Tag: illegal

May 29, 2017

NBC5
— Illinois Democrats Short on Votes to Pass Tax Hike
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-democrats-short-on-votes-to-pass-tax-hike-report-425049144.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Bruce Rauner has already expressed opposition to an income tax hike, saying that he will not consider any type of hike unless it is accompanied by a freeze on property taxes in the state. . .Republicans responded to those statements, saying that Democrats have no interest in forging any bipartisan consensus on a bill. “Democrats are not interested in bipartisan support on what we should be doing with taxes,” State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R – Wheaton) said.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House Dems dissect budget, tax hike; budget director vows Rauner veto – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-dems-dissect-budget-tax-hike-budget-director-vows-rauner-veto/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House Democrats divided on whether to pass tax hike Rauner vows to veto – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-met-0529-20170528-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Scam artists target immigrant communities, promising legal status for cash – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigration-notary-fraud-met-20170529-story.html
— Why Trump is right about terrorists being ‘losers’ – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes view everyone as being losers.  Concerning me, they 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, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc.  Concerning me, they stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they always ranked me in the lower 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 1980-1997, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-terrorists-losers-20170528-column.html
— Democrats must start thinking about their theme for the day after Trump – Ron Grossman  (DIERSEN: For Democrats, their theme will always be “blame everything that is bad on those 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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-democrats-need-to-remember-20170528-story.html
— Film by Neuqua alum part of Hollywood film festival – Suzanne Baker  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to promote anxiety in their targets.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-neuqua-alum-directs-film-st-0528-20170527-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A short film directed by a former Naperville resident will premier next month at one of the most popular independent film festivals in southern California. The six-minute film “Reach” by 2012 Neuqua Valley alumna Kelsey Sante will be shown June 7 at the TCL “Grauman’s” Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as part of Dances With Films festival. In its 20th year, the festival, which runs June 1-11, draws with more than 20,000 people each year. “Reach” explores the story of Hannah, a young woman who suffers from panic attacks due to an anxiety disorder. “Like so many of us who suffer from a mental illness, Hannah doesn’t know how to reach out to the people around her and she feels that her illness is a burden on her friends,” Sante said.)

 

WTTW
— Without a Budget, ‘That’s It’: Weekend State Budget Update – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/28/without-budget-s-it-weekend-state-budget-update

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— All options remain on table as budget talks continue – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/all-options-remain-on-table-as-budget-talks-continue
— Odds against Springfield casino after amendment blocked – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/odds-against-springfield-casino-after-amendment-blocked
— U of Illinois trustees’ retreat to address free speech – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose free speech. They want to manipulate/dominate all forms of communication.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170528/u-of-illinois-trustees-retreat-to-address-free-speech

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— There’s nothing popular about a tax hike, Illinois Dems – Rich Miller  (DIERSEN: What about those a) who have paid little or no income tax, b) who are paying little or no income tax, and/or c) who are on track to paying little of no income tax for the rest of their lives?  What about those who want those who earn more money to pay more taxes?)
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-there-s-nothing-popular-about-a-tax-hike-illinois/article_dc7efadb-1467-53db-98d8-1f10d24ded3c.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rep. Ives blasts House Dems, says Illinoisans don’t want massive tax hike – Dan McCaleb and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rep-ives-blasts-house-dems-says-illinoisans-don-t-want/article_bd2fb1bc-43eb-11e7-a5f4-1b7d2251064e.html
— Illinois House appropriations committees discuss Senate spending plan – Greg Bishop, Cole Lauterbach and Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-appropriations-committees-discuss-senate-spending-plan/article_43944244-43d9-11e7-9993-6b245e343307.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Special Memorial Day thanks to military draftees killed in action – Dennis Byrne  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/05/special-memorial-day-thanks-to-military-draftees-killed-in-action/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On this Memorial Day, here is a special recognition of men who were conscripted into the military and who were killed in action. Volunteering for hazardous military duty and paying for it with your life deserves the highest praise. But what about those men who were drafted, who had no choice and who were killed? Today, memories of the draft have faded and the reality of Selective Service are absent in the lives of so many Americans. It is hard for today’s generations, mainly post-Baby Boomer, to know what it is like for government to order you into combat. For notification to report to a certain military installation on a certain date to be inducted into the Army. To be hauled off to basic training, to be told how to meet your responsibility to kill people. To be transported to front lines where people are dying. To either fire your weapon and fight, or be court marshaled. Failure to report for your military draft would result in imprisonment or fines and immediate induction. Today, the governing principle is that “It’s my body and no one can tell me what to do with it.” That’s mostly the mantra of the abortion industry and women’s rights advocates. But the philosophy certain has successfully seeped into today’s package of taken-for-granted men’s rights. A draft is simply inconceivable in today’s culture of extreme individualism. Today’s generations have no concept of what life was like when you had to plan for at least two years of military service. No “gap” year allowed. Avoiding the draft has a major concern, as important if not more so, than picking a college or a career. College deferments, which ultimately would run out. Getting married, but that deferment disappeared as the Vietnam War grew hotter. Teaching or certain other occupations. Using a connection to find  a slot in a high-demand reserve unit. In the Vietnam War, draftees accounted for 30.4 percent, or 17,725 combat deaths. Some 1.9 million men were drafted from 1964 to 1973.  In World War II, 61.2 percent of military men, or 11,5 million men, were draftees. While a large number of men were volunteers, in a manner of speaking, they also in reality were inductees. The draft, as designed, encouraged young men to “volunteer” for other branches of the service than the Army. “Volunteer” service in the Navy or Air Force was at least a year longer, but the chances of getting maimed or killed in combat were less. The draft always has been controversial, less so in time of national emergency such as World War II. But barring the most extraordinary crisis, today’s culture has killed all possibility of it returning (even though men today are still required to register for selective service). By the way, the stereotype of the Vietnam veteran is way off base. The image of the poorly educated, reluctant, drugged out and minority Vietnam soldier needs to be changed according to  Fact vs. Fiction. Check it out.)

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Memorial Day; ‘yea’ or ‘nae’ for those who do their military service? – Gregory Tejeda  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/05/memorial-day-yea-or-nae-for-those-who.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I never served in any branch of the military; that fact doesn’t make me the least bit unique. There are many who for whatever reason manage to avoid a stint in the Army or any other military organization, and certainly don’t think our lives are any less complete as a result. OF COURSE, THERE also are those in our society who made a point of enlisting the first chance they got, and wind up thinking of their time in uniform and being among those who “serve their country” as the high point of their lives! Some even come away with thinking their military record entitles them to prime treatment for the remainder of their lives. We have a serious schism in our society; often viewing various issues quite differently. And not just a matter of whether we think Donald Trump is a “great American” or a “pompous fool” totally unfit to be carrying the title of Commander-in-Chief of our nation’s military! That split includes how essential we think it is that one have a military service record as part of their permanent record, or how much “lip service” they pay to the concept — I attended a Catholic mass that included a musical tribute to the armed services in its choir’s Sunday program; and while many were eager to support the idea, only a tiny minority of the congregation admitted to actually having served. Which gets down to the essence of the direction we think our society ought to be headed. THERE ARE THOSE people who will say that one reason, if not the primary reason, that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were unfit to be president is because they never served in the military (and in the case of Clinton used many of the legal maneuvers people of that era engaged in to avoid a call-up to active duty). Some of an older generation remember back to the military draft, and think that forcing people of various economic and social classes to interact helped ease the societal split that now exists. Although others, including those who managed to avoid military service, would argue that the very concept of having done a stretch in the military puts a person into a mindset that makes them too narrow and unfit to address the serious problems confronting our nation, and our world. Perhaps we all ought to be engaged in something more than blind faith in forcing esoteric concepts of what one wants to define as patriotism by a trip out to the cemetery to pay tribute to someone who was unfortunate to have lost their life during their military service. SOME OF US like to talk about the “ultimate sacrifice” those young men made, I’m sure many of them could have contributed something equally worthwhile to society had they had a chance at a long- and full-life. While many of those who these days do enlist in the military often do so because their options in life are limited; and that military stretch may be their best option for preparing for an adult life. I remember in my own case, my mother would have been appalled if I had seriously talked about enlisting. I remember when Army recruiters sniffed around me when I was 16 and in high school, she gave them the cold shoulder. In my case, that probably was a wise direction. I did make the most of a college education, and it stirred me in the right direction toward what I wanted to do (yes, I actually figured out as far back as age 13 that I wanted to be a reporter-type person). I resisted the Army’s marketing pleas to “be all you can be.” WHILE I HAD cousins who did stints of military service, and it helped them come up with the funds to pay for future education options they took on or taught them some skills used later in life. It worked out well for them, and I’m sure for many of the individuals who have done military service. My point in stating all this is that I’m not about to hold it over anybody’s head that I didn’t have to use the military to get ahead in life. Meaning I’m not about to defer to those who want to act as though the fact that they did a stretch in uniform somehow makes them superior. I actually find such an attitude to be arrogant and unfit for anyone to have in our society. Particularly because it places a view that one can claim superiority for doing something that may well have been their only realistic option in life. And on this Memorial Day when we pay tribute to the contributions of military personnel throughout our history, perhaps I should even throw in that having such an attitude perhaps even qualifies as un-American!)

 

FOX NEWS
— New lawsuit accuses imprisoned former House Speaker Hastert of sex assault – AP
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/28/new-lawsuit-accuses-imprisoned-former-house-speaker-hastert-sex-assault.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Newt Gingrich says he has a plan to solve Trump’s problems with leakers: Throw them in jail – Justin Haskins  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of being a leaker.  They blame me for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/28/newt-gingrich-says-he-has-a-plan-to-solve-trumps-problems-with-leakers-throw-them-in-jail/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump: The Gateway Degenerate.”  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am immoral because I am not a member of a church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church.  Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my aforesaid critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote a) dependency on government and/or on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, and f) even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/opinion/donald-trump-greg-gianforte.html
— We All Have Pre-existing Conditions – ELISABETH ROSENTHAL  (DIERSEN: Since 1948, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have known that my father fought type 1 diabetes since he was 14 years old.  Since 1969, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have known that my father died suddenly in 1969 of heart failure.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/opinion/pre-existing-conditions-health-care-bill.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— How we fail veterans with mental illness – Tom Suozzi  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not anti-Trump, you are mentally ill.)
http://nypost.com/2017/05/28/how-we-fail-veterans-with-mental-illness/

 

USA TODAY
— New lawsuit says former speaker Dennis Hastert sexually assaulted fourth grader – AP
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/29/new-lawsuit-says-former-speaker-dennis-hastert-sexually-assaulted-fourth-grader/102281996/
— Memorial Day: Don’t wait for someone else to serve – Marjorie K. Eastman  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/26/memorial-day-dont-wait-someone-else-serve-military-column/102145774/
— Greg Gianforte’s assault on a journalist is an assault on all Americans – Alicia Shepard  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) side with Gianforte and b) blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are professional scapegoaters.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/25/greg-gianforte-assault-hurts-all-americans-alicia-shepard-column/102144360/

 

DAYTON DAILY NEWS
— Many veterans still struggle to find work – Barrie Barber  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not avoided the draft, I never would have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 when I was 19, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, f) buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, g) buy a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976, h) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, i) get married in 1978, j) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton, a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, and a new Chevy Chevette in 1978, k) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, l) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, m) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, n) become a licensed CPA in 1981, o) have a new home built in 1984, p) etc.)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/employment/many-veterans-still-struggle-find-work/gyeGQ6Zan35RoCjaVT6FoJ/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— House Democrats Meet, Discuss Potential Tax Increase  Illinois House review began Sunday of a $37 budget plan that includes $5.4 billion in income and sales tax increases. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-05-28/illinois-house-taking-a-crack-at-budget

 

GUARDIAN
— JFK at 100: Trump comparisons fuel nostalgia for ‘Camelot’  The 35th US president’s legacy remains questionable, but his latest successor’s travails makes many yearn for a more eloquent leader – David Smith  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who used/use my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and my getting a financial draft hardship 1970-1971 against me.  Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/jfk-100-john-f-kennedy-donald-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Apart from a shared mastery of television, Trump is, in many respects, the anti-Kennedy. The 70-year-old Republican, who had no political experience, was the oldest person ever elected US president. Kennedy, a 43-year-old Democrat who had served in the House and the Senate, was the youngest. At the 100-day mark, Trump’s public approval rating was 41%. Kennedy’s was 83%. Trump was granted five draft deferments during the Vietnam war; Kennedy received military honors for saving the lives of crewmates when their torpedo boat was struck by a Japanese destroyer during the second world war. Trump infamously does not read books, gives disjointed speeches and has claimed: “You have to be wealthy in order to be great.” Kennedy was fond of referencing ancient Greeks and Shakespeare, won a Pulitzer prize for the book Profiles in Courage, and once declared: “This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”)

May 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New accuser sues Dennis Hastert, alleging sexual abuse – Marwa Eltagouri (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in government/politics who knew about Hastert’s horrific problems, but nevertheless promoted him?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-met-20170527-story.html
— ICE agents eat breakfast, compliment chef, then arrest 3 workers at Michigan restaurant – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-michigan-restaurant-immigration-arrests-20170525-story.html
— America’s most-beloved workplace advice columnist humbly signs off – Rex Huppke  (DIERSEN: It would have been great if Huppke had written an article about how employees should respond when they are forced by their Democrat superiors and supervisors to help them get rid of employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that is, to help them implement Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-0528-biz-20170525-column.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: How college summers were spent tells a lot about people – Mary Schmich  (DIERSEN: How did you spend your college summers? I spent the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969 working for the Park Forest Post Office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-summer-before-college-mary-schmich-0528-20170526-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Montana ‘body slam’ candidate’s victory shows perils of early voting – Sean Trende
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/montana-body-slam-candidates-victory-shows-perils-of-early-voting/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Flawed Enforcement Officers – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak  (DIERSEN: Who paints you as being flawed?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me as being flawed.  They 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, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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 1980-1997, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; 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 that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that very few have come to my defense.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/officers-who-left-chicago-police-department-under-a-cloud-find-cop-jobs-in-suburbs-elsewhere-the-watchdogs/

 

DAILY HERALD
— 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.dailyherald.com/news/20170527/constable-mom-worried-about-deportation-backs-out-of-helping-nephew
— How to restore American self-reliance – George Will  (DIERSEN: How has America changed from when you were in your teens and in your 20s?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170528/how-to-restore-american-self-reliance
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Adolescents spending scores of hours a week on screen time with their devices acquire “a zombielike passivity” that saps their “agency.” This makes them susceptible to perpetual adolescence, and ill-suited to the velocity of life in an accelerating world of shorter job durations and the necessity of perpetual learning. In this world, Sasse warns, “college graduates will change not only jobs but industries an average of three times by age thirty.” Childhood obesity has increased 500 percent in five decades. For “the most medicated generation of youth in history,” sales of ADHD drugs have increased 8 percent a year since 2010. Research shows that teenage texters exhibit addictive, sleep-depriving behaviors akin to those of habit-denying addictive gamblers. Teenagers clutching their devices “are spending nearly two-thirds of their waking hours with their eyes tied down and bodies stationary.” Five million Americans, many of them low-skilled young men, play 45 hours of video games per week.)

 

ABC7
— Half of 8th grade class from New Jersey refuses to pose with Speaker Ryan – N.J. Burkett  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans a) use children as cannon fodder and b) promote hatred of Republicans.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/half-of-nj-8th-grade-class-refuses-to-pose-with-speaker-ryan/2046837/

 

CBS2
— Workers’ Compensation Bill Passes Senate, But Not In The Clear – Dave Dahl
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/27/workers-compensation-bill-passes-senate-but-not-in-the-clear/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Poll numbers down, Rauner has work to do in next election – Ed Tibbetts  (DIERSEN: To get reelected, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who want Rauner to lose will advise Rauner to be 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.  They will advise Rauner to promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/poll-numbers-down-rauner-has-work-to-do-in-next/article_f7bc0942-ffd9-56ce-992b-3129c8569cf4.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The greatest divide? – Julie Wurth  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, of organizations, of companies, of governments, and of countries that 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.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-28/greatest-divide.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Say ‘no’ to Springfield casino – Anita Bedell, Executive Drector, Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170527/letter-say-no-to-springfield-casino
(FROM THE LETTER: According to the State Journal-Register, a developer, who also is a lobbyist who owns video gambling parlors and a medical marijuana dispensary, wants to put a casino in downtown Springfield. A casino is different from other businesses because of the social problems and costs gambling creates. Gambling comes with high costs of addiction, bankruptcy, crime, family problems and suicide. Springfield has more video gambling machines than any place in Illinois. Area residents have lost over $100 million in the 576 gambling machines. In April, area residents gambled away over $2.5 million. Sangamon County has the equivalent of a casino with 1,027 gambling machines. Adding a casino will increase problems for individuals, families and the community. The poor, minorities and the addicted will especially be negatively impacted. Gambling interests overestimate the amount of revenue projected and don’t include any costs in the calculation. According to definitive academic studies, the socioeconomic costs of casinos are $3 or more for every $1 in benefit. Over 75 percent of the revenue at casinos comes from slot/video gambling machines like the ones already operating here. Fewer workers are required, and they have a higher rate of gambling addiction than the general population. Rep. Tim Butler has filed an amendment to include a Springfield casino in the massive gambling expansion bill the Senate passed. Transparency is needed for this important public policy issue, not working behind closed doors out of the public view. Call the mayor, city council, and state legislators to voice your concerns.)
— TRAGIC: Springfield Black Chamber endorses downtown casino
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170527/local-business-notes-springfield-black-chamber-endorses-downtown-casino
— It’s time for the Illinois House to put the people first – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois. Those Democrats put those who vote for Democrats ahead of the “the people.”  Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats put those who vote for Democrats ahead of “the people.”)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170527/our-view-its-time-for-illinois-house-to-put-people-first
— Big retirement payouts tiny part of big pension mess – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170527/big-retirement-payouts-tiny-part-of-big-pension-mess
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ budget mess is the stepchild of Illinois’ pension mess, and nothing incites more steam-from-the-ears fury than the volume of six-figure annual retirement payouts — topped by one at $581,000 — pledged to former public workers. . .Just 4 percent of all beneficiaries this year are in line for pension paydays exceeding $100,000, with the biggest checks largely going to former school administrators as well as doctors and dentists at public teaching hospitals. Payments for the overwhelming majority of pensioners, most of whom don’t qualify for Social Security, are far more modest. The median pension in 2017 for retired suburban and downstate teachers stands at $52,016, the analysis shows, while the median for general state workers is $28,946. For university workers, the median pension stands at $26,101, while for non-public safety municipal workers outside of Chicago, it is $9,064.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois lawmakers pass workers’ compensation measures – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/05/27/illinois-lawmakers-pass-workers-compensation-measures/atqn90s/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Work Comp Reform Really Reform? – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=244964#.WSquAhFSRZI

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tillerson declines to host Ramadan reception  A State Department tradition since 1999 – ELISE LABOTT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/tillerson-declines-to-host-ramadan-reception/724271181
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump supporters.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/biden-2016-election-tapped-into-our-darkest-emotions/724262054

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Congressman Davis: Trump budget must deal with mandatory federal spending – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/congressman-davis-trump-budget-must-deal-with-mandatory-federal-spending/article_f1e9b03e-4250-11e7-aa15-5fb2d3f326c9.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Sexual Violence Victims in Chicago’s Deadliest Neighborhoods Carrying Trauma on Top of Gun Crime – SAFIA SAMEE ALI
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sexual-violence-victims-chicago-s-deadliest-neighborhoods-carrying-trauma-top-n752331

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow over their success in making “older women” stoners.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/business/retirement/retiring-older-women-marijuana-entrepreneurs.html
— Can Anyone Be Truly ‘Independent’ In Today’s Polarized Politics? – BEVERLY GAGE  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who falsely claim to be Republican because they really are Independents, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/can-anyone-be-truly-independent-in-todays-polarized-politics.html
— DIERSENB HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps treasonously a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/is-it-possible-to-resist-deportation-in-trumps-america.html
— Paid Family Leave Is What Liberals Want, Right? – MICHAEL KINSLEY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because I have never had dependents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/opinion/sunday/paid-family-leave-is-what-liberals-want-right.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “the Welfare State Shouldn’t Be the Enemy.” The easier it is to get welfare, the less motivated that you are to become and remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/opinion/sunday/for-trump-and-gop-the-welfare-state-shouldnt-be-the-enemy.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Dennis Hastert faces another sex assault accuser ahead of prison release – Nicole Hensley  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in government/politics who knew about Hastert’s horrific problems, but nevertheless promoted him?)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dennis-hastert-faces-sex-assault-accuser-article-1.3201872

 

DENVER CHANNEL
— Survey finds business owners more optimistic in Denver than nation on a whole (DIERSEN: Who does not want you to be optimistic about your future?  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups do NOT want me to be optimistic about my future: 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.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics-unplugged/survey-finds-business-owners-more-optimistic-in-denver-than-nation-on-a-whole

 

USA TODAY
— Why many Europeans love Obama and loathe Trump – Oren Dorell  (DIERSEN: “Many Europeans” a) love those like Obama who put Europe ahead of America and b) loathe those like Trump who put America first.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/25/europe-reacts-president-trump-barack-obama/102154952/

 

THE GUARDIAN
— The very culture of drugs is addictive – Barbara Ellen
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/28/the-very-culture-of-drugs-is-addictive

May 26 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTRAGEOUS: DuPage committee to revisit ban on video gaming in unincorporated areas – Gary Gibula  (DIERSEN: Please join Kathy Gilroy, me, and others who will speak at the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 7:30 AM, in favor of keeping the ban on video gambling in unincorporated DuPage County.  If you are in DuPage County, please urge DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, the 18 DuPage County Board members, and especially, the 3 board members who represent your district, to vote to keep the ban.  In 2009, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) unanimously passed a resolution against video gambling throughout DuPage County.  Since then, no MTRCC member has done anything to rescind that resolution.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-video-gaming-revisited-st-0528-20170527-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County Board committee will discuss the possible repeal of its 2009 ban on video gaming for businesses located in unincorporated areas. Board member Paul Fichtner told the board last week the matter will be discussed at the June 13 Finance Committee meeting. “It was the consensus of the committee to discuss this and perhaps make a decision at that same meeting three weeks from now,” Fichtner said. “Because of the nature of the topic and the interest it may bring, I’m suggesting we start at 7:30 a.m.”  Board member Jim Zay requested the committee address the matter. “Obviously, we’ve been getting emails and public comment (from people interested in the repeal), so I think it’s time to take another look at it,” Zay said. “I’m not saying we’re in favor of it or against it, but it’s time to listen to their concerns and see what’s going on. A lot of things have changed since 2009 with video gaming so I think it’s time for the board to give these people an opportunity to hear their concerns and look at it again.” Individuals both for and against video gaming have spoken at the last three county board meetings. Jeremy Truex, co-owner of a tavern located in an unincorporated part of Lombard, is among those who think the prohibition should be removed. “The county is missing out on some serious tax revenue,” Truex said. “You’ve got people going to other municipalities and spending their money, whereas they could be spending it in unincorporated DuPage County with all its small businesses.” Will County, which does allow video gaming in unincorporated areas, collected $198,915 in tax distributions in 2016 from the 27 establishments licensed for video gaming, according to the Illinois Gaming Board. In Kane County, 12 such businesses earned $134,694 in tax distributions last year, and 61 businesses with video gaming earned $623,636 for Lake County over the same 12-month period, state numbers show. Some counties, like Cook, do not permit video gaming in unincorporated areas. Will County instituted a ban on any new licenses in April 2015, citing loopholes and liberal state regulations that permit video gaming in unexpected places like gas stations. The 31 Aurora businesses with licenses for video gaming include restaurants, pubs, private social clubs and fraternal organizations such as Amvets and a Moose lodge. The city of Aurora took in $332,045 in tax distributions from those establishments in 2016. Naperville adopted a city-wide ban on video gaming in October 2009. In an email statement, Naperville communications manager Linda LaCloche affirmed Wednesday, “the city of Naperville continues to support our decision to opt out of the Illinois Video Gaming Act.” While video gaming has earned nearly $171 million in tax distributions for counties and municipalities since 2012, some critics say the activity erodes the amount of money gamblers spend at casinos and boats, where it is permitted. In its ordinance prohibiting video gaming, Naperville cited the activity as being inconsistent with family values, being associated with corruption and enticing players to game faster for longer periods of time and at higher rates of wagering, according to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At a previous DuPage County Board meeting, Villa Park resident Kathy Gilroy asserted that the board “had no duty to level the playing field. This board has a duty to the welfare of county residents.” Zay and Jim Healy were on the board eight years ago when the video gaming ban was instituted. “I don’t think attitudes have changed very much since 2009,” Healy said. “Obviously, we’ll wait to hear what people have to say. At this moment, nothing has changed in my mind.” The Finance Committee will meet at 7:30am on June 13 in the County Board Room of the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration Building, 421 North County Farm Road, in Wheaton.)
— A casino bill raises a red flag in Chicago – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-casinos-rauner-emanuel-gambling-edit-0527-jm-20170526-story.html
— 340 pounds of pot, weapons found at Bull Valley mansion  2 held in bust tied to Rockford-area drug trafficking – Amanda Marrazzo
http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=df486c88-9b1a-439a-91d9-1b3e9dce51ba
— Balancing a budget the Republican way – John McCarron
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mccarron-0530-md-20170526-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/norridge/news/ct-fhj-transgender-bathrooms-tl-0601-20170526-story.html
— Rauner pushes for property tax freeze as time winds down in Springfield – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-property-taxes-springfield-met-0528-20170527-story.html
— No pension for Cook County judge who refused traffic court and quit – Steve Schmadeke  (DIERSEN: To get me to quit, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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 1980-1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-judge-cooke-resigns-no-pension-chicago-inc-20170524-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.  Anti-Trumps focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who 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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-russia-impeach-congress-edit-0528-20170526-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov says Madigan pressured Senate Dems; speaker lays crisis on Rauner – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-says-madigan-pressured-senate-dems-speaker-lays-crisis-on-rauner/
— ‘Fed up’ voters call lawmakers ‘dirt bags’ as budget crisis drags on – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/voters-take-out-anger-on-dirt-bag-lawmakers-over-budget-impasse/
— Clinton warns of authoritarianism, mentions ‘impeachment’ in speech – USA TODAY
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/clinton-warns-of-authoritarianism-mentions-impeachment-in-speech/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Poll: Most older Americans want Medicare for long-term care – AP  (DIERSEN: My 86-year-old aunt is paying $230/day or $6,900/month or $83,950/year out of her retirement savings to live at Sunrise of Flossmoor.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170526/news/305269985/
— ‘Token’ recounts black actress’ upbringing in ‘white’ Naperville – Amy Fuller (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that none of my grade school or high school classmates were minorities.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170526/token-recounts-black-actress-upbringing-in-white-naperville

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The surprise in Chicago’s latest Census tally – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170526/BLOGS02/170529911/the-surprise-in-chicagos-latest-census-tally
— One doc’s concern about Chicago’s ‘death gap’ fuels sobering new book – Kristen Schorsch
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170526/NEWS03/170529915/one-docs-concern-about-chicagos-death-gap-fuels-sobering-new-book
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170526/OPINION/170529913/yes-trump-is-making-xenophobia-more-acceptable
— VERY SAD: DraftKings is shopping for downtown Chicago office – DANNY ECKER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170525/BLOGS04/170529933/draftkings-eyeing-downtown-chicago-office
— Why Rauner won’t stop talking about a property tax freeze – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170526/NEWS02/170529899/why-rauner-wont-stop-talking-about-a-property-tax-freeze

 

ABC7
— Time running out for governor to pass Illinois budget plan – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/time-running-out-for-governor-to-pass-illinois-budget-plan/2040731/

 

NBC5
— Rauner, Pritzker Point Fingers as Budget Impasse Continues – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-pritzker-point-fingers-as-illinois-budget-impasse-continues-424686874.html
— Rauner Rocks Out, and Emanuel Gets a Call From DC – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-deep-dish-rauner-rocks-out-and-emanuel-gets-a-call-from-dc-424675824.html
— Madigan Writes to Civic Committee About Budget Impasse, Rauner  In a new letter to the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club Madigan writes, “unfortunately the Governor has chosen not to meet with these members.” – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/madigan-civic-committee-letter–424609954.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Rauner “Emanuel Calls Out Rauner For Watching Golf Instead Of Fixing State Budget.”
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/26/emanuel-rauner-golf-budget/

 

WTTW
— Lawmakers Adjourn as Budget Agreement Remains Elusive – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/26/lawmakers-adjourn-budget-agreement-remains-elusive

 

DNA INFO
— Chicago Is Shrinking, But People Still Move Here! U-Haul Data Excites Rahm – Tanveer Ali  (DIERSEN: One would expect that virtually everyone who moves to Chicago 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 longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170526/loop/after-gloomy-census-numbers-u-haul-says-chicago-still-top-destination

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner faces uncertain future in next election.”
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/gov-rauner-faces-uncertain-future-in-next-election/article_bbbc5985-0c75-57b5-af31-48d57c08f6e9.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Billionaire JB Pritzker Campaigns in Peoria, Throws Shade at Rauner – CASS HERRINGTON
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/billionaire-jb-pritzker-campaigns-peoria-throws-shade-rauner#stream/0

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Why Illinois Is Closing in on 700 Days Without a Budget  And why we might actually get one by then. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2017/Why-Illinois-Is-Closing-In-On-700-Days-Without-a-Budget/

 

CHICAGOIST
— Gov. Candidate JB Pritzker Trolls Rauner With Giant Clock Mascot
http://chicagoist.com/2017/05/26/pritzker_trolls_rauner_tick_tock_budget_clock.php

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— “Ponzi Scheme” Is Accurate  The Chicago Teacher Pension Fund paid out $1.5 billion in the last fiscal year, but it only earned $7.8 million on its investments. Can CNBC’s Rick Santelli make that math work? Why is something that is illegal in the private sector common practice in the public sector? CNBC’s On-Air Editor crunches the numbers with Dan and Amy.
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/ponzi-scheme-is-accurate

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker attacks Rauner property tax freeze as “political stunt,” outlines his own idea
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/26/pritzker-attacks-rauner-property-tax-freeze-as-political-stunt-outlines-his-own-idea/
— Et tu, Diana?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/26/et-tu-diana-2/
— Rauner claims SDems “caved” to Madigan, Cullerton’s office responds
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/26/rauner-claims-sdems-caved-to-madigan-cullertons-office-responds/

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— “Soros Is Stepping Up His Game” – Unmarked Deluxe Busses Arrive In Chicago Full Of “Protestors” – Lucian Wintrich
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/05/soros-stepping-game-unmarked-deluxe-busses-arrive-chicago-full-protestors/

 

FOX NEWS
— Newt Gingrich: Lock up the leakers – Newt Gingrich  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a leaker. In my defense, I stress that virtually everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is already in the public record, that is, someone else has already posted it on a website.  Needless-to-say, I should sue anyone who calls me a leaker.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/26/newt-gingrich-lock-up-leakers.html

 

GOPUSA
— Gourmet Pizza in Chicago Jails
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24959
— NY library presents ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ to kids  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote sexual confusion.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24862
— A conservative think tank is calling to task the CEO of Amazon for being overtly political and alienating potentially half of his company’s customer base that supports Donald Trump. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies exist not to make a profit, but instead, to push the Democrat Party platform. Ever-increasingly, companies serve as fronts for the Democrat Party. Ever-increasingly, companies act as operative or dupes for the Democrat Party. The federal government exists to push the Democrat Party platform. The federal government is a front for the Democrat Party. The federal government serves as an operative and as a dupe for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24951
— After the Confederates, Who’s Next? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24928
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Behind this remorseless drive to blast the greatest names from America’s past off public buildings, and to tear down their statues and monuments, is an egalitarian extremism rooted in envy and hate. Among its core convictions is that spreading Christianity was a cover story for rapacious Europeans who, after discovering America, came in masses to dispossess and exterminate native peoples. “The white race,” wrote Susan Sontag, “is the cancer of human history.” Today, the men we were taught to revere as the great captains, explorers, missionaries and nation-builders are seen by many as part of a racist, imperialist, genocidal enterprise, wicked men who betrayed and eradicated the peace-loving natives who had welcomed them. What they blindly refuse to see is that while its sins are scarlet, as are those of all civilizations, it is the achievements of the West that are unrivaled. The West ended slavery. Christianity and the West gave birth to the idea of inalienable human rights. As scholar Charles Murray has written, 97 percent of the world’s most significant figures and 97 percent of the world’s greatest achievements in the arts, architecture, literature, astrology, biology, earth sciences, physics, medicine, mathematics and technology came from the West. What is disheartening is not that there are haters of our civilization out there, but that there seem to be fewer defenders. Of these icon-smashers it may be said: Like ISIS and Boko Haram, they can tear down statues, but these people could never build a country. What happens, one wonders, when these Philistines discover that the seated figure in the statue, right in front of D.C.’s Union Station, is the High Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Christopher Columbus?)

 

BREITBART
— Michael Steele on Mark Zuckerberg’s Universal Income Idea: ‘Why Doesn’t He Start with His Own Organization’ – DAN RIEHL26
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/05/26/michael-steele-on-mark-zuckerbergs-universal-income-idea-why-doesnt-he-start-with-his-own-organization/

 

TOWNHALL
— Fact Check: No, the Republican Healthcare Bill Would Not Cause 23 Million People to “Lose” Insurance – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/05/25/no-the-republican-healthcare-bill-would-not-cause-23-million-people-to-lose-insurance-n2331434

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Fight For $15’ Leader Claims He’s Not Paid To Protest — Actually Paid Six Figures By Labor Union – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/25/fight-for-15-leader-claims-hes-not-paid-to-protest-actually-paid-six-figures-by-labor-union/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Why Chicago Is Sinking Fast – Joseph L. Bast
https://amgreatness.com/2017/05/24/chicago-sinking-fast/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Akin, Illinois: Boy’s graduation speech pulled over Christian content – Todd Starnes
https://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/todd-starnes/2017/05/26/boys-graduation-speech-pulled-over-christian-content

 

MSN
— Rauner, Madigan Continue To Place Blame For Lack Of Budget – Derrick Blakley  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents blame?  My critics/opponents a) blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, and c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/rauner-madigan-continue-to-place-blame-for-lack-of-budget/vp-BBBzclo

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Gianforte’s victory after assaulting reporter reflects rising tribalism in American politics.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/05/26/daily-202-gianforte-s-victory-after-assaulting-reporter-reflects-rising-tribalism-in-american-politics/59275c2ae9b69b2fb981dba2/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The GOP inherits what Trump has wrought.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-gop-inherits-what-trump-has-wrought/2017/05/26/4e1943ea-4177-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s behavior at NATO is a national embarrassment.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/05/25/trumps-behavior-at-nato-is-a-national-embarrassment/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nice Speech, Mark Zuckerberg! You’re Still a Few Credits Short  Facebook’s CEO, who delivered a commencement address, joins a growing roster of degree-less entrepreneurs and entertainers doing the honors; ‘I am fake graduating.’ – Deepa Seetharaman and  Sarah E. Needleman (DIERSEN: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, 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.  I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.  I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nice-speech-mark-zuckerberg-youre-still-a-few-credits-short-1495805944
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mark Zuckerberg returned to Harvard University to give advice to students who differed from him in one noteworthy way. They graduated. The Facebook Inc. chief executive, who dropped out of Harvard in 2005, came back to deliver the commencement address on Thursday. He finally got a diploma, an honorary degree. “If I get through this speech,” Mr. Zuckerberg, 33 years old, told the assembled, who huddled under umbrellas as it rained, “it’ll be the first time I actually finish something at Harvard.” Ellen DeGeneres addressed Tulane University in 2009, telling grads she didn’t go to college. Kanye West, who titled his debut studio album “College Dropout,” spoke at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015. Apple Inc.’s late co-founder Steve Jobs, a Reed College dropout, took to Stanford University’s podium in 2005. Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison, who left University of Illinois and University of Chicago, donned cap and gown at University of Southern California in 2016.)
— RURAL AMERICA IS THE NEW ‘INNER CITY’  A Wall Street Journal analysis shows that since the 1990s, sparsely populated counties have replaced large cities as America’s most troubled areas by key measures of socioeconomic well-being—a decline that’s accelerating – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rural-america-is-the-new-inner-city-1495817008

 

WQCS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump “Boehner Says Apart From Foreign Policy, Trump Has Been A Complete Disaster.”
http://wqcs.org/post/boehner-says-apart-foreign-policy-trump-has-been-complete-disaster#stream/0

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— GAO says feds’ salaries should be based on performance, not seniority – Tony Ware  (DIERSEN: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO implemented their pay-for-performance system to help them get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/gao-says-feds-salaries-should-be-based-on-performance-not-seniority

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— CSRS & FERS programs in the budget bullseye – Mike Causey  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are in line to get a penion or if you are getting a pension, those who are not in line to get a pension or are not getting a pension viciously demonize you, viciously denigrated you, and viciously condemn you.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2017/05/csrs-fers-programs-in-the-budget-bullseye/

 

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “AS TRUMP’S PROBLEMS MOUNT, BREITBART’S NUMBERS ARE CRATERING.”
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/breitbart-traffic-numbers-are-cratering

 

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
— The attacks must stop. SPJ stands with journalists and supports their right to do their job free of threats, bullying and violence.  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.  They talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and/or lots more if they succeed in stopping me. They talk and act like they have been threatened with destruction if they do not stop me.)
https://www.spj.org/fight/

 

GUARDIAN
— Welfare dependency ‘poison’ for jobless, human services minister says  Alan Tudge, speaking at a $300 a head lunch, says welfare system has become a ‘destination, not a safety net’ for many – Christopher Knaus
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/may/26/welfare-dependency-poison-for-jobless-human-services-minister-says

May 24 Morning Edition

AMERICAN LEGION POST 76
— Memorial Day Parade  (DIERSEN: I am proud to say that the parade south of Roosevelt Road and the ceremony in Wheaton Cemetery are in my Milton Township Precinct 9.  Please join me in watching the parade from either side of Warrenville Road south of Roosevelt Road and the ceremony.)
http://americanlegionpost76.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=480
ROAD CLOSURES: http://www.wheaton.il.us/news/pressreleases/detail.aspx?id=9845#.WSWJcxFSRZI
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: This year’s Memorial Day event is Monday May 29, 2017. All veteran, youth groups, business, schools, band groups, city entities and the like are welcome to join the parade. No political, life style or advertisement of product is allowed during the parade or ceremony. This event is a memorial to those that have given their life in service to our country. There can be no distribution of any materials, handouts or candy during the parade. No registration is required. If you wish to participate, please arrive at Wheaton Memorial Park not later than 9:30 am on the day of the event and check in with the members of the American Legion Parade Committee. They will be located at the southeast corner of the park and wearing red ball caps. You cannot drive into the park area unless you have a vehicle or float in the parade.  Parade participants must be dropped off outside the park area. The parade will start at 10:00 am being led by the City of Wheaton Police and Fire Departments. The parade will end at Wheaton Cemetery where the Post will hold a ceremony at 11:00 am. Memorial Park is located in Wheaton, Illinois at the intersection of West Union Ave. and North Hale St. Suggested drop off areas are on North Wheaton Ave located on the West side of the park or West Union Ave. located on the North side of the park. All other streets around the park will be closed to vehicles. Click here for map  Parade Route  The parade begins at the corner of Hale St. and Wesley St. and proceeds West on Wesley St. to West St. then South on West St. (which becomes Warrenville Road south of Roosevelt Road) to Wheaton Cemetery.)

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Day after Senate budget vote, GOP tries to push Rauner plan
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170524/day-after-senate-budget-vote-gop-tries-to-push-rauner-plan
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170524/day-after-senate-budget-vote-gop-tries-to-push-rauner-plan
http://wqad.com/2017/05/24/day-after-senate-budget-vote-gop-tries-to-push-rauner-plan/
http://wkms.org/post/day-after-senate-budget-vote-gop-tries-push-rauner-plan

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan back in shadows this spring after Rauner’s attacks – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-speaker-madigan-session-met-0524-20170523-story.html
— Illinois Senate Democrats pass major tax hikes unlikely to become law – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-senate-income-tax-hike-rauner-met-0524-20170523-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who glorifies and praises those who walked out on Pence?  ANSWER: Those 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.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-notre-dame-grads-st-0524-20170523-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Organized by a student activist group at Notre Dame called “We Stand For,” the protest was in defense of “the marginalized people affected by Pence’s politics, both on this campus and throughout our nation,” according to the Facebook post published by the group before the ceremony. “We invite all students, faculty, and families who will be attending the Commencement ceremony to walk out with us as we take back our graduation and show our dissatisfaction with the University’s selection of Mike Pence as honored speaker,” the group wrote on social media.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— President Trump’s budget would squeeze Illinois – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/president-trumps-budget-would-squeeze-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— McDonald’s workers rally for higher wages, close streets near HQ
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170524/report-mcdonaldx2019s-workers-rally-for-higher-wages-close-streets-near-hq

 

ABC7
— McDonald’s workers rally for higher pay in Oak Brook – Laura Podesta  (DIERSEN: What jobs did you have that paid less than $15/hour in today’s dollars and what did you do with the money that you earned?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; I washed dishes during the summer of 1965; and I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966.  I used the money that I earned to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 and a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mcdonalds-workers-rally-for-higher-pay-in-oak-brook/2030499/

 

CBS2
— Chicago Teachers Union Votes “No Confidence” In CPS Boss Claypool – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/24/chicago-teachers-union-no-confidence-cps-forrest-claypool/

 

WGN TV
— Illinois Senate approves 32 percent income tax hike in party-line vote
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/23/illinois-senate-approves-32-percent-income-tax-hike-in-party-line-vote/

 

WTTW
— Illinois Senate Passes Budget, Tax Increase – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/23/illinois-senate-passes-budget-tax-increase

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Common Cause seeks action to get Trump’s taxes released – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/05/22/common-cause-seeks-action-to-get-trumps-taxes-released/afmw072/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Three Budget Related Bills Pass in the Senate – Em Nguyen
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/three-budget-related-bills-pass-in-the-senate

 

WBEZ
— How Would Trump’s Budget Affect Illinois? – Dan Weissmann, Lauren Chooljian, Michael Puente
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/how-would-trumps-budget-affect-illinois/c1e23fa7-cb87-4e73-9dba-7d33758ba9ff

 

MADISON
— Cullerton says OK’d budget had GOP input – AP
http://host.madison.com/business/the-latest-cullerton-says-ok-d-budget-had-gop-input/article_e93c4587-8d69-501c-8e33-7c786eb2e1e4.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Job Seekers Giving Up – Benjamin Yount  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers in Illinois do not want to hire those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), those whose ancestors have been in America for along time, current or former government employees, etc.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=244630#.WSVdkxFSRZI

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrats Pass Budget Proposal in Senate – TOM LISI
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-democrats-pass-budget-proposal-senate#stream/0

 

WAND
— Clinton: Trump budget shows ‘unimaginable’ cruelty – AP
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35501818/clinton-trump-budget-shows-unimaginable-cruelty

 

WSIL TV
— Some of Trump’s GOP allies slam budget plan – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35496067/the-latest-some-of-trumps-gop-allies-slam-budget-plan

 

WREX
— Rockford Aldermen examine video gaming establishments – Mary Sugden
http://www.wrex.com/story/35492207/2017/05/23/rockford-aldermen-examine-video-gaming-establishments

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Senate Democrats Pass Huge Income Tax Hike…Retroactive to New Year’s Day – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/05/23/senate-democrats-pass-huge-income-tax-hike/

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— West Cook state senators vote to raise Illinois income tax
http://westcooknews.com/stories/511119102-west-cook-state-senators-vote-to-raise-illinois-income-tax

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Murphy, Harmon, Holmes vote to raise Illinois income tax
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511119077-murphy-harmon-holmes-vote-to-raise-illinois-income-tax

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Senate Democrats approve $5.4 billion in tax increases; GOP Rep. Ives takes control of bill in House – Greg Bishop and Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/senate-democrats-approve-billion-in-tax-increases-gop-rep-ives/article_39711fb4-3fe5-11e7-b5f0-ef6cc1de6dd7.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— State Senator McConchie Outlines the Simplicity of the State Budget Crisis – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/state-senator-mcconchie-outlines-simplicity-state-budget-crisis/
— Falsifying Birth Certificate Legislation Still Pending – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/falsifying-birth-certificate-legislation-still-pending/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AVERAGE ILLINOIS FAMILY TO PAY STATE $1125 MORE, THANKS TO IL DEMS TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/average-illinois-family-to-pay-state-1125-more-thanks-to-il-dems-tax-hike.html
— KINDT: NEW CASINO BILLS WILL TAKE $ BILLIONS FROM ILLINOIS EDUCATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/new-casino-bills-taking-billions-from-illinois-education.html

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— RINOs Declare War On Trump’s Conservative Budget
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25738
— Far Left Thugs Raise $80 Million To Coordinate Summer Riots – George Rasley (DIERSEN: How many riots have the anti-Trumps scheduled in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/25731-far-left-thugs-raise-80-million-coordinate-summer-riots

 

GOPUSA
— McCain: Trump’s budget ‘dead on arrival’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24812
— When even Harvard notices your left-wing slant
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24750

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— LIBERAL FIGHT AGAINST FREEDOM TURNS VIOLENT – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/liberal-fight-against-freedom-turns-violent/

 

THE HILL
— Here are the 66 programs eliminated in Trump’s budget – NIV ELIS
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/334768-here-are-the-66-programs-eliminated-in-trumps-budget

 

CBS NEWS
— What is the “tax gap” the White House wants to shrink? – KATHRYN WATSON  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, 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 for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-the-tax-gap-the-white-house-wants-to-close/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The tax gap, simply put, is the amount in taxes individuals and companies owe the government, but that the government never receives. There are three reasons for that gap –some fail to pay any taxes, others underreport income, and yet others underpay their taxes, according to the IRS. Mulvaney said the president’s proposed tax plan doesn’t include an expectation that the gap will close, but pointed out how shrinking it would help the proposed $4 trillion budget. The tax gap in 2016 was $486 billion — out of the expected revenue from income and corporate taxes of roughly $1.9 trillion. . .However, Mulvaney’s hopes of closing or even significantly shrinking the tax gap may be a stretch. The tax gap has remained relatively stable during the last decade, with the majority of the gap stemming from individual, rather than corporate, tax, shortages. The total tax gap was $450 billion in 2006, and the total tax compliance rate was 83 percent, according to the Government Accountability Office. The Obama administration made attempts to close the gap by stepping up enforcement, but probably only reduced it by $50 billion to $100 billion over a decade, said Marc Goldwein, senior vice president and senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. . .GAO, which analyzed the tax gap problem in 2012, pointed out that simplifying the tax code is only one way to help close the gap. GAO said the IRS also needs to improve customer service lines for taxpayers, devote additional resources to enforcement, expand compliance checks before issuing refunds and modernize information systems, among other things, to address the gap.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chinese Student in Maryland Is Criticized at Home for Praising U.S. – MIKE IVES  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote China.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/world/asia/chinese-student-fresh-air-yang-shuping.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Speaking at the University of Maryland, Yang Shuping, a graduating senior from China, sprinkled her upbeat commencement speech with observations that drew warm applause: The air was far cleaner in the United States than in China, she said, and she could openly discuss racism, sexism and politics in ways that she had never before dreamed possible. Growing up in China, “I was convinced that only authorities owned the narrative,” Ms. Yang, a theater and psychology major from the southern city of Kunming, told the crowd in a basketball arena in College Park, Md. “Only authorities could define the truth.” The speech on Sunday drew harsh criticism, however, from some of Ms. Yang’s Chinese classmates in Maryland and from legions of social media users in China, many of whom accused her of selling out her homeland. Even the city of Kunming weighed in, saying in a message on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform, that her comments about the city’s air pollution were “not related to us.”)
— Since Ouster, Sheriff Arpaio Has Lots of Time, but Not for Regrets – FERNANDA SANTOS  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to regret?  My critics/opponents want me to regret a) my not getting their permission to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) my not glorifying and praising them, c) my not pandering to them, d) my not serving as one of their operatives or dupes, e) my not giving them money, f) my suing them, g) my opposing patronage, h) my opposing political affiliation discrimination, i) my opposing reverse discrimination, j) my opposing age discrimination, k) my raising money from DuPage Republicans to sponsor entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, l) my getting Comcast to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton, and/or m) my opposing the promotion of socialism, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/us/joe-arpaio-arizona.html
— Why Work Requirement Became a Theme of the Trump Budget – Emily Badger (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers do not to hire those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), those whose ancestors have been in America for along time, current or former government employees, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/upshot/why-work-requirement-became-a-theme-of-the-trump-budget.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “New Jersey Town Used Zoning to Discriminate Against Islam.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/nyregion/new-jersey-town-zoning-discriminate-islam.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote pot is to promote destruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/opinion/vermont-marijuana-phil-scott.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who glorifies and praises those who walked out on Pence?  ANSWER: Those 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.  If Clinton had won and her running mate had spoken and anyone had walked out, Jemar Tisby would have viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/05/22/notre-dames-commencement-walkout-wasnt-about-stifling-academic-freedom/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Day After Senate Budget Vote, GOP Tries to Push Rauner Plan  The Illinois General Assembly is back to work after the Senate approved a major spending package. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-05-24/day-after-senate-budget-vote-gop-tries-to-push-rauner-plan

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Teens Miss Out on Summer Jobs  A struggling retail sector isn’t the employer it once was, plus, teenagers themselves are forgoing work. – Imani Moise  (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have and what did you do with the money that you earned?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; I washed dishes during the summer of 1965; I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.  I used the money that I earned to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1967.  I used the money that I earned to pay for my UIC and NIU college expenses.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mall-troubles-threaten-a-rite-of-passage-the-teen-job-1495540801
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Though the numbers of working teens has risen slightly in the last few years, overall teen employment has steadily declined for nearly 40 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rate of teen participation in the labor force during the month of July peaked in 1978 at 72%, falling to 43% last year. The BLS links the decline to increased enrollment in summer school and heightened emphasis on extracurricular activities. In the bureau’s most recent survey, less than 9% of teens who didn’t have a job said they were interested in finding one. The trend is setting off alarm bells for many who believe that teens are missing out on opportunities to learn the soft skills needed for their adult careers. Hoping to save up money for a car, Danei Wesley applied for summer jobs at Wal-Mart, Forever 21 and Charlotte Russe stores near her hometown of Gary, Ind. The 18-year-old, a rising sophomore at Indiana University Bloomington, followed up on each of her applications online, by phone or even in person, but was told in each case the position was already filled. Looking closer to home has proven successful for Ms. Wesley. A member of her church offered her a job for $8 an hour at an Italian-ice store, and not long after, she found another job through the father of a cheer-squad teammate, tutoring children in math and science for $9 an hour. Large employers often assume teens lack the punctuality and professionalism needed on the job, said Nancy Snyder, chief executive of Commonwealth Corp., a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that helps find employment for teens. Ms. Snyder recommends that young job seekers follow Ms. Wesley’s lead and try grocery stores or local mom-and-pop stores.)

 

USA TODAY
— Paid parental leave great for families – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats are nasty moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are nasty disciples of Saul Alinsky. To promote hatred against my wife and I, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized us, viciously denigrated us, and viciously condemned us as being filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids) because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.  They stressed that Money Magazine reported in its February, 1978 issue that we planned to have children. They stressed that I had not volunteered for travel assignments because we were trying to have children. In 1989, they used the aforesaid to punish me a) by throwing me off audits of IRS, b) by assigning me to a 6-month travel assignment that many of my coworkers wanted and were better qualified to take, c) by giving me an extremely unfair performance appraisal, and d) by ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They might have succeeded in driving me out of GAO if Henry Hyde had not interceded.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/23/ivanka-trump-budget-paid-parental-leave-editorials-debates/102059586/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— CEO Pay Is Rising Twice as Fast as Workers’ Income – Rob Wile
http://time.com/money/4790237/ceo-pay-salary-compensation-increase/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Proposes Easier Firing, Job Cuts at Most Agencies – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/05/trump-proposes-easier-firing-job-cuts-most-agencies/138090/

May 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chris Kennedy gubernatorial campaign persists as Pritzker garners support – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chris-kennedy-gubernatorial-campaign-persists-as-pritzker-garners-support/2028140/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Senate Approves Income Tax Hike  The measure passed 32-26 a little more than a week ahead of the May 31 budget deadline. – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-senate-approves-income-tax-hike-423929014.html
— Students Have Become ‘Collateral Damage’ in State Budget Battle  “With what’s going on, it’s scary,” says student – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Students-Have-Become-collateral-Damage-in-State-Budget-Battle-423765474.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Signals He’ll OK Budget Deal For ‘Lasting’ Property Tax Freeze – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/23/rauner-signals-hell-ok-budget-deal-for-lasting-property-tax-freeze/

 

WGN TV
— Trump budget: More for the military, less for the poor – AP
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/23/trump-budget-more-for-the-military-less-for-the-poor/

 

CLTV
— Cook County sheriff Tom Dart says half of county jail’s population should not be there  (DIERSEN: What percent should be in jail in the foreign county that they are a citizen of?)
http://cltv.com/2017/05/22/cook-county-sheriff-says-half-of-county-jails-population-should-not-be-there/#new_tab

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate Dems pass ‘compromise’ budget plan – as Rauner draws line in sand – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-dems-try-to-go-it-alone-on-budget-again/
— Budget: Unacceptable, yes. Pathetic, too – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/unacceptable-yes-pathetic-too/
— Ald. O’Shea proposes crackdown on massage parlors – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ald-oshea-proposes-crackdown-on-massage-parlors/
— Sponsors pull out of NY Puerto Rican parade over Oscar Lopez Rivera – AP  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sponsors-pull-out-of-ny-puerto-rican-parade-over-oscar-lopez-rivera/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/always-bet-on-the-taxpayer-to-gamble/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Karen Lewis finds J.B. Pritzker’s progressive credentials ‘hilarious’ – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have lots of progressive credentials.  They promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-karen-lewis-j-b-pritzker-0524-chicago-inc-20170523-story.html
— Why do voters continue to fall for candidate commercials? – Paul Sassone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/news/ct-ppn-column-sassone-tl-0601-20170523-story.html
— CTU says members have no confidence in schools chief Claypool – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-karen-lewis-chicago-teachers-confidence-vote-met-20170523-story.html
— Bad press? Sometimes Trump begs for it – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the press serves as an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-page-trump-obama-media-perspec-0524-jm-20170523-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ryan says Trump budget favors taxpayers – AP  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who pay little or no taxes voted for Democrats.  Those who vote for Democrats want to tax the rich, that is, to tax Republicans.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239923/
— Sergeant seeks Republican nod for Kane County sheriff post – Susan Sarkauskas  (DIERSEN: What offices will be on the ballot in your precinct next year?  Which Republicans are running for those offices?  Which Republicans does Rauner want to run?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170522/sergeant-seeks-republican-nod-for-kane-county-sheriff-post
— Trump budget: More for the military, less for the poor – AP  (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because 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.  Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239924/
— Could Wheaton Park District help save Loretto Convent historic building? – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170523/could-wheaton-park-district-help-save-historic-building
— Illinois House Democrats propose college grant program – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170523/news/305239928/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Senate OKs $5.4 billion Dem tax-hike plan – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/BLOGS02/170529975/senate-oks-5-4-billion-dem-tax-hike-plan
— Here’s what you probably don’t know about Illinois pensions – BGA
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/NEWS02/170529966/heres-what-you-probably-dont-know-about-illinois-pensions
— Why this Illinois equal pay act is unwarranted – JESSICA CAUSGROVE  (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, your past/present salary a) is public record and b) is presumed to be 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50+% higher than it should be/had been. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, in today’s dollars, GAO paid me $122,991/year. 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.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/OPINION/170529978/why-this-illinois-equal-pay-act-is-unwarranted
— Next month’s electricity price hike is just the start – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170523/NEWS11/170529964/next-months-electricity-price-hike-is-just-the-start

 

WTTW
— Illinois Agency Awarded Controversial Counter-Extremism Grant – Alex Ruppenthal
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/23/illinois-agency-awarded-controversial-counter-extremism-grant

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sounding the Alarm: Unacceptable – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170523/sounding-alarm-unacceptable
— Budget showdown: Senate Dems approve $5B tax increase
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170523/budget-showdown-senate-dems-approve-5b-tax-increase

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Roskam Tells Trump: Dump Your Tweeting – TODD SWESSELL
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_0a9ea530-3fef-11e7-a0e5-13a02cd1b7ef.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Democrats treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/chicago-seeks-to-assure-immigrants-theyre-welcome-in-city-05-22-2017

 

WREX
— Illinois Senate approves tax hike, $37B budget plan – AP
http://www.wrex.com/story/35496863/the-latest-senate-dems-float-less-severe-budget-cuts

 

WJBC
— LaHood critical of Trump’s proposed cuts to education, agriculture – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/05/23/lahood-critical-of-trumps-proposed-cuts-to-education-agriculture/

 

MADISON RECORD
— Metro East schools to get total of $14.4M less per year under state Senate funding proposal; Rauner vows to veto bill
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511118689-metro-east-schools-to-get-total-of-14-4m-less-per-year-under-state-senate-funding-proposal-rauner-vows-to-veto-bill

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Will Illinois Ever Solve Its Pension Problem?  Almost four years after the first try, pension reforms seems politically realistic—and perhaps legally as well. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2017/Will-Illinois-Ever-Get-Pension-Reform/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Teachers Pension fund paid out $1.5 billion in ’16, earned $7.8 million  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO as a GS-13 Step 10, in 2016, I would have paid $8,609 into the Civil Service Retirement System instead of getting $50,856 out of it.)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511118108-chicago-teachers-pension-fund-paid-out-1-5-billion-in-16-earned-7-8-million#new_tab

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ economic weakness results in nation’s highest black unemployment rate – Michael Lucci
https://files.illinoispolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Black-Unemployment-FINAL.pdf

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Poll: More jobless Illinoisans have stopped looking for work than in other states – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers in Illinois do not to hire those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), those whose ancestors have been in America for along time, current or former government employees, etc.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/poll-more-jobless-illinoisans-have-stopped-looking-for-work-than/article_84ca80b4-3f03-11e7-93e9-9b4fea85827d.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Ives pre-files for Senate tax hike sponsorship
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/23/rep-ives-pre-files-for-senate-tax-hike-sponsorship/
— Radogno responds – Madigan responds – ILGOP responds, blames Madigan *** Senate passes tax hike bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/23/senate-passes-tax-hike-bill/

 

BREITBART
— AP Hires Leftist Activist as Freelancer to Sneak Into Closed Press NH GOP Event to Attack KellyAnne Conway – PENNY STARR  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant,  and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who do not want me to know about their events or their other activities, b) who do not want me to promote their events or their other activities, c) who do not want me to attend their events, and d) who do not want me to report on their events or their other activities.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/22/reporter-attends-and-falsely-reports-on-closed-press-gop-fundraiser/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A freelancer for the Associated Press has drawn the ire of the GOP in New Hampshire after working her way into a “closed press” fundraiser last week and then falsely reporting on the event–all after it turns out that the so-called “reporter” is actually a hardcore leftwing activist. Following the fundraiser, the Associated Press published a short story without a byline that was “grossly inaccurate,” NHGOP adviser Patrick Hynes told local television outlet WMUR-9. “President Donald Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway has told supporters in New Hampshire they should ‘just ignore’ his critics and the incessant chatter about the scandals dogging him,” the “reporter,” later learned to be Melanie Plenda, wrote for the AP. The report also said about 150 attended, and attendees were “largely friendly” to Conway, but “some people in attendance withheld applause when Conway let loose with snarky comments about Democrat Hillary Clinton.” “The Associated Press in New Hampshire appears to be engaged in leftwing activism rather than journalism,” Hynes told Breitbart News. “And Melanie Plenda is a leftwing activist not a journalist.” “They conspired to sneak this leftwing activist into an event for which they were not credentialed and deliberately misreported on the attendance and the enthusiasm with which Kellyanne Conway was greeted,” Hynes said. “Republicans across the country should be aware that the AP cannot be trusted to be fair and balanced,” Hynes said. Breitbart News has obtained a screenshot of Plenda’s Facebook page from Nov. 10, 2016–just days after Donald Trump won the presidential election–that shows her making an explicit call to action against the then-incoming Trump administration.)
— OUTSTANDING: Expert: Mandatory E-Verify ‘Is Coming’ – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/23/expert-mandatory-e-verify-coming/

 

GOPUSA
— Lecture: Chelsea Clinton Warns of Sexism, Racism, Islamophobia in Trump’s America  (DIERSEN: Democrats want everyone in America to be 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=24772
— Number of girls and women at risk of genital mutilation triples in U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24748

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/is-it-possible-to-resist-deportation-in-trumps-america.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump’s budget helps the rich at the expense of the poor – Max Ehrenfreund  (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because 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. Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/23/how-trumps-budget-helps-the-rich-at-the-expense-of-the-poor/
— Trump proposes dramatic changes to federal government, slashing safety net programs that affect up to a fifth of Americans – Damian Paletta (DIERSEN: If you have less money than others, Democrats shout at you that it is because 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. Democrats always promise to use government take money away from members of the aforesaid groups and to give that money to those who have less money. It is called socialism.  Socialism destroys motivation to become/remain a productive member of society.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/23/trump-proposes-dramatic-changes-to-federal-government-slashing-safety-net-programs-that-affect-up-to-a-fifth-of-americans/
— Trump called terrorists ‘losers’ — the same insult he has thrown at CNN, Ted Cruz and many others – Callum Borchers  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always been a loser.  Should I write a book about them?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/23/trump-called-terrorists-losers-the-same-insult-he-has-thrown-at-cnn-ted-cruz-and-many-others/
— On track for Public Service Loan Forgiveness? Good news, you’re not in danger from Trump’s budget. – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (DIERSEN: Back when I was young, it was a positive to be able to say that you worked yourself through college.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/23/on-track-for-public-service-loan-forgiveness-good-news-youre-not-in-danger-from-trumps-budget/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Budget Bites Deeply Into Programs Benefiting His Voters – Erik Wasson , Steven T. Dennis, and John McCormick  (DIERSEN: The more financial, health, and/or other problems that you have, the more likely that you vote for Democrats.  In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, what percent of voters who have financial, health, and/or other problems voted for Trump?  Because many, if not most, if not virtually all voters have financial, health, and/or other problems and because Trump got so few votes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, they obviously voted for Clinton.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-23/trump-seeks-3-6-trillion-in-spending-cuts-to-reshape-government
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump made an impassioned plea for support from minority voters during his election campaign by asking them, “What do you have to lose?” On Tuesday, they got an answer, as did many of the rural, poor and working-class voters who propelled him into office. In his fiscal 2018 budget proposal, Trump asked Congress for $3.6 trillion in spending cuts that would mean steep reductions in food stamps, Medicaid health insurance payments, disability benefits, low-income housing assistance and block grants that fund meals-on-wheels for the elderly. The plan found little favor in Congress, even among Republican lawmakers from districts and states that gave Trump wide margins in the November election, and it had Democrats talking about a deal on spending that would exclude the White House.)
— Rep. Roskam Sees Tax Reform Passing This Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2017-05-23/rep-roskam-sees-tax-reform-passing-this-year-video

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— COLA trumps pay raise? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: One reason why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old was that Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions were adjusted for inflation with COLAs.  However, the CSRS COLAs that I have received have been far less than inflation.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-report/2017/05/cola-trumps-pay-raise/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Trump budget to carve $4B from federal employee retirement – Carten Cordell
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/trump-budget-to-carve-4b-from-federal-employee-retirement

 

FED WEEK
— Trump Budget Proposal Would Cost Federal Employees, Retirees Big Bucks
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/trump-budget-proposal-cost-federal-employees-retirees-big-bucks/

 

FED SMITH
— 2018 Budget Proposes Eliminating COLAs, Increasing Retirement Contributions – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: One reason why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old was that Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions were adjusted for inflation with COLAs.  However, the CSRS COLAs that I have received have been far less than inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/23/2018-budget-proposes-eliminating-colas-increasing-retirement-contributions/

 

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
— Trump budget cuts civil service pay, jobs, and benefits to line CEO pockets, union says  Budget delivers huge tax breaks to CEOs and wealthy on backs of federal workers
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trump-budget-cuts-civil-service-pay-jobs-and-benefits-to-line-ceo-pockets-union-says-300462668.html

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Trump Resistance movement takes aim at McDonald’s today
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-resistance-movement-takes-aim-at-mcdonalds-today/

May 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Islamic State claims responsibility for Ariana Grande show bombing – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/uk-police-arrest-man-23-in-manchester-in-relation-to-concert-attack/
— Cries of racism, fear, meddling mark NW Side affordable housing flap – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cries-of-racism-fear-meddling-mark-nw-side-affordable-housing-flap/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration appears to ease up on its threat against ‘sanctuary cities’ – Joseph Tanfani  (DIERSEN: Of course, members of the following groups are overjoyed, but of course, they will continue to vote for Democrats: 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.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sessions-memo-sanctuary-cities-20170522-story.html
— Senate Democrats poised to vote on major tax hikes Tuesday – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-senate-met-0523-20170522-story.html
— Preckwinkle says she’ll run for re-election next year – Hal Dardick  (DIERSEN: What offices will be on the ballot in your precinct next year? Which candidates are running for those offices?  Which candidates have Rauner’s endorsement?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-toni-preckwinkle-reelection-2018-0523-story.html
— Illinois’ middle class shrank over the last 40 years. Here’s why. – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-middle-class-0523-biz-20170522-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meantime, Illinois’ median household income among the middle class has grown very modestly over that period, to $80,800 in 2015 from $79,300 in 1980, adjusting for inflation. But high-income households have seen their median income jump 14.5 percent, to $192,900 from $168,500. The median pay for low-income households has barely budged, to $26,100 from $25,800. . . Measuring the middle class is challenging, the report said, in part because it isn’t clear how to define it given associations with education and occupation type. The report’s analysis measured middle class by income level, adjusted for household size. So households earning more than two-thirds of the state’s median income and less than double the state’s median income — between $43,000 and $130,000 — are considered middle class.)
— Dear Millennials: Skip the avocado toast to save for retirement – Noah Smith  (DIERSEN: My wife and I have saved far more for our retirement than others who share our demographics have saved for their retirement.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn that, and attribute that a) to our both being healthy and White, b) to my being a male, c) to my avoiding the draft, d) to my being overpaid by the federal government, e) to our giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents, and f) to my not giving lots of money to churches like they do.  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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-millennials-avocado-toast-retirement-20170522-story.html
— HARDCOPY LETTER TITLE: A living wage – David Orr  (DIERSEN: If jobs that do not require any education, any job skills, or any work experience should pay at least $15/hour, a) jobs that require a high school diploma should pay at least $25/hour, b) jobs that require a bachelor’s degree should pay at least $35/hour, c) jobs that require a master’s degree should pay at least $45/hour,  d) jobs that require a professional certification should pay at least $55/hour, and e) jobs that require a professional license should pay at least $65/hour.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-higher-wages-low-income-workers-mcdonalds-20170522-story.html
— Supreme Court: GOP packed black voters into 2 North Carolina districts to help win more House seats – David G. Savage  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrats gerrymandered all Illinois’ districts to help elect Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-supreme-court-north-carolina-gerrymandering-20170522-story.html
— Naperville teen’s senseless tragedy: ‘They scared him to death’ – Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-naperville-north-suicide-20170522-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Academic Team, 2016-2017  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) women do better academically than men and b) Asian-Americans do better academically than White Americans. Why is that?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170523/dupage-county-academic-team-2016-2017

 

DNA INFO
— The FBI Is Looking To Get More Diverse … And It’s Hiring  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) your career will be wasted and you will 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, b) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and c) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170522/near-west-side/fbi-is-looking-get-more-diverse-its-hiring
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The FBI is looking to get more diversity in its ranks, acknowledging “the diversity numbers are not where we want them to be.” As a result, the bureau is launching a “Diversity Agent Recruitment Program,” to recruit more minorities and women “to better represent the diverse make-up of our communities overall.” In Chicago, the FBI is holding a recruitment event July 12. While a spokesman didn’t reveal exactly how many positions are being sought, he said Chicago is hoping to get hundreds of applicants. The bureau didn’t provide a breakdown of agents by race or gender, but acknowledged: “The diversity numbers of the FBI are not where we want them to be, unfortunately, but we have made it our highest priority to change that over the next few years.” Chicago agents start at around $71,000, with salaries rising to $110,000 over five years, a spokesman said.)

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Silvis native Gabriel Grchan heads IRS criminal investigation division in Chicago – Tara Becker  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/silvis-native-heads-irs-criminal-investigation-division-in-chicago/article_b30a5174-55a1-573d-9202-1c1959a896aa.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— GOP seeks recruits to oppose Mendoza, Madigan  GOP searching for ‘electable’ candidates – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. According to my critics/opponents, a) the Republican Party platform is the problem, b) the more planks in that platform that a candidate supports, the less likely that they will win, and c) to win, candidates should stress those planks that they reject.  My critics especially want candidates who reject the immigration, traditional family, right to life, illegal drugs, gambling, and Second Amendment planks.  They especially want candidates who hate Trump.  They especially want candidates who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/gop-seeks-recruits-to-oppose-mendoza-madigan/719204123
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Governor Bruce Rauner and his inner circle of political advisors are holding private meetings to vet candidates they hope could unseat Comptroller Susana Mendoza and Attorney General Lisa Madigan in the 2018 election. Democrats running to unseat Rauner have garnered most of the public attention to date, but behind closed doors, Republicans are already forming a deep roster and consulting with top party donors before making any public commitments to back candidates. The secretive casting calls are starting to creating tension within the party as leaders mull over their next move. According to sources with knowledge of these discussions, Rauner’s chief political strategist Mike Zolnierowicz is actively recruiting and meeting with candidates who may show potential to upstage some of the governor’s political rivals in a statewide election. By all accounts, these conversations remain in the very early stages, and several of the candidates themselves remain uncertain about their own standing with the party leadership. Former Comptroller Leslie Munger is rumored to be angling for a chance to regain her seat in 2018, but party leaders have privately expressed concerns about her electability after losing a rough election last fall. Although he did not respond to requests for comment, Zolnierowicz continues to explore other options for the high stakes Comptroller race. After losing to Mendoza last November, Munger was awarded a pay raise to a salary of $138,000 as one of two deputy governors in the Rauner administration. When asked about her plans to run for reelection, she replied, “No comment.” Republicans openly admit they are gearing up for a broader campaign to overtake a majority in the House, which would effectively demote reigning Speaker Michael Madigan. The party would need to pick up 9 seats to unseat Madigan. It only managed to gain 4 seats during the 2016 election, narrowly escaping the Democratic supermajority. Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) acknowledges unseating Madigan is a long shot, but he contends Democrats have several vulnerable candidates in districts where he believes the GOP can compete. Defeating Madigan’s daughter may prove to be the tougher task. Zolnierowicz, who left his post as Rauner’s chief of staff to become the party’s top strategist last summer, is said to have come down to a short list of candidates to oppose Madigan, yet concerns about name recognition and credentials prolong the decision. Rauner’s campaign communications director Kirsten Kukowski and Illinois GOP spokesmen Steven Yaffe and Aaron DeGroot declined to comment for this article.)

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE DEMOCRATS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: May 18, 2017 letter to Rauner
http://ilhousedems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/051817HDemCaucusLettertoRauner.pdf?platform=hootsuite

 

GOPUSA
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS, UNACCEPTBLE: Nearly 740,000 Foreigners Overstayed Visas in One Year
http://www.gopusa.com/nearly-740000-foreigners-overstayed-visas-in-one-year/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHY POLITICS AND RELIGION ARE INSEPARABLE – Ben Kinchlow  (DIERSEN: What do you say to churchgoers who promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and even worse things?)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/why-politics-and-religion-are-inseparable/

 

WHITE HOUSE
— The application period for the Fall 2017 White House Internship Program is now open. (DIERSEN: One could argue that constructively, these positions are only for those who a) have wealthy parents, b) have big time government/political connections, or c) can take out a student loan.  GAO audits IRS.  While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, some of my most vicious Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates started at GAO as interns. They were beyond furious that started at GAO at the GS-9 Step 10 level, currently $71,326.  They viciously demonized, they viciously denigrated, and they viciously condemned a) the experience that I had gained working for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, b) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.  They made it very clear that they believed that interns are superior to others and that GAO should give its employees who started as interns big time preference for their entire GAO career.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/participate/internships/apply
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: White House Internships are unpaid positions. Applicants are encouraged to contact educational institutions and other non-profit organizations to apply for assistance as needed. Any outside income, funding, or housing assistance received as a White House intern must receive pre-approval.)

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Responding In a Christlike Way – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: My churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do NOT respond to me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in a Christlike way.  They promote hatred, punishment, and even worse things.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/23/responding-christlike-way/

 

THE HILL
— Divisions emerge in the Senate on pre-existing conditions – PETER SULLIVAN  (DIERSEN: What about pre-existing conditions that are caused/aggravated by bad/risky/unhealthy lifestyle choices?  My critics/opponents would hint/imply/argue/shout that I have type 2 diabetes because I spend so much time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out rather than exercising like they do.)
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/334620-divisions-emerge-in-the-senate-on-pre-existing-conditions

 

MSNBC
— MSNBC Ruthlessly Cuts To Trump Coverage As Manchester Victims Scream In Background – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/22/msnbc-ruthlessly-cuts-to-trump-coverage-as-manchester-victims-scream-in-background-video/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ISIS Claims Responsibility for Manchester Concert Attack; Toll Rises to 22 – CEYLAN YEGINSU and STEVEN ERLANGER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/world/europe/manchester-arena-attack-ariana-grande.html
— Big Game Hunter Killed by Elephant in Zimbabwe – JACEY FORTINM  (DIERSEN: 10 years ago, I raised $2,000 from DuPage Republicans, including $500 from Roger Claar, to sponsor an elephant to walk behind Congressman Peter Roskam in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/world/africa/elephant-theunis-botha.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly concert blast in Manchester, monitoring group says – Griff Witte and Karla Adam
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/lone-attacker-detonated-device-at-manchester-concert-killing-22-including-children/2017/05/23/027d414c-3f57-11e7-b29f-f40ffced2ddb_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Paid leave proposal will test Trump’s populist commitment – Heidi M. Przybyla  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had an unfair advantage because I did not have any dependents. They were furious when I married a woman in 1978 who had a good job and savings.  They were beyond furious after my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/23/paid-leave-proposal-test-trumps-populist-commitment/102015062/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Islamic State claimed responsibility for the terror attack that killed at least 22 people and injured 59 at a concert hall in Manchester, U.K., where singer Ariana Grande was performing.
http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/manchester-explosion
— Voting Rights Confusion  The GOP can’t use race in redistricting but it also must use race. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats crow over their success in getting minorities to be 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/voting-rights-confusion-1495494823
— Why Millennials Are (Partly) to Blame for the Housing Shortage  As young people and builders have shifted their focus toward trendier urban markets, overall housing construction has declined – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: When I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24, I worked for IRS in its Harvey office. When I bought a studio condo in 1974 and then a one bedroom condo in 1976 in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago, I worked for IRS in its Loop office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-millennials-are-partly-to-blame-for-the-housing-shortage-1495445403
— Monica Lewinsky: Roger Ailes’s Dream Was My Nightmare – MONICA LEWINSKY
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/opinion/monica-lewinsky-roger-ailess-dream-was-my-nightmare.html

 

AAUW
— Women’s Student Debt Crisis in the United States  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always had an unfair advantage in life a) because I am a White male, b) because I avoided the draft, c) because the federal government overpaid me, and d) because I have never had any dependents. In my defense, GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified woman who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified woman who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified woman who would take the job.  GAO, IRS, and the Post Office could not find qualified women who would take the aforesaid jobs a) because qualified women considered those jobs to be “BAD” jobs and b) because qualified women could always get a better job in the private sector.)
http://www.aauw.org/research/deeper-in-debt/
(FROM THE POSTING: Student loan debt is now a $1.3-trillion problem burdening 44 million borrowers. Experts are talking about the effects of student debt on the economy, but they aren’t talking about its disproportionate effects on women. AAUW takes a close look at that oversight in the new research report Deeper in Debt: Women and Student Loans. Women’s success in postsecondary education is shrinking the gender pay gap and opening up opportunities, but at what price? Women not only take on more student debt than men do, but women also pay back their loans more slowly because of the gender pay gap. While higher education is seen as a path to financial stability, taking on student debt is a gamble, and it’s a bigger risk for some women: Low-income students, students with dependent children, and students who drop out of college are all at higher risk of defaulting on student loans. AAUW advocates for grants, programs, and resources that can keep college accessible for those who have the most to gain.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Cuts to Feds’ Retirement Benefits Among the Top Four ‘Savers’ in 2018 Budget – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use this to further hint/imply/argue/shout that my $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension is too generous. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act a) like they are paid agents of selfish, nasty, and greedy employers, b) like they want cheap labor, c) like they not only despise/hate federal employees, but c) like they despise/hate all employees.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/05/white-house-federal-retirement-cuts-would-save-63-billion-2027/138065/
— Criticizes Process That Led to Cuts in Defense Long-Term Travel Per Diems – Erich Wagner  (DIERSEN: In 1977, GAO sided with me concerning per diems. SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866)
http://www.govexec.com/defense/2017/05/watchdog-criticizes-process-led-cuts-defense-long-term-travel-diems/138059/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump’s proposed retirement changes would have major impacts on current feds and retirees – Nicole Ogrysko
https://federalnewsradio.com/retirement/2017/05/trumps-proposed-retirement-changes-would-have-major-impacts-on-current-feds-and-retirees/

May 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 4 dead, 34 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings –
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/4-men-shot-across-chicago-in-3-hours-overnight/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, those who promote illegal immigration, including those who run Chicago, make it clear that they are also 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://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/one-chicago-pro-immigrant-campaign-promotes-city-3-million-stories/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Obama Back On World Stage – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps declare Obama to be the real President of the United States and that everyone should follow Obama and not Trump?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/scheduled/
— Trump urges Mideast nations to drive out ‘Islamic extremism’ – AP  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” party leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn as being extremists those like me who support the Republican Party platform and b) who focus on driving Republicans like me out of the Republican Party.  These “Republican” party leaders are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/president-donald-trump-gears-up-for-address-to-muslim-world/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “Durbin compares Trump to attention-seeking Blagojevich.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dick-durbin-donald-trump-20170522-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump could cost Republicans a generation of voters.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-hurt-republicans-20170522-story.html
— Sheriff David Clarke, extremist for hire – Mary Sanchez  (DIERSEN: Who calls you an extremist?  Members of the following groups call me an extremist: 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 as well as 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-sheriff-david-clarke-trump-20170519-story.html
— You’re fired! How to deal with it – Steve Rosen  (DIERSEN: Constructively, to be forced to retire, is the same as being fired.  In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” In 1998, I dealt with that by having my attorney, Walter T. Charlton (https://www.martindale.com/arlington/virginia/walter-t-charlton-1728803-a/), file a lawsuit against GAO in Washington, DC.  In 2000, that lawsuit was transferred to Chicago.  SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-201705080004–tms–kidmoneyctnsr-a20170508-20170508-story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: When ‘culture fit’ is really a bias cover – Mark Newman  (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. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.inc.com/mark-newman/is-company-culture-a-cover-for-unconscious-bias.html
— Engage to win – Marcel Schwantes  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, those who “won” had the most success in getting rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170522/281861528444347

WGN RADIO

— Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 5/21/17 – JASMINE COOPER (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
http://wgnradio.com/2017/05/21/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-52117/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Graduates walk out on Pence at Notre Dame commencement – AP  (DIERSEN: Of course, those who walked out have already received many job offers from employers 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 for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170521/news/305219958/
— Each classic car owner has a story to share – Matt Avery  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate cars, b) hate General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, c) hate those who own/owned cars made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, d) hate unions, and e) hate past, present, and future union members.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170522/each-classic-car-owner-has-a-story-to-share

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: The doctor is out – BRIGID SWEENEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170520/ISSUE01/170519811
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Why so many young Chicago men pull the trigger – ARTHUR J. LURIGIO AND SIDNEY H. WEISSMAN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170519/ISSUE07/170519818

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Former Chief Deputy Stan Bond to run for Kane County clerk – Editorial
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/05/18/former-chief-deputy-stan-bond-to-run-for-kane-county-clerk/axcslbk/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-lawmakers-consider-medical-marijuanas-effect-opioid-addiction

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump budget: $800 billion in Medicaid cuts  GOP program would cut Medicaid by 25% by 2026 – MJ LEE & TAMI LUHBY
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-budget-800-billion-in-medicaid-cuts/718308132

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Criminals take advantage of ‘sanctuary’ cities, legal pro says – Chandra Lye
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511112644-criminals-take-advantage-of-sanctuary-cities-legal-pro-says
— Like the vets it honors, DuPage foundation reaches its goals – Michael McGrady
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511113795-like-the-vets-it-honors-dupage-foundation-reaches-its-goals
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Approximately 100 local veterans of World War II and the Korean War got their due and the Honor Flight Chicago got its financial backing at the DuPage Veterans Foundation’s sixth annual fundraiser recently. Richard Jorgensen, the president of the foundation, told the DuPage Policy Journal that the event met its goals with flying colors. “We considered it to be a very successful event,” he said. “Our event is really two things: one, to honor World War I and Korea War-era veterans for their service, and second, it is a fundraiser to donate the money to Honor Flight Chicago. Those were the two goals of our event.” Jorgensen said the fundraiser drew more than 1,000 attendees, including Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago radio talk show host Dan Proft. Proft is a principal of Local Government Information Services, which owns this publication. Jorgensen said he estimated the fundraiser garnered approximately $55,000 this year, adding to the more than $200,000 it has raised through past events.)

 

CRISIS CREATIN RAUNER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says that Rauner said “Crisis creates opportunity. Crisis creates leverage to change … and we’ve got to use that leverage of the crisis to force structural change.”  During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used budget cuts to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.crisiscreatinrauner.com/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS SING STATE SONG WHILE ILLINOIS BURNS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/illinois-lawmakers-sing-state-song-while-illinois-burns-videos.html
— THORNER: SEN. MCCONCHIE REVIEWS ILLINOIS’ BUDGET CRISIS WITH GOP WOMEN’S GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/thorner-senator-mcconchie-reviews-illinois-budget-crisis-with-gop-womens-group.html
— KNIGHT: ACLU EMPLOYS EX-CONS TO CANVASS VOTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/knight-aclu-employs-ex-cons-to-canvass-voters.html
— STATE REP. JEANNE IVES “WE NEED TO REMOVE FRANK MAUTINO”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/state-rep-jeanne-ives-we-need-to-remove-frank-mautino-video.html
— DOES THE MINIMUM WAGE PREVENT POVERTY? (DIERSEN: What did you do with the money that you earned at the minimum wage?  I used the money that I earned working part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to use to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/does-the-minimum-wage-prevent-poverty-video.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Push is on for Springfield casino  (DIERSEN: To promote gambling in Springfield is to promote the destruction of Springfield.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/22/push-is-on-for-springfield-casino/

 

NEWSMAX
— The Alt-Left Opposing Trump Are Deplorable Freeloaders – Denis Kleinfeld
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Kleinfeld/Alt-Left-Deplorable-Freeloaders-trump/2017/05/22/id/791498/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Journalists Spread Fake News About Ivanka Trump – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have charged me with using GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spread fake news.  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the only “real” news is news that they approve of.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/21/journalists-spread-fake-news-about-ivanka-trump/
— U.S. Allots $200K In Europe To Promote ‘Positive Narratives’ About Refugees – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trump television stations, anti-Trump newspapers, anti-Trump radio stations, anti-Trump websites, anti-Trump etc. act like they get lots of money from Democrats, from Libertarians, and from Greens to promote a) positive narratives about Democrats, about Libertarians, about Greens, about the Democrat Party platform, about the Libertarian Party platform, and about the Green Party platform and b) promote negative narratives about Republicans and about the Republican Party platform.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/21/us-plans-to-spend-200k-in-europe-to-promote-positive-narratives-about-refugees/

 

THE BLAZE
— What has happened to Fox News’ ratings since O’Reilly’s departure? The answer is shocking – Justin Haskins  (DIERSEN: It seems like those who have taken over Fox News want to destroy Fox News.  Those who took over TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois destroyed TAPROOT.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes glorify and praise those who took over TAPROOT.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/21/what-has-happened-to-fox-news-ratings-since-oreillys-departure-the-answer-is-shocking/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About one month later, Fox News has a completely different news lineup, and the results thus far have been nothing short of disastrous. On Thursday, TV Newser reported Fox News, which once dominated its competitors in virtually every timeslot, is now losing across the board in the key 25-54 demographic. The results are most notable in primetime, which used to carry Fox News’ most reliable audience. Now, Fox News is running a distant third to hosts who previously drew audiences half the size of O’Reilly’s.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— As usual, liberals dominate college commencement addresses – Lonny Leitner
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/as_usual_liberals_dominate_college_commencement_addresses.html

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Showing Compassion – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: Who do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes show compassion for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes show compassion for those who they manipulate/dominate.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/22/showing-compassion/

 

THE HILL
— Republicans fearing for their safety as anger, threats mount – CRISTINA MARCOS  (DIERSEN: Who are the most hate-filled anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the most hate-filled anti-Trumps in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/334333-republicans-fearing-for-their-safety-as-anger-threats-mount

 

POLITICO
— Tillerson holds a press conference without U.S. media – HADAS GOLD and ANNIE KARNI  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO politicians who do not want me to a) know about their events or other activities, b) promote their events or other activities, c) attend their events, or d) report on their events.)
http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/05/21/tillerson-no-reporters-press-238658

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote cheap labor and mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/us/politics/utah-economy-jobs.html
— It Was Hard This Year to Keep Politics Out of High School Yearbooks – DANA GOLDSTEIN  (DIERSEN: If there had been anything in my 1966 Crete-Monee High School yearbbok that indicated that I was a Republican, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/us/politics/high-school-yearbooks-presidential-election.html
— Plotting an O’Reilly Comeback With an Eye on Fox – Jim Rutenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/business/media/rivals-see-chance-to-challenge-fox-news.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Whites. Ever-increasingly, for their self-defense, Whites are buying firearms and ammunition.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/opinion/white-supremacist-confederate-monuments-nazi.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— From ‘Nut job’ to ‘Wacko,’ Trump’s history of using insulting words mocks mental health – Amy B Wang  (DIERSEN: From what I can tell, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes call me far worse things than “nut job.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes count on me keeping my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/20/from-nut-job-to-wacko-trump-has-a-history-of-insulting-others-mental-health/
— Trump, Hill Republicans target ‘overly generous compensation’ for federal employees – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) want “cheap labor,” b) do not want the federal government to be a “model employer,” and c) hate federal employees and hate federal retirees.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/22/trump-hill-republicans-target-overly-generous-compensation-for-feds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With President Trump targeting federal employees’ retirement programs and House Republicans taking aim at their compensation generally, Uncle Sam’s goal of being a model employer looks shaky. The administration’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal, scheduled for release Tuesday, includes a series of cuts to retirement programs, as The Washington Post reported last week. Then, amid a torrent of reports denoting Trump as unfit, unprepared and unbecoming, Republicans took time for a hearing to promote the notion that feds are overpaid. Together, the White House and congressional actions are a clear indication of Republican intent to extract savings at the expense of the workforce. At Thursday’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the government operations subcommittee, complained “taxpayers are stuck paying for overly generous compensation” that “rewards tenure rather than performance.” Meadows, chairman of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, always makes a point of praising “an incredibly dedicated federal workforce” and visiting their workplaces. That he is not a fed-basher demonstrates how pervasive his position is among Republicans who control Congress. With Republican Trump running the White House, Democrats are outnumbered in their attempt to protect workers from further incursions into their pocketbooks.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Anti-Trump Democrats Invite Chaos  If they succeed in bouncing the president from office, they may find that what comes next is even worse. –  Ted Van Dyk
https://www.wsj.com/articles/anti-trump-democrats-invite-chaos-1495403069

 

USA TODAY
— In protest, students walk out on Mike Pence’s Notre Dame commencement speech – Laken Litman  (DIERSEN: Of course, those who walked out have already received many job offers from employers 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 for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/21/mike-pence-notre-dame-speech/335083001/
— Here’s the new retirement goal: Love your job and keep working – Darla Mercado  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, few, if any of my Democrat coworkers “loved” their jobs.  They focused on helping their supervisors and superiors meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, that is, they helped their supervisors and superiors get rid of Post Office, IRS, and GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. By way of contrast, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.  In addition, I served on the executive committee of a job-related professional association 1983-1996.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/05/22/retirement-love-your-job-keep-working/335023001/

 

AAUW
— Student loan debt is now a $1.3-trillion problem burdening 44 million borrowers. Experts are talking about the effects of student debt on the economy, but they aren’t talking about its disproportionate effects on women.  (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, employers have been under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote women, that is, to not hire, retain, or promote men.  To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
http://www.aauw.org/research/deeper-in-debt/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO: Federal Improper Payments Reached $144B in Fiscal 2016 – Jane Edwards
http://www.executivegov.com/2017/05/gao-federal-improper-payments-reached-144b-in-fiscal-2016/

 

COLUMBIA JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump and trickle-down press persecution – Jonathan Peters  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on delegitimizing you and delegitimizing what you do? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on delegitimizing me and delegitimizing my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Should I retaliate?)
https://www.cjr.org/local_news/trump-and-trickle-down-press-persecution.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: IT’S BECOME CLEAR IN RECENT MONTHS that Donald Trump’s growling at the national press has, in many ways, backfired. The New York Times and The Washington Post are producing exceptional and indignant stories about the new administration. Subscriptions have surged. Cable news ratings are hitting record highs. And nonprofit outlets like Mother Jones and ProPublica have seen a major increase in donations. Times Editor Dean Baquet put it this way in late February: “There was a long time when the press wondered about its place in society. . . What’s happened in the last couple of months, I have to say, has been tremendous for news organizations. Our mission is clearer than it’s ever been.” I’m excited about the press’s reinvigoration, too, but I’m also worried about Trump’s anti-press words and deeds—and their trickle-down consequences for state and local journalists. I contacted 16 editors or publishers of state and local newspapers in California, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas to ask if their papers had seen post-election bumps in subscriptions or readership. Their circulations range from 8,000 to 200,000 daily. Seven responded, and only one reported growth. The others didn’t know why they hadn’t seen growth or said their local focus might be to blame. I don’t want to lean too heavily on these results, which are anecdotal. But they only add to my concern that Trump’s anti-press antics will inspire unprecedented attempts to delegitimize the state and local press.)

May 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lisa Madigan, Illinois’ incomplete attorney general – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-madigan-corruption-lisa-michael-attorney-general-edit-jm-20170518-story.html
— Media fair to Trump? Harvard says no. – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-trump-media-coverage-harvard-kass-0521-20170519-column.html
— Pritzker, Rauner spar after Democrat pledges $1 million to black-owned bank – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-bank-deposit-met-0520-20170521-story.html
— Helping the ‘most broken’ of Southland’s homeless – Donna Vickroy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-vickroy-homeless-bridges-st-0522-20170515-story.html
— College prep courses not preparing kids for college – Diane Rado
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-high-school-courses-met-20170519-story.html
— Don’t underestimate Donald Trump – Ronald A. Klain
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-impeachment-survive-20170519-story.html
— Former public works director suing Evanston, city officials, alleging racial discrimination – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-tl-0504-20170519-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Evanston public works director Suzette Robinson is suing the city and several city officials for what the lawsuit alleges was “discrimination on the basis of race, harassment and [a] racially hostile work environment, and for retaliation.” However, Evanston’s city manager, who was named as one of the defendants in the suit, said Suzette Robinson’s race played no part in the decision to eliminate her job. “I deny Ms. Robinson’s claims in this lawsuit that race or retaliation had any role in my decision-making,” said Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz. In the complaint, filed May 27, 2016, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Robinson asks for $75,000 in compensation, plus attorney’s fees and punitive damages. She names Bobkiewicz, the City of Evanston, city attorney W. Grant Farrar and human resources manager Jennifer Lin as defendants. According to the lawsuit, Robinson was public works director for Evanston from March 2010 until August 2015. The suit said that she was one of “three African-American employees at the department director level reporting directly to Bobkiewicz.” The complaint reads that Robinson’s position was eliminated, “effective immediately,” in August 2015 after Bobkiewicz stated “that the city planned to combine public works and utilities into one department named the public works agency.” But the lawsuit says the City Council did not approve the “proposed reorganization” until September 2015. Robinson alleges that Bobkiewicz “discriminated against her on the basis of race” and “retaliated against her” “for filing complaints about racial discrimination,” according to court documents.)
— TRAGIC: Third gambling cafe OK’d in Oswego – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-oswego-gambling-st-0521-20170519-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police superintendent defends use of secret watch list – Mick Dumke, Frank Main, and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-superintendent-defends-use-of-secret-watch-list/
— Opponents stand firm against Rauner’s ‘flexible’ options for elderly – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/opponents-stand-firm-against-rauners-flexible-options-for-elderly/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois punished by market as budget deadline nears – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170520/illinois-punished-by-market-as-budget-deadline-nears

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Illinois should learn from California – FRITZ KAEGI
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170519/OPINION/170519836/illinois-could-learn-from-california-re-taxes-and-workers-comp

 

WSIL TV
— Rauner, Democrats accuse each other of peddling fake news – Brandon Richard  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of “spreading fake news.” Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35473849/rauner-democrats-accuse-each-other-of-peddling-fake-news

 

FOX ILLINOIS & NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Lawmakers and Rauner Accuse Each Other of Spreading Fake News – Rachel Droze  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of “spreading fake news.” Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lawmakers-rauner-accuse-each-other-of-spreading-fake-news-05-20-2017
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/lawmakers-rauner-accuse-each-other-of-spreading-fake-news

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner administration denies it planted false info about school funding reform – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have accused me of planting false information. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170519/rauner-administration-denies-it-planted-false-info-about-school-funding-reform
— Bill to honor Barack Obama’s birthday headed to governor – Brian Robbins  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  From what I see, Obama and his supporters what to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170519/bill-to-honor-barack-obamas-birthday-headed-to-governor
— State of Illinois’ unpaid CWLP bills piling up again – Mary Hansen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170519/state-of-illinois-unpaid-cwlp-bills-piling-up-again

 

SOUTHERN
— Despite setback, Illinois still planning to roll out Secure Choice retirement savings plan – STEPHANIE ESTERS
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/despite-setback-illinois-still-planning-to-roll-out-secure-choice/article_80927ada-de87-5996-a6e7-d6cbbe0bb1dc.html

 

ALTON NEWS
— Bill Sponsor Mad At Support – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=244388#.WSBA5WjyuM8

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Manar Says Gov’s Office Dialed Up The Wrong Numbers – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/manar-says-govs-office-dialed-wrong-numbers#stream/0

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Twenty-two Will County schools lose, seven win in state Senate funding revamp
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511096862-twenty-two-will-county-schools-lose-seven-win-in-state-senate-funding-revamp

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Thirty-nine DuPage County school districts lose, three win in state Senate funding revamp
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096864-thirty-nine-dupage-county-school-districts-lose-three-win-in-state-senate-funding-revamp

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Democratic lawmaker says politics behind Republican’s support of his tax fraud bill – Cole Lauterbach and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/democratic-lawmaker-says-politics-behind-republican-s-support-of-his/article_1ca4ee24-3cc0-11e7-a753-a72bab15f9cc.html
— Rauner says tax credit program expiring another sign of inaction at statehouse – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-says-tax-credit-program-expiring-another-sign-of-inaction/article_a4377b4a-3cd9-11e7-9169-9b7b9be6f4af.html
— Democrats seek investigation into ‘leak’ of information Rauner says has been public for a year – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) focus on keeping me in the dark and b) falsely and slanderously accused me of leaking information.  I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/democrats-seek-investigation-into-leak-of-information-rauner-says-has/article_55eb1608-3cc6-11e7-aa5e-47dde0a11292.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CULLERTON BILL TAKES WRONG APPROACH TO ILLINOIS PENSION REFORM – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/cullerton-bill-takes-wrong-approach-to-illinois-pension-reform/

 

FOX NEWS
— Gingrich Slams NYT, WaPo Reports as ‘Garbage’ Intended to ‘Smear’ Trump
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/19/newt-gingrich-slams-nyt-wapo-reports-garbage-intended-smear-trump
— Minnesota yearbook: Behead Trump – Todd Starnes
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/19/minnesota-yearbook-behead-trump.html

 

BREITBART
— Former NBA Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hints That He Thinks Donald Trump Would Have Approved of Slavery – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/05/19/former-nba-star-kareem-abdul-jabbar-hints-thinks-donald-trump-approved-slavery/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Is Not the Real Target; You Are – Timothy Daughtry
https://townhall.com/columnists/timothydaughtry/2017/05/19/trump-is-not-the-real-target-you-are-n2329201

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rahm’s latest plan to stave off Chicago financial collapse under fire – from Dems – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/rahms_latest_plan_to_stave_off_chicago_financial_collapse_under_fire__from_dems.html

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— Church Sign Blames 9/11 On ’19 Muslim Immigrants’ – Michael Allen
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/church-sign-blames-9/11-19-muslim-immigrants

 

CHURCH MILITANT
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: DEPAUL UNIVERSITY MAKES STUDENTS PAY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS’ EDUCATIONS – Rodney Pelletier
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-university-makes-students-pay-for-illegal-aliens-educations

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Conservative Force Behind Speeches Roiling College Campuses – STEPHANIE SAUL  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, schools crank out hate-filled “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.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/us/college-conservative-speeches.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  “Let’s give it up for the racists that are hosting this event!” someone yelled, and the crowd roared, foot-stomping in unison, then breaking into song: Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” One member of the audience held up a sign, “Queers Against Islamaphobia.” Another unfurled a banner: “Muslims Welcome. Fascists Get Out.” Close to 200 students kept up the noise for more than an hour in a University at Buffalo lecture hall on May 1, mostly drowning out the evening’s featured speaker, Robert Spencer, a conservative author and blogger who espouses a dark view of Islam. The event appeared to follow a familiar script, in which a large contingent of liberals muzzles a provocative speaker invited by a small conservative student club. But the propelling force behind the event — and a number of recent heat-seeking speeches on college campuses — was a national conservative group that is well funded, highly organized and on a mission, in its words, to “restore sanity at your school.” The group, the Young America’s Foundation, had paid Mr. Spencer’s $2,000 fee, trained the student leader who organized the event and provided literature for distribution. Other than the possibility of outside interference, little had been left to chance. The speeches are a part of the group’s mission of grooming future conservative leaders — Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Stephen Miller, a White House adviser, are among its alumni — and its long list of donors has included the television game show host Pat Sajak, the novelist Tom Clancy, the billionaire brothers David H. and Charles G. Koch, and the Amway billionaires Richard and Helen Devos, who gave $10 million to endow the Reagan Ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., which the foundation runs as a preserve. (Their daughter-in-law, Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, is not a donor, the group says.) Over the past two years, armed with a $16 million infusion from the estate of an orthodontist in California, Robert Ruhe, the organization has doubled its programming, including campus speeches. In 2016 that meant 111 speakers on 77 campuses. On the group’s website, it boasted of “dispatching” 31 speakers to colleges last month alone. In that time, the speakers have gotten edgier, more in-your-face and sometimes even meanspirited. Among them is Ann Coulter, whose canceled speech last month at the University of California, Berkeley, led the foundation, which was covering most of her $20,000 fee, to sue the college, arguing that it had violated the First Amendment in its failure to provide a suitable time and place for the event. The resulting clashes on university campuses, including protests and efforts to block speeches, have raised free speech questions. And at Berkeley, even liberals who oppose Ms. Coulter’s viewpoints said her speech should have been allowed to proceed. In the meantime, protesters have questioned whether such events are cynically intended to provoke reactions. “It’s part of a larger systematic and extremely well-funded effort to disrupt public universities and create tension among student groups on campus,” said Alexandra Prince, a doctoral student at Buffalo who circulated a petition to block Mr. Spencer.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Ailes blasts Ailes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/roger-ailes-fox-news-wrecked-conservatism.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Blind Spot in a Sharing Economy: Tax Collection  Some gig-economy workers are using a loophole to cheat Uncle Sam; others are bewildered by tax requirements – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-blind-spot-in-a-sharing-economy-tax-collection-1495186206

 

NEW YORK POST
— Times Square maniac told cops he was high on pot, PCP during rampage – Rebecca Rosenberg, Tina Moore and Stephanie Pagones
http://nypost.com/2017/05/19/times-square-maniac-told-cops-he-was-high-on-pot-pcp-during-rampage/

 

DENVER POST
— Trump’s budget calls for hits on federal employee retirement programs – JOE DAVIDSON  (DIERSEN: One reason why federal pay, benefits, and pensions should be more generous is compensate federal employees and federal retirees for being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned for being federal employees and for being federal retirees.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of federal employees and of federal retirees.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/18/donald-trump-budget-federal-employee-retirement-programs/

 

REASON
— New ‘Social Justice’ Math Class Teaches Kids That Math Is Evil, Dehumanizing  “Mathematics… have been used to trick indigenous peoples out of land and property.” – Robby Soave
http://reason.com/blog/2017/05/16/new-social-justice-math-class-teaches-ki

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump’s 2018 Budget Reportedly Targets Federal Retirement Programs – Erich Wagne  (DIERSEN: One reason why federal pay, benefits, and pensions should be more generous is compensate federal employees and federal retirees for being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned for being federal employees and for being federal retirees.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of federal employees and of federal retirees.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/05/trumps-2018-budget-reportedly-targets-federal-retirement-programs/138014/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The proposed cuts to retirement benefits sparked swift condemnation by Democrats and groups representing federal workers and retirees. Richard Thissen, national president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, called the proposal an “egregious attack on federal service and seniors” and “unconscionable.”  “The president purports to defend government annuities like Social Security and then proposes to eliminate cost-of-living adjustments for some and limit COLAs for those already retired and living on fixed incomes,” Thissen said. “It is beyond insulting. It is downright mean. Simultaneously promoting tax cuts and forcing a tax on just federal employees, through an increase in retirement contributions, is the height of hypocrisy.” J. David Cox, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees blasted the plan as something that “defies reason.” “The American people knows what’s fair, and raiding the already-modest retirement benefits of the people who inspect our food and lock up dangerous criminals is beyond the pale,” Cox said. “These proposals portray an astounding misplacement of priorities that the American public should not soon forget.” And Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said cuts to federal retirement benefits will hurt the government’s ability to attract workers capable of fulfilling the missions of various federal agencies. “The biggest losers from President Trump’s draconian cuts to federal employee pay and benefits will be the American people who count on dedicated federal employees to care for our veterans, maintain our national parks, and process Social Security checks each and every day,” Connolly said. “Cuts of this magnitude will make it impossible to recruit and retain the qualified workforce we need to meet our nation’s challenges.”)

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Congress should be more aggressive in tracking down agency inefficiencies, GAO says – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run GAO wasted my GAO career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/management/2017/05/congress-should-be-more-aggressive-in-tracking-down-agency-inefficiencies-gao-says/

May 18 Morning Edition

VARIOUS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roger Ailes dies.  I had the honor of leading a group that succeeded in 2002 in forcing Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other western suburbs.  Fox News Channel employees in Chicago told me that Ailes was fully aware of my efforts and fully supported my efforts.  Of course, to this day, members of the following groups in Wheaton vehemently hate me for bringing Fox News Channel to Wheaton on cable: 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.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/05/18/roger-ailes-fox-news-founder-and-former-chairman-dies-at-77-family-says/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-fox-news-chief-roger-ailes-dies-1495112318
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170518/report-roger-ailes-former-fox-news-chairman-and-ceo-dead-at-77
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/business/media/roger-ailes-dead.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/roger-ailes-has-died-238546
http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/18/media/roger-ailes-dies/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roger-ailes-dead_us_591d951de4b03b485caf0c96
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39963887
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/18/528925119/roger-ailes-former-fox-news-ceo-dies-at-77
http://abcnews.go.com/US/fmr-fox-news-chairman-roger-ailes-dead-report/story?id=47484607
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/334016-hannity-mourns-ailes-america-lost-one-of-its-great-patriotic-warriors
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/roger-ailes-fox-news-obit-1.4121072
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-fox-ailes-idUKKCN18E1S3
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/05/18/Former-Fox-News-CEO-Roger-Ailes-dead-at-77/5031495111670/
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/roger-ailes-dead-at-77/article/2623457
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-former-fox-news-head-roger-ailes-dead/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Roger-Ailes-Dies-Drudge-Report-422952974.html
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/255405331-story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-roger-ailes-dead-20170518-story.html
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/05/18/fox-news-giant-roger-ailes-dies-at-77/
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-me-roger-ailes-dies-20170518-story.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Hannity: Roger Ailes Was a True American Original … I Am Forever Grateful
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/05/18/hannity-roger-ailes-was-true-american-original-i-am-forever-grateful

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5439526680001/?#sp=show-clips

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump blasts Fox News.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-roger-ailes-dead-commentary-20170518-story.html
— Trump slams naming of special counsel by Justice Department as ‘witch hunt’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-investigation-20170518-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “If you work for President Trump, it’s time to quit.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-impeachment-staff-quit-20170518-story.html
— House Republican Durkin leader joins Pritzker property tax attack – Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-jim-durkin-met-20170518-story.html
— Kinzinger praises special prosecutor appointment – Katherine Skiba  (DIERSEN: Appointing a special prosecutor is an adverse action.  Democrats and RINOs praise the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me including my being forced to retire from GAO in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my always being ranked by GAO in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, my not being promoted by GAO beyond GS-13, my being kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, my being forced to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, my not being promoted by IRS beyond GS-12, my education deductions being disallowed by IRS in 1978, my partial day per diem claims being disallowed by IRS in 1974, my being forced me resign from the Post Office in 1969, and my sick leave requests being disallowed by the Post Office in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-kinzinger-special-prosecutor-20170517-story.html
— DIERSEN HEALINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump frustrated with White House staff – and for some, the feeling is mutual.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-white-house-morale-20170517-story.html
— U. of C. Medicine, Google hope to use patterns in patient records to predict health – Lisa Schencker  (DIERSEN: Potential employers know a) that my father died suddenly in 1969 of heart failure when he was 47 and I was 21, b) that he fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, c) that I have had type 2 diabetes since 2011, d) that I am overweight, and e) that I do not get enough exercise because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-google-university-chicago-partnership-0518-biz-20170517-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Russia probe ‘single greatest witch hunt’ ever of a US pol, Trump says
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/russia-probe-single-greatest-witch-hunt-ever-of-a-us-pol-trump-says/
— Senate Dems clear some budget bills; GOP wants more time – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-dems-clear-some-budget-bills-gop-wants-more-time/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lombard District 44 paying administrators $424K to leave – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: So far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors have succeeded in forcing the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1,000,168 (236 months times $4,238/mo.) to get me to leave GAO.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170518/lombard-district-44-paying-administrators-424k-to-leave
— Trump tweets ‘witch hunt’ after naming of special counsel – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170518/trump-tweets-x2018witch-huntx2019-after-naming-of-special-counsel
— 42-year-old Richard E. Garrity of Wheaton dies after falling at Wrigley Field – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170517/wheaton-man-dies-after-falling-at-wrigley-field

 

NBC5
— The List: High Schools Identified on Image Boards Soliciting, Exchanging Nude Photographs  NBC 5 Investigates identified at least 67 schools throughout the Chicago-area and Illinois – Katie Kim, Lisa Capitanini and Alexis Positano
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/The-List-High-Schools-Identified-on-Image-Boards-Soliciting-Exchanging-Nude-Photographs-422587084.html

 

WLS AM
— Roskam: President Trump Has To Be ‘Incredibly Careful In His Interactions With Foreign Leaders’ (DIERSEN: I have to be incredibly careful in my interactions with my critics/opponents, with their operatives, and with their dupes.  They use everything that I say or do against me.  They are not involved in Republican politics to defend or advance the Republican Party platform or to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance that platform.  They are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.  They talk and act like they agree with only one plank or maybe a few planks in the Republican Party platform and they focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/05/17/gop-rep-president-trump-has-to-be-incredibly-careful-in-his-interactions-with-foreign-leaders/

 

WBEZ
— Rauner Continues To Oppose Senate-OK’d School-aid Change – AP
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/senate-returns-after-democrats-push-ahead-on-grand-bargain/9305684f-eb04-440a-a868-673d863e1fd3

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.sj-r.com/entertainmentlife/20170517/springfield-pridefest-to-have-its-first-pride-parade

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Spending more than we have – Jim Dey  (DIERSEN: While my wife and I were both employed 1978-1997, we always tried to limit our spending to what my salary was.  In 1997, in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $122,991.  Today, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 and my Social Security is only $2,028.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-18/jim-dey-spending-more-we-have.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Dems push ‘grand bargain’ votes in Senate, declare progress – JOHN O’CONNOR
http://www.whig.com/article/20170517/AP/305179622

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Lt. Gov visits DACC – CAROL ROEHM
http://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/lt-gov-visits-dacc/article_7187bd9f-bfa6-5a2a-8af4-e096555baa9e.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— This is what Obama told his friend about Trump  He’s nothing but a bulls****er,’ People reports  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about you to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Based on how the aforesaid treat me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say extremely slanderous things about me. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/this-is-what-obama-told-his-friend-about-trump/716067483

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Illinois Democrats applaud decision to appoint special counsel in Russia investigation – Kristina Karisch  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs always applaud what my critics/opponents do, what their operatives do, and what their dupes do.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/05/18/city/illinois-democrats-applaud-decision-to-appoint-special-counsel-in-russia-investigation/

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Awarded Funds to Offer Advanced Training on Detecting Impaired Driving  (DIERSEN: If you promote booze or pot, you promote impaired driving.  If you promote impaired driving, you promote accidents, injuries, and deaths.)
https://www2.illinois.gov/pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=14168

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 6 KEY REASONS TO SAY ‘NO’ TO FLYNN CURRIE, DURKIN PENSION BILLS – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/6-key-reasons-to-say-no-to-flynn-currie-durkin-pension-bills/
— Illinois’ youth problem: More millennials left Illinois than any other age demographic from 2011 through 2014 – Madelyn Harwood
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/illinois-youth-problem-more-millennials-left-illinois-than-any-other-age-demographic-from-2011-through-2014/

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump offers Sheriff Clarke a position in his administration, and Clarke is taking it – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/17/breaking-trump-offers-sheriff-clarke-a-position-in-his-administration-and-clarke-is-taking-it/
— New York Times drops another anonymously-sourced bomb on Trump – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who use anonymous sources to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/17/new-york-times-drops-another-anonymously-sourced-bomb-on-trump/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Comey Is Trying To Take Down Trump – TED GOODMAN  (DIERSEN: Who tries to take down you?  I should write a book about critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who tried/try to take down me. They 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, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.  I am reconsidering my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me because that policy emboldens my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/17/former-doj-spox-comey-is-trying-to-take-down-trump/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— LIBERAL ARRESTED FOR THREATENING TO KILL GOP CONGRESSWOMAN
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/17/liberal-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-gop-congresswoman/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Meet the Washington Post: Fake news ground zero – J.B. Williams
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/meet_the_wapo_fake_news_ground_zero.html
— So When Exactly Did Bill Ayers and Barack Obama Meet? – Jack Cashill
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/05/so_when_exactly_did_bill_ayers_and_barack_obama_meet.html

 

COLLEGE FIX
— DePaul rescinds Gavin McInnes’ invitation to speak on campus, claims he’s too dangerous – WILLIAM NARDI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/32666/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— How to Please God – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: My churchgoing critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they please God by demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/18/how-to-please-god/

 

POLITICO
— Vulnerable Republicans flee from Trump – RACHAEL BADE and KYLE CHENEY  (DIERSEN: How vulnerable are the Republicans who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Why are they vulnerable?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/trump-republicans-russia-238518

 

REUTERS
— Putin offers transcript to prove Trump did not pass Russia secrets – Denis Pinchuk and Andrew Osborn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who have charged me with passing Republican secrets to Democrats.  Better yet, I should sue them.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin-idUSKCN18D1EA
— Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians – Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel  (DIERSEN: Russians have a far higher opinion of members of the following groups than Democrats do: 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://in.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-russia-contacts-idINKCN18E108

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Urging That Comey Jail Reporters Denounced as an ‘Act of Intimidation’ – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, SYDNEY EMBER and CHARLIE SAVAGE  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being big time intimidators.  They have made it clear that they will viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might come to my defense.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/business/media/trumps-urging-that-comey-jail-reporters-denounced-as-an-act-of-intimidation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Sheriff David Clarke is “polarizing.”  Who says that you are polarizing?  Those who say that I am polarizing promote dependency on government and/or on charity, promote LGBTQ activity, promote abortion, promote mass/illegal immigration, promote booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, promote patronage, promote political affiliation discrimination, promote reverse discrimination, promote age discrimination, promote abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments, and promote even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/sheriff-david-clarke-homeland-security-job.html
— Trump Calls Himself the Victim of a ‘Witch Hunt’ – MARK LANDLER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/trump-back-on-twitter-complains-of-witch-hunt.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— University of Illinois cancels scientist talk after backlash – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/university-of-illinois-cancels-scientist-talk-after-backlash/2017/05/17/88937faa-3b4a-11e7-a59b-26e0451a96fd_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump awards himself a new trophy for victimhood.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always paint themselves as being my “victims.”  They use that to justify their efforts to destroy me.  Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/05/18/trump-awards-himself-a-new-trophy-for-victimhood/

 

USA TODAY
— Trump: No politician in history ‘has been treated worse’ – David Jackson  (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend/advance, the more that Democrats blast you.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/17/donald-trump-coast-guard-academy-commecement/101787946/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always fight efforts to fight voter fraud.  What does that say about Democrats?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/18/trump-voter-fraud-commission-gets-it-wrong-column/101713614/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— TRAGIC: U.S. Household Debt Hit Record in First Quarter – Ben Leubsdorf  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my wife and I have not had any debts since the 1990s.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-household-debts-hit-record-high-in-first-quarter-1495033206

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to regulate firearms dealers out of business.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-17/illinois-gets-smart-about-gun-shops

 

FED SMITH
— Pay Freeze Continues for Some Federal Officials – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: Many millions in America would not even consider taking a job that pays only $161,900 a year.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/18/pay-freeze-continues-for-some-federal-officials/

May 16 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner, Madigan start annual push to avoid blame for lack of budget – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller  (DIERSEN: Will they blame Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Just kidding, but not completely. Today, a Trump supporter blamed me for Rauner being elected and for Pat Brady being the face of the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-madigan-state-budget-met-0517-20170516-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauner Chicago Alderman Carrie Austin on Chicago Public Schools: “Take Rauner by his neck and wring it.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-austin-cps-comments-met-0517-20170516-story.html
— Crippling overdue penalties — another reason to fix the state budget now – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-illinois-overdue-bills-zorn-perspec-0517-md-20170516-column.html
— Is Putin the alt-right’s BFF? – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Russians have a much higher opinion of members of the following groups than anti-Trumps do: 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.  Actually, anti-Trumps despise if not hate members of the aforesaid groups.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-putin-russia-perspec-0517-20170516-story.html
— Southland residents urge budget passage in march to Springfield – Ted Slowik  (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, you are rich if you are not on welfare.  Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-budget-march-st-0517-20170516-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I admire the people walking 200 miles from Chicago to Springfield to urge lawmakers and the governor to pass a fair state budget. They’re expending a tremendous amount of energy for their personal convictions. They’re raising awareness about their desire for Illinois to tax the rich more to fund state services.)
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Workplace drug testing finds cocaine, marijuana use at 12-year high – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-drug-testing-workplace-0517-biz-20170516-story.html
— Why you can’t afford a house (Hint: It’s not the avocado toast) – Jessica Roy  (DIERSEN: When did you buy your first home, where, and how old were you?  I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.  What helped you buy your first home? I had no debts, I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola, IRS was paying me $54,864/year in today’s dollars, I worked part-time pumping gasoline, I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir, and I was no longer subject to the draft.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/national/ct-avocado-toast-housing-20170516-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-credibility-crisis-20170516-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner accuses Madigan, House Dems of trying to ‘derail’ Senate talks – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-accuses-madigan-house-dems-of-trying-to-derail-senate-talks/
— Emanuel’s CPS rescue plan gets cool reception from aldermen – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuels-cps-rescue-plan-gets-cool-reception-from-aldermen/
— Callista Gingrich gets nod to be ambassador to the Vatican – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/callista-gingrich-gets-nod-to-be-ambassador-to-the-vatican/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote illegal drugs in America, you promote the destruction of America.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/is-the-war-on-drugs-a-bigger-threat-than-illegal-drugs/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jeff-sessions-cruel-and-stupid-ramping-up-of-drug-punishments/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/a-president-who-throws-away-his-credibility-cannot-lead/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “slam Trump over sharing information with Russians.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170516/suburban-democratic-lawmakers-slam-trump-over-sharing-information-with-russians
— Democrat takes Maine Township office after recount – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170516/democrat-takes-maine-township-office-after-recount
— Congressman Roskam congratulates Palatine for making safe cities list – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170516/congressman-roskam-congratulates-palatine-for-making-safe-cities-list

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: A decade later and still down. Homeowners in many Chicago-area ZIP codes have yet to share in the recovery that is boosting values in hot city neighborhoods and a handful of suburbs. – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170516/CRED0701/170519900/a-decade-later-and-still-playing-catch-up
— Look who turned down the Sun-Times –
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170516/NEWS06/170519884/look-who-turned-down-the-sun-times
— Here’s how much new college grads can expect to make – JUDITH RUIZ-BRANCH (DIERSEN: In 1971, in today’s GS-7 dollars, IRS hired me at $44,853. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) 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.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170516/NEWS13/170519886/heres-how-much-new-college-grads-can-expect-to-make
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Based on those 25 positions, 2017 college grads nationwide can expect an average salary of $49,785, compared to $48, 270 last year. In Chicago, the average is $54,515, up from $51,649 last year.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “Quigley calls Trump’s Russia disclosure a horrible mistake.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have called just about everything that I have done since 1948 as being a “horrible mistake.”  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170516/BLOGS02/170519891/quigley-calls-trumps-russia-disclosure-a-horrible-mistake

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Defends Property Tax Reduction Application – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Defends-Property-Tax-Reduction-Application-422628984.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner calls Dems offer to discuss budget terms ‘distraction’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/254960397-story

 

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Kinzinger says “If true, Trump leaking is highly irregular and highly problematic.”
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/05/16/kinzinger-if-true-trump-leaking-is-highly-irregular-and-highly-problematic/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers want investigation into Springfield warehouse lease – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170516/lawmakers-want-investigation-into-springfield-warehouse-lease
— House Democrats, Republicans say they’ll talk, then point fingers – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: Who points their fingers at you and what do they blame you for?  I should write a book about a) those who point their fingers at me and b) what they blame me for.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170516/house-democrats-republicans-say-theyll-talk-then-point-fingers

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— New Algonquin Township highway commissioner fires predecessor’s sons-in-law in first minutes on the job  Local 150 files grievance over “outrageous” action – KEVIN P. CRAVER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/05/15/new-algonquin-township-highway-commissioner-fires-predecessors-sons-in-law-in-first-minutes-on-the-job/axxh4bp/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— American Health Care Act making the rich even richer – John J. Dunphy
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/102086/dunphy-american-health-care-act-making-the-rich-even-richer

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Latest bipartisanship ranking of Congress may surprise you – Chuck Raasch  (DIERSEN: To be bipartisan is to reject planks in your political party’s platform.  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  The more bipartisan that you are, the sooner that you should leave your political party and run as an Independent.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/latest-bipartisanship-ranking-of-congress-may-surprise-you/article_5968e035-6b31-5ee7-881d-1873cdd6c2c4.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— ‘Pay Trump bribes here’ sign projected onto Trump’s DC hotel – NICOLE CHAVEZ AND EMILY SMITH
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/pay-trump-bribes-here-sign-projected-onto-trumps-dc-hotel/714714702

 

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Dueling Press Conferences held by House Democrats and Republicans – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/dueling-press-conferences-held-by-house-democrats-and-republicans

 

WYMG
— Rauner’s response: House Dems want “distraction”
http://wymg.com/news/101101-rauners-response-house-dems-want-distraction/

 

HARDWARE RETAILING
— 2017 Young Retailer of the Year: Jason Plummer – Hilary Welter (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side and his father before him ran Crete’s only hardware store for 100 years. I lived with my parents in an apartment above that hardware store 1948-1954.)
http://www.hardwareretailing.com/2017-young-retailer-year-jason-plummer/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives rejects allowing undocumented students to be university trustees – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511116628-ives-rejects-allowing-undocumented-students-to-be-university-trustees

 

WIRE POINTS
— New Stanford Study Exposes Illinois Pensions as the Farce They Are – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/new-stanford-study-exposes-illinois-pensions-for-the-farce-they-are-wirepoints-original/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Trump to end Rauner’s $32 million dollar tax dodge  (DIERSEN: What tax dodges have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes charged you with taking advantage of unfairly, unethically, and/or immorally?  Since 1972, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have charged me with unfairly, unethically, and immorally taking advantage of the education tax dodge. I deducted job-related graduate business, accounting, and finance courses 1972-1980 and 1992-1997 while I worked for IRS and then for GAO.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that those courses were not job-related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and were a distraction.)
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/05/16/trump-promises-end-rauners-32-million-dollar-tax-dodge/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Realtors: Most Illinois homes worth less than their value 10 years ago – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What was your home worth in 2007 and what is it worth today?)
https://ilnews.org/news/economy/realtors-most-illinois-homes-worth-less-than-their-value-years/article_576b0a60-38e8-11e7-bd45-5b6607fa2847.html
— Illinois a good state to be a cop – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns law enforcement? ANSWER: Those 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://ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-a-good-state-to-be-a-cop/article_e82dbac2-39a4-11e7-b855-2bef9225b307.html#new_tab

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP accuses Pritzker of lying
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/ilgop-accuses-pritzker-of-lying/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rich Miller sides with Madigan and Cullerton against Rauner.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/because-madigan-37/
— GOP Rep. Dave Severin takes sick day after pressure from above  (DIERSEN: To what extent can/do those “above” you pressure you to do things? Those who are “above” me are furious that they cannot take away from me my Civil Service Retirement System pension ($50,856/year), my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy ($17,288/year), or my Social Security ($2,028/year).  However, they have succeeded in taking the following away from me: my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/gop-rep-takes-sick-day-after-pressure-from-above/
— Pritzker addresses racism in unions that endorsed him
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/pritzker-addresses-racism-in-unions-that-endorsed-him/
— Pritzker makes eerily familiar pledge to black banks
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/pritzker-makes-eerily-familiar-pledge-to-black-banks/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— IS ANN COULTER OFF THE TRUMP TRAIN?  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want everyone to be “off the Trump train.”)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/15/is-ann-coulter-off-the-trump-train/

 

BREITBART
— Student Journalist Fired for Tweeting Video of Muslim Panelist’s Comments on Non-Believers Under Koranic Law – TOM CICCOTTA  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents in the media can be fired by their bosses and/or by those who they depend on for money.  If their bosses or those who they depend on for money tell them to harm me, of course, they harm me.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/05/16/student-journalist-fired-for-tweeting-video-of-muslim-panelists-comments-on-non-believers-under-koranic-law/

 

THE BLAZE
— Ben Sasse: Our country has created perpetual adolescence like ‘Peter Pan’ – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: Dr. Dan Kiley had 910 Cove Court built in my cul-de-sac with profits from his book titled “The Peter Pan Syndrome.”  SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/27/us/dan-kiley-54-dies-wrote-peter-pan-syndrome.html  FROM THE ARTICLE: After the book was published by Dodd, Mead, it became an immediate sensation, staying on The New York Times best-seller list for months and selling more than 200,000 copies in hardcover. Millions of copies of the book have been sold in the Avon paperback and international editions; it has been translated into 22 languages and was a best seller in both Brazil and Japan. The success of the book made Dr. Kiley, a big, bearded, silver-haired man, a fixture on the television talk-show circuit and led him to write a 1984 spinoff, “The Wendy Dilemma,” about women who inappropriately mother the men in their lives.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/16/ben-sasse-our-country-has-created-perpetual-adolescence-like-peter-pan/

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal alien teens arrested for kidnapping of county attorney from his home
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24470

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Not Draining the Swamp, He’s Only Restocking It – Michael Shannon
http://www.newsmax.com/MichaelShannon/fbi-leakers-republican-yates/2017/05/16/id/790518/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Immigration Opponents Trash GOP Border Security Bill – WILL RACKE
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/16/immigration-opponents-trash-gop-border-security-bill/
— Only Named Source In WaPo Report On Trump’s Leaking Of Classified Information Denies It – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/15/only-named-source-in-wapo-report-on-trumps-leaking-of-classified-information-denies-it/
— Before Lois Lerner Targeted The Tea Party, She Helped The Clinton Foundation – Mark Tapscott
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/15/before-lois-lerner-targeted-the-tea-party-she-helped-the-clinton-foundation/
— Mizzou Hemorrhages More Students And Cuts Jobs Because Of Black Lives Matter Protests – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/16/mizzou-hemorrhages-more-students-and-cuts-jobs-because-of-black-lives-matter-protests/
— Washington Post Writer Sneers At Rubio For Posting Bible Verses On Twitter – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always sneer at everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/16/washington-post-writer-sneers-at-rubio-for-posting-bible-verses-on-twitter/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO: Veterans discharged for misconduct need better mental health evaluations – Todd Shepherd  (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the draft, I would have been severely injured physically and/or mentally in Vietnam if not killed because I am stupid and lazy and because my judgment and motives are terrible.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gao-veterans-discharged-for-misconduct-need-better-mental-health-evaluations/article/2623269

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Mitch McConnell Shrugs Off Trump’s Leak To Russia As ‘Drama’ And Distraction  Even Republicans who cried foul offered zero suggestions to hold the president accountable. – Michael McAuliff
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mcconnell-shrugs-off-trump-russian-leak-as-drama-and-distraction_us_591b12d4e4b0809be1585269
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites say “Lawmaker Running For Jeff Sessions’ Old Seat Is Obsessed With ‘War On Whites’  Rep. Mo Brooks is cut from the same anti-immigrant cloth.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-alabama-senate-jeff-sessions_us_591a093de4b0809be1574519

 

ABC NEWS
— New Miss USA responds to health care backlash  (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, being a member of the Federal Employees Health Benefit plan (SEE: https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/plan-information/plans/2017/state/il) and knowing that my wife and I could continue as members after I retired, helped me overcome tremendous pressure from my Democrat superiors to get rid of me and to replace me with a young Democrat minority or a young Democrat female.)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/miss-usa-responds-health-care-backlash-47434180

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Free Advice to Trump Aides: Quit While You Can.”  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, the longer that you work for the federal government, the more impossible it is to get a job outside of the federal government. By the time I was 21, I had worked for the federal government for almost 3 years. By the time I was 49, I had worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/opinion/free-advice-to-trump-aides-quit-while-you-can.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— I was arrested for asking Tom Price a question. I was just doing my job.  I wasn’t trying to make news. I was trying to report it. – Dan Heyman  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I disrupt press conferences.  Needless-to-say, that is slander, and I should sue those who slander me. The aforesaid slanderers did not notify me of the Illinois Republican Party’s May 9, 2017 press conference and they almost succeeded in keeping me out of Roskam’s press conference Thursday evening, May 4, 2017, at Sanguinetti’s fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/16/i-was-arrested-for-asking-tom-price-a-question-i-was-just-doing-my-job/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— GAO: Majority of troops booted from military for misconduct suffered from PTSD, brain injury and other mental issues – Megan Cerullo  (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes a) have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for avoiding the draft and b) have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at veterans that I am a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/troops-booted-military-misconduct-sufferd-ptsd-article-1.3170594

 

USA TODAY
— Most troops booted from the military for misconduct had mental issues – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: Democrats make it clear that they believe that if you do not promote the Democrat Party platform, you have “mental issues.”)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/16/most-troops-booted-military-misconduct-had-mental-issues/101611276/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Big Developers Roll Out Co-Living Units to Woo Millennials  One real-estate firm offers apartment-sharing option in Chicago; ‘All you want is a room’ – Peter Grant
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-developers-roll-out-co-living-units-to-woo-millennials-1494956907
— McMaster Says Information Trump Shared With Russians Was ‘Wholly Appropriate’  National security adviser says Trump didn’t discuss Islamic State-controlled territories that weren’t already publicly known – Louise Radnofsky and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcmaster-says-information-trump-shared-with-russians-was-wholly-appropriate-1494954616

 

FORBES
— Sean Spicer: What Happens When Credibility Goes Up In Smoke – John Baldoni  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they could to destroy my credibility.  They crow that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, that I am no longer a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, that I am no longer the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, that I am no longer an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, that I am no longer an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, that I am no longer a GAO employee, that I am no longer etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbaldoni/2017/05/16/sean-spicer-what-happens-when-credibility-goes-up-in-smoke/#66320a5f3e52

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Millionaire to Millennials: Stop Buying Avocado Toast If You Want to Buy a Home – Jennifer Calfas  (DIERSEN: When did you buy your first home, where, and how old were you?  I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.  What helped you buy your first home? I had no debts, I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola, IRS was paying me $54,864/year in today’s dollars, I worked part-time pumping gasoline, I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir, and I was no longer subject to the draft.)
http://time.com/money/4778942/avocados-millennials-home-buying/

 

FED SMITH
— Smart and Pretty: Federal Employee Crowned Miss USA – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/16/federal-employee-crowned-miss-usa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the second year in a row, the winner of the Miss USA pageant is from Washington, D.C.  Miss District of Columbia, Kara McCullough, was crowned as the new Miss USA last Sunday at the Las Vegas pageant. McCullough is a 25-year-old scientist who works for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville, Maryland. She was born in Naples, Italy and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is the daughter of a now retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer. As a result, she has traveled and lived in numerous locations around the world including Sicily, Japan, South Korea and Hawaii. Her salary at the agency is $77,490.00 according to data from FedsDataCenter.com. McCullough earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a concentration in Radiochemistry from South Carolina State University. Her major provided her the opportunity to intern at several universities. This paved the way to her current career at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The newly crowned Miss USA said she wants to inspire children to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Last year, District of Columbia resident Deshauna Barber became the first-ever military member to win Miss USA. Perhaps one of the hardest parts of becoming a celebrity overnight is learning how to deal with the media. The new Miss USA quickly found herself embroiled in the health care controversy. When asked during Sunday night’s pageant whether she thinks that affordable health care for all U.S. citizens is a right or a privilege, she said it is a privilege. As a government employee, I’m granted health care and I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have job. That, predictably, was not what some people wanted to hear as they believe health care is a guaranteed right. Twitter, of course, lit up with various views reflecting some of the issues in political divide in America that now infects most of our lives. Here is a brief sample of the variety of comments.)
— Is Social Security a Safety-Net or a Stipend For Wealthy Seniors? – Brenton Smith  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, anyone who is not on welfare is wealthy, if not undeservedly filthy rich.  My Social Security ($2,028/year) is dramatically reduced because I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension.  My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 yeas old.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/16/social-security-safety-net-stipend-wealthy-seniors/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— A Chemist at a Federal Agency Wins Miss USA – Eric Katz
http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2017/05/chemist-federal-agency-wins-miss-usa/137853/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal employee working at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was named Miss USA on Sunday evening, and pledged to spend her year with the crown encouraging more women to join government and eventually, agency leadership ranks. Kara McCullough, a 25-year-old chemist in NRC’s Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, represented Washington, D.C., in the annual competition. McCullough grew up in the federal ranks as a military brat, with her father serving as a Navy chief petty officer. In addition to her NRC employment, McCullough volunteers annually at a science fair hosted by the Food and Drug Administration as a judge. McCullough said she would be an ambassador to bring more women into government science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions. She noted that in her experience in federal service, women are often underrepresented. “Personally, I want to see more women possessing leadership positions in private and government energy and health sciences agencies; not just conducting laboratory research,” McCullough said after her victory. “As a woman scientist in the government, I have witnessed and been in many meetings where the ratio of men to women is 10:2. I believe more women should be given the opportunity to be representatives in the energy and medical fields.” On stage, McCullough even made a passing reference to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Asked whether she believed affordable health care for all Americans is a privilege or a right, she said in a response that made waves that it was a privilege, explaining: “As a government employee, I am granted health care and I see first-hand that for one to have health care, you have to have jobs.” NRC tweeted out a congratulatory message to McCullough on Monday.)

 

ATLANTIC
— Did the Russians Dupe Trump?  Putin has long used the pretext of counterterrorism cooperation to get what he wants from the West. It just paid off again. – JULIA IOFFE  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have had the greatest success in duping individuals, duping organizations, duping companies, and duping governments against me.  They have had great success in getting individuals, organizations, companies, and governments to blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/05/trump-disclosure-russia-intelligence/526845/

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CATO acts like it is a paid agent for individuals, for organizations, for companies, for governments, and for countries 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 for a long time.
https://www.cato.org/blog/e-verify-has-held-or-cost-jobs-half-million-legal-workers