ABC7
— After Iowa caucus results debacle, should Illinois primary be first
presidential test in the nation? – Sarah Schulte (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly,
Illinois residents vote for candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant,
anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White,
anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German
Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in
America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/5906809/
NBC5
— Bill Clinton Expressed Remorse, Donald Trump Celebrates Impeachment Win Two
very different reactions to acquittal from the only modern-day presidents to
face down Senate impeachment trials – Noreen O’Donnell
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/bill-clinton-expressed-remorse-donald-trump-celebrates-impeachment-win/2214369/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say: “Trump Repeats Falsehoods in
Celebrating Acquittal. The president twisted the facts on the Russia
investigation.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trump-repeats-falsehoods-in-celebrating-acquittal/2214835/
— Trump Celebrates Acquittal, Rails Against ‘Leakers and Liars’ Trump vented
about his grievances against the impeachment process and reveled in the verdict
delivered by the GOP-controlled Senate – Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller and Jill
Colvin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-shows-off-impeachment-acquittal-headlines-at-national-prayer-breakfast/2214204/
WGN TV
— GOP presidential candidate Joe Walsh drops out of race – CNN
https://wgntv.com/2020/02/07/gop-presidential-candidate-joe-walsh-drops-out-of-race/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot gets unlikely assist with potential end-run around City Council on
aldermanic prerogative DuPage County Republican State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi has
introduced a bill to end the unwritten rule at the heart of so many aldermanic
indictments over the years. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/2/6/21127063/aldermanic-prerogative-chicago-city-council-zoning-wards-deanne-mazzochi-lightfoot
— In New Hampshire, Buttigieg, Sanders try to cash in on strong Iowa
performance Buttigieg: “New Hampshire is not the kind of place to let Iowa or
anybody else tell you what to do.” – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/6/21127196/bernie-sanders-pete-buttigieg-new-hampshire-primary-strong-iowa-caucus-performance
— President’s Chicago tax appeal on Trump Tower is under investigation State
inspector general, Pritzker administration are looking into allegation a
Republican state agency head pressured staff to slash the $2.5M property taxes
Donald Trump paid in 2012 to $1M. – Tim Novak (DIERSEN: I should write a book about
the tax appeals that I filed on 915 Cove Court in Wheaton. Those who opposed my
appeals had tremendous religious, government, political, and financial clout in
Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/7/21126855/donald-trump-tower-chicago-property-tax-appeal-investigation
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump crows on the hill of Schiff, and Democrats who can’t stop Bernie
Sanders feel their heads exploding – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-donald-trump-crows-over-impeachment-kass-20200207-5t5j2ywrefeolnazvrdbefw4r4-story.html
— How Trump wins again – DAVID BROOKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-david-brooks-trump-democrats-20200207-iow7nzzf4zbr3mworui67hipz4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-speech-iowa-democrats-caucus-impeach-week-in-review-huppke-20200207-jmzfmhbbqfa6bid3m6vwfaon7e-story.html
— Court monitor says anti-patronage efforts hampered by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s
‘unproductive’ restrictions on communications with state agencies – Dan
Petrella (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote patronage.
They want only those who they can manipulate/dominate to be hired, retained,
and promoted.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-patronage-report-20200207-kzcggbe3j5ah7gm4ka5junorjy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, you should not go anywhere near where pot
is sold or used.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-business-development-near-dispensaries-20200207-wtjluoq7yzg5hofurarm4ogq6m-story.html
— So the Chicago Auto Show is here, but how are cars doing? Do young people
care about them? – ALLISON STEWART (DIERSEN: The cars that you own and that
have owned say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/chicago-auto-show/ct-ott-chicago-auto-show-mustang-millennial-drivers-0207-20200206-ibtnrynjqrdjpcgzqb3knltsfa-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN:
DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: More than 80 people gather in downtown Naperville to
protest Senate’s failure to convict Trump in impeachment trial – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-reject-the-coverup-rally-naperville-st-0207-20200206-eiuu523p5bdeph5vzcc4ronp24-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and
Inclusion, that is, race based preference giving, to destroy Republicans, and
especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant,
conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German
American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a
long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200206/mlks-daughter-calls-for-dismantling-disrupting-systemic-racism
— FRONT PAGE: Could carrying lifesaving drug cost first responders their life
insurance? – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: One could argue
that the more things that you do to harm your health, like smoking pot, the
higher the insurance premiums that you should pay.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200207/could-carrying-lifesaving-drug-cost-first-responders-their-life-insurance
WGN RADIO
— Should Illinois hold the first presidential primary? – PETER ZIMMERMAN
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois residents vote for candidates who are
anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic,
anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people,
anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders,
and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wgnradio.com/2020/02/06/should-illinois-hold-the-first-presidential-primary/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Election time approaching state quickly – Editorial (DIERSEN: Early voting
started yesterday, Thursday, February 6, 2020. Does your Republican Precinct
Committeeman/Captain know a) which offices are on the ballot for your precinct,
b) who the Republican candidates are, and c) what referendums, if any, are on
the ballot? How much does your Republican Committeeman/Captain know about each
of the candidates and any referendums on the ballot? Have your Republican
county/township/ward organizations provided your Republican Precinct
Committeeman/Captain with candidates’ campaign literature and yard signs,
envelopes, address labels, walk sheets, sample ballots, sample precinct
letters, etc.?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Election-time-approaching-state-quickly-15037440.php
— Early voting begins in Madison County. Here’s what you need to know. – Scott
Cousins (DIERSEN: Did anyone challenge Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente’s filing?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Early-voting-for-March-17-primary-starts-15036381.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In
the Republican primary, Donald J. Trump and Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente are
seeking the presidential nomination.)
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Southern Illinois could lose another congressman. Will rural voices still
matter? – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything
that they can to drive out of Illinois those individuals, organizations, and
companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German
American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a
long time.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article239918233.html
HERALD NEWS
— Illinois state GOP leadership endorses Fricilone over Holocaust denier –
ALEX ORTIZE
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/02/06/illinois-state-gop-leadership-endorses-fricilone-over-holocaust-denier/a19t2a0/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Factory farms provide abundant food, but environment suffers (DIERSEN: I
remember summer days during the 1950s when my grandfather and I walked through
the fields of his farm in Grant Park pulling out weeds by hand.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/factory-farms-provide-abundant-food-but-environment-suffers/article_736bcb53-6fc3-548f-9280-8d68c0bf0aea.html
SOUTHERN
— Is bankruptcy the best option for Illinois? – Brett Rowland
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-brett-rowland-is-bankruptcy-the-best-option-for-illinois/article_e4a9e68f-863b-5c49-9c69-25ed73ad7123.html
MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois Municipal League sees barrier to local government consolidation
being job protection – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: GAO shrank all during the almost
18 years that I worked for it 1980-1997. The Democrats who ran GAO did
everything that they could to protect the jobs of GAO employees who were
Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran who they had promoted to GS-13
(currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15
(currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently
$170,800) by age 40. That, of course, because I am Republican, White, male,
non-veteran, and forced to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to
transfer from IRS to GAO as a GS-9 Step 10 in 1980 when I was 31 years old,
resulted in their wasting my career and getting rid of me.)
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-municipal-league-sees-barrier-to-local-government-consolidation-being/video_1a165f74-e0ce-59c8-ae0f-c6a04a5fc613.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Giving Students Options Other Than 4 Year Colleges – SEAN CRAWFORD (DIERSEN:
When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material.” I
was not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the
first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended
high school. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score
was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight
could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I
had Osgood-Schlatter disease ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease ).)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/statewide-giving-students-options-other-4-year-colleges-lowdown-coyotes#stream/0
KHQA
— Policing a “Legal High” in The Land of Lincoln – David Amelotti
(DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why do people want to “get high?” ANSWER: They
want to escape reality. Needless-to-say, no one who uses drugs to escape
reality should be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political
office.)
https://khqa.com/news/local/policing-a-legal-high-in-the-land-of-lincoln
WCIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The higher the office that you seek, the more likely that
your critics/opponents will throw negatives at you.
https://www.wcia.com/news/congressional-candidates-wife-retracts-domestic-violence-report-made-to-police-in-2001/
MEDILL REPORTS
— CHICAGO YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT HITS AFRICAN AMERICANS HARDEST, DRIVING
POPULATION DECLINES – Alison Saldanha (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that
instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that
the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a
minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a
minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in
1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority
in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986,
and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a
minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/chicago-youth-unemployment-hits-african-americans-hardest-driving-population-declines/#new_tab
CENTER SQUARE
— Biased political maps breed Illinois corruption – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: Who
has the most political clout in your municipal district, in your municipality,
in your township, and in your county? You can tell by the demographics of who
is favored and who is disfavored. I am disfavored by clout-holders who are
anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic,
anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people,
anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders,
and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/op-ed-biased-political-maps-breed-illinois-corruption/article_ce79bfe4-48f7-11ea-9584-472799673ae2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At
the state level, former Democratic state Sen. Martin Sandoval first took his
seat in Springfield thanks to the remap following the 2000 census and Madigan’s
political clout. The speaker was seeking support from Hispanic political
leaders for his daughter’s run for Illinois attorney general, so he ensured
Sandoval faced no opponents in the 2002 Democratic primary for the newly drawn
12th Senate district on Chicago’s Southwest Side.)
WIRE POINTS
— Yes, the rich are fleeing Illinois and they’re taking billions with them –
Mark Glennon and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/yes-the-rich-are-fleeing-illinois-and-theyre-taking-billions-with-them/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Joe Walsh Folds His Presidential Challenge to Donald Trump
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/joe-walsh-folds-his-presidential-challenge-to-donald-trump/
— The New Law Allowing High School Students Two Hours Off to Vote – Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/the-new-law-allowing-high-school-students-two-hours-off-to-vote/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COMING SOON: EMOJI DEPICTING GENDER-NEUTRAL SANTA, TRANSGENDER FLAG
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/coming-soon-emoji-depicting-gender-neutral-santa-transgender-flag.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump decries ‘evil’ impeachment drive, relishes acquittal Takes White House
victory lap in front of GOP allies, Cabinet – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell
Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/6/donald-trump-decries-evil-impeachment-drive-relish/
— Donald Trump Jr: Pelosi praying for president as likely as Satan quoting
scripture – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/6/donald-trump-jr-pelosi-praying-president-likely-sa/
AMERICAN THINKER
— House Democrats work to open America’s doors to criminal foreigners – Andrea
Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/house_democrats_work_to_open_americas_doors_to_criminal_foreigners.html
BREITBART
— Iowa Caucus: Bernie Sanders Wins Nearly All Non-English Speaking Immigrant
Voters – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: No one should be eligible to vote in America
unless they are a citizen who speaks, reads, and writes English. What do you
say to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who shout
that illegals are conservative capitalists?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/06/bernie-sanders-won-nearly-all-non-english-speaking-immigrants/
— Democrats Block Motion to Ban Illegal Aliens from Working with Labor Unions
– SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/06/republicans-force-vote-to-ban-illegal-from-working-with-labor-unions/
CNS NEWS
— Trump: I Don’t Like ‘People Who Say I Pray for You When They Know That
That’s Not So’ – Melanie Arter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in
Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who make it
very clear by their words and/or by their actions that they want GOD TO SEND ME
STRAIGHT TO HELL. I would focus on those a) who paint themselves as being
religious, conservative, and/or Republican, b) who have lots of religious,
government, political, and/or financial clout, and c) who promote dependency on
government, dependency 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 retaliation for opposing the
aforesaid.)
https://cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/trump-i-dont-people-who-say-i-pray-you-when-they-know-thats-not-so
COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Nancy Pelosi continues her temper tantrum, the President fights back –
Jacquie Kubin
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/nancy-pelosi-continues-her-temper-tantrum-the-president-fights-back-126928/
DAILY CALLER
— New Trump Budget Includes First Ever Chapter Defining Government Waste,
Targets Programs To Eliminate Entirely – CHRISTIAN DATOC AND HENRY RODGERS
(DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my career. The Democrats
who ran IRS 1971-1980 wasted my career. The Democrats who ran the Post Office
1966-1969 wasted my career. RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO elected
officials, RINO major donors, and RINO political consultants have wasted my
knowledge of GAO, IRS, and the Post Office since 1997.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/06/exclusive-new-white-house-budget-chapter-eliminate-government-waste/
FEDERALIST
— What Today’s Insanely Left Democratic Party Is Doing With Virginia Will
Scare You Virginia Democrats mistake their legislative control as a mandate for
extreme liberal social re-engineering — and it shows where the rest of the
party is headed. – Ashley Bateman
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/07/what-todays-insanely-left-democratic-party-is-doing-with-virginia-will-scare-you/
NEWS BUSTERS
— They LOVE Mitt Now, But HATED His Guts In 2012 – Geoffrey Dickens
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2020/02/06/they-love-mitt-now-hated-his-guts-2012
THE HILL
— Warren takes ‘full responsibility’ over report of women of color leaving
campaign – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: To stop Democrat women of color from leaving,
my Democrat superiors in the federal government a) gave them tremendous
preference and b) wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were
Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/481964-warren-takes-full-responsibility-over-report-of-women-of-color-leaving
POLITICO
— ‘White male privilege’: Top N.H. women fume over Buttigieg’s Iowa speech
Mayor Pete’s early declaration of victory put him in hot water with some
Democrats in the first-in-the-nation primary state. – TRENT SPINER
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/06/buttigieg-iowa-new-hampshire-women-111746
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In
their view, the 38-year-old mayor’s unexpected assertion — a calculated
political statement delivered without any accompanying evidence at the time —
smacked of “white male privilege,” “hubris” and a lack of equanimity that a
female candidate would be criticized for.)
CNN
— Joe Walsh ends Republican primary challenge against Trump – Veronica
Stracqualursi
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/politics/joe-walsh-ends-campaign/index.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Lashes Out at Impeachment Foes and Pelosi Hits Back The president
denounced the “corrupt people” who pushed for his impeachment. Speaker Nancy
Pelosi said the president seemed “a little sedated” during his State of the
Union address. – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/us/politics/trump-prayer-impeachment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, all those individuals, organizations,
companies, governments, and countries that encourage illegal immigration should
be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/international-world/mexico-migrants.html
— Mike Bloomberg: Fixing Inequality Is My Priority Right now, the rewards of
the economy are far too concentrated at the top. – Michael R. Bloomberg
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to Democrats, the following people
unfairly have too much money: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant,
conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners,
German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America
for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/opinion/mike-bloomberg-tax-2020.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Sorry, liberals, you can’t claim Mitt now when you hated him then – SCOTT
JENNINGS
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-06/mitt-romney-donald-trump
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Playing with fire: A theater company’s floated idea to see a play — charging
whites higher ticket prices — is asking for trouble – Editorial (DIERSEN: Few,
if any of my nasty vicious self-righteous pompous arrogant bombastic pandering
White male critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes in Wheaton, Glen
Ellyn, Milton Township, or DuPage County who claim to be religious,
conservative, and/or Republican have paid the price of Affirmative Action,
Diversity, or Inclusion. They have lived a “sheltered life.” Few, if
any of them have ever worked for hardcore Democrats, worked with hardcore
Democrats, or supervised hardcore Democrats like I did 1964-1997. Because of
the aforesaid, they fail/refuse to understand/acknowledge that hardcore Democrats
use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, patronage, political affiliation
discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for
opposing the aforesaid to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy
Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German
American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a
long time.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-the-plays-the-thing-20200207-lsg2r7wbzzb5bfif3skmabyayy-story.html
USA TODAY
— Journalists hold the powerful accountable. In words and deeds. – Nicole
Carroll (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the powerful who have worked the
hardest to destroy me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/07/state-union-fact-check-accountable-truth-journalism/4674214002/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Primary Homes: Where Five Democratic Frontrunners Head After the Campaign
Trail An overview of the real-estate portfolios of Pete Buttigieg, Bernie
Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg – Katherine Clarke
https://www.wsj.com/articles/primary-homes-where-five-democratic-frontrunners-head-after-the-campaign-trail-11581015939
BLOOMBERG
— This Is What It Takes to Be in the 1% Around the World From Brazil to India,
a breakdown of the richest of the rich.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-07/how-to-be-in-the-richest-1-around-the-world
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Republicans Unveil Plan to Boost Merit Pay and Slash Pensions
Proposals would help rein in a “swamp monster” of a runaway
bureaucracy, lawmakers say. – ERIC KATZ (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the
federal government use the subjectivity in merit pay a) to retain and promote
their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) to
get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran
who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14
(currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and
Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/02/house-republicans-unveil-plan-boost-merit-pay-and-slash-pensions/162948/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: group consisting of three-quarters of House Republicans on
Thursday released a new blueprint to overhaul the civil service, calling for
easier firing, more merit-based bonuses and cuts to automatic pay raises. The
Republican Study Committee and its 146 members praised the federal workforce
overall, but said in its Government Efficiency, Accountability and Reform Task
Force report that civil servants’ overall compensation is too high. The report
repeated a long-running complaint that good applicants are too hard to hire and
bad workers are too hard to fire, suggesting that some feds are intentionally
undermining the Trump administration. At an event at the Capitol to unveil the
reform plan, which featured several members of the committee as well as a man
in a “swamp monster” costume, lawmakers said it would serve as a “playbook” for
legislative changes once Republicans retake control of Congress.)
