June 19 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Illinois Governor’s Race Heats Up With Strong Endorsements – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/19/illinois-governors-race-heats-up-with-strong-endorsements/
— Black Caucus Wary Of Trump Invite; ‘Not Interested In Just A Photo Op” – Nancy Harty
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/19/black-caucus-wary-of-trump-invite-not-interested-in-just-a-photo-op/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Losing lottery jackpots could break state budget deadlock – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-illinois-lottery-stalemate-st-0620-20170619-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois gerrymandering doesn’t measure up to Wisconsin – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-gerrymandering-doesnt-measure-up-to-wisconsin/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Fundraiser, protest set for Illinois GOP representatives – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170619/BLOGS02/170619882/fundraiser-protest-set-for-illinois-gop-representatives
— Congressional duel: Rush, Gutierrez split backing for Illinois governor – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170619/BLOGS02/170619885/rush-gutierrez-split-backing-for-illinois-governor

 

WTTW
— Illinois State Reps Discuss Budget Ahead of Special Session – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/19/illinois-state-reps-discuss-budget-ahead-special-session

 

TIMES
— Raffle, poker run rules spark outcry – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/raffle-poker-run-rules-spark-outcry/article_bfa4b689-a2ea-537a-9e05-498b99773231.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Dick Durbin and Rodney Davis Hold Bipartisan Meeting In Wake Of Shooting – BRIAN MACKEY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/two-illinois-congressmen-hold-bipartisan-meeting-wake-shooting

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Mattoon township businesses file class action lawsuit after skyrocketing property taxes – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/township-businesses-file-class-action-lawsuit-after-skyrocketing-property-taxes/article_0e9b97b8-52de-11e7-8b8f-638c67eced53.html#new_tab
— Critics: Senate Democrats’ ‘privilege’ tax bad policy, a political shot at Rauner – Jacob Bielanski
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/critics-senate-democrats-privilege-tax-bad-policy-a-political-shot/article_faba5b1c-5297-11e7-8636-57013abbc671.html

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Cook County voters told to demand property tax freeze over 10 percent hike – Caitlin Nordahl
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511128335-cook-county-voters-told-to-demand-property-tax-freeze-over-10-percent-hike

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Now is the Season for Success for the GOP on the Issues Battlefield – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/now-is-the-season-for-success-for-the-gop-on-the-issues-battlefield/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker responds to cancellation
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/19/rauner-slammed-over-ahca-silence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The governor has canceled his appearance tonight…  Gov. Bruce Rauner had been set to be there and, in fact, was billed as the star of the evening. But he’s now canceled. Rauner’s office says it’s because of the special legislative session on the budget that begins the day after tomorrow, but perhaps he also doesn’t want to be too closely associated with some of the health care and other votes coming down in Washington.)
— Rauner folks blitz Peoria doors
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/19/rauner-folks-blitz-peoria-doors/

 

GOPUSA
— Scores of farm workers, illegals march on liberal Ben & Jerry’s
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25949
— Food stamp use rose dramatically under Obama; Trump cuts are next
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25968
— Before assassination attempt on Scalise, one GOP representative, Ann Wagner, had reported 5 death threats
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25979

 

DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Hate Crime Convicts To Receive ‘Diversity Training’ – Anders Hagstrom  (DIERSEN: The federal government requires all its employees to take to take lots of diversity training.  I took lots of diversity training while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/19/illinois-hate-crime-convicts-to-receive-diversity-training/
— NYT Columnist: Deport Americans, Not Illegal Immigrants – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/18/nyt-columnist-deport-americans-not-illegal-immigrants/
— Black Organizations Honor Slavery’s End By Taking Over Property – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/19/black-organizations-honor-slaverys-end-by-taking-over-property/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Something is fishy about USS Fitzgerald story we are getting from the media – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/something_is_fishy_about_uss_fitzgerald_story_we_are_getting_from_the_media.html

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Don’t Bail Out Failing States Like Illinois – Editorial
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/dont-bail-out-failing-states-like-illinois/

 

THE HILL
— White House reporters fume over off-camera briefings – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338457-white-house-reporters-fume-over-off-camera-briefings

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The destruction of political norms started decades ago. Here’s how it happened. – E.J. Dionne Jr.  (DIERSEN: 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-destruction-of-political-norms-started-decades-ago-heres-how-it-happened/2017/06/18/0a963bf6-52d3-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

 

FORBES
— Five Reasons To Wear The Same Thing Every Day – Joshua Becker
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuabecker/2017/06/14/five-reasons-to-wear-the-same-thing-every-day/#39e333a6c7de

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— 100-plus lawmakers join in opposing fed pay, benefits cuts in proposed 2018 budget – Rachael Kalinyak
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/100-plus-lawmakers-join-in-opposing-fed-pay-benefits-cuts-in-proposed-2018-budget

June 19 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Rauner Campaign Fires Back at Emanuel After New TV Ad Criticism – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-campaign-fires-back-after-emanuels-criticism-of-new-tv-ad-429281433.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At least 7 dead, 50 wounded in weekend shootings
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/13-people-shot-in-chicago-during-first-12-hours-of-weekend/
— Online health portal, ‘done quickly,’ gives Illinois headaches – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/online-health-portal-done-quickly-gives-illinois-headaches/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roadwork already slowing down over state budget impasse – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-illinois-budget-roads-getting-around-0619-20170619-column.html
— Taking the temperature of Chicago’s Pride Parade in era of Trump – James Steinbauer  (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you do not a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) badmouth Trump, you are or will be viciously marginalized a) by those who promote LGBTQ activity and b) by those who are anti-Trump..)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pride-parade-preview-20170618-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Los Angeles, the city’s decades-old pride parade was replaced with a “resist march,” and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., led chants to impeach the president. “There are so many issues on the front burner right now, and I think you’ll see that reflected,” said Richard Pfeiffer, Chicago’s Pride Parade coordinator. “Since the change in Washington in November, LGBT people and others have been marginalized verbally and in other ways. There’s anger over that.” Pfeiffer said more than 250,000 people are expected along the parade route, and nearly 1 million could move in and out of the area surrounding the parade throughout the day.)
— If Foxx listened to mentor’s advice, she might not be state’s attorney – Hal Dardick  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor after he promoted me in 1974.  My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor after he promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-monday-edition-20170616-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Online health portal, ‘done quickly,’ gives Illinois headaches – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170618/news/306189958/
— Marvin Meyer of Oak Forest faces hate crime after message to Muslim group – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170618/news/306189945/
— Teens learn self-defense at Schaumburg library
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170618/teens-learn-self-defense-at-schaumburg-library
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Naperville attorney’s stance against hate crimes set to become state law – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries talk and act like they hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170619/naperville-attorneys-stance-against-hate-crimes-set-to-become-state-law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A hate crime is defined as one committed because of a bias against someone in a Constitutionally-protected class because of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, disability, physical or mental status, or national origin.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, the Daily Herald promotes LGBTQ activity big time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170619/fired-after-revealing-gay-marriage-plans-music-director-helps-launch-new-faith-venture
— Anti-Israel graffiti spray painted at Jewish deli in Naperville – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170619/anti-israel-graffiti-spray-painted-at-jewish-deli-in-naperville

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Will this week’s special session accomplish anything? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170618/will-this-weeks-special-session-accomplish-anything
— Opinions split about likelihood of special session success – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170618/opinions-split-about-likelihood-of-special-session-success

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Freeze on gambling: In or out? – Natalie Wickman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-19/freeze-gambling-or-out.html

 

WSIL TV
— Indiana Christian school at center of LGBT voucher debate – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35692963/indiana-christian-school-at-center-of-lgbt-voucher-debate

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Why voters can’t tune out next state election – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to “tune out” everything EXCEPT WHAT THEY SAY.)
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-why-voters-can-t-tune-out-next-state-election/article_a09da4ab-ad4c-5cf0-86ce-791ebf684c78.html

 

THE JOURNAL
— Quality Of Education Shouldn’t Depend On Zip Code – Gabe Springer, Hillsboro  (DIERSEN: Property owners in my precinct, in the 60189 zip code, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County pay much higher property taxes to get “quality education.”)
http://www.thejournal-news.net/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/quality-of-education-shouldn-t-depend-on-zip-code/article_5434bbb0-5491-11e7-b045-276f705706f8.html

 

WSIL TV
— Liberal groups focus on Ivanka Trump – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35692929/liberal-groups-focus-on-ivanka-trump

 

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— U.S. reps join Rauner at ‘Cocktails’ fundraiser in Rosemont – Caitlin Nordahl
http://southcooknews.com/stories/511128334-u-s-reps-join-rauner-at-cocktails-fundraiser-in-rosemont

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Naperville builder argues that home repair tax goes against people’s will – Glenn Minnis  (DIERSEN: Since our home was built in 1984, my wife and I have spent many thousands of dollars on repairs and improvements including foundation repairs, lot drainage repairs, finishing the basement, installing a whole-house natural-gas backup generator, installing security systems, and replacing the roof, furnace and central air, garage doors, kitchen appliances, kitchen countertops and floor, water heater, deck, etc.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511124770-naperville-builder-argues-that-home-repair-tax-goes-against-people-s-will
— Tax measure described as potential fatal blow to ailing laundry industry – Giovanni Whaley
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511121520-tax-measure-described-as-potential-fatal-blow-to-ailing-laundry-industry

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/INGOLD: A POUND OF PREVENTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorneringold-a-pound-of-prevention-.html

 

GOPUSA
— After Scalise shooting, Congress wants to pack heat
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25957
— College ‘safe spaces’ not for conservative students
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25877
— Texas companies tie worker shortages to deportation fears  (DIERSEN: If you are employed, what percent of your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates are illegals?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25952

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— RADICAL LEFT WILL GET MORE VIOLENT  Gina Loudon declares, ‘Decades of demonizing conservatives has paid off’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/radical-left-will-get-more-violent/

 

FOX NEWS
— Congressman Rodney Davis Who Survived Shooting: Gunman Turned His Religion Into Politics
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/18/congressman-survived-shooting-rodney-davis-gunman-turned-religion-politics

 

THE BLAZE
— Disturbing number of colleges offering ‘social justice’ degrees — crazy socialist courses included – Justin Haskins (DIERSEN: From what I see, to promote “social justice” is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/18/disturbing-number-of-colleges-offering-social-justice-degrees-crazy-socialist-courses-included/
— This latest LGBT controversy proves activists aren’t really interested in tolerance – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/18/this-latest-lgbt-controversy-proves-activists-arent-really-interested-in-tolerance/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Republicans Delude Themselves With Demands For More Civility – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/18/republicans-get-duped-into-believing-civility-can-be-restored/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How We Became Bitter Political Enemies – EMILY BADGER and NIRAJ CHOKSHI
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/upshot/how-we-became-bitter-political-enemies.html
— A Newsroom and a Lifeline: Univision’s Urgent Sense of Purpose  The Spanish-language network is a striking example of a news organization
that is meeting the needs of a frightened and information-famished audience. – JIM RUTENBERG  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails bring to your attention articles that members of the following groups do not want you to see: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/business/media/a-newsroom-and-a-lifeline-univisions-urgent-sense-of-purpose.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Zuckerberg’s Opiate for the Masses  If we get ‘universal basic income,’ the millennials will never leave our basements. – Andy Kessler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zuckerbergs-opiate-for-the-masses-1497821885
— Advertisers Try to Avoid the Web’s Dark Side, From Fake News to Extremist Videos  Marketers are reevaluating their approach to automated ad-buying and demanding more accountability – Suzanne Vranica
https://www.wsj.com/articles/advertisers-try-to-avoid-the-webs-dark-side-from-fake-news-to-extremist-videos-1497778201
— Europe’s Elites Seem Determined to Commit Suicide by ‘Diversity’ – Douglas Murray
https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-elites-seem-determined-to-commit-suicide-by-diversity-1497821665

 

INC.
— Want to Be More Productive? Break This 9 Toxic Habits  When it comes to productivity, the little things make all the difference. Quit sabotaging yourself with these bad habits. – Travis Bradberry  (DIERSEN: How productive are you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they are infinitely more productive than I am.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that they, or anyone who they manipulate/dominate, could put together GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and send them out in a small faction of the time that it takes me.)
https://www.inc.com/travis-bradberry/9-bad-habits-you-must-break-to-be-more-productive_1.html

 

INC
— How to Ask For a Raise: The 1 Strategy Guaranteed to Work  Want to ask your boss for a raise? Then you definitely should — but only if you take the right approach to asking for an increase in pay. – Jeff Haden (DIERSEN: In the federal government, all employees get COLAs and virtually all employees get step increases.  But when it comes to promotions, with only rare exceptions, those far up the ladder from your immediate supervisor determine who gets promoted.)
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-to-ask-for-a-raise-the-1-strategy-guaranteed-to-work.html
— Breaking These 11 Bad Habits Will Make You a Lot Happier  We all have bad habits, but some cost us more in happiness than others. – Lolly Daskal
https://www.inc.com/lolly-daskal/breaking-these-11-bad-habits-will-make-you-happier.html

June 17 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ bill backlog has state more than $1 billion behind in payments to schools – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-education-funding-budget-impasse-met-20170618-story.html
— Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post – Abby Phillip
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-david-clarke-homeland-security-20170617-story.html
— Who’s to blame for American inequality? It might be you – John Keilman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-column-keilman-dream-hoarders-met-20170616-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps 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/immigration/ct-daca-decision-trump-met-20170616-story.html
— Scalise upgraded to serious condition; shooter had list of names – Eric Tucker and Erica Werner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-virginia-shooter-list-names-20170617-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who would want to move into this mess? – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170617/ISSUE07/170619908/editorial-who-would-want-to-move-into-this-mess
— Rauner and Madigan have one thing in common: They’re both cowards – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170617/ISSUE11/170619898/rauner-madigan-still-unlikely-to-enact-an-illinois-budget
— Rauner is beatable—if Democrats don’t self-destruct – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170617/ISSUE05/170619900/property-taxes-could-hurt-pritzker-in-race-against-gov-rauner

 

ABC7
— Indiana to pay firm $100k to handle Pence email requests – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/indiana-to-pay-firm-$100k-to-handle-pence-email-requests/2112275/

 

NBC5
— Mayor Emanuel Blasts Governor Rauner Over New Campaign Ad – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/mayor-rahm-emanuel-blasts-governor-bruce-rauner-over-new-campaign-ad-429133543.html
— Comptroller Susana Mendoza Warns Illinois Finances in ‘Massive Crisis Mode’ – Sara Burnett
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/mendoza-warns-illinois-finances-massive-crisis-mode-429122123.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Jabs At Rauner, Lawmakers During Speech To New Grads
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/17/emanuel-swipes-at-rauner-lawmakers-during-speech-to-new-grads/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Comptroller Susana Mendoza warns Illinois finances in ‘massive crisis mode’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/262155419-story

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Budget blues haven’t impeded good government progress – Andy Shaw
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170617/andy-shaw-budget-blues-havent-impeded-good-government-progress

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Litesa Wallace says a budget deal is ‘low on the totem pole’ – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170617/chuck-sweeny-litesa-wallace-says-budget-deal-is-low-on-totem-pole

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Business: Illinois’ budget mess shackling growth – TONY REID
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/business-illinois-budget-mess-shackling-growth/article_287e7a90-8966-5b16-a487-5995051b97d3.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois’ budget mess shackling growth, business leaders warn – TONY REID
http://qctimes.com/business/illinois-budget-mess-shackling-growth-business-leaders-warn/article_531c873e-792c-55e5-ba80-176cfe8b5cdf.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois making business impossible – Editorial
http://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-illinois-making-business-impossible/article_40e85953-71d0-583b-8f0d-fa73b21b0c75.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pot activists have been holding their breath for months on Jeff Sessions  ‘Conflict’ between state, federal law – ELI WATKINS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/pot-activists-have-been-holding-their-breath-for-months-on-jeff-sessions/744031873
— Cuba to Trump: U.S. in no ‘condition to lecture us’ on human rights  Statement complains of double standard – MIRANDA GREEN  (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, members of the following groups oppress everyone: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/cuba-to-trump-us-in-no-condition-to-lecture-us-on-human-rights/744174887

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— 15 Illinois Retailers On The Verge Of Bankruptcy – Amie Rowland
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/15-illinois-retailers-verge-bankruptcy

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Minimum wage hike unfair to young, kills jobs, economics professor says – Karen Kidd
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511126277-minimum-wage-hike-unfair-to-young-kills-jobs-economics-professor-says

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Catholic Troubled by Cupich’s Statement
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/catholic-troubled-cupichs-statement/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The New Conservative Legal Mainstream—and Why the Left is Worried – John A. Sparks
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/the-new-conservative-legal-mainstream-and-why-the-left-is-worried/

 

BREITBART
— Chairman of House Media Fairness Caucus: Fake News Is a ‘Threat to Our Democracy’ – Penny Starr
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/17/chairman-of-house-media-fairness-caucus-fake-news-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy/

 

THE HILL
— Hospital: Scalise now in serious condition after surgery – JULIA MANCHESTER
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/338295-hospital-scalise-now-in-serious-condition-after-surgery
— Trump to young Americans: ‘There is dignity in every honest job’ – JULIA MANCHESTER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would disagree. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that the following jobs have no dignity: I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338207-trump-there-is-dignity-in-every-honest-job

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Before the Gunfire in Virginia, a Volatile Home Life in Illinois – JULIE TURKEWITZ, SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, JOHN ELIGON and ALAN BLINDER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/virginia-shooting-james-hodgkinson-illinois.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump retains assets worth at least $1.4 billion, new disclosure shows – Matea Gold, Drew Harwell and Rosalind S. Helderman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-retains-assets-worth-at-least-14-billion-new-disclosure-shows/2017/06/16/c0bc4caa-52b9-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html
— Rural divide  America’s cultural divide runs deep. While rural and urban Americans share some economic challenges, they frequently diverge on questions of culture and values. On few issues are they more at odds than immigration. – Jose A. DelReal and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/rural-america/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Why Obama’s presidency didn’t lead to black progress – Jason Riley
http://nypost.com/2017/06/17/why-obamas-presidency-didnt-lead-to-black-progress/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Are States The Next ‘Too Big To Fail’? – TED DABROWSK
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/are-states-the-next-too-big-to-fail/

June 17 Morning Edtion

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In 2018, which Republican candidates are going to run for federal, state, and county offices in DuPage County?  Who does Rauner want to run for Attorney General, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Treasurer?  I urge all of them to have an entry in Wheaton’s 2017 Independence Day Parade. SEE:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-31882733113  So far, Bob Berlin for State’s Attorney, Peter Breen for State Representative, Grant Eckhoff for County Board, Jeanne Ives for State Representative, James Mendrick for County Sheriff, Peter Roskam for Congress, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee have entries. This year, for the 12th year in a row, I have sought donations from Republicans so that “DuPage Republicans” can again be one of the two $2,500 “Star” sponsors and again sponsor the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums parade entries and again have a booth at the July 3 fireworks.  Outstandingly, again this year Tim Whelan will coordinate Republican use of the booth at the fireworks. This year again, I will hand deliver flyers to the residences and businesses on the parade route that will list the Republican entries in the parade and the Republicans who helped sponsor entries. Outstandingly, the flyers will be printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics. This year, outstandingly, Roger Claar is a $500 contributor, Chris Nybo is a $250 contributor, Phil Suess is a $150 contributor, and Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Mike Connelly, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Jeanne Ives, Marty Keller, Paula McGowen, Deanne Mazzochi, James Mendrick, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, and Tim Whelan are $100 contributors. Please plan on watching the 22-minute fireworks Monday evening July 3 at Graf Park, and stopping the DuPage County Republicans booth.  Please plan on watching the parade on Tuesday morning July 4 or walking in the parade with one of the Republican entries. If you want to walk with one of the Republican entries, I suggest being at the staging area on north Main Street at 9:00 AM.  SEE: https://wheatonparkdistrict.com/events/july4/ – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

NBC5
— Politicians, Citizens React to President Trump’s New Cuba Policy – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/politicians-citizens-react-to-president-trumps-revised-cuba-policy-428972173.html
— The Latest Political Headlines – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/deep-dish-429021223.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Social service agencies worry about future after latest court setback – Rachel Hinton
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/social-service-coalition-loses-lawsuit-seeking-state-payments/
— A property tax freeze does nothing for poorest towns in Illinois – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/a-property-tax-freeze-does-nothing-for-poorest-towns-in-illinois/
— Kennedy making a convincing case for ‘radical’ property-tax ideas – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/kennedy-making-a-convincing-case-for-radical-property-tax-ideas/
— Belleville’s mom-and-pop Main Street ponders place in national tragedy – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bellevilles-mom-and-pop-main-street-ponders-place-in-national-tragedy/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ bill backlog has state more than $1B behind in payments to schools – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-education-funding-budget-impasse-met-20170618-story.html
— Lashing out on Twitter, Trump acknowledges for first time he’s under investigation – AP  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors were always investigating me a) because I had not become a Democrat, b) because I had not painted myself as being a yes-man, c) because I had not helped my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) because I had complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-investigation-20170616-story.html
— Appointment of Trump wedding planner to HUD post draws outcry – Barbara Demick (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have?  GAO audits IRS.  After 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, I transferred to GAO. During the first 6 years and the during the last 9 years of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, my Democrat superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS, that is, they wasted my knowledge of IRS. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, they would not have done that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-wedding-planner-hud-20170616-story.html
— Republican secrecy faces mounting criticism as senators work behind closed doors to repeal Obamacare – Noam N. Levey and Lisa Mascaro
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-health-care-bill-secrecy-20170616-story.html
— Senators, show your work: Fix Obamacare in the sunlight – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-obamacare-republican-senate-rush-edit-0619-md-20170618-story.html
— After sparing the dreamers, what next? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps love anything a) that encourages people to come to America illegally, b) that encourages people to stay in America illegally, and c) that encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  Anti-Trumps want dreamers to get preference in all aspects of American life. Soon, if not already, anti-Trump employers will crow a) that they hire, retain, and promote dreamers and b) that they refuse to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-daca-trump-immigration-reform-edit-0617-md-20170616-story.html
— What ‘tone down the rhetoric’ really means – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-ballfield-shooting-rhetoric-trump-page-perspec-0618-md-20170617-story.html
— Heated political discourse trickles down, and it should stop – Editorial  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they hate Trump and hate Trump’s supporters.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-editorial-civility-st-0618-20170617-story.html
— Naperville: Preservation and utility at core of historic Nichols Library debate – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-editorial-nichols-library-st-0618-20170616-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, Morton Arboretum promotes beer.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/lifestyles/ct-nvs-morton-beer-st-0623-20170622-story.html
— Will County hires former IDOT secretary Ann Schneider to push new freight plan – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-hires-schneider-st-0616-20170616-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is Rauner’s first true budget a breakthrough or set-up for Dems? – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170616/NEWS02/170619892/is-rauners-first-true-budget-a-breakthrough-or-set-up-for-dems

 

TIMES
— Illinois farm groups against Trump’s Cuba order
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/illinois-farm-groups-against-trump-s-cuba-order/article_270d6ad6-0f57-56c9-bce4-01c95ac6c050.html
— Businesses react to possible Powerball, Mega Millions stoppage  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/businesses-react-to-possible-powerball-mega-millions-stoppage/article_20483778-12f4-5638-9cc3-1b0466839b3d.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mendoza says “Rauner’s policies hurt universities, scare off students” and “Budget needed now to rescue higher education.”
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/06/15/rauners-policies-hurt-universities-scare-off-students/a7xwiu6/

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Proposed tax increase would backfire politically, some warn – Greg Bishop
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/110724/proposed-tax-increase-would-backfire-politically-some-warn

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Service to community key mission for graduates – DEBORAH GERTZ HUSAR  (DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform promotes individual responsibility. The Democrat Party platform promotes dependency on government and on charity. When you were young, did you do volunteer work?  I did not. Instead, I selfishly earned money for cars and for college by selfishly doing yard work, selfishly delivering newspapers, selfishly washing dishes, selfishly cleaning golf shoes, selfishly chipping slag, selfishly pumping gasoline, selfishly delivering mail, selfishly working on an automobile assembly line, and selfishly working as a security guard. Consequently, I selfishly graduated from NIU debt-free in 1970 selfishly owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article156384634.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Durbin: GOP plan to cut Medicaid would hurt schools – Julia Evelsizer
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/durbin-gop-plan-to-cut-medicaid-would-hurt-schools/article_4ba29c4a-7d34-57b6-83ca-8ab64226c2c4.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Social Service Agencies Suffering Because of Budget Impasse – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/social-service-agencies-suffering-because-of-budget-impasse-06-17-2017

 

WJBC
— Duckworth, Durbin visit here to slam Trump, GOP spending plans – Howard Packowitz  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who slam me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/06/17/duckworth-durbin-visit-here-to-slam-trump-gop-spending-plans/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Appellate Court Rejects Social Service Agencies Seeking Payment During Budget Impasse – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/appellate-court-rejects-social-service-agencies-seeking-payment-during-budget-impasse#stream/0
— Special Session — Real Movement Or Just Marketing? – SEAN CRAWFORD, BRIAN MACKEY & CHARLES N. WHEELER III
http://nprillinois.org/post/state-week-special-session-real-movement-or-just-marketing#stream/0

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Taxpayers say ‘reform,’ but lawmakers hear ‘more taxes,’ policy pro says – Karen Kidd  (DIERSEN: Democrats, Democrat plants, and RINOs always want Republicans to pay more taxes. I should write a book about Democrats, Democrat plants, and RINOs in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want my wife and I to pay more takes.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511128865-taxpayers-say-reform-but-lawmakers-hear-more-taxes-policy-pro-says
— Ex-state senator Michael Noland sues over ‘unconstitutional’ skipped paychecks, years after supporting skipped pay – Scott Holland
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511128835-ex-state-senator-sues-over-unconstitutional-skipped-paychecks-years-after-supporting-skipped-pay

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Farm Bureau sees Trump’s Cuba policy as step backwards – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/agriculture/illinois-farm-bureau-sees-trump-s-cuba-policy-as-step/article_4047fc3e-52de-11e7-bd58-2f3b917e8448.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Tom Cullerton outraged at NIU pay off – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/tom-cullerton-outraged-at-niu-pay-off/
— Mormons Feel Threatened as Nauvoo City Council Member Calls for “Tar and Feathers” – JOHN KRAFT  (DIERSEN: What do those in your municipality who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do to a) threaten those who they disapprove of, b) threaten those who do not pander to them, c) threaten those who refuse to serve as their operatives or dupes, d) threaten those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and e) threaten those who refuse to give them money?)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/mormons-feel-threatened-as-nauvoo-city-council-member-calls-for-tar-and-feathers/

 

GOPUSA
— Assassination List Found On James Hodgkinson’s Body
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25933
— A Long History of Leftist Hatred – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25875
— We don’t need gun control — we need Democrat control
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25942?omhide=true

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats’ Deadly Rhetoric – Daniel John Sobieski
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/06/6_16_2017_15_14.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— Left-Wing Terrorist Hodgkinson Had an Assassination List Targeting Conservative Reps – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/06/16/report-left-wing-terrorist-hodgkinson-had-an-assassination-list-targeting-conservative-reps/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Leftist Violence Reaches Its Nadir – DEROY MURDOCK
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448733/left-anti-donald-trump-political-violence-reaches-its-peak
— 2017 Is Not and Will Never Be 1968 – MAX BLOOM  (DIERSEN: What did you do in 1968?  I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time mailman for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.  I saved money for college expenses.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448726/american-society-political-conflict-2017-not-1968

 

THE HILL
— Trump earns $598M as Mar-a-Lago profits spike – MEGAN R. WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338208-trumps-financial-disclosure-released

 

POLITICO
— Trump reports assets of at least $1.4 billion in financial disclosure – THEODORIC MEYER and MATTHEW NUSSBAUM
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/16/us-ethics-office-releases-trumps-financial-disclosure-239649

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/only-mass-deportation-can-save-america.html
— ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S. for Now, but Long-Term Fate Is Unclear – MICHAEL D. SHEAR and VIVIAN YEE  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps love anything a) that encourages people to come to America illegally, b) that encourages people to stay in America illegally, and c) that encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  Anti-Trumps want dreamers to get preference in all aspects of American life. Soon, if not already, anti-Trump employers will crow a) that they hire, retain, and promote dreamers and b) that they refuse to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/trump-will-allow-dreamers-to-stay-in-us-reversing-campaign-promise.html
— A Campus Argument Goes Viral. Now Evergreen State College Is Under Siege. – ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/evergreen-state-protests.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rage Is All the Rage, and It’s Dangerous  A generation of media figures are cratering under the historical pressure of Donald Trump. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rage-is-all-the-rage-and-its-dangerous-1497571401
— How to Measure Diversity – Eugenia Cheng  (DIERSEN: To promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and/or Inclusion is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-measure-diversity-1497453642
— The Great Mariel Boatlift Debate: Does Immigration Lower Wages?  Decades after a wave of Cuban refugees landed in Florida, a dispute among economists over their economic impact – Ben Leubsdorf
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-great-mariel-boatlift-experiment-1497630468
https://www.wsj.com/video/the-mariel-boatlift-immigration-impact-on-local-workers/B196001A-12AE-44E1-8F00-5D99918484A3.html
— Amazon Will Free You From the Minivan  With his Whole Foods purchase, Jeff Bezos takes aim at groceries—and car ownership. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been, are, and will forever be anti-cars, and especially anti-American nameplate cars. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want “cheap labor” and hate unions, hate former union members, hate union members, and hate future union members.  Overwhelmingly, operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like those they work for have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-will-free-you-from-the-minivan-1497650502
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, California acts like it is going to secede and join up with Mexico.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-seeking-to-curtail-spread-of-immigrant-detention-centers-in-state-1497622962
— College Students Staying in School at Higher Rates  Report cites differences by race and ethnicity – Melissa Korn  (DIERSEN: Since 1966, some, many, most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the ONLY reason why I was a full-time college student 1966-1970 was to avoid the draft.  I my defense, as a part-time student 1972-1976, I earned an MBA from Loyola; as a part-time student 1976-1980, I earned a master’s degree in Accounting from DePaul; and as a part-time student 1992-1997, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-students-staying-in-school-at-higher-rates-1497625461

 

LOS ANGELES INDEPENDENT
— Gay Pride Parade becomes resistance march – Dan Wanlass (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time UNITE TO GET RID OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS, COUNTRIES, ETC. THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://laindependent.com/gay-pride-parade-becomes-resistance-march/

 

PHILLY
— Concern rises over video gambling at ‘stop-and-go’ stores
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/legislation-could-turn-philly-stop-and-gos-into-mini-casinos-20170616.html

 

ATLANTIC
— Does Bad Health Care Constitute Cruel and Unusual Punishment?  A class-action lawsuit in Illinois argues that medical treatment inside the state’s corrections system puts inmates “at risk of pain, injury, and death.” – Joe Raedle
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/illinois-prisons-health-care/530400/

 

BLASTING NEWS
— Ann Coulter turns on Donald Trump in scathing tweetstorm for ignoring America   Ann Coulter jumped off the “Trump Train” during a multi-tweet rant over the president not doing enough to make American great again. – Robert Sobel
http://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2017/06/ann-coulter-turns-on-donald-trump-in-scathing-tweetstorm-for-ignoring-america-001780459.html

June 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nybo urges lawmaker support of introduced ‘Capitol Compromise’ budget proposal – Tim Bryers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-nybo-urges-lawmaker-support-of-introduced-ca-2017-06-15-story.html
— Day after shooting, members of Congress step up to plate – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-congressional-baseball-game-illinois-met-0616-20170615-story.html
— Bipartisan baseball: Dems best GOP, give trophy to wounded Scalise – Erica Werner and Kevin Freking
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congressional-baseball-game-20170615-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Cook County to stop prosecuting some traffic offenses because it lacks resources, Foxx’s office says – Megan Crepeau
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-states-attorney-traffic-offense-prosecution-20170615-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump’s tweets are accelerating his own political death spiral.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-tweets-investigation-rosenstein-20170616-story.html
— Will County officials discuss freight, heroin during DC trip – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-dc-trip-st-0614-20170615-story.html
— Emanuel friend, alderman’s husband both illegally lobbied mayor via his personal email, ethics board finds – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Should they register as lobbyists?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-lobbying-violations-met-0616-20170616-story.html
— Todd Stroger among city employees who didn’t file ethics statement on time
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-friday-edition-20170615-story.html
— Facebook page of Virginia shooter’s wife becomes heated public battleground – Leonor Vivanco
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-james-hodgkinson-wife-facebook-page-met-20170615-story.html
— OPRF principal, assistant wrestling coach reprimanded after investigation into off-campus incident – Steve Schering
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-sex-misconduct-punishment-tl-0608-20170616-story.html
— District 128 officials turn themselves in on perjury charges – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-school-perjury-bail-st-0616-20170615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel donor and alderman’s husband face fines for improper lobbying – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Should they register as lobbyists?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-donor-and-aldermans-husband-face-fines-for-improper-lobbying/

— Madigan: Emanuel ‘scared’ of federal oversight of CPD, but door open – Fran Spielman

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-emanuel-scared-of-federal-oversight-of-cpd-but-door-open/
— Union group offers details of potential bid for Sun-Times – Mitch Dudek  (DIERSEN: If sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years (almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS). Virtually all of my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being vicious union haters.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/union-group-offers-details-of-potential-bid-for-sun-times/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cullerton: No stopgap budget will pass Senate – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/cullerton-no-stopgap-budget-will-pass-senate
— Outgoing NIU president to get $600,000 severance deal – AP  (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors did not offer me any kind of “deal” to get me to take their early retirement “offer.” Instead, they threatened to constructively demote me and make the rest of my GAO career a living hell.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, a veteran, or if GAO had been unionized.  GAO did not unionize until 2007.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170616/news/306169952/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Northern Illinois University will pay President Doug Baker about $600,000 plus benefits when he steps down later this month. Baker announced Thursday that he is resigning in the wake of a state investigation accusing him and other administrators of mismanagement when it comes to hiring consultants. Later that day trustees emerged from a nearly seven-hour closed session to announce his severance arrangement. Under the deal Baker will receive a full year’s salary of $450,000 and $137,000 to not serve as a member of the College of Business faculty.)
— Indicted Libertyville school officials turn selves in – Ellen Mauer
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/indicted-libertyville-school-officials-turn-selves-in
— District 59 residents blame low home values on test scores – Chacour Koop  (DIERSEN: How high/low are the test scores in the school districts that your home is in?  What drives those scores up/down in the school districts that your home is in?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170616/district-59-residents-blame-low-home-values-on-test-scores
— Leftward shift would be a disaster for Democrats – Steven & Cokie Roberts (DIERSEN: In Illinois, ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on destroying and/or driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170616/leftward-shift-would-be-recipe-for-disaster
— Trump acknowledges he’s being investigated – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors were always investigating me a) because I had not become a Democrat, b) because I had not painted myself as being a yes-man, c) because I had not helped my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) because I had complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170616/news/306169949/

 

CBS2
— Groups Anticipate Gov. Rauner Will Sign Anti-Hate Measure – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following groups that you are a member of, the more that anti-Trumps paint you as being a hater: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/15/groups-anticipate-gov-rauner-will-sign-anti-hate-measure/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s ends longtime Olympics partnership – JESSICA WOHL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170616/NEWS06/170619916

— Who’s best suited to oversee Chicago police reform? Lisa Madigan, that’s who. – MATT TOPIC
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170616/OPINION/170619932

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local leaders brainstorming ways of attacking opioid use – Dean Olsen  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America focus on promoting destructive/illegal behavior?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170615/local-leaders-brainstorming-ways-of-attacking-opioid-use

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legislators headed back to Springfield next week for special session – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-16/legislators-headed-back-springfield-next-week-special-session.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In the fight to reform funding, Illinois ‘school districts are pawns in a serious political game’ – Pam Adams
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170615/in-fight-to-reform-funding-iilinois-school-districts-are-pawns-in-serious-political-game

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rep. Steve Scalise is a Roommate of Southern Illinois Congressman John Shimkus – JENNIFER FULLER
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rep-steve-scalise-roommate-southern-illinois-congressman#stream/0

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Calls For Compromise As GOP Attacks – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-calls-compromise-gop-attacks#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Trump to announce plan to stop cash flow to Cuban military – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35679105/trump-to-announce-plan-to-stop-cash-flow-to-cuban-military

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Before Scalise shooting, Wagner had reported five death threats to Capitol Police – Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/before-scalise-shooting-wagner-had-reported-five-death-threats-to/article_6b44a6fa-f0ea-5b1d-a680-459493807022.html

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Should We Be Worried About Milwaukee’s Attempt to Lure Us Up North?  Our northern neighbors want to win Chicagoans’ hearts—really, really bad. – ROD O’CONNOR  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly the Democrats who run Illinois focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who focus on driving me out of my precinct, out of Wheaton’s West District, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois. They would love it.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2017/Milwaukee-vs-Chicago/

 

DAILY LEGAL NEWS
— High Court: Police removal of Occupy Chicago protesters was constitutional
https://www.isba.org/dailylegalnews/2017-06-16/highcourtpoliceremovalofoccupychica

 

ILLINOIS 21TH SHOW
— Sen. Dick Durbin: Alleged Congressional Shooter James T. Hodgkinson Emailed Office For Past 8 Years – NIALA BOODHOO, SEAN NEUMANN AND ALAN MONTECILLO
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/program/sen.-dick-durbin-alleged-congressional-shooter-james-t.-hodgkinson-emailed

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 7 REASONS THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS’ BUDGET PLAN FAILS TAXPAYERS – Craig Lesner and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/7-reasons-the-illinois-republicans-budget-plan-fails-taxpayers/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? CELEBRATING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BIRTHDAY ON FLAG DAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/wheres-weyermuller-celebrating-president-trumps-birthday-on-flag-day.html

 

GOPUSA
— MSNBC’s Ratings Lead to Blood – Cliff Kincaid
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25902

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pelosi: ‘Outrageous’ for Republicans to blame Democrats for heated rhetoric – Sally Persons
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/nancy-pelosi-outrageous-republicans-blame-democrat/
— Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game – Stephen Dinan  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those “congressional staffers” should be immediately terminated.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/congressional-staffers-boo-trump-unity-baseball-ga/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rep. Mark Sanford, South Carolina Republican, sides with the anti-Trumps.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/mark-sanford-donald-trump-partially-blame-heated-r/

 

JOHN BIVER
— D.C. Shooter a Fan of the Southern Poverty Law Center
http://johnbiver.com/d-c-shooter-fan-southern-poverty-law-center/

 

DAILY CALLER
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Administration Rescinds Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents Amnesty Program – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always badmouthed my parents and the rest of my ancestors.  But none of them came to America illegally, none of them stayed in America illegally, and none of them brought others to America illegally.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/promise-kept-trump-admin-rescinds-dapa-amnesty-program/
— ESPN Host Says NFL Injects Politics ‘By Playing The National Anthem’ – KENT STROBL  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are taking over sports in America: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/espn-host-says-nfl-injects-politics-by-playing-the-national-anthem-video/

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump just revoked an Obama amnesty program for illegal aliens – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always badmouthed my parents and the rest of my ancestors.  But none of them came to America illegally, none of them stayed in America illegally, and none of them brought others to America illegally.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/16/trump-just-revoked-an-obama-amnesty-program-for-illegal-aliens/
— Pelosi falls back into partisan rhetoric, blames Fox News for GOP baseball shooting – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/15/pelosi-falls-back-into-partisan-rhetoric-blames-fox-news-for-gop-baseball-shooting/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ‘PROOF POSITIVE OF TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME’  Bachmann blames assassination attempt of GOP lawmakers on ‘ravings of ‘lunatic left’ – GARTH KANT
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/proof-positive-of-trump-derangement-syndrome/

 

HOT AIR
— Hey, One Left-Wing Gunman Doesn’t Make A Movement – MICHAEL TOMASKY
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2017/06/15/hey-one-left-wing-gunman-doesnt-make-a-movement/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— News website Fusion calls Steve Scalise ‘bigoted homophobe’ as he lies in critical condition
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news-website-fusion-calls-steve-scalise-bigoted-homophobe-as-he-lies-in-critical-condition/article/2626204

 

POLITICO
— Trump won’t alter status of current Dreamers  Work permits won’t be canceled, but 2014 Obama immigration moves that were iced by courts are revoked. – JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/15/trump-immigration-dreamers-status-239621
— Trump’s new NY HUD director planned Eric Trump’s wedding, has no housing experience – JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER, and DANIEL LIPPMAN  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS.  After 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, I transferred to GAO. During the first 6 years and the last 9 years of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, my Democrat superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS, that is, they wasted my knowledge of IRS. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, they would not have done that.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/06/16/ny-daily-news-trumps-new-ny-hud-director-planned-eric-trumps-wedding-has-no-housing-experience-dems-drub-gop-at-baseball-game-a-record-24-959-tickets-sold-pence-hires-mcguirewoods-cullen-bday-bres-220870
(FROM THE ARTICLE: THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: “President Trump chooses inexperienced woman who planned his son Eric’s wedding to run N.Y. federal housing programs,” by Greg Smith: “She’s arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses, served as the liaison to the Trump family during his presidential campaign, and even arranged Eric Trump’s wedding. Now President Trump has appointed longtime loyalist Lynne Patton — who has zero housing experience and claims a law degree the school says she never earned — to run the office that oversees federal housing programs in New York.)

 

CNN
— New gun control action after congressional shooting? Don’t bet on it – Gregory Krieg
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/15/politics/steve-scalise-baseball-shooting-gun-control/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Allow ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S., Reversing Campaign Promise – MICHAEL D. SHEAR  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps will use this as a mandate to accelerate their efforts to get rid individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that at Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/trump-will-allow-dreamers-to-stay-in-us-reversing-campaign-promise.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— America’s new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t – William Wan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/americas-new-tobacco-crisis-the-rich-stopped-smoking-the-poor-didnt/2017/06/13/a63b42ba-4c8c-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California: John Cox, GOP candidate for governor, gives himself another $2 million – Phil Wilson
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-john-cox-gop-candidate-for-governor-1497565104-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Believers Need Not Apply – Sohrab Ahmari (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois post signs that say members of the following groups “need not apply:” Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalism-believers-need-not-apply-1497570751

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook taps artificial intelligence in new push to block terrorist propaganda – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of propaganda. My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say “the platform is the problem” and they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/15/facebook-using-artificial-intelligence-to-crack-down-on-terrorism/102887032/
— Technology start-ups founded by women hire more women – Rachel Sandler  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, GAO will be the first federal agency in which 100% of its employees are Democrat AND ALSO minority, female, under age 40, and/or veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/06/14/technology-start-ups-founded-women-hire-more-women-study-finds/102861592/

 

STANDARD EXAMINER
— An attack on a lawmaker — an attack on our way of life – Editorial
http://www.standard.net/Our-View/2017/06/15/Steve-Scalise-Louisiana-Republicans-James-Hodgkinson-Illinois-Gabrielle-Giffords-Arizona-gun-violence-editorial-1.html

 

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— When Leaders Are Hired for Talent but Fired for Not Fitting In – Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Clarke Murphy  (DIERSEN: How could you have “fit in” better where you worked?  I would have fit in better if I a) had become a Democrat, b) had painted myself as being a yes-man, c) had helped my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) had not complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://hbr.org/2017/06/when-leaders-are-hired-for-talent-but-fired-for-not-fitting-in
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Understand their own organizational culture: Knowing a leader’s motives and values is pointless unless organizations are also able to decode their own culture. Sadly, most organizations underestimate the importance of accurately profiling their culture so they end up relying on intuitive and unrealistic ideas that say more about what they would like to be than what they actually are. This is why a large number of companies today describe themselves as “entrepreneurial,” “innovative,” “results-oriented,” or “diverse,” even when their own employees perceive a very different type of culture. Well-designed climate surveys, which crowdsource people’s views and experiences of the organizational culture, are a much better indicator of a company’s true values than the aspirational competencies curated by senior executives.)

 

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump signs executive order to roughly double to $200 million the taxpayer money spent on learn-to-earn programs. What did you do to “learn-to-earn?”  I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/watch-live-trump-expected-sign-executive-order-apprenticeships/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— 100 House Democrats voice opposition to Trump’s proposed federal retirement cuts – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as someone who was in line for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1966 when I was 18 and who has been getting a CSRS pension since 1997 when I was 49.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/congress/2017/06/100-house-democrats-voice-opposition-to-trumps-proposed-federal-retirement-cuts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “These are highly skilled and dedicated public servants,” members of Congress wrote. “Taking their pensions away and gutting their pay would have the effect of pushing those skilled people out of the civil service and impairing the recruitment of new talent.” . . . But these proposals are particularly offensive, lawmakers said, because they would impact current and future retirees, not just prospective federal employees. “This breaks a promise to current federal employees and retirees,” they wrote. “We should not alter policies that families have planned their lives around, particularly when it affects current retirees with limited ability to make up for unforeseen reductions in expected income.” Several federal employee unions and organizations have adamantly voiced their own concerns over the president’s retirement proposals. “In exchange for years of hard work over long careers, our government made a commitment to middle-class federal and postal workers in the form of modest federal pensions in retirement,” the coalition said. “Those pensions are not gifts; they were earned. Diminishing their value in any way for current employees and retirees fails to honor the commitments made to our public servants.”)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Democrats Pen Letter Blasting Proposed Federal Retirement Cuts – Erich Wagner  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as someone who was in line for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1966 when I was 18 and who has been getting a CSRS pension since 1997 when I was 49.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/06/house-democrats-pen-letter-blasting-proposed-fed-retirement-cuts/138737/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Rooted in Their Communities, Local Newspapers are Still Optimistic – Tim Gallagher  (DIERSEN: Tragically, no newspaper in rooted in Wheaton.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-rooted-in-their-communities-local-newspapers-are-still-optimistic/

June 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rauner calls for 10-day special session to force budget deal – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-calls-for-10-day-special-session-next-week/2103254/
— Powerball, Mega Millions to drop Illinois due to state’s budget crisis
http://abc7chicago.com/news/powerball-mega-millions-to-drop-illinois-due-to-states-budget-crisis/2102938/
— Play sponsors pulling out after President Trump lookalike killing scene in ‘Julius Caesar’
http://abc7chicago.com/news/play-sponsors-pulling-out-after-trump-lookalike-killing-scene-in-julius-caesar/2087587/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Calls Illinois Lawmakers Back to Springfield for Special Session  “Republicans in the General Assembly have laid out a compromise budget plan that I can sign,” Rauner said in a video announcing the special session. – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Rauner-to-Call-Lawmakers-to-Special-Session-in-Springfield-Sources-428542623.html
— Powerball, Mega Millions to Drop Illinois Amid State Budget Crisis  The association, which runs Mega Millions and Powerball, said in internal Illinois Lottery communications it would drop the games
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/powerball-mega-millions-dropping-illinois-lottery-budget-crisis-428662263.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Calls Special Session, But Will Lawmakers Pass Budget? – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/15/rauner-calls-special-session-but-will-lawmakers-pass-budget/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pressure for budget deal builds as Rauner calls special session, Cullerton says no stopgap – Kim Geiger and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-legislature-budget-special-session-met-06-20170615-story.html
— Scalise has more surgery as authorities track shooter’s path to Virginia baseball field – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-congressional-baseball-shooting-20170615-story.html
— Oak Brook abruptly drops red light camera lawsuit – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dob-drop-red-light-lawsuit-tl-0622-20170615-story.html
— State budget prompts legislators to call ’emergency’ town hall in Naperville – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-illinois-budget-town-hall-naperville-st-0616-20170615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Powerball, Mega Millions to drop Illinois due to state’s budget crisis – Tina Sfondeles and Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/powerball-mega-millions-to-drop-illinois-due-to-states-budget-crisis/
— Gov. Rauner calls for 10-day special legislative session – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-calls-for-10-day-special-legislative-session/
— Cut a deal for Illinois in the no-blame zone – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/cut-a-deal-for-illinois-in-the-no-blame-zone/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/an-opening-to-a-better-understanding-of-islam/

 

DAILY HERALD
— NIU president to step down after report shows mismanagement – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/niu-president-to-step-down-after-report-shows-mismanagement
— Tom Cullerton works with local assessors to give residents better understanding of property taxes
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170615/tom-cullerton-works-with-local-assessors-to-give-residents-better-understanding-of-property-taxes
— Cubans now face same deportation risk as other immigrants – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170615/news/306159973/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner calls special session as lawmakers await Madigan’s move – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170615/BLOGS02/170619924/rauner-calls-special-session-as-lawmakers-await-madigans-move
— Latest victim of budget impasse: Your commute. – NONA TEPPER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170615/NEWS02/170619920/latest-victim-of-budget-impasse-your-commute
— Summer vacation? Lots of Americans say they can’t afford it. – AP  (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America.  Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170615/NEWS07/170619933/summer-vacation-lots-of-americans-say-they-cant-afford-it

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Fewer public offices: It is doable – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-15/jim-dey-fewer-public-offices-it-doable.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Officials push Rauner on Peotone airport
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/officials-push-rauner-on-peotone-airport/article_c6e540f6-152b-542c-8c82-9daeeff19eda.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Where have all the new homes gone? – Austin Berg
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/berg-where-have-all-the-new-homes-gone/article_c2f59dce-5146-11e7-89e1-87cceb3f05f8.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— NIU’s President Baker steps down effective June 30th – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/nius-president-baker-steps-down-effective-june-30th/
— Is Congress paving way for Illinois to file Bankruptcy? – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/is-congress-paving-way-for-illinois-to-file-bankruptcy/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REP. IVES CALLS FOR STATE BUDGET THAT SPENDS LESS THAN REVENUE PROJECTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/rep-ives-calls-for-state-budget-that-spends-less-than-revenue-projections.html
— REP MCSWEENEY RESISTS GOP FLOOR LEADER’S INCOME TAX HIKE PUSH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/house-il-gop-spokesman-promotes-tax-hike.html
— STATE REP ALLEN SKILLICORN CALLS FOR FORENSIC AUDIT OF ILLINOIS’ $15B IN UNPAID BILLS  (DIERSEN: I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/state-rep-calls-for-forensic-audit-of-illinois-15b-in-unpaid-bills.html
— IL SENATOR DAVE SYVERSON BLAMES LEFTIST RHETORIC FOR ATTACK ON U.S. CONGRESS MEMBERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/il-senator-blames-leftist-rhetoric-for-attack-on-us-congress-members.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Raoul, Brady, Cullerton, Illinois Policy Institute, Durkin, DGA, Radogno respond *** Rauner calls 10-day special session
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/15/rauner-calls-10-day-special-session/
— Pritzker campaign takes advantage of new Facebook tech
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/15/pritzker-campaign-takes-advantage-of-new-facebook-tech/

 

GOPUSA
— ICE chief says illegal aliens should have fear of being deported
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25828
— N.J. teacher suspended over yearbook censorship of pro-Trump messages
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25758

 

DAILY CALLER
— Mark Steyn: ‘The Left Wants To Denormalize And Dehumanize Its Political Opposition’ – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on denormalizing and dehumanizing those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/14/marc-steyn-the-left-wants-to-denormalize-and-dehumanize-its-political-opposition/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Environmentalists Demand Trillions in Lower Returns for Pensions – MATT MACKOWIAK
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448651/pensions-divest-energy-stocks-terrible-idea

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The criminal investigation of Trump puts his presidency in peril.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/06/15/the-criminal-investigation-of-trump-puts-his-presidency-in-peril/
— Suspect blasted GOP for favoring ‘super rich’ in letters to local newspaper – Abigail Hauslohner and Julie Tate  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always blasted me as being “super rich.” While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, they stressed the new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, the new 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and the new 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I drove to work.  They stressed that I stayed at the University Plaza Dormitory at NIU.  While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, they stressed the new 1972 Chevy Corvette, the new 1978 Chevy Chevette, and the new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale that I bought.  They stressed the new town home that I bought in 1972, the studio condo that I bought in 1974, the one bedroom condo that I bought in 1976, 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton that my wife and I bought in 1978. They stressed the tuition that I paid for graduate courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and DePaul 1976-1980. They stressed my wife’s salary.  While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, they stressed 915 Cove Court that we had built in Wheaton in 1984, the collector cars that I bought in 1989 and 1994, the tuition that I paid for graduate finance courses 1992-1997, my wife’s salary, that we had no children, and the money that we saved for our retirement.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2017/live-updates/public-safety/updates-shooting-at-congressional-baseball-practice-in-virginia/suspect-blasted-gop-for-favoring-super-rich-in-letters-to-local-newspaper/

June 15 Morning Edition

ABC7
— If Illinois lawmakers don’t pass budget, IDOT may stop all roadwork – Jessica D’Onofrio
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/no-illinois-budget-could-mean-no-roadwork-idot-says/2102138/

 

NBC5
— Rauner to Call Lawmakers to Special Session in Springfield: Sources – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-to-Call-Lawmakers-to-Special-Session-in-Springfield-Sources-428542623.html
— IDOT Could Halt Road Construction Due to State Budget Impasse
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/IDOT-Could-Halt-Road-Construction-Due-to-State-Budget-Impasse-428616113.html
— Seeking Normalcy, Congress Heads Back to Work Day After Shooting  The shocking events left the Capitol horrified and stunned, and prompted immediate reflection on the current hostility and vitriol in American politics – Erica Werner and Chad Day
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Congress-Seeks-Normalcy-After-Shooting-428588803.html

 

CBS2
— Congressional Charity Baseball Game To Go On After Shooting Spree At Practice
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/15/congressional-charity-baseball-game-shooting-spree-practice/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— IDOT could halt road construction due to state budget impasse
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/261516481-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Business pushes Rauner to sign bill to protect immigrants – Robert Reed  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, business sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-immigration-rauner-robert-reed-0615-biz-20170614-column.html
— Potential Emanuel challenger ‘Chuy’ Garcia steps out tonight
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-thursday-edition-20170614-story.html
— International poll: Most people say there’s no such thing as cultural superiority – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, 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, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors HINT/IMPLY/ARGUE/SHOUT THAT THEY ARE CULTURALLY SUPERIOR.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-tns-bc-cultural-superiority-poll-20170602-story.html
— Man with concealed carry permit fires at robbers on Wacker Drive – Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-downtown-chicago-concealed-carry-robbery-20170614-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning people against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-ap-poll-trump-20170615-story.html
— Naperville outdoor Wi-Fi park may cost $400,000, be funded by donations – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-tech-park-funding-st-0616-20170615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How property tax assessments in Cook County favor the rich – Editorial  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the property tax assessment history of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton and related litigation.  Rich individuals, rich organizations, rich companies, and rich governments fought tooth and nail against lowering the assessment because of unrecorded easements, code violations, construction defects, lot drainage problems, etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/how-property-tax-assessments-in-cook-county-favor-the-rich/
— IDOT to put brakes on roadwork due to state budget impasse – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/idot-to-put-brakes-on-roadwork-due-to-state-budget-impasse/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage looking to improve election results website – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170615/dupage-looking-to-improve-election-results-website
— Libertyville District 128 school board member, secretary indicted on perjury charges – Lee Filas and Charles Keeshan
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/libertyville-district-128-school-board-member-secretary-indicted-on-perjury-charges

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Finding ways to rein in hateful political rhetoric – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170614/our-view-finding-ways-to-rein-in-hateful-political-rhetoric

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis, Shimkus to play ball the day after Illinois man’s attack – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/tom-kacich/2017-06-15/davis-shimkus-play-ball-day-after-illinois-mans-attack.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Trump’s view of Cuba worries some central Illinois leaders – Chris Kaergard
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170614/trumps-view-of-cuba-worries-some-central-illinois-leaders

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— What’s It Gonna Take To Get A Budget? – CHARLES N. WHEELER
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-what-s-it-gonna-take-get-budget#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Amid uproar, Southern Baptists condemn ‘alt-right’ movement – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Whites will use this to condemn all Whites.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35662203/southern-baptists-reconsider-condemning-alt-right-movement

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you mock Trump, anti-Trumps promote you.  If you mock Trump, you mock those who support Trump.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/australias-pm-mocks-trump-at-political-event/741921169

 

CARMI TIMES
— Budget impasse in Springfield brought home by forum – Larry Eskridge
http://www.carmitimes.com/news/20170614/budget-impasse-in-springfield-brought-home-by-forum

 

O’FALLON
— Illinois Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti Visits O’Fallon
http://www.ofallon.org/home/news/illinois-lieutenant-governor-evelyn-sanguinetti-visits-o%E2%80%99fallon

 

WIRE POINTS
— New Study Details How Pensions Exploit New And Younger Teachers – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/new-study-details-how-pensions-exploit-new-and-younger-teachers-wirepoints-original/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Durkin touts GOP package of budget compromise legislation – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511127623-durkin-touts-gop-package-of-budget-compromise-legislation

 

SANGAMON SUN
— ‘Panicked’ Democrats fear House downfall after school funding bill, radio host Pat Hughes says – Karen Kidd
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511126076-panicked-democrats-fear-house-downfall-after-school-funding-bill-radio-host-says

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS’ BUDGET PLAN HIKES TAXES BY $5 BILLION – Craig Lesner and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-republicans-budget-plan-hikes-taxes-by-5-billion/
— Education finance solutions – Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/education-finance-solutions/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Is It Time to Increase the Size of Congress? – Robert Eno
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/is-it-time-to-increase-the-size-of-congress/

 

THE BLAZE
— The LGBT agenda is an active threat to our children – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-the-lgbt-agenda-is-an-active-threat-to-our-children/
— What Bernie Sanders did after Giffords 2011 shooting is coming back to haunt him – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/14/what-bernie-sanders-did-after-giffords-2011-shooting-is-coming-back-to-haunt-him/

 

FOX NEWS
— Bost: Shooter Contacted Our Office 10 Times in Past Year
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/15/illinois-house-member-shooter-contacted-our-office-10-times-past-year

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— NO MORE FREE LUNCH – Ken Blackwell
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/no-more-free-lunch/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SCALISE SHOOTER ‘LIKED’ LEFT-WING SMEAR GROUP LINKED TO CHICK-FIL-A ATTACK  Fan of SPLC, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, TV shows favored by left – JOE WILSON
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/scalise-shooter-liked-southern-poverty-law-center/
— ‘GAYS’ BATTLE RULING THEY CAN’T FORCE CHRISTIAN TO PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY  ‘Americans should always have the freedom to say no’ – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/gays-battle-ruling-they-cant-force-christian-to-promote-homosexuality/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— New York Times publishes despicable lies to soften its own culpability for left wing violence – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/new_york_times_publishes_despicable_lies_to_soften_its_own_culpability_for_left_wing_violence.html

 

FEDERALIST
— How To Keep Your Online Browsing Unfiltered By Political Propaganda – Jon Del Arroz
http://thefederalist.com/2017/06/14/keep-online-browsing-unfiltered-political-propaganda/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— We don’t need gun control — we need Democrat control – Cheryl K. Chumley
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/15/we-dont-need-gun-control-we-need-democrat-control/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— POLL SHOWS MOST DOUBT TRUMP’S RESPECT FOR INSTITUTIONS (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) focused on hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or young and b) focused on getting rid of their employees who Republican, and especially Republicans who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  The longer that I worked for the federal government, the more that I doubted my Democrat superiors’ respect for federal Civil Service laws, rules, and regulations.  If they had respected Civil Service laws, rules and regulations, my Democrat GAO superiors would NOT have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, would NOT have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, would have promoted me beyond GS-13, would have assigned me to audits of IRS, and would NOT have 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 have promoted me beyond GS-12, would NOT have disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they would NOT have disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would NOT have forced me resign in 1969 and would NOT have disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 or 1968.)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AP_POLL_TRUMP_INSTITUTIONS?SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-14-17-35-55

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lousy Pay Raise? That May Be as Good as It Gets – Greg Ip  (DIERSEN: What raises have you gotten?  Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, my federal salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.  While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, my salary increased from $15.56/hour to $16.60/hour in today’s dollars. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, my salary increased from $44,853/year to $90,173/year in today’s dollars. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $71,326/year to $122,991/year in today’s dollars.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-tight-labor-market-isnt-generating-better-pay-1497441272

 

BLOOMBERG
— Immigration Not Enough to Halt Exodus From Biggest U.S. Cities – Vincent Del Giudice and Wei Lu (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois focus on driving out of Chicago, out of Cook County, and out of Illinois those individuals, organizations, and companies, that at Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Ever-increasingly, business sides with foreign countries and with their citizens AGAINST America and AGAINST its citizens.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-15/immigration-not-enough-to-halt-exodus-from-biggest-u-s-cities
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Immigration to the U.S. has failed to make up for the number of residents leaving New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — the nation’s top three metropolitan areas. Chicago — beset by crime, economic and budgetary woes and high taxes — is the net exodus leader among 100 metro areas tracked by Bloomberg using Census Bureau data for the year through July 1, 2016. An average 245 local residents left the Windy City each day compared with the arrival of 71 foreigners. Census doesn’t inquire about a person’s citizenship status. As Chicago struggles, so does Illinois. Last year, the net number of business establishments in the Prairie State fell by 1,235 from 2015, the worst performance of any state in the union, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. For the nation’s third most-populous metropolitan area, foreign immigration “is the only offset we’ve got and it would be tragic to lose,” said Diane Swonk, chief executive and founder of DS Economics in Chicago.)

 

STARS & STRIPES
— Army’s first openly gay general celebrates advances during pride observance in S. Korea – KIM GAMEL (DIERSEN: From what I see, soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, the military will not take you, and if you are already in the military, it will get rid of you.  But that is ever-increasingly true of just about all organizations, all companies, all governments, all countries, all etc.)
https://www.stripes.com/news/army-s-first-openly-gay-general-celebrates-advances-during-pride-observance-in-s-korea-1.473623#.WUJtxBFSRZI

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Alexandria shootings against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
http://www.salon.com/2017/06/15/republican-reaction-to-alexandria-shootings-massive-hypocrisy-and-loose-talk-of-terrorism/

June 14 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Republican Central Committee held an outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, June 14, 2017, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.  Senator Mike Connelly and Representative Jeanne Ives gave outstanding updates on state budget problems and related issues.  Attendees included Almiron, Bibbiano, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Dangelo, Eckhoff, Elliott, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Amy Grant, Henry, Keller, Krzyzewski, LeVan, Lofgren, Mazzochi, McGowen, McNeily, Molitor, Nathwani, Orel, Ryan, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Politicians react to shooting of Majority Whip Scalise at Virginia Park
http://abc7chicago.com/news/politicians-react-to-shooting-of-majority-whip-scalise/2097407/

 

NBC5
— Ill. Congressman Who Was at Va. Baseball Practice During Shooting: ‘This Could Be the First Political Rhetorical Terrorist Act’  Davis tweeted Wednesday morning “Please pray for Steve and all those injured”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Ill-Teamembers-React-to-Shooting-at-Congressional-Baseball-Practice-428403553.html
— Illinois Politicians React to Shooting at Congressional Baseball Practice – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-politicians-react-shooting-congressional-baseball-practice-428448883.html

 

CBS2
— Rep. Rodney Davis: “This Would Have Been A Massacre” If Not For Capitol Police
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/14/rep-rodney-davis-this-would-have-been-a-massacre-if-not-for-police/
— Shooter Had Disappeared From Illinois After Erratic Behavior
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/14/shooter-had-disappeared-from-illinois-after-erratic-behavior/
— Rauner and Other Illinois Elected Officials React To Virginia Shooting
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/14/rauner-and-other-illinois-elected-officials-react-to-virginia-shooting/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Witness captures video of shooting where US congressman, three others wounded
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/261343212-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In 18 letters to paper, shooter ripped GOP, urged ‘progressive’ taxing
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/in-18-letters-to-paper-shooter-ripped-gop-urged-progressive-taxing/
— Ballfield gunman ‘always angry’ in contacts with congressman’s office – Frank Main, Lynn Sweet, Sam Charles and Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/alleged-baseball-practice-gunman-was-james-hodgkinson-of-belleville/
— Republicans say they have Rauner-backed ‘compromise’ budget plan – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/republicans-say-they-have-rauner-backed-compromise-budget-plan/
— When you get 90 percent, declare victory – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/when-you-get-90-percent-declare-victory/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Scalise remains in critical condition after attacker opens fire on GOP baseball practice – Erica Werner and Chad Day
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-steve-scalise-shot-gop-baseball-practice-20170614-story.html
— Illinois congressman Rodney Davis at Virginia shooting: ‘It’s my breaking point’ – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-congressman-virginia-shooting-20170614-story.html
— Amid Democratic criticism, Rauner’s Republicans offer ‘compromise’ plan to end stalemate – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-republicans-illinois-budget-met-0615-20170614-story.html
— Suspected Va. gunman identified as James T. Hodgkinson of downstate Illinois – David Heinzmann
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-james-hodgkinson-shooter-20170614-story.html
— In Belleville, gunman who shot GOP rep remembered ‘as a very irascible, angry little man’ – David Heinzmann and Jeff Coen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-james-hodgkinson-shooter-20170614-story.html
— Let’s take a step back, then demand clarity – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-virginia-shooting-kass-0615-20170614-column.html
— One man’s leap from activist to shooter is a warning for all of us to step back – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-steve-scalise-shooting-baseball-congress-edit-20170614-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Who was the shooter? – Belleville News-Democrat
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/who-was-the-shooter
— Hodgkinson letters: ‘I have never said life sucks, only the policies of the Republicans’ – Belleville News-Democrat
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/hodgkinson-letters-i-have-never-said-life-sucks-only-the-policies-of-the-republicans
— Historic Wheaton mansion may be saved after all – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/historic-wheaton-mansion-may-be-saved-after-all
— Former, current Illinois lawmakers don’t see big security changes coming – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/former-current-illinois-lawmakers-dont-see-big-security-changes-coming

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner promises to back GOP budget plan—but not Madigan – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170614/BLOGS02/170619944/rauner-promises-to-back-gop-budget-plan-but-not-madigan
— Shooting suspect’s back story: tales of gunfire and online rants – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170614/NEWS07/170619943/shooting-suspects-back-story-tales-of-gunfire-and-online-rants
— Illinois congressional alumni ‘never felt unsafe,’ but expect talks of more security – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/illinois-congressional-alumni-never-felt-unsafe-but-expect-talks-of-more-security

 

WTTW
— Durkin: Madigan ‘Needs to Work With Us’ on Balanced Budget – Eddie Arruza
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/14/durkin-madigan-needs-work-us-balanced-budget

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Davis calls for end to ‘hateful political rhetoric’ after shooting
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/davis-calls-for-end-to-hateful-political-rhetoric-after-shooting/article_3cc893b9-5239-5afe-a4a9-a4d0a14c6b3b.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner mum on Trump, but ‘superstar’ CHARLIE KIRK praises president – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170614/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-mum-on-trump-but-superstar-praises-president
— Will these Republican ideas break the state budget stalemate? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170614/will-these-republican-ideas-break-state-budget-stalemate

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Gunman from Illinois had ‘a lot of ammo’ – AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/nationworld/2017-06-14/update-gunman-illinois-had-lot-ammo.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— GOP Offers ‘Compromise’ State Budget with Familiar Reforms  House Republican Leader Promises Support for 4-Year Income Tax Increase With Reforms
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/06/14/gop-offers-compromise-state-budget-with-familiar-reforms

 

STATE LINE
— Three IL Congressman on Republican Baseball Team Targeted by Gunman  One witnessed shooting
http://www.mystateline.com/news/three-il-congressman-on-republican-baseball-team-targeted-by-gunman/741007852

 

SOUTHERN
— GOP offers ‘compromise’ state budget with familiar reforms – AP
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-offers-compromise-state-budget-with-familiar-reforms/article_884253af-0a36-545c-a810-bf446fefafa1.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Belleville-area man named as shooter of congressman had run-ins with police here
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/belleville-area-man-named-as-shooter-of-congressman-had-run/article_45e271e3-15b8-5664-8f45-05e0cd0f998c.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Belleville, Ill., man who shot at GOP congressional members posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/belleville-ill-man-who-shot-at-gop-congressional-members-posted/article_6ab749c6-5111-11e7-82ef-23166cd0cfcb.html

 

WIU
— WIU Alumnus Gabriel Grchan Heading IRS Criminal Investigation Division – Chicago  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988.)
http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=14641

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Notice of Appointment – Joseph H. Sobecki New Executive Director at the DuPage County Election Commission
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2017/55234/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Republicans file their bills
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/14/republicans-file-their-bills/
— Mendoza blasts Rauner, dings legislators
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/14/mendoza-blasts-rauner-dings-legislators/
— CTA also hit with credit downgrade
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/14/cta-also-hit-with-credit-downgrade/

 

GOPUSA
— Golden State Warriors decline invitation to the White House before being invited
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25752

 

DAILY CALLER
— Shooting At GOP Baseball Practice Latest In Pattern Of Violence Against Republicans – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/14/shooting-at-gop-baseball-practice-latest-in-pattern-of-violence-against-republicans/

 

TOWNHALL
— Shooter Identified As James T. Hodgkinson of Illinois; Facebook Page Shows Bernie Sanders Support – Christine Rousselle
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2017/06/14/shooter-identified-n2341086

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GUNMAN AT GOP BALLGAME: ‘ARE YOU DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS?’  Congressman among several shot by ‘white male’ in ‘deliberate attack’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/gop-rep-steve-scalise-others-shot-by-gunman/

 

DAILY WIRE
— ALLEGED SHOOTER IDENTIFIED: James T. Hodgkinson, 66, Apparent Bernie-Supporting Trump-Hater
http://www.dailywire.com/news/17524/alleged-shooter-identified-james-t-hodgkinson-66-ben-shapiro#

 

THE HILL
— Capitol Hill shaken by baseball shooting – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/337787-capitol-hill-shaken-by-baseball-shooting
— Rand Paul gives dramatic first-hand account of shooting – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/news/337721-rand-paul-shooting-would-have-been-much-worse-if-capitol-police-werent?rnd=1497445073
— Shooter had professed deep disgust with GOP – KATIE BO WILLIAMS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/337843-shooter-had-professed-deep-disgust-with-gop?rnd=1497477712

 

POLITICO

— Scalise remains in critical condition after mass shooting – LOUIS NELSON and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/14/house-majority-whip-scalise-wounded-in-northern-virginia-shooting-reports-of-multiple-shots-fired-239539

— House Republicans fear politically motivated shooting  ‘This political rhetoric and political discourse that has led to hate, has led to gunfire,’ Rep. Rodney Davis said. – RACHAEL BADE , HEATHER CAYGLE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/14/house-republicans-fear-congress-baseball-shooting-239552
— Tyson lobbyist critical after being shot in chest in GOP baseball practice attack – JENNY HOPKINSON , THEODORIC MEYER and HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/14/matt-mika-tyson-lobbyist-congress-baseball-shooting-victim-239546

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump makes statement on shooting in Alexandria
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-makes-statement-on-shooting-in-alexandria/

 

NBC NEWS
— After Shooting, Some in GOP Blame Incitement by Democrats – ALEX SEITZ-WALD
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/after-shooting-some-gop-blame-incitement-democrats-n772586

 

ABC NEWS
— Assailant who shot at GOP lawmakers had history of criminal run-ins – MEGHAN KENEALLY
http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-congressional-baseball-shooting-identified/story?id=48032649

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Virginia Shooting Suspect Was Distraught Over Trump’s Election, Brother Says – NICHOLAS FANDOS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/politics/virginia-shooting-suspect-james-hodgkinson.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— President and first lady visit Rep. Scalise at hospital – AP
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-president-and-first-lady-visit-rep-1497490083-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— ‘It’s time to destroy Trump & Co.:’ Scalise shooting suspect raged on Facebook – Kevin Johnson and Ray Locker
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/14/illinois-suspect-va-shooting-raged-against-trump-republicans/102846780/

 

NEWSWEEK
— ALEXANDRIA SHOOTING MOTIVE: DID ANTI-TRUMP RHETORIC INSPIRE JAMES HODGKINSON? – MAX KUTNER
http://www.newsweek.com/james-hodgkinson-shooting-sanders-supporter-625792

 

EDUCATION AND CAREER NEWS
— Career-Specific Educations Launch Careers and Keep Companies Competitive  General Assembly CEO Jake Schwartz weighs in on career-bolstering education and why modern employers should prioritize it in their workers. – Paula Andruss  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.  To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.educationandcareernews.com//higher-education/career-specific-educations-launch-careers-and-keep-companies-competitive
— Learning Fast and Often Is Your New Career Mantra  If you’re thinking of changing careers or even advancing in your current one, odds are good that you’ll need further education. But what kind? – David Schejbal
http://www.educationandcareernews.com/higher-education/learning-fast-and-often-is-your-new-career-mantra

 

DAILY BEAST
— Congressional Shooter Loved Bernie, Hated ‘Racist’ Republicans, and Beat His Daughter  James Hodgkinson’s first foster daughter committed suicide by lighting herself on fire, and he beat his second foster daughter. Three months ago he took “target practice” at home. – BRANDY ZADROZNY, KELLY WEILL, KATIE ZAVADSKI, EMMA KERR
http://www.thedailybeast.com/congressional-shooter-loved-bernie-sanders-hated-racist-and-sexist-republicans

 

DAILY MAIL
— Scalise, rising conservative star and gun rights advocate – AFP
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4604306/Scalise-rising-conservative-star-gun-rights-advocate.html

June 14 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL CONGRESSMAN DAVIS AT BAT WHEN SHOOTING STARTED; SHOOTER FROM BELLEVILLE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/il-congressman-davis-at-bat-when-shooting-started-shooter-possibly-from-belleville.html
— BELLEVILLE MAN WAS A SANDERS SUPPORTER, TRUMP HATER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/update-belleville-man-was-a-sanders-supporter-trump-hater.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? WITH 2000 PATRIOTS AT WALSH FREEDOM BBQ 2017
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/wheres-weyermuller-with-2000-patriots-at-walsh-freedom-bbq-2017.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Congressional shooter is from Belleville
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/14/report-congressional-shooter-is-from-belleville/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Alexandria Shooter James Hodgkinson, Belleville, IL – Facebook Groups – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/alexandria-shooter-james-hodgkinson-belleville-il-facebook-groups/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Heavy.com is reporting James T. Hodgkinson from Belleville, Illinois as the named shooter in the Alexandria, VA mass shooting of Republicans as they were practicing for a baseball game. We have captured the list of Facebook Groups he was a member of, and it is quite interesting – here are some of the more disturbing-looking ones:

 

The road to hell is paved with Republicans
Democrats are Welcome
Rachel Maddow for President 2020
Bernie Sanders for President 2020
Join the Resistance Worldwide
Donald Trump is not my President
Terminate the Republican Party
President Bernie Sanders
BERN ON #theRevolutionContinues
Illinois Berners United to Resist Trump
Americans Against Fox News
Boycott the Republican Party)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rodney Davis: “I never thought I’d go to baseball practice and get shot at” – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-safe-rodney-davis-at-practice-during-shooting/
— Suspect in shooting at congressional baseball practice has died
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-majority-whip-shot-at-congressional-baseball-practice/amp/
— More than a third of suburbs nix Cook wage hike, sick leave – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/more-than-a-third-of-suburbs-nix-cook-wage-hike-sick-leave/
— Congressional Democrats sue Trump over foreign payments – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/congressional-democrats-sue-trump-over-foreign-payments/
— Home-buying incentive for police officers sails through committee – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was 25, when IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $79,563/year) Revenue Officer job in its Loop office, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building and walked to work and to graduate business classes at Loyola.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/home-buying-incentive-for-police-officers-sails-through-committee/
— Black Lives Matter lawsuit seeks federal court oversight of CPD – Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-lives-matter-lawsuit-seeks-federal-court-oversight-of-cpd/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois’ Davis was in batter’s box when congressional shooting happened – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/illinois-davis-was-in-batters-box-when-congressional-shooting-happened
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND COLOR GRAPHIC: How suburban assessors discovered hundreds of illegal exemptions – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/how-suburban-assessors-discovered-hundreds-of-illegal-exemptions
— OUTSTANDING: Geneva favors raising fine for marijuana possession – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170613/news/170619720/
— TRAGIC: Schaumburg allows requests for tattoo businesses – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/schaumburg-allows-requests-for-tattoo-businesses
— Elk Grove Park District commissioner arrested, accused of striking parks employee – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170614/elk-grove-park-district-commissioner-arrested-accused-of-striking-parks-employee
— Popular Bloomingdale musician faces federal child porn charges – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/popular-bloomingdale-musician-faces-federal-child-porn-charges
— In lawsuit, Elburn company claims Facebook page secretly favors advertisers – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/in-lawsuit-elburn-company-claims-facebook-page-secretly-favors-advertisers

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner ‘special guest’ at $10,000 Illinois Republican Party fundraiser – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I give little or no money to the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee or Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, or America and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that “money is all that matters.”  In my defense, I give the aforesaid a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising. Since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 272,600 articles of interest to Illinois Republicans and information on many upcoming events.  GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year.  I spend about an hour putting the emails together and sending them out for every six articles in the emails, that is, since 2004, I have spent about 45,400 hours doing that, that is, at $100/hour, I have made in-kind donations to the aforesaid worth about $4,543,100.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-republican-party-fundraiser-20170613-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party is holding a Monday night fundraiser featuring all seven members of the state’s GOP delegation to the U.S. House plus what organizers are calling a “special guest” in Gov. Bruce Rauner. The event is called “Cocktails with the Congressmen” and tickets start at $100 per person, with $10,000 required to play “host” at the Rosemont outpost of Gene & Georgetti. Those paying $2,500 or more per person will gain access to a special hourlong reception prior to the general reception cattle call. Along with Rauner, scheduled to attend are Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam of Wheaton, Randy Hultgren of Plano, Adam Kinzinger of Channahon, Rodney Davis of Taylorville, John Shimkus of Collinsville, Darin LaHood of Peoria and Mike Bost of Murphysboro. Rauner has almost singlehandedly revived the Illinois Republican Party as a political force, largely through his own wallet. Rauner and his campaign fund have given the state GOP at least 72 percent of the $42.5 million it has raised since he took office as governor.)
— Area elected officials press Rauner to move ahead on airport – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-third-airport-rauner-st-0614-20170613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Safeguarding science from Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-science-research-budget-trump-edit-md-20170613-story.html
— Taking a break from the news – Garrison Keillor  (DIERSEN: As your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have never taken a break from the news and I never will.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-news-keillor-20170614-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clarence Page insults Donald Trump and Donald Trump’s supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-ignorance-ryan-comey-page-perspec-0614-md-20170613-story.html
— The mess in Venezuela didn’t happen overnight. Here’s how two successive presidents chipped away at democracy – Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-venezuela-democracy-2017-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attacks on news media  In 2007, Chavez refused to renew the broadcasting license of RCTV, the most widely followed anti-government station, forcing it to shut down and sparking nationwide protests. Since then, an estimated 300 independent small-town radio stations have either been shut down or forced to change to government-friendly formats, according to Marcelino Bisbal, a professor at Andres Bello Catholic University. Globovision, the last television station to broadcast anti-government editorials, was forced to sell in 2013 after owners complained of mounting government fines and political harassment. The new owners are businessmen with ties to Maduro. CNN, El Tiempo TV, NTN24 and other Spanish language cable channels that have criticized the government have been banned from broadcasting in Venezuela. Maduro halted TV broadcasts of National Assembly sessions last year after the opposition won majority control. In 2014, the largest daily newspaper, El Universal, was forced to sell to a government-friendly owner group.)
— Ethics board finds two more lobbying violations tied to Emanuel emails – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: Who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lobby the aforesaid to destroy me.  Should I file FOIA requests to see if my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have registered as lobbyists?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-ethics-board-lobbying-violations-met-0614-20170613-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two individuals who contacted Mayor Rahm Emanuel through his personal email broke the city’s lobbying laws, the Chicago Board of Ethics determined Tuesday. The panel voted without dissent to find the two people violated the law by seeking to influence City Hall action without registering as a lobbyist. Ethics board President William F. Conlon said the individuals would be identified on a city website, but not until later this week after they are notified of the ruling.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Mariano’s employee sues over fingerprint data – NONA TEPPER  (DIERSEN: To deter/detect potential conflicts of interest, federal employees are required to give their superiors lots of information about their financial assets and debts.  Federal employees should expect that their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who want to waste your career and who want to get rid of you will get your financial information and will use that information against you.  My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates talked and acted like they knew exactly what was on my and my wife’s income tax returns, what our incomes were, what are financial and other assets were, what our debts were, that we had no dependents, etc. They talked and acted like they viewed us as being undeservedly selfish rich DINKs (dual income, no kids).  They painted me as being someone who had way too much money, and therefore, a) someone who did not need nor should get pay increases or promotions and b) someone who should take early retirement as soon as it is offered.  They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170614/NEWS07/170619958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The plaintiff, Thomas Doporcyk, alleges that “Mariano’s disregards their employees’ statutorily protected privacy rights and unlawfully collects, stores and uses their biometric data,” according to a complaint filed June 9 in Cook County Circuit Court. Mariano’s required Doporcyk to check in and out of work by scanning his fingerprints, according to the suit. Mariano’s requires all Illinois employees, salaried and hourly, to clock in through a fingerprint scanner.)
— Uber’s culture led one Chicago tech firm to boycott it on moral grounds – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What is/was the culture where you work/worked?  Sadly, tragically, and unacceptably, despite civil service protections, in most, if not in virtually all government entities, the culture is patronage. Those who move up the ladder the fastest are those who are not only a member of their superiors’ political party, but someone who panders to their superiors, who serves as an operative or as a dupe for their superiors, and who helps their superiors get rid of employees who are members of other political parties.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/NEWS08/170619963
— Shut down this Illinois college tuition program now – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170614/BLOGS10/170619961

 

WTTW
— Illinois House Members on State Budget Impasse
http://www.pbs.org/video/3001779252/

 

DNA INFO
— The Public Cost Of Heroin: $51,000 A Year Per User, UIC Study Says  (DIERSEN: What is the public cost of each addicted smoker, drinker, gambler, pot smoker, etc.? No individual, organization, company, government, or country should promote vices.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170613/humboldt-park/cost-of-heroin-user-51000-per-year-society-uic-researchers-say

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Mendoza: Rauner fiddles as universities burn
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/guest-view-rauner-fiddles-as-universities-burn/article_129fb9fb-b957-5905-94ec-31c7453acec9.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— An excess of sausage – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-14/excess-sausage.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Measures like automatic voter registration show bipartisanship possible at Statehouse – Editorial  (DIERSEN: How many millions in America are registered to vote to in two, three, four, five+ states?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170613/our-view-measures-like-automatic-voter-registration-show-bipartisanship-possible-at-statehouse

 

CHICAGO BOOTH
— New data: Inequality runs even deeper than previously thought – HOWARD R. GOLD  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2017/article/new-data-inequality-runs-even-deeper-previously-thought

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Ameya Pawar takes a cheap shot calling Governor Rauner a racist – Peter Bella
http://www.chicagonow.com/interesting-chicago/2017/06/ameya-pawar-takes-a-cheap-shot-calling-governor-rauner-a-racist/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Budget Fight Goes Back To Court(s) – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-budget-fight-goes-back-courts#stream/0

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Democratic lawmakers, lobbyists have no interest in helping state taxpayers, Ives contends – Karen Kidd  (DIERSEN: Who has no interest in helping you?  The following have no interest in helping me, in fact, they work against me: 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, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and/or those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511125988-democratic-lawmakers-lobbyists-have-no-interest-in-helping-state-taxpayers-ives-contends

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep. Steve Andersson Signals Support for Tax Increases
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/14/rep-steve-andersson-signals-support-for-tax-increases/
— Lakewood Kills TIF District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/13/lakewood-kills-tif-district/

 

ILLINOIS CHANNEL
— Governor Rauner on Efforts to Put Caps on Property Taxes  (DIERSEN: How long have you paid property taxes?  I have paid property taxes since 1972 and my wife and I since 1978.)
https://www.illinoischannel.org/2017/06/13/governor-rauner-on-efforts-to-put-caps-on-property-taxes/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— CNN’s Fake Muslim Anti-Terror Protest – Amber Athey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/cnns-fake-muslim-anti-terror-protest/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Deerfield High School: A Stunning High School Graduation Blunder – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/stunning-high-school-graduation-blunder/

 

GOPUSA
— Rush Limbaugh: Democrats will ‘butcher the entire notion of decency’ to destroy Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25780
— Brent Bozell: Comey Flunks The New York Times
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25743
— Florida Sheriff urges citizens to arm themselves
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25723
— Trump was right — follow the money  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. It would be great if the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents would disclose who pays them and how much.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-was-right-follow-the-money/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— REWRITING AMERICAN HISTORY – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: Democrats what to rewrite history a) to make Democrats look as good as possible and b) to make members of the following groups look as bad as possible: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/rewriting-american-history/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— TEACHER WHO CENSORED PRO TRUMP SPEECH MAY HEAR THE WORDS “YOU’RE FIRED” (DIERSEN: Who wants to censor you? The following individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries want to censor me: those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and/or those that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/06/13/teacher-who-censored-pro-trump-speech-may-hear-the-words-youre-fired/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Group demands University of Chicago pay slavery reparations – Justin Caruso
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9296

 

THE HILL
— Nearly 200 Democrats sue Trump citing emoluments clause violation – BROOKE SEIPEL
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/337710-nearly-200-democrats-file-emoluments-lawsuit-against-trump

 

POLITICO
— Sanders condemns shooting by gunman who volunteered for his campaign
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/14/sanders-condemns-shooting-by-gunman-who-volunteered-for-his-campaign-239550

 

CNN
— Republican House whip Steve Scalise shot in Virginia shooting – Tal Kopan, Karl de Vries and Eugene Scott
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/alexandria-virginia-shooting/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— TRAGIC: Nevada officials aim to start legal pot sales by July 1
https://www.stl.news/bc-us-nevada-marijuana/27693/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Steve Scalise Among 5 Reportedly Shot at Baseball Field – CHRISTOPHER MELE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html
— Brands, Afraid to Offend, Weigh in on Theater and News Content – SAPNA MAHESHWARI  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that I can afford to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars every year (for internet services, newspaper subscriptions, etc.) to put GOPUSA emails together and sending them out, that is, they are beyond furious that I can afford to put the emails together and send them out without seeking/accepting any advertising.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/business/media/ads-fox-news-megyn-kelly-infowars-alex-jones.html
— How Democrats Can Stop Losing Elections – BERNIE SANDERS  (DIERSEN: Democrats plan on winning by getting rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/bernie-sanders-how-democrats-can-stop-losing-elections.html
— Your Rabbi? Probably a Democrat. Your Baptist Pastor? Probably a Republican. Your Priest? Who Knows. – KEVIN QUEALY  (DIERSEN: About 68% of Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) leaders are Republican.  That is one of highest percentages of any religion.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn MSLs.  I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a MSL.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/12/upshot/the-politics-of-americas-religious-leaders.html
— FRONT PAGE: As Church Shifts, a Cardinal Welcomes Gays; They Embrace a ‘Miracle’ – SHARON OTTERMAN  (DIERSEN: Who is your religious leader?  How soon, if not already, will he/she condemn you to HELL if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/nyregion/catholic-church-gays-mass-newark-cathedral.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Lawmaker Steve Scalise injured in GOP baseball shooting. Suspect James T. Hodgkinson dies after shootout – Peter Hermann, Paul Kane and Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/multiple-people-injured-after-shooting-in-alexandria/2017/06/14/0289c768-50f6-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html
— Shooter identified by law enforcement officials as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2017/live-updates/public-safety/updates-shooting-at-congressional-baseball-practice-in-virginia/shooter-named-as-james-t-hodgkinson/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning is James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., according to law enforcement officials. Hodgkinson, 66, owns a home inspection business. His home inspection license expired in November 2016 and was not renewed, state records show. Hodgkinson was charged in April 2006 with battery and aiding damage to a motor vehicle, according to online records in St. Clair County, Illinois. The charges were dismissed, records show.)
— Gunman fires on Alexandria park during GOP baseball practice; lawmaker Scalise among wounded – Peter Hermann, Paul Kane and Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/multiple-people-injured-after-shooting-in-alexandria/2017/06/14/0289c768-50f6-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html
— London police raise death toll to 12 in apartment fire, and expect it to go higher –  Griff Witte and Karla Adam
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/london-high-rise-fire-leaves-multiple-people-dead-dozens-injured-and-others-missing/2017/06/14/149bc112-50cf-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rep. Steve Scalise Wounded in Shooting Near Washington  Gunman opened fire during a practice for the congressional baseball team – Daniel Nasaw and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-steve-scalise-wounded-in-virginia-shooting-1497442320
— Pennsylvania’s Lesson for Illinois  A bipartisan reform begins to address the state’s funding abyss. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pennsylvanias-lesson-for-illinois-1497394833
— The Ethics of Gene Editing  Is it moral to alter an unborn child’s genome to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s? What about editing for hair color or athleticism? Amy Dockser Marcus reviews “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution” by Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg. – Amy Dockser Marcus  (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ethics-of-gene-editing-1497395330

 

USA TODAY
— Army orders soldiers to undergo training to accept transgender troops – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, I had to undergo lots of training on how to defend and to advance the Democrat Party platform, that is, how to defend and advance Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/13/transgender-troops-defense-secretary-jim-mattis-army-marine-corps/102822598/
— America’s lynching history is now online – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Trump supporter, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you benefited from their racism, sexism, and bigotry and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.  In my defense, while all my ancestors have been in America since 1850s, they have always been in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/13/google-equal-justice-initiative-lynching/102782832/

 

PBS
— Democrats try to distance themselves from call for Trump’s impeachment – AP
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/democrats-try-distance-call-trumps-impeachment/

 

NEWSWEEK
— WHO IS JAMES HODGKINSON? SHOOTING SUSPECT IN CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME NAMED – Greg Price
http://www.newsweek.com/who-james-t-hodgkinson-shooting-suspect-congressional-baseball-game-named-625600

 

THE BEAST
— Gunman Wounds Congressman in Brazen Attack  Steve Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, was wounded along with several others when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice early this morning. – Olivia Messer
http://www.thedailybeast.com/reports-shooting-at-congressional-baseball-practice

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Treasury chief: At times, a government shutdown could be ‘good’ – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would be overjoyed if anything stopped me from getting a) Civil Service Retirement System pension payments, b) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies, and/or c) Social Security payments.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/treasury-chief-at-times-a-government-shutdown-could-be-good

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Should Posting Fake News and Hate Speech Be Considered a Criminal Act in the U.S.? – Sean Stroh  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news, hate speech, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-should-posting-fake-news-and-hate-speech-be-considered-a-criminal-act-in-the-u-s/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 66% of GOP Voters Say Comey Should Be Prosecuted for Leaking to Media  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leak Republican information to the Democrats.  Should I sue my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes?)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/june_2017/66_of_gop_voters_say_comey_should_be_prosecuted_for_leaking_to_media
— Most Are Planning A Summer Vacation  (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America.  Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/june_2017/most_are_planning_a_summer_vacation

 

VAULT
— 4 Skills You Need to Get a Job at Google  (DIERSEN: Would Google hire you? If not, why not?  Would Google hire me? If not, why not?  From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.vault.com/blog/job-search/4-skills-you-need-to-work-at-google

June 13 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage committee kills effort to revoke video gaming ban – Gary Gibula  (DIERSEN: OUTSTANDING! At the DuPage County Finance Committee meeting Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017, no motion was made to recommend lifting the county’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas. During the public comment period, those who spoke in favor of keeping the ban included Bill Bryan, Kathy Gilroy, Heidi Holan, Luke Holan, and me. During county employee Chad Shaffer’s presentation concerning video gambling, county board members asked many questions and expressed their views concerning the issue. Many thanks to those county board members who would have voted against recommending lifting the ban if a motion had been made. Attendees at the meeting included Paula McGowen and John Zaruba.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-committee-rejects-gaming-st-0614-20170613-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Advocates of keeping the video gaming ban contend the negative effects of gambling outweigh any benefits. “We should be thinking of marriages and families broken up by gambling, how many jobs have been lost,” Bill Bryan, of Naperville, said. “Those factors should be weighed into the equation.” Heidi Holan, of Glen Ellyn, compared gambling to a “get rich quick” scheme. “How many of you warn your children about that?” she asked. “Is that the type of moral value you want?” “It has a trickle-down effect to family members,” said Luke Cohen, of Glen Ellyn. “I’m only 18, so I can’t gamble and I can’t drink, but I still understand the effect of gambling. This ban needs to stay in place.” . . . Cronin commented on the issue following Tuesday’s County Board meeting. “We owed it to the community and the business owners who are experiencing some adversity to come on in and make their case,” Cronin said. “I have some empathy for those folks, but I think there’s a larger issue here about who we are as a county. The committee spoke, there was due process and the people had their day.”  The issue of repealing the video gaming ban still could be revisited in the future if a committee member chooses to bring it up again, officials said.)
— Chicago property tax bills going up 10 percent this year – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-property-tax-increase-met-0614-20170613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Rauner Eric Zorn says “Even Illinois’ fantasy governor faces a grim reality
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-imaginary-governor-veto-pen-zorn-perspec-0614-20170613-column.html
— Uber board member cracks ‘inappropriate’ joke about women at company event on sexual harassment – Brian Fung and Craig Timberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-bsi-uber-board-member-inappropriate-joke-women-20170613-story.html
— Effort to stop television reporters from filming in Senate hallways reversed amid wide rebuke – Elise Viebeck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-senate-hallways-media-interviews-20170613-story.html
— Smart chair, and desk to track your backside for employers – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-herman-miller-smart-chair-office-trends-neocon-0614-biz-20170613-story.html
— ‘Orange Is the New Black’ star to lead 48th annual Pride Parade – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pride-parade-delaria-met-20170613-story.html
— Property taxes: Where is all that money going? – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-rickert-0614-md-20170613-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago homeowners can expect 10 percent hike in property-tax bills – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/10-percent-hike-expected-in-property-tax-bills-in-chicago-cook-county/
— No biggie (yeah, right): Illinois junk bond status fast approaching – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/no-biggie-yeah-right-illinois-junk-bond-status-fast-approaching/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Average property tax bills to spike $560 in Northwest Cook County – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/average-property-tax-bills-to-spike-560-in-northwest-cook-county
— Employee accused of stealing from DuPage court clerk
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170613/employee-accused-of-stealing-from-dupage-court-clerk

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago homeowners, brace yourselves: Huge tax hike on the way – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170613/BLOGS02/170619970/chicago-homeowners-brace-yourselves-huge-tax-hike-on-the-way

 

CBS2
— Trump Stops In Milwaukee As Sessions Is Grilled In D.C. – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/13/trump-stops-in-milwaukee-as-sessions-is-grilled-in-d-c/
— Seniors Speak Out About Home Care Program Cuts Governor Rauner Wants To Make
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/13/seniors-home-care-program-cuts-governor-rauner/

 

NBC5
— Trump to Visit Milwaukee as Part of ‘Workforce Development Week’ – Shelby Bremer (DIERSEN: What “workforce development” did you do? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/trump-visits-milwaukee-wisconsin-428213153.html

 

ABC7
— Cook County residents’ property taxes going up, especially in Chicago – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/cook-co-residents-property-taxes-going-up-especially-in-chicago/2094340/

 

WGN TV
— 4 (John Lausch, Michael Scudder, Andrew Porter and Maggie Hickey) interview for top fed job in Chicago – BEN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/12/4-interview-for-top-fed-job-in-chicago/

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Andersson advocates ‘ultimate pressure’ to force budget compromise – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/06/13/rep-andersson-advocates-ultimate-pressure-to-force-budget-compromise/a7ckaan/

 

BGA
— 12 REASONS TO APPRECIATE SPRINGFIELD. SERIOUSLY. – Andy Shaw
http://www.bettergov.org/news/12-reasons-to-appreciate-springfield-seriously

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauner Ameya Pawar blasts Bruce Rauner saying “You’re A Racist.”
http://chicagoist.com/2017/06/13/ald_ameya_pawar_to_gov_bruce_rauner.php

 

CAPITOL FAX
— He didn’t totally dodge *** Once again, Chris Kennedy dodges a marijuana question  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote pot.  If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/13/once-again-chris-kennedy-dodges-a-marijuana-question/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Journalism is dead; whatever these guys are doing isn’t journalism – Joseph Curl
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/journalism-is-dead-whatever-these-guys-are-doing-i/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Hell Hath No Fury Like A Democrat Party Scorned – Gary Krasner
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/06/12/hell-hath-no-fury-like-democrat-party-scorned/

 

FOX NEWS
— Schumer parodies Trump’s praise-filled Cabinet meeting
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/12/schumer-parodies-trumps-praise-filled-cabinet-meeting.html

 

GOPUSA
— What’s wrong with identifying as American? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote anti-Americanism.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25679
— McCain denies saying American leadership better under Obama
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25719
— Robert Mueller Stocks Staff with Democrat Donors  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/robert-mueller-stocks-staff-with-democrat-donors/
— Is College Worth It? Increasing Numbers Say No – Michael Barone  (DIERSEN: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971.)
http://www.gopusa.com/is-college-worth-it-increasing-numbers-say-no/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— U.S. MUSLIMS OUTRAGED BY PROTESTS AGAINST ISLAMIC LAW  Does CAIR want Shariah to replace Constitution? – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/u-s-muslims-outraged-by-protests-against-islamic-law/

 

USA TODAY
— GAO report shows critical readiness problems for key military branches – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/13/gao-report-shows-critical-readiness-problems-key-military-branches/102811068/

 

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s Cabinet of Worship Is a Scary Sign of American Collapse.”
http://time.com/4816374/trump-cabinet-praise-scary/