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July 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— As Trump prepares Supreme Court pick, Roe v. Wade top of mind for many – Sarah Schulte (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion. To vote for a Democrat is to promote abortion.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/as-trump-prepares-supreme-court-pick-roe-v-wade-top-of-mind-for-many/3710689/
— ‘Trump Baby’ balloon gets mayor’s approval to fly over London during POTUS visit – Danny Clemens
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/london-mayor-oks-trump-baby-balloon-during-potus-visit/3712725/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use citizens of foreign countries and their children to demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-orders-brazilian-boy-10-to-be-released-from-detention-reunited-with-mother/3711040/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge Amy Coney Barrett makes final Supreme Court cut: Trump ‘reveal’ on Monday – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/judge-amy-barrett-trump-final-supreme-court-cut-reveal-monday-night/
— The logic and anger behind stopping traffic on the Dan Ryan – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/logic-anger-dan-ryan-expressway-shutdown-pfleger/
— Amy Coney Barrett is a superb judge, not some glazed-eyed cultist – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/amy-coney-barrett-is-a-superb-judge-not-some-glazed-eyed-cultist/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use immigrants to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sirley-paixao-mother-chicago-judge-orders-son-release/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/as-an-immigrant-i-will-never-forget-the-pain-of-being-separated-from-my-father/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/myanmar-chicago-teenage-rohingya-muslim-refugee-journey-seeking-education-better-life-immigration-sullivan-high-school-rogers-park-ohare-airport-schaumburg-burma-ethnic-violence-crisis-asia-bangladesh/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/families-separated-another-mom-sues-doj-asks-judge-not-to-intervene-in-2-cases/
— How to avoid Dan Ryan shutdown Saturday – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Have you commuted on the Dan Ryan? I did from Crete to UIC 1966-1968, in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967 and in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I worked in the south suburbs 1962-1974.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/avoid-dan-ryan-shutdown-saturday/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Companies turning to standardized tests for hiring – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: What standardized tests have you passed? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have passed standardized tests because I have always had many unfair advantages. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passing all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-data-science-standard-test-20180625-story.html
— How to get around Saturday if anti-violence protest blocks the Dan Ryan – Mary Wisniewski (DIERSEN: Have you commuted on the Dan Ryan? I did from Crete to UIC 1966-1968, in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967 and in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I worked in the south suburbs 1962-1974.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-dan-ryan-protest-alternative-routes-20180703-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican promote Pat Brady.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-supreme-court-20180705-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ordinance would ban people from overnight camping outside Lincoln Library – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Democrats always blame Republicans for all homelessness.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180705/ordinance-would-ban-people-from-overnight-camping-outside-lincoln-library

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Letter Demanding Resignation In Maine Township Will Be Sent To Top Republicans – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/letter-demanding-resignation-in-maine-will-be-sent-to-top-republicans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A letter which demands that Maine Township Republican Committeeman Char Foss-Eggemann of Park Ridge call for the resignation of Township Trustee Dave Carrabotta because of allegations that he inappropriately touched fellow Trustee Kim Jones, has not yet been sent to Eggemann. However, according to some people knowledgeable about the letter, it will soon be mailed to the committeeman as well as Cook County Republican Party leader Sean Morrison, state GOP leader Tim Schneider, and others. Meanwhile, an investigation into the sexual harassment claims by Jones, launched by the town board after May 22 when the charges first surfaced, will take another week and a half to complete, said township Supervisor Laura Morask. She indicated that one more person has to be interviewed by the lawyer assigned to perform the probe. Morask would not comment further. The letter insisting that Eggemann act on the matter was prompted in part by some Republicans demanding that House Speaker Mike Madigan step down because of harassment and bullying complaints leveled against several Democrats. Marilyn Smolenski, Republican candidate who’s running against incumbent Democrat Marty Moylan in the November General Election, has been one of those voices demanding Madigan’s resignation. She has been highly critical of Moylan for not standing up to Madigan by demanding that he resign. Eggemann is a strong supporter of Smolenski, who lives in Park Ridge. Moylan recently blasted Smolenski for backing “one of the biggest perverts in the U.S., Trump.” Added Moylan, “He’s one of the biggest pigs in the U.S. I’m not silent. Tell that Trump backing pistol packing Trump supporter that I back women’s rights and I voted for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).” Smolenski owns a company that sells pistol holders for women. On the advice of the township attorney, Jones confronted Carrabotta with her accusations of inappropriately touching her backside on May 22. Carrabotta flatly denied the allegations and demanded an immediate closed door meeting where the issue could be discussed. Jones accuses Carrabotta of touching her on three separate occasions during township events in late 2017 and 2018. According to people familiar with the letter, it’s believed that at least 10 local Republican women will sign it by the time it is mailed to Eggemann. Among the words used in the letter are “outrageous” and “disturbing.” It also says that Jones has a solid reputation in the community and was slated by committeeman Eggemann to run for the township position. Carrabotta has told the Journal & Topics that the matter is “confidential”. In a statement released yesterday (Tuesday) by State Republican chairman Tim Schneider, he said, “The Illinois Republican Party strongly believes that sexual harassment has no place in any workplace, public or private, and that allegations must be investigated swiftly by independent parties. If the allegations against the Maine Township trustee are true, he has violated the public’s trust and should step down. Until then, the investigation involving the allegations should proceed.”)

 

SOUTHERN
— Governor names Du Quoin woman, two others to Prisoner Review Board
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/governor-names-du-quoin-woman-two-others-to-prisoner-review/article_621797fb-6cb8-5af2-a6ca-8df4ef48b07f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The release says that Patricia Wilson, of Du Quoin; Lisa Daniels, of Lansing; and Joseph Ruggiero, of Wheaton, will join the Prisoner Review Board, which is a quasi-judicial body that imposes release conditions, regulates good conduct credits, conducts parole hearings and makes executive clemency recommendations and other tasks.)

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Unions give workers a voice – Dino Leone (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member a) for almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and b) for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were vehemently anti-union.)
https://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-view-unions-give-workers-a-voice/article_c0b8358b-a614-5c66-9623-b87637161655.html

 

WJBC
— Bloomingdale Police Department chief would decide whether to aid ICE agents on immigration issues – Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/07/06/bpd-chief-would-decide-whether-to-aid-ice-agents-on-immigration-issues/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POLL: WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO ‘BEING AMERICAN’? (DIERSEN: How many of the ten criteria to you meet? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) would stress that am a draft avoider, b) would stress that I do not promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation, booze, gambling, pot, etc., and c) would hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not do enough to “help the vulnerable.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being a) champions of the disadvantaged, b) champions of the oppressed, and c) champions of those who want to be “free” to harm themselves with booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/poll-whats-important-to-being-american.html
— TRUMP’S LEAN WHITE HOUSE 2018 PAYROLL ON-TRACK TO SAVE TAXPAYER’S $22 MILLION (DIERSEN: Gingrich would stress all the many millions that he “saved” the taxpayers by gutting GAO. The agency is just a shell of what it once was. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/when-congress-wiped-an-agency-off-the-map/2011/11/29/gIQAIt0J9N_blog.html and https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/gingrich-and-the-destruction-of-congressional-expertise/)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/trumps-lean-white-house-2018-payroll-on-track-to-save-taxpayers-22-million.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— MARXISTS AND EXTREME RADICALS SEEK TO TAKE OVER THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Joe Simonson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/marxist-radicals-democratic-party/
— TRUMP: A VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS IS A VOTE FOR ‘ANARCHY, AMNESTY AND CHAOS’ – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/trump-democrats-anarchy-amnesty-chaos/
— ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER VICIOUS ATTACK ON A TRUMP SUPPORTER, LIBERAL MEDIA YAWNS – Stephanie Hamill
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/vicious-attack-on-a-trump-supporter/
— TRUMP ON ICE: ‘THEY PROTECT US AND WE PROTECT THEM’ – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/trump-protect-ice/

 

BREITBART
— Poll: Liberals Hold Extreme Views on ‘Abolish ICE’ – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/07/05/poll-liberals-hold-extreme-views-on-abolish-ice/

 

GOPUSA
— Judge: Trump administration showed ‘bad faith’ in adding citizenship to census (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally. To do the aforesaid is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/judge-trump-administration-showed-bad-faith-in-adding-citizenship-to-census/

 

NEWSMAX
— ‘Abolish ICE’ Movement Is Bad Politics – Rich Lowry
https://www.newsmax.com/richlowry/ice-enforcement-immigration-democrats/2018/07/05/id/870198/
— James Woods’ ‘Feeling Patriotic’ Agent Drops Him on July 4th – Bill Hoffmann (DIERSEN: Who has dropped you and why? I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who have dropped me a) because I support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) because I oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and/or d) because I refuse to cover up their wrong doing.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/james-woods-agent-ken-kaplan-political-persecution/2018/07/05/id/870081/

 

TOWNHALL
— Will Jim Jordan Get Pinned With These Ohio State Wrestling Team Allegations? – Matt Vespa (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, who would make accusations against you? I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the accusations that they would have their operatives and their dupes make against me if I sought a government office or a political office. Better yet, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/07/06/will-jim-jordan-be-pinned-by-these-ohio-state-wrestling-allegations-n2497679

 

POLITICO
— Mexico imposes retaliatory tariffs on dozens of U.S. goods – SABRINA RODRIGUEZ
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/mexico-imposes-retaliatory-tariffs-670424

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why. Women have more options, for one. But a new poll also shows that financial insecurity is altering a generation’s choices. – Claire Cain Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/upshot/americans-are-having-fewer-babies-they-told-us-why.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans oppose key parts of Trump immigration plans.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-americans-oppose-key-elements-of-trump-immigration-policy/2018/07/05/36124360-7e3d-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html
— NOVEMBER 29, 2011 FLASHBACK: When Congress wiped an agency off the map – Ed O’Keefe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/when-congress-wiped-an-agency-off-the-map/2011/11/29/gIQAIt0J9N_blog.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bartlett warns that history is repeating itself as lawmakers are pushing to cut the budget of the Government Accountability Office to demonstrate fiscal responsibility while Gingrich is reviving his calls to eliminate of the Congressional Budget Office, which he recently called “a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth.” “It is essential that Congress not cripple what is left of its in-house expertise,” Bartlett writes. “Gutting the GAO and abolishing the CBO would be acts of nihilism. Any politician recommending such things is unfit for office.”)

 

ECONOMIX
— NOVEMBER 29, 2011 FLASHBACK: Gingrich and the Destruction of Congressional Expertise – BRUCE BARTLETT
https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/gingrich-and-the-destruction-of-congressional-expertise/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unfortunately, Gingrichism lives on. Republican Congressional leaders continually criticize every Congressional agency that stands in their way. In addition to the C.B.O., one often hears attacks on the Congressional Research Service, the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Government Accountability Office. Lately, the G.A.O. has been the prime target. Appropriators are cutting its budget by $42 million, forcing furloughs and cutbacks in investigations that identify billions of dollars in savings yearly. So misguided is this effort that Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma and one of the most conservative members of Congress, came to the agency’s defense. In a report issued by his office on Nov. 16, Senator Coburn pointed out that the G.A.O.’s budget has been cut by 13 percent in real terms since 1992 and its work force reduced by 40 percent — more than 2,000 people. By contrast, Congress’s budget has risen at twice the rate of inflation and nearly doubled to $2.3 billion from $1.2 billion over the last decade. Mr. Coburn’s report is replete with examples of budget savings recommended by G.A.O. He estimated that cutting its budget would add $3.3 billion a year to government waste, fraud, abuse and inefficiency that will go unidentified.)

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Yet again, Chick-fil-A is favorite fast-food chain in U.S. – Dixita Limbachia
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/05/acsi-names-top-restaurants-customer-satisfactions/742826002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 50 cities where the most people are moving away from can primarily be found in the Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast, particularly in states like Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and New York. Among the cities where people are leaving in droves are places such as Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, New York, and Los Angeles.)
— Population migration patterns: US cities Americans are abandoning – Michael B. Sauter
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/07/05/cities-americans-abandoning-population-migration/35801453/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Inside Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Cult’ If she is the nominee, get ready for a vicious anti-Catholic Senate smear campaign. – Adam O’Neal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-amy-coney-barretts-cult-1530833211
— FRONT PAGE: Walmart Takes a Stand on Guns, Gay Rights to Get People to Like It More Consumers and employees expect companies to voice opinions on hot-button topics, and the world’s largest retailer is weighing in – Sarah Nassauer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, companies act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-takes-a-stand-on-guns-gay-rights-to-get-people-to-like-it-more-1530805106
— IRS Nominee Rettig Says Rebuilding Trust is Priority Trump pick tells senators in confirmation hearing that better relationships would aid implementation of 2017 tax law – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. They would hint/imply/argue/shout a) that everyone vehemently hates past, present, and future IRS employees, b) that IRS employees are cruel, vicious, lazy, stupid, losers, and even worse things, and c) that IRS employees are IRS employees because no one will hire them. They would stress that my GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would stress that my IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-nominee-rettig-says-rebuilding-trust-is-priority-1530202141
— U.S. Hiring Strong in June; Unemployment Rate Rises as More Enter Labor Force – Eric Morath and Sarah Chaney (DIERSEN: Should I try to re-enter the labor force? QUESTION: What would discourage employers from hiring me? ANSWER: I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (almost 70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, federal retiree since 1997, union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, American nameplate car owner, childless, pet-less, etc. Further, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. Further, I do not paint myself as being a yes-man and I am not a yes-man.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-hiring-strong-in-june-unemployment-rate-rises-as-more-enter-labor-force-1530880292

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Liberals Say Nominee Must Back Abortion Rights (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion. To vote for a Democrat is to promote abortion.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-07-05/the-latest-liberals-say-nominee-must-back-abortion-rights

July 5 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Federal Judge, Indiana Professor Amy Coney Barrett Among Trump’s Top Picks for Supreme Court Nomination – Catherine Lucey, Ken Thomas and Lisa Mascaro
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/amy-coney-barrett-notre-dame-487415591.html

 

CBS2
— Liberals Ready To Fire Back At Trump’s Supreme Court Pick – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/05/supreme-court-trump-liberals/
— “Trump Baby” Balloon Allowed To Fly Over London During Trump Visit
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/05/trump-baby-balloon/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Fix our insane immigration laws now!’ Trump tells Congress – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-laws-donald-trump-congress/
— US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/us-army-discharge-immigrant-recruits-lucas-calixto-immigration-military/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Corrupt Illinois politicians? Here’s how to make sure fleeced taxpayers never forget them – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-corruption-park-chicago-ukraine-20180626-story.html
— A bipartisan campaign for debt ruin keeps ticking along – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-deficit-debt-kudlow-cbo-0705-20180703-story.html
— Pushed out of power, liberals are trying to lose even more influence – Victor Davis Hanson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-hanson-democrats-power-loss-whines-maxine-waters-0706-story.html
— Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Barrett: Catholic Chicago judge stirs abortion debate – Dan Hinkel, David Jackson and Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-supreme-court-barrett-20180705-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— State’s attorney says Lauzen can’t approve own expenses – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180705/states-attorney-says-lauzen-cant-approve-own-expenses

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Government opposes Schock’s request to stay his case – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: What if the news media had reported on Diersen v. GAO like it reports on U.S. Government v. Schock? In Diersen v. GAO, while Maggie Hickey served as Peter Fitzgerald’s Chief of Staff, Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge, Amy J. St. Eve, and the attorney who represented GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald. All of the aforesaid made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Eve granted Patrick Fitzgerald’s motion to deny me my 7th Amendment rights, that is, to deny me a jury trial. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that Peter Fitzgerald, Hickey, Eve, and Patrick Fitzgerald all viewed me as being someone who was lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/government-opposes-schock-s-request-to-stay-his-case/article_3be50437-62f3-5372-8ed9-a63c4e54578e.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – Private email used to coordinate talking points for letter to the editor by former COD President – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/07/college-of-dupage-private-email-used-to-coordinate-talking-points-for-letter-to-the-editor-by-former-cod-president/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— NRA warns members against gun control bills – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511474490-nra-warns-members-against-gun-control-bills

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner runs away from comments about Nazi candidate, blames media for reporting his own words
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/05/rauner-runs-away-from-comments-about-nazi-candidate-blames-media-for-reporting-his-own-words/

 

GOPUSA
— Do Democrats hate America? Here are the numbers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=49477
— Hollywood actress warns friends to protect, ‘housekeepers, nannies, landscapers’, from ICE
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=49567
— Facebook flags Declaration of Independence as hate speech (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. What do you say to activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who a) ever-increasingly put themselves under the manipulation/domination of the Democrat Facebook, b) fail/refuse to keep their websites up-to-date, if not dump their websites all together, and/or c) send out fewer emails, if not stop sending out emails all together?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=49581
— Maxine Waters’ ‘black women’ supporters blast Schumer, Pelosi in letter, demand apology
http://www.gopusa.com/maxine-waters-black-women-supporters-blast-schumer-pelosi-in-letter-demand-apology/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Young White Males Abandon Dems, Flock to Trump
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/07/05/poll-young-white-males-abandon-dems-flock-to-trump/
— How Many New Republicans Were Created by 4th of July Celebrations?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/07/05/how-many-republicans-were-created-by-4th-of-july-celebrations/

 

THE HILL
— Embattled EPA head Pruitt resigns – TIMOTHY CAMA
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/395667-embattled-epa-head-pruitt-resigns
— Conservative radio host Joe Walsh: ‘Pretty damn sad’ majority of my callers are OK with Trump lying – ARIS FOLLEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395615-conservative-radio-host-its-pretty-damn-sad-the-majority-of-his

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps join ACLU.
http://fortune.com/2018/07/05/aclu-membership-growth/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats 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://fortune.com/2018/07/05/trump-affirmative-action-college-admissions/

 

MARKET WATCH
— House Republican calls for renewed antitrust probe of Google’s search engine – Greg Robb (DIERSEN: What percent of Google employees 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.marketwatch.com/story/house-republican-calls-for-renewed-antitrust-probe-of-googles-search-engine-2018-07-05

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 9 Job Hunting Tips for Older Workers – Chuck Saletta (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want employees who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fool.com/slideshow/9-job-hunting-tips-older-workers/
— MAY 13, 2018 FLASHBACK: More Than Half of Older Workers Are Postponing Retirement. Here Are 4 Great Reasons to Do the Same Before you retire, think about the benefits of waiting — because there are plenty of them. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors’ argument that they did not force me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old is absurdly false on its face. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is $73,461/year less than that, or only $51,864/year. My CSRS pension is only 41% of my GAO salary in today’s dollars.)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/05/13/more-than-half-of-older-workers-are-postponing-ret.aspx

 

ECONOMIST
— Bruce Rauner discovers bipartisanship It may be too little, too late for the governor of Illinois
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/07/07/bruce-rauner-discovers-bipartisanship

 

ROAD AND TRACK
— How GM’s Bankruptcy Saved the Corvette In 2008, GM cancelled the Corvette in an effort to save money. But the automaker’s 2009 bankruptcy actually helped launch the C7, the best Corvette ever. – CHRIS PERKINS
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a22059899/how-gms-bankruptcy-saved-the-corvette/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The economy is hot, yet many U.S. workers feel left behind. A new report sheds some light – ANDREW VAN DAM
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oecd-report-20180704-story.html

 

NATION
— For 60 Years, This Powerful Conservative Group Has Worked to Crush Labor Now the Janus decision has helped push the National Right to Work Committee and its sister organizations closer to that goal. – Moshe Z. Marvit (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member a) for almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and b) for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were vehemently anti-union.)
https://www.thenation.com/article/group-turned-right-work-crusade-crush-labor/

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC a) promotes hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) functions as an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/07/05/hatewatch-headlines-752018

July 5 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congressman Roskam, challenger Casten take shots at each other on Independence Day – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/congressman-roskam-challenger-casten-take-shots-at-each-other-on-independence-day

 

ABC7
— Politics permeates Chicago area 4th of July parades – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/politics-permeates-chicago-area-4th-of-july-parades/3706521/

 

CBS2
— Rauner, Pritzker Partake In Suburban July 4th Parades – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: In the Independence Day parade nearest your home, which Republican candidates a) walked in the parade and b) helped sponsor the parade?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/04/rauner-pritzker-partake-in-suburban-july-4th-parades/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Progressive income tax proposal would sink Illinois – David McSweeney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcsweeney-illinois-graduated-progressive-tax-financial-disaster-0705-story.html
— At FBI, women remain distinct minorities – Devlin Barrett (DIERSEN: My outstanding wife worked for the FBI 1968-1970.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180705/281809989649582
— How bad is teacher pay? Nearly 1 in 5 teachers works a second job, report says – Moriah Balingit (DIERSEN: Have you worked a second job? I did 1971-1972. I worked part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights while I worked for IRS full-time. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971, b) pay for tuitions and books for graduate business courses at Loyola, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-teacher-pay-second-job-report-20180620-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–house-democrats-change-20180702-story.html
— Poland’s Supreme Court chief defies law’s purge – Michael Birnbaum (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and 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. In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403 by age 25, $113,920 by age 30, $134,000 by age 35, and $164,200 by age 40.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180705/281749860107438
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those a) who come to America illegally, b) who stay in America illegally, and c) who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–immigration-separating-families-20180704-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Only 47 percent say that they are extremely proud to be an American.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-proud-american-20180703-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How proud are you to be an American? That was the question asked of a little over 1,500 American adults for a Gallup poll published Monday. Only 47 percent said they felt extremely proud to be an American — a record low in the 17 years since the research company first started asking the question and a sharp drop from a peak of 70 percent in 2003. The other options were very proud (25 percent), moderately proud (16 percent), only a little proud (7 percent) or not proud at all (3 percent).)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville Mayor Chirico plans to seek second term – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: So far, which candidates have announced their candidacies for the Municipal, Park District, Library District, School District, and Fire District offices on April 2, 2019 Consolidated Election ballots in your precinct?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180704/naperville-mayor-chirico-plans-to-seek-second-term
— Schaumburg Township installing new electronic message sign, expanding parking lot – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180704/schaumburg-township-installing-new-electronic-message-sign-expanding-parking-lot

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DuPage college scandal continues to make big waves – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-05/jim-dey-dupage-college-scandal-continues-make-big-waves.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— 26 Illinois counties have passed ‘gun sanctuary’ resolutions. Are they constitutional? – KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213841369.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
— Chief Circuit Judge Daniel P. Guerin is pleased to announce that following a tabulation of ballots by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts in Springfield, the Circuit Judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County, Illinois have appointed James F. McCluskey to the position of Associate Judge.
https://www.dcba.org/news/407263/Chief-Judge-Announces-New-Associate-Judge.htm

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Perversion Poisons Childhood in America
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-perversion-poisons-childhood-in-america/

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— MARIJUANA IS THE COMMON WEB BETWEEN SO MANY MASS KILLERS
http://www.poppot.org/2018/07/03/marijuana-violence-know-connection/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP BLAMED FOR DEATH OF REPORTERS: DID MEDIA BLAME OBAMA FOR COP KILLERS? – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-blamed-for-death-of-reporters-did-media-blame-obama-for-cop-killers/

 

BREITBART
— Poll – Majority of White, Black, and Hispanic Americans: U.S. Needs Stricter Immigration Enforcement – John Binder (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps not only do not want stricter enforcement, they want no enforcement at all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/04/poll-majority-of-white-black-and-hispanic-americans-u-s-needs-stricter-immigration-enforcement/
— Ann Coulter Slams ‘Open Borders Zealots’ on Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist, Backs Kavanaugh – Ian Mason
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/04/ann-coulter-slams-open-borders-zealots-on-trumps-scotus-shortlist-backs-kavanaugh/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Next American Revolution: #WalkAway – DAVID CATRON (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrats a) who accept some conservative principles and b) who might walk away from the Democrat Party and join the Republican Party are discouraged from doing that by the way that the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate many Republican organizations in Illinois treat conservatives. They see how those Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://spectator.org/the-next-american-revolution-walkaway/

 

TOWNHALL
— Dick Durbin Is The Incompetent One Here, Not ICE – John Dempsey
https://townhall.com/columnists/johndempsey/2018/07/05/dick-durbin-is-the-incompetent-one-here-not-ice-n2497309
— Should We Invade Mexico? – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by its sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by its keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by its sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. Anti-Trumps side with Mexico against America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/07/05/should-we-invade-mexico-n2497140

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illegal aliens could increase under Mexico’s new president – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/07/05/illegal-aliens-could-increase-under-mexicos-new-pres

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Republicans can win the immigration debate this fall – Matt Mackowiak
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/4/trump-republicans-can-win-the-immigration-debate-t/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP to attack unfunded federal mandates next week – Pete Kasperowicz (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are unfunded mandates. Since the 1960s, AA, Diversity, and Inclusion have cost taxpayers many trillions of dollars. AA, Diversity, and Inclusion waste the careers of and get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or veteran. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican and are White, male, older, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gop-to-attack-unfunded-federal-mandates-next-week

 

THE HILL
— Who really wants to abolish ICE? Surely not the American people – DAVID BOSSIE
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/395536-who-really-wants-to-abolish-ice-surely-not-the-american-people
— When Democrats cry ‘Abolish ICE,’ they really mean ‘abolish borders’ – MARK KRIKORIAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/395389-when-democrats-cry-abolish-ice-they-really-mean-abolish-borders

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in painting Trump as being a racist.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist_us_5b3ce1aee4b05127ccee5eb3

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion.”
https://apnews.com/a3309c4990ac4581834d4a654f7746ef/Trump-pressed-aides-on-Venezuela-invasion,-US-official-says

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in painting Trump as being a racist. Are you a Trump supporter? If you are, who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois works the hardest to paint you as being a racist? I should write a book about those who work the hardest to paint me as being a racist. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/04/politics/donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning tech employees against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/technology/employee-uprisings-twitter.html
— The Secret Price of Pets The care and feeding of America’s “fur babies” has grown increasingly baroque. – Peter Haldeman (DIERSEN: According to this article, last year, Americans spent $69.5 billion on their pets. Dogs are extremely time consuming and expensive. One reason why I can afford to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every day is that I have never owned a dog. The time and money that others have spent on dogs I spent working a second job during 1971 and 1972, earning three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, passing two professional certification examinations in 1979 and 1981, serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000, serving as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/style/how-to-pamper-your-pet.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps do not like #WalkAway. In Illinois, Democrats a) who accept some conservative principles and b) who might walk away from the Democrat Party and join the Republican Party are discouraged from doing that by the way that the Democrat plants; Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate many Republican organizations in Illinois treat conservatives. They see how those Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/07/02/the-walkaway-meme-is-what-happens-when-everything-is-viral-and-nothing-matters/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the pro-Trump Internet last weekend, the #WalkAway hashtag was the nexus of an exciting idea: that “millions of Americans are walking away from the Democrat party,” as one pro-Trump account put it. Breitbart said that the hashtag had gone viral; the Epoch Times said it represented a “growing movement” of Democrats — particularly minority Democrats — abandoning their party, and liberalism.)
— The left’s contempt is going to reelect Trump – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-lefts-contempt-is-going-to-reelect-trump/2018/07/03/8e91b240-7ede-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html
— Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world. – Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Then why do so many come to the U.S. and stay in the U.S.? ANSWER: Democrats and RINOs promise to give immigrants (and especially to immigrants who are minority, female, and/or younger) preference over U.S. citizens (and especially over U.S. citizens who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/07/04/is-it-great-to-be-a-worker-in-the-u-s-not-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-developed-world/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH GRAPHIC: In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning – David Harrison and Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Beyond outrageously, in Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they did nothing to get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. But in fact, they made it extremely clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would a) make my life a living hell and b) constructively, if not actually, demote me. They told me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would assign me to work for my subordinates. All my subordinates were Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females who were younger than me and who had an extremely low opinion of me and of those who share my demographics. They hinted/implied that they would give me performance expectations and performance appraisals that would be even more unfair. They hinted/implied that they might do less to destroy me if I would a) dump my 9 years of experience auditing federal financial industry regulators and b) dump my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and try to get assigned to a different audit group.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-this-economy-quitters-are-winning-1530702001
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kimberly Enoch had a stable job working from home managing grants for a Little Rock, Ark., nonprofit, but she was bored and thought she could do better. So she quit. Within three months, she landed a job as a grant writer at Southern Bancorp Community Partners, snagging a 14% raise, a faster pace at work and an easy seven-minute commute. “I knew I could do more,” Ms. Enoch said. She is part of a bigger trend. Workers are choosing to leave their jobs at the fastest rate since the internet boom 17 years ago and getting rewarded for it with bigger paychecks and/or more satisfying work.)
— Polish Chief Justice Defies Government’s Supreme Court Overhaul Malgorzata Gersdorf showed up for work despite a new law that would force the retirement of more than a third of the judges on the court – Natalia Ojewska (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and 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. In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403 by age 25, $113,920 by age 30, $134,000 by age 35, and $164,200 by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/polish-chief-justice-defies-governments-supreme-court-overhaul-1530696927
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new law mandates early retirement for all male Supreme Court judges over 65 years old and all female judges over 60. A panel of experts would then appoint replacement judges. Parliament would choose who staffs that panel, unless more than two-fifths of Poland’s sharply divided parliament obstructs the process, in which case President Andrzej Duda would choose the panelists.)
— How a Rich Californian Hijacked the Legislature – Thomas M. Boyd
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-rich-californian-hijacked-the-legislature-1530723133

 

USA TODAY
— Capital Gazette shooting highlights the dangers facing today’s journalists – Caroline Simon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/03/capital-gazette-shooting-highlights-growing-danger-journalists/752178002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 34% take Social Security when they are 62. My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/06/19/whats-most-popular-age-to-take-social-security/35928543/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Statue of Liberty climber identified as immigrant activist – Larry Celona, Tina Moore and Chris Perez
https://nypost.com/2018/07/04/statue-of-liberty-climber-identified-as-immigrant-activist/

 

HERALD
— Democrats’ calls to abolish ICE play into Trump’s hands Most Americans are moderate on immigration. The left risks midterm wins with calls to end ICE. – Froma Harrop
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/harrop-democrats-calls-to-abolish-ice-play-into-trumps-hands/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The liberal stampede to ‘Abolish ICE’ – Pat Buchanan
https://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/national-editorials/buchanan-the-liberal-stampede-to-abolish-ice/article_4a17d51a-d839-5fd7-bfa4-0c421dcf0df0.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-fourth-july-celebrate-patriotism-not-trump-1003847

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Financial Freedom Eludes Many, but Social Security Helps Only one in 10 Americans isn’t in some capacity reliant on their Social Security income when they retire. – Sean Williams (DIERSEN: What has helped you to save more of your income for retirement? For me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say it was three very bad things: a) my avoiding the draft, b) the federal government grossly overpaying me, and c) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/07/04/financial-freedom-eludes-many-but-social-security.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a Bankrate survey released in March, most Americans fail to save an adequate amount of their income. While most financial advisors recommend that people save 15% or more of what they earn, just 16% of respondents to Bankrate’s survey were heeding this advice. By comparison, 19% weren’t saving a red cent, 21% were putting away 1% to 5% of their earnings, and another 25% were saving 6% to 10% of their income. In another context, essentially two-thirds of Americans are saving nothing or very little, thusly putting their retirement in jeopardy.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— Woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty is a Congolese immigrant and personal trainer, 44, who was arrested last year for assaulting a cop and ‘attends one anti-Trump protest every week’ – HANNAH MOORE and RORY TINGLE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5919057/Woman-climbs-Statue-Liberty-Independence-Day-ICE-protesters-busted.html

July 4 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDINGLY, 19 REPUBLICANS HELPED SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS AND PARADE! Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar contributed $500, Judge Jeff MacKay contributed $250, and DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner Tim Whelan contributed $150. Bob Berlin, Dan Cronin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Deanne Mazzochi, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Phil Suess, Kevin Wiley, and Karen Wilson each contributed $100.

As the $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans got credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School band entries in the parade. DuPage Republicans again had a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. Those who stopped by included Governor Rauner and the First Lady, Erika Harold, Amy Grant, and Marty Keller. Earlier, I had the honor of hand delivering flyers to residences on the parade route, including Main Street and two blocks east and west of Main Street south of Harrison Street, and businesses that listed the Republican entries in the parade, the Republican sponsors, and the amount that they contributed. The flyers were printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics.

Republican elected officials and candidates in the parade included Peter Roskam, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Mike Connelly, Peter Breen, Jeanne Ives, Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Chris Zaruba, Tim Whelan, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, Gary Muehlfelt, Sal Falbo, John Monino, Nick Nathwani, as well as Marty Keller and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Climber, protesters at Statue of Liberty
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/statue-of-liberty-climber-protesters#/

 

ABC7
— July Fourth in Chicago: Fireworks, parades, food and fun – John Garcia, Sarah Schulte and Cate Cauguiran
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-pritzker-participate-in-independence-day-parades/3706048/
http://abc7chicago.com/society/july-fourth-in-chicago-fireworks-parades-food-and-fun/3705863/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Like marching bands and beauty queens, a Fourth of July parade is never without politics. Governor Bruce Rauner was in Arlington Heights shaking hands with what appeared to be a Rauner-receptive crowd. “We are the greatest nation on earth because of our heroes, our veterans we celebrate our history tradition of freedom and opportunity,” said Gov. Bruce Rauner. Celebrating freedom and opportunity with a democratic friendly crowd was Rauner’s challenger JB Pritzker. The annual Hyde Park parade was one of four stops on his schedule Wednesday.)
— Woman climbs Statue of Liberty; Liberty Island evacuated
http://abc7chicago.com/live-woman-climbs-statue-of-liberty;-liberty-island-evacuated/3705327/
— Trump administration seeks end to affirmative action in schools – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT should have admitted minorities, females, and/or veterans in 1966, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1992 respectively.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-administration-seeks-end-to-affirmative-action-in-schools/3706158/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Our most fundamental values are under attack.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrats-fourth-of-july-message-donald-trump/
— Schock wants trial freeze continued until high court hears his appeal – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/schock-wants-trial-freeze-continued-until-high-court-hears-his-appeal/
— At the top of Trump’s Supreme Court list: An appellate judge in Chicago – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/at-the-top-of-trumps-supreme-court-list-an-appellate-judge-in-chicago/
— A smarter way to save for retirement in Illinois – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/retirement-planning-america-illinois-secure-choice-poverty/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Statue of Liberty climber leads to evacuation; 6 arrested after hanging ‘Abolish ICE’ banner – AP (DIERSEN: To want to abolish ICE is to want to abolish individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-statue-of-liberty-climber-20180704-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Celebrate that which unites us – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps do everything that they can to divide members of Group A from members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180703/our-view-celebrate-that-which-unites-us
— The left’s contempt is going to reelect Trump – Marc Thiessen
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180703/marc-thiessen-lefts-contempt-is-going-to-reelect-trump
— Donald Trump’s mainstream immigration policy – Byron York
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180703/byron-york-donald-trumps-mainstream-immigration-policy

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Morass of complex legal issues dog Schock case – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-04/jim-dey-morass-complex-legal-issues-dog-schock-case.html

 

WSIL TV
— Third-party candidates could sway Illinois’ Gubernatorial race – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38569791/third-party-candidates-could-sway-illinois-gubernatorial-race

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – Have more Robert Breuder conflicts been exposed and confirmed? – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/07/college-of-dupage-have-more-robert-breuder-conflicts-been-exposed-and-confirmed/
— Danville sues AG to keep records secret, loses again in Appellate Court – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/07/danville-sues-ag-to-keep-records-secret-loses-again-in-appelate-court/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Will History Record Illinois As A Failure Of Democracy? – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/will-history-record-illinois-as-a-failure-of-democracy/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Supreme Court’s Janus decision a win for workers, local government, ‘freedom and individual choice’, Morrison says – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. Those unions came to my defense notwithstanding the fact that I was a Republican, conservative, non-veteran, White, male, German American, Missouri Synod Lutheran, non-poor, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511472960-supreme-court-s-janus-decision-a-win-for-workers-local-government-freedom-and-individual-choice-morrison-says

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— University of Illinois seeks to dismiss free speech lawsuit against student reporters – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/university-of-illinois-seeks-to-dismiss-free-speech-lawsuit-against/article_cb8b15fc-7efb-11e8-be5f-ab7c6d2d515f.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER & O’NEIL: OPEN BORDERS POSE THREAT TO US CONSTITUTION AND WAY OF LIFE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorner-oneil-open-borders-pose-threat-to-us-constitution-and-way-of-l.html
— DURBIN BLASTS ICE AS “INCOMPETENT,” DESPITE EXCEPTIONAL YEAR ENFORCING FEDERAL LAW (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they do not want America’s immigration laws to be enforced.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/durbin-blasts-ice-as-incompetent-despite-exceptional-year-enforcing-federal-law.html

 

GOPUSA
— Happy Fourth — the wolves are inside the gate
http://www.gopusa.com/happy-fourth-the-wolves-are-inside-the-gate/
— Obama handed 2.5K Iranians citizenship in Iran nuke deal
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-handed-2-5k-iranians-citizenship-in-iran-nuke-deal/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— There are many reasons for President Trump to be very upset with Canada’s Liberal government – STEVE JALSEVAC
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/there-are-many-reasons-for-president-trump-to-be-very-upset-with-canadas-li
— Socialists win Mexican election in landslide, raising concerns for life and family – Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/socialists-win-mexican-election-in-landslide-raising-concerns-for-life-and

 

NEWSMAX
— Illinois Gov Calls on Avowed Nazi Candidate to Drop Out of Race – Joe Crowe
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illinois-governor-nazi-arthur-jones/2018/07/04/id/869971/
— Dershowitz: I’m Not Complaining; Column Misunderstood – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/alan-dershowitz-mv-times-the-hill-martha-s-vineyard/2018/07/04/id/869933/

 

THE HILL
— Progressives poised to shape agenda if Dems take back House – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: From what I see, progressives want to use government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/395437-progressives-poised-to-shape-agenda-if-dems-take-back-house

 

POLITICO
— Illinois governor breaks with Cruz over Nazi candidate – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/04/rauner-cruz-nazi-arthur-jones-chicago-694768

 

CNN & MSN
— Illinois GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner denounces Holocaust-denying candidate but won’t endorse Democrat – Marc Rod
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/04/politics/illinois-governor-holocaust-denier-candidate/index.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bruce-rauner-denounces-holocaust-denier-wont-endorse-democrat/ar-AAzAwR2

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— On Martha’s Vineyard, a Frosty Summer for Alan Dershowitz – Jess Bidgood and Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/marthas-vineyard-trump.html

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 404 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $384,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447957_zpid/

July 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps always put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-neo-isolationism-nationalism-migrants-trump-harley-davidson-0704-story.html
— You can’t celebrate America without celebrating the freedom of the press – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: I should interview Democrat political reporters in Illinois about what they think of the way that my critics/opponents who are activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. and who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Democrat political reporters in Illinois are fully aware of how the aforesaid treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-media-surveys-partisan-violence-0704-20180703-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Despite Trump, immigrants less reviled.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Trump supporter, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against females, b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, c) the more that you are White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, and d) the sooner that you should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180704/281741270170488

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More than 1,500 extra cops to be out during holiday weekend to curb shootings – Sam Charles and Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/more-than-1500-extra-cops-to-be-out-during-holiday-weekend-to-curb-shootings/
— Animal rescue community demands answers after mayor fires Animal Care and Control director – Yvonne Kim (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that my Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives did NOT demand answers a) when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) when my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that at best, my Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives consider me to be “too conservative.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/animal-rescue-community-demands-answers-after-mayor-fires-acc-director/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Townships and taxes discussion July 17 in Palatine
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180703/townships-and-taxes-discussion-july-17-in-palatine

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Pritzker serves up ice cream in Crystal Lake
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/07/03/democratic-gubernatorial-candidate-pritzker-serves-up-ice-cream-in-crystal-lake/aew7gz/

 

WSIL TV
— Third-party candidates could sway Illinois’ Gubernatorial race – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38569791/third-party-candidates-could-sway-illinois-gubernatorial-race

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Rauner calls on Nazi candidate to exit race Governor dismisses Pritzker campaign ‘baloney’ – Mark Maxwell
https://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/rauner-calls-on-nazi-candidate-to-exit-race/1282342035

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— Inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship July 12th – 15th – Chicago Golf Club (DIERSEN: My precinct borders the Chicago Golf Club. All of Golf Lane is in my precinct.)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/golf2018

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact a) that I put together GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening, b) that those emails have gone out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening to since 2015, c) that since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 305,900 articles and information on many upcoming events, and d) that those emails are free and contain no advertising?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/03/reader-comments-closed-for-the-holiday-6/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE DEMAGOGUERY OF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-demagoguery-of-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

 

ECONOMIST
— A system of gender self-identification would put women at risk It would threaten single-sex spaces and female political autonomy, writes Kristina Harrison, a political campaigner
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/07/03/a-system-of-gender-self-identification-would-put-women-at-risk

 

FEDERALIST
— Facebook Shuts Down Christian Ideas While Letting Others Post Threats Facebook members can say virtually anything about Christians who uphold a male-female foundation for sexual ethics. But I can’t share my religious perspective. – Robert Gagnon (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. QUESTION: If the Democrats who run Facebook tried to shut down GOPUSA ILLINOIS, which GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readers would come to my defense? ANSWER: Not those who are Democrats or Democrat plants, Libertarians or Libertarian plants, Greens or Green plants, or RINOs. The aforesaid GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readers did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2004, or my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004.)
https://thefederalist.com/2018/07/03/facebook-shuts-christian-ideas-facebook-letting-others-post-threats/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How to Protest the Fourth of July – Holly Jackson (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who does the most a) to promote Independence Day fireworks and parades and b) encourage Republican sponsorship of and participation in Independence Day fireworks and parades?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/opinion/protest-fourth-july.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Ancestral Village Abounds With His Relatives. Few Admit a Link.” From what I see, Germany is far more anti-American today than it ever was. Anti-Trumps always side with anti-Americans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/world/europe/trump-germany-family-ancestry-kallstadt.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: An ICE Raid Leaves an Iowa Town Divided Along Faith Lines The detention of 32 workers at a concrete plant opened fissures among the town’s churches and secular leaders, and brought an abstract national issue painfully close to home. – Trip Gabriel (DIERSEN: In your municipality, which churches paint themselves the most 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? Ever-increasingly, churches act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/ice-raid-iowa-churches.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Parents Facing Deportation Are Asked to Decide Whether Children Go Too ICE started giving new form laying out options for parents in wake of court ruling ordering administration to reunite immigrant families – Alicia A. Caldwell and Stephanie Armour
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-facing-deportation-are-asked-to-decide-whether-children-go-too-1530696600
— Barnes & Noble Fires CEO Without Severance Over Policy Violations – Maria Armental and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, if my Democrat GAO superiors had been honest, they would have announced that they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” a) to punish me for being an active member of a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) to send a strong message to Democrats, to minorities, and to females that GAO 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. Because my Democrat GAO superiors did not announce that, because my Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives did not come to my defense in Diersen v. GAO, and because I was denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO got rid of me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/barnes-noble-fires-ceo-over-policy-violations-1530650805
— Trump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions – Michelle Hackman (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT should have admitted minorities, females, and/or veterans in 1966, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1997 respectively.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-rescind-obama-era-guidelines-on-race-in-college-admissions-1530619273

 

USA TODAY
— Immigrants helped build our nation. We need to embrace them, not exclude them. – David J. Skorton (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Trump supporter, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against females, b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, c) the more that you are White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, and d) the sooner that you should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/04/immigrants-build-our-nation-embrace-not-exclude-column/755933002/
— On eve of Independence Day, Trump salutes military and ‘tough’ ICE immigration agents – Christal Hayes and David Jackson (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives in Illinois have always had an extremely low opinion of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/03/trump-salutes-military-and-tough-ice-immigration-agents/757195002/
— 4 stories: My first summer job and how it got me where I am today – Judith Ohikuare (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2018/07/03/career-first-summer-job-how-got-me-where-am-today/752562002/

 

WAMU
— Could D.C. Bars And Restaurants Refuse Service To Trump Officials? – Martin Austermuhle (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will bars and restaurants in your municipality officially refuse service to those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://wamu.org/story/18/06/25/d-c-bars-restaurants-refuse-service-trump-officials/

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If your organization does not promote LGBTQ activity, sooner or later, SPLC will call it a hate group.)
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/07/03/anti-lgbt-roundup-events-and-activities-070318

 

MOTOR TREND
— TOP 10 GREATEST AMERICAN CARS OF ALL TIME – Angus MacKenzie (DIERSEN: The list includes Corvette and Mustang.)
https://www.motortrend.com/news/top-10-greatest-american-cars-of-all-time/

 

GUARDIAN
— Facebook and Twitter: we can do more to protect disabled people (DIERSEN: While I worked the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, all the employees who they assigned me to supervise a) were members of protected groups including disabled, minority, female, veteran, and/or over age 40, b) were Democrats, and/or c) were employees who they wanted to get rid of. Of course, they hoped the aforesaid would file discrimination complaints against me, but none of them did.)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/19/facebook-and-twitter-must-protect-disabled-people-online-more

July 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pfleger: ISP threaten to arrest all participants in Dan Ryan march against Chicago violence – DIANE PATHIEU
http://abc7chicago.com/pfleger-isp-threaten-to-arrest-all-participants-in-dan-ryan-march-against-chicago-violence-/3696571/
— Walmart’s impeach Trump clothing draws social media outrage
http://abc7chicago.com/business/walmarts-impeach-trump-clothing-draws-social-media-outrage/3697799/

 

NBC5
— 4 Illinois Governor Hopefuls on Ballot; McCann Seeks Debates
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/4-illinois-governor-hopefuls-on-ballot-mccann-seeks-debates-487241601.html
— Pfleger Renews Call to March on Dan Ryan Expressway As State Police Warn of Arrests Illinois State Police warned that pedestrians on the Dan Ryan Expressway during Rev. Pfleger’s anti-violence march will face arrest and prosecution
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pfleger-renews-call-to-march-on-dan-ryan-expressway-as-state-police-warns-of-arrests-487246751.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 4 Illinois governor hopefuls on ballot; McCann seeks debates – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/4-illinois-governor-hopefuls-on-ballot-mccann-seeks-debates-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico to run for re-election in 2019 – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mayor-chirico-campaign-election-st-0704-story.html
— As state police warn of arrests, a defiant Rev. Pfleger moves ahead with planned Saturday march, shutdown of Dan Ryan – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-pfleger-talks-preparations-dan-ryan-protest-20180703-story.html
— Berrios tweaks formula; home assessments rise on North Side, fall on South Side – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-property-tax-assessment-shock-20180615-story.html
— Why there was no pomp, circumstance or former president when Obama expressway signs went up on I-55 – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-barack-obama-interstate-signs-illinois-20180703-story.html
— To calm dogs spooked by fireworks, pet owners are using treats made from marijuana plants – Vikki Ortiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-cannabis-for-dogs-fireworks-20180702-story.html
— On Independence Day, thanking my family for coming to America – John Kass (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more reason that you should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-independence-day-kass-0704-story.html
— ‘Abolish ICE’ — a slogan that benefits Trump – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: What is next? Abolish Trump supporters, Abolish Protestants, Abolish conservatives, Abolish patriotic people, Abolish Republicans, Abolish Americans, Abolish Whites, Abolish males, Abolish older people, Abolish rich people, Abolish gun owners, Abolish German Americans, Abolish draft avoiders, and/or Abolish those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-abolish-ice-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-0704-20180703-story.html
— Wanted: Workforce for ‘The City That Makes Things’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: During the summer of 1966, when I was 17 years old, I helped build railroad freight cars for Thrall Car in Chicago Heights. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrall_Car_Manufacturing_Company  During the winter of 1969/1970, when I was 21 years old, I helped build cars for Chrysler in Belvidere.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-manufacturing-jobs-chicago-area-20180613-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Father Pfleger, protesters threatened with arrest ahead of Dan Ryan protest – Sam Charles and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/father-pfleger-protesters-threatened-with-arrest-ahead-of-dan-ryan-protest/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) glorify and praise individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/fourth-july-wave-flag-america/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use veterans to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/ex-navy-seal-from-chicago-area-leading-veterans-battle-for-cannabis-access/

 

DAILY HERALD
— New Wheeling Township trustee appointed
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180703/new-wheeling-township-trustee-appointed
— 9 reasons the suburbs beat Chicago for the Fourth of July – Jim Baumann
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180703/9-reasons-the-suburbs-beat-chicago-for-the-fourth-of-july

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Trump on a toilet not welcome at West Peoria Fourth of July Parade – Scott Hilyard
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180703/trump-on-toilet-not-welcome-at-west-peoria-fourth-of-july-parade

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Sam McCann to host political debates with other candidates
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sam-mccann-to-host-political-debates-with-other-candidates

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Administration Rescinds Obama-Era Guidance Encouraging Affirmative Action – CAMILA DOMONOSKE (DIERSEN: What if Affirmative Action had been only for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-administration-rescinds-obama-era-guidance-encouraging-affirmative-action#stream/0

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— McCann to Rauner: Drop out, give me a clear shot at Pritzker
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/mccann-to-rauner-drop-out-give-me-a-clear-shot-at-pritzker

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives sees reform candidates as key to underwater mortgage fix – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511472303-ives-sees-reform-candidates-as-key-to-underwater-mortgage-fix

 

GOPUSA
— Judge rules feds must give asylum seekers chance at freedom (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, everyone who has problems and is a citizen of a foreign country will seek asylum in America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/judge-rules-feds-must-give-asylum-seekers-chance-at-freedom/
— Here’s how much taxpayers are spending to house unaccompanied alien minors
http://www.gopusa.com/heres-how-much-taxpayers-are-spending-to-house-unaccompanied-alien-minors/

 

BREITBART
— At Google, Sharing National Review Articles Can Get You Reported to HR – Allum Bokhari (DIERSEN: I wonder how many of my critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes monitor GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and “report” whenever I include in the emails links to articles and/or my comments that involve them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/07/03/at-google-reading-national-review-can-get-you-reported-to-human-resources/
— DNC Chair Tom Perez: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘the Future of Our Party’ – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/dnc-chair-tom-perez-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-future-of-our-party/
— Guatemalan Asylum Seeker: People in USA ‘Don’t Have Hearts’ – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/asylum-claiming-migrant-people-in-usa-dont-have-hearts/
— Media Fail: Trump’s Approval Rating Improved During Manufactured Border Outrage – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/03/media-fail-trumps-approval-rating-improved-during-manufactured-border-outrage/
— Gallup: 55 Percent of U.S. Adults Say Country’s Best Days Are Ahead – Penny Starr (DIERSEN: The future is bleak for those who have the following demographics and who live and/or work in areas dominated by anti-Trumps: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/poll-55-percent-say-americas-best-days-are-ahead/

 

FOX NEWS
— Ex-Drug Czars Bill Bennett, John Walters: Mr. Trump, please don’t legalize marijuana at the federal level – William J. Bennett and John P. Walters
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/03/ex-drug-czars-bill-bennett-john-walters-mr-trump-please-don-t-legalize-marijuana-at-federal-level.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Progressives Deploy Religious Ignorance and Bigotry to Stop Amy Coney Barrett – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/amy-coney-barrett-under-progressives-religiou-ignorance-bigotry-attack/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmaker Looks to Ban Unions at IRS – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: While worked for IRS 1971-1980, I was a National Treasury Employees Union member.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/07/lawmakers-looks-ban-unions-irs/149466/

July 3 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDINGLY, 19 REPUBLICANS ARE HELPING SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS AND PARADE! Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500, Judge Jeff MacKay has contributed $250, and DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner Tim Whelan have contributed $150. Bob Berlin, Dan Cronin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Deanne Mazzochi, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Phil Suess, Kevin Wiley, and Karen Wilson have each contributed $100.

 

As the $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School band entries in the parade. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I have hand delivered flyers to residences on the parade route, including Main Street and two blocks east and west of Main Street south of Harrison Street, and businesses that lists the Republican entries in the parade, the Republican sponsors, and the amount that they contributed. The flyers were printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics.

 

Republican entries in the parade are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elliott/Chris Zaruba, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC). According to reports, Amy Grant and Jeanne Ives will walk with the Breen entry and Evelyn Sanguinetti and Erika Harold will walk with the MTRCC entry. For more fireworks and parade information, visit: https://wheatonparkdistrict.com/events/july4/ Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After months of delay, Cook County begins electronic filing for civil cases – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-first-day-e-filing-20180702-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise Pilsen.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-pilsen-among-12-coolest-neighborhoods-in-world-20180703-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/bill-that-would-offer-medical-pot-as-opioid-replacement-sent-to-rauners-desk/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congressional Democrats give show of support to Illinois public sector unions – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/congressional-democrats-give-show-of-support-to-illinois-public-sector-unions

 

WGN TV
— Super PAC tied to Trump’s Illinois Campaign Finance Chair Ron Gidwitz Jumps into Race for Governor – JORDAN MUCK
https://wgntv.com/2018/07/02/super-pac-stepping-into-illinois-race-for-governor-with-anti-pritzker-tv-ad/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: Jesus, Mary and Joseph: Indianapolis church cages Holy Family in immigration protest – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint GOD 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://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-protest-indianapolis-church-cage-holy-family/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump. You shout that you reject the rule of law a) if you come to a country illegally, b) if you stay in a country illegally, and/or c) if you bring others to a country illegally.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180703/the-price-of-rejecting-reality
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more reason that you should be gotten rid of.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180703/constable-the-us-struggles-with-identity-as-a-nation-of-immigrants

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How the next-gen Pritzkers are spending the family fortune – LISA BERTAGNOLI
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180629/ISSUE01/180629842

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner running uphill as Democrats await sure win – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, anti-conservatives have always blamed conservatives for losses that Republicans have suffered.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-03/jim-dey-rauner-running-uphill-democrats-await-sure-win.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner, who barely escaped an embarrassing defeat in the March primary, needs a united Republican Party behind him if he’s going to defeat his well-heeled Democratic opponent, J.B. Pritzker, in the November election. But that is looking more and more difficult. As time passes, estranged conservatives appear more determined to see Rauner lose and Pritzker win. Two recent events demonstrate the problem Rauner has. Conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton almost ended Rauner’s dream of a second four-year term in the primary. Rauner received just 51 percent of the primary vote to 49 percent for Ives. Despite that, some Republican leaders hoped that Ives might be persuaded to support Rauner in the general election. After all, if Pritzker wins, Democrats will regain total control of state government and her political party will be relegated to the irrelevant status it endured from 2003 to 2015, when the GOP captured the governor’s office. But time has not healed the sting of defeat for Ives. Asked last week about her intentions, an embittered Ives indicated there is no way she’ll endorse Rauner. “No. I’m not going to endorse the governor. I’m going to let him buy back his voters,” she said. Ives’ differences with Rauner are strictly ideological. A social conservative, she deeply resented Rauner’s decision to sign legislation authorizing taxpayer-funded abortions. Ives is not alone, as demonstrated by the strong support she received in the primary. To make matters worse for Rauner, there’s state Sen. Sam McCann of Plainview. He’s masquerading as a conservative disenchanted with Rauner. But for him, this is strictly business.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Schock asks U.S. Supreme Court to review his case – Andy Kravetz
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180702/schock-asks-us-supreme-court-to-review-his-case

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner: AFSCME comments on union fees issue not ‘reasonable’ – JARAD JARMON
https://herald-review.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rauner-afscme-comments-on-union-fees-issue-not-reasonable/article_7d1849a9-248f-560d-958e-f31f45db6ff0.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trade war exposes GOP’s Achilles heel ahead of midterm elections.”
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-trade-war-exposes-gop-s-achilles-heel-ahead-of/article_dd9e7ecc-683d-5a48-80e3-8192a6681dc1.html

 

WQAD
— Illinois teacher shortage is dire and getting worse, regional superintendent says – JOHN DAVID
https://wqad.com/2018/07/02/illinois-teacher-shortage-is-dire-and-getting-worse-regional-superintendent-says/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Unions Petition To Reverse Pension Cap – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/unions-petition-reverse-pension-cap#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— Rahm makes a joke out of Quinn’s term-limit push, but voters could have last laugh – Ben Joravsky
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/07/03/rahm-makes-a-joke-out-of-quinns-term-limit-push-but-voters-could-have-last-laugh

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republicans fret about cash (will RAUNER help out? – Dhia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/03/republicans-fret-about-cash-will-rauner-help-out-rocky-takes-gloves-off-gives-big-to-vallas-gidwitz-out-but-his-presence-remains-282706
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidates running for the state assembly are fretting about campaign coffers that seem bare. They wonder if/when Gov. Bruce Rauner will give another infusion. He donated $50,000 to the state Republican Party last month. GOP incumbents recognize the governor is in a high-stakes battle for his own office. “For every dollar Bruce puts in his campaign, J.B. Pritzker is putting in $2,” noted one GOP lawmaker, referring to Rauner’s billionaire Democratic opponent. The governor might not want to encourage the tit for tat. Another lawmaker says Republicans are bracing for a possible Blue Wave and know the only thing that can save them is cash. A source above the fray, however, tells me Rauner has every intention of donating to the legislators’ campaign fund. “It’s only the beginning of July (for crying out loud). The governor is 100 percent committed.” Rauner apparently is working to get others to donate, too. The Numbers: According to the Illinois Sunshine election database, the Illinois Republican Party has $509,000 available. There are 118 House seats up for grabs and 39 Senate seats. Lawmakers hope to see a cash infusion in the next 30 days or so. That’s a few weeks before campaign season really kicks in.)

 

WIREPOINTS
— “The way public sector unions use their money is inherently political” – Ted Dabrowski on Upstream Ideas
http://www.wirepoints.com/the-way-public-sector-unions-use-their-money-is-inherently-political-ted-dabrowski-on-upstream-ideas-video/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Frustrated by growing costs, a couple local elected officials move out of Illinois – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/frustrated-by-growing-costs-a-couple-local-elected-officials-move/article_a5aa4558-7bde-11e8-be42-9b1591686b25.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker agrees *** McCann wants to be included in debates
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/03/mccann-wants-to-be-included-in-debates/
— Republicans starting to sweat about Rauner bucks
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/03/republicans-starting-to-sweat-about-rauner-bucks/
— Rauner: “I am not anti-union… I’m very pro trade union” (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are vehemently anti-union. If I sought a government office or a political office, they would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me for my having been a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/03/rauner-i-am-not-anti-union-i%e2%80%99m-very-pro-trade-union/
— Super PAC goes up with new ads blasting Pritzker on “toilet” issue
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/03/super-pac-goes-up-with-new-ads-blasting-pritzker-on-toilet-issue/

 

GOPUSA
— CNN’s Acosta slams Fox News as ‘state-supported media,’ Trump’s ‘MAGAphone’ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me a) for promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party and Illinois Republican Party platforms and b) for opposing the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://www.gopusa.com/acosta-slams-fox-news-as-state-supported-media-trumps-magaphone/
— Left says Danish push for assimilation is too harsh (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate.)
http://www.gopusa.com/left-says-danish-push-for-assimilation-is-too-harsh/
— It’s 1968 all over again for Democrats
http://www.gopusa.com/its-1968-all-over-again-for-democrats/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration dropped as Trump’s zero tolerance policy kicked in – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/2/illegal-immigration-dropped-trump-zero-tolerance/

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE ‘FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER’ MOVEMENT IS A FARCE – Stephanie Hamill
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/02/families-belong-together-is-a-farce/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— 7 WAYS TO UPHOLD TRUE PATRIOTISM Rita Dunaway asks if Americans today are failing ‘the grand experiment’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/07/7-ways-to-uphold-true-patriotism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those of us who really love America and all our flag represents should reflect on those questions this week of Independence Day. Our nation’s illustrious history cannot sustain a real and lasting patriotism forever. We must move beyond superficial displays and emotional song lyrics, and apply some tough love to our long-neglected nation. Here are some immediate steps to take: Commit yourself first and foremost to the God who endowed us with unalienable rights and who defines Truth and Justice. Champion the integrity of marriage and the family – especially your own. Strong families make strong nations. Reread the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Remember that the purpose of government is to protect the rights of the people and administer justice (not to redistribute wealth or provide for its citizens’ needs and wants) and that the federal government is limited to those powers specifically named in the Constitution. Support only public policies that adhere to these precepts. Vote only for candidates who demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to these principles. Practice and promote private charity. Promote the use of the Constitution’s own mechanism (in Article V) for making needed clarifications or adjustments to the Constitution and restoring the delicate balance of power it prescribes. Learn more at www.conventionofstates.com. Let’s make America’s present and future – not just her past – worthy of the well-founded admiration and honor that characterize true patriotism.)

 

THE HILL
— Schock’s lawyers press Supreme Court to take up his case – MEGAN R. WILSON
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/395279-schocks-lawyers-press-supreme-court-to-take-up-his-case
— Maxine Waters is done with ‘nice guy politics’ – SYLVAN LANE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/395250-maxine-waters-is-done-with-nice-guy-politics

 

POLITICO
— The list won Trump the White House. Now Democrats are using it against him. Trump’s highly publicized list of potential Supreme Court nominees has given liberals plenty of time to craft a campaign against his pick. – LORRAINE WOELLERT and CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/02/donald-trump-supreme-court-list-690628

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action – Erica L. Green, Matt Apuzzo and Katie Benner (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, to retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-race-schools.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration will encourage the nation’s school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities to consider race as a factor in diversifying their campuses, Trump administration officials said.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/trump-immigration-nativism-voters.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps make it clear that whoever Trump wants on the Supreme Court, anti-Trumps will call him/her an extremist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/chuck-schumer-supreme-court-health-care.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at women and at everyone else that Trump is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/gender-war-voting-equality-economics-family.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/women-democratic-party-grassroots-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/30/us/politics/women-state-legislators.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How Trump is changing the face of legal immigration.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/how-trump-is-changing-the-face-of-legal-immigration/2018/07/02/477c78b2-65da-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html
— Starbucks’s ‘full-scale racial equity overhaul’ will take more than an afternoon, outside review says – Rachel Siegel (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Starbucks fire its employees and banish customers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/02/starbucks-still-needs-a-full-scale-racial-equity-overhaul-outside-review-says/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Report Criticizes Starbucks Over Its Diversity Policy – Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: What if Starbucks became like the federal government and made hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females its top priority?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbuckss-diversity-advisers-call-on-chain-to-revamp-hiring-training-promotion-practices-1530547636
— Unpaid Internships Are Going Out of Style – Patrick Thomas (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. In 1980, I suffered a $19,403/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, but my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to suffer a $55,753 (55%) pay cut to transfer. They demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) my knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/unpaid-internships-are-going-out-of-style-1530536400
— America’s Decline Never Seems to Arrive – Walter Russell Mead (DIERSEN: The future is bleak for those who have the following demographics and who live and/or work in areas dominated by anti-Trumps: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-decline-never-seems-to-arrive-1530572850
— Trump Administration to Rescind Obama-Era Guidelines on Race in College Admissions Documents sought to help colleges consider race to promote diversity – Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-rescind-obama-era-guidelines-on-race-in-college-admissions-1530619273

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps use young citizens of foreign countries to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/27/immigrant-children-deportation-court/739205002/
— On July 4th, thank journalists from Colonial America to Capital Gazette for free press   Honor journalists from Colonial America to Capital Gazette on July 4th. Signing your name to an article requires courage that we often take for granted. – Christopher Carosa (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have blamed me the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/02/july-4th-honor-journalists-colonial-america-capital-gazette-column/746389002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Only 61% of Democrats are proud to be an American and only 22% of Democrats are proud of America right now. That helps explain Democrat attitudes toward Independence Day fireworks and parades.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/02/poll-proud-american-july-4th-but-pride-america-less-so/747954002/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— I-95 Study Tests Taxing Cars Per Miles-Driven, Not Gas Used – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2018-07-02/i-95-study-tests-taxing-cars-per-miles-driven-not-gas-used

 

DAILY BEAST
— Federal Judge to ICE: Stop Blanket Arrests of Asylum Seekers
https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-judge-to-ice-stop-blanket-arrests-of-asylum-seekers

 

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
— Trump’s ‘Deep State’ bogeyman – Allan Levine DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government treated me like I was a member of the “Republican Deep State.” They treated me like I was frustrating their efforts to hire, to retain, and to promote a) young Democrat minorities, b) young Democrat females, and c) young Democrat veterans.)
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/trumps-deep-state-bogeyman-487186431.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Socialists praise Democrats for getting people to protest against Trump in Chicago.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/07/03/ints-j03.html

July 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://abc7chicago.com/community-events/protesters-gather-across-the-country-to-criticize-trumps-immigration-policy/3683599/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ice-raids-separate-midwest-families-20180630-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-childrens-museum-immigration-0701-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-trump-war-on-truth-st-0629-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180630/stay-outraged-says-immigrant-advocate-during-springfield-rally
— Empathizing with the Annapolis newsroom – Angie Muhs (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have succeeded in harming me the most because I included links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they disapprove of. They, their operatives, and their dupes focus on destroying individuals, destroying organizations, destroying companies, and destroying governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc. They are furious that they cannot take my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, or my Social Security away from me to punish me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180630/angie-muhs-empathizing-with-annapolis-newsroom
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s pretty hard to find a journalist who hasn’t been verbally attacked or threatened to varying degrees at some point in their career — usually more than once — about something they’ve reported or written. Thankfully, most of those threats end with just words or vitriolic emails or posts.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters promote hatred of Trump.
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-01/sundiata-cha-juareal-talk-the-trump-regime-has-no-shame.html
— Gov. Rauner’s words bolster nagging fears about Discovery Partners Institute – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-07-01/tom-kacich-gov-rauners-words-bolster-nagging-fears-about-dpi.html
— Explosive mix of law, politics – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-07-01/editorial-explosive-mix-law-politics.html
— Back to court for Schock, lawyers – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-01/jim-dey-back-court-schock-lawyers.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Republican Leader Durkin Files Property Tax Repeal Bill – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=267711#.WzjVD9JKiM8

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Welcome to the real world, AFSCME – Editorial
https://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-welcome-to-the-real-world-afscme/article_049c2ee3-e66c-5775-9fba-5c26c8058e65.html

 

WAND
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Decatur promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38549557/decatur-celebrates-its-first-pride-fest

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals and their children to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://nprillinois.org/post/drawn-together-scenes-families-belong-together-march#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals and their children to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/immigration-rally-in-springfield-brings-up-welcoming-cities-07-01-2018

 

FRANKFORT PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals and their children to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://patch.com/illinois/frankfort/splitting-families-border-not-what-us-protesters

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/several-hundred-protest-federal-immigration-policies/1276220049
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Decatur promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
https://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/first-pride-fest/1276139420

 

DAILY CALLER
— PROTESTERS HIT THE STREETS OF CHICAGO IN MASS DEMONSTRATION AGAINST TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION AGENDA – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/30/chicago-immigration-protest-trump-family-separation/

 

BREITBART
— PHOTOS: Top Signs of Open Borders Activists Rallying to Abolish ICE – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/30/photos-top-signs-of-open-borders-activists-rallying-to-abolish-ice/
— Open Borders Ralliers Raise Holocaust Imagery to Vilify Trump Administration – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/30/open-borders-ralliers-raise-holocaust-imagery-to-vilify-trump-administration/
— New York City: Tens of Thousands Protest President Trump’s Immigration Policies – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/30/new-york-city-tens-of-thousands-protest-president-trumps-immigration-policies/
— Pirro: ‘Well-Funded’ Forces ‘Doing Whatever Is Necessary to Make Socialism Happen’ in America – Trent Baker
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/06/30/pirro-well-funded-forces-doing-whatever-is-necessary-to-make-socialism-happen-in-america/
— Open Borders Protesters Target 2018: ‘Vote Them Out’ – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/30/open-borders-protesters-target-2018-vote-them-out/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Truly Catholic Vision of Just Immigration – JESSE RUSSELL
https://spectator.org/the-truly-catholic-vision-of-just-immigration-a-response-to-jd-flynn/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Thousands Protest Family Separations as Trump Blames Democrats for Border Crisis – AARON CREDEUR
https://ijr.com/2018/06/1106962-family-separations-protests/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Thank God president Trump is turning our country back to its roots of religious liberty . He is putting Americans back to work, defending our borders and restoring the special-ness of being an American. Happy Independence Day! – Lloyd Marcus
https://canadafreepress.com/article/happy-independence-day-our-forgotten-founding

 

NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://nation.com.pk/01-Jul-2018/thousands-in-us-march-against-immigration-policy

 

THE HILL
— Trump era ramps up tech worker revolt – ALI BRELAND (DIERSEN: What percent of tech workers 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?)
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/394597-trump-era-ramps-up-tech-worker-revolt
— YouTube apologizes for its treatment of LGBTQ content – ALI BRELAND
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/395005-youtube-apologizes-for-its-treatment-of-lgbtq-content

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— VW worker sues company, claims age discrimination (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency made it very clear that it wanted to a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who it had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/vw-worker-sues-company-claims-age-discrimination
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/38548029/volkswagen-worker-60-files-age-discrimination-case-against-automaker
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A 60-year-old employee at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga auto plant has filed a class-action lawsuit in which he contends the company is using a rebranding effort to discriminate against workers once they turn 50. The law firm that filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court said the named plaintiff is Jonathan Manlove of Ooltewah, who is a former supervisor at the Chattanooga plant. Attorney Kevin Sharp said the company is trying to change its image to a “younger, sleeker company” after an emissions scandal that has rocked VW since 2015. The law firm said the company announced it was “becoming slimmer, leaner and younger” just before Manlove was demoted last year. The firm said he has sought other positions but has been rebuffed. Volkswagen spokesman Keith King said the company doesn’t comment on pending litigation.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, those who stay in America illegally, and those who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/30/world/smuggling-illegal-immigration-costs.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Trump Consolidates Power, Democrats Confront a Rebellion in Their Ranks – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/midterm-elections-democratic-party.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that foreign countries and their citizens are having.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/sunday/cages-are-cruel-the-desert-is-too.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/sunday/immigration-climate-change-trump.html
— TRAGIC: The Millennial Socialists Are Coming – Michelle Goldberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/democratic-socialists-progressive-democratic-party-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives say “How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/first-amendment-conservatives-supreme-court.html
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Fox and Trump: It’s Friendship Without Equal – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: What do you say to RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO party leaders, RINO major donors, and RINO political consultants in Illinois a) who glorify and praise Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois, b) who pander to Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois, and c) who do everything that they can to stop me from learning of their events and other activities, to stop me from promoting their events and other activities, to stop me from attending their events, and to stop me from reporting on their events and other activities?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/business/media/fox-news-trump-bill-shine.html
— San Francisco Is So Expensive, You Can Make Six Figures and Still Be ‘Low Income’ – Karen Zraick
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/bay-area-housing-market.html
— Criminal Groups Seek to Decide Outcome in Many Mexican Races – Paulina Villegas and Kirk Semple
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/americas/mexico-election-assassinations.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Mexico’s López Obrador wants to take his country toward a future that looks a lot like its grim past – ANDRÉS MARTINEZ
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-martinez-mexican-elections-amlo-20180701-story.html

 

THE STATE
— We can’t handle any more immigrants – RICHARD WAINSCOTT, LEXINGTON
https://www.thestate.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article214071129.html

 

ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
— Warped ideology’ of the left tearing country apart – Michael McCloud, Whitehall Township
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/letters/mc-mccloud-liberals-warped-ideology-decency-20180630-story.html

 

LEWISTON TRIBUNE
— GOP won’t target employers Delegates at Idaho convention tweak platform, cut harsher punishments for hiring illegal workers – AP (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://lmtribune.com/northwest/gop-won-t-target-employers/article_27c7312f-2206-58b9-ab62-478dace1696c.html

 

IDAHO PRESS
— Harsh words at GOP convention over ag, immigration, as proposed platform plank rejected – Betsy Z. Russell (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/harsh-words-at-gop-convention-over-ag-immigration-as-proposed/article_5ba35907-9ded-547f-93d6-d5f109cbb39c.html

 

SPOKESMAN REVIEW
— Would your ancestors be legal immigrants by today’s standards? – Jim Camden (DIERSEN: From where did your ancestors migrate from, when did they migrate, and where did they migrate to? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s to northeast Illinois. What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against women and against minorities and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/01/would-your-ancestors-be-legal-immigrants-by-todays/

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ promoters promote LGBTQ promoters.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roytelmontero/2018/06/30/how-5-brands-celebrated-pride-month-by-donating-to-lgbtq-charities/#431d9eff2ff5
https://www.forbes.com/sites/meganhills1/2018/06/30/youtube-lgbt-community/#5774599999d0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are White, male, and/or older.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelldebevoise/2018/06/30/why-current-diversity-initiatives-fail-and-what-we-need-to-do-instead/#50df7cf831b9

 

BLOOMBERG
— Mexico Heads to Polls With Leftist on Brink of Historic Victory – Nacha Cattan and Eric Martin
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-01/mexico-heads-to-polls-with-leftist-on-brink-of-historic-victory
— Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal to a Jury of Their Co-Workers The hearing process has raised questions about fairness, according to workers and their attorneys. – Spencer Soper (DIERSEN: What would a jury of your co-workers be like? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my co-workers disapproved of those who were conservative, Republican, draft avoiders, older, Protestant, and/or German American.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-25/amazon-workers-facing-firing-can-appeal-to-a-jury-of-their-co-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jane was working in Amazon.com Inc.’s Seattle headquarters when she was asked to a meeting with her manager and a human resources representative. They gave her a document outlining concerns about her work performance and spelled out three choices. She could quit and receive severance pay, spend the next several weeks trying to keep her job by meeting certain performance goals, or square off with her manager in a videoconference version of the Thunderdome, pleading her case with a panel of co-workers while her boss argued against her. Jane, who asked that her real name not be used to discuss a personal matter, chose the last one. The employee appeal process is Amazon’s latest experiment in managing its growing workforce of more than 500,000. When it announced the program last year, Amazon acknowledged it had been quick to fire people instead of trying to resolve problems in other ways. Executives recognized that poorly defined roles, dysfunctional teams, and peremptory managers were among the factors that often remained unexamined, according to a person familiar with the matter. Workers facing termination also lacked a forum to discuss such factors, the person says. Amazon is borrowing a page from union grievance processes that don’t apply to most corporate employees. But only about 30 percent of those who appeal their manager’s criticisms prevail, meaning they can keep their jobs or seek new ones within the company with different bosses, according to people familiar with the matter. Eighteen months after its debut, the hearing process has created resentment and raised questions about fairness, according to current and former workers as well as attorneys familiar with their situations. “It’s a kangaroo court,” says George Tamblyn, a Seattle employment lawyer who helped one former Amazon worker plan her appeal earlier this year. “My impression of the process is it’s totally unfair.”)

 

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP: WITHOUT ICE PEOPLE WOULD BE SCARED TO WALK OUT OF THE HOUSE – HARRIET SINCLAIR (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Consequently, for their self- defense, Republicans are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition.)
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-without-ice-people-would-be-scared-walk-out-house-1003241

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/in-new-york-city-protesting-trumps-immigration-policy-had-a-neighborly-feel

 

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “PROTESTERS FOLLOW TRUMP TO HIS RESORT AS MASSIVE MARCHES KICK OFF NATIONWIDE When Trump tried to avoid Saturday’s Families Belong Together rallies at his golf resort, the protest came to him.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/trump-families-belong-together-protest-new-jersey-resort

June 30 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Palatine Hometown Fest parade draws a crowd, despite the heat – James Kane (DIERSEN: Peter Roskam will be in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade along with Peter Breen, Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives, Paul Hinds, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliot, Chris Zaruba, James Mendrick, Jeff MacKay, Karen Wilson, Evelyn Sanguinetti, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. DuPage County Republicans are sponsoring the Tunes of Glory Pipes & Drums and the Wheaton North and South high school bands.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180630/palatine-hometown-fest-parade-draws-a-crowd-despite-the-heat
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While the event led off with a large contingent of police vehicles and officers, followed by fire equipment, much more numerous were the legions of people marching in support of Republican candidates for state, local and national office. . .Gov. Bruce Rauner and attorney general candidate Erika Harrold were among the statewide candidates working the crowd in the sweltering heat, but the largest group of political marchers was backing U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, who is in a tough reelection fight. The Republicans were followed by a small contingent of marchers supporting Democratic candidates.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want everyone to listen to Maxine Waters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180630/editorial-we-must-learn-to-listen-to-each-other
— Inside Facebook and Twitter’s secret meetings with Trump aides and conservative leaders – Tony Romm (DIERSEN: Who are the conservative leaders in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? How often do they publish articles on their websites in support of the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Who reads their articles? Who reads their emails?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180630/inside-facebook-and-twitters-secret-meetings-with-trump-aides-and-conservative-leaders
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters — with accusations that the country’s tech giants are censoring right-leaning posts, tweets and news. From secret dinners with conservative media elite to private meetings with the Republican National Committee, the new outreach reflects tech giants’ delicate task: satisfying a party in power while defending online platforms against attacks that threaten to undermine the public’s trust in the web. . . . To address the allegations, Dorsey has tried to break bread — quite literally — with his company’s critics. The Twitter executive convened a rare private dinner with Republican leaders and conservative commentators in Washington last week at Cafe Milano, a familiar Georgetown haunt for city power brokers, according to four people who participated in the dinner but requested anonymity because it was off the record. The gathering came weeks after Dorsey invoked conservatives’ ire by tweeting a story suggesting voters should elect Democrats in November — and after he made his first official visit to Congress. Among those attending the June 19 dinner were Mercedes Schlapp, a top communications adviser for Trump; Grover Norquist, the leader of Americans for Tax Reform; Greta Van Susteren, a right-leaning host on MSNBC; and Guy Benson, a Fox News commentator, according to the people in the room. Dorsey hoped to use the dinner as a way to build “trust” among conservatives who have long chastised the company, three of the people said. He defended Twitter against accusations that it targeted right-leaning users unfairly but still admitted that the company has room for improvement, according to the attendees. In response, the Twitter executive heard an earful from conservatives gathered at the table, who scoffed at the fact that Dorsey runs a platform that’s supposed to be neutral even though he’s tweeted about issues like immigration, gay rights and national politics. They also told Dorsey that the tech industry’s efforts to improve diversity — after years of criticism for maintaining a largely white, male workforce — should focus on hiring engineers with more diverse political viewpoints as well, according to those who dined with him in Washington. A spokesman for Twitter declined to comment on the dinner.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180627/arlington-heights-other-suburbs-join-national-families-belong-together-rallies
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180627/arlington-heights-elgin-other-suburbs-join-national-families-belong-together-rallies
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180630/news/306309990/

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/thousands-march-in-loop-to-protest-president-trumps-immigration-policy/3680397/
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-denounce-family-separation-in-cities-around-the-country/3681550/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Comedian claims to have successfully prank called President Trump.”
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/comedian-claims-to-have-successfully-prank-called-trump/3680944/

 

NBC5
— Legislators Submit Reports With Tens of Thousands in ‘Not Itemized’ Expenses Watchdog calls it a “loophole” in election law – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Legislators-Submit-Reports-With-Tens-of-Thousands-in-Not-Itemized-Expenses-486981371.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-to-march-at-familiesbelongtogether-rally-in-chicago-487017001.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-among-states-pushing-back-on-trump-immigration-hard-line-487030501.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/families-belong-together-rally-thousands-expected-to-protest-family-separations-at-border-in-dc

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Case over home health care workers’ union fees must be reconsidered, Supreme Court says – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-health-care-workers-janus-dues-0630-story.html
— What brings millennials to Chicago? Public transit. – Kirk Dillard, chair, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago (DIERSEN: When have you used public transit? I did a) 1980-1997 while I worked for GAO and b) 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, and 1980 while I worked for IRS. I walked to work and night classes 1974-1978.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-millennials-chicago-public-transportation-20180629-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-loop-immigration-family-separation-rally-20180630-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-immigration-protests-20180630-story.html
— Democrats should nominate a woman in 2020 – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-woman-president-2020-warren-gillibrand-20180701-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites a) blame Whites for all the problems that non-Whites have had, are having, and will have and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites. Anti-Whites do not tolerate those who are not anti-White. Anti-Whites want to get rid of those who are not anti-White.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-white-america-race-trump-civil-rights-0702-20180629-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Japanese Americans to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump. WWII was bad, but citizens of Japan never invaded America like citizens of Mexico and its allies have invaded America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/family-separation-trump-internment-japanese-american/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/thousands-flood-daley-plaza-to-protest-family-separation-this-cant-happen/
— California pot businesses make plea to delay strict testing rules – AP (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who smoke pot, who want to smoke pot legally, who make money selling pot, and/or who want to make money legally by selling pot? Sooner or later, all of the aforesaid will be wards of the state.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/california-pot-businesses-make-plea-to-delay-strict-testing-rules/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois: Where politicians say ‘middle class’ and mean ‘state workers’ – Editorial
https://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article214086839.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPPH
— County GOP joins effort to end Bloomington Election Commission – DEREK BEIGH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/county-gop-joins-effort-to-end-bloomington-election-commission/article_b197e87f-0240-5153-b42e-9068cedc71b9.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/campaign-notebook-bustos-rallies-lawmakers-over-trump-s-family-separation/article_4c365a34-23d3-5b45-ba2d-c0b92f7b001e.html
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180630/peoria-protesters-rally-against-trump-immigration-policies

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— OUTRAGEOUS: State board advances historical horse racing proposal – AP
http://www.daily-journal.com/business/state-board-advances-historical-horse-racing-proposal/article_1aa3d632-7afc-11e8-aa4e-47c9aa76bb8b.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— COD board files $25M counter lawsuit against former President Robert Breuder – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/06/30/cod-board-files-25m-counter-lawsuit-against-former-president-robert-breuder/a8oxyuj/

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/30/photos-from-the-families-belong-together-march

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— President Trump is right about who are the true Elites – DOUG E. IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14532

 

TWITCHY
— Sen. Dick Durbin gives marching open borders lefties a DISGUSTING assist with slam on ICE agents
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/06/30/sen-dick-durbin-gives-marching-open-borders-lefties-a-disgusting-assist-with-slam-on-ice-agents-video/
— New York City Democratic Socialists call to abolish ICE (and borders, and prisons, and profit, and…)
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/06/30/new-york-city-democratic-socialists-call-to-abolish-ice-and-borders-and-prisons-and-profit-and/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump slams Democrats’ push to abolish ICE ‘Zero chance, It will never happen!’ – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/30/trump-slams-democrats-push-abolish-ice/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump on Democrats wanting to abolish ICE: ‘They’re going to get beaten so badly’ – Eddie Scarry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-on-democrats-wanting-to-abolish-ice-theyre-going-to-get-beaten-so-badly

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Bashes Dems Pushing to Abolish ICE: ‘Zero Chance’ – AARON CREDEUR
https://ijr.com/2018/06/1106934-trump-tweets-ice/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrat 2020 campaign slogan: ‘Abolish ICE’ (DIERSEN: Additional Democrat 2020 campaign slogans: Abolish Trump supporters, Abolish Protestants, Abolish conservatives, Abolish patriotic people, Abolish Republicans, Abolish Americans, Abolish Whites, Abolish males, Abolish older people, Abolish rich people, Abolish gun owners, Abolish German Americans, and/or Abolish those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=49251
— Trump Derangement Syndrome takes a toll on ‘journalists’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=49265

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Are Republicans Doomed? – Thomas O’Malley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/are_republicans_doomed.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Leading Democrats With Eye on 2020: ‘Abolish ICE’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-abolish-immigration-democrat/2018/06/30/id/869295/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— 2 Reasons Why the Media Will Drop Coverage of the Capital Gazette Shooting – Amy Swearer
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/29/2-reasons-why-the-media-will-drop-coverage-of-the-capital-gazette-shooting/

 

THE HILL
— Trump hits Dems pushing to abolish ICE: ‘They’re going to get beaten so badly’ – ALI BRELAND
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/394995-trump-on-dems-pushing-to-abolish-ice-theyre-going-to-get-beaten-so
— Abolishing ICE becomes Dem litmus test – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Additional Democrat litmus tests: Abolish Trump supporters, Abolish Protestants, Abolish conservatives, Abolish patriotic people, Abolish Republicans, Abolish Americans, Abolish Whites, Abolish males, Abolish older people, Abolish rich people, Abolish gun owners, Abolish German Americans, and/or Abolish those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/394920-abolishing-ice-becomes-dem-litmus-test
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/395003-protestors-carry-baby-dolls-in-dog-crate-to-protest-detention-of-migrant

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois Democrats push back on Trump immigration hard line – AP
http://www.hastingstribune.com/illinois-democrats-push-back-on-trump-immigration-hard-line/article_0aa485c2-14fb-55f8-9b96-86f421d8c5d5.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-democrats-push-back-on-trump-immigration-hard-line/article_3abc8bbe-f7dc-5c4c-8469-ac7ab10670f4.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article214125129.html
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Illinois-Democrats-push-back-on-Trump-immigration-13039908.php
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-06-30/rallies-across-illinois-denounce-immigrant-separation-policy
https://tucson.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/illinois-democrats-push-back-on-trump-immigration-hard-line/article_b541f5a2-bc67-52a0-963a-c12957a8c0d3.html
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20180630/AP/306309965

 

NBC NEWS & REUTERS & AP
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thousands-across-u-s-join-keep-families-together-march-protest-n888006
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-protest/us-protesters-urge-trump-to-reverse-immigration-crackdown-idUSKBN1JQ0TP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180630/news/306309951/
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-06-30/the-latest-thousands-descend-on-boston-for-planned-protests

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The D.C. government is extending the deadline for day-care employees to meet stricter education requirements after workers in the field argued that the new rules were unrealistic to complete. – Perry Stein (DIERSEN: Passing the CPA examination used to be required to get promoted at IRS and GAO. But IRS and GAO dropped that requirement because it frustrated their efforts to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-extends-deadline-for-day-care-workers-to-obtain-more-advanced-degrees/2018/06/29/a6d46200-7be4-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/30/live-stream-families-belong-together-d-c-rally/747943002/

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://nypost.com/2018/06/30/protesters-across-the-us-march-against-trumps-immigration-policies/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Immigration-policy-protesters-span-Brooklyn-Bridge-13040025.php

 

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.startribune.com/thousands-join-minneapolis-march-opposing-family-separations-at-border/487024381/

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article214129234.html
https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article214123084.html

 

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2018/06/30/we-care-protesters-family/


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that anti-Trumps promote illegals, the more that Americans support Trump.
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/06/30/jennifer-rubin-trump-is/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MARCH 6, 2018 FLASHBACK: How to Gain Power at Work When You Have None   Networking across your company, cultivating charisma and developing expertise in an emerging area are keys to success—and can be learned – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates at GAO 1980-1997 scoffed at my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, serving on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants 1983-1996, becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, becoming a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, becoming a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates at IRS 1971-1980 scoffed at my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, my taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, and coworkers at the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 scoffed at my taking college courses at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-gain-power-at-work-when-you-have-none-1520353800

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jun/30/trump-immigration-family-separation-protest-live-updates

June 30 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF BREUDER, MAZZOCHI, BERNSTEIN, AND NAPOLITANO: College of DuPage board seeks $25 million in damages from Robert Breuder – Robert Sanchez and Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180629/college-of-dupage-board-seeks-25-million-in-damages-from-robert-breuder

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What Wisconsin says about what could happen to Illinois unions after Janus – Jonathon Berlin and Kyle Bentle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-union-membership-after-janus-htmlstory.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump Kathy Griffin.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/comedy/ct-ent-kathy-griffin-review-0630-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–immigration-protests-20180630-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–immigration-protests-20180629-story.html

— Experts see potential for weaker unions as result of high court ruling – Mike Nolan (DIERSEN: What is your attitude toward unions? All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. They should stress that if GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee, and that if GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $19,203/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) get rid of my mentor in 1987, d) not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, f) give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, or g) force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-supreme-court-ruling-local-reax-st-0701-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s minimum wage set to jump to $12 per hour – Yvonne Kim (DIERSEN: I worked for much less than $12 per hour in today’s dollars when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; and cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-minimum-wage-increase-effect/
— After Janus, 3 ways unions can stay strong – Robert Bruno (DIERSEN: What is your attitude toward unions? All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. They should stress that if GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee, and that if GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) get rid of my mentor in 1987, d) not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, f) give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, or g) force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/janus-supreme-court-unions-public-sector/
— Ted Cruz urges Illinois GOP to choose Democrat over ‘bigoted fool’ Art Jones
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ted-cruz-urges-illinois-gop-to-choose-democrat-over-bigoted-fool-art-jones/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/abolish-ice-chicago-pilsen-cook-county-jail/
— Obama Foundation hires diversity consultant: Brother of former Mayor Sawyer – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/obama-foundation-hires-diversity-consultant-brother-of-former-mayor-sawyer/

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Thumbs-down: To a pricey parting gift to a political operative. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) the political operatives who have worked the hardest against me and b) who they have worked for.)
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/29/thumbs-up-thumbs-down-community-rallies-behind-family-of-ailing-police-officer/aslzezk/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Documents obtained by The Associated Press this week showed that Timothy Mapes, former chief of staff for House Speaker Michael Madigan and state Democratic Party executive director, will receive more than $130,000 after resigning June 6. The money is compensation for 91 unused vacation days and half-pay for 146 sick days, the records showed. Mapes also will receive an annual pension of $134,000, which will increase each year. Mapes, on the job since 1992, earned $208,000 a year until he was forced out in a sexual harassment scandal. It’s another example of the sweet deals insiders secure for themselves at the expense of the public.)

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Companies need older workers: here’s why – Mark Miller (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents promote age discrimination and reverse discrimination. They all agree that the federal government should get rid of its non-veteran White male employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. They all agree that that federal government should be and is the employer of last resort, that is, the dumping ground for those who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
    https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/companies-need-older-workers-here-s-why/article_9cc0d4d3-2f03-5e8c-a997-450c06d12283.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— PragerU: University Indoctrination – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/prageru-university-indoctrination/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Do border states have the power to repel illegal entry? – Daniel Horowitz (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico and its allies have declared war on America a) by their sending many millions of their citizens into America illegally, b) by their keeping many millions of their citizens in America illegally, and c) by their sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. By their words and by their actions, each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it clear that they side with Mexico and its allies against America.)
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/do-border-states-have-the-power-to-repel-illegal-entry/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During an era of ever-evolving and newly discovered rights, we forget that sovereignty, both federal and state, is an absolute right that is being ignored in the immigration debate. We have the right, both as residents of states, particularly at the border, and as citizens of this federal republic, to be governed by our consent and to admit people to this country only through the consent of our laws. We’ve already explained that it is a founding principle that a president has the power and the responsibility to repel a large-scale incursion into our country. A state has a similar responsibility when it is experiencing an invasion and the federal government refuses to act. The entire purpose of a federal government What if our own federal government is impotent in protecting our border states from violent drug cartels and the crime, social ills, and public cost drain of mass migration from across the border, while the federal courts are downright preventing the states from protecting themselves? The Constitution is clear as to the responsibilities of the federal government and why we have one in the first place. The federal government exists not to impose more regulations on the people, but to protect their rights and security where states are inherently incapable of doing so effectively — namely, in repelling an invasion. Ironically, it is the one act of war a president can pursue without the consent of Congress, yet the invasion at our border is the only one we refuse to address. Article IV, §4 of the Constitution tasks the federal government with guaranteeing states’ protection against invasion. That is because, in the words of Madison (Federalist #45), the “few and defined” powers of the federal government were to be applied “principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce.” State governments, on the other hand, deal with “the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.” This is war But what if an outside force buttressed by the most dangerous paramilitary organizations in the world invades a border state and disrupts its internal order, improvement, and prosperity – and the federal government doesn’t stop it? Well, the Constitution is not a suicide pact. Article I, § 10, cl. 3 (the Compact Clause) states: “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.” The Constitution is clear that, all things equal, states shouldn’t engage in warfare with other countries. But all things are not equal in this case, and the Constitution made an exception for those times when states are invaded and in imminent danger. Well, is this really an invasion or imminent danger, you might ask? Andy McCarthy wrote an incisive column yesterday reminding us that we are looking at the immigration issue through the wrong lens. We view it as a legal problem, when in essence it’s a national security problem. Just consider the crime statistics in Texas alone since 2011: According to the DHS and the Texas Department of Public Safety, over 251,000 criminal aliens have been booked into local Texas jails between June 1, 2011, and April 30, 2018. They have been charged for a total of 663,000 offenses, including: . . . And those numbers only include those illegals verified by federal authorities through fingerprints. Roughly 50 percent, and often the most dangerous ones, are never interdicted by federal authorities before they commit murder and mayhem in Texas. Where is this coming from? It’s not a natural disaster. It’s coming from a concerted and organized massed migration completely orchestrated by the drug cartels, often with the help of the Mexican government. Click through to my tweetstorm quoting the Texas DPS explaining the results of the first Central American migration in 2014-2015: . . . As these quotes show, this is not some sort of legal problem with immigration loopholes, but our biggest current threat to our national security and homeland. These are often former Mexican military, in the case of the Zetas cartel, who now hold territory on Texas soil and use military tactics to divert the border patrol with bogus asylum seekers and bring in drugs, crime, and gangs. If this is not an invasion or an imminent danger, I’m not sure what is. I don’t think our Founders could have imagined such a colossal human and monetary toll from massive migration. Even without the military and drug cartel side of this, just the sheer wave of impoverished and often troubled migrants, of which over 90 percent turn out to be invalid asylum claims, should be enough to constitute an invasion. As Andy McCarthy rightfully observes, “If you look at federal asylum law, it addresses the individual migrant, not a systemic incursion. … It does not address what could happen if thousands of migrants simultaneously seek asylum.” States retain their sovereignty over violent incursions Amazingly, the political class questions even the president’s ability to repel the invasion without lawfare, but in reality, even a state, particularly Texas, should be able to do so. I’m not suggesting that the governor direct the Texas Air National Guard to drop bombs on the cartels, but the state would be well within its rights to start returning some of the migrants across the border. Joseph Story in his commentary on the Compact Clause writes that while the prohibition on states making war is obviously necessary, it was “wisely guarded by exceptions sufficient for the safety of the states, and not justly open to the objection of being dangerous to the Union.” Still, a state may be so situated, that it may become indispensable to possess military forces, to resist an expected invasion, or insurrection. The danger may be too imminent for delay; and under such circumstances, a state will have a right to raise troops for its own safety, even without the consent of Congress. Haven’t the border states (the ones that still care) waited long enough with too much delay? Some might suggest that this is not a declared war. But if you look at the original language of Article IV’s guarantee clause protecting states from invasion, Madison originally drafted its language to be read as protecting against “foreign violence.” It’s clear that this was not necessarily referring to formal warfare with a nation-state, but repelling violent incursions from Indian tribes. When the drug cartels use families and children to distract from the core of the invasion, the cartels are no different from Hamas using human shields at the Gaza-Israel border. Israel rightfully treats this as a military issue, and our government should too. If it fails to do so, the drug cartels should be on the receiving end of what happens when you mess with Texas. As Scalia asked: “Are the sovereign States at the mercy of the Federal Executive’s refusal to enforce the Nation’s immigration laws? A good way of answering that question is to ask: Would the States conceivably have entered into the Union if the Constitution itself contained the Court’s holding?”)

 

FEDERALIST
— Southern Poverty Law Center Loses More Legitimacy With Another Supreme Court Win For Its Target – Nicole Russell
https://thefederalist.com/2018/06/29/southern-poverty-law-center-loses-legitimacy-another-supreme-court-win-target/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump nominates LGBT activist and former Log Cabin Republicans head to top State Dept. post – Calvin Freiburger (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them. Maybe someday, they will officially take credit for ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-nominates-former-log-cabin-republicans-head-to-top-state-dept.-post

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/394876-activists-to-rally-against-trump-immigration-policies
— Holocaust-denying Republican nominee: ‘I snookered’ Illinois GOP – JUSTIN WISE
http://thehill.com/homenews/394861-holocaust-denying-republican-nominee-i-snookered-gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party spokesman Aaron DeGroot told Politico this week that the party is planning on supporting a write-in candidate for the general election.)
— Exploding immigration controversy vexes Washington – JONATHAN EASLEY AND ALEXIS SIMENDINGER (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico and its allies have declared war on America a) by their sending many millions of their citizens into America illegally, b) by their keeping many millions of their citizens in America illegally, and c) by their sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. By their words and by their actions, each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it clear that they side with Mexico and its allies against America.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/morning-report/393894-the-hills-morning-report

 

POLITICO
— Ted Cruz: ‘Vote for the Democrat’ over Illinois GOP Nazi – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/ted-cruz-arthur-jones-vote-democrat-688743
— ‘I snookered them’: Illinois Nazi candidate creates GOP dumpster fire Republicans fear blowback from Holocaust denier’s run for Congress. – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Republican political organizations should always assure that in primary elections, at least one “real Republican” runs for each and every office on each and every ballot.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/arthur-jones-nazi-illinois-republicans-686875
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “First, it’s morally wrong and I think it’s really harmful to the party. The guy’s a complete nutcase. He’s a Nazi,” said conservative GOP state Rep. David McSweeney. “This is an absolute political disaster.” . . . In the meantime, Republicans have one last chance to save face. They can mount a write-in challenge if that candidate notifies three counties in the district of their intent by Sept. 6. “They didn’t run anyone against him in the primary. They didn’t file an objection to him, they didn’t find a write-in candidate and they didn’t run an independent candidate,” McSweeney said. “We’ve missed four opportunities. We better not miss the fifth.”)

 

CNN
— Journalists face a chilling new truth – John Avlon (DIERSEN: Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents do everything that they can to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. While I have not received threats of violence against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/29/opinions/journalists-face-a-chilling-new-truth-avlon/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Death threats won’t stop local journalists from reporting – Ethan Sacks (DIERSEN: Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents do everything that they can to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. While I have not received threats of violence against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-threats-won-t-stop-local-journalists-reporting-n887861

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want anti-Americans to run Mexico.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/mexico-election-amlo-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador.html
— To Draw Workers, Employers Offer to Help With Student Loans – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Of course, this encourages students to take out student loans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/your-money/student-loan-repayment-benefit.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in Alabama.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/29/us/alabama-lgbt-gay-communities-organizations.html
— He Was Denied a Commission in 1942. Now The Army Is Making Amends. – Rachel L. Swarns (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Black veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office. In my defense, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/black-soldier-bias-japanese-internment-camp-survivors.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The U.S. just became a dangerous place to be a journalist – Jason Rezaian (DIERSEN: Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents do everything that they can to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. While I have not received threats of violence against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/06/29/the-u-s-just-became-a-dangerous-place-to-be-a-journalist/
— Trump administration plans to detain migrant families for months – Devlin Barrett
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-plans-to-detain-migrant-families-for-months/2018/06/29/f9ffecb6-7bf7-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want anti-Americans to run Mexico.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicans-say-they-will-vote-for-change-on-sunday-1530264601

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Maryland attack tells journalists to take threats seriously – AP (DIERSEN: Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents do everything that they can to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. While I have not received threats of violence against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-newsroom-attack-journalists-threats-20180630-story.html

 

WBUR
— The Truth About Being A Journalist In The Trump Era – Miles Howard (DIERSEN: Because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, my critics/opponents do everything that they can to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. While I have not received threats of violence against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/06/29/anti-media-rhetoric-capital-gazette-miles-howard

 

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWS EDITORS & ASSOCIATED PRESS MEDIA EDITORS
— ASNE-APME Newsroom Safety Best Practices (DIERSEN: I am a member of ASNE and APME.)
http://files.constantcontact.com/91232289201/77097611-02a1-4169-8a5b-3dee01cbb3b0.pdf

 

ZERO HEDGE
— Buchanan On The Democrats: “No Party For Old White Men” – Tyler Durden (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to pander to those who are anti-older people, anti-White, and/or anti-men, those who dominate the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. paint themselves as being anti-older people, anti-White, and/or anti-men. They certainly paint themselves as being anti-Diersen. I am almost 70 years old. I am White. I am a man.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-29/buchanan-democrats-no-party-old-white-men

 

FORBES
— Trump’s Lean White House 2018 Payroll On-Track To Save Taxpayer’s $22 Million – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: GAO’s payroll is much leaner too. Why? Because it 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.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/06/29/trumps-lean-white-house-2018-payroll-on-track-to-save-taxpayers-22-million/#2cb674614e4f

 

BLOOMBERG
— Volkswagen Accused of ‘Company-Wide’ Age Discrimination in Suit – Christie Smythe (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents promote age discrimination and reverse discrimination. They all agree that the federal government should get rid of its non-veteran White male employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. They all agree that that federal government should be and is the employer of last resort, that is, the dumping ground for those who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-29/volkswagen-accused-in-suit-of-company-wide-age-discrimination

 

HARVARD BUSINESS WEEK
— APRIL 9, 2018 FLASHBACK: The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses – Sean Silverthorne (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, its top priority was getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Consequently, GAO gave performance bonuses to its employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran who made the aforesaid promotions.)
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/the-dark-side-of-performance-bonuses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the month rewards. Behavioral scientists warn that these programs, if not constructed carefully, can open a box full of unintended consequences that ultimately harm rather than help the organization. The financial crisis of 2008 was partially fueled by origination bonuses paid to bank loan officers who were incented to approve bad loans. Less well understood, but uncovered in HBS research several years ago, is that those bank bonuses also caused loan officers to perceive reality differently—they believed those loans would succeed. It’s not just financial incentives that are under study. Employers seek to change the behavior of workers in all manner of ways: to make more ethical decisions, to get flu shots, to lose weight, to be wiser about personal financial planning. Behavioral scientists are becoming the new HR superstars in some organizations. Research through the years at Harvard Business School has explored this good intentions-bad outcomes dilemma in many settings, from the glitzy world of Las Vegas to steamy laundry plants in Asia. The results these studies have uncovered are important to understand for org designers, compensation committees, and any function such as sales that depends on incentives to drive performance. Here is a sample of research from HBS into the dark side of employee motivation programs:)

 

MILITARY
— JANUARY 25, 2018 FLASHBACK: Military Experts, Leaders Say ‘Up or Out’ Promotion System Outdated – Claudia Grisales (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote “up-or-out.” In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403/year by age 25, $113,920/year by age 30, $134,000/year by age 35, and $164,200/year by age 40, and if not, why not?)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/01/25/military-experts-leaders-say-or-out-promotion-system-outdated.html

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— JANUARY 25, 2018 FLASHBACK: Military personnel chiefs want more flexibility in career paths, but not an end to ‘up-or-out’ – Jared Serbu (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote “up-or-out.” In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403/year by age 25, $113,920/year by age 30, $134,000/year by age 35, and $164,200/year by age 40, and if not, why not?)
https://federalnewsradio.com/defense-main/2018/01/military-personnel-chiefs-want-more-flexibility-in-career-paths-but-not-an-end-to-up-or-out/
— APRIL 12, 2018 FLASHBACK: Navy asks Congress for more authority to sidestep ‘up-or-out’ personnel system – Jared Serbu (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote “up-or-out.” In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403/year by age 25, $113,920/year by age 30, $134,000/year by age 35, and $164,200/year by age 40, and if not, why not?)
https://federalnewsradio.com/defense-main/2018/04/navy-asks-congress-for-more-authority-to-sidestep-up-or-out-personnel-system/