January 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chick-fil-A headed to Chicago’s Magnificent Mile as Purple Pig moves one door south – Ryan Ori (DIERSEN: From what I see, as Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred of Trump supporters, a Chick-fil-A restaurant is one of few remaining places in the world where you can wear a MAGA hat and not worry about being harassed, insulted, threatened, beaten up, killed, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ori/ct-biz-purple-pig-chick-fil-a-ryan-ori-20190122-story.html
— Federal employees turn to food pantries during government shutdown: ‘After a while you have to let that pride go’ – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-government-shutdown-food-pantries-20190122-story.html
— Furloughed federal workers offered free mental health counseling – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: Of course, after the shutdown is over and all furloughed federal employees are paid, federal employees will again be viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have taken the lead in promoting hatred against federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and against federal retirees like I have been for more than 21 years.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-sinai-offers-free-counseling-to-government-workers-20190122-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In the glow of victory, Governor, listen to the GOP on gerrymandering – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I would focus on a) those who ordered the gerrymandering and why they did that, b) those who carried out the gerrymandering and why they did that, c) those who benefitted from the gerrymandering and why, and d) the negative impacts of the gerrymandering.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-gerrymandering-independent-maps-legislature/
— Shoppers describe ‘terror’ in mall after murder as hunt for gunman continues – Stefano Esposito and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/orland-square-mall-shooting-suspect-identified/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump says he told Sanders ‘not to bother’ with briefing – AP (DIERSEN: I have been your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, their operatives, and their dupes in Illinois a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who have treated me most rudely. 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.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190122/news/301229872/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump says he directed White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders not to bother with the traditional daily briefing of reporters. The last briefing took place on Dec. 18. In a tweet on Tuesday, the president said the press covers Sanders “so rudely & inaccurately, in particular certain members of the press. “I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway!” he tweeted. “Most will never cover us fairly & hence, the term, Fake News!” The afternoon briefing has been a staple of cable news schedules during the past few administrations and the sight of Sanders’ predecessor Sean Spicer at the podium was an enduring image of the early days of Trump’s tenure. The White House Correspondents Association called the decision a retreat from transparency and accountability that sets a terrible precedent.)
— FRONT PAGE: Will DuPage Airport tenants have to pay back taxes? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190123/will-dupage-airport-tenants-have-to-pay-back-taxes

 

WBEZ
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: What Can Chicago Do About The Racist Effects Of Segregation? Look To Other Cities – Natalie Moore
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/what-can-chicago-do-about-the-racist-effects-of-segregation-look-to-other-cities/4a834a26-c79d-4f83-a15e-51d148fa236c

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McSweeney brushes off County Board concerns about township consolidation bill
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/22/mcsweeney-brushes-off-county-board-concerns-about-township-consolidation-bill/a2m1eav/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State’s bet on expanded gambling poses risks – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-01-22/jim-dey-states-bet-expanded-gambling-poses-risks.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Percentage of women in Illinois General Assembly inches up – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190122/percentage-of-women-in-illinois-general-assembly-inches-up

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats lurch left on top policies as 2020 primary begins – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-lurch-left-on-top-policies-as-2020-primary-begins-01-22-2019

 

HUMAN RESOURCES LAW
— Illinois Rings in 2019 With New Employment Laws – Mark Brookstein (DIERSEN: Employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran should NEVER count on employment laws to protect them. Employment laws are designed to promote employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Federal civil service protections a) did NOT stop my Democrat GAO superiors from forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) did NOT stop my Democrat IRS superiors from not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, getting rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974, and did NOT stop my Democrat Post Office superiors from forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.humanresourceslawblog.com/illinois-rings-in-2019-with-new-employment-laws/#
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Human Rights Act. . .Break Time for Nursing Mothers. . .Employee Reimbursement for Business Expenses. . .Equal Pay Act Expanded to African American Employees. . .Office of Labor Standards. . .Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. . .One Day Rest in Seven Act. . .Employer Tax Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave)

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Lawmaker Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville, wants townships with big bank accounts to return money to taxpayers – Greg Bishop
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/lawmaker-wants-townships-with-big-bank-accounts-to-return-money/article_3985defc-5f1c-58a0-b2dc-7c06e067c485.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POLLING SHOWS OCASIO-CORTEZ’S RISING FAME
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/polling-shows-ocasio-cortezs-rising-fame.html
— ILLINOIS SENATOR (Elgie Sims Jr. (D-Chicago)) WITNESSES MALL SHOOTING, ENCOURAGES TOUGHER GUN LAWS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-lawmakers-family-stood-feet-away-during-orland-park-shooting.html
— DAILY SHOW CALLS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ‘CRAZY’ WHILE MOCKING KAREN PENCE’S CHRISTIANITY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/daily-show-calls-religious-freedom-crazy-while-mocking-karen-pences-christianity.html
— AMERICA: THE NEW SOCIALIST FRONTIER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/america-the-new-socialist-frontier.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHO BENEFITS FROM DEMOCRATIC CONTROL? – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at everyone that everyone benefits from Democrat control, but especially Democrats 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, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, recent immigrants, and/or those who have health problems.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/who-benefits-from-democratic-control/

 

FOX NEWS
— Mexico screening for criminals in latest migrant caravan; Salvadoran gang member wanted in murder is nabbed – Griff Jenkins, Frank Miles
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-screening-for-criminals-in-latest-migrant-caravan-salvadoran-gang-member-wanted-in-murder-is-nabbed

 

GOPUSA
— Trump tells Sarah Huckabee Sanders ‘not to bother’ with press briefings (DIERSEN: I have been your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, their operatives, and their dupes in Illinois a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who have treated me most rudely. 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63891
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump blamed the media Tuesday as the reason the White House rarely holds press briefings. He said he told press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders “not to bother” with conducting press briefings because he believes the press will be biased and covers her “rudely.”) )
— DACA Activist: Pledge of Allegiance ‘rooted in … white supremacy’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63908
— Why I’m Ready to Buy a Gun
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63724
— Is Tijuana prepared for the next caravan?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63871

 

BREITBART
— Grassroots Immigration Group: Amnesty Is Worse than No Wall – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/grassroots-immigration-group-amnesty-is-worse-than-no-wall/
— Democrat-Led States Vie for Most Abortions Allowed on Roe Anniversary – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/democrat-led-states-vie-for-most-abortions-allowed-on-roe-anniversary/
— Trump’s Compromise Bill Includes $15M for Border Security–in Pakistan – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/trumps-compromise-bill-includes-15m-for-border-security-in-pakistan/
— Progressives Denounce Donald Trump’s ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ Asylum Reform – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/progressives-denounce-donald-trumps-unaccompanied-alien-children-asylum-reform/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Construction Worker: Where’s the Democrat Concern When I Get Laid Off?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/01/22/construction-worker-nobody-cares-when-i-get-laid-off/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Sheryl Sandberg on Censorship: ‘We Don’t Want an Internet Where Anything Goes’ – Corinne Weaver (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. Since 2000, they have focused on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2019/01/22/sheryl-sandberg-censorship-we-dont-want-internet-where

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats, Real and Fake – Karin McQuillan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/democrats_real_and_fake.html

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— A left-wing tug-of-war over going all in – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/01/22/a-left-wing-tug-of-war-over-going-all-in
— Stanford promoting LGBT thru all-gender locker room – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/01/22/stanford-promoting-lgbt-thru-all-gender-locker-room

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— The Deep Hypocrisy of Pelosi, Schumer and the Left – Death Throes of a Nation Pelosi and Schumer have made themselves a kind of terror against the American people, holding the presidency, the government and the American people as hostages – Rev. Michael Bresciani
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-deep-hypocrisy-of-pelosi-schumer-and-the-left-death-throes-of-a-nation

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Freshman House Dems Counter Trump’s Offer to End Shutdown Proposal comes despite speaker’s opposition to compromising on border wall funding – Haris Alic
https://freebeacon.com/politics/freshman-house-dems-counter-trumps-offer-to-end-shutdown/

 

THE HILL
— The Memo: Diverse Democratic field lines up for 2020 – Niall Strange (DIERSEN: To counter the Democrats in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in etc., will the officers of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. a) dump all their offices and committee chairmen who are White, male, older (over age 40? over age 30?), and/or non-veteran? Will they refuse to help elect any candidate who is White, male, older (over age 40? over age 30?), and/or non-veteran?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/426522-the-memo-diverse-democratic-field-lines-up-for-2020
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say: “36 percent support Trump’s reelection, 43 percent prefer generic Democrat.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426495-poll-shows-36-percent-support-trumps-reelection-43-percent-would-vote-for

 

POLITICO
— Emergency plan for federal workers: Credit cards, pawnshops, second jobs – KATY O’DONNELL
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/federal-workers-government-shutdown-1106546
— Democrats’ plan to neuter Medicare for All irks liberals With their eyes on 2020, Democrats have introduced at least eight plans for expanding health coverage beyond Obamacare’s gains. – ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN and ADAM CANCRYN
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/democrats-medicare-for-all-obamacare-1094146

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: From Federal Worker to Uber Driver: Odd Jobs to Make Ends Meet in the Shutdown – Jack Healy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/government-shutdown-moonlighting-uber.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Hundreds of IRS employees are skipping work. That could delay tax refunds. – Danielle Paquette, Lisa Rein, Jeff Stein and Kimberly Kindy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/hundreds-of-irs-employees-are-skipping-work-that-could-delay-tax-refunds/2019/01/22/1885e74e-1e7d-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “President Trump spins asylum restrictions as humanitarian relief.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/23/president-trump-spins-asylum-restrictions-humanitarian-relief/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats and their voters have shifted left as 2020 nears. They’re betting the rest of the country follows. – David Weigel and Jenna Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-and-their-voters-have-lurched-left-as-2020-nears-theyre-betting-the-rest-of-the-country-follows/2019/01/22/ba2e9800-1b55-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Downside of Anti-Trump Rage Older Democrats are so busy ‘resisting,’ they’ve let fiery young progressives shape the party’s future. – Fred Barnes (DIERSEN: From what I see, all political parties are moving toward banning candidates and banning party leaders who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-downside-of-anti-trump-rage-11548201671
— The Hot New Channel for Reaching Real People: Email Frustrated by social media, businesses and others looking for an audience turn to an old standby – Christopher Mims (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who crow that they do not read emails?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hot-new-channel-for-reaching-real-people-email-11547874005
— New Caravan Grows as Mexico Eases Passage Central Americans crowd Mexico’s southern border awaiting humanitarian visas to pass unhindered toward U.S. – Juan Montes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-caravan-grows-as-mexico-eases-passage-11548191845
— FRONT PAGE: How Companies Secretly Boost Their Glassdoor Ratings Employers flood the ranking site with 5-star postings requested from enthusiastic staffers, leading to unusual spikes, a WSJ investigation found – Rolfe Winkler and Andrea Fuller (DIERSEN: Because the federal government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently 134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, one would expect that federal employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran would give the federal government a 5-star rating.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-manipulate-glassdoor-by-inflating-rankings-and-pressuring-employees-11548171977
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last summer, employees of Guaranteed Rate Inc. posted a stream of negative reviews about the mortgage broker on Glassdoor, a company-ratings website. “An American sweatshop,” read a one-star review in June. “Worst company I ever worked for,” read another in July. The company’s rating on Glassdoor, which is determined by employee feedback, fell to 2.6 stars out of 5. Concerned that negative reviews could hurt recruiting, Guaranteed Rate CEO Victor Ciardelli instructed his team to enlist employees likely to post positive reviews, said a person familiar with his instructions. In September and October these employees flooded Glassdoor with hundreds of five-star ratings. The company rating now sits at 4.1. Glassdoor has become an important arbiter of employee sentiment in today’s highly competitive job market. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows it can be manipulated by employers trying to sway opinion in their favor.)

 

FORBES
— A Trump-hater says “Analysts Find Restrictive Measures In New Trump Immigration Bill.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/01/23/analysts-find-restrictive-measures-in-new-trump-immigration-bill/#3e34af8856e3

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Should women be required to register for the draft? Congressional panel likely to recommend big changes – Gregory Korte (DIERSEN: How has the draft impacted you? In 1966, when I was 18 years old, notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease, I was classified 1-A for the draft. I obtained my first student draft deferment in 1966 when I was 18 years old, and ever since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a draft dodger. In 1970, when I was 21 years old and had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, employers were extremely reluctant to hire me because they fully expected that I would be drafted. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted, but it was granted, and then, because of my draft lottery number, I was no longer subject to the draft. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/23/national-commission-military-public-service-congress-selective-draft-women-combat-voluntary/2619455002/
— ‘The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change,’ Ocasio-Cortez says – William Cummings (DIERSEN: What do you predict that you will be doing 12 years from now in 2031? I predict that I will still be spending 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/22/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-alarm/2642481002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: More strikes ahead? Teachers say they love their jobs but can’t pay their bills, poll shows – Susan Page and Marina Pitofsky
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/22/teachers-across-country-love-jobs-cant-pay-bills-new-poll-shows/2623778002/

 

PITTSBURG POST GAZETTE
— Why ageism hurts men more than women – JULIA CARPENTER (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/aging-edge/2019/01/22/Why-ageism-hurts-men-more-than-women/stories/201901220156
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Age bias can be subtle — a whispered comment, a snide dig, an errant thought. Or it can show up in more overt behaviors — a forgotten meeting invite, a blatant preference for a younger colleague or even hiring discrimination. But new research shows that age bias doesn’t affect men and women equally. In fact, older men face harsher penalties than older women. Battling stereotypes By 2022, 25 percent of the American workforce is estimated to be comprised of workers age 55 and older, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But claims of age-based discrimination are already on the rise, says Michael North, assistant professor of management and organizations at New York University. Comparing the number of age discrimination complaints filed to the EEOC in 1999 to the number of claims now shows that the problem isn’t going away. This tension in modern workplaces, Mr. North says, often involves younger employees viewing older employees as overly aggressive, or selfishly refusing to step down from the C-suite and leadership roles. The stereotypical version of this kind of older worker — who continues to work past retirement age, sowing discord among younger employees who covet the senior position — is usually male. Part of that stereotype stems from a dearth of older women in senior roles. “One thing we’re really seeing is a lot of dominant older men people think aren’t willing to step aside, and you see resource constraints with millennials trying to get jobs, and we’re thinking of male CEOs refusing to relinquish power — so I think the exemplars are men,” says Ashley Martin, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. “So when people harbor this age bias, they’re thinking ‘These men need to get out of the way.’ And women are forgotten — which allows them to escape.”)

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— Divided America: Traditional values now scorned – ROBERT HUMPHRIES, Puyallup
https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article224939410.html
(FROM THE LETTER: We already have a wall, but it divides Americans rather than defending our border. Deja vu, it’s1860 all over again, and we know where that led after the flash points of Harpers Ferry and Fort Sumpter. Anyone who would declare that our nation was built on the foundations of Western European civilization is now considered a racist. That alone confirms there is a deep schism/high wall already established within our nation. On one side are those who desire to defend the culture, religion and traditions that created the greatest form of self-governance (even with all its flaws) mankind has ever devised. On the other side are those who fervently dig at its very foundation, guided by their “diverse” cultures (or worse, the failed ideology of Lenin, Stalin, Mao or Che). One can only ask: When and where will there be a defining flash point? Certainly the verbiage of many elected Democratic members of Congress loudly proclaim in “political correct” terms that they are pushing for one — in their active support of illegal aliens flooding across open borders, or in their attacks on the 2nd Amendment.)

 

GOVERNING
— 2 Weeks Into New Year, 5 States Advance LGBTQ Rights – Julie Moreau (DIERSEN: If you and the groups that you are a member of do not promote LGBTQ activity, sooner or later, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes will get rid of you and get rid of the groups that you are a member of.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/2-Weeks-Into-New-Year-5-States-Advance-LGBTQ-Rights.html

 

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you and the groups that you are a member of do not promote LGBTQ activity, sooner or later, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes will get rid of you and get rid of the groups that you are a member of.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/01/hate-group-suing-right-mentally-torture-lgbtq-kids-maryland/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote outrage, resistance, and activism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/22/onslaught-of-outrage-resistance-and-activism-reawaken-in-trump-era

January 22 Evening Edition

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 22 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against doing anything to stop Mexico from bringing illegal drugs into America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/nyregion/el-chapo-trial-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use MLK to promote hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/biden-crime-bill-regrets.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana – Erik Brady (DIERSEN: Pot pushers want everyone in America to be a stoner, including you, your sisters and brothers, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, and everyone else.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/Ad-Meter/buzz-meter/2019/01/22/super-bowl-cbs-rejects-ad-benefits-medical-marijuana/2639175002/
— Why you need to have purpose in your daily life even when you retire – Robert Powell (DIERSEN: What is your purpose in life? Mine is to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform. Those who work against me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/12/26/retirement-planning-how-find-your-purpose-after-you-stop-working/2406313002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Deck is stacked against female retirees – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a female 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a female in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted females in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a female in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a female in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/16/gender-pay-gap-retirement-401-k/2591646002/

 

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

January 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Government Shutdown 2019 goes on as Trump offer doesn’t budge Democrats – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-offer-doesnt-budge-democrats-on-government-shutdown-day-31/5099152/

 

CBS2
— MLK Holiday Offers Stage For 2020 Democratic Hopefuls (DIERSEN: How strongly will the 2020 Democratic Hopefuls viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/mlk-holiday-offers-stage-for-2020-democratic-hopefuls/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois marijuana dispensaries on a hiring binge as access expands
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-marijuana-dispensaries-on-a-hiring-binge-as-access-expands
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Actress and activist Alyssa Milano compared supporters of President Trump to members of the Ku Klux Klan.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/alyssa-milano-the-red-maga-hat-is-the-new-white-hood-

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Sunbeam pledges jolly days ahead for Illinois – Charles Selle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-pritzker-st-0122-story.html
— Underwood, Foster, others praise work of Martin Luther King at NCC breakfast – David Sharos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mlk-breakfast-ncc-naperville-st-0123-story.html
— Former top cop Garry McCarthy stirs controversy on police union: ‘They can’t be operating like it’s 1950 in Birmingham, Ala.’ – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing during the 1950s? My outstanding parents lived in Crete. My father worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights and worked second jobs to help pay the family’s bills. My mother stayed home to raise my brother and me. They sent us to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete. My grandparents on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-garry-mccarthy-mlk-fourm-20190121-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rabbi rep: Orthodox clergyman chosen to replace Lou Lang in Illinois House – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/orthodox-rabbi-yehiel-kalish-replacement-lou-lang-illinois-house-representatives/
— Past MLK critics face Twitter backlash after celebrating his legacy today – Evan F. Moore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/martin-luther-king-mlk-cia-fbi-nra-blowback-twitter/
— Citing depiction of Native Americans, Notre Dame will cover murals of Columbus – AP (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are a White Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who discriminated against minorities and against females and b) you as be being a beneficiary of their discrimination who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/notre-dame-christopher-columbus-murals-native-americans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University of Notre Dame will cover murals in a campus building that depict Christopher Columbus in America, the school’s president said, following criticism that the images depict Native Americans in stereotypical submissive poses before white European explorers. The 12 murals created in the 1880s by Luis Gregori were intended to encourage immigrants who had come to the U.S. during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment. But they conceal another side of Columbus: the exploitation and repression of Native Americans, said the Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame.)
— We have a right to better transparency from our governments – Madeleine Doubek (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO’s Chicago Office 1980-1997. The lists of GAO employees in that office to be gotten rid of that newly assigned GAO managers were given were not published. But it was obvious that all those employees on those lists 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/government-transparency-pritzker-illinois-chicago-open-meetings-freedom-information/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cook County Board controversy is symptom of greater problems in property assessment – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190121/editorial-board-controversy-is-symptom-of-greater-problems-in-property-assessment
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America. Trump-haters are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/churches-in-dupage-will-counties-collecting-items-for-asylum-seekers
— Blackberry Township supervisor stepping down – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/blackberry-township-supervisor-stepping-down
— Crespo appointed assistant majority leader in state House
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/crespo-appointed-assistant-majority-leader-in-state-house
— DuPage Sheriff offering two $500 scholarships
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190121/sheriff-offering-two-500-scholarships–

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kraft takes out newspaper ad supporting furloughed workers amid shutdown The foodmaker walks the line between supporting families and making a political statement. – JESSICA WOHL
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/kraft-takes-out-newspaper-ad-supporting-furloughed-workers-amid-shutdown

 

HERALD NEWS
— Rezin to serve in Republican Senate leadership – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/18/rezin-to-serve-in-republican-senate-leadership/a7gcrrd/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Disruptions Expected As Furloughed IRS Workers Called Back To Work Without Pay
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/disruptions-expected-furloughed-irs-workers-called-back-work-without-pay#stream/0

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Pritzker extends early olive branch to Illinois GOP Representative McCombie signals optimism after meeting new governor – Jim Niedelman
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/pritzker-extends-early-olive-branch-to-illinois-gop/1713625629

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Rauner administration reduced number of state patronage jobs – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://fox2now.com/2019/01/21/rauner-administration-reduced-number-of-state-patronage-jobs/

ABC ST. LOUIS

— Illinois Gov. Pritzker still determining how much raises will cost taxpayers
https://abcstlouis.com/news/local/illinois-gov-pritzker-still-determining-how-much-raises-will-cost-taxpayers

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Analysis: How The Rise Of The Far Right Threatens Democracy Worldwide – PALLAVI GOGOI (DIERSEN: What about the rise of the far left?)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/analysis-how-rise-far-right-threatens-democracy-worldwide#stream/0

 

MILLENNIAL POLITICS
— Meet Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, Dick Durbin’s Millennial Primary Challenger
https://millennialpolitics.co/anne-stava-murray/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Chicago Has Stricter Revolving Door Lobbying Rules than General Assembly
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/chicago-has-stricter-revolving-door-lobbying-rules-than-general-assembly/
— Reader Reaction to Woodstock Independent Editorial Hit Piece on Joe Tirio – Part 3
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/reader-reaction-to-woodstock-independent-editorial-hit-piece-on-joe-tirio-part-3/
— Racist Ballot Plan Now Being Promoted to Deny Republican Ballot Access
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/racist-ballot-plan-now-being-promoted-to-deny-republican-ballot-access/
— Kane and McHenry County GOP Plan “Getting to Know You” Bowling
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/21/kane-and-mchenry-county-gop-plan-getting-to-know-you-bowling/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 8 candidates file to run for office in Hinsdale
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511726566-8-candidates-file-to-run-for-office-in-hinsdale

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— GOP chair Schneider not reassured after Pritzker inaugural speech – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511721046-gop-chair-schneider-not-reassured-after-pritzker-inaugural-speech
— Former Kendall County GOP chair: AG Madigan should have done more – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511724700-former-kendall-county-gop-chair-ag-madigan-should-have-done-more
— Wheatland trustee: AG Madigan failed to go after Blagojevich – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511724696-wheatland-trustee-ag-madigan-failed-to-go-after-blagojevich

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AFTER 18 MONTHS, PALOS TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE REFUSES TO BOW TO ARAB COMMUNITY’S DEMANDS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/hindu-community-rises-to-support-palos-township-trustee-.html
— PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESIDENT: ABORTION IS ‘OUR CORE MISSION’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/planned-parenthood-president-abortion-is-our-core-mission.html
— TWO SIDES OF A HOLOCAUST: A MARCH FOR LIFE & A RETREAT FROM CONSCIENCE – James M. Kushiner
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/two-sides-of-a-holocaust-a-march-for-life-a-retreat-from-conscience-.html
— THORNER: PRO-LIFERS CHALLENGE CHICAGO PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S ROE VS. WADE CELEBRATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-pro-lifers-challenge-chicago-planned-parenthoods-roe-vs-wade-celebration.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and White-haters promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/bernice-king-rips-resurgence-nationalistic-and-whi/

 

GOPUSA
— MLK’s lessons not fully learned today (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63763
— Battery cars pose significant hazards
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63733
— She’s ‘winning’: The press protects Pelosi
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63760
— Too easy to legally buy a gun? U.S. study says few criminals buy them in stores
http://www.gopusa.com/too-easy-to-legally-buy-a-gun-u-s-study-says-few-criminals-buy-them-in-stores/
— The hair-raising cost of socialism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63650

 

TOWNHALL
— Democrats’ Rejection of Reasonable White House Offer Exposes Their Top Priority: Reflexive Resistance – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/21/analysis-trump-gave-a-good-speech-and-made-a-fair-offer–democrats-must-negotiate-n2539331

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why I’m not attending any pity parties for furloughed federal workers – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: According to this article, federal employees with professional degrees get 18% less in wages and benefits than similar employees in private sector jobs. I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/why_im_not_attending_any_pity_parties_for_furloughed_federal_workers.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— If they care about their country, Democrats need to make a counteroffer – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-they-care-about-their-country-democrats-need-to-make-a-counteroffer

 

EPOCH TIMES
— GOP Punishes Steve King, Anti-Semitic Dem Gets Choice Committee – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gop-punishes-steve-king-anti-semitic-dem-gets-choice-committee_2774145.html

 

THE HILL
— Give federal workers a voice to break the impasse – THOMAS KOCHAN (DIERSEN: I wonder what Casten thinks of me. The record shows that those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee want to get rid of me. The record shows that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/426260-give-federal-workers-a-voice-to-break-the-impasse

 

POLITICO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/21/marijuana-legalization-congress-224031

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In Business and Governing, Trump Seeks Victory in Chaos.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/us/donald-trump-leadership-style.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: His lack of public empathy for unpaid federal workers echoes his treatment of some construction workers, contractors and lawyers whom he refused to pay for their work on his real estate projects. The plight of the farmers and small-business owners wilting without the financial support pledged by his administration harks back to the multiple lenders and investors who financed Mr. Trump’s business ventures only to come up shortchanged. And his ever-changing positions (I’ll own the shutdown; you own the shutdown; the wall could be steel; it must be concrete; then again, it could be steel) have left heads in both parties spinning. Even after his televised proposal on Saturday to break the deadlock, Mr. Trump has no progress to show.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Steve King to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/opinion/steve-king-iowa.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use MLK to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-king-king-20190121-story.html

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— These groups offer housing, financial shutdown assistance to unpaid feds – Amelia Brust
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2019/01/these-groups-offer-housing-financial-shutdown-assistance-to-unpaid-feds/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Have Bleak Outlook on Race Relations This MLK Day (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/january_2019/americans_have_bleak_outlook_on_race_relations_this_mlk_day

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Voice of America’s Journalists Aren’t Getting Paid. But They’re Still Reporting the News – Brian Stelter (DIERSEN: Since 2004, I have spent more than 51,300 unpaid hours putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out. At $50/hour, that is $2,565,000, and at $100/hour, that is $5,130,000.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/voice-of-americas-journalists-arent-getting-paid-but-theyre-still-reporting-the-news/

January 19 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Rep. Stava-Murray stands by comment that Naperville has ‘white supremacist policies’ – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn who hint/imply/argue/shout that my hometown Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots while I lived there 1948-1972. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-stava-murray-white-supremacist-claims-st-0120-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: City officials reacted strongly to Stava-Murray’s claims about Naperville’s policies. “I don’t think that the city can be fairly characterized in that way. In fact, it’s very much the opposite,” Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico said. “It’s a very loving city and a very welcoming city.” Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne said the community celebrates diversity and welcomes people of all ethnicities. “Rep. Stava-Murray’s comments were reckless and unfounded,” Coyne said. “She should apologize to her constituents in Naperville who she has embarrassed with these disparaging and patently false comments.” Stava-Murray said Friday she is glad her comment, which was posted about two weeks ago, is getting attention. “I think this is a very necessary conversation people need to be having in Naperville and the Chicago area because we are still so segregated,” she said. “There are many schools in Naperville that have almost no black students in them and many schools where there is not a single black teacher teaching.” She also said Naperville makes no effort to educate residents on the city’s history as it relates race disparities and the city’s lack of a race-based bullying policy is “one of the areas where a lack of policy is a white supremacist policy.” Her preference for Oak Park is based on the fact that “they actually have a history of actively working to desegregate their area,” she said. “This reaction of caring more about appearance than reducing the negative impact on white active denial of white supremacy, that’s what made me want to move to Oak Park in the first place,” she said. Chirico said that while he understands some opinions can be based on experiences, he doesn’t see how a blanket statement regarding white supremacy could be applied to Naperville. “I certainly don’t think there’s any government policy that could even be interpreted that way,” Chirico said.)
— Patti Blagojevich ‘speechless’ Van Dyke sentence is shorter than her husband’s — and sends up flare to Trump on social media – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-patti-blagojevich-van-dyke-reaction-20190119-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups march in Chicago: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-womens-march-coverage-20190119-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups march in Geneva: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-geneva-womens-march-st-0120-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups march in Chicago: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-young-womens-march-rally-activists-snow/
— Shutdown leads to delays in lawsuits against government – AP (DIERSEN: Have you sued the federal government? I have. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write a book about the lawsuit.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/shutdown-leads-to-delays-in-lawsuits-against-government/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups march in Geneva: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190119/committed-to-a-cause-weather-no-match-for-fox-valley-womens-march

 

ABC7
— Trump government shutdown announcement: Trump offers a ‘Dreamers’ deal for border-money proposal – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-offers-a-dreamers-deal-for-border-money-proposal/5097237/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote “Women’s March demonstrations around the United States.”
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/womens-march-2019-demonstrations-around-the-united-states-photos/5097250/

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Former Ill. Gov. Bruce Rauner apparently failed to ‘rip the economic guts out of Indiana’ – Joseph S. Pete
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/former-ill-gov-bruce-rauner-apparently-failed-to-rip-the/article_249e13a4-028c-57ca-aeca-38318a60ea99.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Thousands Gather Across U.S. For 3rd Annual Women’s Marches.”
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/thousands-gather-across-us-3rd-annual-womens-marches#stream/0

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Craig Wilcox Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/19/craig-wilcox-reports/
— Pam Althoff Named Executive Director of Medical Cannabis Alliance of Illinois
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/19/pam-althoff-named-executive-director-of-medical-cannabis-alliance-of-illinois/
— State Rep. David McSweeney Offers Road Map for Illinois GOP Future
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/19/state-rep-david-mcsweeney-offers-road-map-for-illinois-gop-future/
— Reader Reaction to Woodstock Independent Editorial Hit Piece on Joe Tirio – Part 1
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/19/reader-reaction-to-woodstock-independent-editorial-hit-piece-on-joe-tirio-part-1/

 

GOPUSA
— Karen Pence begins teaching at Christian school amid media attacks
http://www.gopusa.com/karen-pence-begins-teaching-at-christian-school-amid-media-attacks/
— HS Basketball coach saw Trump banner in the stands as racism (DIERSEN: What would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county do to you if you displayed a Trump banner?)
http://www.gopusa.com/hs-basketball-coach-saw-trump-banner-in-the-stands-as-racism/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Laura Loomer Brings Illegal Immigrants To Nancy Pelosi’s Home. Pelosi Has Police Remove Them. – AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO (DIERSEN: What would the anti-Trumps in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county do if someone brought illegals to their homes?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/42171/watch-laura-loomer-brings-illegal-immigrants-nancy-amanda-prestigiacomo

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Grandstanding Gavin Newsom urges furloughed TSA workers to file for unemployment compensation, even though they will be paid eventually – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/grandstanding_gavin_newsom_urges_furloughed_tsa_workers_to_file_for_unemployment_compensation_even_though_they_will_be_paid_eventually.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump pitches new plan to reopen government amid Dem pushback – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426178-trump-pitches-new-plan-to-reopen-government-amid-dem-pushback
— Democrats signal they’ll reject Trump shutdown proposal – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426168-democrats-signal-theyll-reject-trump-shutdown-proposal

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s bid to negotiate on wall met by Democratic rejection The president’s remarks marked an attempt to end the 29-day shutdown, though Democratic lawmakers swiftly dismissed the approach. – ELIANA JOHNSON and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/19/trump-government-shutdown-deal-1116049

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-men promote anti-men.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-20/womens-march-returns-to-us-cities-fractured/10729924

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.N.C. Admissions Lawsuit Brings Another Attack on Affirmative Action – Anemona Hartocollis (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, but I doubt that they would admit me today. My demographics are terrible in their eyes. I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (Baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/us/unc-affirmative-action-lawsuit.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill weighs race so heavily in its admissions process that it is the predominant factor in determining whether many black and Hispanic students get in, according to court papers filed on Friday by an anti-affirmative action group that is also suing Harvard. The group, Students for Fair Admissions, says the university is excluding white and Asian applicants in favor of less qualified black and Hispanic students. The plaintiffs accuse U.N.C., a public flagship university, of using race “at every stage” of the admissions process, in violation of the law, “even when the application gives no indication that race affected the student’s life in any way.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-men promote anti-men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/world/europe/womens-march-europe.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump offers 3-year extension of protection for ‘dreamers’ in exchange for $5.7 billion for wall; Democrats call it a ‘non-starter’ – Katie Zezima,Erica Werner and David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-to-make-new-offer-to-democrats-as-government-shutdown-drags-on/2019/01/19/2cde029e-1bf3-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-men promote anti-men.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/womens-march-on-washington-thousands-expected-for-third-womens-march-after-year-of-controversy/2019/01/18/68044464-1b2b-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Says He Supports Temporary DACA Protections for More Wall Funding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls the proposal a ‘non-starter’ – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-support-daca-protections-for-more-wall-funding-11547920247

 

FORBES
— ‘I Work; You Pay Me’: Repercussions Of The U.S. Government Breaking The First Rule Of Employment – Rodd Wagner
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roddwagner/2019/01/19/i-work-you-pay-me-repercussions-of-the-u-s-government-breaking-the-first-rule-of-employment/#7c18ff27632d
— Stop Hiring: Self-Selection Is Better – Diane Bogino (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that they will be gotten rid of if they 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 and b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/01/15/stop-hiring-self-selection-is-better/#a78b4a94a5e6
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Self-selection” is a relatively new phrase on the hiring scene. According to Personnel Today, “Self-selection is the process where a job seeker is given information about the negative aspects of a vacancy and employer as well as the good points, to better enable them to make an informed decision about whether to apply for a job.” Its transparency gives candidates the option upfront to withdraw themselves from being considered for a position, for whatever reason. However, self-selection has a longer history than one might imagine; and like every story, self-selection has two sides. The dark side of self-selection was in full bloom just a few decades ago. I’ve been on the planet long enough to remember help wanted ads that simply advised people of different races, nationalities or genders not to apply. None of those criteria determine anyone’s ability, talents, or attributes. Let’s not go back to the old days of discrimination — that’s never a good goal for your business, brand or candidates.)

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and against women, and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Pitts-The-enduring-problem-of-race-in-America-13545887.php

 

ATLANTA BLACK STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White says “Tucker Carlson Tries and Fails to Make His Case for Why White People Are the Real Victims of Racism.”
https://atlantablackstar.com/2019/01/19/tucker-carlson-makes-his-case-for-why-white-people-are-the-real-victims-of-racism/

January 18 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— George W. Bush delivers pizzas to federal workers, calls for end to government shutdown
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/george-w-bush-delivers-pizzas-to-federal-workers-calls-for-end-to-government-shutdown

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal employees in Chicago rally, meet with members of Congress to urge end to government shutdown – Lolly Bowean
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-fed-employees-rally-with-congressmen-20190118-story.html
— Election judges who worked in November finally being paid, DuPage clerk says – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-election-judges-finally-paid-st-0120-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker gives his deputy governors tall orders – Rich Miler (DIERSEN: All the managers that GAO assigned to its GAO office while I worked there 1980-1997 were given lists of GAO Chicago office employees to get rid of. All of those targeted employees 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. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jb-pritzker-deputy-governors-sol-flores-dan-hynes-christian-mitchell-jesse-ruiz/
— Federal workers tell tales of woe to Illinois’ congressional delegation – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/government-shutdown-federal-workers-roundtable-illinois-congressional-delegation/

 

DAILY HERALD
— After 2-month wait, DuPage election judges finally getting paid – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190118/after-2-month-wait-dupage-election-judges-finally-getting-paid
— Trump promises March for Life crowd that he stands with them – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190118/news/301189885/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The $15 excuse some employers need to kiss Chicago goodbye When it comes to the minimum wage, there’s a right way to do things—and a wrong way. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/15-excuse-some-employers-need-kiss-chicago-goodbye

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Thousands gather for March for Life in D.C. on day 28 of government shutdown – John Gonzalez and Amy Aubert
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/thousands-gather-for-march-for-life-rally-in-dc-on-day-28-of-government-shutdown

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Winning candidates outspent opponents in local state legislative races – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190118/winning-candidates-outspent-opponents-in-local-state-legislative-races

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— For Pritzker, actions will speak louder than words – Editorial
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-for-pritzker-actions-will-speak-louder-than-words/article_a5839973-c8cd-5e6e-b010-9e54d5d7bebf.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Facing Lost Funds And Representation, Illinois Hopes It Can Count On You – MADELYN BECK
http://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/facing-lost-funds-and-representation-illinois-hopes-it-can-count-you#stream/0

 

WREX
— Winnebago County Salvation Army helps feed federal employees during shutdown
https://wrex.com/category/2019/01/17/winnebago-county-salvation-army-helps-feed-federal-employees-during-shutdown/

 

ILLINOIS PATCH
— The Richest County In Illinois (Kendall) May Surprise You The richest counties in each state have median household incomes ranging from $58,000 up to $129,000. See the number for Illinois. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/richest-county-illinois-may-surprise-you

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP TO PROLIFE MARCHERS: ANY LEGISLATION THAT WEAKENS PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE, I WILL VETO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/trump-to-prolife-marchers-any-legislation-that-weakens-protection-of-human-life-i-will-veto.html
— ILLINOIS’ MOST JOB-PRODUCING SECTOR? GOVERNMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-most-job-producing-sector-government.html
— PRITZKER SIGNS NEW STATE GUN SHOP LAW INTO EFFECT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/pritzker-signs-new-state-gun-shop-law-into-effect.html
— ANOTHER GOP STATE REP FRESHMAN REJECTS STATE PENSION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/weber-rejects-taxpayer-funded-pension.html
— THORNER: LEFTIST BILL AYERS CALLS FOR OPEN BORDERS AT PRO LIFE COUNTER DEMONSTRATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-leftist-bill-ayers-calls-for-open-borders-at-pro-life-counter-demonstration.html

 

GOPUSA
— The Gillette ad is bad… and here’s why – Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63699
— Ted Cruz: Pelosi terrified of Trump speaking directly to Americans during State of the Union
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63658
— Existing border barriers work — and we need more of them
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63664
— New Central American caravan met with warm response from Mexico
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63684

 

BREITBART
— 800 New Caravan Migrants Break Border Gate into Mexico – Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/01/18/800-new-caravan-migrants-break-border-gate-into-mexico/
— CNN Attacks Beto O’Rourke for Being White – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/18/nolte-cnn-attacks-beto-orourke-for-being-white/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Marchers cheer Trump’s vow to protect life – Chris Woodward and Judy Brown
https://onenewsnow.com/pro-life/2019/01/18/marchers-cheer-trumps-vow-to-protect-life

 

WASHINGTON POST
— IRS workers beckoned to involuntary servitude “They’re pissed. They’re beyond pissed.” – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/18/irs-workers-beckoned-involuntary-servitude/
— The shutdown is undercutting the IRS, just in time for a particularly difficult tax season – Jeff Stein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-shutdown-is-undercutting-the-irs-just-in-time-for-a-particularly-difficult-tax-season/2019/01/18/6b649ed8-1b53-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html
— Harvard affirmative action case pits Asian Americans against each other — and everyone else – Meghan Liu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/18/harvard-affirmative-action-case-pits-asian-americans-against-each-other-everyone-else/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Federal Workers: ‘Furlough Trump!’ and ‘Where Is Mitch?’ – Mario Parker
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/chicago-federal-workers-have-a-plan-furlough-trump

 

GOVERNING
— A State-Run Bank for Marijuana Money? Not So Fast. The idea is gaining popularity as a way to get around federal laws that ban banks from handling cannabis businesses’ money. But a new report pans the idea. – LIZ FARMER
http://www.governing.com/week-in-finance/gov-state-run-cannabis-bank.html

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 816 James Court, Wheaton – $335,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448289_zpid/

January 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— City of Elgin, nonprofits offering help to furloughed federal workers; Martin Luther King food drive underway – Gloria Casas (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future federal employees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-help-furloughed-workers-st-0118-story.html
— Ocasio-Cortez schools the GOP on how progressive taxes really work – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-aoc-progressive-taxation-walker-ocasio-cortez-0118-20190117-story.html
— For the first time, Will County board receives invocation from a Muslim leader, officials say – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-prayer-st-0118-story.html

 


CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayoral hopefuls want conversation on racism, but topic leaves some tongue-tied – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nabj-forum-national-association-black-journalists-mayoral-forum-race-racism/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups to march in Geneva Saturday: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190117/what-to-know-about-saturdays-womens-march-in-geneva
— Trump staffing up to fend off potential primary challenge – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who talk/act like I might seek a government office or a political office. Of course, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and even worse things. Of course, they do everything that they can a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. They focus on promoting hatred against me in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in Wheaton’s West District, in the Wheaton Park District, in Wheaton’s School District 200, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in the 42nd Illinois House District, in the 21st Illinois Senate District, and in the 6th Congressional District.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190118/news/301189943/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— He’s a furloughed federal employee. So he’s driving Uber in Springfield. – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future federal employees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190117/hes-furloughed-federal-employee-so-hes-driving-uber-in-springfield

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Gun Advocates Eye Court Challenge – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=278030#.XEG2dVxKiM8

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove officials consider banning retail sale of dogs, cats – BOB RAKOW
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/01/15/downers-grove-officials-consider-banning-retail-sale-of-dogs-cats/a34k5qx/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hawaii’s Gabbard apologizes for past LGBTQ statements (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow that ever-increasingly, to get elected/reelected, politicians promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hawaiis-gabbard-apologizes-for-past-lgbtq-statements

 

WSIL TV
— Gun advocates express concern over gun shop licensing bill – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39811485/gun-advocates-express-concern-over-gun-shop-licensing-bill

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Casten Selected For House Financial Services Committee – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. Will Casten ask GAO for help? I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, the last almost 8 years of which at the GS-13 Step 4-10 levels, currently $106,044-$125,325/year. During the last 5 of those years, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor.)
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/casten-selected-house-financial-services-committee

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Senator Terry Link Pledges Township Abolition Bill Will Pass Again and Likely Be Signed by Governor JB Pritzker
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/18/senator-terry-link-pledges-township-abolition-bill-will-pass-again-and-likely-signed-by-governor-jb-pritzker/
— New State Rep. Tom Weber Refuses Pension
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/17/new-state-rep-tom-weber-refuses-pension/
— Will Illinois Integrity Fund Frontmen, Jack Franks Face More Court Action?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/17/will-illinois-integrity-fund-fronts-jack-franks-face-more-court-action/

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— We Will Look Back and View Abortion as We View Slavery Today – Star Parker
https://catholiccitizens.org/views/83050/we-will-look-back-and-view-abortion-as-we-view-slavery-today/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Should Illinois politicians resign before they run for another office? – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/should-illinois-politicians-resign-before-they-run-for-another-office/article_30f5dfd6-1a9b-11e9-bedd-0375ab42c425.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Marijuana: A Second Drug Wave is Coming – James A. Avery, MD
https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Marijuana-CE-Article.pdf

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tulsi Gabbard blames prior anti-LGBT views on ‘socially conservative’ father – Caitlin Yilek (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow that ever-increasingly, to get elected/reelected, politicians promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-blames-prior-anti-lgbt-views-on-socially-conservative-father

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— CONGRESS EARNS ‘NERO AWARD’ FOR FIDDLING WHILE AMERICA IS INVADED Why Democrats’ actions are especially egregious. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272576/congress-earns-nero-award-fiddling-while-america-michael-cutler

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Credit Card Companies Have No Business Playing Second Amendment Censors – Frank Miniter
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/credit_card_companies_have_no_business_playing_second_amendment_censors.html
— Center for Immigration Studies sues SPLC demanding they stop referring to them as a ‘hate group’ – Rick Moran (DIERSEN: What groups are you a member of? Sooner or later, if not already, if those groups do not promote mass/illegal immigration, SPLC will call your groups hate groups.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/cis_sues_sdplc_demanding_they_stop_referring_to_them_as_a_hate_group.html
— There is one group of federal employees (Congressional interns) that doesn’t get paid a dime and won’t when the shutdown is over – Jack Hellner (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinated did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $32,978/year) intern, that is, to suffer a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They painted what GAO Analysts do as being a unique “trade or occupation.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/there_is_one_group_of_federal_employees_that_doesnt_get_paid_a_dime_and_wont_when_the_shutdown_is_over.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SQUASH ATTEMPT BY FELLOW PARTY MEMBERS TO PUNISH STEVE KING MORE SEVERELY – Molly Prince (DIERSEN: In the organizations that you are/were a member of, which leaders determine/determined how severely members are punished? I should write a book about a) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter leaders, b) which members were punished, c) what their punishments were, d) the stated reasons why those members were punished, and e) the real reasons why those members were punished. One of the mildest forms of punishment is to not ask a member to a) serve on a committee, b) chair a committee, or c) be an officer.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/17/house-democrat-king-censure/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Extremism Will Continue to Drive Support for Trump – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/17/the-lefts-extremism-will-continue-to-drive-support-for-trump/

 

CNS NEWS
— Rep. Ilhan Omar Says She’s ‘Pretty Sure’ Sen. Lindsey Graham Is ‘Compromised’ – Susan Jones (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk/act like they are compromised. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/rep-ilhm-omar-says-shes-pretty-sure-sen-lindsey-graham-compromised

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Democrats Have A Bizarro, Contra-Reality View Of The World – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/democrats-have-a-bizarro-contra-reality-view-of-the-world/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Courts Say Trump Can’t Block Twitter Followers Good. So when will the First Amendment be used to protect the rest of us from censorship and de-platforming? – PETER VAN BUREN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to get information to use against 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.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-courts-say-trump-cant-block-twitter-followers-facebook-deplatforming-censorship/

 

TOWNHALL
— Hey, Liberal Media, Remember When You Said There Was No Migrant Invasion Happening? – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/01/17/hey-liberal-media-remember-when-you-said-there-was-no-migrant-invasion-happening-n2539229
— The Shutdown Necessarily Continues – Erick Erickson
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2019/01/18/the-shutdown-necessarily-continues-n2539237
— Stripping Rep. Steve King of His Committee Assignments Is a Mistake – Nicholas Waddy
https://townhall.com/columnists/nicholaswaddy/2019/01/18/stripping-rep-steve-king-of-his-committee-assignments-is-a-mistake-n2539212

 

FOX NEWS
— Freshmen Dems stumble in quest to confront McConnell on shutdown – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/freshmen-dems-stumble-in-quest-to-confront-mcconnell-on-shutdown
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The group of Democrats, which included Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, California Rep. Katie Hill, and Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood, carried a letter – reportedly signed by over 30 House freshmen – urging McConnell to reopen the government and bring the House-approved funding package to a vote in the Senate.)
— Jonah Goldberg: ‘So much stupidity’ surrounding battle over border wall – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/so-much-stupidity-surrounding-battle-over-border-wall-jonah-goldberg
— Hoyer claims GOP congressman cast ‘aspersion on a Hispanic’ by saying ‘go back to Puerto Rico’ – Gregg Re (DIERSEN: Crete is my hometown. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. I moved to Wheaton in 1978. I should write a book about those in Wheaton who since 1978 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should go back to Crete. 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. They paint Crete as being full of Missouri Synod Lutheran German Americans who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hoyer-bristles-at-racial-undertones-after-gop-rep-yells-go-back-to-puerto-rico
— Why the press praises Pelosi, hailing her ‘badass’ moves against Trump – Howard Kurtz (DIERSEN: Of course, 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, anti-federal retirees, anti-former union members, anti-American nameplate vehicle owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time love it when anyone moves against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-the-press-praises-pelosi-hailing-her-badass-moves-against-trump

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GIVE YOUR SPEECH ON YOUR OWN TURF, MR. PRESIDENT David Limbaugh envisions PowerPoint spotlighting ‘Democrats’ specious arguments’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/give-your-speech-on-your-own-turf-mr-president/
— WHY TRUMP’S RIGHT. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BORDER NOW Joseph Farah calls shutdown battle ‘our last chance to save America’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/why-trumps-right-its-all-about-the-border-now/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN, Politifact Downplay 2,000 Homicides Committed by Illegals – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2019/01/17/cnn-politifact-downplay-2000-homicides-committed-illegals

 

NEWSMAX
— Ocasio-Cortez Seeks Out McConnell Over Shutdown – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ocasio-cortez-mcconnell-shutdown/2019/01/17/id/898587/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “He seems to be running away from us,” Ocasio-Cortez, 29, commented to the media, reports The New York Post. “Eight-hundred thousand people don’t have their paychecks, so where’s Mitch?” However, a spokesperson for McConnell denied the Kentucky Republican was hiding from Ocasio-Cortez, who was joined by Reps. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, Lauren Underwood of Illinois and Katie Hill of California.)
— Shutdown Shutting Down Immigration Court Cases: 42,000 Canceled So Far – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/government-shutdown-asylum-illegals-catch-and-release/2019/01/17/id/898730/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Pence Lashes Out: Media ‘Attacks on Christian Education Must End’ Vice president responded after liberal outlets slammed his wife for returning to teaching art at a Bible-based school – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/pence-lashes-out-media-attacks-on-christian-education-must-end/

 

POLITICO
— ‘We’re not going to sit idly by’: Freshman Dems look to seize shutdown optics The new class of House lawmakers is finding creative ways to pressure the GOP into reopening the government. – MELANIE ZANONA
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/17/freshman-house-democrats-government-shutdown-1110462
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The freshmen’s moxie has caught some veteran lawmakers by surprise. “I was talking to a senator last night. He said he was here 16 years in the House and never stepped foot on the Senate side,” Underwood said. “We’ve been here for two weeks, and I’ve been over twice, searching all around for Sen. McConnell to say: ‘Sir, do your job.’” The campaign hasn’t been flawless. At one point during their journey to McConnell’s office, they realized they had run out of copies of their letter and asked for one back. McConnell’s office was nice enough to print them extra copies. The day before, the group of lawmakers hit a snag when some of their staffers forgot their ID badges and couldn’t get into the Senate after the news conference. But members involved in the strategy sessions said they are used to the more on-the-fly approach, and dismissed the notion that their effort was simply a publicity stunt.)

 

NBC NEWS
— Rep. Tulsi Gabbard apologizes for past anti-LGBTQ views The Hawaii Democrat and 2020 presidential hopeful released a video saying her “past positions” on gay rights are “at odds” with her current values. – Ben Kesslen (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow that ever-increasingly, to get elected/reelected, politicians promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rep-tulsi-gabbard-apologizes-past-anti-lgbtq-views-n959941
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/gabbard-new-video-i-m-deeply-sorry-about-past-lgbt-n959911

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Worsens the Border Crisis.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/trump-border-crisis.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/family-separation-border-trump.html
— Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Apologizes for Anti-Gay Past – Liam Stack (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow that ever-increasingly, to get elected/reelected, politicians promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-gay-lgbtq.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Anti-Catholic bigotry is alive in the U.S. Senate – Michael Gerson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anti-catholic-bigotry-is-alive-in-the-us-senate/2019/01/17/e0ad0a14-1a8f-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html

 

THE WEEK
— Trump: Without a strong border America is defenseless, vulnerable
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/01/18/Without-a-strong-border-America-is-defenceless-vulnerable-Trump.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: UNPAID FEDERAL WORKERS ARE NOW TURNING TO FOOD BANKS TO FEED FAMILIES – KATHERINE HIGNETT
https://www.newsweek.com/government-shutdown-food-banks-federal-employees-charity-missed-pay-1295181

 

CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Democrats put illegals ahead of citizens – Larry Colucci, Inverness
https://www.chronicleonline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/dems-put-illegals-ahead-of-citizens/article_105112ba-1aa9-11e9-8fa0-6f0bc24d5a95.html

 

WORCESTER TELEGRAM
— Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers billions – Joan A. Comeau, Webster
https://www.telegram.com/news/20190118/letter-illegal-immigrants-cost-taxpayers-billions

 

BENEFIT NEWS
— Protect your company from age discrimination lawsuits – Kayla Webster (DIERSEN: In the federal government, Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are older, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.benefitnews.com/news/protect-your-company-from-age-discrimination-lawsuits
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Age discrimination is a very common problem in the workplace, and it’s almost always about money,” says Gary Gwilliam, an Oakland, Calif.-based attorney representing all of the plaintiffs in the Farmers Insurance case.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— Almost 1,000 migrants successfully enter Mexico – CONNOR BOYD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6605695/Nearly-1-000-Central-American-migrants-new-caravans-enter-Mexico.html

January 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pritzker signs gun dealer licensing bill into law – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/governor-jb-pritzker-signs-gun-dealer-licensing-bill-into-law/5092894/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Supporters of the bill say federal regulators are stretched too thin, but opponents say the new licensing is expensive, and could force small dealers out of business. The Illinois Rifle Association released a statement Thursday saying, “The state licenses for gun dealers measure was passed in the previous General Assembly but was never sent to Governor Rauner because 2nd Amendment rights opponents knew he would veto it. Political gamesmanship like this is just a typical day in Illinois politics. The Illinois State Rifle Association is deeply disappointed in the action taken today, but is certainly not surprised. The federal government already licenses gun dealers. There is no need to add yet another layer of bureaucracy on gun dealers. The only thing this measure is going to do is make it cost more money for gun dealers to do business in Illinois, which is going to hurt the smaller dealers. The action taken today is another assault on our 2nd Amendment rights. Nothing in this bill is going to enhance public safety in Illinois. The only thing that is being accomplished here is the creation of a bureaucratic nightmare for gun dealers. Rest assured, we will be challenging this new law in court.”)
— Smoking in car with kids could carry $1,000 fine in Indiana soon (DIERSEN: What about smoking pot in a car with kids?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/$1000-fine-proposed-for-smoking-with-kids-in-car/5093429/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Orders Worker-Training Investment Review (DIERSEN: How much of your time and your money have you invested in job-related education? I invested lots of my time and my money earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-orders-worker-training-investment-review-504478272.html

 

CBS2
— Governor JB Pritzker Signs Gun Dealer Licensing Law – Mike Puccinelli
Governor JB Pritzker Signs Gun Dealer Licensing Law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Supporters have called it commonsense legislation, but opponents have said it’s classic government overreach. Gun rights advocates said the measure would run small dealers out of business due to the cost of the new regulations.)

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker signs bill allowing Illinois to license gun dealers – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/new-gov-pritzker-signs-oft-rejected-gun-dealer-licensing
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The law affects about 2,400 firearms dealers and its provisions take effect in six months. Each must show it is licensed with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and purchase a five-year state permit — $1,500 for retail shops and $300 for independent dealers. Each must install videotaping in retail sections of the store, maintain an electronic inventory and require annual employee training in spotting so-called straw purchases. The Illinois State Rifle Association promised a lawsuit challenging the plan. “The federal government already licenses gun dealers. There is no need to add yet another layer of bureaucracy on gun dealers,” executive director Richard Pearson said in a statement. “The only thing this measure is going to do is make it cost more money for gun dealers to do business in Illinois, which is going to hurt the smaller dealers. “The action taken today is another assault on our 2nd Amendment rights.” Pritzker, who already this week reversed course on GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s policies toward labor with pro-union action, said gun-rights organizations are “just wrong” in their criticism of the licensing bill. He added, “I’m going to continue to make sure that we’re standing up to the voices like the Illinois State Rifle Association and the National Rifle Association to protect our families and our children.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs law requiring state licensing of Illinois gun dealers; rifle association threatens lawsuit – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-signs-gun-legislation-20190117-story.html
— DuPage County fentanyl deaths up 76% in 2018, total opioid-related deaths up 3%, coroner says – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-county-opioid-deaths-2018-st-0118-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anti-abortion activist Matthew Wiersema, 26, of Wheaton, says Melrose Park cop chastised and left him in Maywood – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/anti-abortion-activist-says-melrose-park-cop-chastised-dropped-off-maywood/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wiersema told the Chicago Sun-Times Thursday that he was handcuffed, put in a police car and driven to nearby Maywood, where police released him but kept his camera. “This isn’t an arrest, so shut up with your bull—- and go show this garbage to somebody in f—— Wheaton,” a voice can be heard saying on Wiersema’s video. Hours later, Wiersema returned to the Melrose Park police station to file a complaint and retrieve his camera. He later posted the video online.)
— Pritzker signs ‘long overdue’ gun dealer licensing bill, vows ‘more work to do’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: ‘More work to do’ is code for abolishing the Second Amendment and confiscating all firearms from non-Democrats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-signs-gun-dealer-licensing-measure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois State Rifle Association said in a statement that the law will hurt small dealers by making them pay more. And they called it “another assault on our 2nd Amendment rights.” “Nothing in this bill is going to enhance public safety in Illinois,” the group said in a statement. “The only thing that is being accomplished here is the creation of a bureaucratic nightmare for gun dealers. Rest assured, we will be challenging this new law in court.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “Two years in: Is American great again yet?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-trump-administration-two-year-anniversary-reelection/
— The dubious attack of psychologists on ‘traditional masculinity’ – Gene Lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-dubious-attack-of-psychologists-on-traditional-masculinity/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Construction to begin on long-awaited Jefferson center in District 200 – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190117/construction-to-begin-on-long-awaited-jefferson-center-in-district-200

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Kinzinger is right to call out shutdown stupidity – Editorial
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/16/our-view-kinzinger-is-right-to-call-out-shutdown-stupidity/ar2egxb/
— The future of the Republican Party in Illinois – David McSweeney
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/16/our-view-the-future-of-the-republican-party-in-illinois/axhgeni/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gov. Pritzker signs gun dealer certification bill – AP
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190117/gov-pritzker-signs-gun-dealer-certification-bill

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— People, not politicians, should hold power – Scott Reeder
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/scott-reeder-people-not-politicians-should-hold-power/article_5d788294-1905-11e9-9def-7b5c477e2714.html

 

TIMES
— Sen. Sue Rezin named to Republican leadership team
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/01/17/sen-sue-rezin-named-to-republican-leadership-team/ab67o9t/

 

  1. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
    https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2019/01/17/medical-marijuana-meet-seven-st-louis-players.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Party bosses, pols pick Illinois leaders – SCOTT REEDER
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/party-bosses-pols-pick-illinios-leaders/article_6009b7ee-bc54-5038-8bf0-1e7718435809.html

 

WSPY
— Local Legislators Appointed to House, Senate Leadership Roles
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/local-legislators-appointed-to-house-senate-leadership-roles/article_1541c458-1a5f-11e9-8da8-87e29b771b8b.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Cohen acknowledges rigging polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015 – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/cohen-acknowledges-rigging-polls-for-trump-in-2014-and-2015
— 2020 Democrats face a choice: Fight Trump or ignore him? – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/2020-democrats-face-a-choice-fight-trump-or-ignore-him

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage County Election Commission Dissolves
https://www.nctv17.com/news/dupage-county-election-commission-dissolves/

 

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Face it America, racism is the trump card of the current presidency.” Typically, Trump-haters also hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicagocrusader.com/face-it-america-racism-is-the-trump-card-of-the-current-presidency/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives weighs in on DuPage Township corruption scandal – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511723648-ives-weighs-in-on-dupage-corruption-scandal
— Ives blasts Rauner for last-minute veto – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511723012-ives-blasts-rauner-for-last-minute-veto

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Benford hopes Mayer’s departure heralds new era for DuPage Township – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511723695-benford-hopes-mayer-s-departure-heralds-new-era-for-dupage-township

 

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— What We Want to See from Governor J.B. Pritzker
https://illinoisopportunity.org/what-we-want-to-see-from-governor-j-b-pritzker/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois congressman Rodney Davis wants site of Springfield Race Riot to be a National Historic Monument (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups benefitted from their parents’, their grandparents’, their great grandparents’, and the rest of their ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against women and therefore should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/illinois-congressman-wants-site-of-springfield-race-riot-to-be/article_0e367af8-1a75-11e9-bc69-1308c9169d6f.html
— Illinois’ gubernatorial race sets national spending record – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-gubernatorial-race-sets-national-spending-record/article_81122c72-1a91-11e9-8ce1-438f59ef61ef.html
— Gun advocates eye court challenge after Pritzker signs gun dealer licensing bill – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/gun-advocates-eye-court-challenge-after-pritzker-signs-gun-dealer/article_824a835e-1a7e-11e9-a31b-9f9391dc7aca.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner deletes his account
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/17/rauner-deletes-his-account/
— McSweeney’s path forward for the GOP
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/17/mcsweeneys-path-forward-for-the-gop/
— Edgar out front on horsemen gaming push
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/17/edgar-out-front-on-horsemen-gaming-push/

 

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL): Senator Rand Paul Is A Very Weak Person Wanting To Retreat From The Middle East
https://radio.foxnews.com/2019/01/17/congressman-adam-kinzinger-r-il-senator-rand-paul-is-a-very-weak-person-wanting-to-retreat-from-the-middle-east/

 

BREITBART
— New York Times Op-Ed Urges Open Borders: ‘Let Them In’ – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/17/new-york-times-op-ed-urges-open-borders-let-them-in/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal employees need to prepare for the next government shutdown – Ryan Ellis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/federal-employees-need-to-prepare-for-the-next-government-shutdown

 

CNS NEWS
— GOP Congressman Introduces Bill to Prevent Government Shutdowns – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/gop-congressman-introduces-bill-prevent-government-shutdowns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill was also sponsored by Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Fred Upton (R-Mich.).)

 

EAGLE FORUM
— Feminism Destroys Lives (DIERSEN: What do you say to men who pander to feminists? I should write a book about men in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who pander to feminists.)
https://eagleforum.org/publications/efr/jan19.html

 

GOPUSA
— NAACP, Maxine Waters and Ocasio-Cortez go after CBS for lack of black reporters; CBS caved (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? What did you want when you were young? I wanted a successful career in the automotive industry. EEOC ended all that in 1971 when I was 22 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. That made me unemployed because Firestone had fired me for accepting that offer. I had to get a job fast because I had a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. Because of the aforesaid, I accepted a job offer from IRS.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63488
— Ed Case, Hawaii Democrat, claims he’s ‘an Asian trapped in a white body’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Whites act like they are minorities trapped in White bodies, men act like they are females trapped in male bodies, older people like they are younger people trapped in older people bodies, German Americans act like they are non-German Americans trapped in German American bodies, and Whites act like they are Democrats trapped in Republican bodies. Ever-increasingly, in America, it is unpopular to be White, male, older, German American, and Republican.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63588
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, bringing ‘gangster’ to government
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63457
— Harry Reid hits Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% tax hike, warns Democrats not to push ‘radical change’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63510

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Marines Hoist White Flag To Social Justice Warriors
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29502

 

THE HILL
— Trump fires back at Pelosi, cancels her foreign travel – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/425887-trump-fires-back-at-pelosi-cancels-her-foreign-travel

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Only an anti-American would say “There’s Nothing Wrong With Open Borders.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/open-borders-immigration.html
— As Shutdown Drags On, Some Step Up to Help Unpaid Federal Workers – Glenn Thrush, Julie Bosman and Kirk Johnson
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/us/politics/government-shutdown-security-net-.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Back pay approved for furloughed federal employees once shutdown ends – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/17/back-pay-approved-furloughed-federal-employees-once-shutdown-ends/?utm_term=.0c4e4b568d32
— The abortion issue is more polarized than ever, leading some to view March for Life as a Republican rally – Julie Zauzmer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who reject the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and b) who have worked the hardest to destroy those like me who support that plank.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/01/17/abortion-issue-is-more-polarized-than-ever-leading-some-view-march-life-republican-rally/

 

CAMPUS SAFETY
— GAO Report: Gov’t Must Do More to Combat Hunger on College Campuses A new report from the GAO found in 2016, two million college students who qualified for food assistance did not receive the benefits. – Amy Rock (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/university/gao-hunger-on-college-campuses/

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Bills to protect federal employees, interns from sexual harassment pass House – Eric White
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/01/bills-to-protect-federal-employees-and-interns-from-sexual-harassment-pass-house/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal Employees Rally to Highlight the Work They’re Not Doing During the Shutdown – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/federal-employees-rally-highlight-work-theyre-not-doing-during-shutdown/154258/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Government Shutdown: Pampered Federal Workers Don’t Deserve Anyone’s Pity – Editorial (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most since 1966 when I was 18 years old a) for my being a federal employee for almost 30 years and b) for my being a federal retiree for more than 21 years?)
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/federal-workers-government-shutdown/

(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The worst thing about the government shutdown isn’t the — minimal — harm it’s causing. It’s all the misplaced hand-wringing about federal workers, most of whom are overpaid and underworked, and all whom will get their back pay once government reopens. As the shutdown goes on, news accounts of the alleged suffering of federal workers mount. They’re lining up at food banks! They’re forced to take odd jobs, or rent rooms out on Airbnb! They need help! This week, Kraft Foods announced that it was opening a “pop-up” store in Washington, D.C. to provide free food to federal workers so that none of them “have to worry about putting dinner on the table because they aren’t receiving a paycheck.” Whole Foods hosted a free spaghetti dinner at select stores. Other companies are chipping in. Keep in mind that the 800,000 federal workers affected by the shutdown have so far missed a grand total of one paycheck, which would have arrived five days ago. There’s no doubt that this is challenging for many workers, particularly those who don’t budget their money well. But Congress has already guaranteed they will be made whole once the shutdown ends. This is an inconvenience, not a hardship. In the meantime, let’s remember who we are talking about here. While there are certainly plenty of hardworking, dedicated federal workers, they are, for the most part, incredibly pampered. They get better pay and more generous benefits than private sector workers doing the same things. They work fewer hours. And they have far greater job security. Better Pay and Benefits An analysis of federal pay by the Congressional Budget Office found that when you combine pay and benefits, federal workers make as much as 52% more than their private sector counterparts, depending on their education level. It also found that this gap has widened in recent years, because even when the economy was in a recession, federal workers kept getting annual pay hikes. A more recent analysis by the Cato Institute found that federal employees make 76% more than private sector workers. Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Cato report found that the average federal employee pulls down $123,160 a year in pay and benefits, compared with $69,901 in the private sector. It also found that this gap had increased since the 1990s, when it was 39%. They also get generous amounts of paid time off, including nearly two weeks of paid sick leave, 10 federal holidays and at least two weeks paid vacation. Less Productive Not only do federal workers make more, they work less than those in the private sector. A Heritage Foundation analysis found that federal employees put in an average 38.7 hours a week, compared with 41.4 in the private sector. Other reports show that government workers are 38% more likely to take time off work for illness or personal reasons, and miss 50% more hours than private sector workers. Here’s one case in point. After the Obama administration eliminated the International Labor Comparisons office, which employed 16 economists, the private sector Conference Board took on the work. But instead of 16 workers, the Conference Board needed only three to do the work. Project Veritas recently produced a series of undercover videos, in which federal workers bragged about how little they work, or how much time they spend at work on outside projects. Is it any surprise that the quit rate among federal workers is one-quarter the quit rate in the private sector? Unmatched Job Security What’s more, it is almost impossible to fire a federal worker. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the rate of layoffs and discharges among federal workers is one sixth the rate of the private sector. A Government Accountability audit found that it can take between five months to more than a year to fire a poor performing worker. Another GAO audit found that managers routinely hand out top performance ratings to federal workers. In fact, 99.5% got a “fully successful” rating or above. More than a third earned the highest rating of “outstanding.” At the other end of the spectrum, just 0.4% of federal workers got “minimally successful” and 0.1% “unacceptable” ratings. Worse still, federal workers who do cause serious problems at work often get put on paid administrative leave as punishment. Yet another GAO audit found that the government spent more than $3 billion in just two years for what amounted to paid vacations. Hundreds of federal workers had received a year or more of paid administrative leave. One Quarter Are ‘Non-Essential’ As we noted in this space earlier, government agencies affected by the shutdown furloughed about 400,000 workers. (The other 400,000 “essential workers” are at their jobs, but not currently getting paychecks.) Excluding the military (which is unaffected by the shutdown) and the Postal Service (which is self-financed), that means 25% of the total federal work force of just over 3 million is “nonessential.” At several agencies, the vast majority of workers are “nonessential.” Here’s a sampling compiled by Government Executive of the share of workers furloughed during the shutdown. NASA: 95.4% Housing and Urban Development: 95.4% Securities and Exchange Commission: 93.5% Commerce Department: 86% Federal Trade Commission 76.7% Department of the Interior: 76% Department of Agriculture: 66.5%. Collectively, just this sampling of government agencies spent more than $244 billion of taxpayer money last year. If nothing else, the shutdown has highlighted how bloated the federal workforce has become. Many Threatened To Quit Anyway Lastly, more than a quarter of the federal workforce threatened to quit if President Donald Trump got elected. A survey of federal employees by the Government Business Council and GovExec.com found that 14% said they would “definitely” consider quitting their jobs and another 13% said they might consider it. Just 65% said they’d stay on at their jobs no matter who wins. The shutdown provides these workers a perfect opportunity to live up to their promise. And the booming labor market means that there are plenty of jobs in the private sector. (Of course, that would mean giving up their cushy federal jobs.) The government will eventually reopen. All of these workers will be back on the job. And they’ll all get paid for the days they stayed home. So please, spare us the crocodile tears.)

January 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State agencies can no longer ask job candidates for salary history, and employers across Illinois are probably next – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: One reason to not become or stay a government employee is that your salary and benefits are public record. Government employees are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-pritzker-illinois-no-salary-history-20190116-story.html

— Free City Colleges tuition, free CTA rides and more backed by five Chicago mayoral candidates at packed West Side forum – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: When you were young, what did you do to get to/from school and work? I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 and a 1962 Chevy BelAir in 1971. I paid for those cars and my college expenses with money that I earned delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline in 1971; and collected delinquent taxes in 1971.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayor-west-side-candidate-forum-20190116-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn men, those who are anti-men glorify and praise you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-tuesday-gillette-me-too-ad-0115-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “End the shutdown; give Trump his wall. We need a monument to American stupidity.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-shutdown-trump-wall-democrats-huppke-20190116-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will political infighting delay Cook County property assessment appeals? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190117/will-political-infighting-delay-your-cook-county-property-tax-assessment-appeals
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190116/you-need-to-try-to-right-that-wrong-freedom-rider-urges-buffalo-grove-students-to-fight-racism

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local House members chosen for GOP leadership positions – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190117/local-house-members-chosen-for-gop-leadership-positions

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Wheeler appointed to Assistant House Republican Leader State Rep. to take leadership position in House
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/01/16/wheeler-appointed-to-assistant-house-republican-leader/ahgw9wx/

 

PEKIN DAILY TIMES
— Can the Illinois GOP still be effective as a superminority? – Chris Kaergard (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Illinois now have even more power to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Will they work even harder with the Democrat plants and the RINOs in your Republican township/ward and county party organizations and in the Illinois Republican Party to drive out of Illinois the remaining individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20190116/can-illinois-gop-still-be-effective-as-superminority

 

SOUTHERN
— Furloughed IRS worker forced to sell belongings on eBay (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future IRS employees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/furloughed-irs-worker-forced-to-sell-belongings-on-ebay/video_17a7928c-98eb-5a5c-956e-c918128b39fe.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— GOP dismisses suggestion that State of Union be postponed – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/gop-dismisses-suggestion-that-state-of-union-be-postponed

 

HANSON FOR NAPERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
— CAMPAIGN KICKOFF
https://hansonfornaperville.com/campaign-kickoff/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Medicare-for-All’ Would Take Most of Your Paycheck
http://www.gopusa.com/medicare-for-all-would-take-most-of-your-paycheck/
— Masculinity’s not the problem
http://www.gopusa.com/masculinitys-not-the-problem/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Beto O’Rourke questions relevance of Constitution, principles ‘set down 230-plus years ago’ – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/16/beto-orourke-questions-relevance-constitution-prin/

 

BLAZE
— Get ready for much more Ocasio-Cortez social media — she’s teaching Democrats how to tweet just like her This is the future that liberals want
https://www.theblaze.com/news/get-ready-for-much-more-ocasio-cortez-social-media-shes-teaching-democrats-how-to-tweet-just-like-her

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Be Grateful for God’s Grace – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me the most for my not being grateful enough. They are cruel, nasty, and vicious and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They stress that they have graciously let me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that they graciously let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 3003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/17/be-grateful-for-gods-grace/

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say that Trump “is favoring politically advantageous policies.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/16/trump-free-government-labor-shutdown-1106637
— What Happens if Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remains Too Sick to Work? Nothing! History is full of Supreme Court justices who were incapacitated—or worse. That’s the price of life tenure, and it’s worth paying. – DANIEL HEMEL
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/16/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-health-224014

 

THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez, freshmen poised to take on Wall Street – SYLVAN LANE (DIERSEN: Will Ocasio-Cortez ask GAO to help her take on Wall Street? I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, the last almost 8 years of which at the GS-13 Step 4-10 levels, currently $106,044-$125,325/year.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425764-ocasio-cortez-freshmen-poised-to-take-on-wall-street

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Many Federal Employees Can’t Afford Diapers Due To Trump’s Government Shutdown A pantry dedicated to Coast Guard families in need went through three months’ worth of diapers in two weeks. – Eleanor Goldberg
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/federal-employees-diapers-government-shutdown_us_5c3f6714e4b0a8dbe16ce0dc
— Ex-RNC Chair Puts Trump-Supporting Senators On Notice: ‘It’s All Collusion’ Michael Steele calls out GOP lawmakers for giving “cover to this president.” – Ed Mazza (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and State of Illinois leaders, members, and employees who collude to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that a) support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the IRP platform, b) support the illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or c) support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-steele-collusion_us_5c4003f1e4b0a8dbe16d9402

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a West Wing in Transition, Trump Tries to Stand Firm on the Shutdown – Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/us/politics/trump-shutdown-west-wing-shake-up.html
— White House Redefines Who Is Essential to Get Parts of Government Moving Again – Katie Rogers and Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: Are/were you essential? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being non-essential. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/us/politics/white-house-essential-shutdown.html
— The Easy (and Free) Way to Make a Budget Spreadsheet With a little time, typing and easy-to-use software, you can quickly see your financial picture much more thoroughly and better plan for the future. – J. D. Biersdorfer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/technology/personaltech/the-easy-and-free-way-to-make-a-budget-spreadsheet.html
— Veterans of the News Business Are Now Fighting Fakes – Edmund Lee
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/business/media/media-steve-brill-fake-news.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the internet, conspiracy theories, propaganda and plain old inaccuracies can stump even the most thoughtful readers, spreading faster than you can say “fake news.” A small start-up, NewsGuard, says it may have a solution. The effort is led by a pair of veteran news executives — Steven Brill, an author and the founder of the magazine The American Lawyer, and Gordon Crovitz, a former publisher of The Wall Street Journal. On Wednesday the company announced that it had signed Microsoft as its first major client. NewsGuard has created the equivalent of nutrition labels for news organizations, rating more than 2,000 news and information sites with tags: red for unreliable, green for trustworthy. A team of roughly 50 journalists and analysts is making the evaluations. NewsGuard has given its stamp of approval to established publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as later entrants like BuzzFeed and Newsmax. FoxNews.com, The Hill, The Daily Beast and HuffPost have also gotten green lights. Sites to watch out for, according to NewsGuard, include Infowars and Breitbart on the right, and Daily Kos on the left. Media Matters, a left-leaning advocacy organization with a prolific media-watchdog blog, has received a green rating, but scores negatively on four of the nine criteria used by NewsGuard. The start-up hopes to become a regular part of the reading experience on the web. Its premise is that it is more efficient to rate news organizations than the endless stream of articles rolled out each hour. The service, free to readers, offers a browser extension that shows a news operation’s rating when a reader lands on its site. The NewsGuard tag also appears in search results next to article links for those who have the extension.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Government Shutdown Shakes Stability of Jobs That Are Often the Best Around – Natalie Kitroeff and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/business/economy/federal-workers-shutdown.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— House Democratic leaders bottle up effort to censure Iowa Rep. Steve King – Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Who has tried to censure you and why? I should write a book about those who tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me in 2006 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. 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 2009 Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democratic-leaders-try-to-avert-censure-vote-on-rep-steve-king/2019/01/16/22c7a6ce-19b5-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kascich demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republicans, and especially those Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/14/john-kasich-republican-party-adapt-new-america-solve-problems-column/2564182002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Shutdown and the Next Election Both parties need to think bigger than this fight—they should be thinking of 2020. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shutdown-and-the-next-election-11547682985
— Masculinity Isn’t a Sickness A denial of biology in the American Psychological Association’s new report on men and boys. – Erica Komisar (DIERSEN: Who focuses/focused on getting rid of men a) where you work/worked and b) in the organizations that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about those man-haters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/masculinity-isnt-a-sickness-11547682809
— Fed Says Student Debt Has Hurt the U.S. Housing Market Student loans prevented 400,000 young Americans from buying homes, Fed says in paper covering 2005 to 2014 – Josh Mitchell and Laura Kusisto (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from for you to buy your first home? I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. The money came from what I earned a) working full-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights, b) working part-time for that store 1971-1972, and c) working full-time for IRS 1971-1972 in Chicago and Harvey.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-says-student-debt-is-u-s-hurting-housing-market-11547657473

 

FORBES
— Is Chicago The Next Detroit? – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/01/16/is-chicago-the-next-detroit/#44479ec56894

 

YAHOO FINANCE
— ‘Blue flu’: TSA agents are no-show amid shutdown because they ‘cannot afford to work for free’ – Yahoo Finance (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my coworkers had called in sick. In 1970, Chrysler hired me to work Mondays because many Chrysler employees called in sick on Mondays.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blue-flu-tsa-agents-skip-cannot-afford-work-free-212415393.html

 

DESMOINES REGISTER
— Is shutdown merely a ploy to make the federal government smaller? – Steffen Schmidt (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, Republicans did everything that they could to make GAO smaller. Of course, the Democrats who ran GAO were beyond furious and took their anger out on GAO employees like me who were Republican. They especially took their anger out on Republican GAO employees like me who were White, male, older, and non-veteran.)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2019/01/16/shutdown-ploy-make-federal-government-smaller/2597259002/

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— A wall won’t do what E-Verify can to reduce illegal border crossings – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who has called for making E-Verify mandatory in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) stress that illegals are minorities, are female, are younger, lack education, lack job skills, have dependents, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who call for making E-Verity mandatory as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/A-wall-won-t-do-what-E-Verify-can-to-reduce-13539080.php

 

MIAMI HERALD
— Business leaders want politicians to stop fighting over wall and make this deal – JIMENA TAVEL
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article224644570.html

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— Now a 2020 candidate, Gillibrand builds campaign on gender (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, candidates build their campaigns on their being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/now-a-2020-candidate-gillibrand-builds-campaign-on-gender/

 

SKYLINE VIEW
— The Unfortunate Truth of College Graduates – Kendrick A. Rojas (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 non-White in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a non-White could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a non-White in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted non-Whites in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a non-White in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a non-White in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a non-White could have my job and my preferred corner office.)

The Unfortunate Truth of College Graduates


(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many college attendees struggle to find jobs which are both fitting for their careers and also have a respective income. Money magazine took the findings of labor economist Stephen Rose, who uncovered discoveries in his new analysis regarding the overqualification that has burdened college graduates entering the workforce. Money writer Kaitlin Mulhere deduced from Rose’s findings that “…no matter how the economy is faring, the overqualification rate is disproportionately high for workers who are just out of college and in their early 20s”. This means that many employers have handed down less-than-exemplary jobs, making it so that college graduates must crawl their way to the top regardless of their degree. Is this the kind of treatment that is deserved by hardworking students, spending countless hours educating themselves through the means of their own will? It should also be noted that the percentage of overqualification rates for Hispanics and African Americans increased by “…7 and 10 percentage points, respectively, than the rate for white college-educated workers”. This not only highlights the inconsideration of the educated workforce but also reveals the effects of racism that still segregate several demographics from gaining equal pay. Not only are college graduates being short-cut of their pay, but if you are part of a non-white racial group, then the likelihood that your efforts will be overlooked increase.)

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Governor Orders Worker-Training Investment Review – AP (DIERSEN: Between 1992 and 1997, I paid for my own “retraining.” In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators. Between 1992 and 1997, I took graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997 earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2019-01-17/illinois-governor-orders-worker-training-investment-review

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Impeach Donald Trump.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/

 

FED SMITH
— President Trump Signs Back Pay Bill – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/01/16/president-sign-back-pay-bill/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Leak claims Google staff regularly DO manually intervene in controversial searches despite CEO’s testimony the search engine NEVER does it – MEGAN SHEETS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6599341/Leak-claims-Google-regularly-intervenes-YouTube-search-results.html

 

NEWS GUARD
— Criteria for and Explanation of Ratings (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, www.gopillinois.com should get a green rating.)
https://www.newsguardtech.com/ratings/criteria-for-and-explanation-of-ratings/
(FROM THE POSTING: THE 9 FACTORS Here are the 9 criteria that NewsGuard uses in determining if a provider is rated red. A site that fails to adhere to a preponderance of these criteria, as described in the weighted criteria definitions below, are rated red. No site must adhere to all of the criteria to be rated green. In every case the NewsGuard Nutrition Labels that are provided for each site (by clicking on the rating) spell out the site’s adherence to each of the 9 criteria that yielded that source’s particular rating. The 9 criteria below are listed in order of their importance in determining a red rating. For example, failure to adhere to the first criteria—publishing false content—will be more influential in determining a red rating than failure to reveal information about content creators.

 

Credibility

 

Does not repeatedly publish false content: In the last three years the site has not produced multiple stories that have been found—either by journalists at NewsGuard or elsewhere—to be clearly false, and which have not been quickly and prominently corrected. (22 Points. A label with a score lower than 60 points gets a red rating.)

 

Gathers and presents information responsibly: Content on the site is created by reporters, writers, videographers, researchers, or other information providers who generally seek to be accurate and fair in gathering, reporting, and interpreting information, even if they approach their work from a strong point of view. They do this by referencing multiple sources, preferably those that present direct, firsthand information on a subject or event. (18 Points)

 

Regularly corrects or clarifies errors: The site makes clear how to contact those in charge and has effective practices for publishing clarifications and corrections. (12.5 Points)

 

Handles the difference between news and opinion responsibly: Content providers who convey the impression that they report news or a mix of news and opinion distinguish opinion from news reporting, and when reporting news, they do not regularly or egregiously misstate, distort, or cherry pick facts, or egregiously cherry pick stories, to advance opinions. Content providers whose clearly expressed purpose is to advance a particular point of view do not regularly and egregiously misstate or distort facts to make their case. (12.5 Points)

 

Avoids deceptive headlines: The site generally does not publish headlines that include false information, significantly sensationalize, or otherwise do not reflect what is actually in the story. (10 Points)

 

Transparency

 

Website discloses ownership and financing: The site discloses its ownership and/or financing, as well as any notable ideological or political positions held by those with a significant financial interest in the site, in a user-friendly manner. (7.5 Points)

 

Clearly labels advertising: The site makes clear which content is paid for and which is not. (7.5 Points)

 

Reveals who’s in charge, including any possible conflicts of interest: Information about those in charge of the content is made accessible on the site, including any possible conflicts of interest. (5 Points)

 

Site provides the names of content creators, along with either contact information or biographical information: Information about those producing the content is made accessible on the site. (5 Points)

January 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Government Shutdown 2019: Nancy Pelosi asks Donald Trump to postpone State of the Union – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pelosi-asks-trump-to-postpone-state-of-the-union-due-to-government-shutdown/5088792/
— Celebrity chef Jose Andres opens pop-up kitchen to feed furloughed government employees in Washington – Danny Clemens (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/celebrity-chef-opens-emergency-kitchen-to-feed-furloughed-gov-employees/5090919/
— Karen Pence teaching art at school that bans gay students, parents – CNN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries ban those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/karen-pence-teaching-art-at-school-that-bans-gay-students-parents/5090266/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Announces Dates, Sites for Early Voting Super Site voting is expected to begin Jan. 28, and early voting sites in all 50 wards will open Feb. 11
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-early-voting-mayoral-sites-504451662.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago Politicians Spending Thousands On Campaign Meals – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/16/chicago-campaign-meals/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump signs bill giving federal workers back pay – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/president-trump-signs-bill-giving-federal-workers-back-pay
— Speaker Nancy Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule State of the Union address until after the government – CATHERINE LUCEY, JILL COLVIN LISA MASCARO
http://www.fox32chicago.com/facebook-instant/speaker-nancy-pelosi-asks-trump-to-reschedule-state-of-the-union-address-until-after-the-government-1
— Fake Washington Post paper editions being circulated in DC
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/fake-washington-post-paper-editions-being-circulated-in-dc

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign bill to require state licensing of Illinois gun dealers on Thursday – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-gun-dealer-licensing-20190116-story.html
— Almost 1,200 immigration hearings in Chicago canceled because of government shutdown; backlogs expected to grow – Elvia Malagon
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-immigration-court-government-shutdown-20190115-story.html
— Noise, garbage, dog poop: 10 Chicago neighborhoods with the most complaints
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-chicagos-annoying-neighbors-20190107-photogallery.html
— Speaking with Tribune Editorial Board, five more Chicago mayoral candidates offer few specifics for looming budget woes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-editorial-board-meeting-20190116-story.html
— From commuter tax to city lottery, Chicago mayoral candidates disagree on ways to address city budget woes – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-editorial-board-meeting-20190116-story.html
— Mayoral forum, Part 2: Taming Chicago’s pension beast – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-mayor-chicago-forum-brown-fioretti-kozlar-mendoza-vallas-20190116-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-concealed-carry-gun-self-defense-risks-20190114-story.html
— Link: Despite ‘hypocritical’ Rauner veto, township road district consolidation bid is not dead – Jim Newton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-link-road-district-veto-st-0117-story.html
— William Brauer, DuPage Forest Preserve worker, park district board member, dies – Bob Goldsborough
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-william-brauer-obituary-20190116-story.html
— VERY SAD: Standing up by sitting down for anthem a mantra of Crete-Monee’s Marsha Howard at Wisconsin – Tony Baranek
Daily Southtown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/sports/ct-sta-spt-tony-baranek-column-st-0117-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During this season and last, Howard has elected not to stand for the national anthem in a protest against gun violence and oppression of minorities. She took her inspiration from former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Early voting expected to begin Jan. 28 – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-mayoral-election-early-voting/
— The bad bet: How Illinois bet on video gambling and lost – Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati, and Dan Mihalopoulos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legalized-video-gambling-illinois-bad-bet-poker-slot-gaming-machines-propublica-wbez/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County felonies up slightly while juvenile crime jumps 19 percent – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190116/kane-county-felonies-up-slightly-while-juvenile-crime-jumps-19-percent
— Federal workers take on odd jobs to make ends meet – MICHELLE R. SMITH (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190116/news/301169921/

 

WTTW
— Jennifer Pritzker: GOP’s Policies ‘Marginalize Me Out of Existence’ – Alexandra Silets (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in marginalizing members of the following groups out of existence: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, federal employees, federal retirees, past, present, and future union members, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, American-nameplate vehicle owners, etc.?)
https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/16/jennifer-pritzker-gop-s-policies-marginalize-me-out-existence

 

ROCHELLE NEWS LEADER
— Politicians hold voters in contempt – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: Who holds you in contempt? I should write a book about those who hold me in contempt.)
https://rochellenews-leader.com/article/opinion-politicians-hold-voters-in-contempt

 

MADISON RECORD
— Pritzker gives $100 million in pay raises to some of the nation’s highest paid state workers – Adam Schuster
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511722911-pritzker-gives-100-million-in-pay-raises-to-some-of-the-nation-s-highest-paid-state-workers

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rep. Rodney Davis joins House’s rebuke of Rep. Steve King’s ‘white nationalist’ remark From the Read our ‘Herald & Review Politics’ column series – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/rep-rodney-davis-joins-house-s-rebuke-of-rep-steve/article_15eadce0-9ca9-569b-9f64-8f01c8d81ff9.html

 

PAXTON RECORD
— Barickman appointed to Senate leadership role
http://www.paxtonrecord.net/news/2019-01-16/barickman-appointed-senate-leadership-role.html

 

WLDS
— Davidsmeyer named Assistant Republican Leader in Illinois House – Blake Schnitker
http://wlds.com/news/davidsmeyer-named-assistant-republican-leader-in-illinois-house/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Bourne announces new role in Illinois House Republican Caucus
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-bourne-announces-new-role-in-illinois-house-republican-caucus
— Rep. Davis encourages Republicans, Democrats to listen to Trump’s proposals
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/rep-davis-encourages-republicans-democrats-to-listen-to-trumps-proposals
— President Trump gives tons of access to reporters – MICHELLE MACALUSO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-gives-tons-of-access-to-reporters

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— For Seventh Consecutive Year Visa Overstays Exceeded Illegal Border Crossings – RICHARD GONZALES
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/seventh-consecutive-year-visa-overstays-exceeded-illegal-border-crossings#stream/0

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BOLG
— Furloughed Federal Employees and Others Can Get Free Food Friday in Crystal Lake
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/16/furloughed-federal-employees-and-others-can-get-free-food-friday-in-crystal-lake/


— Judge Thomas Meyer Orders $55,000 Taken from Algonquin Township Road District Bank Account to Satisfy Illinois Leaks’ Freedom of Information Suit Win
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/16/judge-thomas-meyer-orders-55000-taken-from-algonquin-township-road-district-to-satisfy-illinois-leaks-freedom-of-information-suit-win/
— Chuck Wheeler Reminds County Board Members That They Are in Charge
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/16/chuck-wheeler-reminds-county-board-members-that-they-are-in-charge/
— Critiquing Jack Franks’ State of the County Speech
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/16/critiquing-jack-franks-state-of-the-county-speech/
— Woodstock Resident Says Tirio Suit “Wasting Everyone’s Time”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/16/woodstock-resident-says-tirio-suit-wasting-everyones-time/
— Illinois Leaks Merits Attack by Northwest Herald Editor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/15/illinois-leaks-merits-attack-by-northwest-herald-editor/
— NWH Reports Algonquin Township Supervisor Sued in Role of Road District Treasurer by Road District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/15/nwh-reports-algonquin-township-supervisor-sued-in-role-of-road-district-treasurer/
— McSweeney Re-Introduces Township Abolition by Referendum Bill for McHenry County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/15/mcsweeney-re-introduces-township-abolition-by-referendum-bill-for-mchenry-township/
— State Rep. Steve Rieck’s Take on Rauner’s Killing of Opportunity to Abolish Township by Referendum
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/14/state-rep-steve-riecks-take-on-rauners-killing-of-opportunity-to-abolish-township-by-referendum/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives: former Rep. David Harris “will get along well with Gov. Pritzker” as director of revenue – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511721024-ives-former-rep-david-harris-will-get-along-well-with-gov-pritzker-as-director-of-revenue

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— “Until It Affects You” This episode Spotlights the marijuana debate, specifically in Illinois. Dr. Karen Randall joins Monte Larrick and David Smith to discuss the problems that Colorado is experiencing resulting from commercializing marijuana.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-129/
— District U-46 Attorney Affirms Right of Men Who Pretend to Be Women to Supervise Girls’ Locker Rooms – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/district-u-46-attorney-affirms-right-of-men-who-pretend-to-be-women-to-supervise-girls-locker-rooms/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COMP MENDOZA PRAISES STATE WORKER RAISES; ANNOUNCES $8.2 B IN UNPAID BILLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/comp-mendoza-praises-state-worker-raises-announces-82-b-in-unpaid-bills.html
— CHICAGO MARCH FOR LIFE SETS NEW RECORD IN 2019
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/chicago-march-for-life-sets-new-record-in-2019.html
— REPUBLICANS KINZINGER, DAVIS RESPOND TO “STUPID” ONGOING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/republicans-kinzinger-davis-respond-to-stupid-ongoing-government-shutdown.html
— ILLINOIS COLLEGE INVITES STUDENTS TO ‘GET A LESSON IN SOCIAL JUSTICE’ BY PLAYING MONOPOLY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/-illinois-college-invites-students-to-get-a-lesson-in-social-justice-by-playing-monopoly.html
— BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION SPOTS JESSE WHITE’S $11.5M TAXPAYER-FUNDED TUMBLE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/better-government-association-spots-jesse-whites-115m-taxpayer-funded-tumble-.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Church helps feed government workers during shutdown: ‘When our community hurts, we hurt’ – Caleb Parke (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/church-helps-feed-government-workers-during-shutdown-when-our-community-hurts-we-hurt

 

TOWNHALL
— Secret Service Fact Checks Nancy Pelosi: We Are Fully Prepared and Able to Handle Trump’s State of the Union Address – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/01/16/secret-service-we-are-fully-prepared-and-able-to-handle-trumps-state-of-the-union-address-n2539156

 

BREITBART
— ‘THE SMOKING GUN’: Google Manipulated YouTube Search Results for Abortion, Maxine Waters, David Hogg – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/16/google-youtube-search-blacklist-smoking-gun/
— LEAK: ‘Huge Teams’ Engaged in Manual Interventions on Google Search Results – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/16/leak-huge-teams-engaged-in-manual-interventions-on-google-search-results/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How Responsible Is Trump for the Bad Advice He’s Getting? – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: What are political consultants advising candidates to do? In Illinois, “Republican” political consultants who are really Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs want Republicans to lose. What are they advising Republican candidates to do? From what I hear/see, they are advising Republican candidates to: — Demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, but if not that, distance yourself from Trump, — Distance yourself from Trump supporters, the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), your Republican county party organization, your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, and Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, — Do not promise to defend or advance the traditional family plank in the IRP platform, — Do not promise to defend or advance the right to life plank in the IRP platform, — Do not promise to defend or advance the immigration plank in the IRP platform, — Do not promise to defend or advance the Second Amendment plank in the IRP platform, — Do not promise to defend or advance the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform, — Do not promise to defend or advance the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, — Do not promise to oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, — Do not promise to oppose the promotion of abortion, — Do not promise to oppose the promotion of mass/illegal immigration, — Do not promise to oppose the promotion of the abolition or the First and Second Amendments, — Do not promise to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and — Do not promise to oppose the promotion of patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/how-responsible-is-trump-for-the-bad-advice-hes-getting/