week as House Democrats Ponder Next Move As talks break down over border wall, Democrats could pass short- or long-term funding bills – Kristina Peterson and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutdown-enters-a-new-week-as-house-democrats-ponder-next-move-11546198295

— If Democrats Were Shrewd . . . They’d divide and conquer, splitting Trump and his populist base from more conventional Republicans. – Bobby Jindal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-democrats-were-shrewd-11546199954
— Retraining Programs Fall Short for Some Workers The goal was to help displaced workers gain skills in new industries. But studies show people are earning less or failing to find work – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Between 1992 and 1997, I paid for my own “retraining.” In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators. Between 1992 and 1997, I took graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997 earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retraining-programs-fall-short-for-some-workers-11546088401

BLOOMBERG
— Washington Parses Trump’s Wall Semantics in Search for Compromise – Anna Edgerton
https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-parses-trump-wall-semantics-162921177.html

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS provides safe harbors related to the SALT deduction – Michael Cohn
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-provides-safe-harbors-for-businesses-related-to-the-salt-deduction

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— One sixth of world’s people want to flee their home countries
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/31/pers-d31.html

December 30 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Advice for the new Congress – Editorial (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party will insist that Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Bill Foster, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Mike Quigley, Jan Schakowsky, Brad Schneider, Dick Durbin, and Tammy Duckworth do everything that they can a) to promote welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things and b) to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181229/editorial-advice-for-the-new-congress
— Medical debt killing you? These tips might help – Sean Pyles (DIERSEN: Have you ever incurred medical debt? I have not because I have always had health insurance.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181230/medical-debt-killing-you-these-tips-might-help
— Giving and sharing doesn’t have to stop at Christmas – Ken Potts (DIERSEN: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising to anyone who wants to read them. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, that has been more than 6,200 emails that have contained links to more than 321,400 articles and information on many upcoming events. On average, each email contained links to 52 articles.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20181230/giving-and-sharing-doesnt-have-to-stop-at-christmas
— Wheaton ranked No. 1 in Illinois in magazine’s ‘Best Places to Live’ (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Given Wheaton’s reputation for being religious, conservative, and Republican, why do members of the following groups move into Wheaton and stay in Wheaton: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? ANSWER: To take advantage of the prosperity and safety that religious, conservative, and Republican principles have created in Wheaton.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181229/wheaton-ranked-no-1-in-illinois-in-magazines-best-places-to-live

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater calls Trump incompetent. Who called/calls you incompetent? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government calling me incompetent was frustrated by my earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. They were furious that I passed the CPA examination my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-incompetent-shutdown-troops-20181228-story.html
— Carbon conscious: how one man is shrinking his footprint – AP (DIERSEN: What have you done to shrink your carbon footprint? I took public transportation to/from work in 1971, 1973, and 1974 and 1978-1997. I walked to work and graduate classes 1974-1978. I took public transportation to/from graduate classes in 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/sns-bc-eu–climate-low-carbon-living-20181211-story.html
— DECEMBER 30, 2015 FLASHBACK: 10 tips to jump-start your job hunt before you get lazy – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: The longer that you have been a government employee, the more difficult, if not impossible, it is to get job in the private sector. Employers view government employees as being lazy, stupid, and even worse things. I was a government employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-new-job-resolution-tips-1231-biz-20151230-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use medical pot to push recreational pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181229/how-would-recreational-pot-affect-illinois-medical-marijuana

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Don’t believe everything you hear – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-12-30/tom-kacich-2018s-takeaway-dont-believe-everything-you-hear.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Sara Dorner fights for region’s working class – Georgette Braun (DIERSEN: Who do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on, if not despise, if not hate? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on, if not despise, if not hate the working class. I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20181227/people-to-watch-2019-sara-dorner-fights-for-regions-working-class

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Bias in the newspaper? – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS is biased in favor of the Illinois Republican Party platform, the Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. That is why those who reject all or part of the aforesaid work so hard a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading the emails.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/david-giuliani-bias-in-the-newspaper/article_e2fddaf2-09f8-11e9-8381-5b0b3998bc1c.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earlier this week, a reader noted we run stories from the Illinois News Network. He accused the group of having a conservative bias. What is the Illinois News Network? It started a few years ago as an arm of the Chicago-based Illinois Policy Institute, which bills itself as libertarian and often is referred to as conservative. Last January, the institute revealed that it had transferred the network to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, another Chicago-based group. Some of Franklin’s executives are connected to conservative organizations. According to a January story in Crain’s Chicago Business, the conservative Koch brothers gave millions to the center, but is no longer funding the group. I looked through some of the recent stories on the network’s website. They seemed balanced to me. A story about abortion included both sides. Same with one about marijuana legalization. At the same time, the network runs stories about subjects that might be particularly appealing to conservatives. One such recent example is a story about work rules for food stamp recipients. That piece, though, included both sides of the debate. In an email to me, Dan McCaleb, editor of the network, noted it is a 501c3 nonprofit and therefore, by definition, cannot be political or partisan. “INN distinguishes itself by focusing on state issues that are most relevant to taxpayers, and making sure the taxpayers’ side of the story is represented, as well as government’s,” said McCaleb, a former editor for suburban McHenry County’s Northwest Herald. “INN strives to fill a gap in statehouse coverage because many media companies do not have the resources to cover the capitol, and those that do often do not include the taxpayers’ perspective in their reporting.”)

SOUTHERN
— Trump blames Democrats for deaths at the border (DIERSEN: Deaths at the border should be blamed on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/trump-blames-dems-for-deaths-at-the-border/video_04b9f886-6c02-503a-aabb-538762342e54.html

MENDOTA REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: New Illinois law: Immigration Licensure (SB 3109/PA 100-1078): Provides that no person may be denied professional licensure for immigration status. Applicant may provide a Tax Identification Number in lieu of a SSN.
https://mendotareporter.com/article/new-illinois-laws-take-effect-jan-1-2019

FOX ILLINOIS
— “Trump Rat” protest sails near Mar-a-lago, Trump supporters react – James Torrez
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-rat-protest-sails-near-mar-a-lago-trump-supporters-say-hatred-not-politics-behind-it

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The DuPage Policy Journal and its partner sites draw attention to voter tallies in individual precincts in Illinois. What do you believe the main reasons are why voters in your precinct vote for Republicans and vote for Democrats?
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/tag/126-politics

FOX NEWS
— Hating Trump in 2018: The top five most incredible liberal media quotes of the year – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hating-trump-in-2018-the-top-five-most-incredible-liberal-media-quotes-of-the-year

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Reporter Admits U.S. Law Entices Illegals to Bring Kids to Improve Their Chances – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/12/29/cnns-simon-admits-us-law-entices-illegals-bring-kids

AMERICAN THINKER
— Imprudent Altruism and Illegal Immigration – Jeannie DeAngelis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/imprudent_altruism_and_illegal_immigration.html

TOWNHALL
— Women’s March Organizers Canceled Their January Rally…Because of White People? – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/12/29/lol-womens-march-organizers-canceled-their-january-rally-because-of-white-peo-n2538242
— Stanislaus Co. Sheriff Says CA’s ‘Sanctuary State’ Policy To Blame For Cpl. Singh’s Death – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/12/29/watch-stanislaus-co-sheriff-says-cas-sanctuary-state-policy-to-blame-for-cpl-n2538250
— Cop’s Shooting Death May Upend Debate Surrounding Government Shutdown – Debra J. Saunders
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2018/12/30/cops-shooting-death-may-upend-debate-surrounding-government-shutdown-n2538225

DAILY CALLER
— UPCOMING WOMEN’S MARCH DEEMED ‘TOO WHITE,’ SO ORGANIZERS CANCELLED IT – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/29/womens-march-cancel-too-white-california/

PJ MEDIA
— California Town Cancels Women’s March Due to ‘Overwhelmingly White’ Participants – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/california-town-cancels-womens-march-due-to-overwhelmingly-white-participants/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— EVEN NOW WON’T BACK THE WOMEN’S MARCH ANYMORE – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272393/even-now-wont-back-womens-march-anymore-daniel-greenfield

WORLD NET DAILY
— CALIFORNIA ORGANIZERS CANCEL WOMEN’S MARCH FOR BEING TOO WHITE Progressives’ dilemma: County is 80% Caucasian
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/california-organizers-cancel-womens-march-for-being-too-white/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Humboldt County’s ‘Too White’ Women’s March – Thaddeus G. McCotter
https://amgreatness.com/2018/12/29/humboldt-countys-too-white-womens-march/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump’s Executive Order Freezing Federal Pay Saves Taxpayers from Extraordinary Pay Increases – Rachel Greszler (DIERSEN: The Daily Signal should write an article about reasons why people do not want to work for the federal government. The Daily Signal could focus on how the Democrats who run the federal government use the subjectivity in its employment policies a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/29/trumps-executive-order-freezing-federal-pay-saves-taxpayers-from-extraordinary-pay-increases/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal pay should depend on workers’ skills, experience, and performance—not just their years of service and across-the-board annual pay increases. Ideally, Congress should address federal employee pay and compensation through a broad reform package—addressing not only federal pay, but total compensation also including retirement, health, vacation, and other benefits—that would better align federal compensation with that of the private sector and better tie pay to performance.)

THE HILL
— ‘Medicare for all’ advocates emboldened by ObamaCare lawsuit – NATHANIEL WEIXEL (DIERSEN: As a GAO employee, I paid Medicare taxes 1983-1997. Previously, I paid Medicare taxes 1966-1972.)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/422924-medicare-for-all-advocates-emboldened-by-obamacare-lawsuit

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why the World Needs to Rethink Retirement – Katie Robertson
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/business/retirement/why-the-world-needs-to-rethink-retirement.html
— Sears Is Dying, but Workers’ Loyalty Lives On Across the country, legions of former employees gather regularly to celebrate a bygone era of retailing. – Michael Corkery (DIERSEN: If you are retired, how many of your former coworkers do you speak with, and how often? Extremely few of my coworkers were Republican, Protestant, and/or German-American.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/business/sears-retirees-alumni-meetings.html

— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Sickness Comes for Us All – Kamala Harris (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that sickness has not stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening since 2015. That is more than 6,200 emails that contained links to more than 321,400 articles and information on many upcoming events. On average, each email contained links to 52 articles.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/opinion/sunday/kamala-harris-affordable-care-act-medicare.html
— Kansas Boy, Braxton Moral, 16, Is Set to Graduate in the Spring From High School — and Harvard – Mihir Zaveri (DIERSEN: Of course my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use Moral to stress that a) I not earn a bachelor’s degree until I was 21 and master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a professional license until I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/us/braxton-moral-harvard.html
— ‘Medicare for All’ Gains Favor With Democrats Looking Ahead to 2020 – Robert Pear (DIERSEN: As a GAO employee, I paid Medicare taxes 1983-1997. Previously, I paid Medicare taxes 1966-1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/us/politics/medicare-for-all-private-plans.html
— Gay Couples Rush to Wed Before Brazil’s New President Takes Office – Shasta Darlington
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/world/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-gay-marriage.html

— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats pressure Catholics to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/us/catholic-church-gay-members.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How Sen. Elizabeth Warren is courting black voters and their leaders as her expected 2020 presidential announcement nears – Annie Linskey (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates promise voters that if elected, they will use government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-sen-elizabeth-warren-is-courting-black-voters-and-their-leaders-as-her-expected-2020-presidential-announcement-nears/2018/12/29/20936014-fd95-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: For Democrats, it is a “good thing” if it harms individuals, organizations, companies, governments, or countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/18-good-things-that-happened-in-2018/2018/12/29/d7957098-078d-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want Trump to lose in 2020 want Trump to dump The Wall.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-focus-on-pleasing-his-most-ardent-supporters-raises-questions-about-reelection-strategy/2018/12/28/b37d796a-09f1-11e9-85b6-41c0fe0c5b8f_story.html

STAR HERALD
— Western Nebraska paying the price for Colorado’s marijuana legalization – STEVE ERDMAN
https://www.starherald.com/opinion/columnists/viewpoints/representatives/erdman-western-nebraska-paying-the-price-for-colorado-s-marijuana/article_c3dc6927-86a6-50e0-9600-98c6aa8b0331.html

TEEN VOGUE
— 5 Protest Tactics We Loved in 2018 These are some great ways to confront power. – LUCY DIAVOLO (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats, we already have many anti-Trump marches, anti-Republican marches, anti-American marches, anti-White marches, and anti-male marches. Under the Democrats, how soon, if not already, will we have anti-Protestant marches, anti-conservative marches, anti-patriotic marches, anti-older people marches, anti-rich people marches, anti-gun owners marches, anti-German Americans marches, anti-draft avoider marches, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time marches, anti-etc. marches?)
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/5-protest-tactics-we-loved-in-2018

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marching. . .Getting Arrested. . .Banner drops. . .Die-ins. . .Walkouts)

GUARDIAN
— El Paso aid agencies overwhelmed as 1,600 migrants are cast on to streets US authorities leave families to fend for themselves, a practice local bishop calls ‘inhumane and unconscionable’ – Amanda Holpuch
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/30/migrants-el-paso-texas-aid-agencies-overwhelmed
— Baby boomers led the cult of youth. Now we should heed the wisdom of age Intolerance towards the old is deeply embedded in our society. The potential of an ageing population must be unlocked – Yvonne Roberts (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/30/baby-boomers-led-the-cult-of-youth-now-we-should-heed-the-wisdom-of-age

December 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago EPA preparing to halt operations – Jesse Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-epa-preparing-to-halt-operations-due-to-govt-shutdown/4982976/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps. Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/entertainment/jim-carrey-slams-president-trump-supporters-for-being-loyal-zombies-

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump reissues threat to close U.S.-Mexico border as GOP and Democrats trade blame for shutdown – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-government-shutdown-20181228-story.html
— Madigan to air statewide TV ad in new year saying, ‘Democrats are on your side’ – Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: Democrats are on the side of those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-michael-madigan-tv-ad-20181228-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/cannabis-top-ten-illinois-medical-marijuana-pot-donte-townsend-jb-pritzker-mike-madigan-ben-kovler-heather-steans-kelly-cassidy/

DAILY HERALD
— 16 Lake County candidates facing petition challenges – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181228/16-lake-county-candidates-facing-petition-challenges

SAUK VALLEY
— Debt choking governments, households Day of reckoning could come with next recession – Jim Nowlan
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/12/27/debt-choking-governments-households/au9lb6s/

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Government Consolidation Laws Go Into Effect Jan 1st – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=276929#.XCdUMFxKiM8

WREX
— Two new IL gun laws take effect January 1st
https://wrex.com/category/2018/12/28/two-new-il-gun-laws-take-effect-january-1st/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Anonymous Campaign Pieces against Jack Franks Critics Going Back to 2010 – Part 1
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/12/28/anonymous-campaign-pieces-against-jack-franks-critics-going-back-to-2010-part-1/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/path-to-recreational-marijuana/article_0a549740-0ae3-11e9-840b-bbfd13159771.html

TOWNHALL
— Blame Congress, Not the Border Patrol – Michael Reagan
https://townhall.com/columnists//michaelreagan/2018/12/29/blame-congress-not-the-border-patrol-n2538202

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats: A plague on the nation – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/democrats_a_plague_on_the_nation.html
— Illegals and the American Dream – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/illegals_and_the_american_dream.html

ONE NEWS NOW
— MEDIA Leftist media shocked at number of Latinos voting GOP – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2018/12/28/leftist-media-shocked-at-number-of-latinos-voting-gop

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHY DOOM AND GLOOM AMIDST TRUMP PRESIDENCY? Craige McMillan urges people to let the media wallow, just enjoy the ride
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/why-doom-and-gloom-amidst-trump-presidency/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Another Central American Migrant Caravan Is Forming, But It’s Reportedly Not Heading For US – Evie Fordham
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/another-central-american-migrant-caravan-is-forming-but-its-reportedly-not-heading-for-us/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Jeff Flake Won’t Rule Out 2020 Run: ‘Somebody Needs To’ Challenge Trump “Like I said, I haven’t ruled it out,” he said. “I’m a long way from there, but somebody needs to and I think that the country needs to be reminded of what it means to be conservative.” – Amy Russo
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-flake-2020_us_5c2740e4e4b08aaf7a90cd27

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A Week Into Government Shutdown, Ire Turns to Fear for Federal Workers – Glenn Thrush, Mitch Smith and Kate Taylor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/us/politics/government-shutdown-workers.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/28/opinion/pregnancy-women-pro-life-abortion.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Inevitability of Impeachment” and “Even Republicans may be deciding that the president has become too great a burden to their party or too great a danger to the country.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/opinion/trump-impeachment-resign-drew.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Immigration in 2018: Rising tensions and rising voices – CINDY CARCAMO
https://www.latimes.com/la-na-yir-immigration-20181228-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— High-Tax State Exodus Growth-friendly states gain population, and it isn’t just the weather. – EDITORIAL
https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-tax-state-exodus-11546037709
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’s population has declined by 157,000 over the past five years, which is equivalent to the mid-sized city of Rockford. According to research outfit Wirepoints, more than 114,000 residents left the state on net in 2018 and nearly 1.5 million people since 2000. Cold weather? While Illinois’s population has declined by 0.8% since 2010, Indiana’s has grown 3.1% and Wisconsin’s by 2.2%.)

SALEM NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bill would protect jobs for pot users ‘Bernadette’s Bill’ would provide workplace protections – Zoe Mathews
https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/bill-would-protect-jobs-for-pot-users/article_1c48ee2a-096b-5925-8d2c-31e0b466cfd9.html

VALLEY MORING STAR
— Four Retirement Readiness Fixes For Baby Boomers (DIERSEN: My retirement income is only 43% of what my salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.valleymorningstar.com/online_features/money_and_finance/four-retirement-readiness-fixes-for-baby-boomers/article_e7d1a80b-5e78-5ac7-9930-9f1d88d90e5f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Adjust your standard of living — Be prepared to make some modifications to your lifestyle in order to reduce your monthly expense budget.)

REASON
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://reason.com/blog/2018/12/28/17-times-people-freaked-out-over-weed-in

FED SMITH
— Pay Freeze Stands for 2019 – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/12/28/pay-freeze-stands-2019/
— NTEU Asks for Support for Federal Workforce in Shutdown – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/12/28/nteu-asks-support-federal-workforce-shutdown/

LGBTQ NATION
— A Russian-style disinformation campaign helped defeat anti-gay GOP candidate Roy Moore – Daniel Villarreal
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/12/russian-style-disinformation-campaign-helped-defeat-anti-gay-gop-candidate-roy-moore/

DAILY MAIL
— Rolling Stones fan files human rights complaint accusing Mick Jagger of AGEISM over the price of tickets – DANIEL BATES
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6537105/Rolling-Stones-fan-files-human-rights-complaint-accusing-Mick-Jagger-AGEISM-ticket-price.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 8 Painless Ways to Downsize Your Lifestyle in Retirement – Rachel Hartman
https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/baby-boomers/articles/8-painless-ways-to-downsize-your-lifestyle-in-retirement
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Get involved with what’s close to your heart. Charities and nonprofit organizations are often looking for volunteers. Visit places that line up with your values or are related to the line of work you were in. If you spent decades in health care, you might find fulfillment donating several hours each week at a children’s hospital. If you had leadership roles, ask about local boards looking to add new members. You could find satisfaction helping others, and you probably won’t be spending money while you are volunteering. . .Take on tasks you enjoy.)
— 22 Best Cars From American Brands – Nick Kurczewski
https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-american-cars

CREATORS
— 2019 Ford Mustang – Eric Peters
https://www.creators.com/read/eric-peters/11/18/2019-ford-mustang