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February 12 Morning Edition

CBS2
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago Is The Most Corrupt American City
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/11/chicago-most-corrupt-city/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Hispanic illegals to use children to invade America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-family-separation-border-children-trump-huppke-20190211-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A moral argument for the rich in Illinois paying a fairer share – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/j-b-pritzker-income-inequality-civic-committee-commercial-club-progressive-income-tax/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MCSWEENEY: McSweeney takes aim at business group’s proposal to tax retirement income.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190211/lawmaker-takes-aim-at-business-groups-proposal-to-tax-retirement-income
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-males and those who pander to anti-males blame males for all problems that women have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190211/editorial-women-presidential-candidates-inspire-as-they-aim-for-highest-glass-ceiling-
— Economic development a key issue in Downers Grove mayoral race Three (Marge Earl, Bob Barnett and David Olsen) vying for mayor in Downers Grove – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190211/economic-development-a-key-issue-in-downers-grove-mayoral-race

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lake Shore Drive emergency hints at struggling Chicago infrastructure “An emergency creates an actual cost,” notes one economist. “When you’re failing to make the necessary investments to keep your infrastructure in shape, then you can get into these crisis situations.” – BEN WINCK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/lake-shore-drive-emergency-hints-struggling-chicago-infrastructure

 

WTTW
— Illinois Lawmakers Debate Financial Steps Amid Pritzker Deficit Report – Alexandra Silets
https://news.wttw.com/2019/02/11/illinois-lawmakers-debate-financial-steps-amid-pritzker-deficit-report

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local business owners warn of consequences from minimum wage hike – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190211/local-business-owners-warn-of-consequences-from-minimum-wage-hike
— New exhibit comes to grips with race, slavery in Illinois history – Steven Spearie (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that my ancestors came to America during the 1840s and 1850s while slavery was still legal. In their and my defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that they never had enough money to discriminate against anyone even if they wanted to.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190211/new-exhibit-comes-to-grips-with-race-slavery-in-illinois-history
— Uncertainty surrounds Abraham Lincoln’s early years – Tara McClellan McAndrew
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190211/uncertainty-surrounds-abraham-lincolns-early-years

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Another Gun Law – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=279396#.XGKyhFxKiM8

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— California governor rebukes Trump in border troop withdrawal – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/california-governor-rebukes-trump-in-border-troop-withdrawal
— In El Paso, Trump and O’Rourke go head-to-head over wall – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/in-el-paso-trump-and-orourke-go-head-to-head-over-wall
— Budget talks resuming amid pessimism over border differences – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/budget-talks-resuming-amid-pessimism-over-border-differences

 

WTAX
— Retailers suggest $11 downstate minimum wage
https://wtax.com/news/101101-retailers-suggest-11-downstate-minimum-wage/

 

STATELINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/proposed-illinois-bill-would-make-lgbtq-curriculum-mandatory-in-public-schools/1774939800

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Gov. Pritzker considering vape tax to reduce deficit – Catherine Henderson
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/02/11/lateststories/gov-pritzker-considering-vape-tax-to-reduce-deficit/

 

  1. LOUIS AMERICAN
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
    http://www.stlamerican.com/black_history/black-history-and-white-privilege-applying-the-lessons-of-dr/article_26a9e590-2e32-11e9-b2d2-e3d79bcfe47b.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ crisis: 20 facts Pritzker doesn’t want ordinary Illinoisans to know – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-crisis-20-facts-pritzker-doesnt-want-ordinary-illinoisans-to-know/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— News reports more of a threat to public than Sterigenics, air quality expert says – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511768482-news-reports-more-of-a-threat-to-public-than-sterigenics-air-quality-expert-says

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PROPERTY TAX RATES NEARLY DOUBLE SINCE 2007 AS RESIDENTS LEAVE HARVEY, ILLINOIS – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: What are your connections with Harvey? I worked for IRS in its Harvey office 1972-1973.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/property-tax-rates-nearly-double-since-2007-as-residents-leave-harvey-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO BUSINESS LEADERS JOIN CALL TO PROTECT DREAMERS (DIERSEN: Soon, to curry favor with citizens of foreign countries, with minorities, with females, with younger people, and/or with LGBTQers, employers will brag a) that they hired and/or promoted Dreamers and b) that they did not hire or that they got rid of their employees who were citizens of America, White, male, older, and/or straight.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/chicago-business-leaders-join-call-to-protect-dreamers.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump holds rally in Texas amid border wall debate – Nicole Darrah
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-holds-maga-rally-in-texas

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Beto O’Rourke counters Trump in El Paso: ‘We are making a stand for the truth’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/11/beto-orourke-leads-el-paso-march-against-trump-bor/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from a) getting an education, b) getting a job, c) owning a vehicle, d) owning real estate, e) etc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/11/1964-civil-rights-act-lgbtq-expansion-hinges-relig/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biggest CPAC ever to kick off 2020, theme ‘What Makes America Great’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/biggest-cpac-ever-to-kick-off-2020-theme-what-makes-america-great
— Trump: Congress can negotiate, but ‘we’re building the wall anyway’ – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-congress-can-negotiate-but-were-building-the-wall-anyway

 

BREITBART
— Trump Holds Texas Rally at Border; Beto Headlines Anti-Wall Protest – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/live-updates-trump-holds-texas-rally-at-border-beto-headlines-anti-wall-protest/
— President Donald Trump: I Will Never Abolish ICE – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/president-donald-trump-i-will-never-abolish-ice/
— Democrats Seeking End to Immigration Enforcement, GOP Conceding on Wall – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/democrats-seeking-end-to-immigration-enforcement-gop-conceding-on-wall/
— GOP/Dem Border Deal: $1.3B for Wall, No Increase in Detention Space – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/gop-dem-border-deal-1-3b-for-wall-no-increase-in-detention-space/
— ICE Official: Artificial Cap on Detentions ‘Will Lead to Disastrous Results’ – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/ice-official-artificial-cap-on-detentions-will-lead-to-disastrous-results/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP DRAWS RED LINE ON BORDER WALL NEGOTIATIONS – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/11/trump-draws-red-line-border-wall-negotiations/
— DEMOCRAT WHO SOUGHT TO REGULATE DRUDGE RUNNING TO REPRESENT SILICON VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA SENATE – RUDY TAKALA (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/12/drudge-silicon-valley/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Border Patrol Agents Arrest 290 Illegal Aliens in New Mexico – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/border-patrol-agents-arrest-290-illegal-aliens-in-new-mexico/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— This is how the State Department purges Trump’s conservative political appointees – Gualberto Garcia Jones, Esq. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to purge federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about what Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in 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, and American Association of Political Consultants have done to purge those who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/this-is-how-the-state-department-purges-trumps-conservative-political-appoi

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Rallies in El Paso in Renewed Push for Border Wall – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-rallies-to-el-paso-in-renewed-push-for-border-wall_2797444.html
— Socialism Ruins the Traditional Family Structure, Warns Expert – EMEL AKAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/socialism-ruins-the-traditional-family-structure-warns-expert_2797509.html

 

GOPUSA
— Trump Has Accomplished Much in 2 Years
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-has-accomplished-much-in-2-years/
— Democrat politicians stand for nothing but themselves
http://www.gopusa.com/democrat-politicians-stand-for-nothing-but-themselves/
— Survey: Americans’ optimism about personal finances at 16-year high
http://www.gopusa.com/survey-americans-optimism-about-personal-finances-at-16-year-high/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— It Takes Enormous Character to Do What Trump’s Doing
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/02/11/it-takes-enormous-character-to-do-what-trumps-doing/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Reconquistador!’ – Jonathon Moseley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/alexandria_ocasiocortez__reconquistador.html
— When will social justice warriors come after the US Capitol? – Stephen Ryan
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/when_will_social_justice_warriors_come_after_the_us_capitol.html
— Beto O’Rourke: The last minstrel – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/beto_orourke_the_last_minstrel.html
— Bezos’ recklessness risks Amazon loss of $100 billion DoD cloud business – Chriss Street
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/bezos_recklessness_risks_amazon_loss_of_100_billion_dod_cloud_business.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Gallup: 5M Illegals Headed for U.S. Within the Year; 42M Want to Come – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31458-gallup-5m-illegals-headed-for-u-s-within-the-year-42m-want-to-come

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Who’s Afraid of Socialism? – Christopher Roach
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/11/whos-afraid-of-socialism/

 

PJ MEDIA
— DECEMBER 28, 2018 FLASHBACK: Top 50 Conservative Websites for 2018 – PAULA BOLYARD (DIERSEN: Besides me, who else in Illinois brings to your attention every morning and every evening articles posted on conservative websites? GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails regularly include links to articles posted on this list of top 50 conservative websites: Breitbart, Daily Caller, Western Journal, Washington Examiner, Blaze, Townhall, World Net Daily, National Review, Newsmax, PJ Media, American Thinker, Hot Air, Federalist, Rush Limbaugh, Judicial Watch, NewsBusters, Washington Free Beacon, Heritage Foundation, Daily Signal, Weekly Standard, CNS News, LifeSite News, American Conservative, Independent Journal Review, LifeZette, FrontPage Magazine, American Greatness, Spectator, and Campus Reform.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/top-conservative-websites-for-2018/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Student gov weighs in on ‘ethnic cleansing’ of illegals – Jesse Stiller (DIERSEN: I should write a about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to cleanse the federal government of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about what Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in 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, and American Association of Political Consultants have done to cleanse the aforesaid organizations of those who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11860

 

THE HILL
— Trump, O’Rourke battle over wall at dueling El Paso rallies – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/429532-trump-swipes-at-orourke-at-texas-rally

 

POLITICO
— Beto takes on Trump in tale of 2 mega-rallies The president held a campaign event in the hometown of his likely 2020 rival — and O’Rourke hit back with a speech blasting the border wall. – DAVID SIDERS and ANITA KUMAR
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/trump-beto-orourke-el-paso-border-wall-1163893

 

UPI
— Trump holds El Paso re-election rally to chants of ‘Finish the Wall’ – Patrick Timmons
https://www.upi.com/Trump-holds-El-Paso-re-election-rally-to-chants-of-Finish-the-Wall/9741549934186/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR BIG COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, male-haters and those who pander to male-haters blame males for all problems that women have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/sexism-double-standard-2020.html
— Trump Takes Border Wall Fight to El Paso; Beto O’Rourke Fires Back – Mark Landler and Simon Romero
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/donald-trump-el-paso.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/opinion/trump-warren-trail-tears.html
— Trevor Noah Says Northam’s ‘Racism Debt’ Might Be a Good Thing – Giovanni Russonello (DIERSEN: Far too many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican talk and/or act a) like they have tremendous skeletons rattling around in their closets and b) like are being blackmailed. Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/arts/television/trevor-noah-ralph-northam-white-guilt.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Our Grandkids Are Already in Debt – Paul Krugman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/opinion/democrats-federal-deficit.html
— Bill O’Reilly’s Invitation to Speak at a Police Charity Event in New York Ignites #MeToo Protest – Azi Paybarah
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/nyregion/bill-oreilly-police-athletic-league.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Power Up: Trump rallies for wall in Texas as lawmakers agree to something less in Washington – Jacqueline Alemany
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2019/02/12/powerup-trump-rallies-for-wall-in-texas-as-lawmakers-agree-to-something-less-in-washington/5c61c3e31b326b66eb098684/
— Americans can’t decide how much to tax the rich — but they want to tax the rich – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? What do they stress to justify that? For me, they stress a) I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 when I was 17 years old, b) I avoided the draft, c) I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, d) I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) I worked for IRS 1971-1980, g) I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, h) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, i) I bought a new town home in 1972, j) I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974 and traded it in to the building’s developer for I one bedroom condo in 1976, k) I earned an MBA in 1976, l) I got married in 1978 and my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton, m) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, n) I worked for GAO 1980-1997, o) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, p) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, q) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, r) my wife and I had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984, s) GAO promoted me in 1986, t) my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, u) I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994, v) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, w) my wife and I saved money for our retirement, x) etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/11/americans-cant-decide-how-much-tax-rich-they-want-tax-rich/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/12/trump-says-central-americans-are-threat-my-son-is-proof-hes-wrong/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blasts Beto O’Rourke, stands by wall at Texas rally – Marisa Schultz
https://nypost.com/2019/02/11/trump-blasts-beto-orourke-stands-by-wall-at-texas-rally/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— America has a farm labor shortage. We need a better guest worker program – Zippy Duvall
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-duvall-farm-labor-shortage-20190212-story.html

 

DALLAS NEWS
— Trump defiantly takes his wall message to predominantly Democrat El Paso – Alfredo Corchado
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections-2020/2019/02/11/tense-el-paso-braces-trump-message-diverse-safe-city-decades

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Andrew Cuomo’s Tears of SALT He wants Donald Trump to repeal one of tax reform’s best features. – Editorial (DIERSEN: The purposes of the $10,000 SALT cap are a) to punish those states that have high real estate taxes and/or income taxes, b) to punish those taxpayers in the aforesaid states who pay lots of real estate tax and/or state income tax, and especially those who are married, c) to punish the aforesaid taxpayers who do not move out of the aforesaid states, and/or d) to get the aforesaid taxpayers to vote for Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/andrew-cuomos-tears-of-salt-11549930778
— Democrats Face Great Opportunity—and High Peril Party risks that perceptions of extremism or stridency could alienate the center – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, h) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, k) retaliation, and l) even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-face-great-opportunityand-high-peril-11549896588
— Your Company Wants to Know if You’ve Lost Weight As more employers launch high-tech wellness programs that keep tabs on workers’ exercise, sleep and nutrition, employees worry about privacy and the consequences of opting out – Te-Ping Chen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote booze, gambling, pot, and other health-destroying and wealth-destroying vices.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-your-company-need-to-know-your-body-mass-index-11549902536

 

USA TODAY
— Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam slammed for referring to ‘first indentured servants from Africa’ instead of slaves – William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/11/ralph-northam-cbs-interview/2835591002/#
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Most federal employee can’t afford to miss a paycheck Survey of federal workers brings home the perils of a shutdown – Janna Herron (DIERSEN: What do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to say about this? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and they have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/12/government-shutdown-looms-federal-workers-still-hurting-financially/2840443002/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Democrats Revealed Their True Open Border Stripes – Editorial
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/border-protection-democrats-open-borders/

 

CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, those who promote LGBTQ activity want a) your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP, and d) the Republican Party to banish those like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legislative_session/gop-chairwoman-condemns-anti-gay-comments-committees-nix-lgbt-protection/article_95dc9e77-8145-57ea-81f0-a8ffdcfaed5b.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— WEST VIRGINIA LAWMAKER COMPARES LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO KKK, ‘TERRORIST GROUP’ – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from a) getting an education, b) getting a job, c) owning a vehicle, d) owning real estate, e) etc.)
https://www.newsweek.com/west-virginia-lawmaker-compares-lgbtq-kkk-1327148
— SEAN HANNITY SLAMS ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ’S ‘OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE’ GREEN NEW DEAL – BRENDAN COLE
https://www.newsweek.com/video-sean-hannity-slams-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-outrageously-expensive-1327435

 

ATLANTIC
— Democrats Overplay Their Hand on Abortion In New York and Virginia, state governments are working to loosen restrictions on late-term abortion—and giving the anti-abortion movement an opportunity. – Alexandra DeSanctis
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/new-york-and-virginia-push-expand-abortion-rights/581959/

 

GUARDIAN
— Trump: ‘Just so you know, we’re building the wall anyway.’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/feb/12/donald-trump-just-so-you-know-were-building-the-wall-anyway-video

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump whips his Texas faithful into a frenzy as he uses rally to trash Beto’s rival speech, rips the ‘Green New Deal’, goes after Virginia Gov. for his near-Moonwalk and vows to ‘finish the wall’ – GEOFF EARLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6694023/Trump-uses-Texas-campaign-rally-trash-young-man-Beto-ORourke-rips-green-new-deal.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Democrats capitulate to Trump, agree to wall funding – Eric London
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/12/wall-f12.html

February 4 Evening Edition

CBS2
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic Bishops Oppose Marijuana Legalization
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/04/illinois-catholic-bishops-oppose-marijuana-legalization/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic Bishops oppose marijuana legalization
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-catholic-bishops-oppose-marijuana-legalization-1
— General Motors starting white-collar layoffs this week
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/general-motors-to-start-white-collar-layoffs-this-week

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump campaign paid Winston & Strawn law firm nearly $100K late last year for ‘legal consulting,’ records show – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-winston-strawn-trump-campaign-20190204-story.html

— Government jobs and the somebody somebody sent to the CTA – Kristen McQueary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/mcqueary/ct-perspec-kristen-mcqueary-hiring-scandal-cta-lightford-0205-20190204-story.html
— Facebook, we can’t quit you — even if we know we should – Cass R. Sunstein
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-we-should-but-cant-quit-sunstein-0205-20190204-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State of the Union rundown: When, where and how to watch Trump’s address – USA Today
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/when-where-how-to-watch-donald-trumps-2019-state-of-the-union-address/
— Enyia says personal money problems shouldn’t disqualify her in mayor’s race – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amara-enyia-tax-returns-student-loans-chance-the-rapper-chicago-mayor-election-2019/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Ocasio-Cortez to bring Kavanaugh critic to Trump’s SOTU – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ocasio-cortez-to-bring-kavanaugh-critic-to-trumps-sotu

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190204/news/302049992/
— Schools, pool, roads and fire protection on April ballot in DuPage County – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190204/schools-pool-roads-and-fire-protection-on-april-ballot-in-dupage-county

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Tim Butler to serve as Republican Spokesperson on 2 House committees
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-tim-butler-to-serve-as-republican-spokesperson-on-2-house-committees

 

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— Best Value Colleges In IL: Princeton Review The Princeton Review on Tuesday released its 2019 edition of best value colleges. Here are the schools from Illinois. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/glyf0/best-value-colleges-in-il-princeton-review

 

CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois bishops issue statement on legalization of marijuana
https://www.ilcatholic.org/illinois-bishops-issue-statement-against-legalization-of-marijuana/

 

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— HEARTLAND WEEKLY: RECORD COLD FORCES RETHINK ON GLOBAL WARMING – Billy Aouste
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/heartland-weekly-record-cold-forces-rethink-on-global-warming

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Community Unit School District 200 spent $13,280 per student in 2017-18
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511752101-report-community-unit-school-district-200-spent-13-280-per-student-in-2017-18

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Northwest Side GOP Club endorses Willie Wilson, a Democrat, for Chicago mayor – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511756204-northwest-side-gop-club-endorses-willie-wilson-a-democrat-for-chicago-mayor

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmaker files progressive income tax amendment without rates – Brett Rowland and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmaker-files-progressive-income-tax-amendment-without-rates/article_8e4674be-288f-11e9-81b1-170a2441fc32.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO REPUBLICAN GROUPS SIDE WITH DR. WILLIE WILSON FOR MAYOR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/chicago-young-republicans-recommend-wilson-for-mayor.html
— ILLINOIS CONSIDERS JOINING CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK WITH $15 MINIMUM WAGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/illinois-considers-joining-california-new-york-with-15-minimum-wage.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Report: Sun-Times defied federal judge in publishing Solis info
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/04/report-sun-times-defied-federal-judge-in-publishing-solis-info/

 

FOX NEWS
— Democrats troll Trump with State of the Union guests – Andrew O’Reilly
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-troll-trump-with-state-of-the-union-guests

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GAVIN MCINNES SUES SPLC OVER ‘OBSESSIVE, MALICIOUS’ HATE LABELS ‘Purposefully deceitful and intended to … inflict harm’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/gavin-mcinnes-sues-splc-over-obsessive-malicious-hate-labels/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Lose-with-Honor Republicans Have Trashed the Conservative Brand
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/02/04/lose-with-honor-republicans-have-trashed-the-conservative-brand/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The short answer to your question is the Gillespie campaign was a bunch of Never Trumpers. The Gillespie campaign was a bunch of people who thought that the way for the Republican Party to win was to have a candidate and a support staff who were the exact opposite of Donald Trump. So here’s what I said July 13th, 2017. RUSH ARCHIVE: You think Virginia is the swamp and it’s all Never Trumpers there, and so Gillespie hires a bunch of Never Trumpers, but he barely squeaks by in the primary. Never Trumpers and hiring a bunch of swampsters to run your campaign with a bunch of people that don’t know how to get Republicans who voted for Trump, you’re not gonna win the governorship! RUSH: Right. Now, your question, how in the world can anybody in a decent opposition political research department miss this Northam stuff?)

 

BREITBART
— Washington Post Employees Blast Jeff Bezos for Spending $5M on Super Bowl Ad – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/02/04/wapo-staff-slam-bezos-super-bowl-ad/

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— A State Of The Union Stunt Makes The Case For E-Verify – BOB DANE
https://immigrationreform.com/2019/02/04/a-state-of-the-union-stunt-makes-the-case-for-e-verify-immigrationreform-com/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘DISGUST’ AND ‘DISBELIEF’ WITHIN WHITE HOUSE AFTER TRUMP’S SCHEDULE LEAKS – Saagar Enjeti (DIERSEN: What does your schedule include? My schedule includes a) 5+ hours each and every day between 3:00 AM and Noon putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Morning Edition email and b) 5+ hours each and every day between Noon and 9:00 PM putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Evening Edition email.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/04/white-house-disgust-trump-executive-schedule-leak/
— ONLY IMMIGRATION CAN STOP THE TRUMP ECONOMY’S MOMENTUM – Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/04/beck-economy-momentum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The last thing those Americans need is for Congress or the president to stop the positive momentum by taking immigration actions that would add competition from millions of new job seekers through increased immigration, more guest workers, weaker enforcement and new amnesties. Some 50 million working-age U.S. residents (aged 18-64) are still not in the labor market at all. Of course, not all of them need a job. But large numbers do. For example, 35 million people under age 65 live in poverty. One of every five Hispanics is impoverished. One of every three working-age black Americans still has no job. . .It is doubtful employers will do the necessary recruiting of those Americans and immigrants already here if the government increases the flow of foreign workers even higher than the current one million new immigrants who are given lifetime work permits each year plus hundreds of thousands of guest workers. How much better it would be if the president could persuade Congress to speed up the momentum of recruiting previously unwanted workers. He can do that by sticking with his campaign promises to help American workers by working with Congress to cut unnecessary, generalized immigration like chain migration and the lottery, and to mandate E-Verify to shut off the jobs magnet that encourages illegal workers to come and stay in the United States. The president should urge Congress to keep the recruitment momentum going.)
— ‘NEVER TRUMP’ CONSERVATIVE BILL KRISTOL DONATED TO RALPH NORTHAM’S CAMPAIGN – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “never Diersens” and who they promote.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/04/never-trump-bill-kristol-donate-ralph-northam-campaign/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— When Christians Are Too Afraid to Hear Ben Shapiro Speak – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/ben-shapiro-speaking-ban-when-christians-are-too-afraid/

 

GOPUSA
— Louis Farrakhan calls for separate state for Black Americans, says that’s ‘what God wants’ (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats offer Illinois?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64425

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Diminishing Authority of the Bourgeois Culture We’ve replaced its emphasis on tradition and hard work with a self-loathing left-wing moralism. – GILBERT T. SEWALL
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-diminishing-authority-of-the-bourgeois-culture/

 

FOX NEWS
— HS Student Claims National Honor Society Rejected Him Over Trump Support
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/02/03/boris-kizenko-says-national-honor-society-rejected-him-over-trump-support

 

THE HILL
— Why do Democrats despise the agencies that protect America? – MADISON GESIOTTO (DIERSEN: Democrats what “open borders,” that his, Democrats want anyone and everyone from throughout the world to come to America to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/428389-why-do-democrats-despise-the-agencies-that-protect-america

 

CNN
— Trump spent 60% of schedule in ‘executive time’ (DIERSEN: What does your schedule include? My schedule includes a) 5+ hours each and every day between 3:00 AM and Noon putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Morning Edition email and b) 5+ hours each and every day between Noon and 9:00 PM putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Evening Edition email.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/02/04/trump-executive-time-white-house-schedule-nr-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Divided Congress Prepares Pointed Protests for Trump’s Address – Sheryl Gay Stolberg (DIERSEN: If they had wanted to protest political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation in the federal government, my Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives could have invited me to be their guest at State of the Union addresses.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-democrats-state-of-the-union.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Purge of undocumented workers by the president’s company spreads to at least 5 Trump golf courses – Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/purge-of-undocumented-workers-by-the-presidents-company-spreads-to-at-least-5-trump-golf-courses/2019/02/04/99454e4a-2690-11e9-ba08-caf4ff5a3433_story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Elizabeth Warren invites federal worker affected by shutdown to State of the Union – Sean Smyth (DIERSEN: Have you been adversely impacted financially by the Democrats who run the federal government? I have been adversely impacted financially by them big time, but none of my Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives ever invited me to be their guest at a State of the Union address.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/02/04/elizabeth-warren-invites-federal-worker-affected-shutdown-state-union/fw0K5z7QlG3Eqhkvn4h7xK/story.html

 

INC.
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Avoiding pitfalls of managing team members from different age groups – Rhett Power (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors avoided such pitfalls by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.inc.com/rhett-power/d.html

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— More Than a Dozen Shutdown-Impacted Workers Will Accompany Lawmakers to State of the Union – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Have you been adversely impacted financially by the Democrats who run the federal government? I have been adversely impacted financially by them big time, but none of my Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives ever invited me to be their guest at a State of the Union address.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/02/more-dozen-shutdown-impacted-workers-will-accompany-lawmakers-state-union/154634/

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— National Park Service lost millions during partial government shutdown – Eric White (DIERSEN: Because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, since then, instead getting money from me (at least $186,421 in today’s dollars if I was still working), the Civil Service Retirement System has been giving me money ($1,102,110 as of the end of 2018 in today’s dollars).)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/02/national-parks-service-lost-millions-during-partial-government-shutdown/

 

FED SMITH
— How Many Millionaires Are in the Thrift Savings Plan? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/02/04/many-millionaires-thrift-savings-plan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the end of 2017, there were 23,962 TSP millionaires – an increase of almost 150% from two years before that date. At the end of 2018, with the stock market declining in value in 2018, the number of millionaires in the federal government’s TSP program declined along with the stock market. (The C fund declined 4.41% in 2018.) As of December 31, 2018, there were 21,432 millionaires in the TSP. The average TSP millionaire has been contributing to the plan for almost 30 years (29.63). The TSP participant with the largest account value has accumulated $6,086,238. Keep in mind, if you happen to be one of these rigorous, successful savers, having a TSP account in excess of a million dollars does not translate into having that much money to spend. When the money is withdrawn, there will be taxes due to the federal government and, for some, taxes may also be due at the state government level. Retired employees are required to pay taxes on their TSP withdrawals.)

January 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Government shutdown cost U.S. economy at least $6B, S&P says
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/government-shutdown-cost-us-economy-at-least-$6b-s-p/5109651/

 

CBS2
— The Coldest Days Ever In Chicago: This Week’s Temps Come Close (DIERSEN: How have cold temperatures harmed you? Cold temperatures, including 21 below zero on December 23, 1983, 25 below zero on December 24, 1983, 20 below zero on January 20, 1984, and 22 below zero on January 21, 1984 when the foundation of my home was being constructed, caused the foundation footings to crack and large cracks to form in the basement floor.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/28/coldest-days-ever-in-chicago-2/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pelosi invites Trump to give State of the Union speech Feb. 5
http://www.fox32chicago.com/facebook-instant/house-speaker-pelosi-asks-trump-to-deliver-the-state-of-the-union-address-on-feb-5
— Government report says US budget deficit set to hit $897B
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/government-report-says-us-budget-deficit-set-to-hit-897b-1
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans oppose President Trump’s foreign policy.”
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/most-americans-oppose-president-trump-s-foreign-policy-according-to-new-poll

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DePaul freshman David J. Krupa accuses Madigan, Quinn of using fraud and intimidation – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want to stop you from doing? Krupa’s critics/opponents want to stop him from running for an office. My critics/opponents what to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, my critics/opponents succeeded in stopping me from serving as a a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member in 2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster in 2010 and 2004 and Treasurer in 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee (ICRC) member in 2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, GAO employee in 1997, etc. Krupa’s critics/opponents have a lot in common with my critics/opponents. I should write a book about what my critics/opponents did, including what they tried to do to get ICRC to censure me in 2006 and what they did to stop me from becoming a MTRCC Treasurer in 2004.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/depaul-freshman-david-krupa-mike-michael-madigan-marty-quinn-ballot-petitions-challenge-fraud-intimidation-13th-ward-chicago-election-2019/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/i-am-a-military-veteran-and-transgender-and-nobody-cares-in-the-trenches-of-war/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump doubts negotiators will strike budget deal he’d accept – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-budget-negotiations-border-wall-20190128-story.html
— 13th Ward hopeful David Krupa files lawsuit alleging House Speaker Michael Madigan, Ald. Marty Quinn violated his civil rights – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-david-krupa-alderman-candidate-lawsuit-20190128-story.html
— Tom Brokaw apologizes, and then some more, for inflammatory remarks about Latinos – Lorraine Ali (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants to be dependent on the Democrat Party, to serve as operatives for the Democrat Party, to serve as dupes for the Democrat Party, and of course, to vote for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-tom-brokaw-apology-20190128-story.html
— One big shutdown lesson: Americans need to save more – Tyler Cowen (DIERSEN: For the shutdown, Trump-haters painted federal employees like they were God-like and grossly underpaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-savings-shutdown-broke-paycheck-mr-money-mustache-0129-20190128-story.html
— Why the Illinois exodus? The rich get bashed, and off they go – Kristen McQueary (DIERSEN: What are the demographics of a) those who have left Illinois and b) those who want to leave Illinois? What is their income and net worth? Democrats want those who are members of the following groups to leave Illinois: 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/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-illinois-exodus-taxing-the-rich-20190128-story.html
— Teachers succeed by framing strikes as for common good – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats succeed by framing Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–teacher-strikes-20190126-story.html
— Avenue open to drive off some township road posts – Charles Selle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-township-road-elimination-st-0129-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County continues using former election commission attorney Pat Bond – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190128/dupage-county-continues-using-former-election-commission-attorney
— Why College of DuPage is truly ‘our community college’ – Brian Caputo
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190128/why-college-of-dupage-is-truly-our-community-college–

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— LGBT group filing complaint after printer refuses job Yorke Printe Shoppe in Lombard cited religious beliefs for turning down a brochure for the LGBT Community Fund, which raises money for nonprofits. – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity get rid of you.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/lgbt-group-filing-complaint-after-printer-refuses-job

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Hundreds attend Casten’s district swearing-in ceremony in Wheaton – Mary Stroka
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/01/27/hundreds-attend-castens-district-swearing-in-ceremony-in-wheaton/ammdzl1/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— President Trump tweets support for Bible classes in schools – Kaylin Jorge
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-bible-literacy-classes-in-schools-is-great

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Extent Of Segregation In Illinois – SEAN CRAWFORD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to the Democrats, the fewer minorities that live in an area, the more racist that those who live in that area are if they are Republican.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/extent-segregation-illinois#stream/0
— Shutdown Victor: Pelosi. Shutdown Loser: Trump, Jonah Goldberg Says
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/shutdown-victor-pelosi-shutdown-loser-trump-goldberg-says#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Five million pieces of IRS mail went unopened during the shutdown, watchdog says
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/five-million-pieces-of-irs-mail-went-unopened-during-the-shutdown-watchdog-says/1732705704

 

REPRESENTATIVE GRANT WEHRLI
— Rep. Grant Wehrli Hosts Informational Session on BNSF Line Service Disruptions (DIERSEN: Have you ridden the BNSF? I rode the BNSF 1992-1997 while I worked at GAO and took graduate finance classes at IIT in downtown Chicago. My wife rode the BNSF 1992-2000 while she worked for MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, 2000-2003 while she worked for the Arthur Foundation in Berwyn, and 2014-2017 while she worked for the Arthur Foundation in Riverside.)
http://www.repwehrli.com/2019/01/rep-grant-wehrli-hosts-informational.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— 31 States Permit Full-Term Abortions – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/31-states-permit-full-term-babies-to-be-killed-in-the-womb-for-virtually-any-or-no-reason/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police: Top priority is killing homegrown in legalization bill
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/28/illinois-association-of-chiefs-of-police-top-priority-is-killing-homegrown-in-legalization-bill/
— ILLINOIS’ GUN LAW PROPOSAL “ORWELLIAN,” NEW SENATOR JASON PLUMMER SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-gun-law-proposal-orwellian-new-senator-says.html
— NEW YORK WRITER CALLS FOR $33 MINIMUM WAGE (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $33/hour in today’s dollars? I did in 1973 when I was 24 years old. I had worked for IRS for 2 years. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola. I had bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/new-york-writers-calls-for-33-minimum-wage-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— 13th Ward candidate David Krupa files suit against Speaker Madigan, Ald. Quinn and their political operations
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/28/13th-ward-candidate-files-suit-against-speaker-madigan-ald-quinn-and-their-political-operations/
— Illinois has eleventh highest per capita tax burden
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/28/illinois-has-eleventh-highest-per-capita-tax-burden/

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— New York’s Political Leaders Favor Illegal Aliens Over Legal Residents – MATTHEW TRAGESSER
https://immigrationreform.com/2019/01/28/new-yorks-political-leaders-favor-illegal-aliens-over-legal-residents-immigrationreform-com/

 

GOPUSA
— Religious bigotry is rife in America
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64183

 

FOX NEWS
— How much would ‘Medicare for All’ cost? Democrats’ health care plan explained – Jennifer Earl
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/how-much-would-medicare-for-all-cost-democrats-health-care-plan-explained

 

BLAZE
— California college trustee board drops Pledge of Allegiance over ‘white nationalism’ ‘I also object to the phrase ‘one nation under God’ – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-college-trustee-board-drops-pledge-of-allegiance-over-white-nationalism

 

DAILY CALLER
— WASHINGTON POST’S NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘RUBES’ – Joe Simonson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/28/washington-post-weigel-rubes-trump/
— RETIRED NYU PROFESSOR EXPLAINS WHY COLLEGE STUDENTS PREFER SOCIALISM – Nick Givas
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/28/nyu-professor-why-college-students-prefer-socialism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The [professors] are 40 percent socialist. And that’s a large number,” he continued. “We have about 90 percent are leftist and 40 percent of the total are socialists in the humanities and social sciences.” Rectenwald also said he’s seen people dismissed from Ph.D. programs simply because they were conservative. “There’s a bubble and they don’t want to hire anyone,” he said. “And I’ve seen people actually thrown out of degree programs, Ph.D. programs, for being conservative.” “This is a huge indoctrination process that’s going on. And it’s not just called socialism now. They’re calling it social justice as well,” Rectenwald added. “It leads to the kind of forced egalitarianism that you saw in the Soviet Union, where you have to squash people down so that everyone’s ‘equal.’ And it led to 94 million people being murdered, combined in all the communist regimes in the 20th century.”)

 

CNBC
— Trump tells WSJ another government shutdown is ‘certainly an option’ – Yen Nee Lee
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/28/trump-on-government-shutdown-border-wall-funding-deal-wsj.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Dealmakers Dominate Panel Tasked to Reach Border Security Agreement – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/us/politics/trump-congress-border-wall.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Maybe I didn’t return her phone call’: Trump ridicules Ann Coulter, slams Fox News in fallout over wall – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/28/maybe-i-didnt-return-her-phone-call-trump-ridicules-ann-coulter-slams-fox-news-fallout-over-wall/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Gets New Date for State of the Union Speech Speaker Pelosi invites president to address Congress on Feb. 5 – Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosi-invites-trump-to-give-state-of-union-on-feb-5-11548711802

 

DENVER GAZETTE
— Denver marijuana business owners plead guilty in landmark case – AP
https://gazette.com/news/denver-marijuana-business-owners-plead-guilty-in-landmark-case/article_1883ac73-2731-5742-88a8-84f47ddf7f9c.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “More Voters See A Divided Nation, Blame Trump.”
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2019/more_voters_see_a_divided_nation_blame_trump

January 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Councilman Kevin Coyne may seek formal rebuke of state rep’s claim that Naperville has ‘white supremacist’ policies – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When a municipality is slandered or libeled by a public figure, who should respond? ANSWER: All the elected officials who represent/represented all or part of that municipality, all the past and present officers of the political parties that represent all or part of that municipality, and all past and present officers of other organizations that represent all or part of that municipality.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-stava-murray-white-supremacist-rebuke-comments-st-0127-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The councilman said he personally is so angered that he will not refer to Stava-Murray as a state representative because “she doesn’t deserve that title.” “She has made vile comments against the very people that she was just elected to represent,” Coyne said in a statement. “Her actions are the most disgusting that I have ever seen from an elected official. I’m strongly considering motioning to have our great city censure Stava-Murray for her self-serving and outrageous political posturing. Clearly she puts scoring political points with the fringe left above her job as a representative for Naperville. I’m not inclined to let that pass.” Coyne said he’s not sure what he might introduce at the next council meeting, possibly a proclamation or position with which members could agree. “I think we need to make some kind of a statement to address her conduct and what’s she’s been saying about the community she was elected to represent,” he said. “We can’t let our own elected officials ruin the reputation of our city because of a self-serving agenda,” Coyne said. “This is not a partisan issue. There’s across the board outrage with what she’s said and doing.”)
— Stava-Murray’s Naperville comments unjustified – Lenore Mendoza Whitman, Naperville
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0127-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: The dissatisfaction voiced by state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray about the “white supremacist policies” of the city of Naperville is based on someone else’s complaints. I am of Mexican-American descent and have lived quite happily in Naperville for over 31 years. I participate in local activities, volunteer in places of need and worship without conflict. I am sure ethnic comments may have been uttered out of my earshot or ignorant individuals made comments to my children, unaware of their ancestry, but overall I believe Naperville has presented itself as a wholesome, kind and generous town. It is unfortunate when a person feels bullied and picked on, but we have to turn the other cheek and not retaliate in kind, as you, Ms. Stava-Murray, seem to do. I suggest you start looking for real estate in Oak Park. It is probably a better fit for you!)
— White supremacy in Naperville ‘ridiculous’ – Bill Voda, Warrenville
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0127-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray appears to be confused by what a “white supremacist” philosophy is. Naperville may be smug, snobbish, even elitist, but “white supremacist? Ridiculous. Perhaps Rep. Stava-Murray defines “white supremacist” as a successful Caucasian who takes responsibility for their actions and doesn’t blame others for their failures? Or the fact that Naperville schools graduate more successful minorities than the Chicago Public Schools while spending LESS per pupil. Unlike the failed policies of businesses and educational systems that are popular, Naperville focuses on developing and hiring people that have excellent skills, knowledge and abilities rather than on their cultural heritage. Those are attributes that actually lead to success in life.)
— Thought crimes, media abuse and those Catholic high school boys from Covington – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201901231124–tms–amvoicesctnav-a20190123-20190123-column.html
— Mexico rebukes, but accepts, ‘unilateral’ U.S. move to return asylum seekers pending hearing – Maya Averbuch
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mexico-trump-migrants-asylum-hearings-20190125-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters and Republican-haters say “Majority of Americans hold Trump, Republicans responsible for shutdown.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-republicans-shutdown-poll-20190125-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pelosi on Trump: We could plant flowers on border and he’d say, ‘I got my wall’ – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sweet-speaker-pelosi-trump-flowers-border-wall-government-shutdown-state-of-union/
— CTA broke law by hiring legislator’s housemate, who rarely showed up: inspector – Robert Herguth and Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cta-eric-mckennie-kimberly-lightford-improper-hiring/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Alyssa Milano doubles down on calling Trump MAGA hats ‘the new white hood’ (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeewoman, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/alyssa-milano-doubles-down-on-calling-trump-maga-hats-the-new-white-hood-

 

WLS AM
— Fact-checking Trump’s speech to end the shutdown – CNN (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.)
http://www.wlsam.com/news/fact-checking-trumps-speech-to-end-the-shutdown/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local Congress members react to deal to end government shutdown – Chris Kaergard
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190125/local-congress-members-react-to-deal-to-end-government-shutdown

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers react to temporary end to federal government shutdown
https://herald-review.com/news/local/area-lawmakers-react-to-temporary-end-to-federal-government-shutdown/article_3fb95015-b6cd-5f8d-a121-4b7b371b4aa4.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Speaker at ISU praises Pelosi for showing ‘spine’ against Trump – LENORE SOBOTA (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will schools refuse to admit you, let alone refuse to let you graduate, unless you hate Trump?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/speaker-at-isu-praises-pelosi-for-showing-spine-against-trump/article_e3472519-767a-5329-9cef-743ec6862127.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— MAGA Caps: Fashion police need to go – Ron Jackson
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/ron-jackson-fashion-police-need-to-go/article_9aedade6-20a5-11e9-bdaf-bb7287adf80a.html

 

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “White Supremacy Sees Resurgence Under Trump.”
http://www.wglt.org/post/dyson-isu-white-supremacy-sees-resurgence-under-trump-0#stream/0

 

NRA-ILA
— Illinois: Social Media Search Bill & Other Anti-Gun Legislation Introduced in House
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190125/illinois-social-media-search-bill-other-anti-gun-legislation-introduced-in-house

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— ISRA director expects new legislature to introduce multiple anti-gun measures – Glenn Minnis
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511740708-isra-director-expects-new-legislature-to-introduce-multiple-anti-gun-measures

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Market Watch: Deborah Johnson loses over $354,000 on sale of West Chicago home
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511725324-market-watch-deborah-johnson-loses-over-354-000-on-sale-of-west-chicago-home

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Heartland Institute Fellow disputes Pritzker, others on climate change – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511724688-heartland-institute-fellow-disputes-pritzker-others-on-climate-change
— West Loop Ventures partner applauds university insuring against loss of Chinese students – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Should your municipality insure against its losing its citizens, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511722928-west-loop-ventures-partner-applauds-university-insuring-against-loss-of-chinese-students

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Franks’ Banks Not on Federal Employee Help List
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/25/franks-banks-not-on-federal-employee-help-list/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOV PRITZKER: “TRUMP ATTACKS IMMIGRANTS, ILLINOIS WELCOMES THEM.”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/gov-pritzker-trump-attacks-immigrants-illinois-welcomes-them.html


— STATE POLICE TO REVIEW SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE GUN PURCHASES WITH NEW PROPOSAL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/state-police-to-review-social-media-before-gun-purchases-with-new-proposal-.html
— ILLINOIS OFFERS UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE TO FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS, UNEMPLOYED AND STUDENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-offers-utility-bill-assistance-to-furloughed-federal-workers-unemployed-and-students-.html
— NEW YORK, ILLINOIS IN COMPETITION TO “GLORIFY” BABY KILLING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/new-york-illinois-in-competition-to-glorify-baby-killing.html
— ILLINOIS’ LATINO LGBTQ RIGHTS GROUP PUSHES INCLUSION IN HISTORY CURRICULUM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-latino-lgbtq-rights-group-pushes-for-inclusion-in-history-curriculum-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Thanks to Republican leadership, at 2.9%, DuPage County has the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/25/todays-map-8/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ANN COULTER GOES BALLISTIC ON TRUMP AFTER CAPITULATION ON BORDER WALL – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/25/ann-coulter-trump-capitulation-border-wall/
— MAN BOOTED FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FOR NAMING TEACHER WHO CALLED COVINGTON BOYS ‘HITLER YOUTH’ – Neetu Chandak
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/25/man-booted-teacher-covington-boys-hitler-youth/

 

HOT AIR
— Hannity: Don’t Worry, Trump’s Going To Get The Wall Money
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/25/hannity-dont-worry-trumps-going-get-wall-money/
— Wait, Pelosi’s Still Not Letting Trump Deliver The State Of The Union On Tuesday?
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/25/wait-pelosis-still-not-letting-trump-deliver-state-union-tuesday/
— The MAGA Hat Isn’t A Policy Statement, It’s An Inflammatory Declaration Of Identity – ROBIN GIVHAN
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/maga-hat-isnt-policy-statement-inflammatory-declaration-identity/
— In Defense Of The MAGA Hat – RICH LOWRY
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/defense-maga-hat/

 

FOX NEWS
— Dems must join Trump in wall compromise to keep government open – Robert Walker
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dems-must-join-trump-in-wall-compromise-to-keep-government-open

 

LIFE NEWS
— CNN Slams Pro-Life Teens, Says Their MAGA Hats are “Just as Triggering as KKK Hoods” – RYAN FOLEY
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/01/25/cnn-slams-pro-life-teens-says-their-maga-hats-are-just-as-triggering-as-kkk-hoods/

 

CBN NEWS
— It’s Time to Declare a National Emergency on America’s Border with Mexico – Douglas V. Mastriano
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/national-security/2019/january/its-time-declare-a-national-emergency-on-americas-border-with-mexico

 

FOX NEWS
— Democrats who say there is no threat of terrorists crossing our border are delusional – Brett Velicovich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-who-say-there-is-no-threat-of-terrorists-crossing-our-border-are-delusional

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHY TRUMP WILL WIN IN 2020 Patrice Lewis says increasing leftist outrage, fake news only helps president
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/why-trump-will-win-in-2020/
— ‘ALLAHU AKBAR’: PASSENGER STORMS COCKPIT Flight from Paris forced into emergency landing
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/allahu-akbar-passenger-storms-cockpit/

 

TOWNHALL
— Radical Leftist Fashion Police Target MAGA Hats – Jeff Crouere (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeewoman, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2019/01/26/radical-leftist-fashion-police-target-maga-hats-n2540294

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Who Owns America? – Pedro Gonzalez (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/25/who-owns-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anywhere from 11 million to 22 million illegal aliens reside in the United States today. The most recent research suggests that the higher number is closest to the correct figure. In and of itself, that is a crisis. New arrivals—legal and illegal—come to America all the time. Two-thirds of these, Steven W. Mosher writes, use food stamps and other forms of state-administered assistance, such as public housing, not long after they arrive in the country, leaving Americans with a $116 billion annual tab. Moreover, much of the savings these new arrivals manage to accumulate are sent out of the country as remittances, about $25 billion of which ends up in Mexico. More people today speak a single non-English language—Spanish—than ever before in American history. For the first time, too, the middle class has registered as a minority in our country—an issue no doubt exacerbated by the importation of droves impoverished foreigners.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Trump went for a 21-day suspension of the partial shutdown, and what happens next – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/why_trump_went_for_a_21day_suspension_of_the_partial_shutdown_and_what_happens_next.html
— Walls work. That’s why Democrats oppose them. – Taylor Day
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/walls_work_thats_why_democrats_oppose_them.html
— The Left Doesn’t Hate the US; It Hates Us – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/the_left_doesnt_hate_the_us_they_hate_us.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Family-Unit Apprehensions Surge; Sick Aliens Use Nearly 20,000 Hours of Agency Time – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31302-data-family-unit-apprehensions-surge-sick-aliens-use-nearly-20-000-hours-of-agency-time
— Call It Operation Big Boot: Trump Admin Announces “Migrant” Deportation – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31301-call-it-operation-big-boot-trump-admin-announces-migrant-deportation
— 110 Scale Border Barrier in Arizona as 10K “Migrants” Seek Mexican Visas – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31296-110-scale-border-barrier-in-arizona-as-10k-migrants-seek-mexican-visas

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— The Problem with Declaring a National Emergency
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/01/25/the-problem-with-declaring-a-national-emergency/

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Democrats Line Up to Denounce Their Recent Past – IRA MEHLMAN
https://immigrationreform.com/2019/01/25/democrats-line-up-to-denounce-their-recent-past-immigrationreform-com/

 

BLAZE
— Sarah Sanders just issued a severe ultimatum to Democrats about the border wall Setting up another showdown in three weeks – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sarah-sanders-just-issued-a-severe-ultimatum-to-democrats-about-the-border-wall

 

BREITBART
— Hollywood Roasts Trump over Shutdown Deal: ‘Art of the Kneel’ – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/01/25/hollywood-roasts-trump-over-shutdown-deal-art-of-the-kneel/
— When the Swamp Tackles Immigration, America’s Interests Are Ignored – Dale Wilcox (DIERSEN: The swamp wants Democrat voters and/or cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/25/wilcox-when-the-swamp-tackles-immigration-americas-interests-are-ignored/
— 30K Border Crossings Expected as Government Reopens Without Wall Funding – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/25/30k-border-crossings-expected-as-government-reopens-without-wall-funding/
— Mo Brooks: Glad Democrats See the ‘Evils’ of Shutdowns, ‘Carnage’ Caused by Illegals – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/25/mo-brooks-glad-democrats-see-the-evils-of-shutdowns-carnage-caused-by-illegals/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— THERE ARE 2 WAYS TO END THE SHUTDOWN: SURRENDER OR EXECUTIVE ACTION – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272680/there-are-2-ways-end-shutdown-surrender-or-daniel-greenfield

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Problem of Identity – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/covington-catholic-students-american-identity-issues-roger-stone/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois Springfield promotes ‘healthcare for all’ talk…even illegals – Victoria Snitsar
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11797

 

THE HILL
— Ex-RNC head Michael Steele blasts Republicans defending shutdown: ‘So clueless. So out of touch’ – OWEN DAUGHERTY (DIERSEN: Democrats love Republican-haters who claim to be Republican.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/426781-former-rnc-chair-blasts-republicans-defending-shutdown-so
— Shutdown ends without funding for Trump’s border wall – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427041-senate-votes-to-reopen-government-after-trump-agrees-to-end-shutdown

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Recovery from shutdown will be long and difficult.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/studown-recovery-long-back-pay-1117804
— Conservatives to Trump: You caved! – MATTHEW CHOI
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/government-shutdown-over-border-wall-1127564

 

CNN
— Federal employees can go back to work now. They’re looking forward to getting paid — but still worried about the future. – Nicole Chavez and Scott McLean (DIERSEN: With budget cuts, soon, if not already, the Democrats who run the federal government will have gotten rid of all their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote 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. Soon, if not already, they will have to get rid of their “protected” employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/workers-reaction-government-shutdown-deal/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mexico Protests U.S. Decision to Return Asylum Seekers – Azam Ahmed, Miriam Jordan and Elisabeth Malkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/world/americas/mexico-asylum-seekers.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Exposing the Times’ anti-Christian bias – David Harsanyi
https://nypost.com/2019/01/25/exposing-the-times-anti-christian-bias/
— The left’s bigoted obsession with MAGA hats – Rich Lowry
https://nypost.com/2019/01/25/the-lefts-bigoted-obsession-with-maga-hats/

 

NEW YORK SUN
— Why There Are So Few Statues Of Journalists – CONRAD BLACK
https://www.nysun.com/national/why-there-are-so-few-statues-of-journalists/90547/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the percentage of voters in the border states who hate America increases. How soon will they have enough votes to get the border states to leave America and join up with Mexico?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/border-wall-democrats-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump just caved. Democrats can now take control of the immigration debate. – Greg Sargent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/25/trump-just-caved-democrats-can-now-take-control-immigration-debate/
— ‘Trump caves’ or ‘Genius’: Right wing splits after Trump ends shutdown with no wall funding – Abby Ohlheiser, Eli Rosenberg and
Michael Brice-Saddler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/25/trump-caves-or-genius-right-wing-splits-after-trump-ends-shutdown-with-no-wall-funding/
— He argued that gay marriage was unconstitutional. Now Trump wants him on the federal bench. – Jim Obergefell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/he-argued-that-gay-marriage-was-unconstitutional-now-trump-wants-him-on-the-federal-bench/2019/01/25/e4cfb1e6-049b-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html
— Here’s why federal workers are flocking to food banks – Jacqueline Alemany (DIERSEN: How soon will federal employees again be viciously demonized, be viciously denigrated, and be viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2019/01/25/powerup-attention-wilbur-ross-here-s-why-federal-workers-are-flocking-to-food-banks/5c4a0b491b326b29c3778cba/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “California’s GOP apparently plans to continue alienating as many voters as it possibly can.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/enterthefray/la-ol-brian-maienschien-democrat-defection-20190124-story.html
— Mexico promises to take care of asylum seekers sent back by the United States – KATE MORRISSEY and KATE LINTHICUM (DIERSEN: “Take care of” is code for making them 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.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-asylum-seekers-20190125-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Exile of Brazil’s First Gay Activist Lawmaker Jean Wyllys Dismays Supporters Rival of president quits and flees, saying he fears for his life – Samantha Pearson and Jeffrey T. Lewis (DIERSEN: Of course, Wyllys is welcome in America, a country that gets rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/exile-of-brazils-first-gay-activist-lawmaker-dismays-supporters-11548442223
— America’s Hidden Workforce Returns Disabled workers join job market at highest level in years amid low unemployment and stricter rules for claiming benefits – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all the office’s disabled employees at one time or another.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-hidden-workforce-returns-11548478801
— How the News Became Fake We in the media have our hands full with newsmakers who are frauds and sensationalists. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-news-became-fake-11548456383
— It’s Not Too Late to Quit Social Media Cal Newport never had a Facebook or Twitter account to delete, but he does have a method to break the habit. – Kate Bachelder Odell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-not-too-late-to-quit-social-media-11548457601
— Left-Wing Politics and the Decline of Sociology Nathan Glazer came from an era when the field cared about describing the world, not changing it. – Jackson Toby
https://www.wsj.com/articles/left-wing-politics-and-the-decline-of-sociology-11548456420

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “If You Don’t Want To Be Seen As A Racist, Don’t Wear MAGA Caps.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/toddessig/2019/01/25/covington-hs-if-you-dont-want-to-be-seen-as-a-racist-dont-wear-maga-caps/
— Why Mentoring Matters — Even When You’re Well Into Your Career – Marvin Krislov (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors succeeded in getting rid my IRS mentor in 1974. He had promoted me in 1972 when I was 23 years old, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in getting rid my GAO mentor in 1987. He had hired me, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marvinkrislov/2019/01/24/why-mentoring-matters-even-when-youre-well-into-your-career/#5f1175fe2933

 

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Indian-hating MAGA hat-wearing students are racist.”
http://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/coard-indian-hating-maga-hat-wearing-students-are-racist/article_65928f03-2e1e-5070-940f-84d7f58fbb45.html

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Shutdown Leaves Trump’s Base Cracked.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/trump-approval-polls-shutdown/581215/

 

METRO
— Every public figure should call for common ground. – Jennifer Nadel (DIERSEN: Since 2000, to give them more freedom sander me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have painted me as being a public figure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure). They stress that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, that I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years, that I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, that I was a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, that I was a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, that I was a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, that I was an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and that I was an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. If I sued my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, would the judge and jury agree with them that I am a public figure?)
https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/25/every-public-figure-should-call-for-common-ground-yes-even-the-queen-8391653/

January 25 Evening Edition

ABC7
— President Trump, Congress agree to end longest government shutdown – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-congress-agree-to-end-longest-government-shutdown/5106488/

 

NBC5
— Trump, Congress Leaders Reach Deal to End Shutdown Without Wall Funding “I have a very powerful alternative but I didn’t want use it at this time and hopefully it won’t be necessary,” Trump said – Danielle Abreu
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Government-Shutdown-Solutions-Urgency-Senate-White-House-504867681.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congress, Trump reach temporary deal to end government shutdown – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/facebook-instant/president-trump-to-make-announcement-regarding-government-shutdown

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate passes deal to temporarily reopen government after longest shutdown in U.S. history – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-government-shutdown-20190125-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers demand answers about monitoring for cancer-causing chemical during government shutdown – Michael Hawthorne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sterigenics-medline-vantage-epa-letter-20190125-story.html
— As shutdown ends, federal workers have little faith about future – AP (DIERSEN: With budget cuts, soon, if not already, the Democrats who run the federal government will have gotten rid of all their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote 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. Soon, if not already, they will have to get rid of their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-government-shutdown-workers-20190125-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The wall, the shutdown and the make-believe presidency.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-shutdown-wall-trump-crime-20190125-story.html
— The end of the shutdown, and what comes next – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-shutdown-end-trump-pelosi-20190125-story.html
— Early voting starts Tuesday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-early-voting-money-mayors-race-ig-ferguson-code-silence-20190124-story.html
— Watchdog: CTA staffer tied to state senator likely hired for political reasons, didn’t work full shift most days – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cta-hiring-illinois-senate-20190125-story.html

— Can Pritzker keep promise to stop Illinois gerrymandering? – Austin Berg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-berg-column-st-0127-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Increase in ‘sick leave’ causing flight delays at LaGuardia – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my coworkers had called in sick.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/increase-in-sick-leave-causing-flight-delays-at-laguardia/
— Leaving Legislature lucrative for Ed Burke brother now drawing $160K in pensions – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/burke-daniel-dan-edward-pensions-legislative-chicago-city-hall/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump tried to burn down the house and he got burned.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/federal-shutdown-donald-trump-nancy-pelosi/
— Illinois GOP facing dire financial straits – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/jb-pritzker-campaign-spending-democrats-illinois-republicans-dire-financial-straits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Party of Illinois ended the year with about $1.4 million in the bank. The Illinois Republican Party finished with $313,000. The IL GOP is going to have to be frugal for a while until they can raise some dough. Rauner has been the state GOP’s most reliable donor. The former governor contributed $36.9 million to the state party since June 13th of 2014. The party raised another $20 million or so on top of that since that same date, but a large chunk of that money was pass-through cash from the two legislative caucuses for direct mail costs. The unofficial leader of the Republican Party’s wealthy Chicago-area “donor class” was Ron Gidwitz. He helped raise a ton of money for his party over the years. But Gidwitz is now the US Ambassador to Belgium, so he can’t do them any good. Bottom line: The Republican Party in this state is in very dire straits.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Staffing shortages that slowed flights could have been ‘final straw’ to end shutdown – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190125/staffing-shortages-that-slowed-flights-could-have-been-final-straw-to-end-shutdown-
— Report: Financial incentives needed to get data centers in Illinois – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190125/report-financial-incentives-needed-to-get-data-centers-in-illinois

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump announces deal to reopen government for 3 weeks The stopgap measure includes no money for a border wall, sources say, but the accord would set up a period of negotiations on border security measures, and the president added he will make sure federal workers get back pay quickly. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-announces-deal-reopen-government-3-weeks

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— As shutdown dragged on, and Trump’s polling went down, Bost stuck with president – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article225077090.html

 

WPSD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2019/01/24/medical-marijuana-to-be-available-to-more-illinoisans-under-new-program/

 

DEERFIELD PATCH
— Assault Weapons Ban, Gun Buyer Social Media Search Proposed Democrats introduced new legislation to ban certain semi-automatic firearms and add restrictions on who can legally buy a gun in Illinois. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/deerfield/assault-weapons-ban-gun-buyer-social-media-search-proposed

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Underwood, Casten did not sign letter to Pelosi about shutdown – Glenn Minnis
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511740722-underwood-casten-did-not-sign-letter-to-pelosi-about-shutdown

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wheaton Bowl owner Sal Falbo says he was targeted by Council candidate Bray-Parker – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: In 2002, I succeeded in getting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to hold its monthly meetings in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and the MTRCC has held its monthly meetings there ever since.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511739295-wheaton-bowl-owner-says-he-was-targeted-by-council-candidate-bray-parker
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sal Falbo thinks Erica Bray-Parker could use a new lesson plan. “I don’t think her actions were the right thing to be teaching her students,” Falbo told the DuPage Policy Journal as rumors of Bray-Parker’s attempting to bully him and other business owners in Wheaton into removing signs from their properties that were for political candidates she doesn’t agree with continue to swirl. “We all have a right to freedom of speech, and as a teacher you would think she would know and understand that,” he added. According to local business owner Jane Shaw, all the drama began when Bray-Parker, who teaches at Glenbard North and is an instructor at the Civics Club, penned a letter to Falbo and other local business owners demanding that they remove posters of former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Republican of Wheaton, from in front of their businesses, vowing never to return to their establishments if they failed to comply. Bray-Parker, who is running for Wheaton City Council in District 4, is also accused of using her students as part of her “bullying” campaign, Shaw added. “I don’t live in Wheaton but if I did there’s no way I would vote for her,” said Faldo, part owner of Wheaton Bowl. “She’s obviously an activist, but part of the responsibility in that is understanding that everyone has the same free speech rights that you do. On top of that, the signs she was complaining about weren’t even on my property; they were in front. She’s really made an issue out of a nonissue.” Meanwhile, Ives, who relinquished her seat in Springfield with the start of the legislative session, has been adamant in expressing her opinion that she doesn’t think what she calls Bray-Parker’s brand of politics is right for Wheaton. “Erica Bray-Parker should not be elected; make sure she isn’t,” she told the DuPage Policy Journal. “She is unfit to represent business owners and the respectful, hard-working taxpayers of Wheaton. She is a civics teacher who is not civil.” Bray-Parker also raised eyebrows in May 2018, when she penned a letter in the Daily Herald assailing Peter Breen, a Republican of Lombard who was a state representative at the time, over what she perceived to be his inadequate stance on the issue of gun control.)

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— McGlasson discouraged by lack of response to meeting request – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: What do the following have to say about this: your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, the officers of your Republican township, ward, and/or county party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman?)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511740588-mcglasson-discouraged-by-lack-of-response-to-meeting-request
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All that Republican Committeeman John McGlasson says he is likely to get out of his call for a special meeting of the state GOP after the shellacking the party took in November is a chance to speak his mind at the party’s regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 9 in Bolingbrook. If he can make his way onto the agenda. “Never heard back from anyone,” McGlasson, referring to his request for a special meeting, told Prairie State Wire. “I’m completely discouraged. I’ll try to give my viewpoints at the regular party meeting, if I get a chance.” The conservative McGlasson, committeeman from the 16th Congressional District, seconded fellow Committeeman’s Sean Morrison’s call for a special meeting after the embarrassing revelation in mid-December that Bruce Rauner sought someone to take his place on the ballot soon after his near loss to former State Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Republican of Wheaton, in the March primary. Again, he heard nothing. “We should be out looking hard for someone to challenge (U.S. Senator Dick) Durbin in 2020,” he said. “A good, enthusiastic candidate will help other candidates in down-ticket races. Maybe we could take a few of the House seats back. But they seem to be content with the way things are.” McGlasson needs five of the 18 Republican Central Committee members to call a special meeting of the party. He says with Bob Winchester’s legal claim for his Committee spot in the 15th Congressional District still in legal limbo, he doesn’t have them. “It is my opinion that the party needs to return to its roots as expressed in our party platform,” he said. “And we need to search for a leader that will lead us back to the basics of conservatism.” McGlasson said that a move is on to have Ives speak in Bolingbrook, but she told the Prairie State Wire that she has yet to receive an invitation. “I would tell them that they are disorganized and rudderless,” Ives said. “We need a fiscal contract with Illinoisans and a strategy to carry it out.” “We need new leadership,” she added, “after that bloodbath in November, and (the) revelation about Rauner. They (party leaders) can’t claim ignorance about that. He’s been funding the party for years.”)

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Anti-Muslim post appears on clerk’s Facebook page Circuit clerk says it was hack job – Bruce Rushton
https://illinoistimes.com/article-20874-anti-muslim-post-appears-on-clerks-facebook-page.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Crisis When It Suits Their Purpose – Robert Knight
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/a-crisis-when-it-suits-their-purpose/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Announces a Deal to Reopen the Government – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/01/25/breaking-trump-announces-a-deal-to-reopen-the-government-n2540272

 

BREITBART
— NewsGuard’s Advisory Board Has History of Fake News, Unethical Journalism – Charlie Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/25/newsguards-advisory-board-has-history-of-fake-news-unethical-journalism/

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK TO SPEND MILLIONS PUTTING DREAMERS THROUGH COLLEGE – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/25/new-york-college-dreamers/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump flinched … and Pelosi will dig in
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64041
— Do you ‘have it coming’ if you wear a MAGA hat? (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that “I had it coming” a) because I avoided the draft, b) because I refused to become a Democrat, and c) because I refused to help them get rid of federal employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64081
— Europe is failing because it’s been hijacked by activists determined to impose a socialist agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63961

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Agrees to Three-Week Spending Bill Without Wall Funding to End Shutdown – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/donald-trump-agrees-to-three-week-spending-bill-with-no-wall-funding-to-end-shutdown/

 

THE HILL
— Trump agrees to end shutdown without getting wall funding – JORDAN FABIAN AND BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427004-trump-agrees-to-end-shutdown
— Senate votes to reopen government after Trump agrees to end shutdown – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427041-senate-votes-to-reopen-government-after-trump-agrees-to-end-shutdown

 

POLITICO MAGAZINE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Why 2019 Could Be Marijuana’s Biggest Year Yet A green tide in Congress raises hopes that pot could be legal under federal law by year’s end. – JAMES HIGDON
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/21/marijuana-legalization-congress-224031

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump says he’ll sign bill to reopen government for 3 weeks – live updates – GRACE SEGERS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-deal-reached-trump-speech-announcement-opens-government-shutdown-over-today-live-updates-2019-01-25/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Announces Deal to Reopen Government, in Surprise Retreat From Wall – Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/trump-shutdown-deal.html
— ‘We Didn’t Get Ph.D.s Just to Sit Around’: Civil Servants’ Good Will Erodes – Campbell Robertson
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/civil-servants-government-work.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— At least 14,000 unpaid IRS workers did not show up for work as broad shutdown disruption hits tax agency, according to House aides – Jeff Stein and Danielle Paquette (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/25/least-unpaid-irs-workers-did-not-show-up-work-broad-shutdown-disruption-hits-tax-agency-according-house-aides/
— Trump announces deal for government to reopen for three weeks, ending longest shutdown; no money for his border wall – Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis and John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-leaders-continue-to-seek-a-deal-to-end-shutdown-that-will-satisfy-trump/2019/01/25/09c898dc-20ad-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump disapproval swells as president, Republicans face lopsided blame for shutdown.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-majority-of-americans-hold-trump-and-republicans-responsible-for-shutdown/2019/01/25/e7a2e7b8-20b0-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html
— Rep. Wittman, a Virginia Republican, wants to stop members of Congress from flying first class – Jenna Portnoy (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, overwhelmingly, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted themselves and painted all federal employees as being underpaid and as having financial problems. They did not like it at all, and some were furious, when I a) bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, d) bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, e) bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, f) bought a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976, g) bought a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, h) had a home built with my wife in Wheaton in 1984, i) bought a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car in 1989, j) bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994, k) paid for tuition and books to earn 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, and l) paid for tuition and books to earn job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/rep-wittman-a-virginia-republican-wants-to-stop-members-of-congress-from-flying-first-class/2019/01/24/78b2508e-2013-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I don’t think [flying first class] sets the right example,” he said in an interview. “I think members of Congress ought to be held to the same standard as others flying on government business.”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-considering-agreeing-to-sign-three-week-spending-bill-as-early-as-friday-11548439078
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-considering-agreeing-to-sign-three-week-spending-bill-as-early-as-friday-11548439078

 

NEWSBUG
— Illinois Republican Party in dire straits – Rich Miller
http://www.newsbug.info/illinois-republican-party-in-dire-straits/article_2590b6ef-c671-5b89-879e-5e09a973dc06.html

 

FED SMITH
— Short-Term Agreement Reached to Re-Open Government – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/01/25/short-term-agreement-reached-re-open-government/

January 24 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in your precinct were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, how would your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain respond, b) if a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in your township, ward, and/or county were the aforesaid, how would the officers of your township, ward, and/or county Republican party organizations respond, c) if a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in your congressional district were the aforesaid, how would your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member respond, and d) if a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in Illinois were the aforesaid, how would the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman respond? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO
— Who Speaks for Native Hawaiians? – KU`UWEHI HIRAISHI (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who speaks for, defends, and promotes the Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? ANSWER: It should be your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, the officers of your township, ward, and/or county Republican party organizations, your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman.)
http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/who-speaks-native-hawaiians

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Missouri gym owner asks customer not to wear Trump shirt, sparking online outrage – Kayla Epstein (DIERSEN: If a Republican was asked to not wear a Trump hat a) in your precinct, how would your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain respond, b) in your township, ward, and/or county, how would the officers of your township, ward, and/or county Republican party organizations respond, c) in your congressional district, how would your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member respond, and d) in Illinois, how would the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman respond?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-missouri-gym-trump-t-shirt-20190123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters focus on making African-American women 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/commentary/ct-perspec-women-african-american-black-voters-2020-deciders-0124-20190123-story.html

 

CBS2
— Chief Judge Reuben Castillo Speaks Out For Federal Workers During The Government Shutdown – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/22/chicago-government-shutdown-chief-judge-reuben-castillo/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cook County Board controversy is symptom of greater problems in property assessment – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190121/editorial-board-controversy-is-symptom-of-greater-problems-in-property-assessment
— Cook County Board of Review should rethink where it is putting new hires – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190122/editorial-board-of-review-should-rethink-where-it-is-putting-new-hires

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Commit now to drawing fair legislative maps – Editorial
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190123/our-view-commit-now-to-drawing-fair-legislative-maps
— State works with banks to offer low-cost loans to federal workers – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190123/state-works-with-banks-to-offer-low-cost-loans-to-federal-workers
— State works with banks to offer low-cost loans to federal workers – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190123/state-works-with-banks-to-offer-low-cost-loans-to-federal-workers
— New bureau at Statehouse to serve hundreds of newspapers – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190123/bernard-schoenburg-new-bureau-at-statehouse-to-serve-hundreds-of-papers

 

TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ottawa medical marijuana dispensary expects to double patients – Brent Bader (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, everyone in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world will be stoners?)
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/01/23/ottawa-medical-marijuana-dispensary-expects-to-double-patients/akd5tje/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans use “migrant children’ to destroy America.
https://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/americans-should-focus-on-helping-migrant-children/article_b3fb6233-e2ea-55ad-8981-4700ec86f82e.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Gun measure ‘purely symbolic’ – David Giuliani
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/gun-measure-purely-symbolic/article_fe951326-1e8d-11e9-af23-e3303b3923c3.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Provoked By Trump, The Religious Left Is Finding Its Voice – TOM GJELTEN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who crow the loudest that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and that they give money to a church and b) who work the hardest to destroy me. They do little or nothing to oppose the promotion of 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, or retaliation. They talk and act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/provoked-trump-religious-left-finding-its-voice#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/pilot-program-for-medical-marijuana-to-launch-by-end-of-january
— Furloughed workers do whatever it takes to make ends meet – Cymphanie Sherman (DIERSEN: During the first 18 months that I worked for IRS 1971-1972, I worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. If I had been furloughed then, I would have asked to work more hours at Firestone and I would have taken more graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/furloughed-workers-do-whatever-it-takes-to-make-ends-meet

 

WREX
— Illinois to start accepting tax returns on Monday
https://wrex.com/category/2019/01/23/illinois-to-start-accepting-tax-returns-on-monday/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Would-be doctors who want kill babies celebrate the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Medical-students-host-celebration-of-the-46th-anniversary-of-the-Roe-v-Wade-Supreme-Court-Ruling–504782531.html

 

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://northernstar.info/opinion/residents-should-remain-receptive-to-gun-laws/article_d8c778d4-1f5d-11e9-90f7-eb1c06e7572c.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Is Chicago’s legacy of segregation causing a reverse Great Migration? Black Chicagoans are leaving the city, and an unexamined history of racial discrimination may be to blame. – Pete Saunders
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicagos-black-exodus/Content

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Examining Maine Township Surpluses
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/24/examining-maine-townshp-surpluse
— Pam Althoff Destined to Be in Headlines on Marijuana Issues
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/24/pam-althoff-destined-to-be-in-headlines-on-marijuana-issues/
— Steve Reicks Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/23/steve-reicks-reports/
— Skillicorn Sponsors School Choice Forum
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/23/skillicorn-sponsors-school-choice-forum/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY JOURNAL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: ILLINOIS RANKS 46 OUT OF 50 STATES IN PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS GROWTH – Orphe Civounguy and Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-ranks-46-out-of-50-states-in-private-sector-jobs-growth/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Governor Pritzker All In for Taxpayer-Funding of Abortion and Planned Parenthood – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/illinois-governor-pritzker-all-in-for-taxpayer-funding-of-abortion-and-planned-parenthood/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE PARTY OF LINE BREAKERS AND GATE CRASHERS Jane Chastain hits Dems for rejecting ‘key element Border Patrol says is needed’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/the-party-of-line-breakers-and-gate-crashers/
— WHY THE BORDER IS EVERYTHING Joseph Farah sees high stakes in Trump battle with ‘new’ Democratic Party
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/why-the-border-is-everything/

 

DAILY CALLER
— SARAH SANDERS HITS PELOSI FOR STATE OF THE UNION ‘POLITICAL GAMES’ – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/23/sarah-sanders-pelosi-state-of-the-union/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— NYT’s Blow Compares Trump to David Duke, Says His Campaign Was ‘Blue Print’ For Present GOP – Ryan Foley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2019/01/23/nyts-blow-compares-trump-david-duke-says-his-political-campaign-was
— NYT Magazine: Is McConnell Like Nazi Appeasers to Hitler? – Scott Whitlock
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2019/01/23/nyt-magazine-mcconnell-nazi-appeasers-hitler

 

TOWNHALL
— The Soft Bigotry Of Liberal Preconceptions – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/01/24/the-soft-bigotry-of-liberal-preconceptions-n2539959
— Journalism Isn’t Dead; It’s Undead – Laura Hollis
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2019/01/24/journalism-isnt-dead-its-undead-n2539984

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— When did patriotism become racism? – Bob Weir
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/when_did_patriotism_become_racism.html

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Can the New Tabloid Media Ever Be Redeemed? No evidence, a transparently false narrative—it’s not the National Enquirer; it’s the past week in journalism. – PETER VAN BUREN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/can-the-political-media-be-redeemed-from-tabloidization/

 

HOT AIR
— There Was A Lot Of Ugly Racism At The Lincoln Memorial Last Friday, But The Media Missed It – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/23/lot-racism-happening-lincoln-memorial-friday-media-just-didnt-identify-culprits/
— As The Covington Brouhaha Reminds Us, The Media Have Precast The Meaning Of Every Story
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/covington-brouhaha-reminds-us-media-precast-meaning-every-story/

 

FOX NEWS
— Army vet’s Trump T-shirt made fellow gym patrons feel ‘uncomfortable,’ report says – Amy Lieu
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gym-owner-told-veteran-not-to-wear-trump-t-shirt-calling-it-racist-inappropriate-report
— Covington isn’t about facts, but about identity politics. Nick Sandmann committed ‘facecrime’ – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-covington-isnt-about-facts-but-about-identity-politics-nick-sandmann-committed-facecrime

 

CBN NEWS
— The Age of Anti-Christian Rage: How Lady Gaga-Style Leftists Are Trying to Recreate the Christian Faith in Their Own Image – Benjamin Gill (DIERSEN: How successful have the Democrats been in infiltrating and taking over your church? How soon, if not already, will they succeed in getting your church to officially demonize, denigrate, condemn, and expel individuals, organizations, companies, and governments 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? How soon, if not already, will they get your church to officially proclaim that Jesus was an illegal Democrat female minority LGBTQer who drank lots booze, gambled lots of money, smoked lots of pot, hated America, and wanted everyone give up their guns and to be on welfare?)
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/january/christianity-under-fire-how-lady-gaga-style-leftists-are-trying-to-recreate-the-christian-faith-in-their-own-image

 

GOPUSA
— Hate is the message from the left to MAGA fans
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63877
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez poll: 74% of Dems, left-leaning voters open to future White House run (DIERSEN: Who do the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want to run in 2020 and defeat Trump?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63952

 

EPOCH TIMES
— The Heart of the Matter: Families and Fatherhood – JEFF MINICK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-heart-of-the-matter-families-and-fatherhood_2768308.html

 

BREITBART
— Green Cards for DACA Illegal Aliens Could Trigger Chain Migration of 4M Foreign Nationals – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/23/green-cards-for-daca-illegal-aliens-could-trigger-chain-migration-of-4m-foreign-nationals/
— Poll: 8-in-10 Americans Want ‘Tough’ Restrictions on Legal Immigration from Dangerous Countries – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/23/poll-8-in-10-americans-want-tough-restrictions-on-legal-immigration-from-dangerous-countries/

 

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Post, NYT Publish Stories Saying Trump is Sacrificing Presidency in Pursuit of the Wall – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/post-nyt-publish-stories-saying-trump-is-sacrificing-presidency-in-pursuit-of-the-wall/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Two episodes break the story on mounting media bias – Matt Mackowiak
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/23/two-episodes-break-the-story-on-mounting-media-bia/
— The deadly game the Democrats play – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/23/editorial-blocking-national-security-invites-perma/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Does the media deserve to be respected and believed? – Michael Barone
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/does-the-media-deserve-to-be-respected-and-believed
— Declare an emergency and build the wall – Rep. Tom McClintock |
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/rep-tom-mcclintock-declare-an-emergency-and-build-the-wall

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHICK-FIL-A SLAMMED AS ‘WHITE SUPREMACIST’ ‘CAPITALIST CULT’ Leftist group demands expulsion from University of Georgia campus
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/chick-fil-a-slammed-as-white-supremacist-capitalist-cult/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— “Migrant Caravan” Now 5,600 Strong; Criminals Along for the March North – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31275-report-migrant-caravan-now-5-600-strong-criminals-along-for-the-march-north

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Hey, Church! Don’t put up with attacks on religious expression – Charlie Butts (DIERSEN: How strongly does your church speak out against 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, etc.? From what I see, ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the anti-religious Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.)
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/01/24/hey-church-dont-put-up-with-attacks-on-religious-expression

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Take the Right Approach – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What approach do your critics/opponents take? Mine demonize, denigrate, and condemn those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. If my critics/opponents do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn you, they are manipulating/dominating you. My critics/opponents are potential major donors who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. The tell activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and political consultants that they will not give them any money until they get rid of me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they manipulate/dominate.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/24/take-the-right-approach/

 

THE HILL
— Kinzinger compares Ocasio-Cortez to Trump – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: Roskam compared Casten to Trump.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/426699-gop-compares-ocasio-cortez-to-trump

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he, too, sees obvious parallels between DJT and AOC. “Whether it’s President Trump or AOC, it’s all based on ginning up anger and fear and it’s unfortunate,” said Kinzinger, a frequent cable-news presence who has a relatively paltry 46,500 Twitter followers compared to Ocasio-Cortez’s 2.6 million, told The Hill. “And I think it’s that kind of stuff that’s killing our ability to get done things like solve the government shutdown. … If you look at Twitter, not everyone is on Twitter, but all the loudest voices are,” he said.)
— Democrats increase calls of racism against Trump – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs officially declare war on Republicans? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426700-dem-increase-calls-of-racism-against-trump
— Trump: I will deliver State of the Union ‘when the shutdown is over’ – MARY TYLER MARCH
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426717-trump-i-will-do-state-of-the-union-when-the-shutdown-is-over
— Immigration divide widens with latest GOP proposal – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/426698-immigration-divide-widens-with-latest-gop-proposal

 

YAHOO NEWS
— Chicago bar faces backlash after house rules list ‘No Trump supporters’ – Kerry Justich
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chicago-bar-faces-backlash-house-rules-list-no-trump-supporters-001719788.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in turning American citizens into anti-Americans, if not agents for foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/calexico-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs crow about their success in moving young people to the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/gop-liberal-america-millennials.html
— Trump Says He’ll Delay Speech Until After Shutdown, as Democrats Draft Border Security Plan – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/government-shutdown-democrats-deal-trump.html
— Trump Looks for New Venue for Speech, as Democrats Draft Border Security Plan – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/government-shutdown-democrats-deal-trump.html
— Dream Act Is Approved in N.Y. to Aid Undocumented Students, in Rebuke to Trump – Christina Goldbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/nyregion/dream-act-bill-passed.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans across the country are helping feed federal workers as the shutdown enters its second month – Tim Carman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2019/01/23/americans-across-the-country-are-helping-feed-federal-workers-as-the-shutdown-enters-its-second-month/
— Kinzinger’s case for a border wall: At my house, they keep ‘critters out’ – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/23/gop-lawmakers-case-border-wall-my-house-they-keep-critters-out/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Central American immigrants inundate southern Mexico seeking new humanitarian visas – PATRICK MCDONNELL (DIERSEN: The more illegals that invade Mexico, the more illegals that will invade America.)
https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-visa-20190123-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Pope promotes anti-Americanism. Ever-increasingly, America-haters take that as a call to invade America and to destroy America, and especially to destroy American individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-brings-pro-migrant-message-to-central-america-11548331200
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three years ago as a presidential candidate, Mr. Trump shot back at Pope Francis after the pontiff said a person who only thinks of building walls and not bridges “is not Christian.” On the flight to Panama on Wednesday, the pope—the Argentine son of an Italian immigrant—told reporters that fear of migration is “making us crazy.”)
— How Wealthy Americans Like Jack Benny Avoided Paying a 70% Tax Rate ‘When top tax rates were high, there was always a large gap between the stated rates and what the highest earners actually paid as a percentage of their income’ – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-wealthy-americans-like-jack-benny-avoided-paying-a-70-tax-rate-11547807401
— Migrant Tally Surges at Guatemala-Mexico Border Mexico says 10,300 people seek entry, almost twice as many as day before, as word spreads of country’s more lenient polices – Juan Montes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrant-tally-surges-at-guatemala-mexico-border-11548277094
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at immigrants, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters count on immigrants to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beyond-maga-hats-11548288238
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want felons to vote. Felons vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/push-to-give-felons-the-vote-shifts-to-iowa-and-kentucky-11548259251

 

BLOOMBERG
— This Is What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss Millions of American workers sign away legal rights without knowing what they’re in for: Arbitration Hell. – Max Abelson (DIERSEN: In 1998, I sued the Democrats who ran GAO for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who sided with the Democrats who run GAO against me. They a) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and/or b) pander to those who promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2019-arbitration-hell/

 

FIDELITY
— Chicago’s police fund makes pension intercept claim – Yvette Shields
https://fixedincome.fidelity.com/ftgw/fi/FINewsArticle?id=201901231900SM______BNDBUYER_00000168-7c0c-d752-ad6b-fc6c05a90000_110.1

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats are rejecting Trump’s immigration deal for 3 glaring reasons, and it shows just how far apart the 2 sides still are – Michelle Mark, Bob Bryan
https://www.businessinsider.my/government-shutdown-why-democrats-reject-trump-immigration-funding-deal-2019-1/

 

WBKO
— National Corvette Museum offering free admission to federal employees during shutdown – Kelly Dean (DIERSEN: I have owned my 1972 Corvette since I was 23 years old in 1971. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about my IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hated Corvettes the most and hated Corvette owners like me the most.)
https://www.wbko.com/content/news/National-Corvette-Museum-offering-free-admission-to-federal-employees-during-shutdown-504765081.html

 

MILITARY TIMES
— Women in the military draft, or dump the system altogether? New report looks at radical options – Leo Shane III (DIERSEN: How has the draft impacted you? In 1966, when I was 18 years old, notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease), I was classified 1-A for the draft. I obtained my first student draft deferment in 1966 when I was 18 years old, and ever since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a draft dodger. In 1970, when I was 21 years old and had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, employers were extremely reluctant to hire me because they fully expected that I would be drafted. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted, but it was granted, and then, because of my draft lottery number, I was no longer subject to the draft. 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 veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/01/23/commission-eyes-adding-women-to-the-military-draft-or-dumping-the-system-altogether/

 

FED SMITH
— Average Federal Employee Pay and the Shutdown – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/01/23/average-federal-employee-pay-shutdown/

 

GOVERNING
— Illinois Residential Segregation Data (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, the fewer minorities that live in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in your state, and in your country, the more evidence that your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, state, and country is full of Republicans who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/illinois-residential-segregation-data-trends-for-metro-areas.html#historical
— How Housing Policies Keep White Neighborhoods So White (and Black Neighborhoods So Black)
http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-segregation-housing.html

 

PROGRESSIVE
— Our Dangerous Impulse to Demonize the Other Side – Ruth Conniff (DIERSEN: Which Trump-haters take the lead in demonizing “the other side” in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://progressive.org/dispatches/our-dangerous-impulse-to-demonize-conniff-190124/

January 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Nancy Pelosi tells Trump: No State of the Union in the House until shutdown ends – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pelosi-to-trump-no-state-of-the-union-in-the-house-until-shutdown-ends/5103004/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Offers $100 Million in Loans to Federal Workers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-offers-100-million-in-loans-to-federal-workers-504769791.html

 

CBS2
— Illinois Joins States Committed To Carbon-Emission Reduction
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/23/illinois-joins-states-committed-to-carbon-emission-reduction/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— House Dems introducing bill to raise minimum age to buy assault rifles – Andrew O’Reilly
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/house-dems-introducing-bill-to-raise-minimum-age-to-buy-assault-rifles
— Sarah Sanders: White House not listening to Ocasio-Cortez ‘on much of anything’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/sarah-sanders-white-house-not-listening-to-ocasio-cortez-on-much-of-anything-

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois, there are red flags on legalizing recreational pot – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-legalization-recreational-marijuana-traffic-fatalities-public-safety-public-health/
— 6 CPS workers fired, 33 removed as hundreds of sex misconduct complaints roll in – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-public-schools-sex-misconduct-complaints-board-education/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater uses Ocasio-Cortez to promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-donald-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Pope paints himself as being 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://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/amid-wall-debate-pope-says-fear-of-migration-makes-us-crazy/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger said to look at immigrants ‘as human beings.’ Then he said walls keep ‘critters out.’ – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-border-wall-critters-20190123-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker commits Illinois to climate change fight as study shows extreme weather convincing more people
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-jb-pritzker-illinois-climate-change-20190123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s approval rating sinks in new poll as he gets most of blame for shutdown.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-approval-rating-shutdown-blame-poll-20190123-story.html
— Illinois to invest up to $100 million in banks to back loans for federal workers hit by shutdown – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-federal-shutdown-20190123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater argues that mass immigration helps older people.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-americans-retirement-falling-fertility-rate-us-japan-012419-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Funded in part by bigger water bills, DuPage to improve wastewater treatment plants – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190123/funded-in-part-by-bigger-water-bills-dupage-to-improve-wastewater-treatment-plants-
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters glorify and praise citizens of Hispanic foreign countries. Trump-haters plan on using citizens of Hispanic foreign countries to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries once for all that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those (including Blacks) whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190123/news/301239986/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois introduces $100 million loan program for shutdown-furloughed workers The state will deposit money in participating banks so they can provide below-market rates on loans to federal workers who qualify. – BRIANNA KELLY (DIERSEN: Of course, after the shutdown is over and all furloughed federal employees get their back pay, federal employees will again be viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have taken the lead in promoting hatred against federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and against federal retirees like I have been for more than 21 years.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/illinois-introduces-100-million-loan-program-shutdown-furloughed-workers

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Pritzker Hints at Payday, Pension Stability for Public Workers – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=278280#.XEkFhFxKiM8

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Pope paints himself as being 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://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pope-touches-down-in-panama-meets-first-couple

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Assistance for Federal Employees During Government Shutdown (DIERSEN: Of course, after the shutdown is over and all furloughed federal employees get their back pay, federal employees will again be viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have taken the lead in promoting hatred against federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and against federal retirees like I have been for more than 21 years.)
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/gov/Pages/ShutdownAid.aspx

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— VIDEO: State of the City 2019
https://vimeo.com/311772543

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Democrat Lawmaker Anne Stava-Murray backs bill to give those who make harassment accusations rights in Springfield – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/lawmaker-backs-bill-to-give-those-who-make-harassment-accusations/article_9cd9cd76-1e96-11e9-85b0-efb672c2f0bf.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ONCE REPUBLICAN, IL CD #6 NOW REPRESENTED BY SOCIAL LEFTIST SEAN CASTEN (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican have blamed me for all the losses that Republicans suffered in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois notwithstanding the fact that I have never been a) a chairman of a Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) committee, b) a MTRCC officer, c) a MTRCC chairman, d) a DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) officer, e) a DCRCC chairman, or f) an Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member. Further, I have not been a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman since 2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member since 2011, a MTRCC webmaster since 2010, an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member since 2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board member since 2004. I should write a book about past and present MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, and AAPC members, employees, officers, and chairmen who have worked the hardest to blame me for all the losses that Republicans suffered in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/once-republican-il-cd-6-now-represented-by-social-leftist-sean-casten.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Illinois, once nicknamed “Evangelicals’ Mecca” as home to the renowned Wheaton College where evangelist Billy Graham studied, is no longer conservative politically or religiously. The once-powerful DuPage County Republican organization lost State House and Senate representation in 2018, along with its place in the U.S. Congress. Republicans state reps. David Olsen, Peter Breen, Senators Chris Nybo, Mike Connelly are no longer representing the area in the Illinois legislature. The DuPage County Board now has eight (7?) Democrats on its 18-member board, after having only one Democrat for years. DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin was challenged and nearly defeated by a Democrat. In addition, the far western suburbs’ adjoining IL Congressional District 14 is now represented by Democrat Lauren Underwood – who is portraying herself as a close colleague to the freshman New York Congress member Alexandira Ocasio-Cortez – a self-proclaimed socialist and influential Democrat.)
— Gov. Pritzker Cheers Abortion at Planned Parenthood – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/pritzker-cheers-abortion-at-planned-parenthood/
— PRITZKER OBLIGATES ILLINOIS TO UPHOLD PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REGS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/pritzker-obligates-illinois-to-uphold-paris-climate-agreement-environmental-regs.html
— THORNER: DESPITE CONTRARY CLAIMS, STUDY FINDS MARIJUANA MORE DANGEROUS TO TEENS THAN ALCOHOL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-despite-contrary-claims-study-finds-marijuana-more-dangerous-to-teens-than-alcohol.html
— PRITZKER’S ORDER TO PROMOTE STATE-FUNDED ABORTIONS MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/pritzker-boasts-illinois-most-abortion-embracing-state-in-the-nations.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP pledges to “continue to oppose taxpayer funding of abortion”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/23/ilgop-pledges-to-continue-to-oppose-taxpayer-funding-of-abortion/
— Pritzker, Frerichs announce loan program for furloughed federal workers
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/23/pritzker-frerichs-announce-loan-program-for-furloughed-federal-workers/
— Pritzker signs EO committing Illinois to Paris Climate Agreement
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/23/pritzker-signs-eo-committing-illinois-to-paris-climate-agreement/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are going drive out of Illinois all individuals, all organizations, and all 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://capitolfax.com/2019/01/23/its-time-to-put-our-progressive-values-into-action-5/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Good news: Illinois will be spared when the world ends – David Freddoso
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/good-news-illinois-will-be-spared-when-the-world-ends

 

GOPUSA
— Shutdown showdown votes slated for Thursday
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63918

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S ALL THE FREE STUFF YOU GET IF YOU’RE A FURLOUGHED GOVERNMENT WORKER IN DC – Matt M. Miller
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/23/free-stuff-furloughed-government-workers-shutdown-video/

 

TOWNHALL
— Pelosi Cancels the State of the Union – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/01/23/breaking-pelosi-n2539963
— Trump Calls Pelosi’s Bluff: I Plan on Showing Up For My Speech, Based On Your Original Invitation – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/23/trump-is-smart-to-forge-ahead-with-state-of-the-union-as-originally-scheduled-n2539462

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— A Real Killing: How Greedy Corporate Pushers Caused the Opioid Crisis Purdue and other big Oxy peddlers now face trial in federal court. – BRIAN SAADY (DIERSEN: Opioid pushers today, pot pushers tomorrow.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-the-corporate-pill-pushers-started-the-opioid-crisis/

 

THE HILL
— Trump tells Pelosi he plans to deliver State of the Union in House – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426621-trump-tells-pelosi-he-plans-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-in-house
— Pelosi tells Trump no State of the Union on Tuesday – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/426649-pelosi-tells-trump-no-sotu-on-tuesday
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s approval rating drops further amid extended shutdown.”
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/426632-president-trumps-job-approval-continues-dropping-amid-shutdown
— Pelosi ups ante in Trump showdown – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/426686-the-memo-pelosi-ups-ante-in-trump-showdown

 

POLITICO
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said she would not pass a resolution allowing President Donald Trump to deliver his State of the Union address from the House chamber until the government reopens, rebuffing the president’s statement that he would move forward with the speech regardless. Trump said he would likely pursue an ‘alternative’ to delivering State of the Union in the House chamber. – HEATHER CAYGLE, REBECCA MORIN and JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/23/trump-said-he-still-plans-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-address-on-jan-29-1121068

 

ROLL CALL
— Ocasio-Cortez joins most Republicans in voting against House Democratic bills to reopen government House bills headed nowhere in Senate as upper chamber prepares to hold test votes Thursday that are expected to fail – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/aoc-joins-republicans-voting-house-democratic-bills-reopen-government

 

CNN
— Pelosi: No State of the Union in the House until shutdown ends – Kevin Liptak
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/politics/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-state-of-the-union/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Tells Pelosi He Will Deliver State of the Union. Pelosi Responds, No You Won’t. – Maggie Haberman, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/trump-state-of-union-pelosi-letter.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Pelosi tells Trump: No State of the Union address in the House until government is opened – Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-hell-deliver-state-of-the-union-at-the-capitol-despite-pelosis-request-to-postpone/2019/01/23/d171dfae-1f33-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— White House seeks list of programs that would be hurt if shutdown lasts into March – Damian Paletta and Juliet Eilperin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-seeks-list-of-programs-that-would-be-hurt-if-shutdown-lasts-into-march/2019/01/23/661adb3a-1f55-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Voters Want Trump To Give State of the Union Speech, Democrats Don’t (DIERSEN: Illinois Republicans want me to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs do NOT want me to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2019/gop_voters_want_trump_to_give_state_of_the_union_speech_democrats_don_t

January 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote an “actress and activist” who calls red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat ‘the new white hood.’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/alyssa-milano-maga-hat-is-the-new-white-hood/5101169/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Pritzker signs an executive order to promote abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-signs-executive-order-on-womens-reproductive-rights/5101234/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote mass/illegal immigration, anti-Trumps glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/22/illinois-family-autistic-son-government-shutdown-hardship/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— OUTSTANDING: Groups urge Illinois lawmakers not to legalize recreational marijuana – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/groups-urge-illinois-lawmakers-not-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana
— Ocasio-Cortez defends call for 70 percent tax on rich: At what point are we ‘living in excess?’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (DIERSEN: Do/did you live in excess? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who since 1966 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I live in excess. Compared to me, they spend far more time and money on immediate pleasures including pets, booze, fancy restaurant meals, fancy clothes, entertainment, vacations, etc. Compared to me, they spent far less time and money on education, real estate, cars, etc.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-defends-call-for-70-percent-tax-on-rich-at-what-point-are-we-living-in-excess-
— Trump moving ahead to deliver State of the Union speech next week – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-moving-ahead-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-speech-next-week

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker vows ‘most progressive state’ on abortion — GOP sees ‘left wing’ agenda – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-progressive-abortion-roe-v-wade-hb40-gop-left-wing/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The move prompted one Republican legislator to accuse Pritzker of running a “highly-politicized and left wing administration.” . . . Rauner’s decision to sign the bill angered the state’s conservatives and spawned a primary challenger in former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who lost by just 4 percentage points. . .State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, has always opposed HB40. McSweeney said Pritzker has “rubbed HB40 in the face of conservatives by saying he’s actually going to expand it even more.” “My concern is he claims he wants to be bipartisan but he takes on highly inflammatory issues like taxpayer funding of abortions and expansion … and also the implied threat to opposition of the progressive tax,” McSweeney said. “I don’t see much bipartisanship. It looks like a highly politicized and left-wing administration to me.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being Nazis and b) paint illegals as being Jews.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/arthur-jones-border-wall-congress-nazi-trump-immigration/
— Alyssa Milano slammed for ‘MAGA hat is the new white hood’ tweet – USA TODAY
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/alyssa-milano-tweets-maga-hat-is-new-white-hood-of-klan/
— When liberals can’t bring themselves to denounce the likes of Farrakhan – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/tamika-mallory-louis-farrakhan-womens-march/
— Fate uncertain for Trump’s ‘End The Shutdown and Secure The Border Act’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fate-uncertain-for-trumps-end-the-shutdown-and-secure-the-border-act/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— MAGA-hatted teens, a Native American and the peril of instant judgment – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-video-teen-native-american-racist-covington-20190121-story.html
— Chicago has a mental health crisis. Reopening 6 clinics isn’t enough. – Alexa James
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mental-health-clinics-reopen-crisis-city-council-0123-20190122-story.html
— As government shutdown enters 5th week, museums, zoos, businesses offer deals for workers – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: To promote mass/illegal immigration, “museums, zoos, businesses” glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-government-shutdown-chicago-free-admissions-20190122-story.html
— Members of Chicago’s trans community have ‘complicated’ reactions to Supreme Court’s revival of military ban – KT Hawbaker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-trans-military-ban-chicago-activists-20190122-story.html
— Senate set to vote on competing plans to end shutdown, but both expected to fail – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-shutdown-senate-20190122-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190122/trump-may-prove-not-to-be-benefactor-to-pro-life-movement-he-seems
— DuPage to provide mental health training to teachers, students – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190122/dupage-to-provide-mental-health-training-to-teachers-students

 

HERALD NEWS
— DuPage Township supervisor William Mayer resigns – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/22/dupage-township-supervisor-resigns/aemsjwn/

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Local firearm rights advocates face new state laws – ROB STROUD & RYAN VOYLES
https://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-firearm-rights-advocates-face-new-state-laws/article_d7c1d3ed-c981-5c15-bc34-b9af87634cff.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner administration reduced number of state patronage jobs – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/rauner-administration-reduced-number-of-state-patronage-jobs/article_3098398c-1e4f-11e9-883c-a7c79bd80b59.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote an “actress and activist” who calls red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat ‘the new white hood.’
https://foxillinois.com/news/entertainment/alyssa-milano-calls-red-make-america-great-again-hat-the-new-white-hood
— Despite Pelosi request to delay, Trump moves ahead with SOTU – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-moving-ahead-with-state-of-the-union-speech-next-week

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Meet & Greet the Candidates in the 2019 Consolidated Election
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/01/22/meet-greet-the-candidates-in-the-2019-consolidated-election/95536

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Nybo adds lobbying arm to his law firm – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511726493-nybo-adds-lobbying-arm-to-his-law-firm

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois GOP pushes Pritzker to support change to legislative mapmaking – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-gop-pushes-pritzker-to-support-change-to-legislative-mapmaking/article_5ea3eeee-1e8f-11e9-aae5-27c1acfaed83.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker vows to make Illinois most progressive state for abortion rights – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-vows-to-make-illinois-most-progressive-state-for-abortion/article_06654662-1e6f-11e9-b587-5f7fd1a8d83f.html
— With private money, pay for Pritzker top aides eclipses other states – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/with-private-money-pay-for-pritzker-top-aides-eclipses-other/article_0c9fcf64-1e80-11e9-8bb1-5bd52d0b9053.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Stava-Murray says home town has “white supremacist policies” (DIERSEN: 92 comments as of 5:14 PM)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/stava-murray-says-home-town-has-white-supremacist-policies/
— HGOPs unveil independent map commission proposal
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/hgops-unveil-independent-map-commission-proposal/
— The high cost of Rauner’s failed war with AFSCME
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/the-high-cost-of-rauners-failed-war-with-afscme/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/22/pritzker-and-raoul-could-take-one-simple-step-to-expand-medical-marijuana/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO STOP FUTURE CARAVANS – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/22/trump-white-house-plan-stop-migrant-caravans-illegal-immigration/

 

GOPUSA
— To Win in 2020, Trump Must Build the Wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63757
— Biden: Trump brought ‘folks out from under the rocks,’ ‘legitimized’ hate
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63849
— Lady Gaga defines Christianity as — Not Mike Pence
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63831
— House Democrat called for banning MAGA hats for teens; now claims it was a joke
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63818
— Supreme court lets military implement transgender restrictions
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63860

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The New York Times Attacks Us Deplorables, I Fight Back: Part 1 of 3 – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29530

 

HOT AIR
— Are You Ready For The *Democratic* Mega-Billionaire Populists Of 2020? – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/21/ready-democratic-mega-billionaire-populists-2020/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Culture War Over Our Fiscal Crisis Underlying our political battles is another division: those who risk losing public money and those who must pay for it. – LEWIS M. ANDREWS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-culture-war-over-our-fiscal-crisis/

 

THE HILL
— Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to be enforced – LYDIA WHEELER
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/426377-supreme-court-allows-transgender-military-ban-to-be-enforced
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Odds of border agents being corrupted grow as shutdown continues.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/426388-odds-of-corrupted-border-agents-grow-as-shutdown-continues

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Passenger Confronts GOP Congressman Rodney Davis Over Flying First Class During Shutdown “Do you think it’s appropriate?” he asked the lawmaker. “Taking that as a yes.” – Akbar Shahid Ahmed
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rodney-davis-flying-first-class-ggovernment-shutdown_us_5c477fe1e4b083c46d634be8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With President Donald Trump and the GOP prolonging the partial government shutdown, a Republican lawmaker had an uncomfortable run-in Tuesday when a fellow airplane passenger found him flying first class from Chicago to Washington, D.C., according to a video of the encounter shared with HuffPost. “Congressman, do you think it’s appropriate to fly first class while 57 TSA agents aren’t being paid?” the person says to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), in an apparent reference to the Transportation Security Administration’s 57,000 employees, who are being required to work without pay. A tipster who asked to remain anonymous shared the video with HuffPost, which hasn’t been able to identify the person who approached Davis. Davis remained silent, prompting the person to say, “Taking that as a yes.” “Taxpayers paid for this flight? Fair enough,” he added. Members of Congress can have the government pay for regular flights to and from their home jurisdictions, as maintaining constituency contact is part of their job. Unlike the paychecks of TSA workers, as well as those of hundreds of thousands of other federal government workers affected by the shutdown, those paid flights do not go away during a government shutdown. Davis did not use his taxpayer-provided budget to purchase a first-class ticket and has never done so, his spokeswoman Ashley Phelps told HuffPost in an email. His office bought a regular coach ticket, but he was upgraded automatically because of his frequent flyer status, she added. “There was no additional cost to taxpayers.” Accepting the upgrade is not a violation of anti-corruption rules because it’s something available to any person who accrues a certain number of miles and wasn’t offered exclusively to Davis because of his position as an elected representative, an ethics officer in the House, who asked to speak on background since the episode is not under any official investigation, told HuffPost. All the same, for someone with power over people’s paychecks to enjoy a luxe experience amid mass economic disruption makes for a jarring sight. A photograph of Davis in the first class section of the plane made it into Politico’s Playbook PM newsletter on Tuesday. Most of the GOP has stood with President Donald Trump during the shutdown, arguing that he’s right to reject deals to reopen the government until he gets the funding he wants for his promised wall on the border with Mexico. Davis has frequently supported the party on the issue, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, and praised Trump’s approach. But the congressman recently sided with Democrats on bills to reopen some agencies ― a nod, perhaps, to his political vulnerability, given his tight re-election in the 2018 midterms.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Senate Leaders Reach Deal That Offers Possible Path to Reopen Government – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/government-shutdown-senate.html
— Supreme Court Revives Transgender Ban for Military Service – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/transgender-ban-military-supreme-court.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to quickly take up census citizenship question – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-quickly-take-up-census-citizenship-question/2019/01/22/93734014-1e73-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— DACA program that protects young undocumented immigrants not likely to get Supreme Court review this term – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/daca-program-that-protects-young-undocumented-immigrants-not-likely-to-get-supreme-court-review-this-term/2019/01/22/dd3ac11a-1db3-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— Supreme Court allows Trump restrictions on transgender troops in military to go into effect as legal battle continues – Robert Barnes and Dan Lamothe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-trump-restrictions-on-transgender-troops-in-military-to-go-into-effect-as-legal-battle-continues/2019/01/22/e68a7284-1763-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say: Trump shut down the government over his wall. It’s jeopardizing his other priorities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/22/trump-shut-down-government-over-his-wall-its-jeopardizing-his-other-priorities/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote mass/illegal immigration, “Banks, phone companies, nonprofits” glorify and praise federal employees who they had previously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/22/government-shutdown-2019-creditors-roll-out-help-federal-workers/2642924002/

January 22 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Jewish Religious Leader Ready For Statehouse Work – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/religious-leader-rabbi-kalish-ready-for-statehouse-work/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Event addresses hopes for widening scope of diversity – Jim Fuller (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/event-addresses-hopes-for-widening-scope-of-diversity

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots’ looks to bring city to terms with a chilling summer 100 years ago – Steve Johnson (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing 100 years ago? My grandparents on father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-chicago-1919-race-riots-project-0122-story.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Importance of persistence emphasized by King teach-in speakers at IWU – LENORE SOBOTA (DIERSEN: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/importance-of-persistence-emphasized-by-king-teach-in-speakers-at/article_87146ea7-85a4-5aa8-89f1-7b4369019c28.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Irrational exuberance in a post-Rauner Illinois – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.wirepoints.com/irrational-exuberance-in-a-post-rauner-illinois/

 

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Pritzker staffers’ salaries at least $30K higher than those in largest states The governor’s practice of supplementing state pay with personal wealth is rare nationally – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/pritzker-staffers-pay-at-least-30k-higher-than-those-in-largest-states

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— New state law aims to protect pets from reckless dog owners – Jordyn Pair
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/new-state-law-aims-to-protect-pets-from-reckless-dog/article_f3b609d8-1942-11e9-aa29-cf20b6a812f3.html

 

FOX NEWS
— E-Verify employees can return to work despite partial government shutdown, DHS says – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/e-verify-employees-can-return-to-work-despite-partial-government-shutdown
— In shutdown fight with Trump, Dems reject immigration deal they once sponsored – Alex Pappas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/in-shutdown-fight-dems-reject-deal-they-once-sponsored

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Homeland Security citizenship office to bring back workers, with pay, during shutdown E-Verify remains shut down due to lack of congressional appropriations – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/homeland-security-e-verify-workers-back-pay-during/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS reinstating 300 furloughed employees to carry out critical tasks – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dhs-reinstating-300-furloughed-employees-to-carry-out-critical-tasks

 

BREITBART
— MLK Day: Decades Later, Immigration in the Interests of Black America Remains a Dream – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/mlk-day-decades-later-immigration-in-the-interests-of-black-america-remains-a-dream/
— France Builds Trump-Style Wall to Stop Illegals Getting to Britain – Victoria Friedman
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/21/france-builds-trump-style-wall-stop-illegals-getting-uk/
— Pence: Donald Trump’s Work Permit Amnesty-for-Wall Offer Open to More Negotiations – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/21/pence-trumps-work-permit-amnesty-for-wall-offer-open-to-more-negotiations/
— Rosemary Jenks: GOP Trying to ‘Redefine Amnesty’ Under Trump – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/exclusive-rosemary-jenks-gop-trying-to-redefine-amnesty-under-trump/
— Billionaire Koch Brothers ‘Encouraged’ by Trump’s ‘Step Toward’ Amnesty Deal – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/billionaire-koch-brothers-encouraged-by-trumps-step-toward-amnesty-deal/
— Tim Kaine: ‘Hatred’ Compelling Government Shutdown – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/tim-kaine-hatred-compelling-government-shutdown/
— Jeff Landry: Nancy Pelosi Enjoys Fence Around Her Own Yard While Opposing Southern Border Wall – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/exclusive-jeff-landry-nancy-pelosi-enjoys-fence-around-her-own-yard-while-opposing-southern-border-wall/
— Ocasio-Cortez: No Wall Money for ‘Unstable’ Trump – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/21/ocasio-cortez-no-wall-money-for-unstable-trump/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie Sanders: ‘It gives me no pleasure’ to call Trump a racist – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/bernie-sanders-it-gives-me-no-pleasure-call-trump-/
— ‘American dreamers have the right to dream first’ – Michael Savage (DIERSEN: What did you dream of when you were you were young? I dreamed about having a successful career in the automotive industry. But EEOC ended all that. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That made me unemployed because Firestone had fired me for accepting that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS because I needed a job. I had a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/inside-the-beltway-michael-savage-american-dreamer/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— NOTRE DAME DEEMS COLUMBUS MURALS OFFENSIVE – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272633/notre-dame-deems-columbus-murals-offensive-daniel-greenfield

 

TOWNHALL
— What Greater Irony Than TSA as Shutdown Victims? – Hank Adler (DIERSEN: Who do Americans hate the most, past, present, and future TSA employees or IRS employees?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/hankadler/2019/01/22/what-greater-irony-than-tsa-as-shutdown-victims-n2539375

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— ABC Brings on Spike Lee to Tout Illegals: ‘I Call Them People Seeking Peace’ – Scott Whitlock
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2019/01/21/abc-brings-spike-lee-tout-illegals-i-call-them-people-seeking

 

DAILY CALLER
— DEM. REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES: TRUMP IS ‘THE GRAND WIZARD’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/21/jeffries-trump-wizard-kkk/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— PELOSI-DEMOCRATS ARE IMMORAL, NOT WALLS Mychal Massie says party in for ‘future defeats on a gargantuan scale in 2020’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/pelosi-democrats-are-immoral-not-walls/
— TWITTER ALLOWS ‘VERIFIED’ CALLS FOR VIOLENCE ON PRO-TRUMP TEENS Catholic students targeted after D.C. incident falsely reported
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/twitter-allows-verified-calls-for-violence-on-pro-trump-teens/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats Own the Shutdown – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/the_democrats_own_the_shutdown.html
— Our degenerate media – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/our_degenerate_media.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Call-Out Conservatives Join the Left’s Lynch Mob – Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/call-out-conservatives-join-the-lefts-lynch-mob/
— ‘Mean-Spirited’ Partisan Extremists – Edward Lulie (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the mean-spirited extremists in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/mean-spirited-partisan-extremists/
— The Left Won’t Allow a Peaceful Separation – Christopher Roach
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/the-left-wont-allow-a-peaceful-separation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The divergence of the desires and needs of the nation’s interior and those of the coastal ruling class has become more pronounced since the election of Trump. Even the “respectable” Democrats, exemplified by Hillary Clinton, have a barely concealed contempt for middle America. She, of course, infamously labeled Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” But Obama himself earlier let the mask slip, dismissing religion and guns as a false consciousness, to which the working class “clings bitterly” as transferred aggression from their economic and social decline. Perhaps this insulting language is so casual and automatic, because this is also how the Republican Party has treated its voters. Until Trump, the GOP saw itself as one wing of a responsible governing class. All the talk of shrinking the government and the culture war was just overheated rhetoric that no one in power seriously believed. The party’s leadership functioned to divert its voters discontent into an agenda more palatable to the ruling class. Thus, every campaign sounded like the second coming of Paul Revere, but in the end, the practical outcome was some work on the margins related to tax cuts. For issues like gay marriage, abortion, immigration, crime, and affirmative action, the Republican leadership mostly tried to avoid them altogether. After every electoral loss, the solution was to be less divisive and to focus on economic issues. This was the party leadership’s official recommendation following Mitt Romney’s loss in 2012, as if this milquetoast establishment hack’s defeat was the result of him being too conservative. The friction between the coasts and the interior is not merely political; it’s cultural, religious, economic, and demographic. The intensity of the friction has led, in recent times, to the suggestion we may be on the brink of a kind of civil war. We see hints of similar divisions in Europe, where Brexit and the Gilets Jaunes protests are fundamentally populist and have occasioned maniacal responses by the ruling class. Separation Would Be Preferable to the Current Hostilities  One solution proffered from time to time is a peaceful separation. Observers on the Right and the Left have suggested that the rift is simply too deep and serious to be resolved, and that the mutual interest of everyone concerned would benefit by a divorce, whether deemed secession or an invigoration of local autonomy or something else. . .The Left Is Totalitarian By Nature Leftism is not simply one opinion among many. For the Left’s votaries, it’s closer to a religion. It’s not enough that one is himself a vegan, drives a Prius, doesn’t own guns, rejects the traditional family, or anything else that goes with the lifestyle. It is essential that everyone else does so. Any deviations are “backwardness” and “divisive” or worse.)

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-abortion activists loudly protest March for Life conference, admit they read LifeSiteNews – Doug Mainwarin (DIERSEN: The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party Platform.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-abortion-activists-loudly-protest-march-for-life-conference-admit-they

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Highlights Democrats’ Unwillingness to Negotiate on Wall, Shutdown – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-highlights-democrats-unwillingness-to-negotiate-on-wall-shutdown_2774181.html

 

THE HILL
— 2020 Dems seize on MLK Day for campaign messaging – MICHAEL BURKE (DIERSEN: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426336-2020-dems-seize-on-mlk-day-for-campaign-message

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Top House Democrat Likens Trump To KKK Grand Wizard In MLK Day Slugfest Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats connected Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights struggle to the fight against Trump today. – Daniel Marans (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you do not hate Trump, Trump-haters will call you a racist and even worse things. How will you respond? Ever-increasing, people respond by becoming Trump-haters.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-grand-wizard-martin-luther-king-day-democrats_us_5c464e00e4b0bfa693c65088

 

POLITICO
— GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising ‘Patriot Pass’ is the Republican Party’s answer to ActBlue, Democrats’ online money behemoth. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/republican-fundraising-patriot-pass-1116642

 

CNN
— Why Trump’s MAGA hats have become a potent symbol of racism – Issac Bailey (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/opinions/maga-hat-has-become-a-potent-racist-symbol-bailey/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Bernie Sanders: President Trump is a ‘racist’ (DIERSEN: Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they will call you a racist if you do not call Trump a racist.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/bernie-sanders-president-trump-racist-n961036
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel criticized Sanders in a response over Twitter. “Absolutely disgusting and wrong. [Trump] has brought African American and Hispanic unemployment to record lows, passed historic criminal justice reform. Even worse that Bernie is using MLK Day to make an incendiary comment like that,” she said.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against doing anything to stop Mexico from bringing illegal drugs into America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/nyregion/el-chapo-trial-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use MLK 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, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/biden-crime-bill-regrets.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump and Pence give surprise addresses at antiabortion March for Life – Michelle Boorstein, Michelle Boorstein, Julie Zauzmer and
Marisa Iati
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/01/18/march-life-says-its-pro-science-despite-medical-consensus-favoring-abortion-access/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-dems-mlk-20190121-story.html

 

CBS DENVER
— Tackling Ageism: Groups Push Lawmakers To Make Colorado Age-Friendly State – Shaun Boyd (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination big time a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) they what to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/ageism-colorado-age-friendly-state/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Wall Marks a Deep Cultural Divide Fight over extension of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico has crystallized a divide between those happy with the evolving face of America and those alarmed by it – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Democrats want America to be 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.wsj.com/articles/the-wall-marks-a-deep-cultural-divide-11548083260
— The ‘Hybrid’ Skills That Tomorrow’s Jobs Will Require – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hybrid-skills-that-tomorrows-jobs-will-require-11547994266
— The Crippling Cost of 70% Tax Rates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal would smother investment and innovation, leaving America poorer. – Edward Conard
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-crippling-cost-of-70-tax-rates-11548104300
— Pelosi’s Dreamer Pawns Democrats won’t talk even after Trump offers extended legal status. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosis-dreamer-pawns-11548103367
— The Women’s March Follows Farrakhan off a Cliff Its leaders’ anti-Semitism drives off the Democratic Party and the Southern Poverty Law Center. – Elliot Kaufman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-womens-march-follows-farrakhan-off-a-cliff-11548104190
— The Shaming of Karen Pence A mob of secular Puritans targets her for teaching at a Christian school. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shaming-of-karen-pence-11548104530

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana – Erik Brady (DIERSEN: Pot pushers want everyone in America to be a stoner, including you, your sisters and brothers, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, and everyone else.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/Ad-Meter/buzz-meter/2019/01/22/super-bowl-cbs-rejects-ad-benefits-medical-marijuana/2639175002/
— Why you need to have purpose in your daily life even when you retire – Robert Powell (DIERSEN: What is your purpose in life? Mine is to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform. Those who work against me 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 Milton Township Republican Central Committee 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.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/12/26/retirement-planning-how-find-your-purpose-after-you-stop-working/2406313002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Deck is stacked against female retirees – Susan Tompor (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 female 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a female in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted females in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a female in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a female in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/16/gender-pay-gap-retirement-401-k/2591646002/

 

NEW YORKER
— Does Journalism Have a Future? In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face. – Jill Lepore (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. They do everything that they can a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/does-journalism-have-a-future

January 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois’ new governor touts legal marijuana, but will he remove roadblocks to expand medical pot? – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: By using/wanting pot, you shout that you have very serious mental and/or physical health problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-medical-marijuana-lawsuits-pritzker-20190120-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Could new referendum change road merger plan in Naperville, Lisle townships? – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/could-new-referendum-change-road-merger-plan-in-naperville-lisle-townships

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— You’re not imagining it: That property tax pain is real Residential property tax collections have grown three times faster than incomes in Illinois since 2000. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/youre-not-imagining-it-property-tax-pain-real

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Durbin ‘ready to sit down and talk’ about deal to end shutdown – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190120/durbin-ready-to-sit-down-and-talk-about-deal-to-end-shutdown
— Martin Luther King’s influence resonates in Illinois – Maudlyne Ihejirika (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.sj-r.com/news/20190120/martin-luther-kings-influence-resonates-in-illinois

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Shutdown goes on as Trump offer doesn’t budge Democrats – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/shutdown-goes-on-as-trump-offer-doesnt-budge-democrats-01-21-2019

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities – RACHEL COHEN (DIERSEN: To engage in LGBTQ activity is to tremendously increase your risk of having health problems.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/medical-students-push-more-lgbt-health-training-address-disparities#stream/0
— Pension Buyout Participation Rate Higher Than Expected, Early Numbers Show – SAM DUNKLAU (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old forced my Civil Service Retirement System pension to be reduced by 12%. Instead of $60,586/year, it is only $53,316/year, or $7,270/year less. SEE: http://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/csrs-information/computation/)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/pension-buyout-participation-rate-higher-expected-early-numbers-show#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Public employees hired before 2011–and who have worked for at least eight years–get an annual three percent boost when they collect their pensions. That adds to what the retirees bring in, but also the cost of Illinois’ pension debt. So, state lawmakers introduced the option as part of last year’s budget. State retirees can now choose to swap the three percent annual adjustment on their pensions for a lump sum payment–70 percent of what they would have gotten. They also get to keep their base pension and 1.5 percent adjustment each year. Tim Blair is the Executive Secretary for Illinois’ State Employees Retirement System. He says the deal isn’t a panacea.)

 

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois’ lethal combination: Rising property taxes and stagnant incomes – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-lethal-combination-rising-property-taxes-and-stagnant-incomes/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHAT IS A MAN? A RESPONSE TO GILLETTE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/what-is-a-man-a-response-to-gillette.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump yields on 3 immigration policies in effort to reach compromise on wall – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/20/donald-trump-yields-on-3-immigration-policies/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Hawkish Democrats, Anti-War Republicans? Thank Trump I used to worry that a president Hillary Clinton would make Dems more militaristic. It turns out Donald did the trick. – JACK HUNTER
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/hawkish-democrats-anti-war-republicans-thank-trump/

 

DAILY CALLER
— GILLIBRAND DOESN’T THINK TRUMP’S ‘RACIST’ BORDER POLICIES WERE RACIST WHEN SHE SUPPORTED THEM – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/20/gillibrand-border-racist-trump/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Colleges honor MLK with former communist leader, #MeToo activist, and Women’s March leader – Jon Street
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11773

 

WGLT
— IWU Welcomes Black Liberation Activist For MLK Day Teach-In – MARY CULLEN
http://www.wglt.org/post/iwu-welcomes-black-liberation-activist-mlk-day-teach#stream/0

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WOMEN VICIOUSLY ATTACK BLACK TRUMP SUPPORTER AT WOMEN’S MARCH Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson – ‘Repeatedly calling me a n-gger!’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/women-viciously-attack-black-trump-supporter-at-womens-march/

 

TOWNHALL
— Sorry, Trump’s Wall Speech Was Brilliant – Larry Provost Larry Provost
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryprovost/2019/01/21/sorry-trumps-wall-speech-was-brilliant-n2539341
— Why Do GOP Politicians Obligingly Eat Their Own? – Sheriff David Clarke (Ret.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/sheriffdavidclarke(ret)/2019/01/21/why-do-gop-politicians-obligingly-eat-their-own-n2539339

 

CNS NEWS
— Gillibrand Explains Her Flip on Amnesty for Illegal Aliens: Empathy – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/gillibrand-explains-her-flip-amnesty-illegal-aliens-empathy

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Anti-Trump media touts fake news to whip up mob against pro-life kids. They should be ashamed
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/anti-trump-media-touts-fake-news-to-whip-up-mob-against-pro-life-kids.-they

 

POLITICO
— Trump tweets three dozen times on Day 30 of shutdown The president’s feed overflowed with messages of support from lawmakers, James Woods and Jacob Wohl’s dad. – QUINT FORGEY
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/20/trump-tweet-shutdown-1116078

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Push Trump Immigration Plan, Seeking to Corner Democrats on Shutdown – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/us/politics/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-pence.html
— Trump’s Deal Meets With Skepticism Among Immigrants in Texas – Miriam Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/us/border-wall-daca-tps-trump-reaction.html
— Want to Close the Pay Gap? Pay Transparency Will Help It may not be the cure-all to inequity, but we need a starting point. – Kristin Wong (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors used the extreme subjectivity and extreme transparency in their pay-for-performance system a) to reward their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, an/or younger and b) to punish their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/smarter-living/pay-wage-gap-salary-secrecy-transparency.html

 

PRESTON BUSINESS REVIEW
— March for Life declares victory as media downplay it despite VP visit – Caroline Biscotti
https://prestonbusinessreview.com/march-for-life-declares-victory-as-media-downplay-it-despite-vp-visit/65864/

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— U.S. may never escape the pit of identity politics – Jim Tanner, Brookline, MA
https://www.ft.com/content/84ab84c8-1b22-11e9-b93e-f4351a53f1c3

 

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Who Is a Women’s College For? As transgender students claim their space, traditionalists see an identity crisis – Nora Caplan-Bricker
https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/caplan-bricker

 

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP SAYS FEDERAL WORKERS AWAITING PAYCHECKS ARE ‘GREAT PATRIOTS’: ‘WE WILL WIN BIG’ – DAVID BRENNAN
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-government-shutdown-border-wall-federal-employees-pay-salary-1298751

 

THINK PROGRESS
— LGBTQ leaders warned about a Trump presidency. Two years later, it’s clear they were right. The Trump administration has undermined LGBTQ rights at every turn. – ZACK FORD
https://thinkprogress.org/lgbtq-leaders-warned-about-a-trump-presidency-two-years-later-its-clear-they-were-right-74fc635bd655/