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January 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Again and again, public officials resist ethics rules – Andy Shaw
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/andy-shaw-again-and-again-public-officials-resist-ethics-rules/
— Illinois Democrats denounce GOP plan to repeal Obamacare – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-democrats-denounce-gop-plan-to-repeal-obamacare/
— Ken Griffin makes big plans in Palm Beach – Shia Kapos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kapos-ken-griffin-makes-big-plans-in-palm-beach/
— Who wins with a fancy pro golf course on South Side? – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-who-wins-with-a-fancy-pro-golf-course-on-south-side/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say Obama navigated “foes’ stereotypes,” that is, anti-Trumps say that Trump and his supporters are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170116/281513635850923
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Unity, equality, pink hats: Women’s March on Chicago calls out to thousands – Duaa Eldeib  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage women to hate Trump and to hate those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-womens-march-chicago-met-20170114-story.html
— 6 HR Mistakes That Will Cost You Your Best Employees  A business is only as strong as their best employees, which means you should avoid these common HR/Management gaffes. – Adam Heitzman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did not focus on keeping their best employees.  They focused on a) retaining and promoting their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.inc.com/adam-heitzman/6-hr-mistakes-that-will-cost-you-your-best-employees.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— D.C.-bound mayors  In addition to the host of local Republicans headed to Washington this week for Trump’s inauguration, Mayor Rodney Craig tells me he is one of several suburban mayors bound for the Beltway for the 85th annual U.S. Conference of Mayors, which runs today through Wednesday. Also going are Barrington Mayor Karen Darch, Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, North Chicago Mayor Leon Rockingham Jr., Lake Barrington Mayor Kevin C. Richardson and Warrenville Mayor David Brummel. – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170115/news/170119205/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Suburbs’ new alcohol quandary  Looser liquor laws boost business, but do they encourage consumption? – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, but they also promote gambling, pot, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170116/news/170119208/
— Rauner to sign bill requiring lead testing in schools –
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170115/news/170119215/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: District 214 hopes for state support of college readiness standards – Christopher Placek  (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, who believed that you were college material?  I should write a book about my critics/opponents back then who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was NOT college material.  They stressed that neither of my parents had attended college, that my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother had never attended high school, and that I was a part-time dishwasher.  My critics/opponents were disappointed that I made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I scored 24 on the ACT test, and that I got accepted by UIC.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170116/news/170119203/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield lawyer Gordon Gates is running for a Lincoln Land Community College board seat, taking on Leland Grove resident Kent Gray, who has been on the board since 1999. – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: One could expect that the more that an elected official did to help elect Trump, the more likely that an anti-Trump will run against you.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170115/gates-taking-on-gray-for-llcc-board-seat
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “protest repeal of Affordable Care Act.”
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170115/local-residents-protest-repeal-of-affordable-care-act

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Rail union rejects agreement on jobs program for felons – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that felons could/should have all the jobs that I had doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive supplies, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article126790374.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Sullivan leaves Senate with pride, a few regrets – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20170116/sullivan-leaves-senate-with-pride-a-few-regrets#

 

WJBD RADIO
— Donald Trump Blasts “SNL” “Hit Job”
http://www.wjbdradio.com/entertainment-news/2017/01/16/donald-trump-blasts-snl-hit-job

 

WSIL TV
— Inauguration in sight, Trump continues Twitter assault – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34266731/inauguration-in-sight-trump-continues-twitter-assault

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois has nation’s steepest ‘wealth flight’ income differential – Carol Ostrow
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511046358-analysis-illinois-has-nation-s-steepest-wealth-flight-income-differential

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Illinois Republicans try to use Speaker Madigan’s re-election against Democratic incumbents – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  The more that you did to help elect Trump, the more that anti-Trumps will use everything that you did and everything that you did not do against you.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-republicans-try-to-use-speaker-madigan-s-re-election/article_0cfdb962-3d8c-5e3a-a783-1b278e9d97e0.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kentucky’s right-to-work legislation could take toll on Southern Illinois economy – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511071727-kentucky-s-right-to-work-legislation-could-take-toll-on-southern-illinois-economy

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Sente, Yingling targeted for support of Madigan – Ruth de Jauregui  (DIERSEN: Who have you supported and who has targeted you for supporting them?  I should write a book about those who I have supported and those who have targeted me for supporting them.)
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511072593-sente-yingling-targeted-for-support-of-madigan

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Metro East representatives targeted for support of Madigan – Ruth de Jauregui  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who target me a) for supporting conservative principles, b) for supporting all the planks in the Republican Party platform, c) for supporting all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and d) for supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling.  Come to a MTRCC meeting or event and watch the targeters in action.  The targeters most commonly a) reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and/or b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.  The targeters do not want me to serve as the MTRCC webmaster, a MTRCC committee member, a MTRCC committee chairman, a MTRCC officer, or anything else.  The targeters do not want my name or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be mentioned at any MTRCC meeting or event.  The targeters want to get rid of those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.  The targeters dominate the MTRCC.)
http://metroeastsun.com/stories/511072623-metro-east-representatives-targeted-for-support-of-madigan

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— ILETSB: The most cruel and callous agency in the State of Illinois – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/iletsb-the-most-cruel-and-callous-agency-in-the-state-of-illinois/

 

THE FEDERALIST
— Schools Are Teaching Kids To Hate America Under The Guise Of ‘Civics’  The New Civics sweeping colleges and K-12 teaches that citizenship means looking for grievances, then agitating for bigger government to address them. –  Joy Pullmann
http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/16/report-schools-teaching-kids-hate-america-guise-civics/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats to show contempt for voters on Inauguration Day  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are full of contempt.  They despise if not hate just about everyone and everything.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19283
— Can a Different Approach Help Black Americans?  (DIERSEN: If you asked my Democrat superiors in the federal government what they did to help Blacks, my Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly helped their employees who were Black.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19290
— Prisons giving inmates pointers about seeking disability benefits
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19272

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Far Left Group Is Paying Activists a Monthly Salary to Stop TRUMP – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/breaking-far-left-group-paying-activists-monthly-salary-stop-trump/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Liberals Poison Lady Liberty Depicted As Black Woman on New U.S. Coin – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/01/15/liberals-poison-lady-liberty-depicted-black-woman-new-u-s-coin/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SEN. SESSIONS: QUALIFIED AND A MAN OF CHARACTER – Dean Nelson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/sen-sessions-qualified-and-a-man-of-character/
— MILITANT BLACK MINDSET: WHAT’S THE ENDGAME? – Ben Kinchlow  (DIERSEN: One could argue that for their self defense, those who voted for Trump should a) buy lots of firearms and ammunition and b) qualify themselves for concealed carry.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/militant-black-mindset-whats-the-endgame/

 

BREITBART
— New Trier Township High School Teaches ‘Blackenomics,’ ‘Trans-Rights,’ and ‘White Genocide Against Blacks’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/15/chicago-school-blackonomics-trans-rights-black-genocide/
— Sanctuary City Migrants Protest Trump Nationwide – JOHN BINDER  (DIERSEN: If you promote sanctuary cities, you shout that you are anti-American.)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/01/15/sanctuary-city-migrants-protest-trump-nationwide/
— Top Bishop: Europe Will Soon Be Muslim Because of Our Stupidity – NICK HALLETT
http://www.breitbart.com/faith/2017/01/14/top-bishop-europe-will-soon-muslim-stupidity/

 

FOX NEWS
— The ‘Deplorables’ Aren’t So Bad, Once You Get to Know Us – Lou Weiss
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/01/16/deplorables-arent-so-bad-once-you-get-know-us

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— 18 House Democrats to Boycott Trump’s Inauguration – ANUGRAH KUMAR (DIERSEN: Anti-Christians want everyone to boycott Trump’s inauguration.)
http://www.christianpost.com/news/18-house-democrats-to-boycott-trumps-inauguration-172984/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sorry, but I do not concede absolute moral authority to John Lewis – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/sorry_but_i_do_not_concede_moral_authority_to_john_lewis.html

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Head of Ethics Office Is Obama Donor, Now Concerned About Trump Nominees  Shaub says he has ‘great concern’ over speed of confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominees – Elizabeth Harrington
http://freebeacon.com/issues/head-ethics-office-obama-donor-concerned-trump-nominees/
— Entitlement Programs Gained Tens of Thousands of Beneficiaries During Obama Administration  Food stamp rolls have increased 32% since 2009 – Ali Meyer  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the following are entitlement programs: federal employment, Civil Service Retirement System, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/entitlement-programs-gained-tens-thousands-beneficiaries-obama-administration/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump time starts now – W. JAMES ANTLE III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-time-starts-now/article/2611801

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Bikers for Trump Ready to Stand up to Protesters
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/01/13/bikers-for-trump-ready-to-stand-up-to-protesters.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Rift With Press Will Grow If Reporters Are Kicked Out Of White House  The Trump campaign blacklisted news organizations. Now the transition team is considering moving journalists from the briefing room. – Michael Calderone
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-white-house-reporters_us_587b82e5e4b0e58057ff43a5

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump team says ethics official too ‘political’  (DIERSEN: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
http://www.journalnow.com/news/nation_world/trump-team-says-ethics-official-too-political/article_c08c9064-db4a-11e6-a4bf-475325494a4a.html
— As inauguration nears, Trump refuses to change – Julie Pace  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to change? The following want me to change: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7067332-as-inauguration-nears-trump-refuses-to-change/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Black hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/us/politics/trumps-race-john-lewis.html
— John’s Gospel of Trump’s Illegitimacy – Charles M. Blow  (DIERSEN: Are you a draft avoider? I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and I sought and obtained a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.  Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me. They focus on turning veterans against me.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, most of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were veterans, and at times, virtually all of them were veterans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/opinion/johns-gospel-of-trumps-illegitimacy.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump attacks Lewis as, “All talk, talk, talk — no action”; Lewis, who repeatedly thrust his body unto the breach for justice, who was arrested, beaten and terrorized, including during the time that young Trump was at his well-heeled schools, receiving draft deferments from the Vietnam War. In fact, one of Trump’s five deferments was in 1965, the same year as the Selma marches and “Bloody Sunday,” during which Lewis was struck so violently by a state trooper wielding a billy club that Lewis’s skull was fractured. Coincidentally, Trump finally received his permanent exemption from the draft, a 4-F status, in the year before he and his father were sued by the Department of Justice for violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 — one of the many justice issues Lewis championed. As The New York Times noted at the time: “The government contended that Trump Management had refused to rent or negotiate rentals ‘because of race and color.’ It also charged that the company had required different rental terms and conditions because of race and that it had misrepresented to blacks that apartments were not available.” Let’s be clear: Donald Trump doesn’t even deserve to stand in John Lewis’s shadow. The spectacular obscenity of Trump’s comment is incomparable and deeply repulsive.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that Trump’s election was illegitimate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/opinion/with-all-due-disrespect.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats, yet anti-Trumps fear that the federal government will target them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/business/media/bill-maher-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How happy are you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me for my not being happy enough.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. They hint/imply/argue/shout that everything that I have that is positive is because of the aforesaid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/nyregion/neediest-cases-fund-ragoo-trinidad.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama’s supporters despise if not hate Whites.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/president-resentment-article-1.2946173

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Tightens Apps Oversight  Beijing begins requiring the country’s hundreds of internet app stores to register with the state – EVA DOU (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes might not admit it, but they want all of the following to “oversee” my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, that is, they want to require me to get written permission from the following before including links to articles in the emails and listing upcoming events in the emails: the Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, the DuPage County Republican township party chairmen, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) officers, the IRP State Central Committee members, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeewoman, all those elected and appointed Republicans for my precinct, for Milton Township, for DuPage County, and for Illinois, etc.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-tightens-apps-oversight-1484568024
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Plugging a gap in the Great Firewall, China on Monday began requiring internet app stores to register with the state. China has long censored websites, barring outlawed content such as pornography, the promotion of illegal activity including terrorism and “rumors,” a term regulators often apply to antigovernment statements. But apps create a special challenge for government censors, experts say, because they often incorporate a wide variety of functions and serve as platforms for users to exchange information, making them harder to oversee. They are also multiplying quickly.)
— More Democratic Legislators Plan on Sitting Out Trump’s Swearing-In – NATALIE ANDREWS and HARRIET TORRY
President-elect’s Twitter rebuke of civil rights leader John Lewis increases boycott number
http://www.wsj.com/articles/more-democratic-legislators-plan-on-sitting-out-trumps-swearing-in-1484502998
— Pulling Retirement Cash, but Not by Choice  Baby boomers’ mandatory withdrawals from 401(k)s, IRAs and other tax-deferred retirement accounts start in full force this year, touching off a massive shift of cash – VIPAL MONGA and SARAH KROUSE  (DIERSEN: The cost of living in Wheaton is very high.  Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced.  Because of that, increasingly, my wife and I are spending more than our income. When I am 70 1/2, we will use my required minimum distribution to help pay for things like real estate taxes, income taxes, medical expenses, food, utilities, and insurance.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/pulling-retirement-cash-but-not-by-choice-1484568043
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The largest generation in U.S. history has to start pulling its retirement money this year, kicking off a mandatory movement of cash that could total hundreds of billions in the coming decades. U.S. law requires anyone age 70 ½ or older to begin annual withdrawals from their tax-sheltered retirement accounts and pay taxes on those distributions. The oldest of the nation’s 75 million baby boomers cross that threshold for the first time this month, according to a U.S. Census Bureau estimate of when that demographic group began. The obligatory outflows from 401(k)s and IRAs are expected to ripple through the U.S. economy, the stock market and a money-management industry that relies heavily on fees from boomers’ tax-sheltered savings plans and assets. Boomers hold roughly $10 trillion in tax-deferred savings accounts, according to an estimate by Edward Shane, a managing director at Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Over the next two decades, the number of people age 70 or older is expected to nearly double to 60 million—roughly the population of Italy. Firms that manage 401(k) plans are trying to persuade clients to reinvest their withdrawals in other products rather than spending or donating the cash to charity. It’s another pain point for many traditional money managers already struggling to keep some clients from shifting into lower-cost index-tracking mutual funds.)
— Donald Trump Demands Apology From Intelligence Agencies, Media Over Dossier – HARRIET TORRY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demanded that I apologize for causing all of their problems, for causing all of your problems, for causing all of my problems, and for causing all of everyone’s problems.)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/01/15/donald-trump-demands-apology-from-intelligence-agencies-media-over-dossier/
— How Electric Vehicles Could End Car Ownership as We Know It – CHRISTOPHER MIMS  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate unions, b) hate past and present union members, c) hate General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, d) hate those who own/owned vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler.  I was a union member for almost 12 years.  I bought my first car in 1964.  That car, and all the cars that I have bought since then, were made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-electric-vehicles-could-end-car-ownership-as-we-know-it-1484488803
— The Wing: An Inside Look at a Women-Only Workspace  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of men. That is one reason why Democrat Clinton lost and Republican Trump won.)
http://www.wsj.com/video/the-wing-an-inside-look-at-a-women-only-workspace/B13FEEAE-E7EA-4205-8705-3A569998B7BB.html

 

USA TODAY
— In publishing, respect is something you earn – Michael Wolf (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are full of disrespect.  They are especially full of disrespect for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Should I write a book about them?)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170116/281728384215730
— Media beware, your credibility is all you have – Alicia Shepard  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always focused on destroying my credibility.  Should I destroy their credibility?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/13/media-credibility-buzzfeeed-dossier-cnn-alicia-shepard-column/96466624/
— Can the fake news trend be de-escalated? – Mike Snider
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/15/can-fake-news-trend-de-escalated/96537288/
— Invest early in America’s children: George Miller and Rick Santorum – George Miller and Rick Santorum  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents invested in me.  They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) despise if not hate my parents, Trinity Lutheran Grade School, and Hope Lutheran Grade School and b) shout that the aforesaid made me much “too conservative.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to join with them in promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, etc.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/16/education-early-children-bipartisan-george-miller-and-rick-santorum/96511384/
— NBA will consider shortening games due to millennial attention spans – AJ Neuharth-Keusch
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2017/01/13/nba-shortening-games-millennial-attention-spans/96535434/
— Overworked? Join the club. Here’s how to handle it – Laura Petrecca
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/07/overworked-americans/96235044/
— Confirm Sen. Sessions: Opposing view – Dean Nelson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/15/jeff-sessions-civil-rights-attorney-general-editorials-debates/96621010/
— 8 people have same wealth as world’s poorest half – Kim Hjelmgaard
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/15/global-inequality-oxfam-report/96545438/

January 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-benedictine-university-muslims-met-20170115-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn police.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-ferguson-painting-congress-controversy-perspec-0115-20170113-story.html
— It’s not fake news, it’s web dung – Rex W. Huppke (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize/denigrate/condemn everything as being fake, except that which they agree with; b) have virtually every individual, organization, company, government, and country on their blacklists; and c) blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-fake-news-trump-huppke-20170113-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Capitol architect says pig painting breaks rules – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170113/news/301139786/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— BGA continues to work for fair, efficient government residents deserve – Andy Shaw  (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor continues to send out emails each and every morning and evening free of charge and without any advertising a) to keep Illinois Republicans up to date on political and government news and commentary posted on websites within the previous 12 hours and upcoming Republican events and b) to promote the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have included links to almost 258,000 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170114/andy-shaw-bga-continues-to-work-for-fair-efficient-government-residents-deserve
— DelGiorno says Democrats would be better without Madigan – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: What would be better off without you?  Do you agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes that a) Illinois Republicans would be better off without my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois is better off without me, c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee is better off without me, d) Milton Township Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Precinct 9 would be better off without me, e) Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee is better off without me, f) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors is better off without me, and g) GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. are better off without me?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170114/bernard-schoenburg-delgiorno-says-democrats-would-be-better-without-madigan
— It’s up to us if MLK’s legacy of service continues – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What will you do on MLK Day? I will mark the day with service. I will spend 10+ hours during the day putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email in the morning and in the evening. The emails will be free of charge and they will not contain any advertising.  What will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do on MLK Day?  They will discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170114/our-view-its-up-to-us-if-mlks-legacy-of-service-continues

 

BENTON EVENING NEWS
— Lt. Gov. highlights rural health  Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti toured Franklin Hospital late last week and witnessed a demonstration of the TeleHealth Network. – Holly Kee
http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/news/20170114/lt-gov-highlights-rural-health

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump women from Illinois to ride buses to DC.  From what I see, anti-Trump women are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/central-illinois-women-set-to-march-in-washington/640662704

 

WJBD RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illegals and their supporters say “We are here to stay.” In my opinion, it is a crime to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. In my opinion, it is a crime to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  If legal and illegal immigration were as high during the 1960s as it is today, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that did doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail. If legal and illegal immigration were as high during the 1970s as it is today, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that did working on an automobile assemble line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping gasoline, and collecting delinquent taxes. If legal and illegal immigration were as high during the 1980s as it is today, I doubt that I would have gotten the job that did auditing federal agencies.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs, but nevertheless, jobs that should be given to immigrants.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/01/14/thousands-rally-for-immigrant-rights-in-dc

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Rauner to embark on learning tour – Brittany Johnson (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want Republicans to “learn” from Democrats and Democrat plants, from Libertarians and Libertarian plants, from Greens and Green plants, and from RINOs.)
http://thetelegraph.com/news/95158/rauner-to-embark-on-learning-tour

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Crystal Lake School District 47 students to see Trump’s inauguration in person – Nate Linhart
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/13/crystal-lake-school-district-47-students-to-see-trumps-inauguration-in-person/aytjofp/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Reince Priebus calls on Obama to defend Trump legitimacy: ‘It’s time to come together’ – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/15/reince-priebus-calls-on-obama-to-defend-trump-legi/

 

FOX NEWS
— Some Chicago leaders want to meet with Trump to talk about violence, DOJ report
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/15/some-chicago-leaders-want-to-meet-with-trump-to-talk-about-violence-doj-report.html

 

BREITBART
— Report Reveals Massive Indoctrination of Students at Universities Through ‘Transformative Civic Engagement’ – Tom Tancredo  (DIERSEN: Those who promote “social justice” want to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/14/tancredo-report-reveals-massive-indoctrination-students-universities-transformative-civic-engagement/

 

THE HILL
— ‘SNL’ mocks Trump news conference – KYLE BALLUCK
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/314382-snl-mocks-trump-news-conference

 

POLITICO
— Trump slow to vet ultra-rich ambassador candidates  Donors with past business troubles are scrambling for ‘cocktail ambassador’ posts. – TARA PALMERI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-slow-to-vet-ultra-rich-ambassador-candidates-233631

 

ABC NEWS
— Pay Gap Between College Grads and Everyone Else at a Record – CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER  (DIERSEN: In 1970, Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business. In 1971, Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me a job if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business. In 1972, 1973, and 1974, IRS might not have promoted me if I had not been taking graduate business classes.  In 1980, GAO would not have offered me a job if I had not had an MBA and if I had not passed the CPA examination. The Democrats who ran GAO would have succeeded in getting rid of me even sooner than they did if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and became Forensic Accountant in 1997 and if I had not earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/pay-gap-college-grads-record-44731539

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Eight Was Enough  The Obama years, which left us divided and angry, paved the way for the ascent of Donald J. Trump. – Peter Wehner (DIERSEN: Under Obama, America became even more anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes took Obama’s election in 2008 and reelection in 2012 AS A MADATE TO GET RID OF ME AND TO GET RID THOSE WHO SHARE MY DEMOCRAPHICS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/eight-was-enough.html
— Making America Great Again Isn’t Just About Money and Power – ROBERT J. SHILLER  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not want America to be great.  Anti-Trumps want America to be just like the countries that they, their parents, their grandparents, and the rest of their ancestors came from.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/upshot/make-america-great-again-isnt-just-about-money-and-power.html
— The Real Problem With Hypocrisy – JILLIAN JORDAN, ROSEANNA SOMMERS and DAVID RAND  (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical people who hate Republicans, but move to and/or stay in Republican areas to take advantage of the safety and the prosperity that Republicans created?  Why would anyone who voted for Clinton want to live in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, or in Milton Township Precinct 9?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/opinion/sunday/the-real-problem-with-hypocrisy.html
— Turkey’s Relentless Attack on the Press – Editorial  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on attacking me and attacking my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  They talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if the succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/turkeys-relentless-attack-on-the-press.html
— What the Obama Presidency Looked Like to the Opposition  He started with an outstretched hand. Then that changed. – ERIC CANTOR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/eric-cantor-what-the-obama-presidency-looked-like-to-the-opposition.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama supporters demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are not Obama supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/how-black-america-saw-obama.html
— When He Goes Low, They Go … Where? Democrats Mull How to Confront Trump – JONATHAN MARTIN  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes and what they have done, are doing, and will continue to do a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, they are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/us/politics/democrats-donald-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama promoters deny that under Obama, a) America became more anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and b) that is why so many who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time VOTED FOR TRUMP.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/us/politics/obama-presidency-race.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump involved in ‘every detail’ of upcoming inaugural festivities – Dana Schuster
http://nypost.com/2017/01/15/trump-involved-in-every-detail-of-upcoming-inaugural-festivities/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump’s incoming administration considering White House without press corps – Nicole Hensley
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-team-white-house-press-corp-article-1.2946818
— Donald Trump cancels Martin Luther King Day visit to national African American history museum – Jason Silverstein
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-cancels-holiday-visit-african-american-history-museum-article-1.2946846

 

USA TODAY
— Cuban-Americans at odds over ‘wet foot, dry foot’ repeal – Alan Gomez  (DIERSEN: Many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Castro against America.  They continue to blame me for George Ryan’s problems.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/13/cuban-americans-migrant-policy-repeal/96545720/

 

DENVER POST
— A wall isn’t “the” answer to our immigration problem – TOM TANCREDO
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/14/a-wall-isnt-the-answer-to-our-immigration-problems/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The answer is called E-Verify, an internet-based system for verifying legal work status, the infrastructure for which already exists. It’s is a program operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services bureau of the Department of Homeland Security. In less than one minute, any employer can use it to verify the legal status of the person seeking employment. Today it is a voluntary program used by over a half-million private sector employers that do not rely on illegal labor. We can halt probably 95 percent of unlawful hiring of illegal labor if E-Verify is made mandatory for all employers except those using a legal guest worker program to obtain temporary employees. But here’s the really scary part to my former colleagues: once in place, it is largely self-enforcing and does not depend on an army of immigration agents doing on-site inspections of paper records. It works, and that’s why it is so vigorously opposed. Mandatory E-verify will reduce illegal immigration dramatically. If we remove the magnet of jobs, far fewer people try to enter illegally, and once fully implemented, most of those already here will be forced to return home and start on a legal path of entry into the United States.)

 

LOCKPORT JOURNAL
— DAILY HERALD ARTICLE TITLE: Obama poised for an active retirement – AP  (DIERSEN: Are you retired? If so, how active are you?  Do you disapprove of me?  Do you hate me?  Do you blame me for your problems, for my problems, and/or for everyone’s problems?  Do you, or someone who you manipulate/dominate, want to be the GOPUSA Illinois Editor?  My critics/opponents might hire you to harass me, but I doubt that they would pay you more than $15 an hour.)
http://www.lockportjournal.com/news/obama-will-be-busy-in-retirement/article_dd86181c-c80d-5280-8d13-86d962242598.html

 

CAPITOL HILL BLUE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE DAILY HERALD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF TRUMP AND LEWIS: Trump attacks black leader – AP
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/64398

 

TASS
— London attempts undermining Trump’s work as president – Russian embassy
http://tass.com/politics/925106

 

GUARDIAN
— Fear and loathing in Washington DC: progressives dread Trump inauguration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/15/donald-trump-inauguration-washington-progressives

 

CHRISTIAN TODAY
— 5 Ways Christians Can Resist Trump – Ed Cyzewski  (DIERSEN: One could argue that the Democrat Party’s conquest of religion in America is all but complete.)
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/5.ways.christians.can.resist.trump/103834.htm

January 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump Tower in Chicago, and what it could mean for the Donald’s presidency – Blair Kamin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-trump-tower-deconstructed-kamin-htmlstory.html
— Chicago immigration rally has message for Trump: We’re here to stay – Sam Roe  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries, mainly Mexico, and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-immigration-rally-20170114-story.html
— Civil rights advocates say they fear changes from a Trump presidency – Gloria Casas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries, mainly Mexico, and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-civil-rights-forum-st-1015-20170114-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with the anti-Trump John Lewis.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-john-lewis-20170114-story.html
— Slain Lipinski aide called ‘devoted and adoring mother’ – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-lipinski-aide-funeral-st-0116-20170114-story.html
— In Chicago and beyond, a movement to mark Inauguration Day with service – Heidi Stevens  (DIERSEN: What will you do on Inauguration Day? I will mark the day with service.  I will spend 10+ hours during the day putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email in the morning and in the evening.  The emails will be free of charge and they will not contain any advertising.  What will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do on Inauguration Day?  They will discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-inauguration-day-acts-of-service-balancing-0113-20170113-column.html
— Without solidarity, the media under Trump will be lost – Eric Zorn  (DIERSEN: What percent of the media has pledged to destroy Trump and to destroy everyone who voted for Trump – 97%, 98%, 99+%?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-trump-attacks-reporters-solidarity-perspec-0115-md-20170113-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with the anti-Trump John Lewis.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-unleashes-twitter-attack-against-civil-rights-legend/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Ending Medicaid expansion will be moral disaster.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-ending-medicaid-expansion-will-be-moral-disaster/

 

DAILY HERALD
— No referendum on Batavia home rule – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170113/news/170119375/
— CNN, Trump and unfair claims of ‘fake news’ – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize/denigrate/condemn everything to be fake, except that which they agree with; b) have virtually every individual, organization, company, government, and country on their blacklists; and c) blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170114/discuss/170119310/

 

CBS2
— Immigration Activists Hold Protest Ahead Of Trump Inauguration (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries, mainly Mexico, and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/14/immigration-activists-hold-protest-ahead-of-trump-inauguration/

 

ABC7
— YIANNOPOULOS, SHKRELI EVENT CANCELLED AFTER PROTESTS ERUPT AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS – Katie Utehs
http://abc7chicago.com/news/yiannopoulos-shkreli-event-cancelled-after-protests-erupt-at-uc-davis/1702437/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Trump’s anti-immigrant stance sparks protests across U.S. – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries, mainly Mexico, and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.)

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Can Senate compromise bring Michael Madigan to the table? – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170114/chuck-sweeny-can-senate-compromise-bring-michael-madigan-to-table

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— AFSCME Authorizes Strike Vote – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=234308#.WHqsAxHxZZI

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Chicago immigration rally decries Trump plans – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries, mainly Mexico, and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/the-latest-chicago-immigration-rally-decries-trump-plans/article_37a9f400-bbe2-51f6-baeb-9a6162c4171d.html
— Protesters denounce Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, plans – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries, mainly Mexico, and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/protesters-say-trump-can-t-bury-the-statue-of-liberty/article_ee8be2b0-e303-5b23-bd4b-30f5bd4cc111.html
— A young ex-president, Obama poised for a busy retirement – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/a-young-ex-president-obama-poised-for-a-busy-retirement/article_75d3a7d9-5b94-5cec-af30-742efa9e7689.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Let’s chant: Two more years, two more years – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170114/statehouse-insider-lets-chant-two-more-years-two-more-years

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Why Can’t Parents At Pritzker Elementary In Chicago Volunteer At The Library? Three Letter Answer: C-T-U
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/why-cant-parents-at-pritzker-elementary-in-chicago-volunteer-at-the-library-three-letter-answer-c-t-u

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – Objector cites Social Justice Journal to support her legal position – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/college-of-dupage-objector-cites-social-justice-journal-to-support-her-legal-position/
— Lisle Village Clerk gets work release from 3rd DUI and serves as Electoral Board Member – John kraft and Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/lisle-village-clerk-gets-work-release-from-3rd-dui-and-serves-as-electoral-board-member/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend  (DIERSEN: I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising since 2000.  Since 2004, they have gone each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too.  Since 2004, they have included links to more than 257,900 articles and information on may upcoming events.)
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/13/reader-comments-closed-for-the-holiday-weekend-39/

 

FOX NEWS
— DISGUSTING: Democrats, celebrities and Republicans defend Democratic Rep. Lewis after Trump’s tweets
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/14/democratic-rep-lewis-trump-not-legitimate-president.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Joe Biden likely to buy new Corvette after leaving office, Chevy engineer says – Jennifer Harper
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/14/joe-biden-likely-to-buy-new-corvette-after-leaving/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— TRUMP PROTESTERS VOW TO ‘SHUT DOWN’ INAUGURATION, RELATED CELEBRATIONS
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/13/trump-protesters-vow-to-shut-down-inauguration-related-celebrations/

 

THE BLAZE
— There are three times as many bus permits for this Trump protest, than for his inauguration – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/13/there-are-three-times-as-many-bus-permits-for-this-trump-protest-than-for-his-inauguration/
— Being ‘better educated’ could be causing millennials to earn less than boomers did at their age – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.  In today’s dollars, I earned $44,853 (GS-7) when I was 23, $54,864 (GS-9) when I was 24, $66,379 (GS-11) when I was 25, $79,563 (GS-12) when I was 26, $90,173 (GS-12 Step 5) when I was 31, $94,610 (GS-13) when I was 38, and $122,911 (GS-13 Step 10) when I was 49.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/13/being-better-educated-could-be-causing-millennials-to-earn-less-than-boomers-did-at-their-age/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/314372-john-lewis-responds-to-trump-tweet-with-call-to-stand-up-to

 

CNN
— These Democrats aren’t attending Trump’s inauguration – Eugene Scott
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/14/politics/democrats-boycotting-donald-trump-inauguration/
— Trump rips ‘all talk,’ ‘no action’ civil rights icon Lewis – Eugene Scott
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/14/politics/john-lewis-donald-trump/

 

NBC NEWS
— Obama and His Movement Prepare to Challenge President Trump – PERRY BACON JR.  (DIERSEN: Republicans never challenged Obama in any meaningful way.  RINOs helped Obama destroy America.  Unlike Trump and his supporters, they were terrified of the Democrats calling them racists, calling them sexists, calling them bigots, and calling them even worse things.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/obama-his-movement-prepare-challenge-president-trump-n704866

 

WASHINGTON POST
— John Lewis says Donald Trump isn’t a legitimate president, and Trump hits back hard – Aaron Blake  (DIERSEN: I was elected to the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2003.  Since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my election was NOT LEGITIMATE.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/13/john-lewis-doesnt-think-donald-trump-is-a-legitimate-president/
— Head of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post in middle of inauguration – Peter Hermann and Aaron C. Davis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/commanding-general-of-dc-national-guard-to-be-removed-from-post/2017/01/13/725a0438-d99e-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Trump-Lewis feud could be harbinger of new round of hyper-partisanship – Abby Phillip
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/article/Trump-Lewis-feud-could-be-harbinger-of-new-round-10858216.php

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Can ‘Darth’ Trump Save The Dreamers?”  Anti-Trumps a) have an extremely low opinion of Americans and an especially low opinion of Americans who are White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) want Dreamers to get preference over Americans.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2017/01/14/can-darth-trump-save-the-dreamers/#27baa22511b6

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Anti-Trump protesters are gearing up ahead of Inauguration Day.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/anti-trump-protesters-are-gearing-up-ahead-of-inauguration-day-2017-1?r=UK&IR=T

 

DAILY BEAST
— The Fight Over a Controversial Painting Headed for Trump’s Inaugural  Protestors object to sending George Caleb Bingham’s painting of the election process to the inaugural, but ‘The Verdict of the People’ should disturb us for other reasons. – Nicolaus Mills
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/14/the-fight-over-a-controversial-painting-headed-for-trump-s-inaugural.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— U.S. ethics watchdog takes to Twitter to remind federal employees not to endorse any products a day after Trump tweeted ‘buy L.L. Bean’
The U.S. Office of Government Ethics tweeted a ‘refresher’ on the ethics policy It said executive branch employees can’t endorse products or companies The tweets came a day after Trump encouraged followers to buy L.L. Bean Director of OGE Walter Shaub criticized Trump on Wednesday for not divesting – Karen Ruiz
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4120078/Trump-s-L-L-Bean-endorsement-prompts-Ethics-office-tweet-reminder-not-endorse-products.html

January 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why the press must unite when Trump attacks.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/s-e-cupp-why-the-press-must-united-when-trump-attacks/
— $400M property tax increase could save CPS finances: Moody’s – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/400m-property-tax-increase-could-save-cps-finances-moodys/
— Chicago man charged with sending threats to governor, DuPage sheriff – Jacob Wittich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-man-charged-with-sending-threats-to-governor-sheriff/

— Goodbye to one selfie president, hello to another – Mona Charen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/charen-goodbye-to-one-selfie-president-hello-to-another/
— Amazon plans to hire 100,000 over the next 18 months – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, employers act like they do NOT want hire those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amazon-plans-to-hire-100000-over-the-next-18-months/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville students to view Trump inauguration in person – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-inauguration-st-0113-20170111-story.html
— Speaker Madigan — public servant, not prom king – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-michael-madigan-speaker-illinois-democrats–perspec-0113-md-20170112-story.html
— Trump’s will be a presidency ‘like you’ve never seen before’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-president-inauguration-edit-20170115-story.html
— Budget woes trickle down to municipalities – Linda McDaniel-Hale
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/opinion/ct-ecn-linda-mcdaniel-hale-st-0115-20170113-story.html
— Will County to seek grant for work near proposed Crete intermodal site – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-overpass-grant-st-0113-20170112-story.html
— Chicago man arrested for allegedly threatening Rauner, DuPage County sheriff – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-man-arrested-rauner-threats-0113-20170112-story.html
— Crisis communication firms are early beneficiaries of Trump presidency – Ally Marotti  (DIERSEN: You would think that anti-Trumps would want Trump to blast them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-crisis-communications-trump-tweets-0112-biz-20170111-story.html
— Trump says buy LL Bean, but many products are made in China – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–ll-bean-heiress–trump-pac-20170112-story.html
— Chicago Housing Authority stockpiles cash, pays debts as families languish on waiting list – Jason Grotto
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-cha-finances-report-met-20170112-story.html
— Senior real estate tax deferral application period begins in DuPage – Bill Bird  (DIERSEN: The cost of living in DuPage County is very high.  One could argue that if your annual household income is not at least $55,000, you need help from government and/or from charities to live in the county.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-dupage-senior-tax-break-st-0113-20170112-story.html

— Two years into his term, Rauner says he ‘will never give up’ – Monique Garcia  (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that you gave up on?  For me, they would say that in 2012, I gave up on being the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman; in 2011, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee chairman; in 2010 and 2004, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster; in 2007, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member; in 2004, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member; in 1997, a GAO employee; in 1980, an IRS employee; in 1971, a full-time Firestone Stores employee; and in 1969, a Post Office employee.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-facebook-live-two-years-story.html

— What happened to Trump’s honeymoon phase? – Charles Krauthammer  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS.  When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors, Democrat GAO supervisors, Democrat GAO coworkers, and Democrat GAO subordinates gave me no honeymoon at all.  From the very beginning, they did everything that they could to get rid of me.  Among many things, they viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned my knowledge of IRS’s policies, procedures, practices, terminology, etc. that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-administration-chaotic-perspec-0113-md-20170112-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Carol Stream man accused of threatening governor, DuPage sheriff – Sara Hooker
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170112/news/170119533/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Russia.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170113/discuss/170119577/

— Elgin’s violent crime rate rose more than Chicago’s – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas  (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who works the hardest a) to attract violent criminals and b) to drive up the violent crime rate?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170113/news/170119513/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Feds release report on Chicago police – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170113/NEWS02/170119918/feds-release-report-on-chicago-police

 

CBS2
— 2 Investigators: Cal City Pol Thaddeus Jones Accused Of Misusing Campaign Funds – Brad Edwards
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/12/2-investigators-cal-city-pol-accused-of-misusing-campaign-funds/

 

HERALD NEWS
— Will County Board approves sponsorship of CSX grant application  Residents continue to fight possible intermodal in Crete Township – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/01/12/will-county-board-approves-sponsorship-of-csx-grant-application/a70pso1/

 

PEKIN DAILY TIMES
— Illinois prepares to celebrate 200 years with new state logo – AP  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  How long have your ancestors been in Illinois?  All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany.  I should write a book about my nasty/troubles/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who continue to viciously demonize me, to viciously denigrate me, and to viciously condemn me as being a newcomer.  They stress that I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton only since 1978 and that I have lived in my precinct only since 1984.  They stress that I have a) never attended any schools in DuPage County, b) never sent any children to schools in DuPage County, and c) never became a member of any church in DuPage County. Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.)
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170112/illinois-prepares-to-celebrate-200-years-with-new-state-logo

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Bustos and Kinzinger
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/two-us-representatives-northern-illinois-seek-cooperation-time-turmoil

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Quad Cities Online says that when you act badly, you are not an adult.  What do young people have to say about that?
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-at-last-adults-are-in-the-room-let-s/article_ab18c7e1-bb89-5629-8b0a-9aa89767378b.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Thumbs Down: To the Illinois Republican Party for its multi-day countdown to Jan. 11, the day the 100th General Assembly was sworn in and Michael J. Madigan, D-Chicago, was again elected as speaker of the Illinois House.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170112/our-view-thumbs-up-to-innovative-city-employees-working-to-better-serve-residents

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Man arrested for sending threatening letter to Illinois governor – Nassim Benchaabane
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-for-sending-threatening-letter-to-illinois-governor/article_b2c57c67-b160-5fa2-a992-958e58998437.html
    (FROM THE ARTICLE: A Chicago man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly sent threatening messages to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and the sheriff of a suburban county. Eric M. Pence, 24, sent a threatening letter to Rauner and threatening emails to DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba, according to Illinois State Police.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Deal Between McHenry Township Republican Factions Puts All on Ballot – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/01/12/deal-between-mchenry-township-republican-factions-puts-all-on-ballot/
— McConnaughay Praises Term Limits for Senate Leaders – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/01/12/mcconnaughay-praises-term-limits-for-senate-leaders/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN’S ECONOMIC AGENDA IS NOT AGGRESSIVE AND IT’S NOT REFORM  The newly re-elected House speaker is pushing a new tax on businesses, an increase to the minimum wage and more spending, while doing nothing to address salient problems such as workers’ compensation and pension debt. – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigans-economic-agenda-is-not-aggressive-and-its-not-reform/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— My Facebook Conversation with “Progressives” – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/facebook-conversation-with-liberals/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— AFSCME sets strike authorization vote
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/13/afscme-sets-strike-authorization-vote/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— IN REVEALING ARTICLE, OBAMA PUTS ‘PROGRESSIVE GOALS’ BEFORE DUE PROCESS  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  My Democrat GAO superiors believed that achieving their party’s Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets justified their forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors believed that achieving their party’s Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets justified their not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors believed that achieving their party’s Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets justified their forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/12/in-revealing-article-obama-puts-progressive-goals-before-due-process/

 

GOPUSA
— Anarchists Plan to Paralyze Washington During Inauguration (DIERSEN: What actions do you expect that Trump voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois will take to protect themselves from anti-Trumps?  Will they stay in their homes more?  Will they buy more guns and ammunition?  Will they get concealed carry permits?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19183
— Hollywood Vs. the ‘Fascist’ Election Result
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19210
— Pope Francis: God promised the land to the people of Israel  (DIERSEN: Of course, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT THE POPE TO SAY THAT GOD PROMISED AMERICA TO THOSE WHO ARE anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19206

 

THE BLAZE
— Celebrities make yet another anti-Trump video to prepare themselves for inauguration day – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/12/celebrities-make-yet-another-anti-trump-video-to-prepare-themselves-for-inauguration-day/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— AMERICANS, NOT MOSCOW, ARE SENDING PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP TO THE WHITE HOUSE – Armstrong Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/americans-not-moscow-are-sending-president-elect-trump-to-the-white-house/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Ben Carson rips ‘extra rights’ for LGBT at confirmation hearing – Lisa Bourne (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ben-carson-rips-extra-rights-for-lgbt-at-confirmation-hearing

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Uproar Follows After Fox News Anchor Rebukes Trump For ‘Belittling’ CNN – Jack Davis  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the nasty, troubled, failed, and/or vicious activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who belittle me?  The aforesaid blame me for their problems, blame me for your problems, blame me for my problems, and blame me for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.westernjournalism.com/uproar-follows-after-fox-news-anchor-rebukes-trump-for-belittling-cnn/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Liberals Have Enemies to Their Left – JOE SIMONSON  (DIERSEN: To their credit, some of my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government did like having to carry orders from Democrat politicians to waste the careers of and to get rid of their subordinates who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443804/new-left-dirtbag-left-chapo-trap-house-jacobin-magazine-liberals-democratic-party

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Lie detectors trip applicants at border agency – ELLIOT SPAGAT  (DIERSEN: Those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and/or who bring others to America illegally are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Moral relativists vote for Democrats.)
http://journaltimes.com/news/national/ap-exclusive-lie-detectors-trip-applicants-at-border-agency/article_5a01dacc-a707-5a79-bfa3-5a30891d44b7.html

 

CNN
— Chicago police use excessive force, DOJ finds – Jason Hanna
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/13/us/chicago-police-federal-investigation/index.html

 

CBS NEWS
— Workers with no college degree fall further behind than ever  (DIERSEN: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use the aforesaid against me.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that with the aforesaid, if I was not such a loser, I would have much more money now than I do.)
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/news/workers-with-no-college-degree-fall-further-behind-than-ever/

 

AOL NEWS
— Protests will aim to disrupt Trump inauguration – JOHN CLARKE
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/13/protests-aim-disrupt-trump-inauguration-organizers/21653938/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago Police Routinely Trampled on Civil Rights, Justice Dept. Says – JULIE BOSMAN and MITCH SMITH
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/us/chicago-police-justice-department-report.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/business/media/trump-media-news-conference.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Table Full of Trump Voters Who Don’t Regret It One Bit – Trip Gabrial  (DIERSEN: What actions do you expect that Trump voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois will take to protect themselves from anti-Trumps?  Will they stay in their homes more?  Will they buy more guns and ammunition?  Will they get concealed carry permits?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/donald-trump-iowa-conservatives.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Obama’s federal workplace legacy is mixed, but he’ll be missed – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats run the federal government.  Democrats want each and every federal employee to be a Democrat, and as many as possible of them to also be LGBTQ, minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/13/obamas-federal-workplace-legacy-mixed-but-hell-be-missed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But with one week to go in Obama’s presidency, we take a look at his federal workforce legacy through the words of employees and retirees who lived it and experts who studied it. He was praised for supporting diversity, gay rights, improved labor relations, telework, streamlined hiring procedures, employing veterans and people with disabilities. His work-life balance programs and stand against Republican attacks on staffing were applauded.)
— Is a college degree the new high school diploma? Here’s why your degree’s worth is stagnant. – Jeffrey J. Selingo  (DIERSEN: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/13/is-a-college-degree-the-new-high-school-diploma-heres-why-your-degrees-worth-is-stagnant/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Justice Department Finds Chicago Police Use Excessive Force in Violation of Constitution  City officials have agreed to negotiate a consent decree aimed at reform – SHIBANI MAHTANI and JOE BARRETT
http://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-finds-chicago-police-use-excessive-force-in-violation-of-constitution-1484325190
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Employers who are Democrats or Democrat plants, Libertarians or libertarian plants, Greens or Green plants, or RINOs a) want cheap labor and b) look down on, despise, if not hate their employees and potential employees who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-immigration-chance-1484266731
— Chicago: Live Video Grows as Platform to Broadcast Violence  Experts say Facebook Live, Twitter’s Periscope are increasingly used to stream—and provoke—violence – SHIBANI MAHTANI and DEEPA SEETHARAMAN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/live-video-grows-as-platform-to-broadcast-violence-1484226002

 

BLOOMBERG
— Facebook’s Hiring Process Hinders Its Effort to Create a Diverse Workforce  Despite incentivizing recruiters to prioritize women, black and Latino engineering candidates, the department’s demographics have not changed much in the past few years. – Ellen Huet  (DIERSEN: Facebook should consider hiring Charles Bowsher.  Bowsher had great success during the 1980s and 1990s getting rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-09/facebook-s-hiring-process-hinders-its-effort-to-create-a-diverse-workforce

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/12/cannabis-can-help-some-patients-but-doctors-say-more-research-needed/96495582/

 

TIME
— Millennials Keep Losing Ground to Their Parents – Kate Samuelson
http://time.com/money/4634274/millennials-losing-ground-parents/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millennial children are earning around 20% less than their baby boomer parents despite being better educated, new research says. Analysis of Federal Reserve data by the advocacy group Young Invincibles, laid out in an Associated Press report, discovered that millennials have less than half the net worth of boomers and their home ownership rate is lower, while their student debt is “drastically” higher. For the research, the analysts compared 25 to 34 year-olds in 2013, the most recent year available, to the same age group in 1989 after adjusting for inflation. They found that education has helped lessen the gap between millennials and boomers, but white millennials still earn significantly more than their black and Latino peers. This “reflect[s] the legacy of discrimination for jobs, education and housing,” the report says. According to AP, research last year by economists led by Stanford University’s Raj Chetty agrees with Young Invincibles’ findings. The Stanford report found that people born in 1950 had a 79% chance of making more money than their parents but those born in 1980 had just a 50% chance of out-earning their parents.)

 

MASHABLE
— Sunny Obama rides last week out with a bang, bites visitor on face – LAURA VITTO
http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/sunny-obama-bites-white-house-visitor/

 

VOX
— A wayward drone almost hit Duckworth’s plane. Now she’s a drone safety hawk. – Timothy B. Lee
http://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/1/11/14241312/tammy-duckworth-drone-safety

January 12 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin spoke very highly of Wheaton City Council West District candidate Bobby McNeily Thursday evening, January 12, 2017, at his outstanding fundraiser at the DuPage County Museum in Wheaton.  The 60+ attendees included Almiron, Brennan, Carlson, Chirchirillo, Ferguson, Fitch, Holan, Keller, Kmiecik, Krajewski, Krzyzewski, Larsen, Mathew, Mathieson, McGowen, Mendrick, Minor, Nathwani, Noonan, Olsen, Orel, Pacilli, Prater, Rash, and Ryan. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER MARKS TWO YEARS IN OFFICE – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/news/governor-bruce-rauner-marks-two-years-in-office/1699925/
— PRESIDENTS AND THEIR PETS
http://abc7chicago.com/pets/presidents-and-their-pets/1699325/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago man charged with sending threats to Gov. Rauner, DuPage sheriff
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/228825804-story

 

WLS AM
— Roskam on Trump: He’s Bringing His Game – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/01/12/roskam-on-trump-hes-bringing-his-game/ 

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Representative Steve Andersson Appointed House GOP Floor Leader
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/batavia-geneva-st-charles/community/chi-ugc-article-representative-steve-andersson-appointed-hous-2017-01-12-story.html
— Rauner to name Vallas to Chicago State board – Dawn Rhodes and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-state-vallas-new-trustees-20170112-story.html
— Crete Township residents hear proposed intermodal facility plan – Dennis Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-intermodal-st-0113-20170112-story.html
— Ratings agency says big tax hike is ‘most likely’ CPS fix – Juan Perez Jr. and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-schools-finances-moodys-met-20170112-story.html
— Obama scrapping ‘wet foot, dry foot’ immigration policy for Cubans
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-obama-cuba-policy-20170112-story.html
— ‘Blizzard ’67’: Imagine the snow begins to fall and doesn’t stop – Rick Kogan  (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office in 1967.  I drove the first mail truck from Park Forest that got through to Monee and to Peotone after the blizzard.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-0115-1967-blizzard-kogan-sidewalks-20170111-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ill. Senate files backup bill for city worker pensions – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ill-senate-files-backup-bill-for-city-worker-pensions/
— Feds: Chicago cop training poor, misconduct investigations biased – JON SEIDEL, LYNN SWEET, MICK DUMKE
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-up-next-as-ag-announces-baltimore-consent-decree/amp/
— Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans who make it to U.S. soil – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/obama-ends-visa-free-path-for-cubans-who-make-it-to-us-soil/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lisle village clerk gets 4 months in jail for third DUI – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170112/news/170119608/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Emanuel wants $1 billion from Trump for Union Station – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170112/BLOGS02/170119936/emanuel-wants-1-billion-from-trump-for-union-station
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago business leaders want cheap labor.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170112/OPINION/170119945/chicago-business-leaders-our-economy-needs-immigrants

 

WTTW
— Rauner on 2-Year Anniversary: ‘I Will Never Give Up’ – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/12/rauner-2-year-anniversary-i-will-never-give

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Cronin shares State of the County at Chamber630 luncheon – NATHAN LURZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/11/cronin-shares-state-of-the-county-at-chamber630-luncheon/a1usr9l/

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naperville Students Heading to D.C. for Inauguration  The students from Naperville Central High School will spend a few days in the capital – Patrick Martin
http://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-students-heading-d-c-inauguration

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Michael Madigan makes history as Illinois bleeds – Austin Berg
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/12/austin-berg-michael-madigan-makes-history-as-illinois-bleeds/awymh70/

 

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote the anti-Trump Pat Brady.
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/01/12/former-gop-chief-optimistic-new-session-will-produce-budget/

 

MEDILL REPORTS
— DOES DODD-FRANK SWAPS REGULATION REDUCE MARKET RISK? – Jiefei Liu  (DIERSEN: What do you know about swaps?  In 1997, I knew as much about swaps as anyone at GAO.  GAO audits federal financial industry regulators.  All during my last 8 years at GAO, I worked on audits that involved swaps.  In addition, I earned a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading in 1997.  GAO wasted my knowledge of swaps when it forced me to retire in 1997.  GAO would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a woman, younger, or a veteran.)
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/does-dodd-frank-swaps-regulation-reduce-market-risk/

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Inside the sausage factory  Report documents rigged system – Bruce Rushton
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18165-inside-the-sausage-factory.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Did DuPage County Officials dupe the General Assembly into violating the Illinois Constitution? – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/did-dupage-county-officials-dupe-the-general-assembly-into-violating-the-illinois-constitution/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN MAKES HISTORY WHILE ILLINOIS’ MIDDLE CLASS RACES TOWARD EXTINCTION  At the end of his term in 2019, Madigan will be the longest-serving House speaker of any state in modern U.S. history. – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigan-makes-history-while-illinois-middle-class-races-toward-extinction/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Ten Examples of Anti-White Rhetoric at Colleges – Spencer Irvine
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/01/ten-examples-of-anti-white-rhetoric-at-colleges/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— GLSEN and their LGBT Common Core Public School Agenda – Israel Wayne
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/glsen-lgbt-common-core-public-school-agenda/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER OPTIMISTIC IN FIRST 2017 FACEBOOK LIVE PRESENTATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/rauner-optimistic-in-first-2017-facebook-live-presentation.html
— DURBIN COMMENCES DEMOCRAT DRUMBEAT AGAINST OBAMACARE REPEAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/durbin-commences-democrat-drumbeat-against-obamacare-repeal.html
— IL CONGRESSMAN GUTIERREZ: WHY I WILL NOT BE AT TRUMP’S INAUGURATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/il-congressman-gutierrez-why-i-will-not-be-at-trumps-inauguration.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP launches robocalls against 18 House Democrats
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/12/ilgop-launches-robocalls-against-18-house-dems/

 

GOPUSA
— Booker, Lewis accuse Sessions of racism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19171
— The Racist Anti-Racists at MTV News
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19087
— ABC to run political mini-series on gay rights
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19140
— Fox’s Shepard Smith criticizes Trump for ‘belittling’ CNN
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19165

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— AMERICA’S REALITY DIVIDE – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/12/editorial-americas-reality-divide/
— OBAMA DISMAL BUT FORGETTABLE LEGACY – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/12/obama-dismal-but-forgettable-legacy/

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Fed Employee Called ‘Buckwheat’ By Colleague… What Happens Then Will Have TaxPayers LIVID – Chris Golden
http://www.westernjournalism.com/thepoint/2017/01/12/fed-employee-called-buckwheat-by-colleague-what-happens-then-will-have-taxpayers-livid/
— Gingrich Labels CNN Reporter Who Antagonized Trump ‘An Idiot’  “… kick them out …” – Jack Davis
http://www.westernjournalism.com/gingrich-labels-cnn-report-antagonized-trump-idiot/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP GOES NUCLEAR ON ‘FAKE NEWS’ GIANTS IN MEDIA  CNN, BuzzFeed smear collapses: ‘This should never have been released’ – GARTH KANT
http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/trump-blasts-fake-news-on-russian-dossier/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Despite Record Gun Deaths, Chicago’s Statehouse Elects Dem To 17th Term As Speaker – PHILLIP STUCKY
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/despite-record-gun-deaths-chicagos-statehouse-elects-dem-to-17th-term-as-speaker/
— Tips For Hate Crime Hoaxers – Ann Coulter
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/coulter-tips-for-hate-crime-hoaxers/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Secretary of Defense nominee James Mattis rejects all the religions of the world.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/mattis-shuts-gillibrand-down-on-lgbt-military-i-dont-care-who-people-go-to-bed-with-video/
— Obama Family’s Dog Bites White House Guest – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/12/obamas-dog-sunny-bit-a-white-house-guest/

 

BLAZE
— Rosie O’Donnell: ‘I fully support imposing martial law’ to stop Trump inauguration – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/12/rosie-odonnell-i-fully-support-imposing-martial-law-to-stop-trump-inauguration/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— 4 WAYS OBAMA’S FINAL SPEECH WAS A LOAD OF CRAP – Robert Eno
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/01/4-ways-obamas-final-speech-was-a-load-of-crap

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mexico sides with a) those who come into America illegally, b) those who stay in America illegally, c) those who bring others to America illegally, and d) those who bring illegal drugs into America illegally.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/world/mexico-course-we-arent-paying-wall

 

THE HILL
— Fox’s Shepard Smith criticizes Trump for ‘belittling’ CNN – NIKITA VLADIMIROV
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/313862-shepard-smith-no-journalist-should-be-subjected-to-belittling

 

CNN
— U.S. to end ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans – Elise Labott, Kevin Liptak and Patrick Oppmann
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/politics/us-to-end-wet-foot-dry-foot-policy-for-cubans/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Women’s March needs passion and purpose, not pink pussycat hats – Petula Dvorak
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-needs-passion-and-purpose-not-pink-pussycat-hats/2017/01/11/6d7e75be-d842-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html
— Donald Trump just used his presidential power to advertise L.L. Bean – Danielle Paquette
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/12/donald-trump-just-used-his-presidential-power-to-advertise-l-l-bean/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Cabinet nominees keep contradicting him.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-cabinet-nominees-keep-contradicting-him/2017/01/12/dec8cccc-d8f3-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Why liberal elites are so resentful of middle America – Salena Zito
http://nypost.com/2017/01/11/why-liberal-elites-are-so-resentful-of-middle-america/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Is The U.S. Government Insolvent? Sorry, But Its Accountant GAO Can’t Tell You – Editorial
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/is-the-u-s-government-insolvent-sorry-but-its-accountant-cant-tell-you/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unparalleled Resistance Looms for Trump After Inauguration – JANET HOOK
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/01/10/unparalleled-resistance-looms-for-trump-after-the-inaugural/
— Health Care’s Bipartisan Problem: The Sick Are Expensive and Someone Has to Pay  With Congress poised to repeal the Affordable Care Act, most lawmakers want to maintain coverage for people with pre-existing conditions—the available options all have downsides – ANNA WILDE MATHEWS and LOUISE RADNOFSKY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/health-cares-bipartisan-problem-the-sick-are-expensive-and-someone-has-to-pay-1484234963

 

FORBES
— Social Security Plans To Provide Even Less Information – Laurence J. Kotlikoff
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/01/12/social-security-plans-to-provide-even-less-information/#72b92161550e

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Is Exactly the Monster We Feared, and Republicans Are Enabling Him  GOP congressmen will abide his abuses as long as they get what they want.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/139813/trump-exactly-monster-feared-republicans-enabling

 

FED SMITH
— 6 Possible Civil Service Changes in the 115th Congress – Jeff Neal
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/12/6-possible-civil-service-changes-in-the-115th-congress/
— Salaries of Federal PR Employees Featured in Senator’s Annual ‘Wastebook’ – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/12/salaries-of-federal-pr-employees-featured-in-senators-annual-wastebook/

 

SLATE
— The Women’s March on Washington Has Released an Unapologetically Progressive Platform – Christina Cauterucci
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/01/12/the_women_s_march_on_washington_has_released_its_platform_and_it_is_unapologetically.html

January 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Awkwardness as Republican leader rips Chicago violence with Emanuel watching – Rick Pearson, John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jim-durkin-rahm-emanuel-chicago-violence-story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Jared Kushner’s White House job may be legal, but it’s a bad idea.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-jared-kushner-trump-nepotism-laws-20170111-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who voted Clinton put the interests of foreign countries and their citizens ahead of the interests of America and its citizens. That is why Clinton lost and Trump won.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mexican-town-deportations-20170101-story.html
— You think Trump’s news conferences are rough? Go to Chicago’s City Hall – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-trump-news-conference-kass-0112-20170111-column.html

— Central Illinois man files lawsuit over flag burning arrest- AP (DIERSEN: What do flag burners think of you?  Flag burners despise me, if not hate me.  Flag burners, like all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, blame me for their problems, blame me for your problems, blame me for my problems, and blame me for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-flag-burning-arrest-lawsuit-20170112-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police in Urbana used Illinois’ flag desecration law to arrest local resident Bryton Mellott on July 4 of last year. He said he carefully planned his demonstration to protest racial discrimination, poverty and other injustices, and then posted six photographs of his actions on Facebook. The posts, which generated hundreds of comments, led police officers to arrest Mellott while he worked at Wal-Mart and detain him for several hours. He was released without being charged. Mellott, who is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, was expected to discuss the lawsuit at a Thursday news conference in Champaign. The suit was filed late Wednesday. . .The Illinois case comes as the issue has been in the headlines. President-elect Donald Trump recently said that anyone who burns an American flag should face “consequences,” like jail or a loss of citizenship, despite the Supreme Court determinations.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump and the art of misdirection.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-donald-trump-and-the-art-if-misdirection/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “America sinks back to dark times.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/roger-simon-america-sinks-back-to-dark-times/
— Only club members vote in secret Illinois elections – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-only-club-members-vote-in-secret-illinois-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Politicians hold secret meetings to select replacements for state legislators who leave office. No outsiders supervise the proceedings. It is not open to the public. That’s the law in Illinois. I’ve known about that process for years, but the lack of oversight really hit home after state Rep. Monique Davis, D-Chicago, recently resigned. On Jan. 5, a meeting of Democratic committeemen from her legislative district, the 27th, was allegedly held to name a replacement. That would include committeemen from the 9th, 19th, 21st and 34th wards in Chicago and Calumet, Orland, Bremen and Worth townships in the suburbs, as far as I can tell.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Breen, Wheeler refund leadership stipends after report – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170112/news/170119695/
— FRONT PAGE: Wheaton Warrenville District 200 board agrees to $132.5 million referendum question – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170112/news/170119654/
— Ugly politics rears head in Rutland Township – Jim Darow, Huntley
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170112/discuss/170119877/

 

CBS2
— Some Urge Olivet Nazarene University Marching Band To Avoid Trump Inaugural Parade – Vince Gerasole  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who urges everyone to avoid GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  ANSWER: Those who are “at odds” with the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/11/some-urge-illinois-marching-band-to-avoid-trump-inaugural-parade/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reaction hasn’t been completely harmonious. Some alums started an online petition for the school to pull out of the parade, saying Trump’s behavior is at odds with the Christian university’s teachings.)

 

WTTW
— Donald Trump’s press conference was a press confrontation – Dan Bush
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/donald-trumps-press-conference-press-confrontation/
— Madigan Wins Speaker’s Office, As Senate Sets Leadership Limits – Amanda Vinicky  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if they had succeeded in getting rid of me sooner, the following organizations would be much better off today: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/11/madigan-wins-speaker-s-office-senate-sets-leadership-limits

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Talk of cooperation, governing in Illinois Senate – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170111/bernard-schoenburg-talk-of-cooperation-governing-in-illinois-senate
— Districts getting more aggressive in recruiting substitute teachers – Jason Nevel (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.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170111/districts-getting-more-aggressive-in-recruiting-substitute-teachers

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Removing Red Tape for Illinois Teachers – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What did my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates consider to be “red tape?”  ANSWER: Laws, regulations, rules, and procedures that prohibit political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. 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.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=233997#.WHeAyhsrKM8

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Local Organizers Ready for Women’s March  Nearly 200 people from the Bloomington-Normal area will head to Washington D.C. – Lindsey Harrison  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women that Republicans have caused all their problems, that they are causing all their problems, and that they will forever cause all their problems.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/local-organizers-ready-for-womens-march/639553610

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Village of Orland Park’s Karie Friling Eats Steak and Lobster on Public’s Dime – Kevin duJan
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/village-of-orland-parks-karie-friling-eats-steak-and-lobster-on-publics-dime/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS SENATE BUDGET PLAN INCLUDES $5 BILLION IN TAX HIKES, $7 BILLION IN BORROWING, CHICAGO CASINOS  The new budget plan coming out of the Illinois Senate does little to nothing to reform the state’s reckless spending and financial mismanagement, but does plenty to hurt state taxpayers. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-senate-budget-plan-includes-5-billion-in-tax-hikes-7-billion-in-borrowing-chicago-casinos/?linkId=33269942

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MARCHES FOR LIFE IN CHICAGO AND SPRINGFIELD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/marches-for-life-in-chicago-and-springfield-1.html
— 89 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SAY PROTECTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS IMPORTANT, NEW POLL SHOWS  (DIERSEN: Yes, but what about the fact that more and more and more religions are acting like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party?  The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/89-percent-of-americans-say-protecting-religious-freedom-is-important-new-poll-shows.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner announces “learning tour”  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want Republicans to “learn” from Democrats and Democrat plants, from Libertarians and Libertarian plants, from Greens and Green plants, and from RINOs.)
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/12/rauner-announces-learning-tour/
— But who’s gonna hire him (Sandack)?
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/12/but-whos-gonna-hire-him/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The most powerful Democrat politician in the country, Michael Madigan, gets a 33rd year in office – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/the_most_powerful_democrat_politician_in_the_country_gets_a_33rd_year_in_office.html

 

GOPUSA
— No more D.C. jobs for Obama, Clinton loyalists  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those involved in Republican politics in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who make it clear a) that their first loyalty is to whoever has the most clout in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party and b) that they care little or nothing about, or even reject, the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.  They focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19151
— Living Wage Is as Wrongheaded as the Minimum Wage
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19153

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— As Trump stands his ground, the press doubles down on failure – Matt Mackowiak
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/11/as-trump-stands-his-ground-the-press-doubles-down-/
— The unsung heroes of Illinois  Watchdogs John Kraft and Kirk Allen are raising a racket over local corruption – Johnny Kampis  (DIERSEN: When do you raise racket?  I raise racket when Republican elected officials and party leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/11/the-unsung-heroes-of-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Perhaps the most long-lasting effect of the investigative work done by John Kraft and Kirk Allen with Edgar County Watchdogs isn’t the more than 200 officials they’ve chased out of office, but the viral impact they’ve had. Others in Illinois have formed their own groups in Illinois to combat waste, fraud and abuse by public officials, including a coalition in Morgan County that has managed to bust several bureaucrats there. “They’re replicating the model,” Mr. Allen said. “We’re excited to see them step up and have success.” Edgar County Watchdogs, now rebranded as Illinois Leaks, has also spurred state media to action. Mr. Allen said Chicago Tribune reporters have told him his and Mr. Kraft’s work has “forced them to do a better job and do it faster.” Messrs. Kraft and Allen came together in 2011, discussing each other’s bureaucratic woes at a candidate’s dinner. Mr. Kraft had asked to film a school graduation so he could sell the video and learned that someone else was hired for the job without public discussion. Mr. Allen, the volunteer fire chief in the town of Kansas, learned that a dispatcher didn’t instruct the parents of a baby having trouble breathing on CPR techniques. He investigated and learned the 911 call center hadn’t certified its dispatchers in CPR techniques in the past six years, as is required by law. Further investigation there determined that taxpayer money was used for everything from pizza parties to gambling. Messrs. Kraft and Allen created their website and started investigating, using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to uncover a fount of bureaucratic blunders.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— HUD Spent Almost $1M To Cover Up Accusation Against Top Exec – Luke Rosiak  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government never made a racist remark to me, but my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in September of 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,459 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, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. In 1997, in today’s dollars, GAO paid me $122,991. My pension is only $50,720. $122,991 minus $50,720 times 19 years and 4 months is $1,397.239.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/11/exclusive-hud-spent-1m-to-cover-up-accusation-against-top-exec/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Taxpayers wrote a $900,000 settlement check to a federal employee to compensate her for once being likened to a “Little Rascals” character by her boss, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group (TheDCNF)  has learned. The secret settlement appears to be one of the largest-ever discrimination settlement payouts to an individual federal employee. The payment came after an Equal Opportunity Employment office ruled that the remark was racist and accepted without challenge the claim that it caused nearly a million dollars worth of emotional harm. The offending boss was Mary K. Kinney, then-executive vice president of Ginnie Mae, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).)

 

FOX NEWS
— Why the Buzzfeed debacle damaged journalism and handed Trump a gift – Howard Kurtz  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois who since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I “damage journalism” with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on destroying all those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/12/why-buzzfeed-debacle-damaged-journalism-and-handed-trump-gift.html
— HOW TO GET AWAY WITH FAKE NEWS SLIMING TRUMP – John Gibson  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I slime them by filling my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails with fake news.  They define fake news as being any kind of news that they do not like.)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2017/01/11/how-to-get-away-with-fake-news-sliming-trump/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Does Trump Know ‘Draining the Swamp’ Will Be Opposed by Republicans Right Along With Democrats? – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/01/11/trump-know-draining-swamp-will-opposed-republicans-right-along-democrats/
— Georgetown Professor Wants Each White Person to Start Bank Account to Pay Blacks Reparations – Warner Todd Huston  (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused all their problems, that they are causing all their problems, and that they will forever cause all their problems, and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/01/11/georgetown-professor-wants-white-person-start-bank-account-pay-blacks-reparations/

 

BREITBART
— Trump to CNN: ‘You Are Fake News’ – IAN HANCHETT
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/01/11/trump-to-cnn-you-are-fake-news/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Worst Excuse for BuzzFeed: ‘Eh, Trump Had It Coming to Him’ – JIM GERAGHTY  (DIERSEN: From what I see, when my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois attend church services, THEY PRAY THAT GOD WOULD SEND ME STRAIGHT TO HELL.  My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/443787/worst-excuse-buzzfeed-eh-trump-had-it-coming-him

 

AOL
— Trump accuses U.S. spy agencies of Nazi practices over ‘phony’ Russia dossier – Thomson Reuters
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/11/trump-accuses-u-s-spy-agencies-of-nazi-practices-over-phony-r/21653168/
— Laura Ingraham accuses President Obama of ‘crocodile tears’ in farewell speech
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/11/laura-ingraham-accuses-president-obama-of-crocodile-tears-in-farewell-speech/21652835/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Real Story About Fake News Is Partisanship – Amanda Taub  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that all news is fake, except for the news that they approve of. They only approve of news that a) makes them look good and/or b) makes everyone else look bad.)
— https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/upshot/the-real-story-about-fake-news-is-partisanship.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/upshot/the-real-story-about-fake-news-is-partisanship.html
— Donald Trump: A Modern Manchurian Candidate?  The onus is on the president-elect to prove he’s not Putin’s puppet. – MAX BOOT  (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/opinion/donald-trump-a-modern-manchurian-candidate.html
— Publishers Encounter Political Storms in Turn to Right – ALEXANDRA ALTER  (DIERSEN: Who blacklists you and why? Those who focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that they cannot manipulate/dominate blacklist me a) because they cannot manipulate/dominate me and b) because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/business/media/publishers-encounter-political-storms-in-turn-to-right.html
— Facebook, Nodding to Its Role in Media, Starts a Journalism Project – MIKE ISAAC (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes spend virtually all their time on the internet in Facebook.  They talk and act like they believe that Facebook is the internet.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/technology/facebook-journalism-project.html
— For Young Entrepreneurs, College Debts Can Snuff Out Start-Up Hopes – JOHN F. WASIK  (DIERSEN: I graduated from NIU in 1970 debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/business/smallbusiness/for-young-entrepreneurs-college-debts-can-snuff-out-start-up-hopes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “John Lewis Puts Race at Center of Jeff Sessions Hearing.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/john-lewis-jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearing.html
— White and Black Police Officers Are Sharply Divided About Race, Pew Finds – JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at minorities that police are racists.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/police-officers-pew-poll.html
— Trump Under Fire for Invoking Nazis in Criticism of U.S. Intelligence – MARK LANDLER  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/donald-trump-nazi-comparison.html
— Donald Trump’s News Session Starts War With and Within Media – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/business/media/donald-trump-buzzfeed-cnn.html
— Truth or Insult? Artwork Hung in Capital Spawns a Dispute – JENNIFER STEINHAUER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/congress-painting-race.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— New feds could be fired for ‘no cause at all’ by Trump under planned legislation – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What did my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates consider to be red tape?  ANSWER: Laws, regulations, rules, and procedures that prohibit political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. 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.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/12/new-feds-could-be-fired-for-no-cause-at-all-under-planned-legislation/

 

USA TODAY
— Trump invokes ‘fake news’ at press conference – Mike Snider
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/11/trump-tackles-fake-news-press-conference/96438764/
— Trump can punish ‘sanctuary cities’ that protect undocumented immigrants – Alan Gomez  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who voted Clinton put the interests of foreign countries and their citizens ahead of the interests of America and its citizens. That is why Clinton lost and Trump won.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/10/donald-trump-sanctuary-cities-immigration-undocumented-immigrants/96204876/
— New Facebook project aims to strengthen ties with media – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes spend virtually all their time on the internet in Facebook.  They talk and act like they believe that Facebook is the internet.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/01/11/facebook-friends-media-journalism-project/96428460/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Turnaround Project  After another defeat, state Democrats begin to talk tax cuts. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats continue to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-turnaround-project-1484180124
— So, You Got a Job at the White House . . . Advice for Trump’s new staff from a dozen former aides, reaching back to LBJ. – KARL ROVE  (DIERSEN: What advice did you fail/refuse to take?  I failed/refused advice a) to become a veteran, b) to become a Democrat, c) to help my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) to NOT complain about political affiliation discrimination, e) to NOT complain about reverse discrimination, f) to NOT complain about age discrimination, and g) to NOT become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged the federal government with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/so-you-got-a-job-at-the-white-house-1484179360

 

IN THESE TIMES
— How Hopelessness Helped Elect Donald Trump  The president-elect performed well in places with the highest rates of death from suicide and drug abuse. – THEO ANDERSON  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want members of the following groups to be hopeless: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://inthesetimes.com/article/19799/how-hopelessness-helped-to-elect-donald-trump

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— IRS Scolded: Be Nicer and More People Will Pay Their Taxes – Brad Tuttle  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
http://time.com/money/4631531/irs-service-taxpayer-advocate-service-report-audits/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats discourage women from marrying men.
http://time.com/money/4630251/the-modern-marriage-trap-and-what-to-do-about-it/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM has new tips for handling employee misconduct – Carten Cordell  (DIERSEN: Constructively, the federal government views the following as being misconduct: a) being conservative, b) being Republican, c) opposing political affiliation discrimination, d) opposing reverse discrimination, e) opposing age discrimination, and f) failing/refusing to help get rid of employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Because I did the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/opm-has-new-tips-for-handling-employee-misconduct

January 11 Morning Edition

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Watch the swearing-in ceremony for the House of Representatives LIVE; the ceremony is scheduled to begin at Noon.
http://uiswowza1.uis.edu/live/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Public speaks out on plan to merge DuPage Election Commission into clerk’s office – Gary Gibula  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  Are you a partisan? I have always been one.  According to Wikipedia, “In politics, a partisan is a committed member of a political party.” I have always been a “a committed member” of the Republican Party, and especially since 1999, I have been “a committed member” of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP). However, those who dominate the MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, and the Republican Party and who reject planks in the IRP platform and/or in the Republican Party platform define “a committed member” differently.  According them, “a committed member” a) is someone who rejects the same planks that they do, usually the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, gambling, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) serves as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-nvs-dupage-election-merger-hearing-st-0111-20170110-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There has to be a procedure for true bipartisanship,” said Elmhurst resident Bob Peikert, who is chairman of the DuPage Democratic Party organization. “When the Republican chair of the county board is choosing which Democrats will be on the election commission, that is not bipartisanship.” Janice Anderson is a Naperville resident and newly-elected District 5 DuPage County Board member. “Ideally, I don’t think anyone on the election commission should be partisan,” said Anderson, a Republican. “I think the chairman has made some good picks, previously. You look as who’s the best person for a position.”)
— Today’s Springfield question: How many Democrats will vote against Madigan for speaker?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-democrats-vote-0111-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “Women business leaders use tech to take on Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-women-post-trump-groups-chicago-bsi-20170110-story.html
— Cook County leaders urge Obamacare sign-ups as Republicans plan teardown – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-preckwinkle-deadline-0111-biz-20170110-story.html
— Madigan preps for 17th term as speaker despite Rauner-funded pressure – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-new-legislature-met-0111-20170110-story.html
— Rauner’s gonna need every bit of $50 million he contributed to his campaign – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: If sought a government office or a political office, how much would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes spend to defeat you?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-miller-column-st-0111-20170110-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise Streep.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-meryl-streep-cpj-press-freedom-page-perspec-0111-md-20170110-story.html
— All-white jury seated for black man who said he couldn’t get fair trial – Amanda Marrazzo
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mchenry-county/news/ct-heroin-death-trial-jury-met-20170110-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men to march against Trump January 21 in Chicago.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-mary-schmich-trump-womens-march-20170110-column.html
— Emanuel asks credit ratings agency to back off ahead of latest round of borrowing – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-moodys-letter-met-0111-20170110-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Origin of proposal for Naperville to annex 3 towns remains a mystery – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-annexation-petitioner-st-0111-20170110-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Sessions’ right-wing values sure to follow him as AG.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-sessions-conservative-values-will-follow-him-as-ag/
— Madigan says House Dems will propose budget ‘agenda’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-says-house-dems-will-propose-budget-agenda/
— An inspired call for the next American generation  On Tuesday, President Obama paid Kennedy’s gift forward. In a speech in Chicago, he called another generation of Americans to public service. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Obama should have advised non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-an-inspired-new-call-for-the-next-generation/
— Obama holds pep rally for a game his team just lost – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/steinberg-obama-holds-pep-rally-for-a-game-his-team-just-lost/
— Springfield remembers Obama as ‘a Chicago guy … an Illinois guy’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/springfield-remembers-obama-as-a-chicago-guy-an-illinois-guy/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hopefully, court will swiftly end annexation ‘stunt’ involving Naperville and other towns – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/discuss/170119886/
— DuPage hears feedback on Election Commission merger proposal – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119873/

 

CBS2
— Obama Bids Farewell To Presidency In Chicago Speech – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/10/obama-takes-the-stage-for-his-farewell-speech-in-chicago/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ‘Yes we did, yes we can’: Obama’s bittersweet goodbye – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Under Obama, individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are members of the following groups advanced their agendas: anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170111/BLOGS02/170119978/yes-we-did-yes-we-can-obamas-bittersweet-goodbye

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Prosecutors want judicial oversight of Schock campaign fund – Andy Kravetz
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170110/prosecutors-want-judicial-oversight-of-schock-campaign-fund
— Springfield aldermen: More cuts before higher taxes – Mary Hansen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170110/springfield-aldermen-more-cuts-before-higher-taxes
— Economic growth a better way to improve Illinois – House Speaker Michael Madigan
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170111/house-speaker-michael-madigan-economic-growth-better-way-to-improve-illinois

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Difficult to get in touch with elected leaders – Pat Breeding Dixon  (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries a) that disapprove of your values and/or disapprove of your beliefs, b) that do not want to hear what you have to say, c) that do not take your phone calls, d) that do not return your phone calls, e) that do not respond to your emails, and/or f) that only respond to those who give them lots of money?  I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/01/10/difficult-to-get-in-touch-with-elected-leaders/aj0a890/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Man who disrupted ‘Hamilton’ banned from some theaters  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) want me to be banded from everything and b) blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have banded me from their events in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/man-who-disrupted-hamilton-banned-from-some-theaters/article_a1a927b7-75ce-5039-a936-b93dd1769783.html

 

WSIU
— Illinois Looks to Expand Paid Sick Leave Act  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government did 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 a) to discourage from taking sick leave and b) to punish me for taking sick leave.)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-looks-expand-paid-sick-leave-act#stream/0

 

HERALD NEWS
— Crete Township residents battling proposed CSX intermodal  Will County asked to sponsor grant request from state for railroad grade separation – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/01/09/crete-township-residents-battling-proposed-csx-intermodal/auaoj8d/

 

SOUTHERN
— Illinois communities set their own marijuana fines – AP  (DIERSEN: The more that you want to destroy people, the lower that you want marijuana fines to be.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/illinois-communities-set-their-own-marijuana-fines/article_62c9fa58-8283-5062-834f-141ad6d66156.html

 

DNA INFO
— How Many People Are Homeless In Chicago? City Asks For Help Finding Out – Heather Cheron  (DIESREN: What do you say to those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that send homeless people to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, and to your precinct?)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170110/uptown/chicago-homeless-population-count
— Did Having A Chicagoan In The White House Help Chicago? – Heather Cherone  (DIERSEN: From what I see, if Clinton had won, she would have helped Emanuel drive members of the following groups out of Chicago, out of Cook County, out of Illinois, and out of America: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170110/hyde-park/president-barack-obamas-legacy-what-did-he-do-for-chicago

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Women’s March on Washington: Illinois to Hold Sister Marches  Negative rhetoric about women during the presidential campaign sparked demonstration. – Shannon Antinori  (DIERSEN: One could say that negative rhetoric about men sparked Trump’s election.)
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/women-s-march-washington-illinois-hold-sister-marches

 

CHICAGOIST
— Thousands Expected For Massive Women’s March On Chicago After Trump Inauguration – STEPHEN GOSSETT  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote hatred of Republicans.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/01/10/thousands_expected_for_massive_wome.php
— Illinois Politicians Condemn Jeff Sessions During Confirmation Hearing  (DIERSEN: Who condemns you?  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who condemn me.  To the extent that they condemn me, should I condemn them?)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/01/10/jeff_sessions_illinois_criticism.php

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— New House GOP Conference chair says voters have mandated reform – Karen Kidd
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511068681-new-house-gop-conference-chair-says-voters-have-mandated-reform

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks’ Patronage Hires for Executive Assistant & Communications Specialist – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/01/10/jack-franks-patronage-hires-for-executive-assistant-communications-specialist/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— STATE REP JEANNE IVES ON PROPERTY TAXES IN ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/state-rep-jeanne-ives-on-property-taxes-in-illinois.html
— THORNER: MISGUIDED CONSERVATIVES RAMP UP EFFORTS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/thorner-misguided-conservatives-ramp-up-efforts-for-constitutional-convention.html
— RHOADS: THANKS TO DYLANN ROOF, THE DEATH PENALTY ARGUMENT RETURNS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/rhoads-familiar-pro-and-con-death-penalty-arguments-come-up-again.html

 

NUMBERS USA
— TANCREDO: MANDATORY E-VERIFY SHOULD BE TRUMP’S TOP IMMIGRATION PRIORITY
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/tancredo-mandatory-e-verify-should-be-trump%E2%80%99s-top-immigration-priority

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND CRIME – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-black-community-and-crime/

 

GOPUSA
— Airport Shooter Converted to Islam, Identified as Aashiq Hammad Years Before Joining Army
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19081
— Obama’s Legacy of Endless Wars and Transgender Soldiers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19083
— Ford sees improved business climate with President Trump  (DIERSEN: How will Trump deal with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are a) filled with hatred of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) filled with hatred of those who own/owned General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler vehicles, c) filled with hatred of unions, d) filled with hatred of union members, and e) filled with hatred of former union members?)
http://www.gopusa.com/ford-sees-improved-business-climate-with-president-trump/

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— An inside look at the International LGBT Leaders Conference and what really goes on  Major corporations like State Farm, Walmart, Comcast and Google funded the LGBT Leaders conference, as they do many other homosexual events. – Peter LaBarbera  (DIERSEN: Who works against you?  Overwhelmingly, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBT activity, their operatives, and their dupes work against me.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/an-inside-look-at-the-international-lgbt-leaders-conference-and-what-really
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Walmart, AT&T, and Comcast were among the major corporate sponsors of the International LGBT Leaders Conference held December 8-10 to promote homosexual- and transgender-affirming laws, abortion, illegal immigration, and other “progressive” Democratic agendas. The conference, put on by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute — also known simply as the Victory Institute — was first envisioned as a recruiting event and strategy session to help place LGBTQ activists in a sympathetic Hillary Clinton administration. But with Donald Trump’s surprise victory on November 8, the event turned into a series of panel discussions on how to resist a Trump presidency and GOP-controlled Congress. The conference was hosted by the Washington Hilton Hotel, where President Ronald Reagan and three other men were shot in an assassination attempt in 1981. LifeSiteNews attended the Victory Institute conference, which drew more than 500 homosexual, bisexual and “transgendered” lawmakers as well as allied political and corporate activists from across the globe. This is the first of several articles on the conference, which offered a glimpse into President Obama’s success in pushing his LGBTQ policies in the United States and abroad and how difficult it will be to overturn them if President-elect Trump is so inclined. Victory Institute is associated with the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a political action committee that works to elect openly homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered individuals to public office. Among Victory Fund’s co-founders in 1991 is homosexual activist and major Democratic Party fundraiser Terry Bean, who in 2014 at age 66 was arrested by Portland, Oregon, police along with his 25-year-old ex-boyfriend, Kiah Lawson, on charges of sodomizing a 15-year-old boy. As LifeSiteNews reported, Bean, who is also a co-founder of the LGBTQ lobby group Human Rights Campaign, was charged with two felony charges of third-degree sodomy and one count of third-degree sex abuse. The sex abuse charges against Bean were dropped after the boy fled and refused to testify following “an offer by Bean to end the case with a so-called ‘civil compromise’ in which Bean would pay the young man $225,000 and avoid a criminal trial,” Willamette Week reported. A transcript of a police interview with Lawson reveals that Bean reportedly knew the boy he was “hooking up” with sexually was underage and tried to coach him to say he was 18. A corporate-funded “gay insiders” army  Far more than on the abortion issue, in the LGBTQ “culture war” the homosexual-transgender lobby has a huge advantage over its pro-family opponents in both funding and the number of fully engaged activists. As homosexual power grew especially through two Obama terms, these conferences have gained more and more funding and sponsorships from large corporations, which have embraced the LGBTQ movement’s paradigm of viewing homosexualism and transgenderism strictly from a “civil rights” perspective. The Victory Institute conference was no exception. Most speaker panels were sponsored by a major corporation whose representative gave opening remarks touting that company’s commitment to LGBTQ issues. Here are some of the themes observed at the International LGBT Leaders conference: Openly “gay” and homosexually “married” American ambassadors — all men — discuss how living “out” proudly and publicly with their same-sex “husband” changes minds in the foreign nations in which they serve. They understand their role in normalizing “gay marriage” and the immoral homosexual lifestyle abroad. LGBTQ activists in the military discuss how they pushed for open homosexuality and then open transgenderism in the Armed Forces, and how transgender activists used key meetings with the Pentagon’s top brass to advance their gender-confusion agenda (without Congress). Why homosexual and transgender activists think it will be difficult to “roll back” many pro-LGBT policies enacted by President Obama — even transgenderism in the military. Representatives of major corporations (all conference sponsors) discuss how they are crucial to stopping “religious freedom” legislation at the state level. Corporate power is now central to LGBTQ lobbying nationwide. Homosexual (illegal) “immigration” activists apply homosexual activist “coming out” and victimhood tactics to their push for amnesty — comparing coming out as “gay” or “transgender” to coming out as an “undocumented” immigrant. How LGBTQ activists work hand-in-hand with other “progressive” agendas including abortion-on-demand, amnesty/“rights” for illegal immigrants, gun control and radical feminism — almost exclusively working with Democrats. When corporate America funds the LGBTQ movement, it mostly finances the left. LGBTQ activists adore President Obama for so aggressively pushing homosexual, bisexual and transgender policies at all levels of the federal government — and across the world by leveraging American power and his bully pulpit. Obama gave LGBTQ activists almost everything they wanted. He is a big part of the success of the “gay” and “transgender” revolution in the United States. But will Trump and the Republicans coming to power in Washington have the will to reverse it in any significant way?. . .Corporate Sponsors  The following were major corporate sponsors of the International LGBT Leaders Conference 2016: AARP, AT&T, Altria (cigarette and tobacco products), Coca-Cola, Comcast, Dow, Gilead (drug manufacturer), Pfizer, PG&E, Southwest Airlines, State Farm, Toyota, Union Pacific, Walmart, and Xylem (water technology). A future article will report on how so many major corporations are pushing LGBTQ policies to the point of becoming culture-war power players in stopping social conservative legislation. That includes laws designed to protect the freedom of citizens and small businesses not to participate in homosexual “marriages” and other aspects of the gay-trans agenda, according to the dictates of their conscience. As the reader will observe from these reports, homosexual and transgender activists lean heavily left and toward the Democratic Party. No panelists were seen speaking in support of Donald Trump or the Republican Party, and no homosexual Republicans, much less traditional GOP conservatives, were represented. Two days after Trump’s electoral win, Victory Fund President & CEO Aisha C. Moodie-Mills issued a statement that read in part, “Today I am heartbroken that racist, xenophobic, sexist and transphobic demagoguery won last night’s presidential election.” Time will tell whether major corporations ostensibly serving consumers of all persuasions — from far-left progressives to tea party conservatives — will pay a price for financing and aligning so closely with leftist LGBTQ politics of this sort.)

 

BLAZE
— OUTSTANGING: ‘What does it mean to be a snowflake?’ – Tomi Lahren
http://www.theblaze.com/video/final-thoughts-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-snowflake/

 

THE HILL
— Sessions-led DOJ will reform immigration law, put Americans first – IAN SMITH & MICHAEL HETHMON  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps always put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and ahead of its citizens.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/313533-sessions-led-doj-will-reform-immigration-law-to-put
— Obama faults corrosive political rhetoric in farewell address – JORDAN FABIAN  (DIERSEN: Who do those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, on your county, and in Illinois blame for corrosive political rhetoric?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/313687-obama-faults-corrosive-political-rhetoric-in-farewell-address
— Donations to journalism nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists surge after Streep speech – JENNIFER CALFAS  (DIERSEN: What do you get paid to do?  What do you say to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a journalist because no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor?  I ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes – what do you do and who pays you for it?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/313370-donations-to-journalism-non-profit-surge-after-streeps-golden

 

REUTERS
— Obama pushes values and prods Trump in final, emotional address – Jeff Mason
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-idUSKBN14U2NX

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.  Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/trump-confirmation-hearings.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— At the Sessions hearing, the business of government is … hysteria – Matt Welch
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-welch-sessions-hysteria-20170110-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats seek thaw in Trump plan to freeze federal hiring – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/11/democrats-seek-thaw-in-trump-plan-to-freeze-federal-hiring/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The impact of hiring freezes enacted during previous Democratic and Republican administrations demonstrates that such measures have not, in fact, significantly reduced the size of our federal workforce or enhanced federal government operations,” the 106 members wrote, citing a still-relevant 1982 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. The previous freezes did not result in a significant reduction in the size of the workforce, yet served, the letter said, “to decrease efficiency, transparency, and accountability government-wide at the expense of the public safety and American taxpayer dollars.” Instead of controlling federal full-time employment, agencies increased temporary and part-time workers. “They also resorted to an extraordinary reliance on private contractors,” the Democrats wrote.)
— The Holman Rule will have a chilling effect on federal workers  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government and Democrats will continue to run the federal government under Trump.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-holman-rule-will-have-a-chilling-effect-on-federal-workers/2017/01/10/c0c91158-d6a2-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8_story.html
— Beware: Chaffetz committee plans broad agenda affecting federal workers – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government and Democrats will continue to run the federal government under Trump.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/10/beware-chaffetz-committee-plans-broad-agenda-affecting-feds/

 

USA TODAY
— 10 people profit $8.9 billion from Trump rally – Matt Krantz
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2017/01/11/10-people-profit-89-billion-trump-rally/95803750/
— Should IRS focus on taxpayer service, or tax enforcement? – Kevin McCoy (DIERSEN: ANSWER: Tax enforcement.  I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years and for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/10/should-irs-focus-taxpayer-service-tax-enforcement/96371436/
— Automakers vie to be seen as most ‘Made in the USA’ – Nathan Bomey   (DIERSEN: How will Trump deal with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are a) filled with hatred of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) filled with hatred of those who own/owned General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler vehicles, c) filled with hatred of unions, d) filled with hatred of union members, and e) filled with hatred of former union members?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/01/10/detroit-auto-show-donald-trump/96390402/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Car Industry Has Unlikely Patriots  Tesla, BMW and Daimler can better afford U.S. manufacturing than the Detroit Three – STEPHEN WILMOT  (DIERSEN: How will Trump deal with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are a) filled with hatred of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) filled with hatred of those who own/owned General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler vehicles, c) filled with hatred of unions, d) filled with hatred of union members, and e) filled with hatred of former union members?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-car-industry-has-unlikely-patriots-1484045646
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Email Can Reveal How Well New Hires Fit In – JOANN S. LUBLIN (DIERSEN: If you want to be retained or promoted, the more that your employer promotes the Democrat Party platform, the more that your emails should promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/email-can-reveal-how-well-new-hires-fit-in-1484060400

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Joe Biden just checked out the greatest Corvette ever made at the Detroit auto show – MATTHEW DEBORD  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hate Corvettes and hate Corvette owners the most.)
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/joe-biden-corvette-gs-detroit-auto-show-2017-2017-1

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Federal employees believe they can make a difference under Trump administration – Jory Heckman (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government and Democrats will continue to run the federal government under Trump.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2017/01/feds-say-theyre-not-going-anywhere-trump-administration/

 

FED SMITH
— Financial Fitness: Your New Year’s Resolution – Tom Walker  (DIERSEN: Virtually all the operatives and all the dupes for my critics/opponents have severe health and/or financial problems.  They talk and act like they will anything for money.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/10/financial-fitness-your-new-years-resolution/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Committee to Protect Journalists Received 140 Times More Donations Than Usual After Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech – Kerry Close
http://time.com/money/4628570/meryl-streep-golden-globes-cpj/  (DIERSEN: What do you get paid to do?  What do you say to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, and to their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a journalist because no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor?  I ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes – what do you do and who pays you for it?)
— Recruitment: what to expect in 2017 – David Cawley (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.)
http://moneymag.com.au/recruitment-trends/

 

SMALL BUSINESS
— Inability to Meet Job Standards and Termination – Devra Gartenstein  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I failed to meet jobs standards, and for no other reason.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/inability-meet-job-standards-termination-46672.html

 

ROAD AND TRACK
— Joe Biden Wants Corvette’s Chief Engineer to Help Him Pick a New Vette  At the Detroit Auto Show, the Vice President asked Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter the important question: Grand Sport, or Z06? – BOB SOROKANICH  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hate Corvettes and hate Corvette owners the most.)
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-shows/detroit-auto-show/news/a32237/vice-president-biden-tadge-juechter-corvette-stingray-z06/

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Voter Suppression Works Too Well  The Republicans’ quest for a permanent political majority culminated in mammoth voter suppression in 2016. The 2018 midterm election promises both to embolden these efforts and energize resistance. – Gabrielle Gurley  (DIERSEN: In 2016, anti-Trumps were very successful in suppressing votes for Trump in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://prospect.org/article/voter-suppression-works-too-well-0

January 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— SESSIONS SAYS HE’D BE FAIR AS AG, DEFY TRUMP IF NECESSARY – ABC NEWS
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sessions-says-hed-be-fair-as-ag-defy-trump-if-necessary/1695358/
— ‘MURDER BOARDS’ PREP TRUMP’S CABINET PICKS FOR HEARINGS
http://abc7chicago.com/news/murder-boards-prep-trumps-cabinet-picks-for-hearings/1694997/

 

NBC5
— Homeland Security Pick Cites Securing Border as Top Priority  The confirmation of Kelly, a retired Marine general, is almost assured – Alicia Caldwell
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Homeland-Security-Pick-Faces-Questions-on-Wall-Immigration–410263575.html

 

CBS2
— Dillard Recalls Obama’s Early Years – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/10/former-republican-colleague-recalls-obamas-early-years/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— New legislature, same old problem in Illinois: No budget – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/228315069-story
— Mom says daughter racially ‘tormented’ at Elmwood Park middle school – Elizabeth Matthews
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/228313524-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sessions vows to target gun crime, boost cops’ morale in Chicago – FRANK MAIN and FRAN SPIELMAN
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrats-to-press-attorney-general-pick-as-hearing-opens/
— New poll has Trump approval rating at 37%, Obama at 55% – USA TODAY
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-poll-has-trump-approval-rating-at-37-obama-at-55/
— Bill requiring lead testing in schools heads to governor’s desk – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bill-requiring-lead-testing-in-schools-heads-to-governors-desk/
— Men in KKK costumes disrupt Sessions confirmation hearing – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/men-in-kkk-costumes-disrupt-sessions-confirmation-hearing/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say  “Obamacare repeal game is a disgrace.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-obamacare-repeal-game-is-a-disgrace/
— GOP anxiety is mounting over health care repeal initiative – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-anxiety-is-mounting-over-health-care-repeal-initiative/
— Lipinski aide found dead after ‘domestic fight’ call – Jordan Owen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-woman-found-dead-in-oak-lawn-after-domestic-fight/
— Illinois lawmakers OK tax incentive program extension – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-house-oks-4-month-tax-incentive-program-extension/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Speaker Paul Ryan: GOP will work on repealing, replacing health law ‘concurrently’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-paul-ryan-obamacare-repeal-20170110-story.html
— L.L. Bean faces boycott for family member donation to Trump PAC – Kim Bhasin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ll-bean-trump-boycott-20170110-story.html
— Naperville’s annexation-mania echoes past Lake County battles – Dan Moran
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-moran-village-consolidation-st-0111-20170110-column.html
— Before the president from Chicago says farewell, there’s disappointment – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-obama-farewell-speech-kass-0111-20170110-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame “societal oppression,” that is, they blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-missing-black-fathers-obama-20170110-story.html
— More budget nonsense for Illinois – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-stopgap-budget-springfield-edit-0111-md-20170110-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage referendum fix awaiting the governor’s signature – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119898/
— Bill to test school water for lead goes to Rauner – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119931/
— Affordable housing fee could stymie upscale housing project in St. Charles – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119971/
— Conflict forces Glen Ellyn Dist. 41 board member to resign – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119920/
— Kane Co. voters to decide on $50 million tax increase for forest district – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119913/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois moves to regain its Edge
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170110/BLOGS02/170119996/illinois-moves-to-regain-its-edge

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Senate delays vote on plan that raises income tax – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170109/senate-delays-vote-on-plan-that-raises-income-tax

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois House OKs criminal justice reforms – AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/state/2017-01-10/latest-illinois-house-oks-criminal-justice-reforms.html

 

MADISON RECORD
— Why a budget won’t fix Illinois – Austin Berg
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511071338-why-a-budget-won-t-fix-illinois

 

WSIL TV
— Lawsuits over Trump business threaten to tie up presidency – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34228146/lawsuits-over-trump-business-threaten-to-tie-up-presidency

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Rep. William Lacy Clay returns controversial painting to Capitol wall, tries to file charges against colleague Duncan Hunter – Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/clay-returns-controversial-painting-to-capitol-wall-tries-to-file/article_005d92e8-20a3-513f-8e74-6457f650792f.html
    (FROM THE ARTICLE: Clay also tried to file theft charges against that colleague, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., although Capitol Police had not indicated to him late Tuesday morning whether they will follow through with Clay’s complaint. In a short address in a tunnel between the Capitol and House office buildings, Clay depicted the debate as part of the culture wars dividing the country. “This is really not about a student art competition anymore,” Clay, D-St. Louis, said after he and a handful of colleagues put it back on a wall amidst 400 other winners of a high school art contest sponsored by members of Congress. “It’s about defending the Constitution.” He said this just after passing Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., in the tunnel where the painting hangs. Hunter and Clay, who are good friends and whose congressional offices are next door to one another, didn’t speak to each other as they passed. Hunter, citing 18-year-old artist David Pulphus’s depiction of police as animals, which many have interpreted as pigs, said it was offensive. A scrum of about 15 reporters and photographers who had gathered around Hunter shifted to Clay, who led a handful of Congressional Black Caucus members in putting the painting back up where it originally was. It may not be there for good, however. Congressional Republicans are discussing removing it officially as a violation of congressional rules on the art that prevents the competition from depicting controversial “contemporary” issues. Clay said he’d defend the painting through that process as a First Amendment expression of an 18-year-old constituent. “I don’t have a disagreement with that,” he said of the process. “But there is a procedure to follow. You can’t have culture warriors walking around here like they are in charge of something.” Clay told reporters that he had no opinion on the painting, which police groups and others have criticized as depicting police as hog-like animals. Clay said critics should put themselves in Pulphus’s place, as a teenaged black male, who had witnessed the highly publicized shootings of young black men throughout his teen years. Including, “in his own community,” the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson when Pulphus was 16. Those shootings, Clay said in an interview with the Post-Dispatch, were “animalistic.” While police groups have criticized the painting, Clay received a local police ally over the weekend in St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson. “Police officers are not art critics,” Dotson said during a discussion Saturday night at Harris-Stowe State University kicking off Missouri’s official events honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He called Clay a “strong supporter” of police and said Clay’s desire to hang the painting is in keeping with protecting the First Amendment. The painting by former Cardinal Ritter High School Senior Pulphus – now a college student – has drawn intense scrutiny after critics noticed that it depicted police officers as animals. Some police groups criticized the painting as divisive and not a true depiction of the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in 2014. Hunter removed the painting and left it in Clay’s office on Friday, saying it offended him and denigrated police. Hunter told the Post-Dispatch he had gotten “thousands” of calls and social media messages in support, many from police officers or their families. The painting was on display for six months before critics attacked it, in the middle of hundreds of other paintings by high school art contest winners from around the country. Clay Tuesday blamed “alt-right” media for stirring up the problem, and fellow Congressional Black Caucus members depicted the controversy as an extension of Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. Hunter said he was making a statement and would not seek to remove it again if Clay puts it back up. But other Republicans, upset at the depiction of police, hinted they may seek official congressional action to take it down permanently. Clay would fight that. “I do not agree or disagree with this painting,” Clay said after he helped put it back up. But he noted that statues elsewhere in the Capitol depict slaveholders and avowed racists that offend him, but he hasn’t demanded they be removed. “I will fight to defend this young man’s right to express himself because his artwork is true for him and he is entitled to that protection under the law,” Clay said, referring to Pulphus. At the forum in St. Louis Saturday night, Dotson referred to the painting as the “elephant in the room.” “Sam Dotson can have an opinion and may not like the painting, but Sam Dotson the police chief or any police officer cannot have an opinion about it because that young man has a right to have his voice heard and it’s our job to make sure his rights are protected,” he said.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Controversial tax credit elicits mixed responses from Illinois leadership, businesses
https://ilnews.org/11653/controversial-tax-credit-elicits-mixed-responses-illinois-leadership-businesses/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DURBIN LEADS ATTACK DURING SESSIONS’ AG HEARING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/durbin-leads-attack-during-sessions-ag-hearing.html
— MCHENRY CO CLERK SAYS REFERENDUM OBJECTION BASED ON QUALIFIED SIGNATURE SHORTAGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/mchenry-co-clerk-says-referendum-objection-based-on-qualified-signature-shortage.html
— MCHENRY CO PROPERTY TAX FREEZE REFERENDUM CHALLENGED BY DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/mchenry-co-property-tax-freeze-referendum-challenged-by-deputy-county-clerk.html
— MASSIVE TAX HIKE IN “GRAND COMPROMISE” WOULD BE A DISASTER, IL STATE REP SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/massive-tax-hike-in-grand-compromise-would-be-a-disaster-il-state-rep-says-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP to leaflet outside Madigan re-election event
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/10/ilgop-to-leaflet-outside-madigan-re-election-event/
— Rauner joins push for DeVos
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/10/rauner-joins-push-for-devos/

 

FOX NEWS
— Protesters Interrupt Jeff Sessions’ Senate Confirmation Hearing
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/10/jeff-sessions-senate-confirmation-hearings-attorney-general-protesters

 

BREITBART
— Jeff Sessions on Immigration Law: ‘I’m Going to Follow The Laws Passed By Congress’ – JULIA HAHN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/10/jeff-sessions-on-immigration-law-im-going-to-follow-the-laws-passed-by-congress/
— Congressional Black Caucus to Re-Hang Anti-Cop ‘Police as Pigs’ Painting in Capital Citing ‘Constitution’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/09/congressional-black-caucus-to-re-hang-anti-cop-police-as-pigs-painting-in-capital-citing-constitution/

 

BLAZE
— Sessions angrily defends his immigration record against Durbin in Senate confirmation – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/10/watch-sessions-angrily-defends-his-immigration-record-against-durbin-in-senate-confirmation/

 

AOL
— Donald Trump beats libel lawsuit over tweets directed at female political strategist – ERIQ GARDNER
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/10/donald-trump-beats-libel-lawsuit-over-tweets-directed-at-female/21652018/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Nominees Financed Senators Deciding Their Fate  Five of Donald Trump’s nominees collectively donated $106,000 to senators on committees conducting their confirmation hearings – REBECCA BALLHAUS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-nominees-financed-senators-deciding-their-fate-1484076076

 

USA TODAY
— Trump wins dismissal of suit over nasty tweets – Nick Penzenstadler
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/10/trump-wins-dismissal-suit-over-nasty-tweets/96402614/

January 10 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Pundits Respond to Trump, Streep Beef at City Club Event
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-Pundits-Respond-to-Trump-Streep-Beef-410188475.html
— In Final Speech, Obama Must Reconcile His Hopes with Trump’s
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/In-Final-Speech-Obama-Must-Reconcile-His-Hopes-with-Trumps-410233035.html

 

ABC7
— Mother, son followed 28 miles from casino, violently robbed – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/news/mother-son-followed-28-miles-from-casino-violently-robbed/1685113/

 

WGN RADIO
— What will President Barack Obama’s legacy be? – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2017/01/09/what-will-president-barack-obamas-legacy-be/
(FROM THE POSTING: Are you ready for another spirited political debate? As Barack Obama prepares to deliver his farewell address in Chicago tomorrow, Republican analyst Chris Robling and Democratic analyst Dave Lundy join Justin to debate the legacy of President Barack Obama.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner: $50 million campaign check is about encouraging ‘bipartisan compromise’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-50-million-bipartisan-compromise-met-story.html
— Court strikes down Lincolnshire right-to-work ordinance
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnshire/news/ct-lsr-right-to-work-law-overturned-tl-0109-20170109-story.html
— Ethics reports lag for Trump nominees facing confirmation hearings this week – Michael Kranish, Abby Phillip
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-cabinet-hearings-20170109-story.html
— Kendall County circuit clerk posts bond for battery charge – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/crime/ct-abn-kendall-clerk-booked-st-0109-20170109-story.html
— Naperville: ‘Drive Sober of Get Pulled Over’ at Success
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-drive-sober-of-get-pulled-over-at-success-2017-01-09-story.html
— Illinois companies warn of more than 600 layoffs – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-layoffs-warn-0110-biz-20170109-story.html
— Betsy DeVos a smart choice for education secretary – Mitt Romney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-betsy-devos-education-secretary-trump-romney-20170109-story.html
— The General Assembly without Madigan? Imagine the possibilities – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-michael-madigan-illinois-government-perspec-0110-jm-20170109-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLNE: For Democrats, their top priority is promoting LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lgbtq-liaison-public-health-met-20170109-story.html
— Voters to decide on township roads merger – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-township-road-merger-st-01111-20170110-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel to appeal ruling forcing public input at Council meetings – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-to-appeal-ruling-forcing-public-input-at-council-meetings/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Glen Ellyn District 41 will ask voters for $24.2 million – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170110/news/170119968/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want to make it “harder to sell a Trump condo.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170110/CRED0701/170109876
— As Trump eyes Dodd-Frank, Chicago’s trading interests gear up for a battle – LYNNE MAREK  (DIERSEN: What do you know about swaps?  In 1997, I knew as much about swaps as anyone at GAO.  GAO audits federal financial industry regulators.  All during my last 8 years at GAO, I worked on audits that involved swaps.  In addition, I earned a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading in 1997.  GAO wasted my knowledge of swaps when it forced me to retire in 1997.  GAO would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a woman, younger, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170107/ISSUE01/301079996/as-trump-eyes-dodd-frank-chicago-derivatives-biz-gears-up-for-fight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For all the Trump team talk about gutting President Barack Obama’s landmark financial law, Chicago’s trading community is wagering that at least part of it will stick: swaps reform. Swaps were a villain in the Great Recession, and Obama’s 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act pushed them from clubby, private bank transactions onto public platforms. There they became a welcome addition to the Chicago trading world. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming team has vowed to dismantle the law, but Chicago’s trading interests won’t easily give up the companies, products and venues created after Wall Street banks’ grip on the swaps market was loosened. Financial exchanges like CME Group and trading firms such as Citadel have generated tens of millions of dollars in new swaps business, and they’ll be reluctant to let go of the new infrastructure built on Dodd-Frank’s Title VII, which set up a framework for the regulation of swaps markets. “People now are getting used to the standards,” says Brian Liston, co-founder and president of Seed CX, which launched a new Chicago swaps trading platform. “They should really change Title VII slowly if they have to, and ultimately I don’t think they’re going to.” Swaps are financial shorthand for arrangements in which parties agree to swap the risk associated with financial contracts tied to underlying values, like interest rates. In the 2008 financial crisis, those privately negotiated deals in the subprime mortgage market blew up and swamped major institutions with defaults.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— AFSCME to accept wage freeze, higher health costs – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: Civil Service Retirement System recipients have always accepted a) COLAs that are far below inflation and b) higher health insurance costs.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170109/afscme-to-accept-wage-freeze-higher-health-costs

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois Senate’s budget plan to end deadlock stalls – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/10/illinois-senates-budget-plan-to-end-deadlock-stalls/aj7f9g6/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— AFSCME Sends Letter To Rauner Administration In Hope To Restart Negotiations
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/afscme-sends-letter-to-rauner-administration-in-hope-to-restart-negotiations

 

TIMES
— Legislation would require Illinois schools to test for lead
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/legislation-would-require-illinois-schools-to-test-for-lead/article_55750a09-f8e2-52f4-a4da-baca0fa95f5b.html

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Mayors Formally Object to Naperville Annexation Petition  Naperville and three nearby towns oppose the petition, which was circulated by an unknown entity – Patrick Martin
http://patch.com/illinois/naperville/mayors-formally-object-naperville-annexation-petition

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Patlak to explain property tax appeal procedures in Schaumburg – Ruth de Jauregui
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511070577-patlak-to-explain-property-tax-appeal-procedures-in-schaumburg

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Halpin added to GOP website’s list of Madigan allies
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511060956-halpin-added-to-gop-website-s-list-of-madigan-allies

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— New House GOP Conference chair says voters have mandated reform – Karen Kidd
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511068681-new-house-gop-conference-chair-says-voters-have-mandated-reform

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Orland Park Public Library Board Still Hates the Public – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/orland-park-public-library-board-still-hates-the-public/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— New Trier High School Avoids Diversity Like the Plague – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/new-trier-high-school-avoids-diversity-like-the-plague/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSKAM NAMED WAYS & MEANS TAX POLICY CHAIRMAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/roskam-named-ways-means-tax-policy-chairman.html

 

BREITBART
— Archbishop of Chicago Calls for Amnesty Ahead of Trump Inauguration – JOHN BINDER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, religious leaders act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/09/archbishop-chicago-calls-amnesty-ahead-trump-inauguration/

 

GOPUSA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the federal government promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19029

 

FOX NEWS
— Get ready for Dems to play race card to ‘Bork’ Trump nominees – Sean Hannity
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/01/10/sean-hannity-get-ready-for-dems-to-play-race-card-to-bork-trump-nominees.html
— The Meryl Streep performance: Why Hollywood hates Trump playing the presidential role – Howard Kurtz
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/10/meryl-streep-performance-why-hollywood-hates-trump-playing-presidential-role.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Making good on the promise  Trump must build the border wall because he said he would – Editorial
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/9/editorial-making-good-on-the-promise/

 

TOWNHALL
— As Gun Violence Rages, Chicago Pols Play Politics – Bob Barr
http://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2017/01/10/as-gun-violence-rages-chicago-pols-play-politics-n2269197

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— President Trump’s Opportunity to Gut Regulations That Harm Effective Drug Policy  A special series on the real problem: drug addiction – MAIA SZALAVITZ  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are Libertarian plants who talk and act like they smoke pot or want to smoke pot legally.)
https://spectator.org/bumpy-term-ahead/

 

THE HILL
— Meghan McCain: ‘This Meryl Streep speech is why Trump won’ – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/313294-meghan-mccain-this-meryl-streep-speech-is-why-trump-won

 

POLITICO
— White House win provides a stimulus for the Trump brand  The Trump brand is worth more since his election than ever before, adding to his portfolio and raising questions about conflicts of interest. – DARREN SAMUELSOHN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/donald-trump-brand-business-233385

 

CNN
— Sessions defends himself against allegations of racism – Tal Kopan and Phil Mattingly
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearing-expectations/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump’s first attempt to ignore the law.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/10/donald-trumps-first-attempt-to-ignore-the-law/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Bernie Sanders heaps praise on Donald Trump – Daniel Halper
http://nypost.com/2017/01/10/bernie-sanders-heaps-praise-on-donald-trump/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— FRONT PAGE IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Opponents of legal immigration hope their ties to Jeff Sessions will influence Trump – Joseph Tanfani
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-sessions-immigration-20170109-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Obama Legacy  A Presidency of great promise ends in rancor and disappointment. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-obama-legacy-1484006700
— Firing Richard Cordray  Trump will have ample cause to fire the rogue financial regulator. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/firing-richard-cordray-1484007098

 

FED SMITH
— Planning to Resign on Inauguration Day? Here’s What Will Happen to Your Pay – Ian Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/10/planning-to-resign-on-inauguration-day-heres-what-will-happen-to-your-pay/

 

FED WEEK
— Limits on Agency Regulatory Authority Advance
http://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/limits-agency-regulatory-authority-advance/

 

GUARDIAN
— Want to fix gun violence in America? Go local. – Aliza Aufrichtig, Lois Beckett, Jan Diehm and Jamiles Lartey
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/jan/09/special-report-fixing-gun-violence-in-america

January 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TICKETS FOR OBAMA FAREWELL SPEECH SELLING FOR THOUSANDS ON EBAY, CRAIGSLIST – Sarah Schulte and Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/tickets-for-obama-farewell-speech-selling-for-thousands-on-ebay-craigslist/1692703/

 

NBC5
— Key Numbers in Illinois’ Budget Stalemate  $5.3 billion: The estimated budget deficit on June 30 if nothing changes, according to the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/key-numbers-illinois-budget-stalemate-springfield-410135405.html

 

CBS2
— Naperville Has No Plans To Annex Parts Of Neighboring Suburbs – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/09/naperville-has-no-plans-to-annex-parts-of-neighboring-suburbs/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner recognizes ‘National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/228083643-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayors file objections to Naperville annexation referendum effort – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mayors-against-annexation-st-0111-20170109-story.html
— Illinois Senate pulls plug on massive state budget proposal hours after it surfaced – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-senate-budget-rauner-madigan-0110-20170109-story.html
— Democrats to challenge Jeff Sessions on immigration, civil rights  (DIERSEN: Who challenges your decisions?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes challenge a) all the decisions that I make to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) all the comments that I make concerning those articles, and c) all the decisions that I make to include or to not include upcoming events in the emails.  They challenge the judgment those who read the emails.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that if they or if someone who they manipulate/dominate had been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republicans would not have suffered any losses in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-attorney-general-confirmation-hearings-20170109-story.html
— Niles video gambling ordinance tweaked based on demand – Mike Isaacs
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/news/ct-nhs-video-gambling-licenses-0112-20170109-story.html
— Emanuel wins approval of pension bill, but Rauner may veto – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-pension-senate-met-0110-20170109-story.html
— Last of missing residents from shuttered group home is found – Patricia Callahan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/grouphomes/ct-group-homes-last-resident-found-met-20170109-story.html
— Axelrod warns Democrats against obstructionism under Trump – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-david-axelrod-city-club-met-0110-20170109-story.html
— Millennials may need to double how much they save for retirement – Jonnelle Marte  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-millennials-retirement-savings-20170109-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Catholic leaders to promote the anti-Catholic Democrat Party platform, and especially to encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-immigrants-cardinal-cupich-dream-act-perspec-0110-20170109-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County mayors go to court to stop merger talks – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: One would expect that the anti-Republicans in DuPage County, that is, those in DuPage County who voted Clinton, would want to merge DuPage County into Cook County.  Do you live in DuPage County?  How many anti-Republicans are in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170107/news/170109069/
— Naperville, Lisle township voters to decide on road district merger – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170109/news/170109084/
— Zion Dairy Queen owner loses business after racist tirade against customer – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170109/news/170109085/
— State lawmakers move to keep DuPage referendum results valid – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170109/news/170109020/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State Senate puts hold on minimum wage, tax and casino plan – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/house-files-lifeline-bill-for-social-services-higher-ed/
— City Hall dubs Rauner ‘Gov. Gridlock’ for pension bill stance – Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/city-hall-dubs-rauner-gov-gridlock-for-pension-bill-stance/
— Emanuel talks about ways he can work with Donald Trump – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-talks-about-ways-he-can-work-with-donald-trump/
— Enemies Rauner, Madigan could ‘kill each other off’ – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-enemies-rauner-madigan-could-kill-each-other-off/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump’s Medicaid fix? Illinois can’t handle it. – JENNIFER KOEHLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170109/OPINION/170109881/trumps-medicaid-fix-illinois-cant-handle-it-jennifer-koehler

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AFSCME says it will accept wage freeze to resume talks – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170109/afscme-says-it-will-accept-wage-freeze-to-resume-talks

 

WTTW
— Budget Deal Backed by Illinois Senate Has Slim Chance in House – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/09/budget-deal-backed-illinois-senate-has-slim-chance-house

 

WSIL TV
— The Latest: Hollywood turning out for women’s march Jan. 21 – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women a) that Republicans have caused all the problems that women have had, b) that Republicans are causing all the problems that women are having, and c) that Republicans will cause all the problems that women will have.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34213957/the-latest-hollywood-turning-out-for-womens-march-jan-21

 

SOUTHERN
— Illinois Senate introduces budget deal – DAN PETRELLA
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-senate-introduces-budget-deal/article_54f7970a-ce08-5ce0-85d4-745751381e06.html
— Here are the companies that employ the most people in Southern Illinois
http://thesouthern.com/business/southern-business-journal/here-are-the-companies-that-employ-the-most-people-in/article_d0e6b7b3-eaa9-514e-a0b3-91c79f887d6b.html

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Picking Madigan no longer a slam dunk for Illinois’ House Democrats – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511067471-picking-madigan-no-longer-a-slam-dunk-for-illinois-house-democrats

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Illinois’s “Grand Bargain” on a Real Budget Could Include Pension Reform  And this time around, it might actually be legal. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2017/Pension-Reform-Could-Be-a-Big-Part-of-Illinoiss-Grand-Bargain-on-a-Real-Budget/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Anti-Madigan rally planned in Springfield on January 11
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511071043-anti-madigan-rally-planned-in-springfield
— Tribune: Illinois residents aren’t frogs, won’t remain in Madigan’s boiling pot
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511071012-tribune-illinois-residents-aren-t-frogs-won-t-remain-in-madigan-s-boiling-pot

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SHIMKUS TO CHAIR COMMITTEE SET TO REIN IN EPA AND ANTI-COAL REGS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/shimkus-to-chair-committee-set-to-rein-in-epa-and-anti-coal-regs.html

 

TOWNHALL
— The Chicago Four: Anti-Trump Rhetoric Coming Home to Roost – Jack Kerwick  (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter?  Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois is the most filled with hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters?  What do you do to protect yourself from Trump-haters?)
http://townhall.com/columnists/jackkerwick/2017/01/09/the-chicago-four-antitrump-rhetoric-coming-home-to-roost-n2268922
— Schumer: We Will Only Work With Trump If He ‘Abandons Republicans’ – Matt Vespa  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois. Those Democrats would say to Republican elected officials that they will work with them only if they abandon Republicans like me who support a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and Illinois Republican Party platform and b) the Milton Township Central Committee resolution against video gambling. I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO elected officials and party leaders in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have abandoned Republicans like me.)
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/01/09/schumer-we-will-only-work-with-trump-if-he-abandons-republicans-n2267740

 

GOPUSA
— OUTRAGEOUS: Amid war on terror, new Army regulations allow for turbans, beards and religious garb
http://www.gopusa.com/amid-war-on-terror-new-army-regulations-allow-for-turbans-beards-and-religious-garb/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘There Are No Jobs’: Obama Loyalists Scramble To Find Work – TED GOODMAN (DIERSEN: One would expect that Obama loyalists would move to those states, those counties, those townships/wards, those municipalities, and those precincts that Clinton won.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/08/there-are-no-jobs-obama-loyalists-scramble-to-find-work/
— Slate: Obama Was Too Nice To Combat Racism – PHILLIP STUCKY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and are overwhelmingly White males, but nevertheless, they have their operatives and their dupes, who are overwhelmingly White males, hint/imply/argue/shout that I have always had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because I was born a White male.  Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents pander to those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/09/slate-obama-was-too-nice-to-combat-racism/

 

BREITBART
— Brainwash Children Against Trump and Brexit, Top Education Mag Tells Teachers – VIRGINIA HALE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/01/09/brainwash-children-trump-teachers/
— Half of German Women Feel Unsafe in Their Own Neighbourhoods – DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to be like Germany.)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/01/09/half-german-women-feel-unsafe-neighbourhoods/
— Breitbart News #45 Most Trafficked U.S. Website, Beats HuffPo, WaPo, FoxNews; 2 Billion Pageviews in 2016  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blacklist Breitbart News, so therefore, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blacklist me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/01/09/breitbart-news-45-trafficked-u-s-website-beats-huffpo-wapo-foxnews-2-billion-pageviews-2016/

 

THE BLAZE
— Plato on the outs? Students at elite college want ‘white philosophers’ kicked to the curb – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/09/plato-on-the-outs-students-at-elite-college-want-white-philosophers-kicked-to-the-curb/

 

REUTERS
— Illinois governor pans state legislature’s Chicago pension fix – Dave McKinney
http://wtvbam.com/news/articles/2017/jan/09/illinois-governor-pans-state-legislatures-chicago-pension-fix/

 

CNN
— We need serious talk on serious issues – Bernie Sanders
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/09/opinions/serious-questions-bernie-sanders-opinion/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump women say “We Are at a Tipping Point, and the Women’s March Represents a Desire for Change.”  Anti-Trump women are filled with hatred against men.)
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2017/01/09/women-and-their-march-on-washington/we-are-at-a-tipping-point-and-the-womens-march-represents-a-desire-for-change

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How Donald Trump’s tweets set the tone for the biggest auto show of the year – Danielle Paquette and Steven Overly
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/09/whats-really-happening-between-donald-trump-and-fiat-chrysler/

 

NBC NEW YORK
— Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Tapped as Senior Advisor to the President  (DIERSEN: When you were younger, were your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, or anyone else in a position to get you a “good job?”  For me, the answer is no.)
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Trump-Son-in-Law-Jared-Kushner-Tapped-as-Senior-Advisor-Source-410130995.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kushner must clear a series of hurdles before he takes any post in Washington. He will need to argue that a federal anti-nepotism law that bar officials from appointing relatives to government positions does not apply to him as well as eliminate potential conflicts of interest between his family’s multi-billion dollar real estate empire and his government duties.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Gets $1 Billion Federal Grant for Its Train Lines  Transportation Department awards funding in final days of Obama administration – SHIBANI MAHTANI
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-gets-1-billion-federal-grant-for-its-train-lines-1483989273

 

BLOOMBERG
— What Happened When a Startup Tried Affirmative Action Hiring
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2017-01-09/what-happened-when-a-startup-tried-affirmative-action-hiring

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DuPage County Prosecutor Robert Berlin Defends Man’s 22-Year Sentence for Stealing TV Remote  ‘The only way to stop him is to lock him up,’ the prosecutor says of a defendant who reportedly swore at a judge and represented himself. – Steven Nelson
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-01-09/prosecutor-defends-mans-22-year-sentence-for-stealing-tv-remote

 

FED SMITH
— Should Federal Employees Be ‘At Will’ Employees? – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.  Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for Civil Service protections, a) the Post Office WOULD NOT HAVE hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS WOULD NOT HAVE hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 or let me work there for almost 9 years, and c) GAO WOULD NOT HAVE hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986 or let me work there for almost 18 years.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/09/should-federal-employees-be-at-will-employees/

 

GUARDIAN
— Meryl Streep rips the ‘bully’ in Trump  Streep delivers an emotional speech while La Land breaks records – Nicole Puglise
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/09/meryl-streep-donald-trump-feud-golden-globes