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February 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

— Illinois Governor candidate Jeanne Ives spoke at an outstanding Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meeting Wednesday evening, February 14, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. Ives received a standing ovation. In addition, MTRCC held outstanding candidate forums for DuPage County Board District 6 (Wiley and Zay) and for Illinois House District 46 (Kinzler & Orozco) and for judicial candidates (MacKay & Wilson). Bob Grogan announced his candidacy for 6th Congressional District Illinois Republican Party State Central Committeeman. Marty Keller announced that he would be resigning as Milton Township Trustee effective February 28, 2018 and taking over CERT responsibilities for the township. Attendees included Almiron, Bibbiano, Breen, Byrne, Carlson, Caruso, Chinchilla, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Eckhoff, Elliott, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Grant, Hinchy, Hinds, Holder, Keller, LeVan, Lewis, Lofgren, Lollino, McGowen, Mendrick, Minor, Moffett, Molitor, Muehlfelt, A. & B. Murphy, Nathwani, Prater, Rash, Ruscitti, Ryan, Shaw, Slinger, Tatro, Thomas, Wehling, Whelan, and C & J. Zaruba. – Dave Diersen

https://gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bill Clinton is now nowhere man as #MeToo is made ready for 2018 – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-bill-clinton-metoo-kass-0215-story.html
— Aurora officials have concerns with governor’s pension proposal – Sarah Freishtat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-rauner-reaction-st-0215-20180214-story.html
— Senators say they are close to a bipartisan immigration plan, but Trump warns against it – Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-senate-immigration-20180214-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who anti-men promote those who are anti-men.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glencoe/news/ct-gln-womens-march-anniversary-tl-0215-20180214-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote the anti-Trump Duckworth. What insulting name would/does Duckworth call me? I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. Of course, she would/does hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for fear of being drafted, I never would have had the motivation to a) take college preparatory classes in high school, b) graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, c) get an ACT score of 24, d) get accepted by UIC in 1966 and by NIU in 1969, or e) graduate from NIU in 1970. Of course, she would/does hint/imply/argue/shout that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment in 1970 was fraudulent.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-tammy-duckworth-20180215-story.html
— Pritzker on Madigan’s handling of sexual harassment complaint: ‘It shouldn’t take that long’ (DIERSEN: To discredit me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my partial day per diem requests in 1974 and postponed resolution of my grievance as long as they could. They hinted/implied that my partial day per diem requests were fraudulent. However, GAO upheld an arbitrator’s ruling in my favor in 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866. To further discredit me, Money Magazine and my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978. However, I took IRS to Tax Court and won a split decision.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-pritzker-madigan-sexual-harassment-complaint-story.html
— Can the world agree upon a ‘common memory’ of the Holocaust? – Mona Sue Weissmark (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American. What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-holocaust-auschwitz-dachau-buchenwald-jewish-memory-0215-20180214-story.html
— EPA chief says he flies first class due to security concerns – AP (DIERSEN: As anti-Trumps get more and more and more aggressive, nasty, threatening, etc., should members of the following groups stop using public transportation: 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?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/sns-bc-us–epa-pruitt-travel-20180214-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Students: Shooting suspect harassed peers, bragged about gun – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/students-shooting-suspect-harassed-peers-bragged-about-gun/
— Pritzker takes a while to say Madigan took too long to fire aide – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes remain furious a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years, b) that IRS hired me in 1971 and let me work there for almost 9 years, c) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, d) that GAO hired me in 1980 and let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) that GAO promoted me in 1986.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kept out: How banks block people of color from homeownership – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not been White, a) I would not have been able to get a mortgage in 1972 when I was 24 years old to buy a new town home in University Park, to buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, or to buy a one bedroom in that building in 1976 and b) my wife and I would not have been able to get a mortgage to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 or to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180215/business/302159997/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A new way to survey the public when people won’t answer the phone anymore – HOWARD WOLINSKY (DIERSEN: Any survey of me should correctly conclude that a) I support all the planks in the Republican Party and Illinois Republican Party platforms including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) that I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of the First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, class warfare, etc.)

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180215/ISSUE01/180219987

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner’s budget leans on local schools, state workers – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180214/rauners-budget-leans-on-local-schools-state-workers
— Rauner’s budget gets cool reception from lawmakers, opponents – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180214/rauners-budget-gets-cool-reception-from-lawmakers-opponents
— Is Rauner’s budget balanced? Legislative leaders disagree – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180214/is-rauners-budget-balanced-legislative-leaders-disagree
— Horses, tractors and racetracks. House candidate’s videos have them all – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180214/schoenburg-horses-tractors-and-racetracks-house-candidates-videos-have-them-all

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois Family Action endorses Marter, GOP challenger for Kinzinger’s House seat
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/02/13/family-group-endorses-marter-gop-challenger-for-kinzingers-house-seat/ajt8p4q/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Group seeks $65,000 to replace roof on historic McKee House – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/02/13/group-seeks-65-000-to-replace-roof-on-historic-mckee-house/aiig0qs/

 

WNNS
— Ives: Rauner Budget Is ‘Unbalanced & Phony’
http://www.wnns.com/2018/02/14/ives-rauner-budget-is-unbalanced-phony/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who anti-men promote those who are anti-men.
http://nprillinois.org/post/women-rising-push-gender-parity-state-government#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— J.B. Pritzker talks race politics Why should millennials vote for him? Legalized weed. – Mark Konkol
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/jb-pritzker-interview-african-american-wiretap/Content?oid=41090514

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney Working to Defeat Rauner-Madigan Teacher Pension Shift to Local Property Taxpayers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/15/mcsweeney-working-to-defeat-rauner-madigan-teacher-pensi on-shift-to-local-property-taxpayers/
— Past Highway Commissioner Bob Miller Son-in-Law Andrew Rosencrans Received Over $24,000 in “Miscellaneous” Income from Algonquin Township Road District Since 2013
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/15/bob-miller-son-in-law-andrew-rosencrans-received-over-24000-in-miscellaneous-income-from-algonquin-township-road-district-since-2013/
— Melissa Victor Makes Issue Out of Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser Legal and Computer Forensic Audit Bills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/15/melissa-victor-makes-issue-out-of-gasser-legal-and-computer-forensic-audit-bills/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Morrison says GOP endorsements need to be transparent, sees Ives as better for Illinois – Chandra Lye
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511344644-morrison-says-gop-endorsements-need-to-be-transparent-sees-ives-as-better-for-illinois

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— 17-year-old Aurora precinct committeeman has had a rough introduction to politics – Karen Kidd
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511344648-17-year-old-aurora-precinct-committeeman-has-had-a-rough-introduction-to-politics

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Rauner’s pension proposal meets backlash Time for negotiations, Manar says – Megan Swett
http://illinoistimes.com/article-19702-rauners-pension-proposal-meets-backlash.html

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— New poll: Rauner more unpopular than Trump in Illinois
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-new-poll-rauner-more-unpopular-than-trump-in-illinois/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner airs tax cut TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/15/rauner-airs-tax-cut-tv-ad/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CPAC BANS PRO-FAMILY GROUP FOR ‘TONE’ TOWARD ‘GAYS’ Conservative summit promotes traditional marriage, but insults ‘cross line’ – ART MOORE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are banned.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/cpac-bans-pro-family-group-for-tone-toward-gays/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats, RINOs team up on DACA plan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39429

 

BREITBART
— MassResistance Pro-Family Group Banned at CPAC – DR. SUSAN BERRY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are banned.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/14/massresistance-pro-family-group-banned-at-cpac/
— Berkeley Votes to Become ‘Sanctuary City’ for Marijuana Crimes – Joel B. Pollak
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/02/14/berkeley-votes-become-sanctuary-city-marijuana-crimes/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump, a Week After Porter Resigned, Says He’s ‘Totally Opposed’ to Domestic Violence – Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Maggie Haberman and Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be domestic abuser who should be gotten rid of immediately: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/us/politics/john-kelly-rob-porter-security-clearances.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/opinion/porter-trump-domestic-violence.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/opinion/what-the-white-house-knew-about-rob-porter.html
— Trump Gets What He Wants in Immigration Debate: Quiet on the Right – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/politics/conservatives-immigration-trump.html
— New York Will Investigate Reports of Gay Men Denied Insurance – Donald G. McNeil Jr. (DIERSEN: To engage in LGBTQ activity, is to damage your health.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/health/insurance-discrimination-gay-prep.html
— American Fertility Is Falling Short of What Women Want Forecasts show many millennial women won’t fulfill their wishes on family size, and the biggest fertility declines are in Western states. – Lyman Stone (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I the most for our a) giving up trying to have children, b) not adopting, and c) not becoming foster parents?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/american-fertility-is-falling-short-of-what-women-want.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to illegally bring people to America illegally. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats and RINOs want immigrants because they work for less money and they are much more easy to exploit.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-daca-deadline-looms-young-immigrants-plan-for-the-unknown-1518604200
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-peak-tv-era-ready-for-pot-channels-1518620049
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to this article, employers are jettisoning old requirements and seeking workers with transferrable skills. GAO audits IRS. To unethically, if not illegally, force me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors unethically, if not illegally, claimed that the skills I acquired working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, WERE NOT TRANSFERRABLE. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, or a female.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-fill-jobs-in-a-tight-labor-market-employers-may-need-to-get-creative-1518616800

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s 87 picks to be federal judges are 92% white with just one black and one Hispanic nominee – Richard Wolf
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/13/trumps-87-picks-federal-judges-92-white-just-one-black-and-one-hispanic-nominee/333088002/

 

REALTOR
— Standard vs. Itemized Deduction: Which One Should You Take? – Daniel Bortz (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents a) take the standard deduction and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who itemize their deductions.)
https://www.realtor.com/advice/finance/standard-vs-itemized-deduction/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Workforce Plan Stresses Pay for Performance – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Have you worked under pay-for-performance (PFP)? I did during my last 8 years at GAO 1989-1997. Measuring job performance is extremely subjective. To meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat used the subjectivity in their PFP system to get rid of their employees like me who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/pay-benefits-watch/2018/02/workforce-plan-stresses-pay-performance-opm-nominee-advances-and-more/145993/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Facebook Ad Targeting is Incredible—and Scary – Mark Glaser (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website. What does Facebook know about you? Facebook knows that I a) I support all the planks in the Republican Party and Illinois Republican Party platforms including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) that I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of the First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, class warfare, etc.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-facebook-ad-targeting-is-incredible-and-scary/

February 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rauner proposes education spending boost, $50M for Quincy home fix – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-proposes-education-spending-boost-$50m-for-quincy-home-fix/3082673/

 

NBC5
— Read Governor Bruce Rauner’s Full Budget Address Gov. Rauner unveiled his 2019 budget proposal to a General Assembly expecting to hear him explain how he’ll erase a $9 billion deficit
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/read-governor-bruce-rauners-full-budget-address-474084483.html
— Petitions to Save Only Downstate Debate of Governor’s Race Collect Thousands of Signatures – Brendan Pedersen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/wcia-debate-illinois-governor-candidates-biss-kennedy-petition-474077533.html
— Rauner’s Budget Calls For Reduced Spending, Pension Reform Promises $1 billion tax cut – Brendan Pedersen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-budget-calls-for-reduced-spending-pension-reform-474082603.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner’s Budget Sets Sights On State’s Pension Costs – Craig Dellimore,
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/14/rauner-budget-proposal/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner wants $1 billion tax cut with pension fix – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-wants-1-billion-tax-cut-with-pension-fix

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner re-election budget takes aim at two favorite targets: CPS and unionized state workers – Monique Garcia, Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-20180214-story.html
— Primary voters face increasingly wacky ballot lineup – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-lake-county-primary-ballot-st-0215-20180214-story.html
— Time to be retirin’ the FolksyMeter? – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-time-to-be-retirin-the-folksymeter-20180214-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glencoe/news/ct-gln-womens-march-anniversary-tl-0215-20180214-story.html
— Gun-rights hysteria doesn’t sell in the Trump era – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-remington-gun-sales-obama-20180214-story.html
— Rauner’s budget message fits trend — Make the other guy pay – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-rauner-budget-shift-st-0215-20180214-story.html
— Oberweis: Governor presents balanced budget
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton/community/chi-ugc-article-sen-oberweis-governor-presents-balanced-bud-3-2018-02-14-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner urges pension changes, ‘spend only the money we have’ in budget address – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bruce-rauner-state-budget-address-shortfall-health-care-income-tax/
— 11th Congressional District GOP candidate: Constant G. “Connor” Vlakancic
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/11th-congressional-district-republican-candidate-constant-connor-vlakancic-2018-illinois-primary/
— 11th Congressional District GOP candidate: Nick Stella
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/11th-congressional-district-gop-candidate-nick-stella-2018-illinois-primary/
— ENDORSEMENT: Nick Stella for Congress in 11th District Republican Primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/11th-congressional-district-republican-primary-nick-stella-endorsement-2018-illinois-primary/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The women of the White House care so little about women.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-women-of-the-white-house-care-so-little-about-women/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner’s big budget idea: Passing the tab to local governments – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180214/BLOGS02/180219947/rauners-big-budget-idea-passing-the-tab-to-local-governments
— Tolls on expressways? Trump plan says yes. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180214/BLOGS02/180219954/tolls-on-expressways-trump-plan-says-yes

 

DAILY HERALD
— Some Kane County Board members question Lauzen’s reimbursement request – James Fuller (DIERSEN: To discredit me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my partial day per diem requests in 1974. They hinted/implied that my requests were fraudulent. However, GAO upheld an arbitrator’s ruling in my favor in 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866. To discredit me, Money Magazine and my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978. However, I took IRS to Tax Court and won a split decision.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180214/some-kane-county-board-members-question-lauzens-reimbursement-request
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE ELGIN COMMUNITY TIGHTENS: Elgin community gathers to protest rape culture – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180214/elgin-community-gathers-to-protest-rape-culture
— Naperville not certain pedal pubs fit with ‘downtown culture’ – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180214/naperville-not-certain-pedal-pubs-fit-with-downtown-culture

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Reactions to Gov. Rauner’s budget address
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180214/reactions-to-gov-rauners-budget-address

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Ives: Madigan should step down over handling of sexual harassment complaint
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511344579-ives-madigan-should-step-down-over-handling-of-sexual-harassment-complaint

 

  1. LOUIS POST GAZETTE
    — ‘Progressive’ income tax may be hot topic in Illinois campaign – Pat Gauen
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/gauen-progressive-income-tax-may-be-hot-topic-in-illinois/article_e0855002-5b64-5018-82f4-00b6006e9d4e.html

 

CHAMBANA SUN
— Caulkins says lottery chairman violated ‘unspoken oath’ – Glenn Minnis
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511332963-caulkins-says-lottery-chairman-violated-unspoken-oath

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Ives must cancel Thursday’s speech by #MeToo Denier Dan Proft
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-ives-must-cancel-thursdays-speech-by-metoo-denier-dan-proft

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rauner Budget Makes Income Tax Increase Permanent and Raises Property Taxes
https://mailchi.mp/b553560a01a0/ives-rauner-budget-to-make-the-income-tax-increase-permeant-and-raise-property-taxes
— Rauner Sits Out Infrastructure Meeting with President Trump
https://ivesforillinois.com/rauner-sits-out-infrastructure-meeting-with-president-trump/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Proposes Shifting Teacher Pension Payments to Local Taxpayers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/14/rauner-proposes-shifting-teacher-pension-payments-to-local-taxpayers/
— Franks Endorses Casten to Run Against Roskam
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/14/franks-endorses-casten-to-fun-against-roskam/
— Anna May Miller Took Home $31,146 in “Misc” Income since 2013
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/14/anna-may-miller-took-home-31146-in-misc-income-since-2013/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Conservatives 2nd Nybo’s call to investigate Rauner-funded Illinois Policy Institute
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/02/13/investigate-rauner-illinois-policy-institute-pals/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RETAILERS ABOUT RAUNER BUDGET SPEECH: RAZOR THIN MARGINS BLAMED ON REGS, MANDATES AND TAXES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/retailers-about-rauner-budget-speech-razor-thin-margins-blamed-on-regs-mandates-and-taxes.html
— DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION: RAUNER DROVE ILLINOIS’ FINANCES INTO THE GROUND; MAKES MIDDLE CLASS PAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/democrat-governors-association-rauner-drove-illinois-finances-into-the-ground-makes-middle-class-pay.html
— IL TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION DISSES RAUNER’S WORKERS’ COMP REFORM PROPOSAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/il-trial-lawyers-association-disses-rauners-workers-comp-reform-proposal.html
— IL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ABOUT RAUNER BUDGET: LOCAL GOVT FUND CUT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT CITIZENS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/il-municipal-league-about-rauner-budget-speech-local-govt-fund-cut-would-negatively-impact-citizens.html
— IMA ON RAUNER BUDGET SPEECH: MANUFACTURING GROWTH LAGS DUE TO FAILED TAX AND REG POLICIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ima-on-rauner-budget-speech-manufacturing-growth-lags-due-to-failed-tax-and-reg-policies.html
— CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON RAUNER BUDGET SPEECH: STAND READY TO WORK ON NEEDED BUSINESS REFORMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/chamber-of-commerce-on-rauner-budget-speech-stand-ready-to-work-on-needed-business-reforms.html
— GOVERNOR RAUNER SEEKS BILLION DOLLAR INCOME TAX CUT IN WEDNESDAY’S BUDGET SPEECH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/governor-rauner-seeks-billion-dollar-income-tax-cut-in-wednesdays-budget-speech.html
— THORNER: SENATOR ALTHOFF CALLS ON IL GOP FAITHFUL TO “HOLD THE PARTY TOGETHER” AT LINCOLN DAY DINNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/thorner-senator-calls-on-il-gop-faithful-to-hold-the-party-together-at-lincoln-day-dinner.html

 

CBN NEWS
— Tea Party Anger Mounts as Congress ‘Puts the Cart Before the Horse’ on Immigration – Paul Strand
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2018/february/tea-party-anger-mounts-as-congress-puts-the-cart-before-the-horse-on-immigration

 

GOPUSA
— Gregg Popovich, Spurs coach, says U.S. ‘racist country’ (DIERSEN: Those who hint/imply/argue/shout that American is a racist county have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39338

 

BLAZE
— Men across the country are fighting the quiet, unbearable war of the falsely accused – Natasha Pascetta (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/14/commentary-men-across-the-country-are-fighting-the-quiet-unbearable-war-of-the-falsely-accused/

 

POLITICO
— Third White House official resigns after being told he wouldn’t qualify for full clearance National Economic Council official George David Banks departed amid increasing scrutiny of the Trump administration’s decision to let multiple staffers work on interim clearances. – ANDREW RESTUCCIA
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/14/third-white-house-official-resigns-after-being-told-he-wouldnt-qualify-for-full-clearance-409246

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— It’s Not As Easy As You Think To Spot A Gerrymandered Map Our electoral districts have really weird shapes. Figuring out if they’re gerrymandered takes some deeper digging. – Sam Levine (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gerrymandering-strange-maps_us_5a848498e4b0ab6daf454f1e

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Threatens to Veto Immigration Bills that Don’t Meet His Demands – Michael D. Shear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/us/politics/trump-immigration-veto-threat.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Trump administration is abandoning McDonald’s workers — and everyone else.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/09/the-trump-administration-is-abandoning-mcdonalds-workers-and-everyone-else/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Wheaton College ‘punished’ football players who ‘kidnapped, beat and sexually assaulted’ freshman in brutal hazing ritual by asking them to write an eight-page essay and complete community service – JENNIFER SMITH
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5392317/Light-punishment-Christian-college-gave-boys-hazing.html

February 14 Morning Edition

CBS2
— State Budget, Politics To Collide In Springfield Wednesday – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/13/state-budget-politics-to-collide-in-springfield-wednesday/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lawmakers flock to new Obama plaque at Illinois Capitol – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: As retirees in Illinois are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being undeservedly filthy rich and even worse things, will politicians start taxing retirement income?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-barack-obama-illinois-house-20180214-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State lawmakers are lining up like tourists in the Illinois House to take selfies in front of a new plaque that commemorates former President Barack Obama’s 2016 speech to lawmakers in the Illinois House. The marker hangs behind the speaker’s podium, where Obama delivered his remarks. In his speech, the then-president called on lawmakers to set partisan differences aside and work toward ending the longest budget impasse in Illinois history. That stalemate ended last summer, when lawmakers voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto and raise income taxes. The Republican governor will give his budget address at noon Wednesday near the new commemorative hardware.)
— OUTSTANDING: Commission advises against pedal pubs, or bars on wheels, in downtown Naperville – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-pedal-pub-downtown-advisory-st-0214-20180212-story.html
— Mike Madigan flunks the #MeToo test – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, all men flunk the #MeToo test if they fail/refuse to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn all older White men as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-harassment-madigan-hampton-quinn-20180213-story.html
— GOP candidate’s parents contributed maximum — to his potential Democratic opponent – Alex Horton (DIERSEN: What motivates you to help elect a candidate? For me, it is their convincing me that if elected, a) they can and will defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) they would vote against/veto anything that promotes LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-gop-senate-candidate-donations-20180213-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Was the Speaker listening? Woman questions why Madigan took months to fire aide – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-madigan-would-have-never-fired-alleged-harasser-without-her-going-public/
— ENDORSEMENT: Kelly Mazeski for Congress in 6th District Democratic Primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-6th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-kelly-mazeski-2018-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Aurora approves city’s first gay pride parade – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity promote hatred of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity. Soon, if not already, if you fail/refuse to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will be stopped from getting an education, from getting a job, from etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180213/aurora-approves-citys-first-gay-pride-parade
— West Chicago High School teachers ready to strike Friday if no agreement – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180213/w-chicago-high-teachers-ready-to-strike-friday-if-no-agreement
— Jhingan dropped from 8th District GOP primary – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180213/jhingan-dropped-from-8th-district-gop-primary
— Find out how to address opioid issues in the workplace – Kim Mikus (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180208/find-out-how-to-address-opioid-issues-in-the-workplace
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opioid issues in the workplace can include: drug-free workplace policy, understanding the law for prescription drug use at work, signs of impairment and abuse, safe handling, operating machinery and driving while using opioids and the impact on workers’ compensation.)
— Shaun White apologizes for calling sexual misconduct lawsuit ‘gossip’ – JAKE SEINERAP (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have painted me as being a spammer, as being someone who spreads false rumors, and even worse things. Should I sue them?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20180214/shaun-white-apologizes-for-calling-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-gossip

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan’s #MeToo moment: Is he history? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180213/BLOGS02/180219960/-metoo-moment-for-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan
— Why shouldn’t Illinois Medicaid recipients work? – ROBERT KAESTNER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180213/OPINION/180219973/why-shouldnt-illinois-medicaid-recipients-work

 

ABC7
— Suburban police, professionals struggle with growing funeral violence – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
http://abc7chicago.com/suburban-police-professionals-struggle-with-growing-funeral-violence/3073920/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Mayor, aldermen play blame game over budget – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Who blames you and for what? I should write a book about those who have blamed me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180213/mayor-aldermen-play-blame-game-over-budget

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Senate President offers advice to Rauner ahead of Wednesday’s budget address – Rachel Droze (DIERSEN: One could argue that Rauner is taking advice from those who want him to use the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform, that is, he is taking advice from those who want to destroy the IRP. What do IRP State Central Committee candidates have to say about that?)
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/senate-president-offers-advice-to-rauner-ahead-of-wednesdays-budget-address

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Budget Counts On Tax Hike – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-budget-counts-tax-hike#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers outraged after Quincy Vets Home residents test positive for Legionnaires’ – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lawmakers-outraged-after-quincy-vets-home-residents-test-positive-for-legionnaires

 

PLAINFIELD PATCH
— Murder Capitals: 2 Illinois Cities (Chicago and East St. Louis) On List An Illinois city was ranked the No. 1 “Murder Capital” in the nation. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/plainfield/murder-capitals-2-illinois-cities-list

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Demand Rauner Show Up for a Second Debate (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate debates for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Stella v. Vlakancic, e) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne, f) Kinzler v. Orozco, g) Zito v. Khouri, h) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, i) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Gavanes, j) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully, k) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, l) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, m) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, n) etc.)
https://ivesforillinois.com/demand-rauner-show-up-for-a-second-debate/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— IL Republican Party Vs. IL Rauner Party
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/il-republican-party-vs-il-rauner-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two more residents of the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy are sick with Legionnaires. Rauner is on top of this, right? All under control? Is Rauner going to make a call to President Trump for federal assistance or is he too busy boasting about not having a relationship with the White House? Is Rauner’s lack of leadership going to leave Illinois out of major federal infrastructure funding? Illinois State Representative for the 52nd District, Dave McSweeney joins Dan and Amy to discuss.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Call for Madigan to step down as speaker comes from both sides of aisle – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511344364-call-for-madigan-to-step-down-as-speaker-comes-from-both-sides-of-aisle

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Abolishing Office of McHenry Township Road Commissioner Set for November Ballot
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/13/abolishing-office-of-mchenry-township-road-commissioner-set-for-november-ballot/
— Five Applicants Vying For Open County Auditor Position (DIERSEN: See Section 3 of the application. I had to give similar financial information to my Democrat superiors each year while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. They used that financial information to demonize, denigrate, condemn me, and then my wife and I, as being undeservedly filthy rich. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were moral relativists who believed that their end justified their means. They were disciples of Saul Alinsky. They promoted envy and class warfare. They stressed the money that I spent on new cars, tuition, real estate, collector cars, etc. They stressed the money that my wife and I had saved for our retirement. Those who had children painted themselves as being poor because of how tremendously expensive it is to raise children.)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/12/five-applicants-vying-for-open-county-auditor-position/
— Looking at Miscellaneous Income Paid Algonquin Township Highway Department Employees Since 2012
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/13/looking-at-miscellaneous-income-paid-algonquin-township-highway-department-employees-since-2012/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Four leaders gather in governor’s office for first time in 14 months
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/14/four-leaders-gather-in-governors-office-for-first-time-in-14-months/
— Rauner reboots cost shifts, pension consideration, capital plan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/14/rauner-reboots-cost-shifts-pension-consideration-capital-plan/
— Pritzker campaign takes preemptive shot at Rauner budget
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/14/pritzker-campaign-takes-preemptive-shot-at-rauner-budget/

 

GOPUSA
— Barack Obama’s portrait artist, painted black women beheading white women
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39350

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— A NEW LOOK INTO POVERTY IN AMERICA – Star Parker (DIERSEN: To fight poverty, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/a-new-look-into-poverty-in-america/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Nominates 11th Wave of Federal Judges – KEN KLUKOWSKI (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, Peter Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge, Amy J. St. Eve, and the attorney who represented GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald. All of the aforesaid made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Eve granted Patrick Fitzgerald’s motion to deny me my 7th Amendment rights, that is, to deny me a jury trial. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that Peter Fitzgerald, Eve, and Patrick Fitzgerald viewed me as being someone who was lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/02/13/trump-nominates-11th-wave-of-federal-judges/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amy St. Eve for the Seventh Circuit. A graduate of Cornell Law School, she is a former federal prosecutor and private litigator. St. Eve is currently a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as well as an instructor at Northwestern University’s law school.)

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Worst Colleges for Free Speech in America (DIERSEN: DePaul gets a “Lifetime Censorship Award.” I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech.html

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and/or anti-Trump promote Duckworth big time.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/14/duckworth-i-cant-technically-take-maternity-leave-407279

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly pot pushers use medical pot to push recreational pot. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/nyregion/marijuana-lawsuit-trump-sessions.html
— Fake News and Bots May Be Worrisome, but Their Political Power Is Overblown It’s very hard to change people’s minds, especially when so many are already committed partisans. – Brendan Nyhan (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who a) focus on discouraging me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out and/or b) focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/fake-news-and-bots-may-be-worrisome-but-their-political-power-is-overblown.html
— The F.B.I., Domestic Abuse and the White House: A Timeline of the Rob Porter Scandal The White House has shifted its story about how and when members of the administration learned about the domestic abuse allegations that forced a top aide to resign. – Michael D. Shear and Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/rob-porter-fbi-white-house-timeline.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: White House Let Rob Porter Keep Job Even After Receiving Final F.B.I. Report – Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/rob-porter-fbi-background-check.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— As foreign hackers plot next attack, Washington struggles to shore up vulnerable voting systems – EVAN HALPER and CHRIS MEGERIAN
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-elections-security-20180213-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Lawyer Says He Personally Paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 Campaign-finance experts said Michael Cohen’s payment, even if he footed the bill, likely violated election rules – Rebecca Ballhaus, Joe Palazzolo and Michael Rothfeld (DIERSEN: 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.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-says-he-personally-paid-stormy-daniels-1518585093
— The New Tax Law: State and Local Tax Deductions The tax overhaul caps the deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000 per return – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. The $10,000 SALT cap discourages marriage and home ownership. My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978. Further under the new Republican tax law, if there was no marriage penalty, instead of $10,000, the SALT cap would be $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-tax-law-state-and-local-tax-deductions-1518542356
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new cap will also affect many married couples who file jointly more than it will affect singles, as the $10,000 limit is per return and not per person. Some Wall Street Journal readers have asked whether two spouses can each file separately for 2018 and claim two $10,000 deductions. The answer is no. Although married couples can file separate returns, in this case each spouse would get a $5,000 deduction for state and local taxes. To qualify for two $10,000 deductions, the couple would have to divorce.)
— Americans Want Big Government Responsible leaders should now inform the people how much that’s going to cost. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: Members of Group A have always wanted big government and members of Group B pay more taxes. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-want-big-government-1518564556
— U.S. Households Shoulder Record $13.15 Trillion Debt to End 2017 Strong confidence, rising wages bolster increase in borrowing for the 14th straight quarter – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: How much debt are you shouldering? My wife and I have been debt-free ever since we paid off our mortgage in the 1990s. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-household-debt-up-193-billion-to-13-15-trillion-to-end-2017-1518537600

 

USA TODAY
— Users are moving on from Facebook ‘Toxic mess’ helping drive many from social network. Jessica Guynn
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20180214/281724090017441 (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)

 

CBS BOSTON
— The Worst Job In America – Jon Keller (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs that I had were very bad jobs that they never would have stooped to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/02/14/john-kelly-chief-of-staff-jon-keller-wbz/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What is the worst job in America? Septic tank emptier? Toxic waste cleanup specialist? Journalist? How about White House chief of staff, the ultra-stressed, short-term employee in charge of managing the day-to-day affairs of the most powerful person on Earth?)

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner Faces $9B Shortfall in Presenting Budget Plan Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner unveils his 2019 budget proposal to a General Assembly expecting to hear him explain how he’ll erase a $9 million deficit. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-02-14/rauner-faces-9b-shortfall-in-presenting-budget-plan

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Pay for Performance is Needed – Howard Risher (DIERSEN: Have you worked under pay-for-performance (PFP)? I did during my last 8 years at GAO 1989-1997. Measuring job performance is extremely subjective. To meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat used the subjectivity in their PFP system to get rid of their employees like me who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2018/02/pay-performance-needed/145934/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down. Who takes the lead in driving approval ratings down in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, in Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in DuPage County Republican Central Committee, in Illinois Republican Party, in Illinois Center Right Coalition, in American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, in etc. who have taken the lead in driving approval ratings down.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/trump-is-even-less-popular-now-than-when-he-was-inaugurated.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Notably dramatic drops in net approval ratings occurred in Arizona (plus 20 to minus 3), Illinois (plus 9 to minus 21), Montana (plus 24 to even), New York (plus 8 to minus 18), and Ohio (plus 14 to minus 4).)

February 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Speaker Mike Madigan’s consultant fired after investigation into inappropriate texts
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/speaker-madigans-consultant-fired-after-investigation-into-inappropriate-texts/3073339/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— An open letter to Holocaust denier Arthur Jones – Richard Porter, National Committeeman, Illinois Republican Party
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-nazi-arthur-jones-open-letter-holocaust-0211-story.html
— Trump’s infrastructure plan: 5 things it could mean for Chicago, state roads and airports – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-infrastucture-illinois-20180212-story.html
— Rauner must talk to Trump about construction program, lawmaker says – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-infrastructure-lawmaker-20180212-story.html
— Trump’s new $1.5 trillion plan won’t ease Illinois’ infrastructure pain – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/reed/ct-biz-trump-infrastructure-illinois-need-robert-reed-0213-story.html
— Religious leaders hold Lenten fast in support of ‘Dreamers’ – Nereida Moreno (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-hunger-strike-clergy-0214-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s budget hits poor Americans the hardest.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-budget-poor-americans-20180212-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s budget balloons deficits, cuts social safety net.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-budget-20180212-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Policy Institute nonprofit tax status begs for FBI probe – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-illinois-policy-institute-nonprofit-tax-status-begs-for-fbi-probe/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “How Trump’s big new tax cut is making corporate CEOs wealthier — but not you.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/how-trumps-big-new-tax-cut-is-making-corporate-ceos-wealthier-but-not-you/
— Silverstein: ‘Joking’ with woman was ‘stupid,’ ‘inappropriate,’ ‘off the wall’ – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/silverstein-joking-with-woman-was-stupid-inappropriate-off-the-wall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan fires long-time consultant after inappropriate texts – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180212/madigan-fires-long-time-consultant-after-inappropriate-texts
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans promote anti-Republicans in 6th Congressional District.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180212/6th-district-hopefuls-trying-new-strategies-to-campaign-win-learn
— 56th District GOP hopefuls debate property tax relief – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180212/56th-district-gop-hopefuls-debate-property-tax-relief

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters say “Rauner didn’t make taxpayers fund late abortions.”
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180212/politifact-rauner-didnt-make-taxpayers-fund-late-abortions

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Biz group blasts Ives’ new immigration ad – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, businesses side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180212/BLOGS02/180219986/biz-group-blasts-ives-new-immigration-ad
— Michael Madigan fires senior aide over harassment allegation – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180212/BLOGS02/180219991/michael-madigan-fires-senior-aide-over-harassment-allegation
— After #MeToo, the role of men in the workplace – K. SUJATA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180212/OPINION/180219984/after-metoo-the-role-of-men-in-the-workplace

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Some Illinois Republicans finally standing up to Rauner – Jim Young, Mount Sterling
http://www.whig.com/20180212/some-illinois-republicans-finally-standing-up-to-rauner

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Onetime Rauner supporter welcomes Ives to Stripmasters Services during Decatur stop – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/local/onetime-rauner-supporter-welcomes-ives-to-stripmasters-services-during-decatur/article_e0226ba3-8e35-596a-a4f5-b9e54d3c7cd4.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Tax filers face confusion this year – Chris Breach
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/tax-filers-face-confusion-this-year/article_1b96699d-4f28-5e44-a21e-c58e03acee55.html

 

WHTC
— Upcoming state elections cast shadow over Illinois budget prospects – Karen Pierog
http://whtc.com/news/articles/2018/feb/12/upcoming-state-elections-cast-shadow-over-illinois-budget-prospects/

 

INDIANA LAWYER
— Trump makes two nominations (Michael Y. Scudder, Jr. and Amy J. St. Eve) to 7th Circuit bench (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, Peter Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge, Amy J. St. Eve, and the attorney who represented GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald. All of the aforesaid made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Eve granted Patrick Fitzgerald’s motion to deny me my 7th Amendment rights, that is, to deny me a jury trial. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that Peter Fitzgerald, Eve, and Patrick Fitzgerald viewed me as being someone who was lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things.)
https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/46140-trump-makes-two-nominations-to-7th-circuit-bench

 

LAW 360
— 7th Circ. Nominee Amy J. St. Eve Once Rebuked Trump During Trial – Diana Novak Jones
https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/1011642/7th-circ-nominee-once-rebuked-trump-during-trial

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Kimme & Coli: Shaking Up Springfield? Just Another Rauner Betrayal
https://mailchi.mp/f2a22faa2c6a/kimme-coli-shaking-up-springfield-just-another-rauner-betrayal

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER, OTHER IL GOP LEADERS SUPPORTED PRO-IMMIGRATION POLICIES IN 2014 (DIERSEN: For “opposition research,” I attended this outrageous event as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/rauner-and-other-il-gop-leaders-were-open-about-pro-immigration-policies-in-2014.html
— NATIONAL: DECLASSIFIED FBI AGENT TEXTS SHOW ANIMUS TOWARDS PROLIFERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/national-declassified-fbi-agent-texts-show-animus-towards-prolifers-.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump confirms appearance at next week’s CPAC conference – Sarah Westwood
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-confirms-appearance-at-next-weeks-cpac-conference/article/2648871

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Forced Taxpayers to Fund Abortions – MICAIAH BILGER
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/02/12/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-forced-taxpayers-to-fund-abortions/

 

GOPUSA
— Nominee for 9th Circuit Appeals Court under fire for racial ‘hostility’ in college writings (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion, those who promote AA, Diversity, and Inclusion get rid of you.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39205

 

BLAZE
— Our fake ‘conservative’ Congress doesn’t care about debt — and probably never will – Justin Haskins
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/12/commentary-our-fake-conservative-congress-doesnt-care-about-debt-and-probably-never-will/

 

THE HILL
— The 22 agencies and programs Trump’s budget would eliminate – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373441-the-federal-programs-trump-proposes-cutting-in-2019-budget
— White House releases 55-page, $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan – MALLORY SHELBOURNE
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/infrastructure/373408-white-house-releases-55-page-infrastructure-proposal
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti Trumps and anti-Republicans say “Abuse furor risks gender backlash for Trump, GOP.” Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373520-abuse-furor-risks-gender-backlash-for-trump-gop

 

MERCURY NEWS
— California GOP governor hopeful John Cox once suggested gay rights could ‘open the floodgates to polygamy and bestiality’ – CASEY TOLAN
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/12/john-cox-california-governor-lgbt-gay-rights/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Proposes $4.4 Trillion Budget That Adds $7 Trillion to Deficits – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/us/politics/white-house-budget-congress.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Budget provides no raise, targets retirement benefits for federal employees – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/02/12/budget-provides-no-raise-targets-retirement-benefits-for-federal-employees/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump proposes pay freeze, new and familiar retirement cuts in 2019 budget – Nicole Ogrysko
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-money/2018/02/trump-proposes-pay-freeze-new-and-familiar-retirement-cuts-in-2019-budget/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Calls for ‘Reskilling’ Federal Workforce, Firing ‘Overhaul’ and Reducing Union Influence – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: After my Democrat GAO superiors a) made it clear that to get rid of me, they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators, I reskilled myself by earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/02/trump-calls-reskilling-federal-workforce-overhaul-firing-and-union-influence/145917/
— Trump Formalizes 2019 Pay Freeze Proposal, Revives Benefits Cuts – Erich Wagner
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/02/trump-formalizes-2019-pay-freeze-proposal/145915/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Trump budget will cost federal employees in pay and benefits – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/budget/2018/02/12/trump-budget-will-cost-federal-employees-in-pay-and-benefits/

 

FED SMITH
— Substantial Cuts to Federal Employee Benefits Proposed in FY 2019 Budget – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/02/12/substantial-cuts-federal-employee-benefits-proposed-fy-2019-budget/
— OPM Identifies Priorities for Federal Workforce in New Report – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, its top priority was a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/02/12/opm-identifies-priorities-federal-workforce-new-report/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Campaign to unseat IL Republican chair gets Cong. Jan Schakowsky endorsement
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Campaign-to-unseat-IL-Republican-chair-gets-Cong-Jan-Schakowsky-endorsement-/61882.html

February 6 Evening Edition

WGN RADIO
— Political analyst Chris Robling: “I think Jeanne Ives is gaining a lot of credibility and a lot of momentum and I’m predicting that she is going to defeat Bruce Rauner” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2018/02/05/political-analyst-chris-robling-i-think-jeanne-ives-is-gaining-a-lot-of-credibility-and-a-lot-of-momentum-and-im-predicting-that-she-is-going-to-defeat-bruce-rauner/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— 5 Reasons Why Rauner Has No Relationship with President Trump (DIERSEN: Republican Trump defeated Democrat Clinton in 91 of Illinois’ 102 counties.)
https://mailchi.mp/cbc73f5f95e6/5-reasons-why-rauner-has-no-relationship-with-president-trump

 

ABC7
— J.B. Pritzker at center of new campaign firestorm for remarks during phone call with Blagojevich – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-at-center-of-new-campaign-firestorm-/3043149/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Releases Ad Tying Ives to Madigan – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-releases-ad-attacking-jeanne-ives-madigan-472974893.html
— Newly-Released Tapes Turn Campaign for Governor into Debate on Race – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-blagojevich-recordings-chicago-tribune-472967293.html

 

CBS2
— Pritzker Apologizes For ‘Regrettable’ Remarks On Black Politicians In Call With Blagojevich – AP
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/06/pritzker-apologizes-blagojevich-call-black-politicians/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— J.B. Pritzker wiretapped discussing black politicians
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/jb-pritzker-wiretapped-discussing-black-politicians

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner says Ives ‘might be Mike Madigan’s favorite Republican’ in new ad – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-says-ives-might-be-mike-madigans-favorite-republican-in-new-ad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives’ campaign, in turn, called Rauner an “unrepentant liar” for claims made in the commercial. “This ad is consistent with Rauner’s character. He is an unrepentant liar. If he’ll lie to Cardinal Cupich, he’ll lie to anyone about anything. And in his three years as Governor, he has lied to everyone about everything,” the campaign said in a statement.)
— How expensive is Illinois’ 2018 governor race going to be? – Tanveer Ali
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-governor-campaign-fundraising-interactive-map/
— Trump aide: Some immigrants ‘too lazy’ to sign up for DACA – AP (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are lazy? Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, because I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am lazy and even worse things. 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dreamers-immigration-deportation-not-priority-john-kelly/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “The Holocaust is the rare inconvenient topic Republicans aren’t denying.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/republicans-holocaust-denial-arthur-jones-donald-trump-jeanne-ives/
— J.B.-a Culpa: Pritzker apologizes for dishing on black pols in Blagojevich call – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-a-culpa-pritzker-apologizes-for-dishing-on-black-pols-in-blagojevich-call/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The divide-and-conquer strategy of a tyrant.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-divide-and-conquer-strategy-of-a-tyrant/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jeanne Ives responds to criticisms of her attack ad – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-jeanne-ives-responds-to-criticisms-of-her-attack-ad-20180205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump/Ives says “Ives’ poisonous commercial rips a page from the Trump playbook.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-ives-commercial-stereotypes-lies-0207-20180205-story.html
— Rauner campaign changes strategies, attacks Ives as ‘Madigan’s favorite Republican’ – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: What attack strategies have been used against you? I should write a book about all the attack strategies that have been used against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-20180206-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives from Wheaton blast Ives. Those who promote LGBTQ activity are overjoyed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-ives-governor-transgender-tv-ad-20180206-story.html
— Nazi’s run for Congress exposes flaws in democratic process – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Since at least the 1970s, ever-increasingly, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), etc. have been dominated by individuals, by organizations, and by governments that reject some, most, or virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform. If the IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, etc. had the power to block candidates from running as Republicans, they would block those candidates who support the planks that they reject. Most commonly, those who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, etc. reject the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-gop-nazi-st-0207-20180206-story.html
— Trans attorney: ‘Dangerous’ Jeanne Ives ‘hurt my feelings’ over controversial ad – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will Rauner’s Illinois Republican Party officially banish all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, all countries, all etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-jeanne-ives-transgender-chicago-inc-20180205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives say “Ms. Ives, here is what’s wrong with your ad.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ives-ad-transgender-rauner-20180206-story.html
— The world’s richest countries guarantee mothers more than a year of paid maternity leave. The U.S. guarantees them nothing. – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: So why does everyone want to come to the U.S. instead of to the “world’s richest countries?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-guaranteed-maternity-leave-20180206-story.html
— Bracing for Islamic State’s westward migration – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-islamic-state-syria-europe-20180206-story.html
— While Trump says he’d ‘love to see a shutdown’ over immigration, Congress closes in on budget deal – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-budget-shutdown-20180206-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s attacks undermine his call for bipartisan unity in address.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-undermines-bipartisan-unity-20180206-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— All she has to do to collect a $560 million jackpot is make her name public. She refuses. – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/all-she-has-to-do-to-collect-a-560-million-jackpot-is-make-her-name-public-she-refuses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “She wishes to continue this work and the freedom to walk into a grocery store or attend public events without being known or targeted as the winner of a half-billion dollars.”)
— Wheaton council poised to reject drug treatment center plans – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/wheaton-council-poised-to-reject-drug-treatment-center-plans
— Attorney general tells tollway to hand over resume of politically connected manager – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/attorney-general-tells-tollway-to-hand-over-resume-of-politically-connected-manager
— Challenger says ethics an issue in Kane clerk’s race – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180206/challenger-says-ethics-an-issue-in-kane-clerks-race

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner finally goes negative with anti-Ives ad – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the times since 2000 that operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have gone negative against me. They talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in getting me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Are they being paid at least $15 an hour?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180206/BLOGS02/180209930/rauner-finally-goes-negative-with-anti-ives-ad
— For the second time in two weeks, a major Illinois rights group has endorsed only one Democratic candidate for governor, J.B. Pritzker, bypassing other contenders who appear to be equally strong backers of the group’s agenda. – Greg Hinz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they are going to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Rauner promotes LGBTQ activity, therefore, Rauner’s supporters have to promote LGBTQ activity, therefore, Rauner’s supporters have to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180206/BLOGS02/180209932/gay-rights-group-singles-out-pritzker
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want immigrants because they take bad jobs like being home health care aides. What bad jobs have you taken? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180206/OPINION/180209939/the-looming-crisis-in-health-care

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Ives: Ad is part of ’50 percent plus one’ approach – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/ives-ad-is-part-of-percent-plus-one-approach/article_96feee72-fa56-53d1-9cba-4abfb4a6c825.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democratic forum set on senior issues (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69. From what I see, ever-increasingly, politicians are dumping old people. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have increasingly demonizing me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being old a) ever since I failed to make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25 in 1973, 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 and b) ever since my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180205/democratic-forum-set-on-senior-issues

 

KEWANEE STAR COURIER
— Rauner makes Lincoln Day stop – Tammy Wilkinson (DIERSEN: One could argue that to promote Rauner, Sanguinetti, Harold, Dodge, Senger, and/or those who the aforesaid support is to shout that you reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.starcourier.com/news/20180205/rauner-makes-lincoln-day-stop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2018 Stark County Republican’s Lincoln Day luncheon held in Toulon on Saturday drew an impressive line-up of statewide Republican candidates and included an appearance by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner. Nearly 100 guests were in attendance of the meet and greet event that was organized by Stark County GOP chairman Mike Bigger, of Wyoming. Governor Bruce Rauner was one of several of the special guests to take the podium and address the audience, with a brief introduction and offer of his personal support for what he said he hopes is future new Republican leadership within the state. The keynote speaker for the program was Erika Harold, of Champaign. She is running as the Illinois Republican candidate for attorney general in the upcoming election. Additional special guests addressing the audience were: Jim Dodge, candidate for Illinois treasurer; Darlene Senger, candidate for Illinois comptroller; Jason Helland, secretary of state; Congressman Darin LaHood, 18th Congressional District; State Representative Ryan Spain, 73rd District; and Senator Chuck Weaver, of the 37th District. “We have to be unified in a team effort and march to victory in November,” said Congressman LaHood. “The future of our state is on the line,” concluded Senator Chuck Weaver, reminding those present of the importance of how “every vote counts.”)

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— When bad laws keep good people from running for office – Editorial (DIERSEN: What does the BND say to Democrats, to Libertarians, and to Greens who cast Republican primary ballots a) to do as much damage as they can to the Republican Party and/or b) to qualify themselves to run for government and political offices as a Republican? I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants who hold government and/or political offices as Republicans in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article197893309.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump threatens another government shutdown over immigration
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/02/06/trump-threatens-another-government-shutdown-over-immigration

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Rauner, Emanuel headline Chicago fundraiser for LGBTQ group
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511328342-rauner-emanuel-headline-chicago-fundraiser-for-lgbtq-group

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Fact check: Rauner’s dubious balanced budget claims…again
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511329643-fact-check-rauner-s-dubious-balanced-budget-claims-again

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Mussman is like Rauner in her refusal to debate, Bernas says – Angela Underwood
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511329545-mussman-is-like-rauner-in-her-refusal-to-debate-bernas-says

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rauner Responds to Ives The Only Way He Knows How: With Lies. This ad is consistent with Rauner’s character. He is an unrepentant liar. If he’ll lie to Cardinal Cupich, he’ll lie to anyone about anything. And in his three years as Governor, he has lied to everyone about everything.
https://mailchi.mp/5f4cecb061b9/rauner-responds-to-ives-the-only-way-he-knows-how-with-lies

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAWMAKERS FILE BILLS BARRING STATE LAWMAKERS FROM WORKING AS PROPERTY TAX LAWYERS – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lawmakers-file-bills-barring-state-lawmakers-from-working-as-property-tax-lawyers/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Webinar on Legalization of Marijuana in Illinois – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/tonight-webinar-legalization-marijuana-illinois/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives responds *** New Rauner ad attacks Ives, ties her to Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/new-rauner-ad-attacks-ives/
— From a press release…In an effort to put more money in the pockets of Illinois taxpayers and infuse funds into the Illinois economy, State Representative Peter Breen (R-Lombard) has launched the Illinois Tax Reform Plan. The plan, consisting of three taxpayer-friendly bills, was unveiled today at a press briefing in Springfield. Each bill has the potential of lowering taxes on Illinoisans and Illinois businesses.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/its-just-a-bill-65/
— Biss campaign suggests Pritzker’s money bought Equality Illinois’ endorsement
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/biss-campaign-suggests-pritzkers-money-bought-equality-illinois-endorsement/
— Ives supporter Breen says ad should be taken down
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/ives-supporter-breen-says-ad-should-be-taken-down/
— Ives claims her ad is a “parody” of Rauner’s “Thanks, Madigan” spot
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/ives-claims-her-ad-is-a-parody-of-rauners-thanks-madigan-spot/
— DGA, Ives respond *** New Rauner ad attacks Ives, ties her to Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/new-rauner-ad-attacks-ives/
— Kennedy, Biss, Rauner campaigns respond *** FBI recording catches Pritzker joking with Blagojevich: “God damn America”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/06/fbi-recording-catches-pritzker-joking-with-blagojevich-god-damn-america/

 

DAILY CALLER
— The Democratic Party Has Reached An UNREAL Level Of Support For Illegal Immigration – Ira Mehlman
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/06/the-democratic-party-has-reached-an-unreal-level-of-support-for-illegal-immigration/

 

GOPUSA
— Driver in death of NFL player was twice deported illegal alien
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38645
— Chicago weekend: 23 shot, 6 fatally
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38653

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP candidate for governor John Cox will spend an additional $1 million of his own money to match rival’s donors – Silvia Flores (DIERSEN: What are your connections with John Cox? The Daily Herald reported that Cox attended my July 5, 2003 picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I had organized for the residents of my precinct and the residents of Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east and Debra Olson’s precinct to west. Attendees got to meet the five announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. Oberweis brought ice cream. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-john-cox-1515374028-htmlstory.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Has Given Victims of the Opioid Crisis Nothing But Contempt – Eric Levitz (DIERSEN: What does Trump think about those who are victims of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination? What does Trump think about those who say that non-veteran White male federal employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 are losers who should be gotten rid of?)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/trump-has-given-victims-of-opioids-nothing-but-contempt.html

 

LONG READS
— Journalists Shouldn’t Be Fired for Investigating Their Own Publications – Danielle Tcholakian (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party officers and employees who since 2000, because I am a Republican Precinct Committee, talk and/or act like they have the power a) to tell me what to do and what not to do and b) to punish me. They can stress the success that they have had in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, d) ending my MTRCC webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, e) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, g) etc.)
https://longreads.com/2018/02/05/journalists-shouldnt-be-fired-for-investigating-their-own-publications/amp/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Focusing on the Positive: Rewarding Good Workers and Managers – Howard Risher (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who treated me like I was a bad worker. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2018/02/focusing-positive-rewarding-good-workers-and-managers/145729/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— More firings may not lead to better results – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, when the federal government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older, it replaces those employees with people who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2018/02/more-firings-may-not-lead-to-better-results/

February 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jeanne Ives defends controversial ad: ‘What’s so offensive?’ – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jeanne-ives-defends-controversial-ad-whats-so-offensive-/3039035/
— Chicago area could see nearly 2-week delay of early voting – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-area-could-see-nearly-2-week-delay-of-early-voting/3038116/

 

NBC5
— Who Is Dick Uihlein, Ives’ Bankroller in the GOP Race for Governor? – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/dick-uihlein-illinois-governor-primary-ives-rauner-472781953.html

 

CBS2
— Rep. Jeanne Ives Defends Controversial Campaign Ad
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/05/jeanne-ives-controversial-ad/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago area could see nearly 2-week delay of early voting – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/chicago-area-could-see-nearly-2-week-delay-of-early-voting

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in its platform “slam Rep. Jeanie Ives’ new campaign ad attacking Rauner.”
http://wgntv.com/2018/02/05/illinois-republicans-slam-rep-jeanie-ives-new-campaign-ad-attacking-rauner/

 

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in its platform “slam Ives’ TV ad.”
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/02/05/republicans-slam-ives-tv-ad/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner primary rival Ives won’t be silenced despite ‘hysteria’ over TV ad – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-primary-rival-ives-wont-be-silenced-despite-hysteria-over-tv-ad/
— Rauner condemns Republican Illinois candidate who is a Holocaust denier – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-gov-rauner-condemns-republican-illinois-candidate-who-is-a-holocaust-denier/
— Trump calls Democrats not applauding him ‘un-American’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-unamerican-treasonous-applaud-state-of-the-union/
— Chicago area could see nearly 2-week delay of early voting – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/early-voting-delayed-chicago-board-elections-candidate-challenges-appeals/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Jesse Jackson says “Tax cut will widen the racial wage gap.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/tax-cut-will-widen-the-racial-wage-gap/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner challenger Ives says she’s ‘a little bit surprised’ about ‘hysteria’ around controversial TV ad – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jeanne-ives-city-club-20180205-story.html
— Jeanne Ives responds to criticisms of her attack ad – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-jeanne-ives-responds-to-criticisms-of-her-attack-ad-20180205-story.html
— New Pritzker-Blagojevich audio from FBI wiretaps sheds light on race issue in governor contest – Rick Pearson and Jeff Coen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-democratic-governor-race-20180205-story.html
— Early voting may be delayed for millions in Chicago area due to ballot challenges, election officials say – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-early-voting-delay-20180205-story.html
— In the primary, don’t accidentally vote for the neo-Nazi – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-holocaust-jones-republican-denier-20180205-story.html

 

WGN RADIO
— City Club of Chicago: Jeanne Ives, Republican Candidate for Governor
http://wgnradio.com/2018/02/05/city-club-of-chicago-jeanne-ives-republican-candidate-for-governor/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner, Ives on different paths to woo GOP voters – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Rauner woos RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in its platform. Ives woos Republicans who want the IRP to defend and advance all the planks in its platform.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180205/BLOGS02/180209947/rauner-ives-on-different-paths-to-woo-gop-voters
— Legalizing recreational pot a bad idea for Illinois employers – KEVIN SABET (DIERSEN: Legalizing recreational pot is a bad idea for everyone.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180205/OPINION/180209950/why-legalizing-recreational-pot-is-a-bad-idea-for-illinois-employers
— Ives says TV ad ‘not offensive’—and hints at more to come – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180205/BLOGS02/180209944/ives-says-tv-ad-not-offensive-and-hints-at-more-to-come
— Stocks sink most since 2011 – BLOOMBERG (DIERSEN: Of course, those who refuse to give Trump credit for stock gains will blame him for stock losses.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180205/NEWS01/180209946/stocks-plummet-erasing-gains-for-the-year

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner slams Ives ad as ‘shameful,’ criticizes legalizing marijuana for recreational use – Mani Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180205/rauner-slams-ives-ad-as-shameful-criticizes-legalizing-marijuana-for-recreational-use
— GOP candidates square off in crowded race for DuPage County District 4 – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180205/gop-candidates-square-off-in-crowded-race-for-dupage-county-district-4–
— Ives: ‘Edgy’ ad ‘accurate representation’ of Rauner policies – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180205/ives-edgy-ad-accurate-representation-of-rauner-policies
— All three Republican candidates for the Lake County Board’s 17th District seat say they want to reduce residents’ property taxes — but they have different ideas for accomplishing that task. – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180203/republican-county-board-candidates-want-to-slash-spending-cut-taxes
— Cook County: Tax, pot referendums on Northwest suburban ballots – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180205/tax-pot-referendums-on-northwest-suburban-ballots
— The Republican primary election for the Lake County Board’s 10th District seat features two experienced politicians from Mundelein. – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180205/lake-county-board-primary-features-two-experienced-politicians

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Jeanne Ives: ‘Edgy’ ad ‘accurate representation’ of Rauner policies – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/02/05/jeanne-ives-edgy-ad-accurate-representation-of-rauner-policies/az1szhw/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters say “Ives campaign ad a new low, even for Illinois politics.”
http://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/117141/editorial-ives-campaign-ad-a-new-low-even-for-illinois-politics

 

WQAD
— Ives’s running mate says “in your face” ad is “not racist” – CHRIS MINOR
http://wqad.com/2018/02/05/ivess-running-mate-says-in-your-face-ad-is-not-racist/

 

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in its platform “condemn Ives’ ad.”
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/02/05/rauner-gop-leaders-condemn-ives-ad/

 

SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters say “Racist, Sexist, Homophobic Jeanne Ives TV Ad Provokes Backlash.”
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/racist-sexist-homophobic-jeanne-ives-tv-ad-provokes-backlash

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DUPAGE COUNTY HOMEOWNERS: WHERE DO YOUR PROPERTY TAXES GO? DuPage County billed property tax payers $2.74 billion for 2016; this meant owners of a median-valued home in Naperville worth $388,000 had a $9,000 property tax bill. – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/dupage-county-homeowners-where-do-your-property-taxes-go/
— HOUSE OF PAIN: ILLINOIS PROPERTY TAXES UP, BUT HOME PRICES LAG – Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/house-of-pain-illinois-property-taxes-up-but-home-prices-lag/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Post-Christian America Needs Radical Help – Tami Jackson
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/post-christian-america-needs-radical-help-stat/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES DEFENDS CAMPAIGN AD, INSIDERS SAY AD ALL ABOUT NAME RECOGNITION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ives-publicly-replies-to-campaign-ad-criticism.html
— “RAUNER PARTY SLATE” CALLS TO PULL IVES AD IGNORED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/rauner-party-slate-criticizes-social-conservative-positions-in-ives-ad.html
— BREEN PROPOSES SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS BE ALLOWED TO FUND PARENTAL LEAVE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/breen-proposes-social-security-benefits-be-alllowed-to-be-used-for-parental-leave.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives threatens higher ed funding cuts
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/05/ives-threatens-higher-ed-funding-cuts/
— Rauner condemns “in the strongest possible terms” *** Perennial Nazi candidate finally gets a free pass in GOP primary
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/05/perennial-nazi-candidate-finally-gets-a-free-pass-in-gop-primary/
— Rauner on guy who’s suing him: “He said a lot of things that were not true” (DIERSEN: This lawsuit has been referred to arbitration. I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority since 1998. 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 becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/05/rauner-on-guy-whos-suing-him-he-said-a-lot-of-things-that-were-not-true/
— Biss campaign rejoices at being attacked by Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/05/biss-campaign-rejoices-at-being-attacked-by-pritzker/
— Ives “misunderstood the question” – Endorsed Cruz *** Ives says no campaign outreach to President Trump that she knows of
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/05/ives-says-no-campaign-outreach-to-president-trump-that-she-knows-of/
— Ives supporter McSweeney wants her to take ad off the air
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/05/ives-supporter-mcsweeney-wants-her-to-take-ad-off-the-air/

 

GOPUSA
— Holy Cross will keep the name ‘Crusaders’ after accusations that it was offensive (DIERSEN: By way of contrast, Wheaton College surrendered to the anti-Christians in 2000.)
http://www.gopusa.com/holy-cross-will-keep-the-name-crusaders-after-accusations-that-it-was-offensive/
— Austin, TX to ban border wall contractors from future city contracts (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who use that clout to ban those a) who do not glorify and praise them, b) who do not pander to them, c) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) who refuse to give them money.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38436

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Identity Politics and the End of Meaning – Bruce Robinson
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/identity_politics_and_the_end_of_meaning.html

 

BLAZE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters slam Ives saying her ad is cowardly and homophobic.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/05/illinois-gop-governor-candidate-slammed-for-this-cowardly-homophobic-attack-ad

 

BREITBART
— Americans Turning Off Super Bowl in Droves: Bars, Bowling Alleys, Veterans Boycotting – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/02/04/americans-turning-off-super-bowl-droves-bars-bowling-alleys-veterans-boycotting/
— At Least Three Eagles Say They Will Not Visit the White House – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/02/05/at-least-three-eagles-say-will-not-visit-white-house/

 

MILITARY
— West Point Grad Sets the Illinois Governor’s Race on Fire
https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/02/05/west-point-grad-sets-illinois-governors-race-fire.html

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters say “Illinois GOP rips candidate’s ad mocking transgender people, feminists.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/372318-illinois-gop-chief-rips-gop-governor-candidate-for-ad-mocking

 

POLITICO
— Incendiary ad fuels primary challenge to Illinois governor – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/05/illinois-governor-rauner-ives-ad-392258

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner supporters and other anti-Republicans “slam GOP gubernatorial hopeful’s campaign ad.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/illinois-governor-jeanne-ives-campaign-ad/index.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— L.A.’s homelessness surged 75% in six years. Here’s why the crisis has been decades in the making – Gale Holland
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-how-we-got-here-20180201-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— A male backlash against #MeToo is brewing – Kyle Smith
https://nypost.com/2018/02/03/a-male-backlash-against-metoo-is-brewing/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dow Drops More Than 1,100 Points in Stock-Market Rout Blue chips post biggest one-session point decline on record as indexes around the world give up 2018 gains – Akane Otani and Riva Gold (DIERSEN: Of course, those who refuse to give Trump credit for stock gains will blame him for stock losses.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/asia-pacific-stocks-fall-to-kick-off-the-week-1517790854

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— New tool to help agencies request bigger incentive payouts – Eric White (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, if I had been a Democrat, a minority, and/or a female, the Democrats who ran GAO would have offered me a recruitment incentive to transfer from IRS to GAO. Instead, they forced me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In 1980, a) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, b) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, c) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/02/new-tool-to-help-agencies-request-bigger-incentive-payouts/

 

LGBTQ NATION
— Compare & contrast: Take a look at these two Republican politicians from Illinois – Bil Browning (DIERSEN: Rauner woos RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in its platform. Ives woos Republicans who want the IRP to defend and advance all the planks in its platform.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/02/compare-contrast-take-look-two-republican-politicians-illinois/

 

GAY STAR NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters say “People are furious about this Republican’s transphobic ad” and “Jeanne Ives’ ad also mocks feminists and immigrants.”
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/republican-transphobic-ad/

February 3 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider Statement on State Rep. Jeanne Ives’ Campaign Ad Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider released the following statement on State Representative Jeanne Ives’ recently released campaign advertisement: “There is no place in the Illinois Republican Party for rhetoric that attacks our fellow Illinoisans based on their race, gender or humanity. Representative Ives’ campaign ad does not reflect who we are as the Party of Lincoln and as proud residents of our great and diverse state. She should pull down the ad and immediately apologize to the Illinoisans who were negatively portrayed in a cowardly attempt to stoke political division.” (DIERSEN: The ad does NOT attack “our fellow Illinoisans based on their race, gender or humanity.” It attacks Rauner’s failure/refusal to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks. In the interest of full disclosure, Schneider should disclose the amount and percent of the IRP’s donations that comes from Rauner and from Rauner’s supporters.)
https://illinois.gop/category/news/

 

ERIKA HAROLD
— Erika Harold Calls on Ives Campaign to Take Down Offensive Ad Republicans must promote dignity and value of every Illinoisan (DIERSEN: The ad does NOT denigrate, mock, or marginalize any group of Illinoisans. It attacks Rauner’s failure/refusal to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks. In the interest of full disclosure, Harold should disclose the amount and percent of her campaign’s donations that comes from Rauner and from Rauner’s supporters.)
https://mailchi.mp/erikaharold/ives-ad?e=92ab74215a
(FROM THE STATEMENT: Republican Attorney General Candidate Erika Harold released the following statement on new Ives campaign ad: “This ad denigrates, mocks and marginalizes groups of Illinoisans and cannot represent our Republican Party. I call on the Ives campaign to immediately take it off the air. The Republican Party must be about fighting for the ideals and values that have made our country the envy of the world and promoting the dignity and value of every Illinoisan.”)

 

JIM DODGE
— GOP Candidate For Treasurer Jim Dodge Statement on State Rep. Jeanne Ives’ Campaign Ad (DIERSEN: The ad does NOT attack Illinois’ diversity. It attacks Rauner’s failure/refusal to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks. In the interest of full disclosure, Dodge should disclose the amount and percent of his campaign’s donations that comes from Rauner and from Rauner’s supporters.)
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
(FROM THE STATEMENT: Republican Candidate for Treasurer Jim Dodge issued the following statement on State Representative Jeanne Ives’ campaign ad: “Our nation’s collective diversity gives us our strength and makes us a beacon of freedom to the world. Illinois is a strong and diverse state – a microcosm of America. Representative Ives’ campaign advertisement is wrong on so many levels and an insult to everything that makes us Illinoisans and Americans. I believe this advertisement does not represent the Republican Party or our shared American values, and should never again see the light of day.”)

 

DARLENE SENGER
— GOP Candidate For Comptroller Darlene Senger Statement on State Rep. Jeanne Ives’ Campaign Ad (DIERSEN: The ad does NOT attack Illinoisans. It attacks Rauner’s failure/refusal to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks. In the interest of full disclosure, Senger should disclose the amount and percent of her campaign’s donations that comes from Rauner and from Rauner’s supporters.)
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
(FROM THE STATEMENT: Republican Candidate for Comptroller Darlene Senger issued the following statement on State Representative Jeanne Ives’ campaign ad: “Illinois is facing real challenges that require common-sense, bi-partisan solutions. Hyper-partisan attacks that focus on our fellow Illinoisans do little to advance debate nor reach consensus. The Republican Party — The Party of Lincoln — has always served as a beacon of freedom and individual rights. Now more than ever, we need to demonstrate our commitment to that standard.”)

 

ABC7
— Cook County property tax system – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-cook-county-property-tax-system/3023485/

 

NBC5
— Illinois GOP Chairman Criticizes Controversial Ives Ad – James Neveau (DIERSEN: The ad does NOT attack “our fellow Illinoisans based on their race, gender or humanity.” It attacks Rauner’s failure/refusal to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks. In the interest of full disclosure, Schneider should disclose the amount and percent of the IRP’s donations that comes from Rauner and from Rauner’s supporters.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-gop-criticizes-controversial-jeanne-ives-ad-472508653.html
— Thompson Retires, Rauner’s ‘G’ Problem – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me just like Thompson treated Rutan. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage, rejected civil service protections, and rejected the Rutan decision (http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html), so therefore, they side with my Democrat superiors in federal government against me. 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.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-governor-rauner-jim-thompson-472420173.html
— Campaign Text Messages the Next Frontier in Politics – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/campaign-text-messages-the-next-frontier-in-politics-472447513.html

 

CBS2
— Riverside Police: Man Talks Up Nazis To Girls In Candy Store
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/03/man-lectured-girls-about-nazis/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP candidate stands by ad others call racist, homophobic – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/gop-candidate-stands-by-ad-others-call-racist-homophobic

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Paul Ryan celebrated the tax cut with a tweet about a secretary saving $1.50 a week – Avi Selk
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-paul-ryan-tax-cut-tweet-20180203-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ives team – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180203/bernard-schoenburg-londrigan-jones-lead-fundraising-in-13th-dem-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP gubernatorial primary campaign of state Rep. JEANNE IVES, R-Wheaton, recently put out a list of county coordinators and contacts. Among them, in Macoupin County, is CHRISTOPHER HICKS. Hicks was removed from the ballot as a GOP candidate in the 48th Senate District for lack of adequate signatures. He was also questioned by police after a visit to State Rep. AVERY BOURNE’s office in Litchfield, where he told an aide there would be “political blood and vengeance” if the representative did not co-sponsor a bill. No charges resulted, and Hicks said his comment was political and not a threat. Meanwhile, in Sangamon County, the Ives contact list includes STEVEN WESTERFIELD. Westerfield also was removed from the ballot for the 99th House District GOP race. He and Hicks are both running as write-in candidates in the March 20 primary. Also listed for Ives in Sangamon County is LIZ EILERS BRON, whose political involvement has included being 2012 state director for the HERMAN CAIN presidential campaign; and ARI SHROYER, a government affairs associate with the Illinois Policy Institute. In Lake County, the campaign contact is DENISE ROTHEIMER, who was recently in the news as she accused state Sen. IRA SILVERSTEIN, D-Chicago, of harassment. The legislative inspector general said Silverstein made inappropriate comments to her, but did not sexually harass her. “I am happy to help Ives any way I can,” Rotheimer said. Bourne, by the way, was among lawmakers who took to social media to criticize the planned speaker for an Ives fundraiser in McHenry County last week. Ives ended up canceling a speech by BILL WHITTLE, who had, among other things, called the Democratic Party “the largest slaveholder in the history of the world,” and, the Chicago Tribune reported, has said blacks are inferior to whites. “Whittle’s racially-charged comments are embarrassing and reprehensible,” Bourne had tweeted. “Rep. Ives should do the right thing — cancel her fundraiser.” Speaking of racially charged: BLAIR GARBER of Evanston, who last week resigned as chairman of the Illinois Lottery Control Board after using a profane word on Twitter to describe East St. Louis, also resigned from the Republican State Central Committee.)
— Sometimes Rauner sounds Trumpian – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180203/statehouse-insider-sometimes-rauner-sounds-trumpian
— Hopes for pot legalization not high this year in Illinois – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180203/hopes-for-pot-legalization-not-high-this-year-in-illinois
— How Illinois governor candidates would fix transportation – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180203/how-illinois-governor-candidates-would-fix-transportation

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marchers.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-03/marchers-brave-cold-support-dreamers.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Fantasy fight card does not read Rauner vs. Pritzker – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article197927354.html

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ives stands by her ad. Rauner supporters say that the ad is “racist, homophobic.”
http://rockrivertimes.com/2018/02/03/ives-stands-by-racist-homophobic-ad-for-governors-race/

 

SOUTHERN
— Illinois governor candidate Ives stands by ad blasted as racist – AP
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-governor-candidate-ives-stands-by-ad-blasted-as-racist/article_26712129-ac13-5b6c-8599-90286e1ed58a.html

 

WBEZ
— Ives v. Rauner: Two Vastly Different Republicans — And Getting Pedantic In The Pedway
https://www.wbez.org/shows/illinois-elections-2018/february-2-2018-two-vastly-different-republicans-and-getting-pedantic-in-the-pedway/5c6c2e05-9451-4d09-bfe9-c2a08062e1a0

 

WRAL
— Ives stands by ad blasted as ‘racist’
http://www.wral.com/illinois-governor-candidate-stands-by-ad-blasted-as-racist-/17311068/

 

WVNS TV
— Illinois governor candidate stands by ad blasted as racist – AP
http://www.wvnstv.com/news/politics-do-not-use/illinois-governor-candidate-stands-by-ad-blasted-as-racist/950722037

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Illinois governor candidate stands by ad blasted as ‘racist’ – AP
    http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/illinois-governor-candidate-stands-by-ad-blasted-as-racist/article_3afc11dd-abba-51b6-abab-7225cd91b27d.html

 

WGLT
— Schneider and Blumenshine To Ives: Take Down Offensive Rauner Video – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/republicans-ives-take-down-offensive-rauner-video#stream/0
— Rauner: Video ‘Shows How Unelectable Jeanne Ives Really Is’ – RYAN DENHAM & STUDENT REPORTER BAYLEE STEELMAN •
http://wglt.org/post/rauner-video-shows-how-unelectable-jeanne-ives-really#stream/0

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Even When Black Unemployment Is At Record Lows, It’s Dangerously High – GENE DEMBY (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.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/02/03/582936744/even-when-black-unemployment-is-at-record-lows-its-dangerously-high

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Rauner, Rahm headline Chicago fundraiser for transgender activist group (DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party platform promotes the traditional family.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511328342-rauner-rahm-headline-chicago-fundraiser-for-transgender-activist-group

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Rauner’s refusal to debate Ives is out of fear, Miller says – Angela Underwood
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511327762-rauner-s-refusal-to-debate-ives-is-out-of-fear-miller-says

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rauner Is The Most Unpopular Republican Governor Running For Re-Election
https://mailchi.mp/8ac0c783960e/icymi-rauner-is-the-most-unpopular-governor-running-for-re-election

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP GOV POKES IL SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES IN EYE ATTENDING ABORTION, GAY RIGHTS EVENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/gop-governor-pokes-il-social-conservatives-in-eye-keynoting-abortion-gay-rights-banquet.html
— NEW SURVEY RANKS RAUNER ONE OF THE MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNORS UP FOR ELECTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/new-survey-ranks-rauner-one-of-the-most-unpopular-governors-up-for-election.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ad is “shameful” *** Rauner still hasn’t commented directly on the Ives ad, but will he tonight?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/03/rauner-still-hasnt-commented-directly-on-the-ives-ad-but-will-he-tonight/

 

THE HILL
— GOP turns Pelosi’s words into weapon for tax law – NAOMI JAGODA
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/372096-gop-eager-to-use-pelosis-crumbs-remark-against-dems-in-midterms

 

TPM
— Ryan Celebrates School Secretary’s ‘$1.50 A Week’ Paycheck Increase From Tax Bill – Matt Shuham
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ryan-celebrates-school-secretarys-1-50-a-week-pay-raise-from-tax-bill

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Pays Billions for ‘Assisted Living,’ but What Does It Get? – Robert Pear (DIERSEN: My aunt is paying $239 a day out of what is left of her own money for assisted living.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/us/politics/assisted-living-gaps.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Latest: Illinois GOP leader wants ad pulled, apology – AP (DIERSEN: The ad does NOT attack “our fellow Illinoisans based on their race, gender or humanity.” It attacks Rauner’s failure/refusal to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks. In the interest of full disclosure, Schneider should disclose the amount and percent of the IRP’s donations that comes from Rauner and from Rauner’s supporters.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/the-latest-illinois-gop-leader-wants-ad-pulled-apology/2018/02/03/acb06f2c-0905-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The chairman of the Illinois Republican Party says a GOP governor candidate should stop airing a campaign ad that critics have called racist and homophobic. Tim Schneider said in a release Saturday that conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives should “immediately apologize to the Illinoisans who were negatively portrayed in a cowardly attempt to stoke political division.” He says there’s no room in the Illinois GOP “for rhetoric that attacks our fellow Illinoisans based on their race, gender or humanity.” The ad features actors portraying a transgender woman and an African-American union member, among others, all thanking Rauner for his policies. The transgender woman is deep-voiced and wears a dress that shows chest hair. Ives says the ad illustrates Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s “betrayals of conservatives.” The Illinois GOP is almost entirely funded by Rauner.)
— High-skilled Indian workers rally for Trump’s merit-based immigration plan – Antonio Olivo (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What indicates that someone is high skilled? ANSWER: He/she has lots of job-related work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/high-skilled-indian-workers-rally-for-trumps-merit-based-immigration-plan/2018/02/03/702e617e-08fd-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Illinois lawmaker defends ‘repulsive’ ad in governor’s race – AP
https://nypost.com/2018/02/03/lawmaker-defends-repulsive-ad-in-governors-race/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Governor Candidate Stands by Ad Blasted as ‘Racist’ A Republican lawmaker trying to unseat Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is standing by a campaign ad that’s being blasted as racist, homophobic and “repulsive.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-02-03/illinois-governor-candidate-stands-by-ad-blasted-as-racist

 

WENY
— Group discourages Amazon from building in Atlanta, says city isn’t LGBT-friendly – Giovanna Drpic
http://www.weny.com/story/37420052/group-discourages-amazon-from-building-in-atlanta-says-city-isnt-lgbt-friendly

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— VERY SAD: Tributes, celebration, and next steps for LGBTQ civil rights to mark 2018 Equality Illinois Gala
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/91330704

February 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State Sen. Ira Silverstein four signatures up in back-and-forth ballot challenge – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/state-sen-ira-silverstein-four-signatures-up-in-back-and-forth-ballot-challenge/
— Finding impartial jurors could delay trial in Facebook video torture case – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/finding-impartial-jurors-could-delay-trial-in-facebook-video-torture-case/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Christian Gomez Garcia to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn ICE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/they-treat-people-like-theyre-animals-dreamer-released-after-ice-detains-him/
— Let’s quit brainwashing kids that it’s a college degree or nothing – David McGrath (DIERSEN: Do you have a college degree? If I had not been taking undergraduate business courses, the Democrats who ran the Post Office might not have offered me a job in 1966 and they might have gotten rid of me sooner than they did. If I had not had a 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and the Democrats who ran IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, the Democrats who ran IRS might not have promoted me 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not had a 1976 MBA from Loyola and if I had not been taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980 and would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate courses in financial markets and trading at IIT, my Democrat superiors who ran GAO might have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1993 instead of 1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lets-quit-brainwashing-kids-that-its-a-college-degree-or-nothing/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Day after togetherness pitch, Rauner says Madigan has ‘made corruption rampant’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-michael-madigan-20180202-story.html
— Fundraising in IL-10 – Katherine Skiba)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-michael-madigan-20180202-story.html
— U.S. CEOs seen earning 140 times more than the typical worker – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Trump is earning only $400,000/year, or only 3.2 times my $122,325/year GAO salary in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that GAO overpaid me. In my defense, a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that; b) I had six job-related professional certifications and a job-related professional license; and c) I had three job-related master’s degrees and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ceo-worker-pay-disparity-20180201-story.html
— Will driverless cars mean the end of the road for the Chicago Auto Show? – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: What is your attitude toward cars? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-American nameplate cars, if not just plane anti-car. The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. My daily diver is a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS that I bought from my aunt in 2010. Other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang. Previously, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-auto-show-future-20180129-story.html
— Under Rauner, penalties sought against Illinois polluters have plummeted – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-rauner-epa-enforcement-20180123-story.html
— Democrats’ behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing – Dana Milbank
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-state-union-democrats-behavior-20180201-story.html
— Twitter posts prompt NIU officials to deny they monitor students’ social media accounts – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-niu-watchlist-20180130-story.html
— Organizers of proposed Aurora Pride Parade to meet with local clergy – Steve Lord (DIERSEN: How soon will those who promote LGBTQ activity in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality have enough religious, government, political, and financial clout to banish all individuals, all organizations, all companies, and all governments that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-pride-st-0202-20180201-story.html
— High school students explore post-graduation alternatives at gap year fairs – Kathy Routliffe (DIERSEN: No gap year for White males who want to be federal employees because the federal government will get rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wt-gap-year-fair-tl-0208-20180201-story.html
— Oregon’s top prosecutor holds marijuana summit to address ‘massive’ pot surplus – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-oregon-marijuana-summit-20180202-story.html

 

CBS2
— Cook County Jail Prepares For Blitz Of ‘Sick Calls’ During Super Bowl (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to work because my coworkers had called in sick.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/31/super-bowl-sick-calls/#.WnNa4qsQAtk.twitter

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Suburban police receive Narcan training for overdose victims (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will opioid sellers give Narcan to their customers to sell more opioid?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/suburban-police-receive-narcan-training-for-overdose-victims

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County ends 2017 with $1.9M budget surplus – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180201/kane-county-ends-2017-with-19m-budget-surplus
— Assessor’s lawsuit is mockery of campaign finance fairness – Nathaniel Hamilton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180202/assessors-lawsuit-is-mockery-of-campaign-finance-fairness
— Aurora Police: Man greeted cops while smoking marijuana cigarette – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180202/police-man-greeted-cops-while-smoking-marijuana-cigarette

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180201/ISSUE01/180139951
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A DISCRIMINATOR SAYS: “When I joined Ritchie three and a half years ago, there were no women on the executive team. I told the recruiters, “Don’t bring me any men. If you do, then you’ll be fired.” So they brought me eight great candidates, and I am now blessed with a fantastic CFO. And once I got her, it was easier to get others.?)
— Emanuel struts Chicago’s gay-friendly policies in HQ2 pitch – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What percent of those in Chicago 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 longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180202/BLOGS02/180209980

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180201/point-its-time-for-illinois-to-end-its-failed-prohibition-of-marijuana
— Private school scholarship website flooded, shut down – Jason Nevel (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. But my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who are anti-Protestant and/or who are anti-German American, have always used that against me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180201/private-school-scholarship-website-flooded-shut-down
— Tax bill beginning to deliver bigger paychecks to workers – Sarah Skidmore Sell (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180201/tax-bill-beginning-to-deliver-bigger-paychecks-to-workers

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Biss: Illinoisans want middle-class governor – Derek Beigh (DIERSEN: What class are/were you? I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being upper class who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being lower class. I should write another book about those who paint themselves as being lower class who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being upper class.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/elections/biss-illinoisans-want-middle-class-governor/article_244dce4a-66d4-5db3-a783-5bea1105ff17.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— VERY SAD: March in support of ‘Dream Act’ planned Saturday in Champaign – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-01/march-support-dream-act-planned-saturday-champaign.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner urges unity ahead of divisive election – AP
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/rauner-urges-unity-ahead-of-divisive-election/article_5119514e-11c3-5afa-82dc-da75ca781f38.html

 

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Cook County GOP Chairman Endorses Bruce Rauner for Re-election (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who blacklist me because I refuse to blacklist Rauner and his supporters? What do you say to those who blacklist me because I refuse to blacklist Ives and her supporters?)
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2018/02/02/cook-county-gop-chairman-endorses-bruce-rauner-re-election/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Veteran Chicago Trader Creates Angel Fund for Women Entrepreneurs Women represent only 19 percent of angel investors in America. To combat that inequity, Carolyn Leonard is raising $1.92 million to help fund female-led companies. – SHIA KAPOS (DIERSEN: Because members of the following groups are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being White euphemists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, anyone who might create a fund for companies led by them would be viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned: 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.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/Carolyn-Leonard-DyMynd-Angels-Fund/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Ignore Rauner: The State of the State is Bankrupt – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/ignore-rauner-the-state-of-the-state-is-bankrupt/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump likens Pelosi’s ‘crumbs’ tax comments to Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/1/donald-trump-likens-nancy-pelosis-crumbs-tax-comme/

 

FOX NEWS
— Durbin faces Harvard mob angry over lack of ‘Clean Dream Act’ – Lukas Mikelionis
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/02/durbin-faces-harvard-mob-angry-over-lack-clean-dream-act.html

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Taxpayers’ paycheck problems could lead to big bill from IRS, expert warns – Brittany De Lea
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2018/01/30/taxpayers-paycheck-problems-could-lead-to-big-bill-from-irs-expert-warns.html

 

THE HILL
— Federal workers on edge over Trump call for firing power – LYDIA WHEELER (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://thehill.com/regulation/371878-trumps-targeting-of-federal-workforce-puts-unions-on-edge

 

ROLL CALL
— Republicans Divided on Minimum Needed for Immigration Deal White House, conservatives pushing four pillars while others open to just two – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/republicans-divided-minimum-needed-immigration-deal

 

POLITICO
— Ryan renews welfare reform push But the House speaker is once again running into resistance from the Senate. – RACHAEL BADE and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/welfare-reform-gop-paul-ryan-382591

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— An Indian ‘Chief’ Mascot Was Dropped. A Decade Later, He’s Still Lurking. The Cleveland Indians are retiring “Chief Wahoo,”
but the debate is far from over if other institutions, like the University of Illinois, are a guide. – MITCH SMITH
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/us/native-americans-sports-mascots-illinois.html
— Trump Sets Up a Grand Bargain on Immigration – George J. Borjas (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, immigrants are minorities and/or females. Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. RINOs only want immigrants who will work for less money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/trump-immigration-dreamers.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Does the Boss’s Pay Compare to the Rank and File? Survey offers early glimpse of the CEO-worker pay ratios in different industries – Vanessa Fuhrmans and Theo Francis (DIERSEN: Trump is earning only $400,000/year, or only 3.2 times my $122,325/year GAO salary in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that GAO overpaid me. In my defense, a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that; b) I had six job-related professional certifications and a job-related professional license; and c) I had three job-related master’s degrees and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-early-look-at-the-ceo-worker-pay-ratio-1517505343

 

BLOOMBERG
— Wall Street Is Taking On More Risk Again – Sridhar Natarajan, Sally Bakewell, and Kiel Porter
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-02/leverage-is-back-wall-street-s-taking-on-more-risk-in-trump-era

 

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana shops prep for Super Bowl sales blitz – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/01/marijuana-pot-shops-prep-super-bowl-sales-blitz/1085109001/
— German police sue American woman for slander for calling them ‘Nazis’ – Deutsche Welle Publish (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump supporters are Nazis, White supremacists, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, sexual harassers, bigots, and even worse things. At what point should Trump supporters hit them with cease and desist letters? At what point should Trump supporters sue them for slander? If you are a Trump supporter, the more of the following that you are, the more forcefully that anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Nazi, White supremacist, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, sexual harasser, bigot, and even worse things: Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/26/german-police-sue-american-woman-slander-calling-them-nazis/1068397001/

 

HARVARD CRIMSON
— Durbin Speech Met With Protest at Kennedy School Around 100 students from across the University spent Thursday evening marching up and down in front of the Kennedy School to protest Senator Durbin’s visit. – ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ AND SIMONE C. CHU (DIERSEN: If you were me, how would deal with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize, who viciously denigrate, and who viciously condemn my intelligence, my judgment, my motives, my abilities, my ethics, my accomplishments, my etc.? They hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that no one should tell me anything because I will use whatever they tell me improperly in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Those who my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted at say to me “don’t quote me” and they require me to say “this is off-the-record” before they will tell me anything. Should I send my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes cease and desist letters and publish them in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Should I sue them for slander?)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/2/durbin-visit-protests/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maribel Nava ’20, one of the attendees, declined to reveal exactly what Durbin discussed with the group, noting the meeting was supposed to be off-the-record. Nonetheless, she said she thought the conversation was at least somewhat productive.)

 

FEDERAL SOUP
— NTEU: White House call to ease firing ‘a step backward’ (DIERSEN: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. 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://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/01/31/wh-call-to-ease-firing-a-step-backward.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump said, alluding to his administration’s proposals to make it easier for federal political appointees and managers to fire federal employees. Legislation has eased removals at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and President Trump has said he would like other departments to see similar changes. Among the first of the federal unions to respond at length, the National Treasury Employees Union criticized the language used in the speech. “It is unfortunate that the president chose to single out our world-class civil service tonight, leaving the impression that federal employees are not dedicated to public service, committed to the missions of their agencies and honorable Americans,” NTEU President Tony Reardon said in a statement. “At a time of no passed or enacted agency budgets, the nation artificially operating to avoid hitting the debt ceiling, no plan to provide relief from sequestration, four CRs to keep the government open, a shutdown last week, and less than nine days until a possible second shutdown,” he continued, “the American people need an administration and Congress that is accountable and performing for them, and not elected officials looking to pass the buck.” “Federal employees must retain existing protections that stop unfair and arbitrary management practices, along with political favoritism and retaliation,” Reardon said. “Our workforce is non-partisan and merit-based and any reduction in due process protections is a step backward for our country.”)

February 1 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Rauner’s State Of The State Overshadowed By Politics  The candidates who hope to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner all had something to say Tuesday. – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3802364-rauners-state-of-the-state-overshadowed-by-politics/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Assessment fairness study drags out – Jason Grotto and Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Who wants your home to have a higher assessed valuation? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois who have always wanted 915 Cove Court in Wheaton to have a higher assessed valuation, that is, those who have always wanted my wife and I to pay higher real estate taxes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/taxdivide/ct-met-assessor-berrios-study-delay-20180130-story.html
— Sidestepping woes, Rauner says the best is yet to come (DIERSEN: What is ahead for retirees?  Higher inflation? Lower interest rates? Higher medical and dental expenses? Falling real estate market values? Higher real estate taxes with real estate tax deductions being capped at $10,000/year? How soon will real estate taxes exceed 10% of market value and/or $10,000/year for all homes in Illinois?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180201/281487866790635
— John Marshall Law School will start accepting GRE as test alternative to LSAT – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: If I had not passed the CPA examination in 1979, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, IRS would not have offered me a job in 1971. If I had not passed the Post Office employment examination in 1966, the Post Office would not have offered me a job in 1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-john-marshall-law-school-accepts-gre-20180130-story.html
— Twinkie maker’s response to the Trump Tax: bonus and free snacks – Nick Turner and Craig Giammona
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-hostess-tax-bonus-free-snacks-20180131-story.html
— Was state Sen. Silverstein snared by Springfield’s sexist ‘handkerchief trick?’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-ira-silverstein-gag-0201-chicago-inc-20180131-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why housing may help Chicago in Amazon HQ2 race – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: If Amazon picks Chicago, how attractive would new Amazon employees view the housing in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? From what I see, new Amazon employees would be disproportionately, if not overwhelmingly, 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 dodgers (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180201/CRED0701/180209994/why-housing-may-help-chicago-in-amazon-hq2-race

 

WGN RADIO
— What can we expect from the next legislative session in Springfield? – PETER ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, everyone could expect and I would deliver a breakfast meeting the third Saturday of every month except August and December, a picnic every August, and a Christmas party every December. Everyone could expect and I would deliver speakers at those events that would include candidates in upcoming elections. Currently, for example, Rauner, Ives, Sanguinetti, Morthland, Harold, Grasso, Diganvker, Jhingan, Stella, Vlakancic, Minor, Grant, Byrne, Kinzler, Orozco, Zito, Khouri, Mendrick, Bibbiano, Tornatore, DeMichele, Gavanes, Hart, Abbott, Tully, McGowen, Almiron, Eckhoff, Zaruba, Tatro, Chinchilla, Wiley, Zay, McQuade, Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, DuPage County Republican Central Committee candidates, Republican township party candidates, etc. One could argue that incumbent Republicans would be far more likely to want to get rid of TAPROOT because TAPROOT, unlike many other organizations, gave challengers an opportunity to speak. While the West Suburban Patriots organization in Wheaton has barred the following Republican elected officials from speaking at its events because they have endorsed Rauner and Sanguinetti, under my chairmanship, they would be welcome to speak at TAPROOT events, provided that they agreed to take questions from the audience: Dan Cronin, Steve Chirico, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Patti Bellock, Grant Wehrli, Christine Winger, Bob Berlin, Fred Bucholz, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Richard Jorgenson, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Sean Noonan, Don Puchalski, Kevin Wiley, James Zay, Rich Veenstra, Richard Irvin, Chuck Nelson, Kevin Wallace, Franco Coladipietro, Len Austin, Martin Tully, Steven Morley, Rodney Craig, Jeff Pruyn, John Egofske, Ken McClafferty, Kevin Coyne, Ruben Pineda, Noreen Ligino-Kubinski, Michael Gresk, Todd Scalzo, Frank Trilla, and Jim Mathieson.)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/01/31/what-can-we-expect-from-the-next-legislative-session-in-springfield/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: West Chicago High School teachers file notice of intent to strike – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180131/west-chicago-high-school-teachers-file-notice-of-intent-to-strike-
— Moving beyond naloxone to save addicts – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180201/moving-beyond-naloxone-to-save-addicts

 

WTTW
— Rauner Speaks of Bipartisanship, Democrats Don’t Believe It – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Democrats will never vote for Rauner. Nevertheless, Democrats want Rauner a) to dump more and more and more planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Ives and all the other conservatives in the state.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/31/rauner-speaks-bipartisanship-democrats-don-t-believe-it

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner: Let’s cooperate; Madigan says gov blames others – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Who blames you for their problems, for your problems, and/or for everyone’s problems? I should write a book about nasty scapegoaters who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/rauner-lets-cooperate-madigan-says-gov-blames-others
— Illinois lawmakers wear black in solidarity with #MeToo – Brenden Moore and Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more of a sexual harasser that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/illinois-lawmakers-wear-black-in-solidarity-with-metoo

 

TIMES
— Ives calls out Mautino, Towne – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/candidate-calls-out-mautino-towne/article_9d56eebf-7137-5888-8890-7a19382ef725.html
— Balanced budget vow pleases local lawmakers – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/balanced-budget-vow-pleases-local-lawmakers/article_c2403dba-3e7d-5d2b-80c9-c4a9785deb0f.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— The state of our state … and Rauner’s reelection chances – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20180131/editorial-state-of-our-state–and-rauners-reelection-chances

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Rauner Tries To Sell Bipartisanship In State Of The State Address, But Few Are Buying – SEAN CRAWFORD (DIERSEN: Bipartisanship has always resulted in Republicans losing and Democrats winning.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-tries-sell-bipartisanship-state-state-address-few-are-buying#stream/0

 

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— Plenty of people think they can improve state of the state – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that in 2012, they succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship even though no one else wanted the job. They stress all those elected officials and party leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who I helped elect, but who did nothing to help me keep the TAPROOT chairmanship.)
http://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20180131/our-view-plenty-of-people-think-they-can-improve-state-of-state
— State Rep. Cabello: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner should resign (DIERSEN: Who has called for you to resign and what arguments have they made? I should write a book about those who have called for me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA Illinois Editor, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. and the arguments that they have made.)
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/20180131/state-rep-cabello-illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-should-resign
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cabello accused Rauner of breaking his word on House Bill 40, which mandates public funding for abortion. Cabello said that in meetings with the governor, Rauner told lawmakers he would not sign the bill, which he then did in September. “When you tell someone you are not going to do something, you should stick to your word,” Cabello said. “I can’t trust any words that he says from here on out.” Cabello said he is supporting Rauner’s opponent in the upcoming GOP primary, state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton.)

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— University hires chancellor’s daughter, son-in-law – ANNA SPOERRE (DIERSEN: Did your parents, grandparents, etc. have enough religious, government, political, and/or financial clout to get you a good job? Mine did not. Consequently, I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://dailyegyptian.com/77964/showcase/university-hires-chancellors-daughter-son-in-law/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Rauner delivers his final State of the State address with an eye to November elections, and other Chicago news – Kate Shepherd
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/01/31/rauner-delivers-his-final-state-of-the-state-address-with-an-eye-to-november-elections-and-other-chicago-news

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives casts doubt on pension reform proposal – Angela Underwood
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511325548-ives-casts-doubt-on-pension-reform-proposal

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler says plan to resuscitate Illinois starts with tax cuts – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511322589-kinzler-says-plan-to-resuscitate-illinois-starts-with-tax-cuts

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Harold Ducks Debate Challenge – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/01/31/harold-ducks-debate-challenge/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Republican state lawmaker says idea to bond out pension debt is ‘massively irresponsible’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/republican-state-lawmaker-says-idea-to-bond-out-pension-debt/article_572136ce-0511-11e8-82d0-3f65b636dc6e.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Jeanne Ives’ Drubbing of Bruce Rauner – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/jeanne-ives-drubbing-of-bruce-rauner/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Cabello to Gov. Rauner: Resign
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/31/rep-cabello-to-gov-rauner-resign/
— Rauner dodges question about what he could accomplish if Madigan is still around (DIERSEN: If you are conservative and a member of a political organization that is overwhelmingly anti-conservative, there is little or nothing that you can accomplish.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/rauner-dodges-question-about-what-he-could-accomplish-if-madigan-is-still-around/
— Cullerton: “I like to be liked rather than feared” (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, and they want everyone to fear them.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/cullerton-i-like-to-be-liked-rather-than-feared/
— McGuire: Focus more on college students who don’t attend elite schools (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four degrees (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997) are from Ivy League universities.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/mcguire-focus-more-on-college-students-who-dont-attend-elite-schools/
— Poll: Rauner 7th most unpopular governor in the country
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/poll-rauner-7th-most-unpopular-governor-in-the-country/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Rubio on Trump Plan: If You Didn’t Apply for DACA Before, ‘Why Should You Benefit from This Now?’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rubio-trump-plan-didnt-apply-daca-benefit-now/

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘Willing to Give Trump Some Credit’: Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi Calls for Bipartisanship After SOTU – Neil Cavuto
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/31/trump-state-union-raja-krishnamoorthi-says-give-trump-obama-credit-economy-taxes

 

GOPUSA
— Kelly: California teacher who ripped military ‘ought to go to hell’ (DIERSEN: What should be said to those who rip, demonize, denigrate, and condemn federal employees and federal retirees as being overcompensated, stupid, lazy, and even worse things? Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on ripping, demonizing, denigrating, and condemning federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and federal retirees like I have been for over 20 years as being overcompensated, stupid, lazy, and even worse things?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38328
— Illegal aliens insulted that Trump said American citizens are dreamers too (DIERSEN: When you were in your early 20s, what was your career dream? My dream of getting a job in the automotive industry that had better potential for advancement ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38349
— Man married six women in immigration scheme
http://www.gopusa.com/man-married-six-women-in-immigration-scheme/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Americans are on the move to freer pastures – Meg Tuszynski and Dean Stansel (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps run Illinois. The more of the following that you are, the more that those anti-Trumps want you to leave Illinois: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/americans-are-on-the-move-to-freer-pastures/article/2647567

 

TOWNHALL
— Had ‘News’ Media Done Its Job, Obama Would Not Have Become President – Larry Elder
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2018/02/01/had-news-media-done-its-job-obama-would-not-have-become-president-n2442671

WORLD NET DAILY
— WOULD OBAMA HAVE WON IF MEDIA DID THEIR JOB? Larry Elder tells of photo with Farrakhan journalist sat on for 13 years
http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/would-obama-have-won-if-media-did-their-job/

 

THE HILL
— Black Democrats take lead in push to impeach Trump – CRISTINA MARCOS AND MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: Who has worked the hardest to get rid of you? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to get rid of me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the 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 and/or 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/371743-black-dems-take-lead-in-push-to-impeach-trump
— Dems vow to repeal parts of GOP tax law – MIKE LILLIS AND NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: What position do those federal candidates who seek your vote have on “the cap on the state and local tax deduction?” What do they say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that those who pay more than $10,000 a year in SALT are undeservedly filthy rich and should pay more federal income tax?)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/371736-dems-vow-to-repeal-parts-of-gop-tax-law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They also strongly oppose the cap on the state and local tax deduction, which hurts the rich but also impacts others in high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California. “The state and local tax deduction alone is an assault on the livelihoods and the property values of millions of Americans,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).)

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s Unifying Nationalism His State of the Union hinted at a new politics that could bring Americans closer together—if he can keep himself on message. – RICH LOWRY
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/31/trumps-unifying-nationalism-216920

 

CNN
— White House press secretary says Pelosi should smile more – Jennifer Hansler (DIERSEN: Why don’t you smile more? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes gloat that I do not smile more because I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/sarah-sanders-nancy-pelosi-smile/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump promoting recent tax cuts during session with workers – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: People who are not workers, for example, retirees, do not get pay increases or bonuses. Are/were a worker? I was a worker 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://apnews.com/5dac9fa1eb0f4fcc8f7ccba65cd4b57b/Trump-promoting-recent-tax-cuts-during-session-with-workers

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Speech Leaves Two Sides Further Apart Than Ever on Immigration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union-immigration.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Villain Dangerous to Ignore: Online Ads – Farhad Manjoo (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com have never contained ads and they never will contain ads. NEEDLESS TO-SAY, MY CRITICS/OPPONENTS, THEIR OPERATIVES, AND THEIR DUPES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BEYOND FURIOUS THAT I HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME AND ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT TOGETHER AND SEND OUT GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS AND POST COPIES OF THEM ON A WEBSITE WITHOUT ANY ADVERTISING. Increasingly, outlandishly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that the more ads that you have in your emails and on your website, the more credible that you are.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/technology/internet-advertising-business.html
— Watching Trump’s Speech: They Cheered. They Groaned. They Ate a Cake. Around the country, people gathered at parties and in bars to hear President Trump’s State of the Union speech. In some competitive Republican congressional districts, we went along. – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/state-of-the-union-national-reaction.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PALATINE, Ill. — Bob Schmidt, 36, glanced up from his beer just in time to see President Trump pause from his State of the Union address and heartily applaud for himself.)
— TRAGIC: San Francisco Will Clear Thousands of Marijuana Convictions – Timothy Williams and Thomas Fuller (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to get any credit for that. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like they a) smoke pot, b) want to smoke pot legally, and/or c) want to make lots of money selling pot.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/california-marijuana-san-francisco.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP candidate for California governor John Cox starts 2018 with nearly $2 million in the bank – SEEMA MEHTA (DIERSEN: What are your connections with John Cox? The Daily Herald reported that Cox attended my July 5, 2003 picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I had organized for the residents of my precinct and the residents of Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east and Debra Olson’s precinct to west. Attendees got to meet the five announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. Oberweis brought ice cream. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-john-cox-1517446693-htmlstory.html
— How the ‘Dreamers’ won the nation’s hearts and minds – LAURA WIDES-MUÑOZ (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Trump supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps are counting on Dreamers and their supporters to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries once and for all that are: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. What percent of Dreamers are minorities and/or females – 97%, 98%, 99%?)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-wides-munoz-dreamer-history-20180201-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Gay-rights groups say Amazon should avoid these 9 cities (Austin; Dallas; Nashville; Atlanta; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Miami; Raleigh, N.C.; and the Washington suburbs of Northern Virginia) for second headquarters – Elizabeth Weise (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, employers will not hire you, and if you are an employee, they will get rid of you.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/02/01/amazons-second-headquarters-gay-groups-say-amazon-should-avoid-these-9-cities/1082126001/
— Businesses added 234,000 private sector jobs in January, marking strong start to year – Adam Shell and Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Of these 240,000, how many 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 longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/31/adp-businesses-added-234-000-jobs-january-showing-strong-start-2018/1071000001/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Illinois Got Out of the Hedges These funds are hard to understand and have lousy returns. – Marc Levine
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-illinois-got-out-of-the-hedges-1517440169
— Amazon HQ2 Spurs Worries of a Wage War in Winning City Company’s hunt for a second home is a cause of concern for some employers near the possible sites – Lauren Weber and Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-thou-shalt-not-covet-thy-neighbors-employee-1517394601
— State licensing laws overly burden military spouses, who move frequently only to find they can’t work. – Shoshana Weissmann and C. Jarrett Dieterle (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old. To the best of my recollection, I was the only employee who was a licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago office from 1981 until my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-you-need-a-college-degree-to-give-diet-advice-1517439964
— Book Review: The Return of the New Deal For one of LBJ’s advisers, a great society was one in which there would be no poverty, hunger or illiteracy; nor would leisure time be wasted. Terry Eastland reviews ‘Building the Great Society’ by Joshua Zeitz. – Terry Eastland (DIERSEN: The Democrat’s Great Society destroyed the African-American family.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-the-return-of-the-new-deal-1517440136
— #MeToo, Coming to a Bookstore Near You Books exploring female empowerment and sexual harassment are on the rise, but some publishers worry the feminist message is getting diluted – Ellen Gamerman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more of a sexual harasser that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/metoo-coming-to-a-bookstore-near-you-1517408548
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Top Colleges Speed Read Applications – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I should a) include links to fewer articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and/or b) limit or eliminate my comments on those articles because those who read the emails are not speed readers?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-elite-colleges-review-an-application-in-8-minutes-or-less-1517400001

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2018/02/01/while-trump-blames-immigrants/#2c94ca9141ed

 

NEWSWEEK
— DESPITE TRUMP’S SOTU CLAIMS, AMERICA’S FINANCES ARE A MIXED REALITY – TRACY LEE (DIERSEN: Because inflation is higher than interest rates, because medical and dental expenses are going up, because real estate taxes are going up, because real estate tax deductions are capped at $10,000, etc., the financial future for retired people is not good.)
http://www.newsweek.com/mixed-reality-ground-american-wallets-796332

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Gowdy continues GOP lawmaker retirement wave – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: As anti-Trumps ever-increasingly shout at Republican candidates, at Republican elected officials, and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, more and more and more Republicans succumb to that slander. More and more and more Republicans are becoming anti-Republicans like Michael Steele and Pat Brady.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/01/31/gowdy-continues-gop-lawmaker-retirement-wave/

January 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New Naperville Park District budget includes property tax, fee increases – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-park-district-budget-st-0128-20180126-story.html
— Socially responsible investing gets a Trump bump – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps invest in companies that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-socially-responsible-investing-20180125-story.html
— Bye, bye, boomers — banks are looking toward millennials – Terry Savage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201801232133–tms–savagectnts-a20180123-20180123-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Trump economy is no great success.” How does the Trump economy help retired people? Interest rates continue to be far below inflation. Retirement savings in fixed income accounts continue to lose purchasing power.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-economy-growth-jobs-128-20180126-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Vallas mayoral bid would shine light on his record. Potential challenger to Emanuel has liabilities as well as experience. — Bill Ruthhart, John Byrne and Patrick M. O’Connell (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that even though I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000, those who continue to dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) have never asked me to be an MTRCC committee chairman let alone a MTRCC officer. They would stress that they rudely dumped me as MTRCC webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They would stress that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRCC Treasurer in 2004. They would stress their success a) in closing a nearby polling place that served my precinct and b) in gerrymandering my precinct. They would stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They would stress the activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who could/should have come to my defense, but failed/refused to do so. They would stress that they blame me for all the problems that MTRCC has had, is having, and will have. They would stress that they blame me for all the problems that they have, that you have, that I have, and that everyone has. They reject most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform. They reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-paul-vallas-rahm-emanuel-mayor-challenge-20180126-story.html
— Military service isn’t required for public office – Paul Bloustein, Cincinnati, Ohio (DIERSEN: What does Duckworth think of you and what does she think of those who share your demographics? From what I see, she wants to get rid of me and she wants to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-duckworth-trump-draft-military-20180126-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois recent labeled President Donald Trump a draft dodger and implied that not serving in the military renders one incapable of insight on budgetary matters related to the Defense Department. Yes, Trump was deferred from military service when we had a draft, as were erstwhile President Bill Clinton and Vice President Dick Cheney. Our immediate past president, also from the Land of Lincoln, chose not to serve. Does Duckworth believe then that we should amend the Constitution so that only presidents who have worn the uniform can bear the commander-in-chief title? Animus directed at the orange-maned man in the Oval Office has reached manic proportions when senators can make ad hominem statements in lieu of addressing the issue of the moment. Duckworth may curry favor with other sufferers of Trump Distemper with her intemperate and illogical insults, but she leaves this disabled military veteran who did not vote for Trump displeased.)
— ‘Saturday Night Live’: Will Ferrell reprises George W. Bush to skewer Trump – Debra Birnbaum
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-snl-will-ferrell-20180128-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Amid turmoil, Trump seeking a reset with State of the Union – AP (DIERSEN: How disrespectful do you anticipate that the anti-Trumps will be during the State of the Union?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amid-turmoil-trump-seeking-a-reset-with-state-of-the-union/
— To get at reasons for street crime, we need to look at black youth unemployment – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: Did you get jobs and promotions that young Blacks should have gotten? Do you agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a young Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a young Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a young Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted young Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a young Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a young Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a young Black could have my job and my preferred corner office?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/to-get-at-reasons-for-street-crime-we-need-to-look-at-black-youth-unemployment/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Opioid antidote saves lives, but overdose survivors still need help. Dr. Dipul Patadia says naloxone might save overdose patients from dying, but it doesn’t cure their addiction. – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180127/opioid-antidote-saves-lives-but-overdose-survivors-still-need-help
— Kochs to spend $20 million to promote tax overhaul – AP (DIERSEN: What do the Kochs say to those undeservedly filthy rich retired people who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate taxes and state income tax?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180127/business/301279858/
— Blue states’ tax workarounds could mean $154B lost to Treasury – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who promote the Republican tax bill demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate and state income tax as being undeservedly filthy rich people who should pay more federal income tax?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180128/blue-states-tax-workarounds-could-mean-154b-lost-to-treasury

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Catholic bishops side with AFSCME in Supreme Court case – JACK JENKINS
http://www.sj-r.com/entertainmentlife/20180127/catholic-bishops-side-with-afscme-in-supreme-court-case
— Most governor candidates favor new tax system – AP (DIERSEN: “New tax system” is code for making everyone pay more taxes and especially those who have more income.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180127/most-governor-candidates-favor-new-tax-system
— Here’s hoping for a sense of decorum at this week’s speeches – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180127/our-view-heres-hoping-for-sense-of-decorum-at-this-weeks-speeches
— Renewed focus on bipartisanship from both sides necessary for country to move forward – Rodney Davis (DIERSEN: Bipartisanship always harms Republicans because Republican elected officials fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform. That is why Trump got elected.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180127/rep-rodney-davis-renewed-focus-on-bipartisanship-from-both-sides-necessary-for-country-to-move-forward
— Daiber suggests taxing retirement income to help pay for pensions – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: Since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that my Civil Service Retirement System pension, currently $51,864/year, is not subject to state income tax. Since 2010, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that my Social Security, currently $2,064/year, is not subject to state income tax.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180126/daiber-suggests-taxing-retirement-income-to-help-pay-for-pensions

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois among states on road to ruin – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/illinois-among-states-on-road-to-ruin/article_73183291-e175-586f-a93b-ffba63786a39.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner faces hard year – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-rauner-faces-hard-year/article_ba792fda-acec-5f34-90f6-5c88c9553d60.html
— State of the State 2018: Governor or candidate? – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/state-of-the-state-governor-or-candidate/article_b531cd7b-068d-5d6d-837c-280d721f9c5b.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Mismanaged managed care – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-01-28/mismanaged-managed-care.html

 

MORTON TIMES NEWS
— Time for another State of the State. Try to remain calm – Doug Finke
http://www.mortontimesnews.com/news/20180127/statehouse-insider-time-for-another-state-of-state-try-to-remain-calm

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Women’s Heavy Disapproval Of Trump May Not Cut So Deep Against GOP In 2018 Midterms – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/womens-heavy-disapproval-trump-may-not-cut-so-deep-against-gop-2018-midterms#stream/0
— State Of The Federal Workforce: Low – BRIAN NAYLOR (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, morale was always low, especially for its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran 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://nprillinois.org/post/state-federal-workforce-low#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The past year has been a tough one for the federal workforce. There was a hiring freeze at many agencies. For three days earlier this month, there was a government shutdown, leaving many workers to wonder when their next paycheck would arrive. Now, as President Trump prepares his first State of the Union address, one issue he is expected to take up, if not there then in his soon-to-follow proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, is reorganizing the federal bureaucracy. It’s a prospect that many in the federal workforce are dreading. Already, the state of the federal workforce is described as low. Morale “is the lowest that I have ever seen it in my just shy of 40 years” being a federal employee and working with federal employees, said J.David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents some 700,000 federal workers. Agencies, he says, are already short-staffed, with vacancies unfilled, and Cox worries pay will be frozen. “We are concerned,” Cox says, “because reorganization means let’s figure out a way to cut or do more with less and do away with services that the American people want.”)

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— LaBarbera, Mefferd Assail Millennial Conservative Guy Benson’s ‘Prager U’ Video Claim to Be ‘Gay Christian’
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/01/26/radio-labarbera-mefferd-assail-millennial-conservative-guy-bensons-prager-u-video-claim-to-be-gay-christian/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Why Illinois Needs a Spending Cap Spending has consistently outpaced state tax revenues in Illinois for more than a decade. To avoid future tax hikes, Illinois must impose real fiscal discipline on state lawmakers. – Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/why-illinois-needs-a-spending-cap/

 

BREITBART
— Ronald Reagan’s Biggest Regret Was Granting Amnesty and Trusting Congress on Border Security – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/01/27/kelli-ward-ronald-reagans-biggest-regret-was-granting-amnesty-and-trusting-congress-on-border-security/

 

BLAZE
— Pelosi again says Republican tax cuts offer ‘crumbs’ for middle class workers – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a worker 1964-1997. One could argue that I did not become a middle class worker until 1986 when I got promoted to GS-13, currently $96,403/year.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/27/pelosi-again-says-republican-tax-cuts-offer-crumbs-for-middle-class-workers

 

DAILY CALLER
— D.C. Protesters Shut Down Streets — Have No Clue What They’re Protesting – Julia Nista
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/27/d-c-protesters-shut-down-streets-have-no-clue-what-theyre-protesting/

 

HOT AIR
— How DREAMers Came To Dominate U.S. Politics (DIERSEN: Democrats count on Dreamers to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/01/dreamers-came-dominate-u-s-politics/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pelosi Tries to Extend $137,000 Tax Break for Two of Her Multi-Million-Dollar Homes Congress’s wealthiest woman plays the tax game too: Pelosi rushed to pre-pay property taxes after decrying GOP tax overhaul as middle-class tax hike and corporate giveaway – Susan Crabtree (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the definition of being undeservedly filthy rich will paying more than $10,000 a year in combined real estate taxes and state income taxes?)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-tries-extend-tax-break-two-multi-million-dollar-homes/
— CNN’s Jim Acosta Frustrated He Wasn’t Called on During White House Press Briefing – Haris Alic (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who do not want me to know about their press conferences, b) who do not want me to attend their press conferences, c) who do not want me to ask questions at their press conferences, and d) who do not want me to report on their press conferences. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They are scapegoaters to be polite.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/cnns-jim-acosta-frustrated-wasnt-called-press-briefing/
— Wasserman Schultz Slams $1,000 Bonuses Due to Tax Reform, Says They Won’t Go ‘Very Far’ – Cameron Cawthorne (DIERSEN: $1,000 would not go very far at all to cover my out-of-pocket expenses (nine home delivery and internet access newspaper subscriptions, Constant Contact, ISP expenses, etc.) to put together send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails every morning and every evening.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/wasserman-schultz-slams-1000-bonuses-tax-reform-says-wont-go-far/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Male journalists love gender-based pay cut – Ed Straker
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/male_journalists_love_genderbased_pay_cut.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What is it that makes liberal journalists happy? Sexually harassing their coworkers? Creating fake news stories about Donald Trump? Pushing the liberal agenda day after day? Well, it turns out that what makes male journalists the happiest is a pay cut, at least at the BBC. The BBC said on Friday that it was reducing the salaries of several of its most prominent male journalists following Carrie Gracie’s decision this month to leave her position as the British broadcaster’s China editor to protest unequal pay between men and women at the organization. Among those receiving pay cuts are the presenters Jeremy Vine, Huw Edwards and John Humphrys. Mr. Vine described his decision to take a wage cut as a “no-brainer.”)

 

CBN NEWS
— How Much Do You Need To Retire? Learn how to Calculate your Retirement Income Needs (DIERSEN: My $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of ending salary of $125,325 in today’s dollars.)
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/finance/2018/january/how-much-do-you-need-to-retire-learn-how-to-calculate-your-retirement-income-needs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The next step is to determine what net annual income will be necessary upon retirement. The easiest method I have seen is simply to review a current pay stub and use the “net income” on the pay stub as a good starting point to know how much money is needed in retirement to maintain your lifestyle. I recommend this because some expenses may go up in retirement and some may go down. Many clients might not want to change their lifestyle in retirement, i.e., they want to live off the same income pre- and post-retirement. It’s all part of the discovery process, but I err on the side of overestimating these needs initially.)

 

THE HILL
— Republicans hope for calm amid storm at State of the Union – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: How disrespectful do you anticipate that the anti-Trumps will be during the State of the Union?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/371000-the-memo-republicans-hope-for-calm-amid-storm-at-state-of-the-union

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want criminals to vote.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/felony-disenfranchisement-bars-millions-voting-might-be-about-change-n841566

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Is Hollywood So Liberal? – Neil Gross
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/hollywood-liberal.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/opinion/sunday/trump-davos-speech.html
— Are Corporate Tax Cuts Raising Pay? Yes, for Bosses – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/corporate-tax-cuts-salaries.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Fox News host’s hyperbolic take on the ‘war’ between Trump and the press – Margaret Sullivan (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who has been at war against GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000? ANSWER: Those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the 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 and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/fox-news-hosts-hyperbolic-take-on-the-war-between-trump-and-the-press/2018/01/25/264f8eba-0156-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Advocates petitioning to allow use of food stamps to feed pets – Caitlin Dewey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/23/the-surprising-argument-for-extending-food-stamps-to-pets/?utm_term=.8d47c5a5c3be

 

USA TODAY
— Too much in retirement savings? Not possible – Peter Dunn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2018/01/27/pete-planner-too-much-retirement-savings-not-possible/1035009001/

 

NEWS & OBSERVER
— Is Trump in ‘love’ with Dreamers again? – Editorial
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article196876709.html

 

CPA JOURNAL
— FROM THE ARTICLE: The Conference Committee adopted the seven-bracket approach of the Senate bill and adopted rates ranging from 10% on taxable income not over $9,525 for individuals ($19,050 for married couples filing jointly (MFJ) to a maximum of 37% for taxable income over $500,000 for individuals ($600,000 for MFJ). The Conference Committee bill therefore imposes a marriage penalty on married couples filing jointly. (DIERSEN: My wife and I have been paying the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.cpajournal.com/2018/01/22/tax-act-first-look-complex-new-world-qualified-business-deduction-rule/