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June 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Diana Rauner talks budget stalemate, child poverty at City Club – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/diana-rauner-talks-budget-stalemate-child-poverty-at-city-club/2151253/
— NEIU faculty hold funeral march for Illinois higher education – Liz Nagy
http://abc7chicago.com/news/neiu-faculty-hold-funeral-march-for-illinois-higher-education/2151621/

 

NBC5
— Feds Send High-Tech Van to Chicago to Combat Gun Violence – Susan Carlson
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-police-atf-nibin-van-430889753.html
— Here’s What Happens if the GOP Health Care Bill Becomes Law  The bill aims to achieve traditional conservative goals of spending less on social services and lowering tax rates on high earners and businesses
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Heres-What-Happens-if-the-GOP-Health-Care-Bill-Becomes-Law-430961763.html

 

CBS2
— ACLU Disappointed Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/26/aclu-disappointed-supreme-court-upholds-trumps-travel-ban/
— Dems Ask: Where’s Gov. Rauner? – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/26/dems-ask-wheres-gov-rauner/
— Activists Demand Help For Distressed Neighborhoods – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/26/activists-demand-changes-to-help-distressed-neighborhoods/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan to outline budget plan Tuesday, urges Rauner to be ‘reasonable’ – Monique Garcia  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, you are “reasonable” only if you glorify and praise them, pander to them, serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or give them money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/illinois-legislature-madigan-rauner-met-0627-20170626-story.html
— Supreme Court travel ban ruling changes little for Illinois refugees – Manya Brachear Pashman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-travel-ban-chicago-reaction-met-20170626-story.html
— Rauners plan to sleep within a cow chip toss of carnival during state fair – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-rauners-state-fair-home-0627-chicago-inc-20170626-story.html
— Upscale gun range opens in unincorporated Lake Forest – Mark Lawton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-forest/news/ct-lfr-gun-range-tl-0629-20170626-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan: Democrats draft budget with 4 days left in session – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-like-rauner-lists-non-budget-demands-for-deal/
— Illinois House GOP narrows focus on non-budget issues – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-like-rauner-lists-non-budget-demands-for-deal/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Facing ouster, Mundelein Trustee Dakotah Norton quits – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170626/facing-ouster-mundelein-trustee-dakotah-norton-quits
— DuPage County to vote on plan to increase funding for fire protection district – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170626/dupage-county-to-vote-on-plan-to-increase-funding-for-fire-protection-district

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois Chamber backs a big tax hike – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170626/BLOGS02/170629880/illinois-chamber-of-commerce-backs-big-tax-hike
— CBO: 22 million more uninsured by 2026 under Senate health bill  (DIERSEN: If you have affordable health care insurance, why is that?  For me and my wife, it is because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170626/NEWS03/170629885/cbo-22-million-more-uninsured-by-2026-under-senate-health-bill
— As McDonald’s pulls up stakes, what’s next for Oak Brook campus? – Luke Hammill
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170624/ISSUE01/170629889/as-mcdonalds-pulls-up-stakes-whats-next-for-oak-brook-campus
— A simple and not-so-simple wish for a healthy CPS – Andy Shaw
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170624/ISSUE07/170629894/a-simple-and-not-so-simple-wish-for-a-healthy-cps
— How looming fatherhood set this future CEO on his path  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors and others who I have sued expected/wanted my wife and I to have children because then I would have put childraising ahead of seeking justice.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/fast-50#playerCA
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CEO of one of the fastest-growing digital marketing companies in Chicago, Joe Chura credits his daughter, now 18, for giving him his start. When Chura found out at age 20 that he was about to be a father, he knew he needed a job—a good one—and fast. So he took an assembly-line position at a Ford plant in Chicago even though he knew absolutely nothing about cars. To keep up, Chura read textbooks in his spare time. That hard work paid off. After six years, he was promoted to Ford’s marketing and sales division.)

 

STATELINE
— Study: Raising Minimum Wage Hurts Low Wage Workers  Univ. of Washington study released as IL Governor considers $15 min. wage bill – Scott Picken
http://www.mystateline.com/news/study-raising-minimum-wage-hurts-low-wage-workers/751167023

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Mike Madigan: ‘People voted for me,’ saw no need for term limits – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: Who did not vote for you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511133068-madigan-people-voted-for-me-saw-no-need-for-term-limits

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Oberweis issues challenge to work to end hunger – Charmaine Little  (DIERSEN: What do you do to help others?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I do not do enough to help others. In my defense, I do not charge anything for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and I do not include any advertising in those emails.  I have sent those emails out since 2000, and since 2004, each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511126219-oberweis-issues-challenge-to-work-to-end-hunger

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Guidestar to Remove ‘Hate Group’ Labels on Conservative Groups for ‘Time Being’ – Rachel del Guidice
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/guidestar-to-remove-hate-group-labels-on-conservative-groups-for-time-being/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago’s Central Committee for Theater Affairs Falsely Accuses Critic of Bigotry
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-chicagos-central-committee-theater-affairs-falsely-accuses-critic-bigotry/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— VERY SAD: Candidates at the Pride Parade
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/candidates-at-the-pride-parade/
— Cook Political Report moves Rauner reelect from “Lean Republican” to “Tossup”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/cook-political-report-moves-rauner-reelect-from-lean-republican-to-tossup/
— Pritzker launches targeted Senate district robocalls blasting Rauner  (DIERSEN: Who targets you?  Members of the following groups target me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/pritzker-launches-targeted-senate-district-robocalls-blasting-rauner/
— Madigan warns tax hike will be difficult, says he needs GOP leaders to persuade governor on “non budget” items
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/madigan-warns-tax-hike-will-be-difficult-says-he-needs-gop-leaders-to-persuade-governor-on-non-budget-items/
— Cullerton was also gone today
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/cullerton-was-also-gone-today/
— The backlog is horrible, but it could be even worse than we know
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/the-backlog-is-horrible-but-it-could-be-even-worse-than-we-know/
— CTBA: Property tax freeze would cost schools up to $830 million a year
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/ctba-property-tax-freeze-would-cost-schools-up-to-830-million-a-year/
— Rauner loves going over reporters’ heads, and he did it again
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/rauner-loves-going-over-reporters-heads-and-he-did-it-again/

 

DAILY WIRE
— TOLERANCE: LGBT Marchers In Chicago Ban Jewish Flags Because They Hate Israel – ELLIOTT HAMILTON
http://www.dailywire.com/news/17931/tolerance-lgbt-marchers-chicago-ban-jewish-flags-elliott-hamilton#

 

GOPUSA
— Protest briefly halts Minneapolis Pride parade
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26269

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Are Trump, Sessions trumped by transgenders? – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/06/26/are-trump-sessions-trumped-by-transgenders

 

NEWSMAX
— Franklin Graham Rips Proposed LGBTQ ‘Indoctrination’ of Texas School Kids
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/franklin-graham-rips-LGBTQ-texas/2017/06/26/id/798214/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Black Lives Matter Protesters Angry That Police Marched In Pride Parade – GRACE CARR
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/26/black-lives-matter-protesters-angry-that-police-marched-in-pride-parade/
— Experts Say Green Energy Made Cyber Attacks On Power Grid Much Easier – Andrew Follett
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/26/experts-say-green-energy-made-cyber-attacks-on-power-grid-much-easier/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— LOOK WHO’S INVITING YOU TO REPORT ‘HATE CRIMES’  ‘Its development got accelerated though with the election of Donald Trump’ – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/look-whos-inviting-you-to-report-hate-crimes/

 

THE BLAZE
— Nikki Haley: People ‘booed,’ said ‘hateful things’ to me, my son during Pride parade – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/26/nikki-haley-people-booed-said-hateful-things-to-me-my-son-during-pride-parade/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Governor Bruce Rauner and the Budget Crisis in the Land of Lincoln – PETER ROBINSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/448973/bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-crisis-uncommon-knowledge

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Poor women of color set to lose big under TrumpCare.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/339496-poor-women-of-color-set-to-lose-big-under-trumpcare

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Budget Office: Senate Health Care Bill Would Leave 22 Million More Uninsured – THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR  (DIERSEN: If you have affordable health care insurance, why is that?  For me and my wife, it is because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/politics/senate-health-care-bill-republican.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Obama’s liberalism paved the way for Donald Trump – Michael Goodwin
http://nypost.com/2017/06/24/obamas-liberalism-paved-the-way-for-donald-trump/

 

WALL STREET JOUNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity celebrate their progress in getting rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.wsj.com/video/millions-celebrate-gay-pride-around-the-world/60795D78-C921-418A-AD84-80CF9A307CC6.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Madigan Says GOP Must Secure Rauner Budget OK  Illinois House Republicans say they have narrowed their focus on issues tangential to a budget agreement.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-06-26/the-latest-house-democrats-finalizing-budget-proposal

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Reduction in support staff creates weakness in congressional capacity – Steff Thomas  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency shrank either in relative or absolute terms.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/congress/2017/06/decline-in-support-staff-creates-inconsistencies-in-congressional-capacity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Total staff levels across the Congressional support agencies — specifically the Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service and Government Accountability Office — have either remained stagnant or have remained the same in the last three decades, according to the most recent update of the Institution’s Vital Statistics on Congress report. . .Between 1975 and 2015, support staff agencies have lost 45 percent of their workforce. The most dramatic shift in employment took place in GAO, according to the report.)

June 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— State lawmakers meet as budget deadline looms – Michelle Gallardo
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-lawmakers-meet-as-budget-deadline-looms/2147580/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Supreme Court allows part of Trump travel ban; arguments set for fall – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/supreme-court-reinstates-trump-travel-ban/
— Can progressive politicians pull in the same direction? – Dan Mihalopoulos  (DIERSEN: While there are very few DINOs in Illinois, there are far too many RINOs in Illinois. Democrats, DINOs, and RINOs in Illinois unite to defeat Republicans in Illinois.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/can-progressive-politicians-pull-in-the-same-direction/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Picking Chicago’s next U.S. attorney – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-us-attorney-chicago-hickey-durbin-edit-20170623-story.html
— America is on its way to divorce court – Marc A. Thiessen  (DIERSEN: When things go bad, generally, those who are in the majority are presumed by Democrats to have caused those bad things.  Did Trump or Clinton get the majority of votes in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  Clinton got the majority of votes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, so those who voted for Clinton in those political jurisdictions should be presumed by Democrats to be the cause of bad things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-hate-politics-20170625-story.html
— Signs of greatness  10 things that show a company gets it right – John Brandon  (DIERSEN: GAO could/would stress to potential employees who are Democrat, minority, female, young, and/or veteran that GAO gives preference to its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, young, and/or veteran, that is, GAO discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. GAO could/would draw potential employees’ attention to the facts and arguments presented in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170626/281831463741531
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-domestic-violence-immigration-met-20170626-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Supreme Court reinstates Trump travel ban – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170626/supreme-court-reinstates-trump-travel-ban
— State of uncertainty: Is roadwork stoppage real or ‘scare tactics’? – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170626/state-of-uncertainty-is-roadwork-stoppage-real-or-scare-tactics
— Why many minimum wage workers in suburbs won’t be getting a raise July 1 – Christopher Placek  (DIERSEN: What raises have you gotten? During the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my salary increased every year because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.  In today’s dollars, I earned $15.56/hour (GS-4 Step 1) when I started working for the Post Office in 1966 when I was 18; $44,853/year (GS-7 Step 1) when I started working for IRS in 1971; $90,173/year (GS-12 Step 5) when I left IRS in 1980; $71,326/year (GS-9 Step 10) when I started working for GAO in 1980; and $122,991/year (GS-13 Step 10) when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997. My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170624/why-many-minimum-wage-workers-in-suburbs-wont-be-getting-a-raise-july-1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Possible effects of gerrymandering seen in uncontested races – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170625/news/306259989/
— Legislature should freeze property taxes during special session – Andrew Nelms
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170626/legislature-should-freeze-property-taxes-during-special-session

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Governor talks to public, not the press – Rich Miller
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-06-25/rich-millercapitol-fax-governor-talks-public-not-press.html

 

NORTHWEST HEARLD
— McHenry County Board approves prevailing wage, ending three years of protest votes – KEVIN P. CRAVER  (DIERSEN: What would the current prevailing wage be for GAO employees a) who had worked for the agency since 1980, b) who had worked for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, for an agency that GAO audits immediately before they transferred to GAO, c) who earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when they were 21 and job-related master’s degrees when they were 27, 31, and 48, d) who had earned job-related professional certifications when they were 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and e) who had earned a job-related professional license when they were 32?)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/06/23/mchenry-county-board-approves-prevailing-wage-ending-three-years-of-protest-votes/a2m3z44/

 

WTTW
— Madigan Introduces New Set of Demands as Preconditions for Budget Deal  Leaders Meet for the First Time in 2017, but Without Rauner – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/25/madigan-introduces-new-set-demands-preconditions-budget-deal

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say: “Devastating consequences could come for Illinois with new healthcare bill.”
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/devastating-consequences-could-come-for-illinois-with-new-healthcare-bill

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Joe Arpaio on trial over immigration actions echoing Trump’s – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35746313/joe-arpaio-on-trial-over-immigration-actions-echoing-trumps
— Trump: Clinton, Democratic Party ‘colluded’ against Sanders – MATT KORADE AND ELI WATKINS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who colluded to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster position, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-clinton-democratic-party-colluded-against-sanders/750452099
— Kasich: Neither party ‘cares about helping poor people’ – LINDSEY ELLEFSON AND ALEXANDRA KING  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted themselves as being people who want to help poor people.  They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/kasich-neither-party-cares-about-helping-poor-people/750453630

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— After Long Opposing Rauner’s ‘Non-Budget’ Demands, Madigan Has Three Of His Own – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/after-long-opposing-rauners-non-budget-demands-madigan-has-three-his-own#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— Rahm Emanuel: Trump has transformed the Republican base, and other Chicago news – Kate Shepherd
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/06/26/rahm-emanuel-trump-has-transformed-the-republican-base-and-other-chicago-news

 

CHICAGOIST
— Photos: Chicago Goes Big For 48th Annual Pride Parade  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/06/26/photos_chicago_goes_big_for_annual.php#photo-1

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— In matching each other’s words, Madigan, Pritzker called out of sync with Illinois – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511130928-in-matching-each-other-s-words-madigan-pritzker-called-out-of-sync-with-illinois

 

SANGAMON SUN
— GOP ‘Compromise’ budget decried as barely different from Democrat plan – Karen Kidd
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511131533-gop-compromise-budget-decried-as-barely-different-from-democrat-plan
— College tuition has little link to state funding, analyst determines – Glenn Minnis
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511127491-college-tuition-has-little-link-to-state-funding-analyst-determines

 

TERI O’BRIEN
— FBI Corrupted By Democrat Party
https://www.spreaker.com/user/teriobrien/its-official-fbi-corrupted-by-democrat-p

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Madigan offers new demands, says property tax relief part of ‘extreme right-wing agenda’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/madigan-offers-new-demands-says-property-tax-relief-part-of/article_a9692dce-59f9-11e7-ab3a-637e491f7c9b.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago’s “Hays Code” for Theater Criticism – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/chicagos-central-committee-theater-affairs-falsely-accuses-critic-bigotry/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS POLICE GIVE A WARNING ON MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/illinois-police-give-a-warning-on-marijuana-legalization.html
— REEDER: RAUNER FALTERS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have faltered at everything that I have done, that I am going, and that I will do.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/reeder-rauner-falters-.html
— CUT CRIME BY REPEALING USELESS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REGULATIONS  (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/cut-crime-by-repealing-useless-occupational-licensing-regulations.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner criticized for “campaign” trip to Iowa during special session
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/26/rauner-criticized-for-campaign-trip-to-iowa-during-special-session/

 

GOPUSA
— Calif. bans travel to 4 more ‘anti-LGBT’ states  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will California officially banish individuals, organizations, and companies that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26278
— The ‘Crime of the Century’ is Bad Journalism  (DIERSEN: Journalists who promote a political party’s platform, but falsely deny that they do that, should be banished from journalism.  I promote the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26292
— Will we now be forced to tolerate ISIS flags in public spaces?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26289

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chicago Police unable to control thousand-strong gang party lasting hours – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/chicago_police_unable_to_control_thousandstrong_gang_party_lasting_hours.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Breaks With White House Ramadan Tradition – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-no-ramadan-celebration/2017/06/24/id/798048/

 

POLITICO
— Why Rep. Adam Kinzinger Is Raising ‘Holy Hell’ Over Russia  The up-and-coming member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is prepared to wage a GOP rebellion. – SUSAN B. GLASSER
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/26/adam-kinzinger-russia-215309

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— POLL: YOUNGER REPUBLICANS MORE LIBERAL ON IMMIGRATION – DANIEL TRIELLI  (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans hint/imply/argue/shout at “younger Republicans” that they should want “cheap labor” and that immigrants only want bad jobs that “younger Republicans” should not have to take. What bad jobs have you had? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YOUNG_GOP_POLL?SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-25-13-48-31

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Will Hear Travel Ban Case – ADAM LIPTAK
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-travel-ban-case.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump’s travel ban to take effect, will consider case in fall – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-limited-version-of-trumps-travel-ban-to-take-effect-will-consider-case-in-fall/2017/06/26/97afa314-573e-11e7-b38e-35fd8e0c288f_story.html
— Greater savings options for feds draw praise, while move to cut their retirement looms – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously attack as being far too generous a) my Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, c) my Social Security, d) what GAO paid me 1980-1997, e) what IRS paid me 1971-1980, and f) what the Post Office paid me 1966-1969.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/26/greater-savings-options-for-feds-draw-praise-while-move-to-cut-their-retirement-looms/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For federal employees accustomed to elected leaders focused on firing feds faster and bashing their benefits, here’s a little something to cheer. Bipartisan legislation in the House and Senate would update the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a 401(k)-type program for federal employees, by allowing them greater flexibility in withdrawing their funds. This might not sound like much compared to news about federal retirement cuts in President Trump’s proposed fiscal 2018 budget and the movement to undermine civil service protections. Yet this little something could make life easier for the 5 million people with TSP investments worth $490 billion.)
— A ‘very credible’ new study on Seattle’s $15 minimum wage has bad news for liberals – Max Ehrenfreund
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/new-study-casts-doubt-on-whether-a-15-minimum-wage-really-helps-workers/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Implementation of Most of Trump Travel Ban  High court grants Trump administration stay of lower court rulings against president –  Brent Kendall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-implementation-of-most-of-trump-travel-ban-1498487727
— Gay Pride Movement Faces Growing Pains as It Matures  Debate erupts over what its priorities should be in current political environment – Ian Lovett  (DIERSEN: From what I see, the top priority for Democrats is to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gay-pride-movement-faces-growing-pangs-as-it-matures-1498392003
— When Are Doctors Too Old to Practice?  Hospitals test older physicians on mental and physical acuity, raising questions of fairness, scientific validity and ageism – Lucette Lagnado  (DIERSEN: For non-veteran White male federal employees, you are “old” and to be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40.  Extremely few non-veteran White male federal employees make the aforesaid deadlines.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-are-doctors-too-old-to-practice-1498311380
— Congressman, Defend Thyself  Many lawmakers have gun permits, but we can’t use them in D.C. – Thomas Massie  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, should all Republicans get gun permits, and especially Republicans who are activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, or political consultants?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/congressman-defend-thyself-1498424820
— Exercise Has a Cascade of Positive Effects, Study Finds – Deborah Gage  (DIERSEN: Every hour that I might spend exercising means a) the next GOPUSA ILLINOIS email goes out one hour later, b) that email will have at least six fewer links to articles, and c) that email will contain fewer Diersen comments.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/exercise-has-a-cascade-of-positive-effects-study-finds-1498442941
— Google’s ‘Trust Us’ Approach Doesn’t Satisfy Pay Gap Skeptics  Tech firm’s resistance to release more salary data has ensnared it in larger debate over gender wage gap – Jack Nicas and  Yoree Koh (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had a) less job-related work experience, b) less job-related education, and/or c) fewer job-related professional certifications and licenses that GAO paid me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-trust-us-approach-doesnt-satisfy-pay-gap-skeptics-1498302004
— Colleges Pledge Tolerance for Diverse Opinions, But Skeptics Remain  After protests shut down events hosting conservative speakers, schools reassess approach to free speech – Douglas Belkin  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-promise-to-be-less-politically-correct-1498305600

 

WHITE HOUSE BULLETIN
— Reince Priebus: ‘There’s no reason’ to do background checks on Trump’s nominees  (DIERSEN: Many millions have not sought and will not seek federal jobs because the know that they cannot pass a background check and/or a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment test, e) because they cannot pass a physical examination, f) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or g) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://whitehousebulletin.com/reince-priebus-theres-no-reason-to-do-background-checks-on-trumps-nominees-2/

 

FED SMITH
— What Can Federal Employees Do to Prepare for Proposed Retirement Cuts? – John Grobe  (DIERSEN: One obvious answer is to get promoted.  While I worked for the federal government, the following helped you get promoted: a) being a Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger, b) helping your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and c) not only painting yourself as being a yes-man/woman, but being one.  The aforesaid is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/25/what-can-federal-employees-prepare-proposed-retirement-cuts/

June 25 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 48th Annual Chicago Pride Parade held on North Side  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/48th-annual-chicago-pride-parade-held-on-north-side/2144526/
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/photos-2017-chicago-pride-parade/2145784/
http://abc7chicago.com/society/48th-annual-pride-parade-on-abc7/2127569/

 

NBC5
— GOP Leaders Reverse Course, Meet With Madigan, Cullerton – Mary Ann Ahern and Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-budget-stalemate-430697933.html
— Emanuel Criticizes Rauner for Leadership During Budget Stalemate – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rahm-emanuel-criticizes-bruce-rauner-for-lack-of-leadership-in-budget-stalemate-430744553.html
— Photos: The 2017 Chicago Pride Parade  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-pride-parade-photos-430712273.html

 

CBS2
— 2017 Chicago Pride Parade (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/25/2017-chicago-pride-parade/
— Chicago Woman Asked To Leave LGBT March Because Of Jewish Flag
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/25/chicago-woman-asked-to-leave-lgbt-march-because-of-jewish-flag/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago celebrates with 48th Annual Pride Parade – Michele Fiore (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/263764852-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan offers wish list in exchange for Rauner’s property tax freeze – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-met-0626-20170625-story.html
— Pride Parade participants celebrate strides, protest hurdles – James Steinbauer and Ariana Figueroa (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pride-parade-met-20170625-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-pride-parade-photos-20170625-photogallery.html
— Gay pride parades sound a note of resistance — and face some – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-gay-pride-parades-nationwide-20170625-story.html
— Fox Valley residents venture to Chicago Pride Parade – Linda Girardi (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/batavia-geneva-st-charles/news/ct-abn-pride-fox-valley-st-0626-20170625-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pride Parade looks back at progress, forward to call for action – Jacob Wittich  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pride-parade-looks-back-at-progress-forward-to-call-for-action/

 

DAILY HERALD
— “I love them!” suburbanite says of marchers in Chicago’s Pride Parade – Marilee Feldman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170625/x201ci-love-themx201d-suburbanite-says-of-marchers-in-chicagos-pride-parade
— Gay pride parades sound a note of resistance _ and face some – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170625/news/306259930/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Speaker Madigan lays out non-budget demands – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170625/speaker-madigan-lays-out-non-budget-demands

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Worry growing for superintendents in Illinois
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/worry-growing-for-superintendents-in-illinois

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— McConchie vents anger at school funding bill, hopes for Rauner veto – Karen Kidd
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511131619-mcconchie-vents-anger-at-school-funding-bill-hopes-for-rauner-veto

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Oberweis bemoans ‘bleak’ budget hopes, frustration in Senate – Giovanni Whaley
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511131560-oberweis-bemoans-bleak-budget-hopes-frustration-in-senate

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Wheeler hails prevailing wage publication measure – Glenn Minnis
http://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511129495-wheeler-hails-prevailing-wage-publication-measure

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Legislative leaders meet for first time in 6 months – Emilee Fannon
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/legislative-leaders-meet-for-first-time-in-6-months/750518892

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmakers spend Sunday talking pensions; still no budget – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmakers-spend-sunday-talking-pensions-still-no-budget/article_cc400b00-59eb-11e7-b75b-2b221d233ae0.html

 

ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
— Kinzinger fears more danger in wake of Arlington shooting – Giovanni Whaley
http://illinoisvalleytimes.com/stories/511131869-kinzinger-fears-more-danger-in-wake-of-arlington-shooting

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Illinoisans plead for property tax relief in new Rauner ad – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511131621-illinoisans-plead-for-property-tax-relief-in-new-rauner-ad

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Nauvoo Councilwoman threatens Watchdogs for publishing her threats to Mormons – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/nauvoo-councilwoman-threatens-watchdogs-for-publishing-her-threats-to-mormons/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DAY 4: ILLINOIS HOUSE AND SENATE ADJOURN SPECIAL SESSION AFTER ONLY 16 MINUTES  Four days of special session have cost Illinois taxpayers an additional $200,000 for less than 80 minutes of work. – Eric Kohn
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/day-4-illinois-house-and-senate-adjourn-special-session-after-only-16-minutes/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Kennedy, Pritzker respond *** Rauner says again that he hasn’t been happier in 20 years  (DIERSEN: When were you happier?  I was happier 1972-1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7, currently $44,853, to GS-12, currently $79,563; but then, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the manager who had promoted me. I was happier 1986-1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted to GS-13, currently $94,610; but then, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the manager who had promoted me.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/25/rauner-says-again-that-he-hasnt-been-happier-in-20-years/
— Mayor Emanuel again slams Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/25/mayor-emanuel-again-slams-rauner/
— Durkin responds *** Speaker Madigan makes his own non-budget demands
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/25/speaker-madigan-makes-his-own-non-budget-demands/
— Cullerton urges optimism, Durkin wants to see a House Dem budget
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/25/cullerton-urges-optimism/

 

JP MEDIA
— Illinois on the Right Track…to Achieve Junk Credit Rating – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/06/25/illinois-on-the-right-track-to-achieve-junk-credit-rating/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Liberal Illinois About to Get Downgraded to ‘Junk Bond’ Credit Status – STEPHEN KRUISER
http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/06/905806-liberal-illinois-get-downgraded-junk-bond-credit-status/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Immigration Hawks Fear Trump Will Abandon Promise To End ‘Dreamer’ Amnesty – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/25/immigration-hawks-fear-trump-will-abandon-promise-to-end-dreamer-amnesty/

 

DAILY BEAST
— The Dangerous Mirror Games of the Right’s Alinksy Wannabes  In picking up the tactics of the radical left, but not the strategy, right-wing activists are taking an ever less conservative or effective approach. – Matt Lewis  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-dangerous-mirror-games-of-the-rights-alinksy-wannabes

 

NEWSWEEK
— GAY PRIDE MARCHERS WITH JEWISH FLAGS TOLD TO LEAVE CHICAGO PARADE – HARRIET SINCLAIR
http://www.newsweek.com/gay-pride-marchers-jewish-flags-told-leave-chicago-parade-628879
— MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT COMES TO U.S. CAMPUSES AS JEWISH STUDENTS FILE ANTI-SEMITISM SUIT – ALEXANDER NAZARYAN
http://www.newsweek.com/anti-semitism-alleged-san-fran-state-628469

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Think America is More Divided Since Trump (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries focus on dividing America?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2017/most_think_america_is_more_divided_since_trump

June 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois could be 1st state with ‘junk’ credit due to budget – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-could-be-1st-state-with-junk-credit-due-to-budget/2142039/
— VP Mike Pence visiting Chicago Saturday
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/vp-pence-visiting-chicago-saturday/2141234/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Could Be First State With ‘Junk’ Credit Due to Budget – Sara Burnett
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-could-be-first-state-with-junk-credit-due-to-budget-430552233.html
— Illinois Man Charged With Threatening to Assassinate Trump
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-man-charged-with-threatening-to-assassinate-trump-430556343.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County prosecutor John Connor tapped to fill McAsey’s House seat – Frank Vaisvilas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-85th-legislative-district-st-0625-20170624-story.html

— Medicaid expansion could end early in Illinois under Senate Obamacare replacement bill – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-medicaid-expansion-senate-healthcare-0623-biz-20170622-story.html
— Pence visits Chicago for Republican National Committee retreat – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-vice-president-visits-chicago-for-republican-national-comittee-retreat-20170624-story.html
— Beyond opposing Trump, Democrats keep searching for a message – Dan Balz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-message-20170624-story.html
— Carillon preservation not a priority for all in Naperville – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-editorial-carillon-st-0625-20170624-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm says Trump is keeping his base on ‘amphetamines – highly charged’ – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rahm-says-trump-is-keeping-his-base-on-amphetamines-highly-charged/

 

DAILY HERALD
— 45 Indiana taxes, fees increased during legislative session – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170624/news/306249936/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who is the real Bruce Rauner? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170624/ISSUE05/170629896/is-rauner-more-like-margaret-thatcher-or-donald-trump

 

DNA INFO
— Guns Waved Around In Music Video Shot During 1,000-Person Near West Side Gang Bash – Stephanie Lulay
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170623/near-west-side/1000-person-gang-party-touhy-herbert-park-24-moneygang-kyro-kush-walter-burnett#new_tab

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House looks at school funding, but not budget – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170624/house-looks-at-school-funding-but-not-budget

— Mendoza: By August, there won’t be enough tax money to cover expenses – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170623/mendoza-by-august-there-wont-be-enough-tax-money-to-cover-expenses

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Childhood poverty on rise in west-central Illinois region – Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/110965/childhood-poverty-on-rise-in-west-central-illinois-region

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Get the (expletive) budget done – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Exactly what taxes does JG-TC want raised and by how much?  Exactly what spending does JG-TC want cut and by how much?)
http://jg-tc.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-get-the-expletive-budget-done/article_067ea725-69d3-5e0d-965d-ffbd6bec5714.html

 

HERALD REVIEW
— TRAGIC: Decatur video gambling tally tops $878 million – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/decatur-video-gambling-tally-tops-million/article_f4f88221-5a40-59da-aa7a-7c9e2fa523f2.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Some Illinois retailers worry what they could lose if Mega Millions, Powerball dump the state – COLE LAUTERBACH  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/some-illinois-retailers-worry-what-they-could-lose-if-mega/article_3d403ec8-cc54-5757-b351-21b0f612247c.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘Panicked’ Democrats fear House downfall after approving school funding bill, radio host says – Karen Kidd
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511132075-panicked-democrats-fear-house-downfall-after-approving-school-funding-bill-radio-host-says

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Go After The Big Government Dealers
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/go-after-the-dealers-of-big-government

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois lawmakers ready to oppose latest federal health care plan – Benjamin Yount  (DIERSEN: It would great if lawmakers opposed patronage, oppose political affiliation discrimination, oppose reverse discrimination, oppose age discrimination, and oppose retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-lawmakers-ready-to-oppose-latest-federal-health-care-plan/article_a6482e82-581f-11e7-97d0-bfa2a8072b7a.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPS SKILLICORN AND IVES TALK NEED FOR PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/rep-skillicorn-and-rep-ives-talk-need-for-property-tax-assessment-resolution.html
— ILLINOIS TEA PARTY SHOWS SPARK OF LIFE IN FACE OF ANOTHER INCOME TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/illinois-tea-party-shows-spark-of-life-in-face-of-another-income-tax-hike.html
— REP BATINICK REPORTS ON SPECIAL BUDGET SESSION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/rep-batinick-reports-on-special-budget-session.html
— SYVERSON’S PLAN FOR BIPARTISAN BARBECUE SUMMIT APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/syversons-plan-for-bipartisan-barbecue-summit-appears-to-have-failed.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? VISITING WITH ILLINOIS GOP CONGRESSMEN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/wheres-weyermuller-having-cocktails-with-the-illinois-gop-congressmen.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan tries again to schedule legislative leaders meeting
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/24/madigan-tries-again-to-schedule-legislative-leaders-meeting/
— Universities threatened with loss of accreditation
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/24/universities-threatened-with-loss-of-accreditation/
— The Tribune editorial board rides to the rescue
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/24/the-tribune-editorial-board-rides-to-the-rescue/

 

NEWSMAX
— Homeland Security: Refugees Drop By Half Under Trump – Sandy Fitzgerald (DIERSEN: What percent of those who want refugees a) want people who will vote for Democrats, b) want cheap labor, c) want people who they can more easily manipulate/dominate, and/or d) want people who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Refugee-drop-half-trump/2017/06/24/id/798011/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— U.S. Bishop: No funerals, Communion for people in same-sex ‘marriages’ – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-paprocki-no-communion-funerals-for-people-in-same-sex-marriages

 

WASHINGTON POST
— California just added four more ‘discriminatory’ states to its travel ban – Peter Holley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/23/california-just-added-four-more-discriminatory-states-to-its-travel-ban/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fighting Poverty Isn’t Brain Surgery, but Ben Carson Can Do Both  ‘I don’t get upset when people say horrible things,’ the HUD secretary says. ‘People don’t like change.’ – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fighting-poverty-isnt-brain-surgery-but-ben-carson-can-do-both-1497998963

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Calls Civil Service Laws ‘Outdated’ in Signing VA Firing Reform – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service laws, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/06/trump-calls-civil-service-laws-outdated-signing-va-firing-reform/138936/

June 24 Morning Edition

NBC5
— The Latest Political Headlines – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/deep-dish-nbc-5-430441883.html
— Gun Bill Bipartisanship But Far Apart on Budget  The bill changes the current gun sentencing from three to 14 years, giving the judge’s discretion to sentence offenders from seven to 14 years. – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-signs-stronger-illinois-gun-bill-430418213.html

 

CBS2
— Pride Preps Underway In Chicago – Vince Gerasole  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.  To be a Democrat is to say that you promote LGBTQ activity, that is, that you reject all the religions of the world.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/23/pride-preps-underway-in-chicago/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Depp’s ‘assassin’ comments at music festival latest in celebrity anger – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/depps-assassin-comments-at-music-festival-latest-in-celebrity-anger/
— Mormon girl tells church she’s gay; interrupted, asked to sit down – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/microphone-cut-after-mormon-girl-reveals-shes-gay-at-church/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Search for U.S. attorney in Chicago narrows as White House suggests 1 finalist – Katherine Skiba and Jason Meisner  (DIERSEN: By their words and actions in Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/), the U.S. attorney, the judge, and the U.S. Senator who appointed the aforesaid made it clear that they approved of a) patronage, b) political affiliation discrimination, c) reverse discrimination, d) age discrimination, and e) retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. By their words and actions, they made it clear that they rejected Rutan v. Illinois Republican Party. SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-us-attorney-finalist-emerges-met-0623-20170623-story.html
— CTA decks out train with rainbow flag for Pride – Leonor Vivanco  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.  To be a Democrat is to say that you promote LGBTQ activity, that is, that you reject all the religions of the world.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-cta-pride-rainbow-train-met-20170623-story.html
— Microphone cut after Mormon girl reveals she’s gay at church, sparking debate – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-gay-mormon-girl-church-20170623-story.html

— What Rauner really walked into – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What have you “walked into,” and in retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, would you not have if you knew then what you know now?  Far too many want everyone who they cannot manipulate/dominate to fail. I should write a book about a) those who want me to fail as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) those who wanted me to fail as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-budget-madigan-history-edit-0625-jm-20170623-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— New COD budget holds line on taxes, tuition – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170623/news/170629521/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Was Rauner’s televised speech a success? Sort of. – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170623/NEWS02/170629891/was-rauners-televised-speech-a-success-sort-of

 

WTTW
— Illinois in ‘Dire Straits’ and Leaders, Governor Can’t Even Agree to Meet – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/23/illinois-dire-straits-and-leaders-governor-can-t-even-agree-meet

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Will Illinois get an F in higher education this year? – Erin Steva  (DIERSEN: What about educators who focus on cranking out “good little Democrats?”)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170623/guest-column-will-illinois-get-f-in-higher-education-this-year

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Newly unveiled Senate health care bill has many worried.”
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-23/newly-unveiled-senate-health-care-bill-has-many-worried.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Day 3: Lawmakers get little done – AP
http://qctimes.com/news/day-lawmakers-get-little-done/article_3fff1694-3e7d-51c9-9bf1-ca9646d3271c.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— People like the state Capitol building, not the gridlock – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170623/people-like-state-capitol-building-not-gridlock

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Mendoza part of the problem as a legislator – Patrick Wohl
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/06/22/mendoza-part-of-the-problem-as-a-legislator/a1qr86x/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— College of DuPage reaches settlement with former employees  Thomas Glaser, Lynn Sapyta filed federal lawsuit against COD – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/06/23/college-of-dupage-reaches-settlement-with-former-employees/aafcron/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— White House calls Johnny Depp’s remark about assassination ‘sad’
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/white-house-calls-johnny-depps-remark-about-assassination-sad/749247623

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Bellock backs Ives’ efforts to get property tax resolution a hearing – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: What are your efforts and who backs them?  My efforts are to defend and advance conservative principles, the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Republicans back me, but Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs DO NOT BACK ME.)
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511131558-bellock-backs-ives-efforts-to-get-property-tax-resolution-a-hearing

 

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— Rauner tells people: Power of change is in your hands alone – Giovanni Whaley  (DIERSEN: What if the majority of voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world want to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  For their self-defense, members of the aforesaid groups have bought a tremendous amount of firearms and ammunition.)
http://southcooknews.com/stories/511132143-rauner-tells-people-power-of-change-is-in-your-hands-alone

 

GOPUSA
— 1.4 million illegals working under stolen Social Security numbers  (DIERSEN: How many illegals are using stolen Social Security numbers in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26242
— Hollywood Hate Goes Off the Depp End
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26247
— Drag queen story hours for children are happening across the country  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26012
— Police unwelcome at the Twin Cities pride parade  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who promote LGBTQ activity are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26118

 

THE BLAZE
— LGBT group bans police from parade over Castile verdict — but backlash has a way of changing things – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans, their operatives, and their dupes want to ban Republicans from Independence Day parades.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/23/lgbt-group-bans-police-from-parade-over-castile-verdict-but-backlash-has-a-way-of-changing-things/
— You may not be a ‘decent person’ after all – Matt Walsh  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only decent people are those who pander to them, who glorify and praise them, who serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or who give them money.)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-you-may-not-be-a-decent-person-after-all/

 

BREITBART
— Tesla Car Batteries Not Remotely Green, Study Finds – James Delingpole
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/21/delingpole-tesla-car-batteries-co2-not-remotely-green-study-finds/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Incredible Shrinking White House Briefing – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM  (DIERSEN: Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News  They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/business/media/white-house-correspondents-unhappy-with-limits-on-news-briefings.html
— Outside Collectors for I.R.S. Are Accused of Illegal Practices – STACY COWLEY and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.  I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/business/dealbook/irs-private-collectors.html
— Does God Want You to Spend $300,000 for College? – RON LIEBER  (DIERSEN: How much of your money have you spent on your education?  I spent lots of my money attending UIC 1966-1968 and earning a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. However, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.  To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/your-money/notre-dame-tuition-father-jenkins-golden-dome-.html
— The Democrats’ Religion Problem – DANIEL K. WILLIAMS  (DIERSEN: Tragically, ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the anti-religious Democrat Party.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/opinion/democrats-religion-jon-ossoff.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti- Trump says “Why We Must Make a Mockery of Trump.”  Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/opinion/donald-trump-shakespear-julius-caesar-howard-jacobson.html
— How Twitter Pornified Politics – Bret Stephens
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/opinion/how-twitter-pornified-politics.html
— Out of High School, Into Real Life  This graduation season, The New York Times talked with seniors across the country who are not headed to college about their plans, hopes and dreams. – JACK HEALY  (DIERSEN: What did you have when you graduated from high school?  I had an acceptance letter from UIC when I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. However, many, if not most, if not virtually everyone viewed me as not being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma.  My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/us/out-of-high-school-into-real-life.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Formula Measures Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering  Metric is at center of appeal over whether a voting-district map in Wisconsin was fairly drawn – Jo Craven McGinty
https://www.wsj.com/articles/formula-measures-impact-of-partisan-gerrymandering-1498222800
— For Consumers, Less Debt but Lots of Bills  Rent and car leases have boosted monthly payments for non-debt items to highest level since the 1980s – Justin Lahart
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-consumers-less-debt-but-lots-of-bills-1498210201

June 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rauner signs gun bill; still no progress on budget – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/news/rauner-signs-gun-bill;-still-no-progress-on-budget/2137937/

 

NBC5
— Cullerton Calls Budget Special Session a ‘Political Stunt’  Gov. Rauner called the special session to try to force a budget deal before July 1 – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/cullerton-calls-budget-special-session-political-stunt-430411433.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Calls Rauner A “Rookie Governor” With His Plan To Veto A 911 Surcharge
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/23/emanuel-rauner-911-surcharge-bill/
— Day 3 In Springfield: ‘Time For An Intervention,’ One Leader Says – Dana Kozlov
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/23/day-3-in-springfield-time-for-an-intervention-one-leader-says/

 

WLS AM
— Rauner says Democrats are failing to compromise
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/23/rauner-says-democrats-are-failing-to-compromise/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With week to go, Rauner and Madigan can’t even agree on meeting – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-leaders-meetings-met-0625-20170623-story.html

— Move quickly, Governor, in developing South Suburban Airport – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-editorial-south-suburban-airport-st-0625-20170624-story.html
— Quick takes on ‘Gov. Junk,’ Trump’s odd lies and more – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-governor-junk-rauner-omarosa-trump-zorn-perspec-0625-jm-20170623-column.html
— A law to make thugs think twice before shooting – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-gun-crime-sentences-rauner-edit-0624-jm-20170623-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQactivity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-chicago-pride-parade-2017-htmlstory.html
— Welcome to Fear City, Illinois: Lessons from the New York financial meltdown – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-new-york-chicago-illinois-bankruptcy-edit-0625-20170623-story.html
— The myth of sweet seasons in Springfield: What Rauner really walked into – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-budget-madigan-history-edit-0625-jm-20170623-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A budget by June 30, or Illinois faces unprecedented ‘junk’ status – MARK BROWN
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/a-budget-by-june-30-or-illinois-faces-unprecedented-junk-status/
— Democrats, beware: African-American voters might take a pass in 2018 – Laura Washington
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democrats-beware-african-american-voters-might-take-a-pass-in-2018/
— New Chicago IRS criminal investigations chief took on Hells Angels – Jon Seidel  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/new-chicago-irs-criminal-investigations-chief-took-on-hells-angels/
— Emanuel and Rauner continue squabbling over phone-tax increase – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-emanuel-rips-bruce-rauner-for-threatening-phone-tax-veto/
— Duckworth a name for Chicago U.S. Attorney – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/white-house-sends-durbin-duckworth-a-name-for-chicago-u-s-attorney/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Nybo: Compromise school funding bill allows State to look at funding through a more fair lens – Mae Fitzpatrick
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170623/nybo-compromise-school-funding-bill-allows-state-to-look-at-funding-through-a-more-fair-lens
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170623/at-end-of-ramadan-muslim-leader-explains-fasting–

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Time for Rauner to come out of hiding on Obamacare repeal – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170623/BLOGS02/170629898/time-for-rauner-to-come-out-of-hiding-on-obamacare-repeal
— A new twist in the Rauner-Emanuel Thompson Center squabble – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170623/BLOGS02/170629913/chicagos-thompson-center-deal-at-center-of-emanuel-rauner-battle
— As the clock ticks down, will Illinois leaders step up? – FREDERICK WADDELL, E. SCOTT SANTI AND JAY HENDERSON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/OPINION/170629918/as-the-clock-ticks-down-will-illinois-leaders-step-up

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Mendoza issues warning while leaders argue – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170623/mendoza-issues-warning-while-leaders-argue

 

WSIL TV
— Meeting of top Illinois lawmakers canceled
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35739032/meeting-of-top-illinois-lawmakers-canceled
— Pence visits Focus on Family amid change for religious right – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35732663/pence-visits-focus-on-family-amid-change-for-religious-right

 

WJBD RADIO
— White House responds to Johnny Depp’s assassination remarks
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/06/23/white-house-responds-to-johnny-depps-assassination-remarks

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Cullerton calls budget special session a ‘political stunt’ – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/cullerton-calls-budget-special-session-a-political-stunt-06-23-2017

 

CHICAGO LAW BULLLETIN
— ARDC: Suspend Trump campaign’s former Illinois director over tax returns
http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/Articles/2017/06/23/Suspend-ex-Trump-staffer-6-23-17
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission Hearing Board has recommended that Springfield attorney Kent Gray, who was formerly a campaign director for President Donald Trump in Illinois and Missouri, be suspended for one year for allegedly lying about his tax returns in his divorce proceeding and for practicing while unauthorized.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— COD Foundation releases Federal Grand Jury Subpoena – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/cod-foundation-releases-federal-grand-jury-subpoena/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Must We Have Sharia in America? – Oliver Perry
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/must-sharia-america/
— Christian Leaders Call on Congressional Leaders to Support the ‘Free Speech Fairness Act’ – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/christian-leaders-call-ryan-mccarthy-support-free-speech-fairness-act/
— Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Say It Ain’t So! – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-say-aint/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: DO BILLIONAIRES CONTROL POLITICAL PARTIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-do-billionaires-control-political-parties-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle.html
— ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE CALLS FOR LAWMAKER PAY DELAY UNTIL BUDGET PASSAGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/illinois-policy-institute-calls-for-lawmaker-pay-delay-until-budget-passage.html
— ST REP STEVE REICK’S FIRSTHAND REPORT ON SPECIAL SESSION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/st-rep-steve-reicks-firsthand-report-on-special-session-video.html
— DI LEO: SPRINGFIELD – THE CITY THAT BANNED CAPITALISM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/springfield-the-city-that-banned-capitalism.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan’s daily press briefing: He’d meet with Rauner and he’s peeved at Durkin
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/madigans-daily-press-briefing-hed-meet-with-rauner-and-hes-peeved-at-durkin/
— Rauner denies Cullerton claim – Cullerton: Special session is a “stunt” – Manar wants Rauner to call daily leaders meetings – Durkin said he opted out on his own *** Cullerton claims Rauner “pulled the plug” on meeting
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/cullerton-claims-rauner-pulled-the-plug-on-meeting/
— Emanuel goes off on Rauner… again
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/emanuel-goes-off-on-rauner-again/
— Rauner asked why Madigan could work with other governors and not him
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/rauner-asked-why-madigan-could-work-with-other-governors-and-not-him/
— Hardiman on Madigan: “He’s like the Godfather down there”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/hardiman-on-madigan-he%e2%80%99s-like-the-godfather-down-there/

 

TOWNHALL
— Progressive Group: Screw White Working Class Voters – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/06/23/progressive-group-screw-white-working-class-voters-n2345409

 

NEWSMAX
— Johnny Depp’s Trump Assassination Joke Thuds Online – Clyde Hughes
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/johnny-depp-trump-assassination-joke/2017/06/23/id/797797/

 

BREITBART
— European Union Admits Massive Rise of Illegal Migrants, But Not Refugees – CHRIS TOMLINSON
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/23/european-union-admits-massive-rise-illegal-migrants-not-refugees/

 

THE BLAZE
— Leading charity site labels top Christian organizations ‘hate groups’ – Tre Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if your organization does not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats call it a hate group.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/23/leading-charity-site-labels-top-christian-organizations-hate-groups/

 

VOICE OF AMERICA
— Trump Signs Bill to Facilitate Firing of Federal VA Workers Accused of Wrongdoing  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, opposing anything in the Democrat Party platform is wrongdoing.)
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-signs-bill-to-facilitate-firing-of-federal-veterans-affairs-workers-accused-of-wrongdoing-/3913437.html

 

THE HILL
— GAO could lose 200 staff under proposed spending levels, say Dems – NIV ELIS  (DIERSEN: If GAO loses staff, they will be Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/339159-gao-could-lose-200-staff-under-proposed-spending-levels-say-dems
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The flat level of funding proposed for the Government Accountability Office in an appropriations subcommittee markup would lead to a staff reduction of 200 employees by the end of 2018, Democrats warned on Friday. “Frankly this bill’s funding level for the Government Accountability Office, I feel, is irresponsible,” said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), the ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, which sent the bill to the full committee on Friday. That level of staff cuts would leave GAO with its lowest level of staff since the 1930s, Ryan added. The GAO is responsible for auditing government programs for Congress and recommending ways to ferret out inefficiencies. “With the Trump administration refusing legitimate oversight requests just because they come from Democrats, GAO’s efforts to root out waste, fraud and abuse are more important than ever,” Ryan said, referring to a legal opinion from the Trump administration advising agencies that they could ignore oversight requests from Democrats. The bill would leave the GAO’s funding flat at 2017 levels of $568 million, $46.2 million below its appropriation request for the year. Because the GAO expected $27.5 million in reimbursements from program and financial audits and rental income, however, the figure is only $22.7 million below its net appropriations request. Earlier in the week, GAO Director-General Gene Dodaro testified that the agency’s work identifying waste, fraud and abuse in the government led to $112 in savings for every dollar invested in the agency. “Last fiscal year alone, our work generated over $63 billion in financial benefits and 1,234 program and operational improvements across government,” Dodaro said.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court gives second chance to man facing deportation because of bad lawyering – Robert Barnes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-gives-second-chance-to-man-facing-deportation-because-of-bad-lawyering/2017/06/23/5d556d3c-5821-11e7-b38e-35fd8e0c288f_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tips for a Long, Healthy Life from ‘Longevity Village’  Smile more, rethink stress and embrace aging: A doctor shares lessons from his travels to a Chinese village known for its centenarians – John Day  (DIERSEN: How old are you?  I am 68.  Because my father died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21, I wonder how many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes erroneously counted on me to be dead by now.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tips-for-a-long-healthy-life-from-longevity-village-1498240237

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— The Banana Republic Of Illinois – STEPHEN MOORE
http://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/the-banana-republic-of-illinois/
— Despite What You’ve Heard, The Senate Bill Doesn’t Slash, Gut, Or Even Cut Medicaid
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/despite-what-youve-heard-the-senate-bill-doesnt-slash-gut-or-even-cut-medicaid/

 

EXECUTIVE GOV
— GAO Requests $618M Budget for Fiscal 2018 – Ramona Adams
https://www.executivegov.com/2017/06/gao-requests-618m-budget-for-fiscal-2018/

June 23 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Rauner Passes On Thompson Center Deal, Help From Emanuel
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/22/rauner-passes-on-thompson-center-deal-help-from-emanuel/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Cancer Survivor’s Wife ‘Terrified’ Of U.S. Senate Health Care Bill.”
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/22/cancer-survivors-wife-terrified-of-u-s-senate-health-care-bill/

 

NBC5
— Stalling Special Session Costs Tax Payers $40K Per Day – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Stalling-Special-Session-Costs-Tax-Payers-40K-Per-Day-430251773.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Springfield bishop: No communion, last rites, funerals for same-sex couples – Manya Brachear Pashman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-springfield-bishop-same-sex-marriage-met-20170622-story.html
— Why would any Democrat want to be Boss Madigan’s footman, aka governor? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-democrats-madigan-kass-met-20170622-column.html
— Why Emanuel-Rauner talks on Thompson Center fell apart – Bill Ruthhart, Monique Garcia and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-thompson-center-met-0623-20170622-story.html
— Rauner won’t sign 911 funding plan that could increase phone taxes – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-phone-fees-20170623-story.html
— Chicago area’s record-low May unemployment rate masks slow job creation – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, members of the following groups have given up looking for work in the Chicago area because ever-increasingly, employers do NOT want to hire, retain, or promote them: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-metro-unemployment-may-0623-biz-20170622-story.html
— Insulin is too expensive for many of my patients. It doesn’t have to be. – David M. Tridgell  (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from when he was 14 in 1936 until he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47.  During those 33 years, his father, and then him, paid lots of money for insulin.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-insulin-diabetes-costs-20170623-story.html
— Debate heats up over teaching climate change in US schools – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame members of the following groups for everything that is bad, including bad weather: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-climate-schools-20170620-story.html
— Suits for Success gives former prisoners new start in life – Susan Keaton  (DIERSEN: QUESTION FOR MEN: When have you had to wear a suit?  I had to wear a suit every day that I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-keaton-column-st-0623-20170622-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: TRAGIC: Downtown businesses can serve alcohol to sidewalk patrons with permit, council says – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-sidewalk-liquor-sales-naperville-st-0623-20170621-story.html
— Chicago River still teems with bacteria flushed from sewers after storms – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-river-still-dirty-met-20170623-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQIA activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-0623-final-celebrating-lgbtqia-spaces-20170620-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Does Rauner have any guiding principles on health care insurance? – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: The top guiding principles for Democrats are to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/does-rauner-have-any-guiding-principles-on-health-care-insurance/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pride-parade-takes-to-chicago-streets-on-sunday-what-you-need-to-know/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bloomingdale Township Mental Health Board trying to solve funding problems – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170622/bloomingdale-township-mental-health-board-trying-to-solve-funding-problems
— College of DuPage OKs settlement with former administrators – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I saw no evidence that Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives who represented Illinois while Chennareddy, et al. v. GAO was pending (1987-?) (http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%2020120402879/CHENNAREDDY%20v.%20DODARO) or while  Diersen v. GAO was pending 1998-2005 (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) urged GAO to settle. Their not urging GAO to settle can be taken that a) they reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, b) they promote age discrimination, c) they promote patronage, d) they promote political affiliation discrimination, and/or e) they promote retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Their not urging GAO to settle continues to be used by my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes to hint/imply/argue/shout that the following adverse actions that GAO took against me were justified: forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170623/college-of-dupage-oks-settlement-with-former-administrators
— Playful jab or punch? Elk Grove police report details parks commissioner’s battery charge – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170623/playful-jab-or-punch-elk-grove-police-report-details-parks-commissioners-battery-charge

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Chicago experts think about Senate’s health care bill – Brigid Sweeney
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/NEWS03/170629919/senate-obamacare-repeal-bill-draws-criticism-from-illinois-experts

 

WTTW
— As End of Fiscal Year Nears, Little Progress in Springfield – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/22/end-fiscal-year-nears-little-progress-springfield

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois House leaders meet, but no action on a budget – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170622/illinois-house-leaders-meet-but-no-action-on-budget
— Thumbs Up to promoting civility in politics – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170622/our-view-thumbs-up-to-promoting-civility-in-politics

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Jettison the gerrymander – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170622/editorial-jettison-gerrymander

 

HERALD NEWS
— Joliet day care strained by state budget impasse – FELIX SARVER  (DIERSEN: What has strained your budget? The Diersens’ budget was strained in 1980 when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to suffer an $18,847/year pay cut (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. The Diersens’ budget has been strained since 1997 when my GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” and suffer $72,135/year loss of income (59%) in today’s dollars, that is, my $122,991 salary minus my $50,856 pension.)
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/06/22/joliet-day-care-strained-by-state-budget-impasse/ayhgugl/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Jeff Sessions eyes pot crackdown on Iowa, Illinois – Editorial
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-jeff-sessions-eyes-pot-crackdown-on-iowa-illinois/article_82c78905-d777-58e8-bc4c-fc8d7b681703.html

 

TIMES
— GOP says area schools far better with their bill
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/gop-says-area-schools-far-better-with-their-bill/article_84311cdb-eb16-52ca-90c1-9d5babc1e48f.html

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Democrats continue tax hike push; GOP wants meaningful reforms first – Greg Bishop
http://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/democrats-continue-tax-hike-push-gop-wants-meaningful-reforms-first/article_da20a192-8fb2-519d-82be-f07ef642726e.html

 

WSIL TV
— Instead of budget, Illinois lawmakers vote on trivial matters
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35730661/instead-of-budget-illinois-lawmakers-vote-on-trivial-matters

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Factory where Trump delivered jobs speech to lay off 200  Boeing is cutting workers across the business
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/factory-where-trump-delivered-jobs-speech-to-lay-off-200/748797333
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP has an uphill climb to win public support for health care. Public opinion opposed to changes.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/gop-has-an-uphill-climb-to-win-public-support-for-health-care/748418851
— Johnny Depp jokes about killing Trump  When last did ‘an actor assassinated a President?’
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/entertainment/johnny-depp-jokes-about-killng-trump/748770677

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois schools forced to close with no budget – Jaclyn Driscoll
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-schools-forced-to-close-with-no-budget-06-22-2017

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Undersheriff Frank Bibbiano Given Prestigious Award by Illinois Crime Commission  DuPage County Undersheriff Frank Bibbiano received the “Protector of Children” Award from the Illinois Crime Commission. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/undersheriff-frank-bibbiano-given-prestigious-award-illinois-crime-commission

 

REPRESENTATIVE JEANNE IVES
— VIDEO: Illinois State Rep. Jeanne Ives on property tax task force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkIjKBwkugQ&feature=share

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives takes union to task over Juvenile Justice worker’s PAC fundraising – Michael McGrady
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130402-ives-takes-union-to-task-over-juvenile-justice-worker-s-pac-fundraising

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Budget work described as cover for Dems’ real goal of kicking out Rauner – Karen Kidd
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511126069-budget-work-described-as-cover-for-dems-real-goal-of-kicking-out-rauner

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DAY 2: ILLINOIS HOUSE AND SENATE ADJOURN SPECIAL SESSION AFTER ONLY 23 MINUTES – Eric Kohn
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/day-2-illinois-house-and-senate-adjourn-special-session-after-only-23-minutes/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “Abortion Takes Human Life” Overpass Event on the Southside
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/abortion-takes-human-life-overpass-event-southside/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Proft on Rauner’s “massive” tax hikes: “He’s done and so are Republicans for another generation”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/proft-on-rauner-tax-hikes-hes-done-and-so-are-republicans-for-another-generation/
— The Republican special session roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/the-republican-special-session-roundup/
— Rauner administration loses legal power play to AG Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/23/rauner-administration-loses-legal-power-play-to-ag-madigan/

 

GOPUSA
— Minimum Wage Laws are Destroying Jobs — Just as Predicted
http://www.gopusa.com/minimum-wage-laws-are-destroying-jobs-just-as-predicted/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Nonprofit Tracker Smears Dozens of Conservative Organizations as ‘Hate Groups’ – Rachel del Guidice
http://dailysignal.com/2017/06/21/nonprofit-tracker-smears-dozens-of-conservative-organizations-as-hate-groups/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Media Attempts to Omit Legal Status Of Man Arrested For Murder Of Muslim Girl – WILL RICCIARDELLA
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/22/media-attempts-to-omit-legal-status-of-man-arrested-for-murder-of-muslim-girl/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump and His Generals  Trump’s reliance on his generals shows that he values merit over politics. – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448827/donald-trump-generals-relationship-mattis-kelly-mcmaster

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— 30 GOP Congressmen Have Been Attacked or Threatened Since May – Alex Griswold
http://freebeacon.com/issues/30-gop-congressmen-attacked-threatened-since-may/

 

THE HILL
— Priebus ‘most imperiled’ person at White House – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I was always one of its “most imperiled” employees.  I would not have been if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/339121-priebus-most-imperiled-person-at-white-house

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bill Cosby, Fresh From Trial, Plans Talks on Avoiding Assault Accusations – GRAHAM BOWLEY and SOPHIE HAIGNEY  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, none of my coworkers or subordinates ever filed any complaints against me.  But nevertheless, my Democrat superiors treated me like many of my coworkers and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran had filed many complaints against me.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/arts/television/bill-cosby-fresh-from-trial-plans-speeches-on-sex-assault-issues.html
— Wall Street Journal Scrutinizes for Ethical Conflicts Hundreds of Articles by Fired Reporter – SYDNEY EMBER and GARDINER HARRIS  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the ethical conflicts that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/business/media/jay-solomon-wall-street-journal.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “The Senate’s Unaffordable Care Act.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/opinion/senate-obamacare-repeal.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Republicans say “Shifting Dollars From Poor to Rich Is a Key Part of the Senate Health Bill.” (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that my wife and I pay only $5,763/year for $23,051/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance, that is, that we get a $17,288/year federal subsidy because I am a federal retiree.  Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the federal government grossly overpaid me and b) that federal retirement and other benefits are too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/upshot/shifting-dollars-from-poor-to-rich-is-a-key-part-of-the-senate-health-bill.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Wide gulf in attitudes, experiences separates people who own guns from those who don’t – David Lauter  (DIERSEN: I have had a Firearm Owner’s Identification card since I was 20 in 1968. Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disapprove of firearms and disapprove of those who own them.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-gun-poll-20170622-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois Catholic bishop decrees no Holy Communion, funerals for same-sex couples – Susan Hogan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/23/bishop-bans-catholic-funerals-for-same-sex-couples-unless-they-repent-before-death/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Facebook Looks to Build More Groups – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, Facebook will have groups titled “anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-federal employees, anti-federal retirees, anti-unions, anti-past, present, and future union members, anti-American nameplate vehicles, anti-DINKs, anti-those who do not own pets, anti-etc.”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-sets-new-vision-for-next-decade-outlines-new-features-1498148171

 

WSB RADIO
— HOSTING CONGRESSIONAL PICNIC, TRUMP CALLS FOR UNITY
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/hosting-congressional-picnic-trump-calls-for-unity/bkl1ReRmaVz7GMjUlu3wZM/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Where is the federal workforce, and why does that matter? – Jeff Neal  (DIERSEN: How many federal employees and federal retirees are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/06/where-is-the-federal-workforce-and-why-does-that-matter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When you look at the map, you can see a couple of things. The first is obvious. There is a large concentration of federal employees in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, for example, the number of federal jobs equals 2.17 percent of the population. It is in the national capital region, so that is to be expected. What may be more surprising is the ratio in middle America, Alaska and Hawaii. In Alaska, the number is 1.48 percent. Other states with high ratios of federal jobs/population are Hawaii (1.55 percent), New Mexico (1.05 percent), Oklahoma (0.97 percent), South Dakota (0.96 percent) and other states in the center of the country.)

 

LGBTQ WEEKLY
— Nepotism hastens the decline of American democracy – STAMPP CORBIN  (DIERSEN: Have you benefited from nepotism?  I have not.  Neither of my outstanding parents attended college.  My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
http://lgbtweekly.com/2017/06/22/nepotism-hastens-the-decline-of-american-democracy/

June 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Cook County Dems urged to hold off on slating candidate – Sarah Schulte  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican?  Which offices will be on the March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballot in your precinct?  Are the following moving toward slating candidates for those offices: your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, the Illinois Republican Party?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-co-dems-urged-to-hold-off-on-slating-candidate/2133295/

 

CBS2
— Cook County Expects More Belt-Tightening With $100M Budget Shortfall – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/22/cook-county-preliminary-budget-2018-toni-preckwinkle/
— Illinois Legislators Meet For 2nd Day Of Budget Session – Dana Kozlov
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/22/illinois-legislators-2nd-day-budget-session/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Mexico murder rate reaches record high – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/263252318-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kennedy urges Democratic leaders to not endorse in governor primary as candidates speak – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-dems-pre-slating-met-20170622-story.html
— Durbin on GOP health plan: ‘Put a lace collar on a pit bull and it’s still a mean dog’ – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-senate-health-care-met-0623-20170622-story.html
— How to curb Illinois university scandals – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-university-niu-rauner-consolidate-edit-jm-20170622-story.html
— Speed up the foreclosure process so real estate can rebound – John McCarron
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-real-estate-foreclosures-mccarron-perspec-0623-md-20170622-story.html
— 4 finalists for U.S. attorney’s job in Chicago emerge – Jason Meisner and Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-us-attorney-search-met-20170622-story.html
— Republicans propose new schools plan in Springfield, but budget again remains elusive – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legis-education-workers-comp-met-0623-20170622-story.html
— Madigan and the Do-Littles – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct–rauner-madigan-cullerton-budget-edit-0623-jm-20170622-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democratic gov candidates upbraid Rauner for ‘racist’ campaign tactics – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats call you a racist and even worse things.  What legal rights do Republicans have against Democrats who engage in slander and libel?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/democratic-gov-candidates-upbraid-rauner-for-racist-campaign-tactics/
— Senate GOP releases bill to cut Medicaid, alter Obamacare – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sources-senate-gop-health-bill-would-reshape-obama-law/
— Dick Durbin calls GOP Senate health care bill “still a mean dog” – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/dick-durbin-calls-gop-senate-health-care-bill-still-a-mean-dog/
— Senate GOP health care bill hammers Illinois, while Rauner is AWOL – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/senate-gop-health-care-bill-hammers-illinois-while-rauner-is-awol/
— Governor, speaker handle stress by two-wheeling it – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/governor-speaker-handle-stress-by-two-wheeling-it/
— Emanuel: Rauner nixed plan to help end stalemate, sell Thompson Center – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-airs-failed-plan-to-end-budget-stalemate-sell-thompson-center/
— Southwest Side alderman is first to declare ward off-limits to Airbnb – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I would support any and all efforts to ban booze, gambling, pot, and other vices in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/southwest-side-aldermen-is-first-to-declare-ward-off-limits-to-airbnb/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The precinct-based process is patterned after that used to let Chicagoans vote their precincts dry. Residents of districts zoned R-1, R-2 and R-3 — all dominated by single-family homes — can ban home-sharing outright or impose restrictions more rigid than the citywide ordinance. But to do that, residents of those zoning districts must gather valid signatures from 25 percent of their precinct’s registered voters within 90 days; the clock starts when the resident obtains the petition.)
— Emanuel-Rauner tensions rise over phone tax, Thompson Center sale – Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-airs-failed-plan-to-end-budget-stalemate-sell-thompson-center/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Special session stipends could cost $190,000, but lawmakers must wait – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170621/special-session-stipends-could-cost-190000-but-lawmakers-must-wait

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner rejects huge Thompson Center offer – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/BLOGS02/170629928/rauner-rejects-huge-thompson-center-offer
— Cook County can fill its budget hole—unless Obamacare goes – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/BLOGS02/170629925/cook-county-can-fill-its-budget-hole-unless-obamacare-goes
— iPhone maker dangles $10B investment in U.S.—and Illinois is in the running – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/NEWS08/170629931/iphone-maker-foxconn-mulls-10-billion-u-s-investment

 

WLS AM
— Rahm: Rauner “congenitally incapable of saying yes” – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/22/rahm-rauner-congenitally-incaable-of-saying-yes/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump: ‘Solar wall’ could ‘pay for itself’  President: ‘It will be built’ – SABA HAMEDY
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-solar-wall-could-pay-for-itself/748267950
— Trump: ‘I just don’t want a poor person’ in Cabinet economic jobs  He has one of the wealthiest cabinets in history – EUGENE SCOTT (DIERSEN: How much money do you have?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on a) those who have more money than they have and b) those who have less money than they have.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-i-just-dont-want-a-poor-person-in-cabinet/748089625

 

DNA INFO
— Rahm: I Offered To OK Sale Of Thompson Center But Rauner Wouldn’t Deal – Heather Cherone
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170622/downtown/rahm-i-offered-ok-sale-of-thompson-center-but-rauner-wouldnt-deal

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Defenders of ACA Rally Outside Republican Rep. LaHood’s Office – TANYA KOONCE
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/defenders-aca-rally-outside-republican-rep-lahoods-office#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner has made the budget impasse his favorite campaign weapon.  No matter what Illinois Democrats do to dislodge the budget stalemate, the governor will blast them.”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/illinois-budget-impasse-bruce-rauner-mike-madigan/Content?oid=27093027

 

CHICAGO REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Illinois Republicans try to lay low on repealing Obamacare.”
http://chicagoreporter.com/illinois-republicans-try-to-lay-low-on-repealing-obamacare/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Batinick on budget impasse: ‘Everyday the situation becomes more and more dire’
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511130781-batinick-on-budget-impasse-everyday-the-situation-becomes-more-and-more-dire

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives demands consideration of long-delayed property tax measure – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511131524-ives-demands-consideration-of-long-delayed-property-tax-measure

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Forget the unemployment rate, Illinois is in a depression – Michael Lucci
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/lucci-forget-the-unemployment-rate-illinois-is-in-a-depression/article_012c0ce6-56a0-11e7-b9ff-2b854bd448e8.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— What is Going On at the Federal Department of Education? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/what-the-heck-is-going-on-at-the-federal-department-of-education/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 50,000 FOR 7 MINUTES OF WORK  The Illinois House of Representatives met for seven minutes and 30 seconds on June 21 before adjourning, failing to consider any budget proposals – and costing Illinois taxpayers $50,000 for less than 10 minutes of work. – Robert Brutvan
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/50000-for-7-minutes-of-work/
— MADIGAN DUPES ANOTHER GOVERNOR  Madigan has stared down Gov. Bruce Rauner for more than 700 days and Rauner just blinked. – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigan-dupes-another-governor/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan points finger of blame at Rauner  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who point their finger of blame at me.  Even though they have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, they blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/22/madigan-points-finger-of-blame-at-rauner/
— Dems to block Rauner’s pick for US Attorney
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/22/dems-to-block-rauners-pick-for-us-attorney/
— Senators are voting with their feet
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/22/senators-are-voting-with-their-feet/

 

GOPUSA
— Media bias so thick at CNN you can see it on their faces
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26154
— 30% of Illegal Alien Minors Have Gang Ties  (DIERSEN: What percent of the minors in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America have gang ties?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26157

 

FOX NEWS
— Health Care Bill Protesters Dragged Away by Capitol Hill Police
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/22/gop-health-care-bill-protesters-removed-capitol-hill
— McCain: Dems Are Living in a ‘Fantasy Land’ Where ObamaCare Is Going Well
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/22/health-care-bill-senate-chuck-schumer-fantasy-land-meghan-mccain

 

DAILY CALLER
— MSNBC, CNN Hardly Cover Trump Rally – Amber Athey  (DIERSEN: The Democrat news media a) promotes what can be spun to promote the Democrat Party platform and b) downplays/censors what shows that the Republican Party platform is the way to go.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/22/msnbc-cnn-hardly-cover-trump-rally-video/
— Dianne Feinstein Defends Canceling Conservative Speakers On Campus – BENJAMIN DECATUR
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/dianne-feinstein-defends-canceling-conservative-speakers-on-campus/
— Gohmert: Anti-GOP Shooter Was Conditioned By Media’s ‘Hate-Filled Propaganda’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/gohmert-anti-gop-shooter-was-conditioned-by-medias-hate-filled-propaganda/
— Prominent Illegal Immigrant Likely Breaking Law With The Media’s Help – Rob Shimshock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/illegal-immigrant-celebrity-continues-drawing-media-paychecks-while-govt-stands-by/

 

TOWNHALL
— HuffPo: Karen Handel Winning Isn’t Good For Women Because She’s Conservative, Or Something – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/06/22/huffpo-karen-handel-winning-isnt-good-for-women-because-shes-conservative-or-n2344884

 

BLAZE
— Texas pastors reject LGBT school curriculum: ‘This is Houston, not San Francisco’ – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/22/texas-pastors-reject-lgbt-school-curriculum-this-is-houston-not-san-francisco/

 

BREITBART
— Bellwether: 60 Percent of Missouri Voters Want Legal Immigration Cut – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/22/bellwether-60-percent-missouri-voters-want-legal-immigration-cut/
— Leftist Atlantic Mag Admits: ‘Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration’
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/21/leftist-atlantic-mag-admits-democrats-lost-way-immigration/
— The Left Has One More Argument: Kill Them! – ANN COULTER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/21/ann-coulter-left-one-argument-kill/
— Michael Steele: GOP Mishandling of Health Care Could Cost Them in 2018 – Dan Riehl  (DIERSEN: What might your critics/opponents say that you mishandled concerning your career?  My critics/opponents might say 1) My not becoming Democrat. 2) My opposing patronage. 3) My opposing political affiliation discrimination. 4) My opposing reverse discrimination. 5) My opposing age discrimination. 6) My opposing retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. 7) My not painting myself as being a yes-man.  8) My not helping my superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. 9) My avoiding the Draft. 10) My and my wife giving up trying to have children. 11) My and my wife not adopting and/or becoming foster parents. 12) My being a conservative. 13) My being a Missouri Synod Lutheran. 14) My owning guns. 15) My not pretending to be Swedish national origin. 16) My buying only American-nameplate cars. 17) My not owning any dogs. 18) My taking courses at UIC, NIU, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT etc. and my getting six professional certifications and my getting a professional license. 19) My becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. 20) My being a religious hypocrite, patriotic hypocrite, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. 21) My fraudulently trying to defraud the federal government with my fraudulent sick leave requests, partial day per diem claims, and education deductions. and 22) My not succumbing to my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts to get rid of me sooner than I did.)
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/06/22/michael-steele-gop-mishandling-of-health-care-could-cost-them-in-2018/

 

FEDERALIST
— The FBI’s Briefing On The GOP Baseball Shooting Couldn’t Have Been More Bizarre  The FBI tried to claim that the shooting at the baseball field was spontaneous and had no target, despite all evidence to the contrary. – Mollie Hemingway
http://thefederalist.com/2017/06/22/the-fbis-briefing-on-the-gop-baseball-shooting-couldnt-be-more-bizarre/#.WUvUwKOyAdh.facebook

 

PJ MEDIA
— As Many as 5.7 Million Non-Citizens Voted in 2008 Election – RICK MORAN  (DIERSEN: What percent of non-citizens who vote illegally are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/06/20/report-as-many-as-5-7-million-non-citizens-voted-in-2008-election/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— FOREIGN SOROS-BACKED MEDIA OUTLET BASHES CONSERVATIVES WITH US TAXPAYER DOLLARS – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/06/22/foreign-soros-backed-media-outlet-bashes-conservatives-with-us-taxpayer-dollars/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Kass: Dissolve Illinois! – Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/kass_dissolve_illinois.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Governor Gives Tax Increases to Placate Democrats Before Deadline – Bob Adelmann
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/26311-illinois-gov-gives-tax-increases-to-placate-democrats-before-deadline

 

THE HILL
— Legislation Introduced to Privatize Air Traffic Control  (DIERSEN: If Air Traffic Control was privatized, would there be less pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans?)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/22/legislation-introduced-privatize-air-traffic-control/
— Will we ever have civility in American political discourse – CATHY YOUNG
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/338966-will-we-ever-have-civility-in-american-political-discourse
— When will Dems realize the ‘resistance’ is a losing cause? – MATT SCHLAPP
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/339025-opinion-when-will-democrats-realize-the-resistance-is

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Billionaires want to enlist you in their secret plans to take down the press – Alyssa Rosenberg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/06/22/billionaires-want-to-enlist-you-in-their-secret-plans-to-take-down-the-press/

 

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES
— Colleges have become progressive indoctrination mills – RICHARD STAEDTLER
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/guest/colleges-have-become-progressive-indoctrination-mills/article_091686fe-4837-57e5-bce4-b96aca63a4dd.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— How Can Trump Get Anything Done With All Those Empty Seats?  A lack of staff at key agencies is weighing on the president’s agenda and frustrating cabinet officials. – Toluse Olorunnipa  (DIERSEN: If you sought a job in the Trump Administration, what would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about you?  Mine would stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.  They would stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-22/how-can-trump-get-anything-done-with-all-those-empty-seats

 

GAO
— New Gallery of Employee Photos Showcases GAO’s Diversity  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will GAO be the first federal agency to be 100% Democrat, minority, female, under age 40 (except for Senior Executive Service members), and/or veteran?)
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USGAO/2017/06/22/file_attachments/835883/MN4419.pdf

 

MONEY
— Here’s How Much Money Americans Say You Need to be ‘Wealthy’ – Megan Leonhardt  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, you are wealthy if you are not on welfare.)
http://time.com/money/4825116/how-much-money-wealthy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These days, having $1 million just isn’t “wealthy” enough.  A recent survey of over 1,000 Americans shows the bar has shifted higher. Now you need an average of $2.4 million to be considered a wealthy person in America, according to the survey by Charles Schwab, which surveyed Americans aged 21 to 75. Of course, few people achieve such a milestone. Only about 10% of Americans are worth $1 million or more, according to a 2017 report by investor research firm Spectrem Group. In fact, to be considered wealthy by this new criteria, you’d need to have about 30 times more than the approximately $80,000 net worth of the average U.S. household, according to the most recent data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.)

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Chicago-area Constituents Protest TrumpCare with Mobile Billboards and Rallies  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want a) those who have more money to pay much more for health care, b) those who have less money to pay much less for health care, and c) those who earn less than say $50,000/year to have free health care.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Chicago-area-Constituents-Protest-TrumpCare-with-Mobile-Billboards-and-Rallies-/59609.html

June 22 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Day 2 of Special Session: Madigan to Hold Hearings – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Day-2-of-Special-Session-Madigan-to-Hold-Hearings-430137333.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD COOK COUNTY TIGHTENS: Black exodus accelerates in Cook County, census shows – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-black-population-declines-cook-county-met-20170621-story.html
— Top Illinois debt owners unlikely to sell if bonds cut to junk – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-debt-owners-junk-bond-rating-20170621-story.html
— Bernie Sanders, the Left, Christianity and the Constitution – John Kass (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islam and the Constitution.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-bernie-sanders-kass-met-20170621-column.html
— Democratic governor candidates to make pitches to Cook County party leaders – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Which candidates are making pitches a) to the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) to your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC), c) to those IRP SCC members who have the heaviest weighted vote, d) to the IRP officers, e) to the IRP National Committeeman and National Committeewoman, and f) to Rauner?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-democrats-meeting-20170622-story.html
— Valedictorian kicked off stage for unapproved speech got to finish it on Jimmy Kimmel – Avi Selk
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-valedictorian-speech-jimmy-kimmel-20170621-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gunman suspected of shooting two Chicago cops believed to be in Mexico – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gunman-suspected-of-shooting-two-chicago-cops-believed-to-be-in-mexico/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR GRAPHICS: Census: Suburbs are getting older, more diverse – Kerry Lester  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  What do you say to political consultants who advise candidates to pander to those whose demographics are increasing and to dump those whose demographics are decreasing?
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170622/census-suburbs-are-getting-older-more-diverse
— Conservative split? – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170622/census-suburbs-are-getting-older-more-diverse
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “At this point, as a conservative Republican stuck in Illinois, I have no reason to vote for @BruceRauner,” conservative radio host and former Tea Party congressman Joe Walsh tweeted. Walsh’s comments followed a Wall Street Journal article that called the Republican governor from Winnetka “Governor Junk” for his role in the state’s two-year budget standoff, which threatens to cause Illinois to be knocked down to junk bond status.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Thanks, Wall Street Journal, but Illinois doesn’t need your help – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/ISSUE07/170629937
—  AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago metro area losing its families – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party focuses on destroying the traditional family.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/BLOGS02/170629936
— EPA keeping Chicago office, but likely not all its jobs – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: What about GAO’s Chicago office?  By now, it must be 100% Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/BLOGS02/170629943/epa-keeping-chicago-office-but-likely-not-all-its-jobs

 

WLS AM
— Illinois Republican leader Durkin says Dems should force Madigan to compromise – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/21/illinois-republican-leader-says-dems-should-force-madigan-to-compromise/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— In Iowa, Trump rallies base, celebrates GOP – James Q. Lynch
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/in-iowa-trump-rallies-base-celebrates-gop-copy/article_fe2ad019-6a3e-5513-a7f0-c77ddae38a12.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Is this Illinois or the Third World? – Phil Luciano
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170621/luciano-is-this-illinois-or-third-world

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Randy Hultgren constituents decry secrecy in Senate debate, seek stronger health care law  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats want Republicans to pay for everyone’s health care.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/06/21/rep-randy-hultgren-constituents-decry-secrecy-in-senate-debate-seek-stronger-health-care-law/agplyua/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘Failure to act is not an option’ – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170621/editorial-failure-to-act-is-not-option

 

TIMES
— In Iowa, Trump rallies base, celebrates GOP resilience
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/illinois/in-iowa-trump-rallies-base-celebrates-gop-resilience/article_6ea569a3-c6b6-5bad-8b83-fa5e2ee682d7.html

 

WSIL TV
— White House paints Handel win as Trump triumph – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35721930/the-latest-white-house-paints-handel-win-as-trump-triumph

 

KSDK
— Illinois man charged after threatening President Trump on Facebook – Sam Clancy
http://www.ksdk.com/news/crime/illinois-man-charged-after-threatening-president-trump-on-facebook/451114639

 

SUN HERALD
— Illinois legislators to meet for 2nd day of budget session – AP
http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article157530189.html

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— It’s A Beautiful Day To Stop A Massive Tax Hike
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/its-a-beautiful-day-to-stop-a-massive-tax-hike

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES, LOWER HOME VALUES AND INCREASED SCHOOL SPENDING PLAGUE ILLINOISANS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-higher-property-taxes-lower-home-values-and-increased-school-spending-plague-illinoisans.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The Republican round-up of Day One
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/22/the-republican-round-up-of-day-one/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump calls for barring immigrants from welfare for five years  (DIERSEN: Have you ever been on welfare, and if so, why?  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have never been on welfare a) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, b) because my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors were undeservedly filthy rich, c) because I was born a healthy White male, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, g) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and Social Security are too generous, h) etc.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-calls-for-barring-immigrants-from-welfare-for-five-years/
— Mothers charged with subjecting their daughters to genital mutilation
http://www.gopusa.com/mothers-charged-with-subjecting-their-daughters-to-genital-mutilation/
— Michigan terror suspect is Canadian citizen
http://www.gopusa.com/michigan-terror-suspect-is-canadian-citizen/
— Higher education: Failing on critical thinking (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/higher-education-failing-on-critical-thinking/
— McCabe’s FBI Hosts Gay Pride Summit  (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity do everything that they can to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26113
— Colorado Springs churches form coalition to protect illegal aliens  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats succeed in turning religious leaders into operative and dupes for the anti-religious Democrat Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26130

 

TPM
— Congressional Black Caucus Turns Down Second Trump Meeting, Citing Behavior – MATT SHUHAM
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/congressional-black-caucus-turn-down-second-trump-meeting

 

THE BLAZE
— Protesters try to interrupt Trump during Iowa rally – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/21/protesters-try-to-interrupt-trump-during-iowa-rally-then-this-amazing-thing-happens/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS THE PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM FOR RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE – Raynard Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/mainstream-media-is-the-public-relations-firm-for-russian-intelligence/
— MINIMUM WAGE LAWS ARE DESTROYING JOBS — JUST AS PREDICTED – Larry Elder  (DIERSEN: The higher the minimum wage, the more likely that employers will hire illegals and pay them under the table.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/minimum-wage-laws-are-destroying-jobs-just-as-predicted/

 

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Baseball Shooter Visited Bernie’s Office, Was In Contact With Two Senators Before Shooting – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/22/gop-baseball-shooter-visited-bernies-office-was-in-contact-with-two-senators-before-shooting/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— What’s Your Passion? – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What is your passion?  My passion is defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/06/22/whats-your-passion/

 

THE HILL
— Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.): Kushner has ‘serious’ questions to answer – REBECCA SAVRANSKY  (DIERSEN: What serious questions have you been asked? My Democrat superiors, my Democrat supervisors, my Democrat coworkers, and my Democrat subordinates in the federal government talked and acted like they wanted me to answer the following serious questions: 1) Why aren’t you a Democrat? 2) Why do you oppose patronage? 3) Why do you oppose political affiliation discrimination? 4) Why do you oppose reverse discrimination? 5) Why do you oppose age discrimination? 6) Why do you oppose retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid? 7) Why don’t you paint yourself as being a yes-man?  8) Why don’t you help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran? 9) Why did you avoid the Draft? 10) Why did you and your wife give up trying to have children? 11) Why didn’t you and your wife adopt and/or become foster parents? 12) Why are you conservative? 13) Why are you a Missouri Synod Lutheran? 14) Why do you own guns? 15) Why don’t you pretend that you are Swedish national origin? 16) Why do only buy American-nameplate cars? 17) Why don’t you own a dog? 18) You took all those non-job-related and distracting courses at UIC, NIU, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT etc. and you got all those non-job-related and distracting professional certifications and you got that non-job-related and distracting professional license because you wanted to get a job in the private sector, right?, 19) Why did you become an active member in a frivolous class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged us with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation? 20) Why are you a religious hypocrite, patriotic hypocrite, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things? 21) Why did you fraudulently try to defraud the federal government with your fraudulent sick leave requests, partial day per diem claims, and education deductions? and 22) Why didn’t you succumb to our efforts to get rid of you sooner than you did?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/338921-dem-rep-kushner-has-serious-questions-to-answer

 

CBS NEWS
— 12 major American cities that are shrinking
http://www.cbsnews.com/media/12-major-american-cities-that-are-shrinking/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Insidious Influence of the SPLC – Jeryl Bier  (DIERSEN: According to SPLC, your group is a HATE GROUP unless it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-insidious-influence-of-the-splc-1498085416

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More teenagers choosing summer studies over jobs – Kellie Ell  (DIERSEN: Did you work while you took classes?  Since I was 16 years old, virtually all the time that I took classes, I also worked part-time or full-time. During 1964-1970, when I took classes at Crete-Monee High School, UIC, and NIU, I worked part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer. During 1971-1983 and 1992-1997, when I took classes at UIC, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT, I worked full-time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/21/more-teenagers-choosing-summer-studies-over-jobs/396279001/

 

NPR
— Louisiana Is First State To Ban Public Colleges From Asking About Criminal History – Anya Kamanetz (DIERSEN: YOUR PAST PREDICTS YOUR FUTURE.)
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/06/22/533833428/louisiana-is-first-state-to-ban-public-colleges-from-asking-about-criminal-histo

 

THE ATLANTIC
— How the Democrats Can Take Back Congress  Two architects of their party’s last congressional victory argue Democrats need to recruit candidates who match their districts and offer voters a detailed agenda. – BRUCE REED AND RAHM EMANUEL (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  How well do they match your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, your congressional district, and Illinois? What percent of those in Milton Township Precinct 9, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, the 6th Congressional District, and Illinois are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, retired federal employees, former union members, married, childless, pet-less, American-nameplate car owners, etc.?  In which of the aforesaid demographic/political jurisdiction combinations ARE YOU A MINORITY?)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/riding-the-2018-wave/530952/

 

FED SMITH
— VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act Tackles the Issue of Firing Insufficient Workers Without Pitfalls – Mathew B. Tully, Esq.  (DIERSEN: Are/were you an “insufficient worker?”  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/21/va-accountability-whistleblower-protection-act-tackles-issue-firing-insufficient-workers-without-pitfalls/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 76% of GOP Voters Believe Most Reporters Biased Against Trump
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/june_2017/76_of_gop_voters_believe_most_reporters_biased_against_trump
— Working-Class Republicanism – Kyle Kondik  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the working-class?  I was 1964-1997.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on past/present members of the working class, and especially those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. For that matter, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on just about everyone and everything.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_kyle_kondik/working_class_republicanism
— Voters Say Money Too Big A Hurdle for Most to Run for Congress
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2017/voters_say_money_too_big_a_hurdle_for_most_to_run_for_congress

June 21 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Lawmakers Hold Special Session Amid Budget Impasse
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Lawmakers-Hold-Special-Session-Amid-Budget-Impasse-429871073.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner calls for compromise in speech Democrats dismiss as empty rhetoric – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-special-session-speech-met-0621-20170620-story.html
— What to do with a broken Illinois: Dissolve the Land of Lincoln – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-dissolving-illinois-kass-met-20170620-column.html
— Illinois governors haven’t had much success with special sessions – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-special-session-history-20170620-story.html
— How does Illinois’ richest man get top tech talent to Citadel? Competitions. – Robert Holly  (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a government job?  If so, how did you get it?  I got my Post Office job in 1966 when I was 18 by having a high school diploma, by passing the Post Office employment examination, by passing a physical examination, by passing a background check, by having a drivers license, by having a good driving record, by passing a truck driving test, and by having a car to use to deliver mail. I got my IRS job in 1971 by having a bachelor’s degree in management, by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination, and by passing a background check.  I got my GAO job in 1980 by having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, by having an MBA, by passing the CPA examination, by having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by passing a background check.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-citadel-datathons-20170620-story.html
— Office perks are nice, but here’s what new college grads really want – Robert Holly  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and supervisors hinted/implied/argued/shouted/acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-lasalle-network-jobs-hiring-20170619-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: What good are standardized tests? – Darlena Cunha  (DIERSEN: What tests have you taken and passed?  I passed a) the Certified Internal Auditor test on my first attempt in 1981 and that helped me get promoted in 1986; b) the CPA test on my first attempt in 1979 and that helped me become a GAO employee in 1980; c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, and a diploma from Crete-Monee High School in 1966; d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and that helped me become an IRS employee in 1971; and e) the Post Office employment test in 1966 that helped me become a Post Office employee in 1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-standardized-testing-reading-math-grades-20170620-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner calls for unity, House Dems call it campaigning – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-calls-for-unity-house-dems-call-it-campaigning/
— Reilly makes ‘urgent request’ for more Downtown police patrols – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: How much time have you spent in downtown Chicago? I lived there 1974-1978, I worked there during the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1997, and I took graduate business, accounting, and finance courses there 1972-1981 and 1992-1997.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/reilly-makes-urgent-request-for-more-downtown-police-patrols/
— Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia race, thanks Donald Trump – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-race-in-georgia-finally-heads-to-voters-as-d-c-watches-closely/
— Durbin, Duckworth warn Illinois budget impasse will block federal aid – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-duckworth-warn-illinois-budget-impasse-will-block-federal-aide/
— Can attending church really help you live longer? This study says yes  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about churchgoers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on destroying those like me a) who do not pander to them, b) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or c) who refuse to give them money.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/lifestyles/can-attending-church-really-help-you-live-longer-this-study-says-yes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Special session stipends could cost $185,000, but lawmakers must wait – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170621/special-session-could-cost-taxpayers-185000-but-lawmakers-wont-see-checks-soon
— Rauner urges action — and GOP proposal for state budget – Dan McCaleb, Greg Bishop, and Cole Lauterbach
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170620/rauner-urges-action-x2014-and-gop-proposal-for-state-budget
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois official Steve Sandvoss to testify about Russian election hacking – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170620/illinois-official-to-testify-about-russian-election-hacking

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump talk aside, Chicago is getting anti-violence help from the feds – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170620/BLOGS02/170629979/chicago-anti-violence-funds-coming-despite-trump-talk

 

WTTW
— Scott Drury, the Anti-Madigan Democratic Candidate for Governor – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/20/scott-drury-anti-madigan-democratic-candidate-governor

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield among 12 cities to receive federal aid to lower crime – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170620/springfield-among-12-cities-to-receive-federal-aid-to-lower-crime

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Governor Rauner has Harsh Words Before Special Session  He hopes lawmakers will pass a balanced budget – Shane Gustafson
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/governor-rauner-has-harsh-words-before-special-session/746634512
— Business Community Urging Governor Rauner to Sign Trust Act – Pierce Roberson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the business community in Illinois a) wants cheap labor and b) sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/business-community-urging-governor-rauner-to-sign-trust-act/746601411

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Radogno warns of ‘devastating’ results of rejecting budget compromise – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130289-radogno-warns-of-devastating-results-of-rejecting-budget-compromise
— Ives applauds Rauner’s words but rejects tax hike
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130433-ives-applauds-rauner-s-words-but-rejects-tax-hike
— Rauner urges political unity to save the future of Illinois – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511130421-rauner-urges-political-unity-to-save-the-future-of-illinois

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Rauner did right by demanding return to Capitol, Righter says – Caitlin Nordahl
http://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511130301-rauner-did-right-by-demanding-return-to-capitol-righter-says

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage to vote on Glaser-Sapyta lawsuit dismissal – $0 – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/college-of-dupage-to-vote-on-glaser-sapyta-lawsuit-dismissal-0/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Abortion is What Planned Parenthood Does – Eric Metaxas
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/abortion-planned-parenthood/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RHOADS: WHEN DIVERSITY IS A CODE WORD FOR COERCION  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/when-diversity-is-a-code-word-for-coercion.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— WSJ says Rauner is capitulating, calls him “Governor Junk”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/21/wsj-says-rauner-is-capitulating-calls-him-governor-junk/
— What the Republicans want you to see  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I should NOT include links to anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails unless I get their specific authorization.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/21/what-the-republicans-want-you-to-see/

 

GOPUSA
— CBS News anchor Scott Pelley asks if GOP shooting was ‘self-inflicted’  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all my problems are self-inflicted.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that because of problems that I inflicted on myself, I am a) no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) no longer a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) no longer the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) no longer an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) no longer an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, f) no longer a GAO employee, and g) no longer etc.  My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they use their clout to destroy those like me a) who do not pander to them, b) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or c) who refuse to give them money.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26094

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— HOW WE CAN START TAKING BACK OUR COUNTRY – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/how-we-can-start-taking-back-our-country/

 

THE HILL
— McCain: No American has seen healthcare bill, but I’m sure Russia has – MAX GREENWOOD  (DIERSEN: If you are Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, a) how good a job do the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations and the Illinois Republican Party do in keeping you up to date on relevant government/political news/commentary and b) how often do they seek your input?)
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/338633-mccain-no-american-has-seen-healthcare-bill-but-im-sure-russia-has

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— FBI: Gunman Acted Alone in Shooting of Congressman
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-06-21/fbi-to-detail-findings-on-congressional-baseball-shooting
— Donald Trump thanks students whose yearbooks were altered
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/35712063/donald-trump-thanks-students-whose-yearbooks-were-altered

 

ABC NEWS
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger shares ‘hateful, vitriolic’ messages he received following Alexandria shooting – DAVID CAPLAN
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-adam-kinzinger-shares-hateful-vitriolic-messages-received/story

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Health Care of Millions Depends on a Few Senators – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are undeservedly filthy rich, and therefore, Republicans should pay for everyone’s health care.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/opinion/health-care-bill-senate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/europe/russia-gay-propaganda.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Some States Beat Supreme Court to Punch on Eliminating Gerrymanders – THOMAS FULLER and MICHAEL WINES
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/us/politics/some-states-beat-supreme-court-to-punch-on-eliminating-gerrymanders.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Illinois Capitulation  Gov. Bruce Rauner cries uncle on taxes and economic reform. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-illinois-capitulation-1498000268
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: The End of Car Ownership – Tim Higgins (DIERSEN: The cars that you own/owed say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.  I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.  I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-car-ownership-1498011001
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Workers’ Motivation Is Fueled By Family – Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government saw it this way: The more dependents that you have, the more desperate that you are for money, and therefore, the easier it would be for them to manipulate/dominate you. Based on what was in the February 1978 Money Magazine article on my wife and I, my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors fully expected us to a) have children, b) adopt, and/or c) become foster parents. They became increasingly furious when we did not do any of the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/
— Rise Above Your Awful Commute  As mass transit delays and complaints rise in several cities, veteran commuters and other experts have tips for staying calm – Sue Shellenbarger  (DIERSEN: I rode mass transit to/from work and/or school during the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1997. I used that time to read newspapers and/or do homework.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rise-above-your-awful-commute-1497975204

 

WASHINGTON POST
— FBI says gunman in GOP baseball shooting had storage locker in Virginia with more than 200 rounds of ammunition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/06/21/fbi-says-gunman-in-gop-baseball-shooting-had-storage-locker-in-virginia-with-more-than-200-rounds-of-ammunition/
— In just one year, nearly 1.3 million Americans needed hospital care for opioid-related issues – Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating  (DIERSEN: Who pushes opioids in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/20/in-just-one-year-nearly-1-3-million-americans-needed-hospital-care-for-opioid-related-issues/

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Google wants to help you find a job – Edward C. Baig  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want employees who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2017/06/20/how-find-job-through-google/103019930/

 

MORNING CONSULT
— Opposition to AHCA Has Doubled Among GOP Voters Since April – JON REID (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are undeservedly filthy rich, and therefore, Republicans should pay for everyone’s health care.)
https://morningconsult.com/2017/06/21/opposition-ahca-doubled-among-gop-voters-since-april/