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March 5 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Chicago Officials Held Exercise Last Summer Preparing for New Virus Emerging From China
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-officials-held-exercise-last-summer-preparing-for-new-virus-emerging-in-china/2231187/
— After NBC 5 Inquiry, City of Chicago Issues Coronavirus Guidelines For Employees The letter from Mayor Lightfoot comes one day after a city spokesman acknowledged no communiques had been transmitted to employees on how they could guard against the illness – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/after-nbc-5-inquiry-city-of-chicago-issues-coronavirus-guidelines-for-employees/2231362/
— Research to Stop Coronavirus Underway at Argonne National Laboratory
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/research-to-stop-coronavirus-underway-at-argonne-national-laboratory/2231260/

CBS2
— You Paid For It: The Economic Impact Of Coronavirus – Vince Gerasole
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/03/04/you-paid-for-it-the-economic-impact-of-coronavirus/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sick CPS students ‘will be sent home immediately,’ district says, as coronavirus fears spread A CPS spokeswoman said the district is sending schools more soap and hand sanitizer this week to stay prepared. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/3/4/21165280/coronavirus-cps-public-schools-elgin-oak-park
— Lightfoot acknowledges coronavirus impact on a city budget that relies heavily on tourism taxes With two trade shows canceled and more in the balance, Lightfoot said her game plan is to be “very aggressive in marketing Chicago” and hope that “once this virus runs its course, we’ll be back to business as usual.” – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/4/21165097/coronavirus-chicago-tourism-budget-impact-conventions-taxes-lightfoot#new_tab

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why independents and Republicans take Democratic ballots: Blame 1-party rule in Cook County – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: I oppose any kind of crossover voting.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-republicans-one-day-democrats-chicago-illinoisprimary-election-20200305-372aiqtkpbga3pomiwdzqb6kv4-story.html
— Pandemic, the game, has become all too real, says its Chicago-area creator – Christopher Borrelli
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-pandemic-board-game-20200305-ujujmxok3zeqnlkrn3c7mp75r4-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was created by Matt Leacock, a former Chicago graphic designer who grew up partly in Wheaton and studied visual communication at Northern Illinois University. He’s unsure of the exact inspiration for Pandemic but notes he developed it between the SARS epidemic of 2003 and the H1N1 swine flu outbreak of 2009, with warnings about the spread of infectious diseases in the 21st century on his mind. Now 48, he lives with his family in Silicon Valley, and like everyone else, he’s intently following coronavirus news and contemplating the endgame. We spoke the other day about the legacy of his scarily prescient creation. The following has been edited and condensed for space and clarity.)
— Low expectations can be deadly for African American youth – NELL K. DUKE, ERNEST MORRELL AND MIMI RODMAN (DIERSEN: When I was in high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” 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). I spent my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between washing dishes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/chicago-forward/ct-edit-chicago-forward-black-youth-low-expectations-20200304-lzh4pjr3nrblhfshiglxrlz25y-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: To make people self-quarantine or not? What health experts say about exposure risk – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200304/to-make-people-self-quarantine-or-not-what-health-experts-say-about-exposure-risk
— When local primaries get you interest, we have what you need – Jim Slusher (DIERSEN: Your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain should be the best source of information/opinion on candidates in contested local Republican primary races. In my precinct, those candidates are a) Ives v. Kinzler for U.S. Representative, b) Mack v. Grogan for DuPage County Auditor, c) Holder v. Almiron for DuPage County Recorder, and d) Pcolinski v. Abbott v. Veenstra v. Felice for Circuit Court Judge.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/topics/slusher-jim/
— Wheaton’s Memorial Park project on schedule, but alcohol sales remain sticking point – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200305/wheatons-memorial-park-project-on-schedule-but-alcohol-sales-remain-sticking-point

WBBM
— Local Charities Affected By Cancellation Of International Housewares Show – BERNIE TAFOYA
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/local-charities-affected-by-cancellation-of-housewares-show

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— FOID backup roils Illinois GOP, as they threaten to call for abolishment if not addressed – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/FOID-backup-roils-Illinois-GOP-as-they-threaten-15106079.php

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Gun-Owner Lobby Eyeing 254 Bills Filed in Illinois – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=299844#.XmDlwyN_OM8

NPR ILLINOIS
— Face Masks: Not Enough Are Made In America To Deal With Coronavirus – YUKI NOGUCHI 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/face-masks-not-enough-are-made-america-deal-coronavirus#stream/0

EVANSTON NOW
— More deep poverty found north of Dempster – Bill Smith (DIERSEN: In your municipality, into which districts and precincts to politicians want to steer Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, LGBTQers, minorities, poor people, illegals, etc.?)
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2020-03-04/84257/more-deep-poverty-found-north-of-dempster

ONE ILLINOIS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: One-third of Ill. households struggle to pay bills United Way’s ALICE report finds 12 percent in poverty, double that in financial hardship – Ted Cox
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2020/3/4/one-third-of-ill-households-struggle-to-make-ends-meet

WIREPOINTS
— Prtitzker Press Secretary’s Effort to Squelch a News Story Was Deceitful and Malicious – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/prtitzker-press-secretarys-effort-to-squelch-a-news-story-was-deceitful-and-malicious-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Files Pre-Primary Report with FEC On same day Oberweis reported loaning himself $600K at end of December, he pays himself back $500K
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/05/il-14-jim-oberweis-files-pre-primary-report-with-fec/
— Algonquin Township Ordered to Pay Edgar County Watchdogs More
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/04/algonquin-township-ordered-to-pay-edgar-county-watchdogs-more/ 
— McHenry County Board Member Jim Kearns Campaign Literature
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/04/mchenry-county-board-member-jim-kearns-campaign-literature/ 
— Schofield Scores Hit on Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/03/schofield-scores-hit-on-skillicorn/ 
— For Those Who Think Blago Has Earth-Shaking Revelations to Make
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/03/for-those-who-think-blago-has-earth-shaking-revelations-to-make/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Chuck Schumer’s Embarrassing Escapade with Feticide Shouters at SCOTUS – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/03/chuck-schumers-embarrassing-escapade-with-feticide-shouters-at-supreme-court/

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP tries to block Nazi
https://capitolfax.com/2020/03/05/ilgop-tries-to-block-nazi/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Deja vu: Sanders stews as ‘corporate establishment’ hops Biden bandwagon – Seth McLaughlin and S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/4/bernie-sanders-stews-amid-joe-biden-surge-assails-/
— John Roberts rebukes Schumer for ‘threatening’ Trump-appointed justices – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/4/john-roberts-rebukes-chuck-schumer-threatening-bre/

FOX NEWS
— Coronavirus confirmed cases and fatalities, state by state – Morgan Phillips, David Aaro
https://www.foxnews.com/us/coronavirus-confirmed-cases-and-fatalities-state-by-state

BREITBART
— Open Borders Lobby Demands Joe Biden Pledge to Ending All Deportations of Criminal Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/04/open-borders-lobby-demands-joe-biden-pledge-to-ending-all-deportations-of-criminal-illegal-aliens/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Most Americans don’t believe people are rich because they work hard or poor because they don’t – Leonardo Blair (DIERSEN: Where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; audited federal agencies 1980-1997; collected a Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997; and collected Social Security since 2010.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/most-americans-dont-believe-people-are-rich-because-they-work-hard-or-poor-because-they-dont-study.html

TOWNHALL
— Hollywood in the Trump Era: Conservatives Not Welcome – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who make conservatives like me feel unwelcome. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2020/03/05/hollywood-in-the-trump-era-conservatives-not-welcome-n2563216

THE HILL
— OUTSTANDING: Trump: Government will start withholding funds from sanctuary cities after court ruling – BRETT SAMUELS 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/486078-trump-government-will-start-withholding-funds-from-sanctuary-cities

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Democrats Are Still Not the Party of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In contests for party control between progressives and moderates, electoral and governing results speak for themselves. – Jennifer Steinhauer
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/sunday-review/democratic-party-ocasio-cortez.html
— Unpaid Labor – GUS WEZEREK and KRISTEN R. GHODSEE (DIERSEN: To get someone who could and would do what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, you would have pay him/her $100+/hour. It takes at least 10 hours each and every day to do what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that is $1,000+/day, $7,000+/week, $30,000+/month, $365,000+/year, $3,650,000+/decade, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/04/opinion/women-unpaid-labor.html
— The Presidency Is an Old Boys’ Club Let’s pick someone who doesn’t keep us awake nights. – Gail Collins (DIERSEN: Those who promote age discrimination would love bar serving as President over age 65, U.S. Senator over age 60, U.S. Representative over age 55, state governor over age 50, state senator over age 45, state representative over age 40, etc. It is called up-or-out.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/opinion/biden-sanders-age.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem – Ishaan Tharoor (DIERSEN: Members of Group A use democracy to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/05/democracy-is-decline-around-world-trump-is-part-problem/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Coronavirus Spreads World-Wide, Containment Is an ‘Unlikely Outcome’ – Mike Cherney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-spreads-world-wide-containment-is-an-unlikely-outcome-11583403706
— Jussie Smollett Case Looms Over Campaign for Chicago’s Top Prosecutor Gun violence, shoplifting, marijuana laws and bail reform are major issues, but focus is on incumbent’s handling of ‘Empire’ actor’s case – Ben Kesling
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jussie-smollett-case-looms-over-campaign-for-chicagos-top-prosecutor-11583255515
— In Generational Shift, Army Uses a New System to Promote Hundreds of Officers The Army is revamping its process and adapting private-sector techniques to choose new battalion commanders, a keystone position – Nancy A. Youssef (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, you are a disgusting lazy stupid loser if you are a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran federal employee who does not make 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.wsj.com/articles/in-generational-shift-army-uses-a-new-system-to-promote-hundreds-of-officers-11583339726

KIPLINGER
— States Lower Taxes to Court Retirees The tax breaks range from property tax exemptions to tax-free retirement plan withdrawals. -SANDRA BLOCK
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/T054-C000-S002-states-lower-taxes-to-court-retirees.html#new_tab

PHILADELPHIA TIMES REPORTER
— The stark cultural differences inside the Democratic Party – Byron York (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the stark cultural differences inside the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). The majority of those who dominate the aforesaid organizations talk and act like they a) want the IRP to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the IRP platform and b) want the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO to dump those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support the aforesaid planks.) 
https://www.timesreporter.com/opinion/20200305/byron-york-column-stark-cultural-differences-inside-democratic-party

VOGUE
— We Had the Most Diverse Group of Candidates in History. Now It’s Down to Two White Guys. – MICHELLE RUIZ (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that candidates are, the less electable that they are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.vogue.com/article/no-longer-diverse-democratic-presidential-candidates

WKBN
— ‘Check your sources’: How social media is used to influence voters – Jennifer Rodriguez (DIERSEN: Because my critics/opponents want themselves to be your only source of government and political news and commentary in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, they focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stopping everyone from reading the emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://www.wkbn.com/elections/check-your-sources-how-social-media-is-used-to-influence-voters/

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— The IRS’s six areas for improvement – Roger Russell
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/the-irss-six-areas-for-improvement

POST COURIER
— Putin wants traditional marriage and God in constitution
https://postcourier.com.pg/putin-wants-traditional-marriage-and-god-in-constitution/

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Attracting and retaining employees by maximizing the competitive total rewards package – MICHAEL SHEDEK (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They attract and retain employees who are Democrat by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who are Republican and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.telegraphherald.com/biztimes/articles/human_resources/article_5a0d41cd-546b-583a-a7f5-211cd156b30e.html

March 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus concerns spark event cancellations, university policy changes around Chicago area – Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/health/events-canceled-universities-make-policy-changes-due-to-covid-19-concerns/5984977/
— Aldermen, Italian American groups file complaint over Chicago Board of Education decision to no longer observe Columbus Day – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/complaint-filed-over-decision-to-no-longer-observe-columbus-day-in-chicago-public-schools/5985851/
— Illinois primary gains importance to Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders after Super Tuesday results – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-primary-gains-importance-to-democrats-after-super-tuesday-results/5985949/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— United Airlines becomes the first major airline to cut domestic flights as coronavirus takes a toll on travel – LAUREN ZUMBACH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-united-airlines-cuts-flights-20200304-wrkmldxfbzgaxf3zzjvy4c4mlm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-dispensary-33-west-loop-location-20200304-metmz5mfdbe7djyrq6nxgwoaby-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-tinley-park-cannabis-st-0305-20200304-werc4tvarbfufildth5ailrz54-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-illinois-legal-weed-february-sales-numbers-20200304-h7rtcj7zf5b7leidg7xq3rjiwi-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools’ change from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day was not legal, group says – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-columbus-day-indigenous-peoples-protest-chicago-20200304-e6rl73mqsraxnbqe7mwpswhtdm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois GOP targets Holocaust denier Arthur Jones with ‘Say No To The Nazi’ ads “Arthur Jones isn’t a Republican, and we’re going to expose people to who he really is and do everything we can to educate Republicans not to vote for Arthur Jones,” state GOP Chairman Tim Schneider said. – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: To damage the Republican Party, how many Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will cast a Republican primary ballot and vote for Jones?) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/3/4/21165146/illinois-republican-targets-holocaust-denier-arthur-jones-say-no-nazi-ads-primary
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/3/4/21165299/recreational-weed-sales-drop-to-35-million-in-february-as-shortages-continue
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Nearly half of Chicago households struggle to afford basic necessities: report Across the city, many households don’t earn enough to cover essentials like housing, child care, food, transportation and health care while saving for the future, according to a study by the United Way – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2020/3/4/21163785/poverty-chicago-cook-county-illinois-united-way-alice
— Biden, Sanders both stumping in Illinois in coming days Sanders rally in Chicago could be as soon as this weekend; Biden hits Chicago next week. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/3/4/21164710/biden-sanders-illinois-campaign-visits-march
— Why epidemics like the coronavirus start in Asia and Africa – and why there will be more All the coronaviruses that caused recent epidemics, including the COVID-19, jumped from bats to another animal before infecting humans. – Suresh V Kuchipudi
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/4/21164941/coronavirus-origins-africa-asia-bats-covid-19-source-kuckipudi

DAILY HERALD
— House GOP aims for FOID fixes in light of application backlog – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200304/house-gop-aims-for-foid-fixes-in-light-of-application-backlog

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— United slashes flight schedules as virus fears mount The cutbacks start with the Chicago airline’s April schedule, but plans are beginning to take shape for a similar reduction in May. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/united-slashes-flight-schedules-virus-fears-mount
— State, city get more than $20 million to fight coronavirus A deal between Congress and Trump will free funds that local health officials say they badly need to fight the outbreak. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/state-city-get-more-20-million-fight-coronavirus

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06: Jeanne Ives Releases First TV Commercial of 2020 Election Cycle
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/04/il-06-jeanne-ives-releases-first-tv-commercial-of-2020-election-cycle/
— IL-14: Is Catalina Lauf Beginning to Surge Among Primary Voters?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/04/il-14-is-catalina-lauf-beginning-to-surge-among-primary-voters/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township Sanctioned by Court, ordered to pay Watchdogs’ Attorney fees – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/03/algonquin-township-sanctioned-by-court-ordered-to-pay-watchdogs-attorney-fees/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHINESE MILITARY TURNS TO U.S. UNIVERSITY TO CONDUCT COVERT RESEARCH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/chinese-military-turns-to-us-university-to-conduct-covert-research.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— More than 300 illegal Chinese immigrants busted on southern border – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/4/dhs-links-coronavirus-border-328-chinese-illegals-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Virus at the border: 328 Chinese caught entering illegally – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/virus-at-the-border-328-chinese-caught-entering-illegally
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Biden promises illegal immigrants ‘pathway’ to citizenship after Super Tuesday victories – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-promises-illegal-immigrants-pathway-to-citizenship-after-super-tuesday-victories
— Spike Lee compares black Trump supporters to slaves – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/spike-lee-compares-black-trump-supporters-to-slaves

GOPUSA
— Denver Councilwoman: ‘If I Do Get The Coronavirus I’m Attending Every MAGA Rally I Can’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85653

BREITBART
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Joe Biden Promises Pathway to Citizenship for 11 Million Illegal Aliens – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/03/03/joe-biden-promises-citizenship-11m-illegal-aliens/

TOWNHALL
— Bernie Scares Even Liberal Dems – John and Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2020/03/04/draft-n2563006
— Conservatives and Libertarians Duel at CPAC – Frank Cannon (DIERSEN: What do you say to Libertarians a) who falsely claim to be conservative and/or b) who falsely claim to be Republican?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankcannon/2020/03/04/conservatives-and-libertarians-duel-at-cpac-n2563182

CNS NEWS
— Chicago/Cook County Declined 1,071 ICE Detainers on Aliens, Immigration Violators in FY19 – Michael W. Chapman 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/chicagocook-county-declined-1071-ice-detainers-aliens
— Biden Promises to Give 11 Million Illegal Aliens a Pathway to U.S. Citizenship – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/biden-promises-pathway-11m-new-citizens-tells-dreamers-have-hope

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Conservatives who hate Trump must realize that life, family, economy depends on his 2020 win Disenchanted conservatives must realize that if Trump goes down, social conservative issues will go down with him. 
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/conservatives-who-hate-trump-must-realize-that-life-family-economy-depends-on-his-2020-win

PJ MEDIA
— Is Bernie Sanders Running for NIMBY-in-Chief? – RICK MORAN (DIERSEN: What do you say to NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY ) municipal politicians who want to steer Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, LGBTQers, minorities, poor people, illegals, etc. into certain municipal districts and into certain neighborhoods, for example, into Wheaton’s West District and into my precinct?)
https://pjmedia.com/election/is-bernie-sanders-running-for-nimby-in-chief/

THE HILL
— Denver city councilwoman says call to spread coronavirus at Trump rallies was ‘sarcastic’ – ALICIA COHN
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/485760-denver-city-councilwoman-says-call-to-spread-coronavirus-at-trump
— Antonio Sabàto Jr: Supporting Trump got me blacklisted – JUDY KURTZ (DIERSEN: Who blacklists Trump-supporters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? By definition, blacklisters have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I should write a book about the blacklisters in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. I would focus on blacklisters who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/485922-antonio-sabato-jr-backing-trump-got-me-blacklisted
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Antonio Sabàto Jr. says he’s working construction after being “blacklisted” by Hollywood for his support of President Trump. “All my representatives left me, from agents to managers to commercial agents. I literally had to move, find a new job to survive and take care of my kids,” the former Calvin Klein model said in an interview this week with Variety. “It’s been terrible. It’s mind-blowing. It’s a disgrace. It’s tough, because if you’re in that environment in Hollywood and you have something to say that they don’t like, they’re going to let you know,” Sabàto said. The 48-year-old former “Melrose Place” actor was one of a handful of entertainers to vocally support Trump’s 2016 White House bid, and spoke at that year’s Republican National Convention. “I was the first celebrity to come out and talk about the president, and he had my vote from day one,” Sabàto told the magazine. But after Trump won office, Sabàto says his job offers in the entertainment industry dried up, forcing him to pack up and move to Florida for construction work. “I go on the job at two in the morning, and I’m making sure that the job is controlled and supervised by me. I’m in the car all day, driving, going through all the sites. Five days a week, nonstop,” he explained. The one-time GOP House candidate — Sabàto lost a 2018 bid to unseat Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) — claims other pro-Trump performers are reluctant to publicly vocalize their support for the commander in chief. “I know a lot of actors who are lying about who they’re going to vote for because they don’t want the crap,” Sabàto said. “They won’t want to be talked about and fired from movie sets. This is serious.” “The reality is the power that makes movies happen in Hollywood — casting directors, producers, executive producers, directors — they’re all liberal,” said Sabàto, while also noting he’ll vote for Trump’s reelection in November. “They hate anyone or anything who supports this president.”)
— NBC exit poll shows Sanders with most support from LGBT voters – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485877-nbc-exit-poll-shows-sanders-with-most-support-from-lgbtq-voters

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— A Guide to Attracting Talent in Government – JONATHAN BENETT (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that they will be gotten rid of if they fail to make 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 and b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.) 
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/03/guide-attracting-talent-government/163517/

LGBTQ NATION
— LGBTQ voters flocked to Bernie Sanders yesterday & rejected Mike Bloomberg The senator from Vermont was by far LGBTQ voters’ preferred candidate on Super Tuesday. The billionaire? Not so much. – Alex Bollinger 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/lgbtq-voters-flocked-bernie-sanders-yesterday-rejected-mike-bloomberg/

March 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump lobs barbs at Democrats, rallies GOP faithful in North Carolina – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-donald-trump-democrats-rally-north-carolina-20200303-4ujtqlj62baffhfqfnkmgf2kq4-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Who’s profiting off the millions that Illinois’ marijuana business is bringing in? State officials are keeping that secret. – ROBERT MCCOPPIN and DAN HINKEL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-pot-ownership-secrecy-law-20200303-gedgub6w7ndvrdugqcdxc2xy54-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: LGBTQ people fought for decades to be recognized in the census. This time they will be — sort of. – ELVIA MALAGÓN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-census-2020-lgtbq-illinois-gender-identity-20200303-yks53nnfjrfe5gyjg2cnuzgsym-story.html
— Look up how many people in your town had their FOID cards revoked — and how many haven’t accounted for their guns – Cecilia Reyes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-viz-foid-card-lookup-20200213-g2qnjyveonbwxdjnlvn4g7yc64-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Radical left has taken over the Democratic Party – Ken Oglesby, Springfield
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20200302/letter-radical-left-has-taken-over-democratic-party

WHEATON PATCH
— State Rep. Grant joins State Rep. Mazzochi on panel for educators Lawmakers share experiences with social studies teachers, listen to educators’ concerns – Kathryn Kosloski
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/state-rep-grant-joins-state-rep-mazzochi-panel-educators

CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker’s office pressures newspaper to unpublish news story on progressive tax – Brett Rowland and Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my critics/opponents have taken against me because of articles that I have included links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-s-office-pressures-newspaper-to-unpublish-news-story-on/article_486a542e-58b3-11ea-a11a-7736cd4f6942.html

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Beginner’s Luck: How One Video Gambling Company Worked the Odds and Took Over a State Funded in part by his wealthy family and aided by a personal connection at the Illinois Gaming Board, Andrew Rubenstein’s Accel Entertainment now owns a third of the state’s video gambling machines, making it the biggest video gambling operator in the nation. – Jason Grotto
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-bad-bet-illinois-video-gambling-accel-entertainment

WIREPOINTS
— Coronavirus could wreak additional havoc on Illinois – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/coronavirus-could-wreak-additional-havoc-on-illinois/

CHICAGO LAW BULLETIN
— Suburban term-limit referendum won’t count – Sarah Mansur
https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/illinois-supreme-court-rules-elk-grove-term-limit-referendum-is-invalid-20200302

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pro-Abortion Personal PAC Kicks in $16,484.30 to Brian Sager Campaign
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/02/pro-abortion-personal-pac-kicks-in-16484-30-to-brain-sager-campaign/ 
— Want Free Health Insurance?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/02/want-free-health-insurance/ 
— Mike Rein’s Door Hanger for Coroner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/02/mike-reins-door-hanger/ 
— IL-14: Catalina Lauf Makes Inroads Into Evangelical Christian Community
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/02/il-14-catalina-lauf-makes-inroads-into-evangelical-christian-community/ 
— IL-14: Question I Would Ask in Huntley Monday Night
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/02/il-14-question-i-would-ask-in-huntley-monday-night/ 
— IL-14: At Huntley Debate All Candidates “Blew It” on Prescription Drugs Question *Updated with brief summary of controversial portion of H.R. 3*
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/03/il-14-at-huntley-debate-all-candidates-blew-it-on-prescription-drugs-question/ 
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Latest Commercial “Blast from the Past”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/03/il-14-jim-oberweis-latest-commercial-blast-from-the-past/

— IL-14: Super Tuesday Congressional Primary Highlights and D J Open Thread

IL-14: Super Tuesday Congressional Primary Highlights and D J Open Thread

WASHINGTON TIMES
— An immigration report card for President Trump   Trump has kept several of his most important campaign-trail promises – Stone Washington 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/2/an-immigration-report-card-for-president-trump/
— Dems’ presidential wannabes pander to Sanders and the crazy leftists Democrats are surrendering control of their party – David Keene (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want/demand that not only me, but everyone to pander to them. They stress that they a) protect/reward those who pander to them and b) destroy those who do not pander to them.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/27/democratic-presidential-wannabes-pander-to-bernie-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic opposition to Sanders will end the moment he wins the nomination – Becket Adams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democratic-opposition-to-sanders-will-end-the-moment-he-wins-the-nomination
— Don’t believe the lies — Trump’s Interior Department expanded sexual orientation protections for employees – Daniel Jorjani (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, a) employers will not hire you, b) you will be fired if you have a job, c) you will not get any support from government officials or party leaders if you seek a government office or a political office, and d) employers, religious leaders, government leaders, political leaders, financial leaders, etc. leaders will destroy you.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/dont-believe-the-lies-trumps-interior-department-expanded-sexual-orientation-protections-for-employees

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pittsburgh County Sued Over Dead, Duplicate Registrants on Voter Rolls – Joe Schoffstall (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls for your precinct, your municipal district, you municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America?) 
https://freebeacon.com/issues/pittsburgh-county-sued-over-dead-duplicate-registrants-on-voter-rolls/
— Trump Admin Strikes Back Against Chicoms After Ejection of U.S. Journalists State Dept. restrictions would force regime outlets to reduce staff in the U.S. – Yuichiro Kakutani (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have not been a journalist, better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-admin-strikes-back-against-chicoms-after-ejection-of-u-s-journalists/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Does America Suffer from an ‘Emotional Illness’ on Race? – Lauri B. Regan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs blame Republicans for the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/03/does_america_suffer_from_an_emotional_illness_on_race.html

BREITBART
— Sanctuary Illinois: Illegal Alien Felon Allegedly Sexually Assaulted 3-Year-Old Girl in McDonald’s Bathroom – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/02/sanctuary-illinois-illegal-sexual-assault-mcdonalds/
— Illinois Right to Life Leader on SCOTUS Abortion Case: ‘Things Have Changed’ Since 1973 – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/02/illinois-right-to-life-leader-on-scotus-abortion-case-things-have-changed-since-1973/
— Democrats Use Migrants to Smuggle the Transgender Ideology into U.S. Law – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/02/democrats-use-migrants-to-push-transgender-ideology/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘What Exactly Is The Standard We’re Applying Here?’: Tucker Reacts To Chris Matthews Departure By Naming Names – SCOTT MOREFIELD 
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/02/tucker-carlson-chris-matthews-nbc/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trudeau’s plan to control free press scares the ‘hell out of me’: Conservative politician Conservative MP Martin Shields said that words in the report like ‘trusted, accurate, reliable’ are subjective and have no place in Canadian law. – Anthony Murdoch (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want to control me and to control my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Failing that, they want government to control me and to control my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. That is, they want the federal government (Trump), Illinois (Brady & Durkin & Grant), DuPage County (Cronin), Milton Township (Heidorn), and Wheaton (Suess & Robbins) to control me and to control my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Failing that, they want the Republican National Committee (Trump), Illinois Republican Party (Schneider & Grogan), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (Keller), and Milton Township Republican Organization (LeVan) to control me and to control my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trudeaus-plan-to-control-free-press-scares-the-hell-out-of-me-conservative-politician
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Canadian conservative politician says the Trudeau government’s report recommending a “media registry” for news outlets in Canada scares the “hell out of me.” Martin Shields, a Conservative member of Parliament for Bow River, Alberta, told the Standing Committee of Canadian Heritage during a February 26 meeting that parts of the report are opposed to current Canadian law. Shields is a member of the committee. “From the Broadcast telecommunications report there are words in there: fair, reasonable, trusted, accurate, reliable […] those words scare the hell out of me. They’re subjective, and they’re in that report in a number of places,” said Shields in comments (listen to audio track at minute 16:33:13) directed to Heritage Minister of Canada Steven Guilbeault in questions about the controversial Liberal government report, titled, “Canada’s communications future: Time to act.”)
— ‘Terrifying’: US watchdog denounces Trudeau govt’s push to control Canada’s free press ‘Watching an ally, a neighbor and a friend talk about regulating the free press shows where the far left wants to take, not just Canada, but any nation they control.’ – Anthony Murdoch
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/terrifying-us-watchdog-denounces-trudeau-govts-push-to-control-canadas-free-press
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Media Research Center (MRC), a media watchdog in the United States, told LifeSiteNews that the report behind the Trudeau government’s call for requiring news websites and social media to obtain a government license to operate in Canada was “terrifying.” “Canada was one of the Allies that defeated fascism. Canadian soldiers fought for freedom and now the Canadian government seems eager to take that away,” said Media Research Center (MRC) Culture Vice President Dan Gainor. “Watching an ally, a neighbor and a friend talk about regulating the free press shows where the far left wants to take, not just Canada, but any nation they control,” he added.)
— Pro-life, pro-marriage candidate barred from running for Canadian Conservative leadership Richard Decarie has been disqualified as a Conservative leadership candidate – Anthony Murdoch (DIERSEN: Constructively, my critics/opponents have barred me from running for any kind of government or political office in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. My critics/opponents a) stress how Illinois (Brady & Durkin & Grant), DuPage County (Cronin), Milton Township (Heidorn), and Wheaton (Suess & Robbins) treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stress how the Illinois Republican Party (Schneider & Grogan), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (Keller), and Milton Township Republican Organization (LeVan) treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-pro-marriage-candidate-barred-from-running-for-canadian-conservative-leadership
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Conservative party of Canada barred pro-life and pro-family advocate Richard Décarie from running as a candidate for the party’s leadership. Over the weekend, Décarie took to Twitter to announce that he was disallowed by the “unelected” Conservative Party of Canada’s Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC), to run as a leadership candidate. Pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) says Saturday’s disqualification of Décarie as a conservative party leadership candidate, “reeks of corruption,” adding that it is “positively outraged” about the “undemocratic actions” of the selection committee.)
— How a 2020 Democrat victory could pave the way for radical Islam’s US takeover Should Democrats win the next election, the power and influence of Islamic activists will increase dramatically. – William Kilpatrick
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/how-a-2020-democrat-victory-could-pave-the-way-for-radical-islams-us-takeover
— Judge Roy Moore stands up for pro-life, pro-family principles when no one else will Roy Moore has been fearlessly outspoken on more of the Left’s sacred-cow “culture war” issues than any conservative public figure. – Brian Camenker
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/judge-roy-moore-stands-up-for-pro-life-pro-family-principles-when-no-one-else-will

THE HILL
— Americans continue to vote with their feet towards low-tax states – JONATHAN WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: Which religious, conservative, government, and/or financial leaders work the hardest to drive religious, conservative, and/or Republican individuals, organizations, and companies out of your municipality, your township, your county, and/or Illinois?) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/485497-how-tax-rates-affect-congressional-apportionment

POLITICO
— The Republican National Committee is deploying dozens of field staffers to California, New Jersey, New York and Illinois. – ALEX ISENSTADT (DIERSEN: In Illinois, what will the following say to these field staffers about GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: Schneider, Grogan, Keller, and LeVan?) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/02/republicans-blue-state-invasion-november-118336

CNN
— Bernie Sanders is going to war with Democratic establishment – Chris Cillizza
http://www.wicz.com/story/41846053/bernie-sanders-is-going-to-war-with-democratic-establishment

USA TODAY
— When it comes to reparations, differences in black lineage matter Blacks who are the descendants of slaves and black immigrants have divergent histories, levels of wealth (DIERSEN: What is your lineage? 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. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/readers/2020/03/02/when-comes-reparations-differences-black-lineage-matter/4907013002/
— Be upfront about how previous job came to an end – Johnny C. Taylor (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the following came to an end: my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, GAO employment in 1997, IRS employment in 1980, and Post Office employment in 1969.) 
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20200303/281758451335361

24/7 WALL STREET
— The Net Worth of the American Presidents: Washington to Trump – Michael B. Sauter, Grant Suneson and Samuel Stebbins (DIERSEN: Equally, if not more important, where did their money come from? My money came from what I earned when I delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2020/03/02/the-net-worth-of-the-american-presidents-washington-to-trump-3/

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES 
— NOVEMBER 19, 2019 FLASHBACK: How our leaders use identity politics to control us – Dick Sakulich (DIERSEN: What governments and organizations have power over you? For me, they include Illinois (Brady & Durkin & Grant), DuPage County (Cronin), Milton Township (Heidorn), Wheaton (Suess & Robbins), Illinois Republican Party (Schneider & Grogan), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (Keller), and Milton Township Republican Organization (LeVan).) 
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20191119/guest-opinion-how-our-leaders-use-identity-politics-to-control-us

RAW STORY & LA PROGRESSIVE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Hitler’s strategies and tactics to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/what-mussolini-and-hitlers-rise-to-power-can-teach-us-about-opposing-trump/
https://www.laprogressive.com/opposing-trump/

LADDERS
— “What Motivates You?” – Helen ONeil (DIERSEN: What motivates you to help elect candidates? For me, it is their convincing me that if they are elected, a) they can and will defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) they would vote against/veto anything that promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/what-motivates-you-answering-an-age-old-interview-question

WIKIPEDIA
— Factions in the Republican Party (DIERSEN: Who heads the conservative, moderate, and Libertarian wings of the Republican Party in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality? Leaders of the moderate and Libertarian wings focus on destroying the conservative wing. I should write a book about the leaders of the moderate and Libertarian wings in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton.) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)

March 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Think marijuana isn’t addictive? Former users say think again. – John Keilman (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy people, you encourage them to smoke pot and drink booze. Ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes the following question: If Diersen was a stoner or a drinker, a) would the Post Office have hired him when he was 18, b) would IRS have hired him when he was 22 or promoted him when he was 23, 24, or 25, c) would GAO have hired him when he was 31 or promoted him when he was 38, d) would he have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when he was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when he was 27, 31, and 48, e) would he have been able to earn job-related professional certifications when he was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, f) would he have been able to earn a job-related professional license when he was 32, g) would he have been able to buy new cars when he was 17, 19, 20, 23, etc., h) would he have been able to buy real estate when he was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, and i) would he have been able to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since he was 56 and each and every evening too since he was 67?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-marijuana-addiction-chicago-20200302-lv3w263ezzet5hojbb5eos7coy-story.html
— Shootings by CCL holders in Illinois since concealed carry law went into effect in 2014. – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-viz-illinois-ccl-shootings-tracker-20200227-ww4ldqwdjrd2ze63w3vzewioiy-htmlstory.html
— The quitting culture Questions to ask before leaving a job – Cara Brennan Allamano (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had not taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they a) had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, b) had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) had not promoted me beyond GS-13, d) had gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, e) had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and f) had forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20200302/281904480221201
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Lone Illinois Supreme Court seat held by African American is up for grabs in election where diversity has been a major issue – ANTONIA AYRES-BROWN (DIERSEN: How has Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-supreme-court-election-20200302-g6kimufo3rawfiiz4yqcezd5ia-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200302/no-more-homecoming-queen-schools-advised-to-consider-nonconforming-gender-identities

ABC7
— 18 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago weekend shootings
https://abc7chicago.com/18-shot-4-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-shootings/5978744/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/2/2020

CBS2
— South Loop School Parents Appalled At School Lunch Rule Instituted Over Worries About Marijuana – Jim Williams
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/03/01/south-loop-elementary-school-parents-appalled-at-school-lunch-rule-instituted-over-worries-about-marijuana/

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Public Schools Try Ditching A-to-F Letter Grades – Susie An
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/public-schools-try-ditching-atof-letter-grades/ae4dd01d-7b20-4596-b00f-3b97196cea61

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Voters Guide for Naperville residents / 2020 Primary Election
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/03/01/voters-guide-for-naperville-residents-2020-primary-election/110419

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP 2020 State Convention Information
https://www.ilgopinfo.com/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S “PUBLIC CHARGE” IMMIGRATION RULE GOES INTO EFFECT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/03/trump-administrations-public-charge-immigration-rule-goes-into-effect.html
— STUDY SHOWS THE RESULT OF LEFT-WING CONFORMITY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/03/study-shows-the-result-of-left-wing-conformity-on-college-campuses.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— CPAC: Standing ovation to cries for expulsion: About-face on Romney reflects fickle taste in leadership – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/1/cpac-about-face-on-mitt-romney-reflects-conservati/
— Conservatives more alarmed by Trump deficits despite solid support for agenda: CPAC/TWT straw poll – David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/1/trump-deficits-alarm-conservatives-cpac-washington/
— Charlie Kirk identifies the MAGA Doctrine – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/1/inside-the-beltway-charlie-kirk-celebrates-the-mag/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Bernie Sanders and the anti-Semites make strange bedfellows – Alex Blecker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who painted me as being an anti-Semite. Better yet, I should sue them for religious discrimination and national origin discrimination. They negatively stressed a) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, b) that I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, c) that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, d) that I am 100% German national origin, and e) that my ancestors have been in America since 1844.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/bernie-sanders-and-the-anti-semites-make-strange-bedfellows

GOPUSA
— The Politics Of Coronavirus
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85507
— How Modern Education Has Destroyed The Next Generation’s Soul
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85494

TOWNHALL
— Conservatives Think They Have This Election Won – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/03/02/conservatives-think-they-have-this-election-won-n2562364

PATRIOT POST
— The Gaying of America – Burt Prelutsky (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes destroy you.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68777-the-gaying-of-america-2020-03-02

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Sanders: Grassroots Fundraising Numbers Show I’ll Have “More Than Enough” To Beat Trump – Tim Hains 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/01/sanders_grassroots_fundaraising_numbers_show_ill_have_more_than_enough_to_beat_trump.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Neither Bernie, Nor Biden, Nor Bloomberg Will Stop Trump’s Continued Winning – Roger Kimball
https://www.theepochtimes.com/neither-bernie-nor-biden-nor-bloomberg-will-stop-trumps-continued-winning_3256666.html

POLITICO
— CPAC exiles grapple with the new devotion to Trump The conference where Reagan first spoke of his “shining city upon a hill” is a struggle for a band of conservatives from the pre-Trump era. – TINA NGUYEN
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/29/cpac-trump-118279?nname=illinois-playbook&nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&nrid=00000150-705d-d7de-afdb-7d7f3ea90001&nlid=639163

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Coughing pope cancels participating in Lenten retreat (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, many of whom have health problems, are furious that neither health problems, nor any other kind of problem, have stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and evert evening too since 2015.) 
https://www.indianagazette.com/news/world/coughing-pope-cancels-participating-in-lenten-retreat/article_bbc3f4cf-505e-5095-9055-b9267e22850d.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump campaign turning MAGA rallies into slick, locally targeted TV ads It’s the latest way the campaign is working to capitalize on Trump’s rallies. – Will Steakin
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-campaign-turning-maga-rallies-slick-locally-targeted/story?id=69256977

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism In his debut, our new media columnist says The Times has become like Facebook or Google — a digital behemoth crowding out the competition. – Ben Smith
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/media/ben-smith-journalism-news-publishers-local.html
— How to Be Good – Simran Sethi (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the more “likes” that your Facebook posts get, the more “good” that you are.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/smarter-living/how-to-be-good.html
— The Difference Between Worry, Stress and Anxiety They’re not all the same, but we do have tips to help you deal with all of them. – Emma Pattee (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to destroy me by promoting worry, stress, and anxiety.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/smarter-living/the-difference-between-worry-stress-and-anxiety.html
— We Represented the Whistle-Blower. The Law Needs Urgent Help. Future whistle-blowers must be persuaded that while there are always risks, the system can protect them. – Andrew P. Bakaj and Mark S. Zaid (DIERSEN: Whistleblower Protection Laws did not protect me. While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. To punish me, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) 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, got rid of my mentor in 1975, 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.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Cast out by Trump, Jeff Sessions struggles in Alabama to win back a Senate seat – JENNY JARVIE (DIERSEN: Have you considered writing a book about those who have cast you out? I should write such a book. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and b) who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-01/cast-out-by-trump-can-jeff-sessions-win-back-his-senate-seat

NEW YORK POST
— Criticisms of Trump’s coronavirus response are sickening – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2020/03/01/criticisms-of-trumps-coronavirus-response-are-sickening-devine/

USA TODAY
— New nationwide study shows where Americans agree – and where Democrats differ headed into November National research project shows Republican and Democratic voters agree on gun background checks and disagree on immigration. – Javier Zarracina, and Rebecca Morin
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2020/02/28/nationscape-research-voters-views-on-several-policies-remain-polarized/4569383002/

TIMES STANDARD
— Think twice before you Google that potential hire – TOMAS CHAVEZ (DIERSEN: If your critics/opponents Googled you, what would they find to use against you? My critics would find the following: I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 22 years, etc.)
https://www.times-standard.com/2020/03/01/business-sense-think-twice-before-you-google-that-potential-hire/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Businesses Fret Over Potential Bernie Sanders Presidency – Greg Ip
https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-fret-over-life-in-a-bernie-sanders-presidency-11583096353
— Where’s the Hand Sanitizer? Coronavirus Fears Empty Store Shelves, Disrupt Plans Despite low overall risk of infection, Americans move to prepare for possibility of serious outbreak as authorities urge calm – Erin Ailworth and Theo Francis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wheres-the-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus-fears-empty-store-shelves-disrupt-plans-11583106761
— Companies Step Up Efforts to Keep Workers From Quitting – Kathryn Dill (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. To keep their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American from quitting, the Democrats who run the federal government waste the careers of and get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, Protestant, and/or German American 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.wsj.com/articles/companies-step-up-efforts-to-keep-workers-from-quitting-11583058602
— The Questions You Wish You Had Asked Your Parents – Clare Ansberry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-questions-you-wish-you-had-asked-your-parents-11583067601
— Against Sanders, Trump Is the Lesser Evil The president has been even worse than I expected, but I may have to vote for him. – James Huffman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/against-sanders-trump-is-the-lesser-evil-11583084901

FORBES
— Study Says “Ban The Box” Policies Hurt (Not Help) Young Minority Male Job Seekers – Patricia Barnes (DIERSEN: 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.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2020/03/01/study-says-ban-the-box-policies-hurt-not-help-young-minority-male-job-seekers/

FORTUNE
— Why 2020 marks the era of the ‘for all’ leader – MICHAEL BUSH and CHRISTOPHER TKACZYK (DIERSEN: Who do you NOT want to work for? I do NOT want to work for a) anyone who promotes patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination, b) anyone who promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, or abolition or the First and/or Second Amendments, or c) anyone who talks or acts like they are a Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, or RINO.) 
https://fortune.com/2020/02/18/100-best-companies-2020-for-all-leader/

NEW YORKER
— THE MAN BEHIND TRUMP’S FACEBOOK JUGGERNAUT Brad Parscale used social media to sway the 2016 election. He’s poised to do it again. – Andrew Marantz
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/09/the-man-behind-trumps-facebook-juggernaut

ALTERNET
— Here are 4 ways to protect yourself from disinformation – Elizabeth Stoycheff (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. Needless-to-say, they do NOT want me to serve as the webmaster for the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), etc. They succeeded in ending my serving as the webmaster for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, MTRO in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2006, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter in 2004, and Milton Township in 2004.) 
https://www.alternet.org/2020/02/here-are-4-ways-to-protect-yourself-from-disinformation/

March 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At CPAC, Trump says replacing ‘bad’ people in government with those ‘who love our country’ made him successful – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-cpac-conservative-political-action-conference-20200301-retihpmzrnhdpgf2wkmqkldvem-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-racial-bias-forum-foster-underwood-st-0301-20200229-3sxbgwb7vfacllxmwjxqti5yqu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatted of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-trump-coronavirus-cdc-page-20200228-25n2oswzanbzdbvj27mhl5w77a-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A pot pusher pushes pot in Naperville
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0301-20200229-kvjxdkznazeejpxrp5fzz66rie-story.html
— ‘Serious conversation’ needed about accusation leveled against Lake County Board member purchasing property, vehicles without township trustees approval – EMILY K. COLEMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-lake-county-wilke-township-st-0227-20200301-6rzwfr3icfdfjbx7qinnqugdby-story.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— AP-NORC poll: Election security, integrity worry Americans – AP
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/02/29/ap-norc-poll-election-security-integrity-worry-americans/askf4r4/

MEDILL REPORTS
— FILIPINO CENSUS COMMITTEE HOSTS EVENT TO ENSURE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE COUNTED – Whitney Tesi
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/filipino-census-committee-hosts-event-to-ensure-all-community-members-are-counted/
— BUTTIGIEG’S PLAN FOR ADDRESSING RACIAL EQUALITY DRAWS MIXED REACTIONS – Areeba Shah (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from minorities, women, younger people, those who have less money, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO candidates promise to use government to give preference the aforesaid, that is, to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, those who have more money, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/buttigiegs-plan-for-addressing-racial-equality-draws-mixed-reactions/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Tarter criticizes Curran over past comments on Trump – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200229/bernard-schoenburg-tarter-criticizes-curran-over-past-comments-on-trump

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democratic Candidates Step Up Criticism Of Trump’s Handling Of Coronavirus – MATTHEW S. SCHWARTZ, SUSAN DAVIS, SCOTT DETROW & JUANA SUMMERS 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/democratic-candidates-step-criticism-trumps-handling-coronavirus#stream/0
— Trump Says ‘Markets Will Take Care Of Themselves’ After Stock Sell-Off – TAMARA KEITH
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-says-markets-will-take-care-themselves-after-stock-sell#stream/0

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Large Turnout for Safe DuPage Event in Lisle Local Leaders Discuss Crime in Lisle – Kevin Coyne
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/large-turnout-safe-dupage-event-lisle

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
— JUDICIAL ADVISORY POLL – 18th Judicial Circuit DuPage County (CRITERIA: Meets Requirements Of Office, Integrity, Impartiality, Legal Ability, Temperament, Court Management, Health, and Sensitivity)
https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/judicialevaluations/2020primary/18circuit.pdf

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sanders most dangerous opponent for Trump: CPAC/TWT straw poll CPAC activists say Pelosi should resign after impeachment, State of the Union behavior – David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/29/cpacwashington-times-poll-sanders-is-most-dangerou/
— Immigrant restaurant owners hit with backlash after appearing at Trump rally Jorge Rivas: Backing down would ‘go against what America stands for’ – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in your neighborhood, precinct, municipal district, municipality, township, and county in promoting hatred of Trump supporters?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/1/jorge-and-betty-rivas-sammys-mexican-grill-owners-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House Report Card: Concern over virus nicks Trump economic record – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/white-house-report-card-concern-over-virus-nicks-trumps-economic-record

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chuck Schumer quietly deletes his tweet criticizing Trump’s China travel ban as ‘premature’ and ‘war against immigrants’ – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/chuck_schumer_quietly_deletes_his_tweet_criticizing_trumps_china_travel_ban_as_premature_and_war_against_immigrants.html
— Miami’s Cuban population has an impromptu pro-Trump rally – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/03/miamis_cuban_population_has_an_impromptu_protrump_rally.html

BREITBART
— Nolte: Poll Shows Trump Earns More than Twice as Much Trust as Media – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/02/29/poll-shows-trump-earns-more-twice-much-trust-media/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Fighting Coronavirus Means ‘Keeping Sick People Out,’ Homeland Security Chief Says – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/29/fighting-coronavirus-means-keeping-sick-people-out-homeland-security-chief-says/

DAILY WIRE
— Crowd Chants ‘USA!’ At CPAC As Republican John James Documents Journey From Slavery Descendant To Senate Candidate
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-crowd-chants-usa-at-cpac-as-republican-john-james-documents-journey-from-slavery-descendant-to-senate-candidate

NEWS BUSTERS
— Trump Delivers SCORCHING CPAC Address Mocking Dems, Liberal Media, ‘Nutjob’ Maher – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2020/03/01/trump-delivers-scorching-cpac-address-mocking-dems-liberal-media

TOWNHALL
— Misplaced Blame: Using 1619 For Propaganda in 2020 – Marvin Olasky (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs shout that you benefitted from your ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against females, and a) the more reparations that you should pay and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2020/03/01/misplaced-blame-n2561964

PJ MEDIA
— Mark Levin Blasts Democrats For Dithering With Impeachment As Coronavirus Spread – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/mark-levin-blasts-democrats-for-dithering-with-impeachment-as-coronavirus-spread/
— Israel’s UN ambassador calls Sanders an ‘ignorant fool’: ‘We don’t want him in Israel’ – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/policy/international/485337-israels-un-ambassador-calls-sanders-an-ignorant-fool-we-dont-want-him-in

THE HILL
— Sanders raises staggering $46 million in February – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485328-sanders-raises-staggering-46-million-in-february
— Trump: Administration ‘very strongly’ considering closing southern border amid coronavirus outbreak – J. EDWARD MORENO
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/485297-trump-says-administration-is-very-strongly-considering-closing-the

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To defeat Trump, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs are doing everything that they can to destroy America’s economy. 
https://kgmi.com/news/030030-market-corrections-scary-but-also-in-some-cases-necessary/

NBC NEWS
— Governor’s photo with drag queens stirs controversy in Kentucky The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an activist drag troupe, said the controversy has helped further their goal of passing a statewide nondiscrimination law. – Tim Fitzsimons (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who promote LGBTQ activity, that is, what do you say to politicians who destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family? I should write a book about such politicians in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservatives, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/governor-s-photo-drag-queens-stirs-controversy-kentucky-n1145561

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bernie Sanders Has Some Work to Do in the Suburbs Virginia’s shift to the Democrats has been led by suburban moderates, especially college-educated women. Some wonder whether Mr. Sanders is what they signed up for. – Trip Gabriel (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, how successful have the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs been in promoting hatred against Trump and against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/us/politics/bernie-sanders-virginia-suburbs.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America haters say “Trump’s war against immigration is grinding on — with unfortunate success.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-01/trump-immigration-border-asylum-detention

BOSTON HERALD
— DC Democrats OK with anything that hurts Trump, even coronavirus – GRACE CURLEY
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/02/29/dc-democrats-ok-with-anything-that-hurts-trump-even-coronavirus/

DETROIT NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn American nameplate vehicles.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2020/02/20/consumer-reports-top-picks-tesla-model-3/4810279002/

CLEVELAND
— How auto insurers use your nondriving habits to raise your rates – Kayda Norman (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who should pay much higher insurance premiums? ANSWER: Those who drink lots of booze, smoke, use pot, gamble, etc.)
https://www.cleveland.com/business/2020/02/how-auto-insurers-use-your-nondriving-habits-to-raise-your-rates.html

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to defeat Trump.
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/01/810797303/trump-says-markets-will-take-care-of-themselves-after-stock-sell-off

BUZZ FEED NEWS
— These Fake Local News Sites Have Confused People For Years. We Found Out Who Created Them. – Craig Silverman (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is fake except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. Of course, my critics/opponents focus on destroying me and destroying my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/these-fake-local-news-sites-have-confused-people-for-years

FOX CAROLINA
— South Carolina Democratic voter demographics set state’s primary apart from previous three contests, exit polls show – Jennifer Agiesta (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county 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.foxcarolina.com/news/south-carolina-democratic-voter-demographics-set-state-s-primary-apart/article_319aa3fc-2ea9-5184-8d46-708ea3829a64.html

MOUNTAIN EAGLE
— Who is more Trump-like in GOP race? – James Phillips (DIERSEN: What demographics do you share with Trump? Both Trump and I are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Trump-haters promote hatred of you. I should write a book about Trump-haters who promote hatred of me. I would focus on those in my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
http://mountaineagle.com/stories/who-is-more-trump-like-in-gop-race,24242

FORBES
— His Boomer-Friendly Business Model Helped Him Build His One-Man Consultancy To Nearly $3 Million In Revenue – Elaine Pofeldt (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have discriminated the most against people because they are older, White, male, Protestant, German American, Republican, Trump supporters, conservative, and/or because their ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus discriminators in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2020/02/29/his-boomer-friendly-business-model-helped-him-build-his-one-man-consultancy-to-nearly-3-million-in-revenue/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a break with the many companies that have made age discrimination part of their business models, Patschke, 50, has thrown out the welcome mat to senior-level professionals—a group often squeezed out of corporate America—recognizing the depth of knowledge they bring to his team. Most of Patschke’s team members are 60 years old and up, with a couple in their mid to late 50s. He bills them out at $150 to $300 an hour, depending on their specialties. His highest-paid, most in-demand consultant is a 75-year-old who commands $300 an hour.)

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Who Is Really Voting? Why you shouldn’t trust exit polls—and why the 2020 electorate is much older than you think. – Phil Keisling
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/02/25/who-is-really-voting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s a familiar lament: the Democratic electorates in the nation’s first presidential contests are quite different from those elsewhere in America. Far less known and much less discussed: how wildly un-representative those voting so far in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada, are when compared to those states’ typical Democratic electorates. The caucus system itself is the most visible culprit. Just 30 percent of Iowa’s 600,000 registered Democrats participated in the February 3 caucus. Meanwhile, Democratic turnout in Nevada was closer to 15 percent. Former Senator Harry Reid is right: both caucuses need to go. But the largely ignored, more insidious problem involves caucus “entrance” and election “exit” polls—or more precisely, the political journalists, pundits, and analysts who can’t separate their reliable data from that which is highly suspect, if not downright wrong.)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Joe Biden Is Now the Only Democrat Who Can Stop Bernie Sanders – Jonathan Chait
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/joe-biden-now-only-democrat-who-can-stop-bernie-sanders.html

NATIONAL WHISTLEBLOWER CENTER
— Whistleblower Protection Laws for Federal Employee Whistleblowers (DIERSEN: Whistleblower Protection Laws did not protect me. While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. To punish me, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) 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, got rid of my mentor in 1975, 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.) 
https://www.whistleblowers.org/whistleblower-protection-laws-for-federal-employee-whistleblowers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Strong whistleblower protections already exist for federal employees. However, specific reforms to these laws are needed to make whistleblowing safer and more effective for federal employees. Understanding Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Laws Passed in 1989, the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) is one of the primary statutes that outlines public employees’ right to speak out about misconduct, aimed at ensuring that all government employees can safely disclose “violations of laws, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority and or a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety.” Additionally, Executive Order 12731, issued in 1990, requires all federal employees to “disclose waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption to authorities.” This Executive Order makes such disclosures mandatory in order to ensure standards of ethical conduct for all executive branch employees.)

THRIVE GLOBAL
— 3 Types of Workplace Discrimination (That Often Happen in Plain Sight) Workplace discrimination is getting plenty of attention lately. Here are three kinds of workplace discrimination that don’t get the attention they deserve. – Andrej Kovacevic (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination. I would focus age discriminators in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/3-types-of-workplace-discrimination-that-often-happen-in-plain-sight/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Age Discrimination In today’s economy, it’s generally believed that we’re about as close to full employment as we’ve ever been before. That reality is pushing more traditionally underrepresented groups into the labor force, changing its composition in ways that we have never seen before. A prime example of this is the fact that people aged 65 and over are now the fastest-growing segment of the US labor pool. That, in turn, is driving a sharp increase in the number of incidents of age discrimination in the workplace. According to a recent survey, two in three US workers aged 45 or older report seeing or experiencing such discrimination at work, and that number seems to be rising. As long as unemployment remains low and more older Americans are forced to keep working due to financial insecurity as they approach retirement, age discrimination is likely to remain an issue for some time to come.)

February 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago police, Lightfoot defend decision not to cooperate with ICE after DHS says man accused in McDonald’s child sex assault was previously deported – Diane Pathieu and Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/man-accused-in-mcdonalds-child-sex-assault-previously-deported-dhs-/5973356/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/29/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump accuses Democrats of a new ‘hoax’ over criticism of coronavirus plan – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-trump-democrats-coronavirus-hoax-20200229-guhfdsau6fafvbothszzyhmry4-story.html
— Two groups — one in favor of Naperville pot sales and the other against — waging campaigns for referendum votes – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-for-marijuana-opt-out-referendum-st-20200229-zyjz2lcttvccroufkhso72fmga-story.html
— Attorney, IT consultant facing off in battle for Dem nomination in DuPage circuit clerk’s race – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-county-clerk-candidates-st-0301-20200228-x4th3pfsgrf4rd3pxkojlbxcf4-story.html
— 3 Illinois Racing Board members forced out over campaign contributions they made in violation of 2019 gaming law – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: What encourages you to contribute to Republican candidates, elected officials, and organizations? For me, it is their demonstrating that they can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their demonstrating opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-racing-board-campaign-contributions-20200228-zjkr32hxqbfwzbzgrtjpmdjso4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois to greatly expand testing for coronavirus even though risk remains low, officials say Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted Chicago and Illinois are prepared to handle an outbreak and said there is no cause for alarm. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/28/21157874/coronavirus-illinois-chicago-outbreak-testing-pritzker-lightfoot
— Worth Township supervisor, under federal scrutiny in red-light camera probe, resigns John O’Sullivan, a former state legislator, Democratic committeeman and rep for SafeSpeed, told officials of his decision Friday. – Mark Brown and Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/2/28/21158208/red-light-camera-investigation-safespeed-worth-township-supervisor-under-federal-scrutiny-resign

WTTW
— Coronavirus Panic Crashes Markets – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/28/week-review-coronavirus-panic-crashes-markets

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield attorney quits racing board over donations – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What encourages you to donate to Republican candidates, elected officials, and organizations? For me, it is their demonstrating that they can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their demonstrating opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200228/springfield-attorney-quits-racing-board-over-donations

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Governor asking for trouble Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to ensure that as many illegal immigrants who are convicted felons as possible remain in the state. – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-governor-asking-for-trouble/article_77957275-cb57-5cc7-9755-baf19a3c5965.html

WGEM
— Addressing prohibited activities for public officials: What is allowed? – Mike Miletich
https://wgem.com/2020/02/28/addressing-prohibited-activities-for-public-officials-what-is-allowed/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Health District urging public to use precaution with coronavirus – Tiffani Homer
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/champaign-urbana-health-district-urging-public-to-use-precaution-with-coronavirus

KPC NEWS
— Indiana ranks 10th most representative of U.S. demographics – Steve Garbacz (DIERSEN: How representative is your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county of U.S. demographics? What percent 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? What percent 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? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County are full of the aforesaid, and therefore, I should pander to them like they do.)
https://www.kpcnews.com/election/article_21031591-8d34-5b9a-aaf5-dc473f34c2f6.html

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Gerrymandering: Finally a Thing of the Past? The Fair Maps Amendment is issuing a challenge to the shady partisan practice. But good luck getting it past Mike Madigan. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton and how politicians use gerrymandering to punish precinct committeemen like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2020/Will-the-Fair-Maps-Amendment-Kill-Gerrymandering-for-Good/

BLUE LIVES MATTER ILLINOIS
— Illinois Putting Violent Felons Into Communities Instead Of Giving Them To ICE – Holly Matkin
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/illinois-putting-violent-felons-into-communities-instead-of-giving-them-to-ice-0leBP9A0E0iLu7OuqCOBCg

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— IFA Endorsements for the 2020 Primary Election – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/ifa-endorsements-for-the-2020-primary-election/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Media peddles coronavirus panic, indulges in Trump bashing – Jennifer Harper 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/27/inside-the-beltway-media-peddles-coronavirus-panic/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans say Democratic leaders using coronavirus scare as political weapon – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-say-democratic-leaders-using-coronavirus-scare-as-political-weapon
— Trump tells black supporters his approval rating among African Americans ‘should be at 100%’ – John Gage 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-tells-black-supporters-his-approval-rating-among-african-americans-should-be-at-100

FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham debunks ‘biggest lies’ levied at Trump administration over coronavirus response – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-debunks-biggest-lies-levied-at-trump-administration-over-coronavirus-response

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hope for America from CPAC – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/hope_for_america_from_cpac.html

BREITBART
— Court Stands Up for Rule of Law and American People by Bucking Sanctuary Cities – JEFF SESSIONS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/28/jeff-sessions-court-stands-up-for-rule-of-law-and-american-people-by-bucking-sanctuary-cities/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump administration sides with Asian American students in discrimination suit against Harvard – William A. Jacobson 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/trump-administration-sides-with-asian-american-students-in-discrimination-suit-against-harvard/

EPOCH TIMES
— Arizona’s Most Populous County Becomes ‘Second Amendment Preservation County’ – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/arizonas-most-populous-county-becomes-second-amendment-preservation-county_3254051.html

NBC NEWS
— In the South Carolina primary, Clyburn endorsements carry political weight – Janell Ross (DIERSEN: Not that my endorsement carries any political weight, but since 2000, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates in primary elections that they should not seek/accept my endorsement because I only endorse candidates who are “too conservative” to win in general elections.) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/south-carolina-primary-clyburn-endorsements-carry-political-weight-n1145746
— Asian American lawmakers urge Congress members to help stop coronavirus-fueled xenophobia “The best way to stop the spread of coronavirus is to wash your hands, not perpetuate racist stereotypes,” reads a letter sent from the Asian American caucus to fellow Congress members. – Kimmy Yam
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-lawmakers-urge-congress-members-stop-spreading-coronavirus-misinformation-n1145581

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Accuses Media and Democrats of Exaggerating Coronavirus Threat   The accusations came as other elements of the federal government moved to head off a broader wave of infections like those in China. – Peter Baker and Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/us/politics/trump-accuses-media-democrats-coronavirus.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Asian-American Voters to Play Big Role on Super Tuesday The fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. has become a key Democratic constituency, but Trump is courting them, too – Emily Glazer and Christine Mai-Duc (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at Asian-Americans, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Republicans encourage Republican Asian-Americans to run for government offices and political offices.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-american-voters-to-play-big-role-on-super-tuesday-11582894805

NEWSWEEK
— Will Trump Restart White House Press Conferences? – John Gizzi 
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/white-house-press-conference-jim-acosta/2020/02/28/id/956148/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— In red California, Democrats struggle to win young voters amid a ‘sea of gray hairs’ – HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-28/young-democrat-voters-conservative-placer-county-california-election
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millennials and the younger Generation Z overwhelmingly disapprove of President Trump. They also are more racially and ethnically diverse and more liberal than previous generations, according to the Pew Research Center. But they are more unlikely to vote than any other age group. People ages 18 to 24 consistently vote at a rate 15 to 25 percentage points lower than the overall population, according to a Times analysis of census data.)

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Which Candidates Are Asian Americans Supporting In California? – Likhitha Butchireddygari (DIERSEN: Which candidates are Asian Americans supporting in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?) 
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/sanders-might-have-an-edge-with-asian-americans-in-california/

LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
— Accountants Push for CPA on Audit Committee – Daniel Langhorne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to stop me from serving as the Treasurer of the Milton Township Republican Organization. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a Licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I worked for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996 and as its Treasurer 1983-1986. I served as the Illinois Center Right Coalition Treasurer 2003-2006.) 
https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/accountants-push-for-cpa-on-audit-committee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Laguna Beach citizens committee charged with watchdogging city finances presented its report Tuesday on the 2017-18 Fiscal Year, about 19 months after the close of the accounting period. The 32-page report published by the Citizens’ Audit Review and Measure LL Oversight Committee has sparked criticism and concerns by a group of 24 Laguna Beach residents with professional backgrounds in finance, business, accounting, and auditing who argue the panel should have at least one certified public accountant with expertise in auditing. Considering the city’s reported revenues were more than $109 million in 2017-18, this watchdog cadre says the taxpayers would be better served with additional experienced eyes on the city’s ledger.)

BENEFITS PRO
— 10 best companies to work for – Katie Kuehner-Hebert (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will these companies officially stop hiring those who are the following and get rid of those who are the following: 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.benefitspro.com/2020/02/28/10-best-companies-to-work-for/?slreturn=20200129074946

ROOT
— Every Democratic Candidates’ ‘Black Agenda,’ Ranked – Michael Harriot (DIERSEN: To give preference to Blacks is to discriminate against Whites, Hispanics, Asians, etc. To give preference to women is to discriminate against men. To give preference to younger people is to discriminate against older people. To give preference to those who have less money is to discriminate against those who have more money. To give preference to non-Protestants is to discriminate against Protestants. To give preference to non-German Americans is to discriminate against German Americans. To give preference to citizens of foreign countries is to discriminate against citizens of America. To give preference to those whose ancestors have NOT been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.theroot.com/every-democratic-candidates-black-agenda-ranked-1841959166

February 28 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Almiron for Republicans in primary for DuPage County recorder
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200228/endorsement-almiron-for-republicans-in-primary-for-dupage-county-recorder
(FROM THE ENDORSEMENT: It’s easy to understand why both candidates for the Republican nomination for DuPage County recorder consider the position a perfect fit for their credentials. Ron Almiron, an attorney from Wheaton, has a long and deep history of service in local projects, service agencies, school and community boards and even more recently treasurer and CFO for the Wheaton Mosquito Abatement District. Babette Holder Youngberg, a communications professional from Wheaton, boasts a long history in real estate and property management that is specifically relevant to the duties of this office. Both candidates speak knowledgeably and think creatively about a role that demands a disciplined combination of attention to detail and customer service. Choosing between them is no simple matter for voters. The distinction for us comes down to depth of community involvement and level of detail in the vision for the office. Almiron’s diverse range of community, school and government activities gives him a slightly more refined sense for operating a government office, and he approaches the role with compelling intensity. Whoever ultimately wins the election in November, there is a possibility he or she will not serve long. If voters approve a consolidation measure in the General Election, the elected recorder’s position will be eliminated and the duties folded into other county offices. Youngberg and Almiron argue that the public is best served by an elected recorder but both agree to work cooperatively toward a smooth transition if voters decide to eliminate the office. Republican voters can’t go wrong with either candidate in this primary. Our choice is Almiron.)
— Endorsement: Grogan for Republicans for DuPage County auditor
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200228/endorsement-grogan-for-republicans-for-dupage-county-auditor
(FROM THE ENDORSEMENT: In nearly 12 years as DuPage County auditor, Bob Grogan has produced an impressive reputation for transparency, efficiency and competence. With justifiable pride, the Downers Grove Republican points to various state firsts he has implemented — including the first county checkbook online, the first transparency portal and the first auditor hotline. He has served as the president of the Association of Illinois County Auditors and notes that he knows how “to ask the awkward questions” that an auditor must raise when working with county officials to fix errors, find wrongdoing or just make things work better. His challenger for the party’s nomination in the March 17 primary is retired bank officer Jeffrey Mack, of Downers Grove. Mack has an appropriate financial background for auditor and a reasonable familiarity with the duties of the office. His strongest argument, however, is that he could bring a “fresh set of eyes” to the operation. That’s not an irrelevant point, but Mack doesn’t build on it by demonstrating why a new perspective alone would justify replacing an auditor with Grogan’s record and credentials. Grogan is Republicans’ strongest alternative for the November ballot, and he gets our endorsement.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Board to spend $32,600 on study analyzing the benefits of eliminating the recorder’s office – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-recorders-office-study-st-0228-20200226-oi5c4eel45hntew5ze4xpv4nzu-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers use medial pot to push recreational pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-home-grow-20200228-2uzeysxfwnanpormf67dvmpvw4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker yanks three Racing Board members from the saddle over campaign contributions Leaders of the regulatory agency are barred from political activity under the state’s new gambling expansion law. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/27/21156913/illinois-racing-board-pritzker-brincat-resign-sronce-ramirez
— The rest of the nation is rooting for an Illinois progressive income tax Other states know a progressive tax would be one more self-inflicted blow to the economy of Illinois, certain to drive dollars, jobs and families into their waiting arms. – Todd Maisch
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/27/21156157/illinois-graduated-income-tax-progressive-chamber-commerce-todd-maisch

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s largest employers 2020 As always, the public sector dominates the top five in our annual ranking. See who else made the list. – KASEY HARIMAN 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-list/chicagos-largest-employers-2020
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: The damaging divide Long-standing racial and ethnic disparities in Chicago are growing ever wider, and researchers say the cost will be borne by everybody, regardless of color.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-racial-gaps/forum-self-defeating-divide

CBS2
— Chicago Conventions Affected By Coronavirus Concerns – Vince Gerasole
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/27/chicago-conventions-affected-by-coronavirus-concerns/

WLS AM
— Democratic donors struggle for a solution as Bernie Sanders hurtles toward a potential nomination
https://www.wlsam.com/news/democratic-donors-struggle-for-a-solution-as-bernie-sanders-hurtles-toward-a-potential-nomination/

WBEZ
— Alderman Says ‘Army of Italians’ To Protest Switch From Columbus To Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Sarah Karp
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/alderman-says-army-of-italians-to-protest-switch-from-columbus-to-indigenous-peoples-day/171322f9-5acf-42aa-a0ac-83021880b84e

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Which Democrat will Southern Illinois choose to challenge Trump? Voters weigh in. – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who vote for the candidate who promises to use government a) to take the most income, assets, and opportunities away from those who do NOT share their demographics (for example, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or non-recent immigrant) and b) to give most income, assets, and opportunities to those who share their demographics (for example, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or recent immigrant)?) 
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article240695806.html

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Blagojevich emerges from prison unchanged – Rich Miller
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/blagojevich-emerges-from-prision-unchanged/Content?oid=11867986

FOX MILWAUKEE
— BBB: Scammers using phony political fundraising calls to trick Americans into donating
https://fox6now.com/2020/02/27/bbb-scammers-using-phony-political-fundraising-calls-to-trick-americans-into-donating/

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/hickey-brothers-pushes-for-marijuana-lounge/526-b2d6c286-d257-42c7-a75e-30acae9860cd

ROBERT FEDER
— Before he became ‘Mayor Pete,’ Buttigieg worked as NBC 5 investigative intern (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinated did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $34,610/year) intern, that is, to suffer a $61,821/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They painted what GAO Analysts do as being a unique “trade or occupation.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/02/28/became-mayor-pete-buttigieg-worked-nbc-5-investigative-intern/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Chicago Sun-Times Legislative Questionnaire
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/28/chicago-sun-times-legislative-questionnaire/ 
— TP Mathews Defends McHenry Township Trustees Anderson, Verr and Rakestraw
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/28/tp-mathews-defends-mchenry-township-trustees-anderson-verr-and-rakestraw/ 
— Marijuana Grow Facility Meeting in Harvard
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/28/marijuana-grow-meeting-in-harvard/

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker over Rauner, 130-10
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/28/pritzker-over-rauner-130-10/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dems’ presidential wannabes pander to Sanders and the crazy leftists Democrats are surrendering control of their party – David Keene
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/27/democratic-presidential-wannabes-pander-to-bernie-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: It should be illegal to encourage illegal activity.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/in-united-states-v-sineneng-smith-supreme-court-should-stand-up-for-the-right-to-encourage-illegal-immigration

GOPUSA
— Bernie Sanders’ Brand Of Socialism Is Communism
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85437
— Media Peddles Coronavirus Panic, Indulges In Trump Bashing
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85435

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bernie to Biden: The Democrat candidate spectrum is a mess – Josh Kantrow
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/bernie_to_biden_the_democrat_candidate_spectrum_is_a_mess.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Sanders Hates The Country He Seeks To Lead’: Tucker Breaks Down Bernie’s ‘Radical Open Borders Policy’ – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/27/tucker-carlson-bernie-sanders-immigration/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Lie About Coronavirus To Attack Trump. Their Policies Could Make Fighting Pandemics More Difficult. – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-lie-about-coronavirus-to-attack-trump-their-policies-could-make-fighting-disease-more-difficult

FEDERALIST
— Refusing To Attend AIPAC Underscores Bernie’s Reliance On People Who Hate Jews By hypocritically labeling the AIPAC lobby a source of bigotry, the Democratic front-runner helps boosts his supporters’ efforts to delegitimize the Jewish state. – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/27/refusing-to-attend-aipac-underscores-bernies-reliance-on-people-who-hate-jews/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters will do everything that they can to destroy America’s economy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/485078-republicans-growing-nervous-about-2020-economy
— Sanders, socialism emerge as top targets at CPAC – JULIA MANCHESTER AND TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485063-sanders-socialism-emerge-as-top-targets-at-cpac
— White House chief of staff claims press covering coronavirus to take Trump down – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/485114-white-house-chief-of-staff-claims-press-covering-coronavirus-to-take

POLITICO
— GOP scramble is on to succeed Donald Trump in 2024 From Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo to Nikki Haley and Ted Cruz, the cast of potential White House hopefuls is out in force at CPAC. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/28/2024-republicans-trump-cpac-117991

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Bloomberg Outspent His Rivals, and Sanders Outraised Them All – Sarah Almukhtar, Thomas Kaplan, K.K. Rebecca Lai and Rachel Shorey (DIERSEN: What motivates you to give money to candidates? For me, it includes the candidate’s record of defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it includes their record of opposing the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing promotion of the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/21/us/politics/democratic-fundraising-numbers-february.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders Interviews with dozens of Democratic Party officials, including 93 superdelegates, found overwhelming opposition to handing Mr. Sanders the nomination if he fell short of a majority of delegates. – Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/democratic-superdelegates.html
— Pelosi, Trying to Save House Majority, Fends Off Angst Over Sanders At a closed-door meeting, Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Democrats to “keep our eye on the ball” and mocked President Trump’s skin color: “The ball has an orange face.” – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/pelosi-sanders-democrats.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/business/economy/immigration-economy-mulvaney-trump.html
— Most Coronavirus Cases Are Mild. That’s Good and Bad News. More than 80 percent of confirmed coronavirus cases are not severe, according to a large Chinese study. But mild symptoms could also make the epidemic harder to contain. – Vivian Wang
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/coronavirus-treament-recovery.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bernie Sanders’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Socialism It’s his disdain for his country. That’s the lesson Democrats should draw from Corbyn’s catastrophe. – Joseph C. Sternberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanderss-biggest-problem-isnt-socialism-11582827748
— Whistleblower Says Federal Employees Flown From Coronavirus Sites Didn’t Follow Safety Protocols Employees weren’t tested for virus before leaving California quarantine sites on commercial flights, complaint says – Stephanie Armour and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whistleblower-says-federal-employees-flown-from-coronavirus-sites-didnt-follow-safety-protocols-11582840144
— Some Southern Democrats Say Sanders Nomination Would Hurt Down-Ballot Candidates Party leaders in Carolinas, Florida worry about a democratic socialist as the Democratic nominee – Valerie Bauerlein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-southern-democrats-say-sanders-nomination-would-hurt-down-ballot-candidates-11582885802
— A Big Question in Retirement Planning: How Long Will I Live? How to factor lifespan and health—two big wild cards—into financial planning – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who talk and/or act like they want to die young? They drink lots of booze, gamble lots of money, smoke lots of pot, etc. They certainly do not save for their retirement.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-big-question-in-retirement-planning-how-long-will-i-live-11582803000

EXAMINER ENTERPRISE
— Lawmakers push back against effort to reduce qualifications for agency heads – Carmen Forman (DIERSEN: If I had not had a high school diploma, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate finance courses and earned a master’s degree in finance, GAO would have succeeded in forcing me to retire earlier than it did.) 
https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/entertainment/20200227/lawmakers-push-back-against-effort-to-reduce-qualifications-for-agency-heads

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Virginia lawmaker asks presidential candidates for plans to reinvigorate federal service – Eric White (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government reinvigorated their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not 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.) 
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2020/02/virginia-lawmaker-asks-presidential-candidates-for-plans-to-reinvigorate-federal-service/

GAO
— FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET REQUEST
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-429T
(FROM THE WEBSITE: The majority of the people at GAO who are engaged in mission work are analysts. Analysts review federal agency programs and operations and federal activities in all areas. Working on audits in certain areas (such as Information Technology or Financial Management) may require specific experience or qualifications. Typically, an analyst works as part of a team and uses methodological, research, documenting, writing, and presenting skills.)

BBC
— Are you a ‘cultural fit’ for your job? – Chris Baraniuk (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. According to them, the more of the following that you are, the more of a cultural fit that you are: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-conservative, and if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200227-are-you-a-cultural-fit-for-your-job-machines-can-now-tell

CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
— PROMOTING POTENTIAL OVER EXPERIENCE – Rachel Willcox (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. According to them, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran have potential only if they make 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.) 
https://www.managers.org.uk/insights/news/2020/february/promoting-potential-over-experience

February 27 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Joe Biden’s lie about Nelson Mandela and the dog that didn’t bark – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-joe-biden-nelson-mandela-kass-20200227-vzbgynyekzh2baanqscxwnx52q-story.html
— Goodbye, Columbus Day. CPS ends the holiday in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day — and parade organizers call it ‘a slap in the face.’ – Hannah Leone (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women. How soon will Democrats succeed in forcing Republicans to wear signs that state the year that their ancestors came to America?) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-columbus-day-chicago-public-schools-indigenous-peoples-20200227-q65n2prm3rewrapk54zir7i7qm-story.html
— Millennium Park’s new attraction: Free speech – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-millennium-park-evangelism-gospel-speech-chicago-20200227-cxwhh56shfa75d3kimnpmzrbbi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Dow drops more after Trump’s unconvincing ‘calm down about coronavirus’ message. Blame Mike Pence.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-coronavirus-dow-trump-pence-stock-market-covid-19-huppke-20200227-peqtxppktnevpknu6zveflym5u-story.html
— The pull of the South for black Chicagoans — and the choice to stay put – SHANITA AKINTONDE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-great-migration-south-shanita-akintonde-20200227-5swfylxuzfhf7pw76zv23jtzf4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Aldermen vow ‘war with CPS’ after school district cancels Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day But supporters of the change denied it was anti-Italian. “I am beyond thrilled that my daughter will experience at school and learn about Native histories and current accomplishments,” one parent said. – Fran Spielman and Nader Issa 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/2/27/21156576/cps-columbus-day-indigenous-peoples-italian-american-schools-sposato-napolitano
— Madigan’s palm card gives Foxx the back of his hand One of the state’s most powerful Democrats, Madigan left the first-term prosecutor off his palm card, the handout of endorsed candidates that 13th Ward foot soldiers give to voters before they hit the polls. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/27/21156764/madigan-palm-card-kim-foxx-endorsement-smollett
— Trump’s demands for Sotomayor, Ginsburg recusals sparked by Chicago case A blistering dissent by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor triggering Trump’s ire came in a case filed by Cook County and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/25/21153629/trumps-demands-for-sonia-sotomayor-ruth-bader-ginsburg-recusals-stem-from-chicago-case
— ENDORSEMENT: Carolyn Schofield for Illinois House in 66th District Republican primary Schofield understands that legislators do the public a disservice when they cling desperately to their end of the political spectrum, yet leave big problems to fester.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/27/21102534/endorsement-carolyn-schofield-illinois-house-66th-district-republican-primary-2020-election
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters side with the New York Times against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/27/21156209/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-libel-book-burning-steinberg
— Chicago’s still the nation’s corruption capital — and Blagojevich is the poster boy And Illinois — where four of the last 10 governors have served prison sentences — remains the nation’s third most corrupt state. – Dick Simpson and Tom Gradel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/27/21156736/chicago-corruption-dick-simpson-rod-blagojevich

DAILY HERALD
— Police: Brawl at Wheaton North stemmed from social media dispute – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200227/police-brawl-at-wheaton-north-stemmed-from-social-media-dispute

ABC7
— Minority candidates sound alarm over prospect of all-white Illinois Supreme Court – Sarah Schulte (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that a candidate is, the more that political parties in Illinois do not want to support that candidate: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/diversity-drives-race-to-fill-vacancy-on-illinois-supreme-court/5970261/
— 7 Students Charged After ‘Premeditated Brawl’ at Wheaton North High School The fight involved a pocketknife and socks filled with batteries and a can of green beans, prosecutors said
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/7-students-charged-after-premeditated-brawl-at-wheaton-north-high-school/2227774/

NBC5
— 10 Races to Watch in Illinois’ Primary Election – Shelby Bremer (DIERSEN: They include: REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR US SENATE, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR ILLINOIS’ 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR ILLINOIS’ 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, and REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR ILLINOIS’ 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/9-races-to-watch-in-illinois-primary-election/2223558/

CBS2
— Police Identify Gunman, 5 Men Killed In Molson Coors Brewery Shooting In Milwaukee – Jeremy Ross
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/27/police-identify-gunman-5-men-killed-in-molson-coors-brewery-shooting-in-milwaukee/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Democrats have seriously endangered Illinois – Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/guest-viewpoint-from-rep-parkhurst-democrats-have-seriously-endangered-illinois/article_1179cbd4-58b8-11ea-9f66-879b22ef9a9b.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State Sen. Chapin Rose wants the state to create a $100 million “rainmaker fund” to help the University of Illinois recruit top-tier faculty. – Ben Zigterman
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/university-illinois/state-senator-seeks-to-create-million-rainmaker-fund-for-ui/article_f3b7a692-f3c4-5396-bf75-40a747c9438b.html
— Illinois GOP worried about fallout over Blagojevich – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-illinois-gop-worried-about-fallout-over-blagojevich/article_b9ab79b9-9960-5e20-aa9e-0c26d93e1228.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— 14th Congressional District GOP candidates tackle immigration reform – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/02/26/gop-candidates-tackle-immigration-reform/abu69c/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois worst off financially when it comes to backlogged bills – Nikki McGee
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/analysis-illinois-worst-off-financially-when-it-comes-to-backlogged-bills#new_tab

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— League of Women Voters Hosts Candidate Forums (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate forums.) 
https://www.nctv17.com/news/league-of-women-voters-hosts-candidate-forums/

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois has second-highest property taxes in nation – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/report-illinois-has-second-highest-property-taxes-in-nation/article_ed12cd84-5814-11ea-b067-67727386a723.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘FAIR TAX’ WOULD COST ILLINOIS 56K JOBS – Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/fair-tax-would-cost-illinois-56k-jobs/#new_tab

CAPITOL FAX
— Coronavirus roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/27/coronavirus-roundup-2/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) promote LGBTQ activity, b) promote the destruction of traditional marriage, and c) promote the destruction of the traditional family. 
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/27/support-the-healthy-youth-act-2/
— Mazzochi to House Democrats: “You’ve done nothing” about corruption
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/27/mazzochi-to-hdems-youve-done-nothing-about-corruption/
— Today’s quotable: “I, I can’t answer that” (DIERSEN: How did you gain your knowledge about how the federal government operates? GAO audits the federal government. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. I worked on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I worked for the Post Office as a part time carrier/clerk for almost 3 years at the GS-4 Step 1-3 levels, currently $16.64-$17.75/hour. I learned a lot about federal court procedures as an active member in a class action lawsuit and as the plaintiff in two lawsuits. I learned a lot about arbitration procedures as a grievant four grievances and as a Financial Regulatory Authority arbitrator since 1998.) 
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/27/todays-quotable-i-i-cant-answer-that/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— CPAC crowd boos absent Mitt Romney – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/27/cpac-crowd-applauds-absence-mitt-romney/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pence touts Trump administration’s accomplishments at CPAC while slamming 2020 Democrats – Anthony Leonardi 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pence-touts-trump-administrations-accomplishments-at-cpac-while-slamming-2020-democrats
— Dan Crenshaw explains why ‘socialism doesn’t work’ in one minute – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dan-crenshaw-explains-why-socialism-doesnt-work-in-one-minute

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrat response to the coronavirus is scarier than the virus – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/the_democrat_response_to_the_coronavirus_is_scarier_than_the_virus.html
— Democrats block passage of bill aiding newborn babies – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/democrats_block_passage_of_bill_aiding_newborn_babies.html
— What liberalism is today and why it is toxic – Peter Skurkiss
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/the_essence_of_todays_liberalism.html

BREITBART
— Pence touts Trump’s conservative credentials, warns of ‘socialism’ at CPAC – UPI
https://www.breitbart.com/news/pence-touts-trumps-conservative-credentials-warns-of-socialism-at-cpac/
— CPAC: Pence slams socialism – UPI
https://www.breitbart.com/news/cpac-pence-slams-socialism-urges-bipartisanship-to-meet-covid-19-crisis/
— Conservative lawmakers, Mike Pence speak at CPAC
https://www.breitbart.com/news/watch-live-conservative-lawmakers-mike-pence-speak-at-cpac/
— Liz Cheney Highlights Man Who Escaped Castro’s Cuba as Message to Socialist Bernie Sanders – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/27/watch-liz-cheney-highlights-man-who-escaped-castros-cuba-as-message-to-socialist-bernie-sanders/
— Mike Pence Addresses Coronavirus at CPAC: ‘We’re Ready for Anything’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/27/mike-pence-addresses-coronavirus-cpac-were-ready-anything/
— Charlie Kirk: Don’t Disregard a Socialist, It Is Hard to Run Against ‘Free’ – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/27/charlie-kirk-dont-disregard-a-socialist-it-is-hard-to-run-against-free/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Turn Coronavirus Into Bio-Weapon Against Trump – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32026

DAILY CALLER
— Mitt Romney’s Name Booed At CPAC – PHILLIP NIETO
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/27/mitt-romney-booed-cpac/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Pence: ‘Socialism Has Failed … Freedom Works’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/27/pence-socialism-has-failed-freedom-works/

FOX NEWS
— Pence rallies CPAC crowd for 2020 Trump reelection: ‘Freedom works. Socialism doesn’t’ – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-rallies-cpac-crowd-for-2020-trump-re-election-freedom-works-socialism-doesnt
— Dan Crenshaw at CPAC: How to argue against socialism – Matt London
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cpac-dan-crenshaw-socialism-fox-nation
— CPAC 2020: GOP reps warn Dems will ‘never stop’ trying to take down Trump in wake of impeachment – Brooke Singman 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cpac-2020-gop-reps-warn-dems-will-never-stop-trying-to-take-down-trump-in-wake-of-impeachment

NEWSMAX
— Pew Poll: Record 10 Percent of Voters Are Immigrants – Theodore Bunker (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigrant-voters-population-record/2020/02/26/id/955886/

PJ MEDIA
— VP Pence Rocks CPAC: ‘America Will Never Be a Socialist Country!’ – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/vice-president-mike-pence-rocks-cpac-2020/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Homosexual pedophilia destroyed the Boy Scouts – Bryan Fischer
https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2020/02/27/homosexual-pedophilia-destroyed-the-boy-scouts

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dour Democrats Play the Race Card – Steve Cortes
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/27/dour_democrats_play_the_race_card_142498.html

THE HILL
— Pence speaks at CPAC
https://thehill.com/video/administration/484912-watch-live-pence-speaks-at-cpac
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/484629-no-conflict-between-true-religious-liberty-and-lgbtq-rights

REUTERS
— How the Democratic nominating battle could end in a messy ‘brokered convention’ – Joseph Ax
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-brokered-convention-expl/how-the-democratic-nominating-battle-could-end-in-a-messy-brokered-convention-idUSKCN20L3B0?il=0

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Psst . . . I Want You to Illegally Immigrate Solicitation or free speech? The Supreme Court takes up the case. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, disgustingly, tragically, and illegally, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs illegally encourage illegal immigration.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/psst-i-want-you-to-illegally-immigrate-11582849036

STATE NEWS
— Too poor to go anywhere for spring break? You have options – C.J. Moore (DIERSEN: Since the spring of 1969, to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a filthy rich draft dodger, my critics/opponents have stressed that I drove from NIU to Florida for spring break in 1969 and 1970 in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I could afford to do that because of my job working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.) 
https://statenews.com/article/2020/02/too-poor-to-go-anywhere-for-spring-break-you-have-options

FCW
— Congresswoman asks Democratic presidential candidates to address federal workforce – Lia Russell (DIERSEN: In what ways have you been a minority? All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I was a minority because I was a Republican. In addition, often, I was a minority because I was a non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://fcw.com/articles/2020/02/27/wexton-asks-dem-candidates-to-address-federal-workforce.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of Virginia’s March 3 primary for the 2020 presidential race, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) published an open letter urging the Democratic hopefuls to consider how they would work to restore faith in the civil service. Job satisfaction across the federal government has flagged continuously every year under the Trump administration, according to the Partnership for Public Service, which puts out a “Best Places in Government To Work” report every year. In 2019, the public sector’s employee engagement score dipped to 61.7 points out of 100, compared to 77 in the private sector. “From its inception, Donald Trump’s administration has set out to inflict harm on our public servants and the vital role our federal agencies play in serving the American people,” Wexton wrote in the letter. “This administration has launched attack after attack on the nonpartisan civil service — severely undercutting workers’ rights, deliberately leaving agencies understaffed and key positions unfilled, and using employees as bargaining chips in budget negotiations.”)

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February 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Randy Ramey for Illinois House in 45th District Republican primary  There’s no substitute for prior experience in public office, which Ramey has. (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, what experience would you stress? I would stress the experience that I gained a) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, b) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, d) serving on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, e) working for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, f) serving on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996, g) working for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, h) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (Loyola-MBA), 31 (DePaul-accounting), and 48 (IIT-finance), i) earning job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), j) earning a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32, and k) serving as a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrator since 1998.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/27/21135215/endorsement-randy-ramey-illinois-house-45th-district-republican-primary-2020-election
— Obama demands TV stations stop airing ‘despicable’ anti-Biden ad from Pro-Trump PAC that misuses his words – Savannah Behrmann
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/26/21155591/obama-demands-tv-stations-stop-airing-despicable-anti-biden-ad-pro-trump-pac-misuses-his-words

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Days after new immigration restrictions take effect, federal judges in Chicago grill Trump administration lawyer on so-called public charge rule – ELVIA MALAGÓN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-immigration-wealth-test-public-charge-illinois-court-20200227-xood6pswtzbo3kugsd6spmpeee-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Wehrli for Republicans in DuPage Forest Preserve District 5
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200227/endorsement-wehrli-for-republicans-in-dupage-forest-preserve-district-5

CBS2
— Rod Blagojevich Admits To Mistakes, But Maintains He Was Imprisoned For ‘Practicing Politics’ – Dana Kozlov (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians who talk and/or act like “practicing politics” is a) protecting/promoting those who glorify and praise them, who pander to them, who serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or who give them money and b) harming/destroying those who fail/refuse to do the aforesaid.) 
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/rod-blagojevich-admits-to-mistakes-but-maintains-he-was-imprisoned-for-practicing-politics/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200226/bill-would-require-more-inclusive-k-12-sex-education

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— The trouble with billionaire money in politics – Jim Nowlan
https://www.newstrib.com/2020/02/23/column-the-trouble-with-billionaire-money-in-politics/a7hsihr/

WREX
— Digging Deeper: Number of cannabis DUI in single digits, ISP considers new test – James Stratton (DIERSEN: Disgustingly, tragically, and ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)
https://wrex.com/2020/02/26/digging-deeper-number-of-cannabis-dui-in-single-digits-isp-considers-new-test/

WAND TV
— Thousands eligible for expungement after IL cannabis legalization (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. If you have used an illegal drug, you have shouted that you disrespect the rule of law.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/thousands-eligible-for-expungement-after-cannabis-legalization/article_0b40e06c-590e-11ea-8b85-0f15f0e8b7d0.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney’s Red-Light Camera Ban Bill Overwhelmingly Passes House
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/mcsweeneys-red-light-camera-ban-bill-overwhelmingly-passes-house/ 
— Tribune Endorses Mark Curran in GOP U.S. Senate Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/tribune-endorses-mark-curran-in-gop-u-s-senate-race/ 
— Law Enforcement Decry Pritzker Anti-ICE Action
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/law-enforcement-decry-pritzker-anti-ice-action/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Insisting on election integrity isn’t ‘racist’ Opposition to voter-ID laws is ‘the soft bigotry of low expectations’ – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/editorial-insisting-on-election-integrity-isnt-rac/
— Bernie Sanders: Russia’s ideal socialist-communist candidate Democrats’ Russian interference fantasy runs counter to their lead presidential candidate – Cal Thomas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/bernie-sanders-russias-ideal-socialist-communist-c/

BREITBART
— Washington Post: Wages Are Rising in ‘Tight Labor Market,’ but Import More Workers for Business – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/02/26/washpost-donald-trumps-policies-boosts-wages-so-import-more-workers/
— Globalist Response to Coronavirus: Open America’s Borders to the World – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/26/globalist-response-to-coronavirus-open-americas-borders-to-the-world/

CNS NEWS
— EU Defends Open Border Decision as Coronavirus Spreads – James Carstensen 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/james-carstensen/eu-defends-open-border-decision-coronavirus-spreads

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Feature American-Indian Tribe Known For Rampant Drug-Smuggling To Speak Against Border Wall – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/26/drug-smuggling-tribe-opposes-border-wall/
— Trump Administration-Erected Billboards In Central America Contain A Warning For Would-Be Migrants – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/26/central-america-billboards-migrant-warning/

FOX NEWS
— Warren revives disputed pregnancy discrimination claim at Democratic debate – Ronn Blitzer (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government never discriminated against me or retaliated against me for complaining about discrimination and b) all the adverse actions that they took against me were justified. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-revives-disputed-pregnancy-discrimination-claim-at-democratic-debate

ROLL CALL
— Hostile workplace persists at Architect of the Capitol, lawsuit alleges – Chris Marquette (DIERSEN: In Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the more hostility that you will face in the workplace: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/02/27/hostile-workplace-persists-at-architect-of-the-capitol-lawsuit-alleges/

WASHINGTON POST
— Electing an older candidate carries risks. Just ask the life insurance industry. How much should age matter to Democratic primary voters? – Hilary Hurd and Benjamin Wittes (DIERSEN: How is your health? Should all candidates be required to disclose all their health problems?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/27/electing-an-older-candidate-carries-risks-just-ask-life-insurance-industry/
— Democrats shouldn’t marginalize Bernie Sanders’s ideas and supporters – Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in marginalizing others in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in the organizations that you are a member of? I should write a book about those who take the lead in marginalizing others in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Organization, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in the Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/27/democrats-shouldnt-marginalize-bernie-sanderss-ideas-supporters/
— Molson Coors employee shot and killed five co-workers before turning the gun on himself, police say – Dan Simmons, Hannah Knowles,
Reis Thebault and Mark Berman 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/27/milwaukee-shooting-molson-coors-miller/
— Bernie Sanders would be the first Jewish nominee — and he’s triggered a fight over Jewish identity – Michelle Boorstein 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/sanders-rejects-aipac/2020/02/25/4048f0fa-57fc-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— No Asylum for Sanctuary States The Second Circuit says the feds can withhold funds for defying the law. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-asylum-for-sanctuary-states-11582763779
— Coronavirus Creates Dilemma for Europe’s Public Gatherings, Open Borders Some sports events are rescheduled while many fashion shows go on in Paris, Milan – Joshua Robinson and Matthew Dalton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-creates-dilemma-for-europes-public-gatherings-open-borders-11582799401
— Bernie Sanders’s Plan to Wipe Out Student Debt Faces Hurdles Democratic candidate wants to free up money for young adults, but 57% of voters are opposed – Josh Mitchell (DIERSEN: I doubt that I could have gotten a student loan. When I was in high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” 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). I spent my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between washing dishes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanderss-plan-to-wipe-out-student-debt-faces-hurdles-11582799400
— OK Boomer? Bernie, Biden and Bloomberg Are Older Still By Inauguration Day 2021, all three of them would have reached the average U.S. male’s life expectancy. – Lance Morrow (DIERSEN: How is your health? Should all candidates be required to disclose all their health problems?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ok-boomer-bernie-biden-and-bloomberg-are-older-still-11582763316

NEWS ONE
— Who Is Anthony Ferrill? Social Media Identifies Milwaukee Brewery Shooter As Longtime Employee Unconfirmed reports speculated that the gunman’s possible motive came from the racism of other brewery workers. – Bruce C.T. Wright
https://newsone.com/3904853/anthony-ferrill-milwaukee-brewery-shooter-identified/

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— The Political Ramifications of Dramatic Changes in Suburban America – Nancy LeTourneau (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical Democrats who hypocritically move into Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there?) 
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/02/26/the-political-ramifications-of-dramatic-changes-in-suburban-america/

FED WEEK
— Report Suggests How to Build a Case for Talent Development (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government treated me like I had no talent notwithstanding the fact that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.) 
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/report-suggests-how-to-build-a-case-for-talent-development/

FEDERAL SOUP
— White House actively hunting ‘disloyal’ feds (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc. a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make 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://federalsoup.com/articles/2020/02/25/wh-actively-hunting-disloyal-feds.aspx

February 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Milwaukee shooting at Molson Coors leaves fatalities, injuries, mayor says; shooter dead – Chuck Goudie and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/milwaukee-shooting-at-molson-coors-leaves-fatalities-injuries-mayor-says/5969621/
— High school students vote for the first time, casting early ballots for Illinois primary election – Zach Ben-Amots
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/high-school-students-vote-for-the-first-time-in-illinois-primary-election/5969849/

NBC5
— 7 Dead, Including Gunman, in Shooting at Molson Coors Brewing Co. in Milwaukee A senior official brief on the situation said an employee recently fired from the facility returned to the scene and opened fire
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/critical-incident-reported-at-millercoors-headquarters-in-milwaukee/2226901/
— Chicago Schools to Observe Indigenous People’s Day Instead of Columbus Day The decision was reached during a board meeting Wednesday (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women. How soon will Democrats succeed in forcing Republicans to wear signs that state the year that their ancestors came to America?) 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-schools-to-observe-indigenous-peoples-day-instead-of-columbus-day/2227032/

CBS2
— 7 Dead, Including Gunman, In Shooting At MillerCoors Brewery In Milwaukee, Sources Say
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/at-least-1-person-shot-at-millercoors-campus-in-milwaukee/

WGN TV
— Illinois sheriffs, republican lawmakers say Pritzker immigration policy makes communities less safe – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2020/02/26/illinois-sheriffs-republican-lawmakers-say-pritzker-immigration-policy-makes-communities-less-safe/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-0227-20200226-ray5cjiujfc6bjz6wuanqv2bwa-story.html
— Today’s acrimonious politics create greater need for true open primaries in Illinois – PAT LENHOFF (DIERSEN: How many Democrats in your precinct a) cast Republican primary ballots to do whatever damage that they can to the Republican Party and b) vote for Democrats in general elections?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/libertyville/ct-lbr-column-lenhoff-tl-0305-20200226-d7xnxil7fzb4nkhdo752vknjmi-story.html
— Art criticized as racist could be removed from Chicago Public Schools under new policy: ‘The days of painting early white Americans as saviors are over.’ – Hannah Leone (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women. How soon will Democrats succeed in forcing Republicans to wear signs that state the year that their ancestors came to America?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-chicago-public-schools-art-murals-policy-20200226-i6wbmcem6vgpdd76ejm5zss2yi-story.html
— Activists criticize Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s poverty summit while she blasts politicians who want ‘golden ticket’ to help: ‘People need to step up.’ – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-poverty-summit-criticism-20200226-cxgllfvxcfdphopgghlofmu7fi-story.html
— Bernie Sanders and Mike Bloomberg both want to run your life – Steve Chapman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-sanders-bloomberg-socialism-chapman-20200226-tugerklwkbgddhk4mufdhlrox4-story.html
— Illinois March 17 primary: Tribune endorsements and candidate survey answers (DIERSEN: What if the Tribune had asked the candidates the following questions: What have you done and what will you do if elected to: a) discourage the sale and use of pot, b) discourage gambling, c) discourage the sale and drinking of booze, d) promote traditional marriage and the traditional family, e) promote homeownership, f) discourage abortion, g) discourage mass/illegal immigration, h) discourage diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, i) discourage patronage and political affiliation discrimination, j) discourage reverse discrimination, k) discourage age discrimination, l) encourage people to save for their retirement, m) discourage dependency on government, and n) discourage dependency on charity?) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-primary-meet-the-candidates-for-congress-20200219-34ioc4aprvalviwxagxmhubz3y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate Trump and Modi promote hatred of Trump and Modi.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/26/21154657/narendra-modi-india-nationalism-chicago-asian-americans-ameya-pawar-harish-patel-pushkar-sharma
— Lightfoot accuses CDC of spreading panic about the coronavirus The city is prepared to implement extreme measures — like quarantines or closing schools — if warranted, but “I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves and suggest to the public that there’s a reason for them to be fearful,” the mayor said. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/2/26/21154698/coronavirus-covid-19-cdc-lightfoot-chicago
— American Medical Association, hospitals to spend $6M to close ‘life expectancy gap’ on West Side – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: As more and more and more pot is consumed in the West Side, more and more and more people in the West side will die sooner.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/2/26/21154859/american-medical-association-west-side-hospitals-life-expectancy-austing-garfield-park-lawndale

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board members disagree on recorder of deeds consolidation study – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200226/dupage-county-board-members-disagree-on-consolidation-study
— Supreme Court rules Elk Grove Village term-limits referendum invalid
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200226/supreme-court-rules-elk-grove-village-term-limits-referendum-invalid
— 7 girls charged after ‘premeditated brawl’ at Wheaton North – Bob Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200226/7-girls-charged-after-premeditated-brawl-at-wheaton-north
— How 6th District candidates Ives, Kinzler would change Social Security – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200226/how-6th-district-candidates-ives-kinzler-would-change-social-security
— DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run California, Washington, and Oregon a) officially banish Republicans and b) have the states leave the United States and join up with Mexico?) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200226/news/302269947/

HERALD NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/02/25/cannabis-business-expanding-in-joliet/aua2s5n/

TIMES
— Sen. Sue Rezin demands answers change in deportation policy
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2020/02/26/sen-sue-rezin-demands-answers-change-in-deportation-policy/a4de6wg/

WHEATON PATCH
— Girls Use Knife, Battery-Filled Socks In Wheaton North High School Brawl: PD Police from Wheaton, Glen Ellyn and Carol Stream came to help break up the brawl. – Lisa Marie Farver 
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/girls-use-knife-battery-filled-socks-wheaton-school-brawl-pd

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage Recorder/Clerk Consolidation Study | Candidate Forum
https://www.nctv17.com/nctv17-news-update/dupage-recorder-clerk-consolidation-study-candidate-forum-a-pint-for-kim/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Two Charts Show Chicago Getting More Democratic Chicago doesn’t just reflect the identity of the Democratic Party. In many ways, it created that identity. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat today is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/February-2020/Why-Is-Chicago-So-Democratic/

WIREPOINTS
— Even some Cook County residents are looking for a new Illinois – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/even-some-cook-county-residents-are-looking-for-a-new-illinois-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— US SENATE GOP CANDIDATE TARTER BLASTS OPPONENT CURRAN’S IMMIGRATION RECORD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/tarter-blasts-currans-immigration-record.html
— DUPAGE CONSERVATIVE GROUP PICKS OBERWEIS IN 14TH CD GOP PRIMARY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/dupage-conservative-committee-picks-oberweis-in-14th-cd-gop-primary.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? AT CPAC 2020 IN WASHINGTON D.C.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/wheres-weyermuller-at-cpac-2020-in-washington-dc.html
— DURBIN AND DUCKWORTH VOTE AGAINST PROTECTING BABIES BORN ALIVE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/durbin-and-duckworth-vote-against-protecting-babies-born-alive.html
— GOP STATE REP PUSHES EFFORT FOR RETROACTIVE TERM LIMITS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/gop-state-rep-pushes-effort-for-retroactive-term-limits.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan decries “shady tactics from the GOP” on Census mailer
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/26/madigan-decries-shady-tactics-from-the-gop-on-census-mailer/
— Some common-sense precautions during a possible pandemic
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/26/some-common-sense-precautions-during-a-possible-pandemic/
— Kankakee County makes huge money off of immigration detainment
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/26/kankakee-county-makes-huge-money-off-of-immigration-detainment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Google treats Bloomberg political advertisements on Capitol Fax as being news.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/26/mike-has-the-message-and-the-platform-to-unite/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Appeals court approves DOJ punishment for sanctuary cities – Stephen Dinan 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/appeals-court-approves-doj-punishment-sanctuary-ci/
— Bernie Sanders’ agenda exposes the Democrats as a bunch of panicked clowns What’s left of the traditional Democratic Party establishment? – Gary Anderson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/bernie-sanders-agenda-exposes-the-democrats-as-a-b/

BREITBART
— India’s Illegal Population Spikes in U.S. – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/02/26/indias-illegal-population-spikes-in-u-s/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Campaign Sues New York Times For Libel – CHRISTIAN DATOC
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/26/trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-libel-full-complaint/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Is Thwarting Trump’s Efforts to Secure Border – Rep. Andy Biggs
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/26/the-left-is-thwarting-trumps-efforts-to-secure-border/

NEWSMAX
— “White Shaming Does Not Improve Race Relations” – Charles Negy
https://www.newsmax.com/us/civilrightsact-racism-americans-shamers/2020/02/26/id/955884/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Facebook Censors Christian Objection to Democrat Pete Buttigieg – Corinne Weaver
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2020/02/25/facebook-censors-christian-objection-democrat-pete
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The First Amendment covers freedom of speech and freedom of religion. But what if someone’s religion does not allow homosexuality? Facebook apparently deems that kind of speech to be “hate speech.” When the founder of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, Peter LaBarbera, posted on Facebook that he had a moral objection to Democratic candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, his post was removed. The post stated, “No amount of politics, no amount of media persuasion or #LGBTQ lobbying power, no celebrity endorsements, will ever make homosexuality right. It is clearly condemned by God (Romans 1), & nature discriminates against it. We don’t want #MayorPete teaching kids that Wrong is Right.” According to a screenshot attached to LaBarbera’s tweet, Facebook told him, “Your post goes against our Community Standards on hate speech and inferiority. No one else can see your post. We have these standards to protect certain groups of people being described as inferior to others.” Christianity and Catholicism have objections to the act of homosexuality on a moral, traditional basis. So does traditional Islam. In fact, a news page called “Islamic Breaking News” on Facebook shared an image of the “[f]irst gay Muslim wedding” in the U.K. The page wrote on the post, “This is what caused Allah to destroy the people of Lut. A.S.” Commenters on the post wrote, “May All Mighty Allah grant them punishment,” and “Its against the preaching of all prophet of Allah.” The post has been up since Jan. 18. It has not been removed for “hate speech.” Facebook’s hate speech policy states, “We define hate speech as a direct attack on people based on what we call protected characteristics — race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious disease or disability.” Furthermore, “Expressions that a protected characteristic shouldn’t exist” are also banned from the platform. Could the problem be criticism of Buttigieg? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has worked with the Democratic candidate before, recommending campaign hires for the South Bend mayor.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Taps Pence to Lead Virus Response
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/world/asia/coronavirus-news.html

FORBES
— Over 40? How To Beat Age Discrimination – Robin Ryan (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs focus on getting rid of those who are older than they are, and especially those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2020/02/26/over-40-how-to-beat-age-discrimination/#3341717c5c35

NEWSWEEK
— WHICH NOTABLE REPUBLICANS AREN’T GOING TO CPAC? WHO’S MISSING FROM THE ANNUAL CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE – RAMSEY TOUCHBERRY
https://www.newsweek.com/cpac-2020-notable-absences-annual-conservative-conference-1489278

FED SCOOP
— Don’t call it a comeback: GAO reverts to old website after crash – Dave Nyczepir
https://www.fedscoop.com/gao-old-website-after-crash/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Is whacking bureaucrats really smart politics? – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2020/02/is-whacking-bureaucrats-really-smart-politics/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Trump Thumps Sanders in Head-to-Head Matchup
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/trump_thumps_sanders_in_head_to_head_matchup