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March 28 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel brands Trump’s sanctuary city threat a ‘bit of a joke’ – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-brands-trumps-sanctuary-city-threat-a-bit-of-a-joke/
— Feds had staffer of then-Rep. Aaron Schock secretly record him
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/feds-had-staffer-of-rep-aaron-schock-secretly-record-him/amp/
— Kennedy: Shakes from inherited disorder — ‘not that big a deal’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-campaign-says-shaking-caused-by-hereditary-disorder/
— Chicago cop union leader Angelo: ‘Certain’ Trump will aid Chicago – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/whats-going-on-in-chicagodonald-trump-again-on-city-violence/
— Standard & Poor’s predicts reversal of Rauner pension veto – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/standard-poors-predicts-reversal-of-rauner-pension-veto/
— Madigan calls Rauner ‘disingenuous’ over sale of Thompson Center – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/madigan-calls-rauner-disingenuous-over-sale-of-thompson-center/
— Congress fails, but Illinois can protect your online privacy – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/congress-fails-but-illinois-can-protect-your-online-privacy/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Too many Chicago motorists dangerously flout traffic laws
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/too-many-chicago-motorists-dangerously-flout-traffic-laws/
— Mendoza, Munger and Rauner locked in endless campaign – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mendoza-munger-and-rauner-locked-in-endless-campaign/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago leaders vow to keep fighting ‘sanctuary’ threats – AP (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170328/NEWS02/170329861/chicago-leaders-vow-to-keep-fighting-sanctuary-threats
— New dispute holds up sale of Thompson Center – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170328/BLOGS02/170329857/new-dispute-holds-up-sale-of-thompson-center
— Everyone is suddenly an outsider in Illinois’ election races – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Are you an outsider? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have always a) painted themselves as being insiders and b) painted me as being an outsider. They stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170328/BLOGS02/170329851/everyone-is-suddenly-an-outsider-in-illinois-election-races

 

NBC5
— ‘We Welcome Immigrants’: Emanuel Defends Chicago’s Sanctuary Status After Sessions Warns of Funding Cuts (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-emanuel-sanctuary-city-order-attorney-general-sessions-417242663.html
— Trump Bemoans Chicago Violence Again in Meeting With City’s FOP Chief
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/FOP-Chief-to-Meet-With-Trump-Administration-417305893.html
— Illinois House Speaker’s Letter Rebukes Governor’s Claims
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-speaker-madigan-letter-rebukes-governor-rauner-claims–417385873.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago Aldermen Stand Firm On ‘Sanctuary City’ Status – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/27/chicago-aldermen-stand-firm-on-sanctuary-city-status/
— Mendoza: Gov. Rauner Lies About Having Balanced Budget – Bernie Tafoya
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/28/mendoza-gov-rauner-lies-about-having-balanced-budget/
— Schock Staffer Wore Wire, Provided Documents To Feds: Court Filings
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/28/schock-staffer-wore-wire-provided-documents-to-feds-court-filings/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago leaders vow to keep fighting ‘sanctuary’ threats – AP (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/244418549-story
— Homeowner’s son shoots, kills three would-be burglars with AR-15
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/244383773-story
— Ex-Congressman’s lawyers: Informant in Schock case broke law – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/244519384-story

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Group Wants to Make McLean County a “Welcoming City”  Illinois People’s Action dives headfirst into the immigration debate – Scott Probst (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/group-wants-to-make-mclean-county-a-welcoming-city/682039343

 

ABC7
— MENDOZA BLAMES RAUNER FOR IILLINOIS’ FINANCIAL PROBLEMS – Sarah Schulte  (DIERSEN: Who blames you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They have never blamed those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, or in Wheaton for anything that is bad.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mendoza-blames-rauner-for-iillinois-financial-problems–/1822992/
— EX-CONGRESSMAN’S LAWYERS: INFORMANT IN SCHOCK CASE BROKE LAW – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/ex-congressmans-lawyers-informant-in-schock-case-broke-law/1823162/
— CHRIS KENNEDY, ILLINOIS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, REVEALS MEDICAL CONDITION
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/chris-kennedy-illinois-gubernatorial-candidate-reveals-medical-condition/1823007/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan calls Rauner’s Thompson Center comments ‘disingenuous’ – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-michael-madigan-thompson-center-met-20170328-story.html
— Taxpayers pay millions in bonuses to outgoing lottery firm’s staff – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-illinois-lottery-bonuses-met-20170328-story.html
— Northbrook trustees decide to spend instead of abate – Irv Leavitt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/news/ct-nbs-northbrook-no-tax-abatement-tl-0330-20170328-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump ‘skinny budget’ would starve Chicago transit, City of New Orleans train.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-trump-budget-cuts-chicago-transit-20170328-story.html
— A ‘winning’ idea for Trump? Work with the Democrats – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to work with Democrats is to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-work-with-democrats-perspec-0329-md-20170328-story.html
— College of DuPage Faculty Association PAC Endorses Two Candidates
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/community/chi-ugc-article-college-of-dupage-faculty-association-pac-end-2017-03-28-story.html
— Naperville spends thousands annually on damaged mailboxes – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-nvs-naperville-mailbox-damage-fees-st-0329-20170328-story.html
— Illinois congressmen follow party line on measure to force release of Trump tax returns – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-congressmen-trump-tax-returns-20170328-story.html
— 11 Chicago suburbs make list of 100 richest towns – Dan Lambert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wtk-richest-towns-us-chicago-tl-0406-20170328-story.html
— $4.6 million in affordable housing funds is unaccounted for, city watchdog says – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-affordable-housing-funds-met-0329-20170328-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Average property tax bill to rise nearly 1.8 percent in DuPage – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/news/170328801/
— District 200 officials hope voters OK $132.5 million loan to revitalize schools – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/news/170328779/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Northstar still managing Illinois lottery two years after firing – AP
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170328/northstar-still-managing-illinois-lottery-two-years-after-firing
— Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan’s letter rebukes Gov. Rauner’s Thompson Center claims – AP
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170328/illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigans-letter-rebukes-gov-rauners-claims

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— No quick fixes for struggling Illinois coal industry – Tim Landis
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170328/no-quick-fixes-for-struggling-illinois-coal-industry

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Efforts at budget compromise missing at Statehouse – Editorial  (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to compromise is to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailyegyptian.com/67932/opinion/editorial-efforts-budget-compromise-missing-statehouse/
— Poll finds most Illinois voters favor marijuana decriminalization, legalization – BILL LUKITSCH  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the destruction of Illinois. If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://dailyegyptian.com/67910/news/poll-finds-most-illinois-voters-favor-marijuana-decriminalization-legalization/

 

WAND TV
— Senator Brady tries to tackle Illinois’s budget – Michon Lindstrom
http://www.wandtv.com/story/35018171/senator-brady-tries-to-tackle-illinoiss-budget

 

WJBC
— Robocalls target Brady, other GOP senators – Eric Stock
http://www.wjbc.com/2017/03/28/robocalls-target-brady-other-gop-senators/

 

CHICAGOIST
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 74 Percent Of Chicago Voters Support Legalized Recreational Marijuana – STEPHEN GOSSETT (DIERSEN: This just one more reason to not go anywhere near Chicago.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/28/in_favor_of_legalized_recreational.php

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wheaton-Warrenville D200 school spending rose 30 percent, while enrollment fell
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511098741-analysis-wheaton-warrenville-d200-school-spending-rose-30-percent-while-enrollment-fell

 

FOX NEWS
— Team Trump cites stats, anecdotes to show dangers of sanctuary cities  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/28/team-trump-cites-stats-anecdotes-to-show-dangers-sanctuary-cities.html

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Democratic Rep Attacks Trump Supporters From House Floor: ‘You’re Not Nearly as Patriotic as We Are’ – JOSH BILLINSON  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://ijr.com/2017/03/834250-democratic-rep-attacks-trump-supporters-house-floor-youre-not-nearly-patriotic/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Mass. State Rep Caught Tipping Off Illegal Immigrants To Imminent ICE Raids – Christian Datoc (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/28/mass-state-rep-tips-off-illegal-immigrants-to-imminent-ice-raids/
— Sanders: ‘Of Course Obamacare Has Serious Problems’ – Robert Donachie
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/27/sanders-of-course-obamacare-has-serious-problems-video/
— ‘Diversity Report’ For Uber Concludes What Everyone Already Knew About Tech – Eric Lieberman
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/28/diversity-report-for-uber-concludes-what-everyone-already-knew-about-tech/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— NEW YORK TIMES: “ETHNIC” IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT “NORMALIZES” WHITENESS – Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/266254/new-york-times-ethnic-problematic-because-it-daniel-greenfield

 

NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary Cities Dig in Heels to Oppose DOJ’s Order – Jason Devaney (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.newsmax.com/US/sanctuary-cities-doj-order-illegal-immigration/2017/03/28/id/781154/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Purists Kill Whatever They Believe In – Dennis Prager (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns conservatives as being purists?  ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, abortion, booze, pot, gambling and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, weakening of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446158/freedom-caucus-never-trump-purists-kill-conservative-dreams
— Help Wanted  President Trump has been unusually slow to fill hundreds of key government positions. – Jim Geraghty  (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446201/donald-trump-administration-key-government-positions-still-unfilled

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— ‘They’re Harboring Criminals!’: Brewer Calls Out ‘Unbelievable’ Sanctuary Policies  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/28/jan-brewer-calls-out-states-cities-sanctuary-policies
— Malkin: CBS’ Ted Koppel a ‘Walking-Dead Liberal Media Elitist’  (DIERSEN: Who comes to your defense? Because my critics/opponents have tremendous religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, because they have made it clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that might come to my defense, I do not expect anyone to come to my defense.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/27/michelle-malkin-sean-hannity-bad-america-ted-koppel-edit-liberal-media-elitist
— Hannity Responds to ‘Hypocrite’ Ted Koppel, Who Called Him ‘Bad For America’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/27/sean-hannity-bad-america-ted-koppel-response-hypocrite-cheap-shot-cbs-news-obama

 

GOPUSA
— Liberal Mayors to Let Illegals Run Wild in the Streets
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22419
— Break Out the Violins for Poor Chelsea
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22319

 

DAILY WIRE
— Parents Outraged After School Budget Cuts Due To ‘Too Many White Students’- JAMES BARRETT
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14838/parents-outraged-after-school-budget-cuts-due-too-james-barrett#

 

BREITBART
— GOP Leaders May Drop Wall Funding to Win Democratic Approval for Other Priorities – NEIL MUNRO  (DIERSEN: Of course, members of the following groups are overjoyed about this: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2017/03/28/gop-leaders-may-drop-wall-funding-to-win-democratic-approval-for-other-priorities/
— 60 Minutes: Mostly ‘Affluent and College Educated’ Liberals Fall for Fake News  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always fallen for fake negative news about me. They are always looking for anything that can spin to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn my intelligence, my motives, my judgment, my accomplishments, my etc.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/27/60-minutes-mostly-affluent-and-college-educated-liberals-fall-for-fake-news/

 

THE BLAZE
— School suspends Christian student who challenged Muslim prof who said Jesus’ crucifixion is a hoax – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/28/school-suspends-christian-student-who-challenged-muslim-prof-who-said-jesus-crucifixion-is-a-hoax/

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— MSNBC Host Likens Ivanka, Husband To Saddam Hussein’s Sons  “These people are really powerful …” – Jack Davis  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they have enough religious, government, political, and/or financial power to destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government.)
http://www.westernjournalism.com/msnbc-host-likens-ivanka-husband-saddam-husseins-sons/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Conservative Groups Won’t Be Sidelined, Health Vote Shows
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/28/conservative_groups_wont_be_sidelined_health_vote_shows.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Local Officials Grapple With Trump’s Fearmongering On ‘Sanctuary City’ Policies  They want to send the message that their policies make the country safer. – Elise Foley  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sanctuary-cities-messaging-trump_us_58daabb4e4b0d41721b9d600

 

MSN
— Gov. Rauner Unveils What Looks Like Campaign Ads
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/gov-rauner-unveils-what-looks-like-campaign-ads/vp-BByZ72f

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump has given Fox News more than $5 million in free social-media advertising – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/28/trump-has-given-fox-news-more-than-5-million-in-free-social-media-advertising/
— She called Trump’s election an ‘act of terrorism.’ Now she’s faculty member of the year. – Peter Holley  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/03/28/she-called-trumps-election-an-act-of-terrorism-now-shes-faculty-member-of-the-year/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Chicago Leaders Vow to Keep Fighting ‘Sanctuary’ Threats  Chicago’s leaders say they’ll keep fighting against President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on so-called “sanctuary cities” despite financial risks. – AP  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-03-28/chicago-leaders-vow-to-keep-fighting-sanctuary-threats

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hiring Veterans Is Easy. Keeping Them Is Hard  Companies launch programs to help workers adjust to civilian careers – VANESSA FUHRMANS (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about veterans?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-battle-to-keep-veterans-from-quitting-corporate-jobs-1490702401

 

FORBES
— The Bipartisan Mr. Trump? – John Zogby  (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to be bipartisan is to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnzogby/2017/03/28/the-bipartisan-mr-trump/#2c35389e4c15

 

FOX BOSTON
— Chance the Rapper seeks intern, Twitter responds – Brianna Chambers  (DIERSEN: “Intern” implies someone who will work for little or no money.  What about $15/hour?)
http://www.fox25boston.com/news/trending-now/chance-the-rapper-seeks-intern-twitter-responds/506817521

March 28 Morning Edition

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— WHY OPPOSE LEGALIZATION
http://www.poppot.org/marijuana-legalization-is-wrong/
— 10 MYTHS MARIJUANA ADVOCATES WANT YOU TO BELIEVE
http://www.poppot.org/2014/11/05/10-myths-marijuana-advocates-want-believe/
— THE PERSISTENCE OF TRAUMA, PROBLEMS IN ADULTHOOD
http://www.poppot.org/2017/03/27/problems-from-trauma-persist-adulthood/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A long-term study from Denmark, explored a number psychological factors that may or may not have adverse outcomes on the children. The Danish study determined that parental factors most likely to create either violent or suicidal tendencies in adulthood are 1) parents who used marijuana; 2) having parents who are sociopaths or 3) having parents who attempt suicide.   In other words, marijuana abuse is far more serious in predicting adverse behavioral outcomes than other parental mental health conditions such as bipolar disorder and alcoholism.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm, Preckwinkle to defy Sessions over sanctuary city funding – Lynn Sweet, Fran Spielman and Frank Main  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ag-sessions-feds-could-claw-back-funds-for-sanctuary-cities/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-shooting-shows-trump-immigration-push-makes-us-less-safe/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner makes prediction on Emanuel’s political future: No 4th term – Hal Dardick, Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-rahm-emanuel-2023-met-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-transgender-child-bathroom-20170327-story.html
— ‘Fearless Girl’ statue opposite bull stays through February – AP (DIERSEN: Constructively, the fearless girl statue calls for anti-Trumps to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon will anti-Trumps put fearless girl statutes in the front yards of Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–fearless-girl-wall-street-20170327-story.html
— Chicago area pays steep price for segregation, study finds – Kathy Bergen  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago.  To the extent that Chicago is segregated, it is the Democrats’ fault.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-cost-of-segregation-met-20170327-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump has mental health problems. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that non-Democrats have mental health problems. Communists hint/imply/argue/shout that non-communists have mental health problems.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170328/281642485006439

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Burt Constable talks about recycling political yard signs.  But often the signs can be reused when the candidate runs again.  I have spend about $500 for two beautiful custom-made 4X4 red, white, and blue “Vote Republican” signs that are currently being displayed on the second floor balcony of Ron Dell’s building at the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Warrenville/West street in my precinct in Wheaton.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/news/170328876/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow over their success in harming those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170327/business/303279993/
— Vote no — again — in Wheaton District 200 – Jan Shaw, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/discuss/170328942/
— District 200 officials again ask voters to approve Jefferson plan – Katlyn Smith  (JAN SHAW: The article is definitely pro-referendum.  While what is says may be technically true, it is incomplete. Like much of the “yes” literature it is misleading on the cost.  It says “The owner of a $322,300 home — the average in the district — would pay $180 to $295 annually in additional taxes for the first nine years of the loans.” They leave out, that the same home is projected to pay $531/year for the last 10 years.  See:  Download estimated impact as PDF (http://www.cusd200.org/cms/lib7/IL01001538/Centricity/Domain/2137/Referendum%20Homeowner%20Impact.pdf) They claim that bringing all its early learning services under one roof will be a big enough improvement to warrant the cost of the new building.  Yet, in 2013, Jan Shaw put in a FOIA to try to find out how much money the district was spending on pre-k support staff that traveled (i.e. physical therapists) and was told he couldn’t run the numbers because many work with elementary students as well. The truth is Jefferson could use some work.  But, like many of our homes we need to prioritize and sometimes things must wait until we’ve paid off the debt that we’ve already run up.  With what the district spent on Hubble, had they built a Hubble more in line with the other 3 middle schools, they could have built a new Jefferson at the same time for the same money.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170328/news/170328871/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Does Chicago pay a price for segregation? – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Democrats run Chicago.  To the extent that Chicago is segregated, it is the Democrats’ fault.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170328/BLOGS02/170329869
— How we can become an entrepreneurial mecca – Editorial  (DIERSEN: How entrepreneurial are you?  I am not entrepreneurial at all.  To discredit me, to belittle me, and to harm me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that I am not entrepreneurial at all and b) that I was a lowly failed wage earner 1964-1997 who never earned more than $122,991/year in today’s dollars. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise entrepreneurs and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn lowly failed wage earners like I was.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/ISSUE07/170329900

 

ABC7
— COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATS HOLD FORUM WITH GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-co-democrats-hold-forum-with-gubernatorial-candidates-/1821287/

 

WTTW
— Cook County Democrats Consider Who They Want for Governor – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/27/cook-county-democrats-consider-who-they-want-governor

 

DNA INFO
— As High-Poverty Neighborhoods Shrink, Downtown Construction Booms – David Matthews
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170327/downtown/cook-county-population-loss-high-rise-construction

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Blaming conservatives, Trump signals new openness to Democrats  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who blames conservatives for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems?  ANSWER: Just about everyone, but especially those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  Of course, the aforesaid want Trump to dump conservatives.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170327/rise-blaming-conservatives-trump-signals-new-openness-to-dems
— Illinois: Medical marijuana use rejected for intractable pain, autism – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170327/medical-marijuana-use-rejected-for-intractable-pain-autism

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— CITY LEADERS DEFY WHITE HOUSE THREAT ON “SANCTUARY” POLICIES – AP  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170327/AP/303279586

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton City Council candidates discuss historic preservation at forum  Wheaton League of Women Voters hosts March 23 forum – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/24/wheaton-city-council-candidates-discuss-historic-preservation-at-forum/asu4rie/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Davis Hosts Tele-Town Hall With Plan to Fix Obamacare
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-davis-hosts-tele-town-hall-with-plan-to-fix-obamacare-03-28-2017

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Tired Of Promises, Cairo Wants Problems Solved – Mark Siegler
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521118179/tired-of-promises-a-struggling-small-town-wants-problems-solved

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: No more kicking can on pensions
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-no-more-kicking-can-on-pensions/article_d8a7e0f6-1329-11e7-9362-c3042c8102e8.html
— More than a third of Illinois millennials live with parents
http://ilnews.org/news/economy/study-more-than-a-third-of-illinois-millennials-live-with/article_7be83d5e-12ff-11e7-b0fc-63dff1eaf8b4.html

 

STATE SOLUTIONS
— VIDEOS: State Solutions Launches New TV Ads In Illinois
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3302177a320983d559c9bfb6a&id=4865c3cdc4&e=9a019268f4
(FROM THE POSTING: State Solutions, an affiliate of the Republican Governors Association, launched a new television and digital advertisement effort today in Illinois, highlighting Governor Bruce Rauner’s push to balance the budget, reform government and improve the state by capping spending, freezing property taxes, creating term limits on politicians and adding jobs.)

 

THE ANNIE FREY SHOW
— Bankruptcy an Option for Illinois – talking with Mark Glennon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYFh1NzMN3M

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Durkin weighs in – Rauner whacks Madigan *** Madigan scolds Rauner on Thompson Center sale
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/28/madigan-scolds-rauner-on-thompson-center-sale/

 

GOPUSA
— 13 states urge appeals court to OK Trump travel ban  (DIERSEN: When will Rauner join this group?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22382
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of 12 state attorneys general and one governor is backing President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban targeting six predominantly Muslim countries, telling a federal appeals court Monday that the Republican acted lawfully in the interest of national security.)
— De Blasio Blasts Trump for ‘Mean Spirited’ Order Against Illegal Alien Criminals  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22373
— Muslims Fight US Proposals to Ban Shariah Law  (DIERSEN: That is, Muslims fight to impose Shariah Law on America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/muslims-fight-us-proposals-to-ban-shariah-law/
— The False Compassion of Liberalism  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on making Republicans pay more taxes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/the-false-compassion-of-liberalism/
— Jeb Bush offers unsolicited advice to the President  (DIERSEN: What advice would your critics/opponents give you? My critics/opponents would advise me to a) stop putting together and sending out GOPUSA emails, b) resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, c) apologize to them for causing all of their problems, d) apologize to you for causing all of your problems, and e) apologize to everyone for causing all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22386

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— AG Jeff Sessions Just Gave Sanctuary Cities 4.1 Billion Reasons to Follow Immigration Laws – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
http://ijr.com/2017/03/833905-ag-jeff-sessions-just-gave-sanctuary-cities-4-1-billion-reasons-follow-immigration-laws/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kinzinger: Freedom Caucus hampering GOP’s ability to govern – Seth McLaughlin
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/27/adam-kinzinger-freedom-caucus-hampering-gop/

 

FOX NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Can Trump win over conservative purists — or do deals with Democrats?” QUESTION: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns conservatives as being purists?  ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, abortion, booze, pot, gambling and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, weakening of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/28/deadlock-can-trump-win-over-conservative-purists-or-do-deals-with-democrats.html

 

NEWS BUSTER
— NBC Hires Obama Flack as ‘Analyst’ to Attack GOP – Kyle Drennen  (DIERSEN: I should file FOIA requests to determine how many tax dollars that my critics/opponents are paying their flacks.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2017/03/27/nbc-hires-obama-flack-analyst-attack-gop

 

AMERICAN SECTATOR
— The Liberal Hour at Fox News Is Driving Viewers Away  Who needs Trump Bashing every day at High Noon? – JUDAH FRIEDMAN
https://spectator.org/the-liberal-hour-at-fox-news-is-driving-viewers-away/

 

THE BLAZE
— The White House has a new enemies list – Glenn Beck  (DIERSEN: All activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should be required to publish their enemy lists and a detailed explanation of why each individual, each organization, each company, each government, each country, each etc. is on their lists.)
http://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/the-white-house-has-a-new-enemies-list/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Taxpayers Paid $162.5 Million for Union Work  Federal workers spent 3.5 million hours doing union business on taxpayer dime – Bill McMorris  (DIERSEN: GAO unionized in 2007.  If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might very well still be a GAO employee.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/taxpayers-paid-162-5-million-union-work/

 

POLITICO
— Mar-a-Lago can’t release visitor logs — because it doesn’t keep them  Democrats want to know who goes to President Trump’s private clubs, but no one’s keeping track. – DARREN SAMUELSOHN  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents keep visitor logs? My critics/opponents rely on anonymous sources to justify their harming me.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-visitor-logs-mar-a-lago-236564

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— White House Announces Jared Kushner Is Now Responsible For Everything – Jason Linkins  (DIERSEN: What do/did your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make you responsible for, that is, what do/did they blame you for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jared-kushner-everything-czar_us_58d95499e4b02a2eaab6664f

 

CNN
— 1 in 4 workers have less than $1,000 saved for retirement – Katie Lobosco  (DIERSEN: How much have you saved for your retirement? In today’s dollars, at the end of 1977, when I was 29 years old, IRS was paying me $87,520 (GS-12 Step 4) and I had contributed $26,881 into the Civil Service Retirement System.)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/21/retirement/retirement-confidence-ebri/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Almost one-quarter of workers said they and their spouse combined have less than $1,000 saved for retirement, according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Nearly half of everyone surveyed said they had less than $25,000. Sure, $25,000 can sound like a lot. But it’s a reasonable goal to have that much stashed away by the time you’re 30 years old. Someone in their early 30s earning $50,000 a year should have about $30,000 saved, according to one calculator. This it totally doable if that person has been saving 10% of their income annually, which is the rule-of-thumb suggested by many financial planners. But more than one-third of those surveyed said they’re saving less than that. When it’s time to retire, most people believe they’ll need at least $500,000. (Though, 41% couldn’t even guess how much their nest egg should be.) There’s one big difference between those who are on track and those who aren’t. Most of those workers who said they’ve saved less than $1,000 don’t have access to a savings account like a 401(k) at work. There are roughly 55 million workers in the U.S. who don’t have access to an employer-sponsored plan. To try to help those Americans, President Obama launched a program called the myRA. It’s a starter retirement account that’s similar to a Roth IRA and sponsored by the federal government. But you can only save up to $15,000 in the myRA, and you can’t invest that money in a diversified portfolio — only in a set of conservative investments.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— GAO to review Trump’s use of Mar-a-Lago – Jonathan O’Connell (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/03/28/government-watchdog-to-review-trumps-use-of-mar-a-lago/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue to Stay in Financial District (for Now) – LIAM STACK  (DIERSEN: Constructively, the fearless girl statue calls for anti-Trumps to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon will anti-Trumps put fearless girl statutes in the front yards of Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/fearless-girl-statue-de-blasio.html
— Colin Kaepernick Is Unemployed. Is It Because of His Arm, or His Knee? – VICTOR MATHER  (DIERSEN: If you are unemployed, since when, and why?  I have been unemployed since I was 49 years old in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” According to me, they did that a) because I had been an active member since 1988 in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give my job and my preferred corner office to a Democrat who was a minority, female, and/or younger than me, and c) because I am a Republican who is White, male, older, and non-veteran.  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, including those who claim to be Republican and are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, GAO got rid of me in 1997 and I have been unemployed since 1997 because I am one of the worst people in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world. They can cite the fact that the Mayor of Wheaton publicly insults me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/sports/football/free-agent-colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest.html
— Donald Trump’s Modest Boyhood Home in Queens Sells for $2.14 Million – SARAH MASLIN NIR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/donald-trump-childhood-home-sold.html

 

CBS NEW YORK
— Mayor De Blasio Says ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Can Stay Through February 2018  Others Campaign To Keep Statue In Place Permanently  (DIERSEN: Constructively, the fearless girl statue calls for anti-Trumps to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and contrives that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  How soon will anti-Trumps put fearless girl statutes in the front yards of Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/03/27/fearless-girl-wall-street-stay-extended/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— GAO to probe Trump Mar-a-Lago trips over concerns about security, profits – Reuters (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/watchdog-probe-trump-mar-a-lago-trips-security-profits-article-1.3010923

 

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
— Marijuana user who lost place on transplant list asks lawmakers to change hospital policy  Medical marijuana users currently are not eligible for organ transplants at Maine Medical Center. – KEVIN MILLER
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/03/27/bill-would-prohibit-hospitals-from-rejecting-organ-recipients-who-use-medical-marijuana/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn White working-class men. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will tell you that I was a failed White working-class man 1964-1997 who was grossly overpaid.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/22/truth-about-white-working-class-men-jill-filipovic-column/99384206/
— Americans have an unhealthy obsession with pleasure spending – Peter Dunn   (DIERSEN: So far during your lifetime, what have you spend a) more money on than people who share you demographics and b) less money on than people who share you demographics.  I have spend more money on new cars, college expenses, real estate, collector cars, computers and internet access, insurance, newspapers, magazines, professional association memberships, and professional subscriptions.  I have spent less money on immediate pleasures.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170328/281921657880778

 

DAILY BEAST
— GAO to Review Mar-a-Lago Trips, Trump’s Hotel Profits (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/03/27/government-watchdog-to-review-mar-a-lago-trips-trump-s-hotel-profits.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanctuary City Mayors Vow to Protect Immigrants  Leaders across the country speak out after Trump administration says it will cut Justice Department funds to cities that shelter illegal immigrants – ALEJANDRO LAZO and SHIBANI MAHTANI  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctuary-city-mayors-vow-to-protect-immigrants-1490665641
— Sanctuary Cities to Be Barred From Justice Department Funds, Sessions Says  States, counties and cities that shelter illegal immigrants won’t get justice grants – LAURA MECKLER (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctuary-cities-to-be-barred-from-justice-department-funds-sessions-says-1490637493
— Mexico Autos Output Soars as Trump Administration Settles In  Mexico gains considerable regional share as production in the U.S. and Canada sags – JOHN D. STOLL  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps, that is, anti-Americans, are overjoyed about this.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-gains-share-of-north-american-light-vehicle-production-1490620336
— America Is Ill-Prepared to Counter Russia’s Information Warfare  Propaganda is nothing new. But Moscow is frighteningly effective—and worse is on the way. – Mike Rogers  (DIERSEN: Russians have a much higher opinion of members of the following groups than Democrats and RINOs do: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-is-ill-prepared-to-counter-russias-information-warfare-1490655558
— So Much for Donald Mussolini  Remember when Trump was going to roll over U.S. checks and balances? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/so-much-for-donald-mussolini-1490653551
— The GOP Entitlement Caucus  The Freedom Caucus wastes the best shot at fiscal restraint in years. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gop-entitlement-caucus-1490653793
— Pay for Slay in Palestine  U.S. aid becomes a transfer payment for terrorists. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pay-for-slay-in-palestine-1490653597
— HAREDCOPY ARTICE TITLE: Colleges Offer a Degree – and a Guarantee  Some colleges pledge to help students repay their loans if they earn below a set amount – Douglas Belkin  (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, how much did you earn after you earned your bachelor’s degree?  I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21.  In today’s dollars, I earned $44,853 when I was 23, $54,864 when I was 24, $66,379 when I was 25, $79,563 when I was 26, $90,173 when I was 30, $71,326 when I was 31, $94,610 when I was 38, and $122,991 when I was 49.  I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-colleges-step-up-to-ease-students-debt-burden-1490653047

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Can’t Govern Because He Can’t Build Trust.”  What can people trust you to do? They can trust me a) to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, b) to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email every morning and every evening, c) to carry out my duties as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-27/trump-can-t-govern-because-he-can-t-build-trust

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Will ‘acceptable failure’ be acceptable in Trump administration? – Carten Cordell (DIERSEN: For almost 18 years 1980-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors failed to get rid me. For almost 9 years 1971-1980, my Democrat IRS superiors failed to get rid me. For almost 3 years 1966-1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors failed to get rid me.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/will-acceptable-failure-be-acceptable-in-trump-administration

March 27 Morning Edition

CNN
— As more Americans fail drug tests, employers turn to refugees – Dan Lieberman and Matt Gannon  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, pot pushers will turn refugees into stoners.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/us/refugees-jobs-drug-testing/

 

WGN TV
— Roskam opens up about healthcare failure, future Republican agenda – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/03/26/illinois-congressman-opens-up-about-health-care-failure-future-republican-agenda/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After Midway deal, restaurateurs gave big to Rahm – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mihalopoulos-airport-concessionaires-gifts-to-rahm-not-peanuts/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— No more limits on campaign cash donations in governor’s race – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-governor-campaign-contributions-met-story.html
— Trump shifts blame for health care collapse to far right – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Are you far-right?  Those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being far-right promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, abortion, booze, pot, gambling and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, weakening of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-gop-health-care-20170326-story.html
— New hire checklist – Emily Richett  (DIERSEN: New federal employees should be advised that they will be viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned because they are federal employees, and especially if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. New federal employees should be advised that they will be expected to help their superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  New federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170327/281852938401769
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Some of the youngest opioid victims are curious toddlers – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–opioids-youngest-victims-20170323-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Skilled immigrants often struggle to put degrees, credentials to use in U.S. – Alison Bowen and Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: Because of Democrats and because of RINOs, I have always struggled to put my “degrees, credentials to use.” I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-merit-immigration-brain-waste-20170326-story.html
— TRAGIC: Dry no more: Kenilworth, one of last no-liquor holdouts, lifts sales ban – Kate Thayer and Kathy Routliffe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-kenilworth-liquor-laws-dry-suburb-met-20170326-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps push Jews to unite with Muslims to get rid of Christians.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-muslim-jewish-alliances-met-20170325-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps insult Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-ivanka-job-description-glanton-20170324-column.html
— FRONT PAGE: Wife of cop charged in Laquan McDonald killing says sheriff yanked job offer – Christy Gutowski  (DIERSEN: Have you ever had a job offer withdrawn that you had accepted?  In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I have accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That withdrawal directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jason-van-dyke-wife-sheriff-job-met-20170325-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OD FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: BEYOND TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: More and more and more people depend on food pantries.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170327/news/170329023/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congresspeople, please set politics aside on judicial and Justice nominees – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Democrats only want those who can and will defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/ISSUE05/170329893

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Many older adults worse off under GOP health plan – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: How much of a problem has health care insurance been for you?  For me, it has not been a problem because I had Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) insurance when I was a federal employee and my wife and I continue to have FEHB insurance because I am federal retiree.  We pay $5,763 a year and the federal government pays $17,288 a year for our health, dental, and vision insurance.  I addition, we are both covered my Medicare. Together, we pay $2,731 a year for that.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170326/analysis-many-older-adults-worse-off-under-gop-health-plan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kevin Beeson says he was happy but not surprised Friday when Republican congressmen indefinitely postponed a vote on the American Health Care Act. “They don’t have an adequate plan,” said Beeson, 53, an unemployed former instructor at the University of Illinois Springfield. Beeson, who has Type 2 diabetes, said he values his Health Alliance insurance policy, which he obtained through Illinois’ health insurance exchange with federal subsidies to reduce the monthly premium to $116.)

 

CHICAGO WIRE
— $999 million out, $90 million in: Chicago pension funds see the abyss, shrug it off
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511097676-999-million-out-90-million-in-chicago-pension-funds-see-the-abyss-shrug-it-off

 

LCN TV NETWORKS
— VIDEO CLIP: Citizen Kelly cuts the ribbon on LCN TV Networks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2z7lAhBFxE

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Legislative pay an easy target for opinion writers – Dan McCaleb
http://ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-legislative-pay-an-easy-target-for-opinion-writers/article_4dd047da-122e-11e7-9a9a-cfdc287002ab.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OP-ED: “CLEAN SLATE 2.0” IS COD CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY’S PICK FOR APRIL 4TH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/cod-board-chairman-mazzochi-and-secretary-napolitano-recommend-clean-slate-20-in-upcoming-election.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow over their success in pushing pot.  If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.  If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/27/poll-66-percent-of-illinoisans-support-legalization-of-marijuana/
— Sen. Bill Brady hit with fake news robocall
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/27/sen-bill-brady-hit-with-fake-news-robocall/

 

DAILY CALLER
— With Trump’s Executive Orders Held Up In Court Over 8,400 Refugees Have Come To The U.S. – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at these refugees and at everyone else that Republicans are haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Democrats turn refugees into “good little Democrats” just like Democrat teachers in America turn their students into “good little Democrats.”)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/26/with-trumps-executive-orders-held-up-in-court-over-8400-refugees-have-come-to-the-u-s/
— Private Contractors Force Feed Refugees To States That Quit The Program – Jim Simpson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/26/private-contractors-force-feed-refugees-to-states-that-quit-the-program/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hamutal Bernstein from the Urban Institute promotes bringing refugees to America.  Democrats shout at these refugees and at everyone else that Republicans are haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Democrats turn refugees into “good little Democrats” just like Democrat teachers in America turn their students into “good little Democrats.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/refugees-to-us-are-not-like-migrants-to-europe/article/2618223

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Brands Try to Blacklist Breitbart, but Ads Slip Through Anyway – SAPNA MAHESHWARI  (DIERSEN: Who/what do you blacklist? The many individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that blacklist me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, 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 for a long time.  The aforesaid blacklisters do not return my phone calls and do not want me to know what they are doing, but many of them do read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for opposition research.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/business/media/breitbart-advertising-blacklist.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise the Weekly Standard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/business/weekly-standard-falsehoods-stephen-hayes-mediator.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Why Trump Needs a Strong I.R.S. – DENNIS J. VENTRY Jr. (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for three years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917.  Democrats and RINOs have always wasted my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/opinion/why-steven-mnuchin-wants-a-stronger-irs.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Can Democrats Win Back Catholics? – Thomas Groome  (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Catholic, but then again, it is extremely anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/opinion/to-win-again-democrats-must-stop-being-the-abortion-party.html
— G.O.P., Once Unified Against Obama, Struggles for Consensus Under Trump – JEREMY W. PETERS  (DIERSEN: Anti-conservatives want Trump to dump conservatives.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/politics/trump-health-care-conservatives-congress.html
— Trump Puts a Presidential-Size Spotlight on His Brand – ERIC LIPTON and NOAH WEILAND (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were beyond furious when I used my positions as TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member to encourage people to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/politics/donald-trump-brand-properties.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Trump as being Nixon.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/trump-secrets-nixon-pentagon-papers.html

 

POLITICO
— Natasha Korecki is on spring break which means I’ll be your Playbook reporter all week. – Mark Guarino  (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor does not take spring breaks.  He has put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.  Those emails a) have included links to almost 260,000 articles and information on many upcoming events and b) have NOT included any advertising.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/03/angelo-travels-to-trump-dc-219428

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Conservative media struggles with new prominence under Trump.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/325728-conservative-media-struggles-with-new-prominence-in-trump-era

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/26/nearly-one-out-of-every-three-days-he-has-been-president-trump-has-visited-a-trump-property/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: White House Opens Door to Democrats in Wake of Health-Bill Failure  Move signals Trump administration is fed up with many factions in House Republican conference – SIOBHAN HUGHES  (DIERSEN: Which faction controls your Republican township/ward party organization?  Which faction controls your Republican county party organization?  Which faction controls the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)?  I have always been a member of the faction that wants to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the IRP platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  The aforesaid faction has almost never been in control of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, or the IRP.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-opens-door-to-democrats-in-wake-of-health-bill-failure-1490547877
— How to Find Ideas for ‘Second Acts’ After Retiring – GLENN RUFFENACH  (DIERSEN: If you are retired, what is your second act?  For me, since 2000, it has been serving as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.  So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois have succeeded in stopping me from getting a paid job that would be commensurate with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-find-ideas-for-second-acts-after-retiring-1490582243
— The Key to Financial Discipline? It May be as Simple as Taking a Class  Study suggests students who took a basic financial-education course exhibited lower levels of impulsive behavior – SIMON CONSTABLE (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents lack “the ability to delay gratification.” Most have saved little or nothing for their retirement.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-key-to-financial-discipline-it-may-be-as-simple-as-taking-a-class-1490582293
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is well-known that successful investing requires patience and the ability to delay gratification. The question has long been: Can such discipline be taught? A recent study suggests it can. Researchers at Utah State University found that students who completed a basic financial-education course were more willing to wait for a bigger financial payout than those who didn’t. Put another way, those who took the class exhibited lower levels of impulsive behavior. “We see evidence that we can teach people self-control,” says William DeHart, a graduate student at Utah State University and one of the authors of the study, which appeared in PLOS ONE, a scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science, in July 2016.)
— Study Shows One Way to Extend Working Years  Research shows people who switch jobs in their 50s are more likely to be working at 65 – Lisa Ward  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that I switched careers in 1980 when I transferred from IRS to GAO.  Much of what I did for IRS for almost 9 years is very similar to what I did for GAO for almost 18 years – investigating, fact gathering, interviewing, summarizing and analyzing data, making recommendations, report writing, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/study-shows-one-way-to-extend-working-years-1490582352
— Would You Rather Have $1 Million or $5,000 Monthly in Retirement?  The answer will tell you whether you suffer an ‘illusion of poverty’ or an ‘illusion of wealth’ – SHLOMO BENARTZI and HAL E. HERSHFIELD  (DIERSEN: According to Schwab, my $4,239/month Civil Service Retirement System pension is worth about $500,000.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/would-you-rather-have-1-million-or-5-000-monthly-in-retirement-1490582208
— One CEO Got Paid $46 Million in a Month, but the Rest of the Year Is a Mystery  Johnson Controls took advantage of SEC loophole in pay-disclosure regulations – THEO FRANCIS (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. 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/one-ceo-got-paid-46m-in-a-month-but-the-rest-of-the-year-is-a-mystery-1490534028
— Gorsuch’s Foes Embarrass the Senate – Orrin G. Hatch  (DIERSEN: One could argue that when a mayor of a municipality in DuPage County, and especially the mayor of the county seat, publicly insults one of his constituents, that mayor embarrasses a) his municipality, b) every resident in his municipality, c) every municipality in his township, d) every resident in his township, e) every municipality in DuPage County, f) every resident in DuPage County, and g) every elected official who represents all or any part of DuPage County.  Does the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference have a Code of Ethics?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gorsuchs-foes-embarrass-the-senate-1490559162
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Decline in Homeownership Hits Economy – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: Do you promote homeownership? I always have. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.  I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building in downtown Chicago in 1974.  I bought a one bedroom condo in the ODE building in 1976.  My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978.  My wife and I had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sluggish-housing-recovery-took-300-billion-toll-on-u-s-economy-data-show-1490526643

 

USA TODAY
— Chicago nabs dozens in ‘Traveling Vice Lords’ gang linked to coke, meth and heroin – Aamer Madhani
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/24/chicago-nabs-dozens-traveling-vice-lords-gang-linked-coke-meth-and-heroin/99596012/
— As Sears falters, shadow darkens over American malls – Aamer Madhani  (DIERSEN: River Oaks Center in Calumet City is featured.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/22/sears-falters-shadow-over-american-malls-grows-darker/99511876/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/22/faces-of-deportations-under-president-trump/99455428/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Medical marijuana bill in South Carolina bolstered by conservatives – AP  (DIERSEN: To push pot is to be anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/03/26/medical-marijuana-bill-south-carolina-bolstered-conservatives/ERZMxis4ForVAK0C4C0HWO/story.html

 

ATLANTIC JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Trump now blames conservative Republicans for healthcare failure – Shelby Lin Erdman  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame conservatives like me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.ajc.com/news/trump-now-blames-conservative-republicans-for-healthcare-failure/RwdHVNLPaL6sxvMmOPbd7M/

 

BEND BULLETIN
— Members of Congress have extra benefit on health insurance – Mary Love
http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/5175567-151/letter-members-of-congress-have-extra-benefit-on

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump’s AHCA Blame Game Shifts to GOP Targets – Chas Danner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame conservatives like me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/trumps-ahca-blame-game-shifts-to-gop-targets.html

 

THE ATLANTIC
— The Legislators Working to Thwart the Will of Voters – DAVID A. GRAHAM  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats and RINOs, the “will of voters” is to get rid of those individuals, organizations, 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.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/state-legislatures-overturn-ballot-initiatives/519591/

March 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ILLINOIS CONSIDERS LEGALIZING MARIJUANA FOR A FISCAL BOOST – AP  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois. If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-considers-legalizing-marijuana-for-a-fiscal-boost/1819442/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois considers legalizing marijuana for fiscal boost – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois. If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/244040296-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Will Illinois go for fiscal high by legalizing marijuana? – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois. If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/will-illinois-go-for-fiscal-high-by-legalizing-marijuana/
— Lean times for lawmakers come to an end with paycheck ruling – Andy Grimm  (DIERSEN: When has your income dropped and by how much in today’s dollars?  In 1997, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $72,135 (59%), from $122,991 down to $50,856, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  In 1980, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $18,847 (21%), from $90,173 down to $71,326, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lean-times-for-lawmakers-come-to-an-end-with-paycheck-ruling/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jaime Andrade planned to be a full-time lawmaker when he was appointed to his seat in 2013, but legislating has not exactly provided a reliable paycheck. . .His solution to that cash crunch?. . .“I started driving Uber in June,” Andrade said. . . .He also enrolled in graduate courses at DePaul University (he’s pursuing a master’s degree in accounting) and took out student loans to help cover his living expenses. And he borrowed from his campaign fund to pay for hotels while in the capital, which is allowed under state law.)
— Trump calls on Chicago FOP chief to talk gun violence – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-trump-calls-on-chicago-fop-chief-to-talk-gun-violence/
— Students languish amid grandstanding at Chicago State University – Laura Washington
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/students-languish-amid-grandstanding-at-chicago-state-university/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump twists crime numbers to demonize immigrants.” Democrat and RINO politicians a) profusely glorify and profusely praise immigrants and b) put tremendous pressure on law enforcement to underreport crimes committed by immigrants.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-trump-twists-crime-numbers-to-demonize-immigrants/
— Trump attacks conservative lawmakers over health bill – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-attacks-conservative-lawmakers-over-health-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Indiana woman thought Trump would deport ‘bad hombres.’ Instead, he’s deporting her law-abiding husband. – Peter Holley  (DIERSEN: By definition, if you are in America illegally, you are not law-abiding.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-deportation-indiana-husband-20170326-story.html
— Moving on: Who’ll fix Obamacare now? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Will Illinois Democrats nominate Chance the Rapper to fix Obamacare?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-obamacare-trump-ryan-health-care-edit-0327-20170326-story.html
— Trump is giving a lot of mixed messages about whom to blame on health care – Amber Phillips  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-health-care-analysis-20170326-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-indivisible-trump-resistance-20170326-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Sessions’ ‘lie’ doesn’t meet definition – George Kocan
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170326/discuss/170329218/

 

WGN RADIO
— The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 3/26/17 – JASMINE COOPER  (DIERSEN: The mayor of Wheaton relies on anonymous sources to justify his insulting me in public. How many libelous statements about me did those anonymous activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. include in their emails to him?  How much religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do these anonymous sources have in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois?)
http://wgnradio.com/2017/03/26/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-32617/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tribune reporter Bill Ruthhart joins the show. Bill and last week’s guest Hal Dardick did a great job reading through Mayor Emanuel’s private emails to uncover questionable lobbying efforts. Bill will talk about the process of uncovering Emanuel’s emails and more.)

 

WSIL TV
— Blaming conservatives, Trump signals new openness to Democrats – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34999994/trump-attacks-conservative-lawmakers-over-health-bill

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— SENATORS SEEK VISITOR LOGS FROM WHITE HOUSE, MAR-A-LAGO – AP  (DIERSEN: Who are your critics/opponents?  Have you considered getting their visitor logs?)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170325/AP/303259870

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: As everyone knows full-well, “Welcoming City” is code for “Anti-Trump City” and/or “Anti-Protestant City” and/or “Anti-Conservative City” and/or “Anti-Republican City” and/or “Anti-American City” and/or “Anti-White People City” and/or “Anti-Male City” and/or “Anti-Older People City” and/or “Anti-Rich People City” and/or “Anti-Gun Owner City” and/or “Anti-German American City” and/or “Anti-Draft Avoider (except Bill Clinton) City” and/or “Anti-Those Whose Ancestors Have Been In America For A Long Time City.”
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-26/c-us-message-youre-welcome-here.html

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Algonquin Township’s Miller contributed $102K to pension, could collect more than $3 million  (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is far less generous than Miller’s IMRF pension. Nevertheless, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn me and my CSRS pension.)
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511097265-algonquin-township-s-miller-contributed-102k-to-pension-could-collect-more-than-3-million

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
– Conflict of Interest for District 58 School Board Candidate?  Susan Helsdon hopes her background as teachers’ union president won’t get in the way of her campaign for Downers Grove school board. – Lisa Marie Farver  (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office as a Republican, what is in your background that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use against you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and that I am a Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.  They would stress that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and a union member for almost 12 of those years, that I have been a federal retiree for more that 19 years, that I own America-nameplate cars, that I am childless, and that I am pet-less.)
http://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/conflict-interest-district-58-school-board-candidate

 

DAILY CALLER
— Health Policy Expert: What Went Wrong With Ryancare? Conservatives Were Never Really Welcomed To Weigh In – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/25/health-policy-expert-what-went-wrong-with-ryancare-conservatives-were-never-really-welcomed-to-weigh-in-video/
— Trump Tells Americans To Watch Show That Demands Ryan Step Down – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/25/trump-tells-americans-to-watch-show-that-demands-ryan-step-down/

 

THE HILL
— Ill. gov candidate Daniel Biss runs as fresh face, despite ties to political machine – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/325735-ill-gov-candidate-runs-as-fresh-face-despite-ties-to-political-machine

 

CBS NEWS
— Reince Priebus says it may be time to get Democrats “on board” (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/reince-priebus-democrats-on-board/

 

CNBC
— Trump lashes out at conservatives for health care bill’s failure as GOP infighting grows – Javier E. David  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants Trump to dump conservatives? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.  What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are members of one of the aforesaid groups?)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/26/obamacare-replacement-trump-lashes-out-at-conservatives-for-failure.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump vs. Congress: Now What?  After the president suffered his first defeat on Capitol Hill, can the White House still make good on its legislative promises? He rails against G.O.P. lawmakers, but President Trump needs them to save his agenda. An inside look at a White House in turmoil. – ROBERT DRAPER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/magazine/trump-vs-congress-now-what.html?emc=edit_ta_20170326&nl=top-stories&nlid=5208581&ref=headline

 

NEW YORK POST
— Stressed workers seek relief with drugs and alcohol – John Aidan Byrne  (DIERSEN: To get rid of me, while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to cause me stress. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/26/stressed-workers-seek-relief-with-drugs-and-alcohol/

 

PHILLY
— Philly cancels Cinco de Mayo over ICE fears – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2017/03/26/philly-cancels-cinco-de-mayo-over-ice-fears

 

PRESS TV
— Priebus relays Trump’s ‘warning’ to Republicans to follow suit  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the “warnings” that I have received to “follow suit.”  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/03/26/515707/Trump-warns-Republicans-not-to-defy-him-Reince-Priebus

March 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New anxieties as Trump says Obamacare will ‘explode’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-insurance-woes-20170326-story.html
— Many governors welcome demise of GOP health care bill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-states-20170325-story.html
— Failure on health bill also hurts prospects for tax overhaul – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-tax-reform-20170325-story.html
— DISGUSTING: Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against pot crackdown – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–marijuana-evading-a-crackdown-20170325-story.html
— Trump delivers his news to the Washington Post and New York Times – AP  (DIERSEN: When Republicans have news, they should issue a press release and include GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com in their press release list.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-bc-us–trump-media-20170324-story.html
— Endorsements count, especially in Aurora mayoral race – Denise Crosby  (DIERSEN: What impact does your endorsement have?  My “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have always worked harder against me than against any Democrat, any Libertarian, or any Green. While my endorsement has no impact anyway, they nevertheless hint/imply/argue/shout that no one should vote for any candidate that I endorse. They want candidates to not only not seek my endorsement, they want candidates to reject my endorsement. My “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject most if not virtually all of the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-mayoral-endorsements-st-0326-20170326-column.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump Supporters Rally at Statehouse
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/president-donald-trump-supporters-rally-at-statehouse

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who hires the illegals?  ANSWER: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, but not Republicans.  If you hire illegals, you are not a Republican and you do respect the rule of law.
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/ron-jackson-us-lawbreakers-reason-for-illegal-immigrants/article_e37c84b8-796b-5df5-8ecd-9cbe5f1e6562.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Nearly $1.1M wagered in first year of Rochester video gaming – Tim Landis  (DIERSEN: What percent of that $1.1 was wagered by people who are either a) are on government assistance or b) will be on government assistance – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170325/nearly-11m-wagered-in-first-year-of-rochester-video-gaming
— SIU grad says state discipline won’t interfere with service to marijuana patients – Dean Olsen  (DIERSEN: Pot pushers in Illinois want everyone in Illinois to be a stoner.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170325/siu-grad-says-state-discipline-wont-interfere-with-service-to-marijuana-patients
— State lawmakers look again at pension buyouts – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Have you ever been offered a buyout? In 1993, when I was 45 years old and when I had 25 years of federal service, GAO “offered” all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service $25,000 if they would take GAO’s early retirement “offer.”  Overwhelmingly, those who were eligible were White, male, and non-veteran like me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170325/state-lawmakers-look-again-at-pension-buyouts
— Democrats seek to rally in wake of Trump win – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170325/bernard-schoenburg-democrats-seek-to-rally-in-wake-of-trump-win

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Lawmakers may be happy, but is anyone else? – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170325/statehouse-insider-lawmakers-may-be-happy-but-is-anyone-else

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Governor addresses rural economics
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/107394/governor-addresses-rural-economics

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti- Trumps say “Self-inflicted collapse chokes GOP effort to undo Obamacare.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34995387/self-inflicted-collapse-chokes-gop-effort-to-undo-obamacare

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Some Glen Ellyn voters too intimidated to publicly oppose school referendum, village trustee Peter Ladesic says – Karen Kidd  (DIERSEN: Based on my experience, those who promote tax increases punish those who oppose tax increases.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096028-some-glen-ellyn-voters-too-intimidated-to-publicly-oppose-school-referendum-village-trustee-says
— Downers Grove school board hopeful’s objectivity questioned over affiliation with teachers union – Glenn Minnis  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes question my objectivity because I was a union member for almost 12 years.  Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions, hate current union members, and hate former union members.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511088997-downers-grove-school-board-hopeful-s-objectivity-questioned-over-affiliation-with-teachers-union

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Kevin M. Coyne For Naperville City Council​: Patch Candidate Profile
http://patch.com/illinois/naperville/kevin-m-coyne-naperville-city-council-patch-candidate-profile

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Durbin’s Ignorant and Anti-Catholic Ideology – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/durbins-intolerant-leftist-ideology/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Has the Term ‘Racism’ Become Obsolete? – Bob Weir  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps shout that Trump and his supporters are haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they themselves are haters, racists, sexists, bigots and even worse things.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/03/has_the_term_racism_become_obsolete.html

 

BLASTING NEWS
— Medicaid paid for births soar in the United States despite tight state budgets  Trump and Republicans throw much-needed Obamacare fix back into laps of uncooperative Democrats – Chet Dembeck
http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/03/medicaid-paid-for-births-soar-in-the-united-states-despite-tight-state-budgets-001576615.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— Pennsylvania Republicans Say State Is Undergoing ‘Illegal Alien Invasion’ – ROD KACKLEY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/03/25/pennsylvania-republicans-say-state-is-undergoing-illegal-alien-invasion/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— MOST AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY MINORITIES, SAY NO TO SANCTUARY CITIES  Poll: Only one-third want own community to protect illegals – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/most-americans-especially-minorities-say-no-to-sanctuary-cities/

 

POLITICO
— The Ugly History Behind Trump’s Attacks on Civil Servants  President Trump’s criticisms of government workers have something in common with Joe McCarthy’s. – LANDON R. Y. STORRS  (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years.  Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who are not in line to get a pension or are not getting a pension, despise if not hate federal employees and federal retirees.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/history-trump-attacks-civil-service-federal-workers-mccarthy-214951

 

ABC NEWS
— Worried about getting old? Poll sees optimism grow with age – AP  (DIERSEN: What has diminished your optimism?  The mayor of the city that I have lived in since 1978 publicly insults me.  I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member.  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer that I had accepted saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint in 1971. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/worried-poll-sees-optimism-grow-age-46308400

 

USA TODAY
— Steve Bannon’s rise forces Breitbart News out of the shadows, and the basement – Paul Singer  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS has never been in the shadows or in a basement. GOPUSA ILLINOIS has always been in the first floor family room at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.  GOPUSA ILLINOIS has always officially declared who owns it (me) and who operates it (me).  Unlike Breitbart, GOPUSA ILLINOIS has had no lavish parties.  Unlike Breitbart, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and its website www.gopillinois.com have no advertising.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/23/bannons-rise-forces-breitbart-news-out-shadows-and-basement-trump/99456912/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bare-knuckled conservative news organization has moved its office out of the house where former chief Steve Bannon lived, has begun to reluctantly disclose its ownership, and, in its quest for official recognition, may even go so far as to publicly declare who runs the place. Breitbart has for the past several years operated, basically, out of Bannon’s house. Bannon was the executive chairman of Breitbart News and the ideological engine behind the site’s bareknuckled anti-immigration, anti-government ideology. He and the site both operated out of a townhouse on Capitol Hill a couple of blocks behind the Supreme Court. It became known as the “Breitbart Embassy,” site of lavish parties upstairs and the typing of a staff of young reporters downstairs, whom Bannon  referred to as “the Valkyries.”)
— What’s in a name? In Scotland, Donald plummets in popularity – Kim Hjelmgaard  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on making you unpopular and why?  I should write a book about those who focus on making me unpopular and why they do it.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/25/name-donald-trump-scotland-boys/99402662/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Fox News host Jeanine Pirro calls on Ryan to step down, hours after Trump tweets about her show – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/25/trump-asks-his-supporters-to-watch-fox-news-host-who-calls-on-ryan-to-step-down/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Paul Ryan Emerges From Health Care Defeat Badly Damaged – MATT FLEGENHEIMER and THOMAS KAPLAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/politics/paul-ryan-health-care-defeat.html
— Health Bill’s Failure Leaves Supporters in a Political Jam Back Home – ALEXANDER BURNSM
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/trump-supporters-gop-health-bill.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/sunday/trump-and-ryan-lose-big.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/opinion/sunday/donald-this-i-will-tell-you.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/sunday/trumps-triumph-of-incompetence.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in making immigrants 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/2017/03/24/opinion/sunday/the-best-time-to-become-an-american-is-now.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Trade-Offs We Make  Without thinking much, people decide what to spend on every day.  Time to see it clearly. – Ron Lieber  (DIERSEN: What do your say to those who have earned/saved far less money than you have, but who criticize how you spend your money?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/your-money/the-subconscious-decision-whats-worth-it.html
— Adulting, but With Your College Crowd  Living with college friends can offer a built-in social network. – RONNIE KOENIG  (DIERSEN: What do those who attended college with you think of you?  While I attended NIU 1969-1970, those who attended college with me seemed to have a low opinion of government employees like I was.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/realestate/adulting-instant-community-with-the-college-crowd.html
— What Racial Terms Make You Cringe?  (DIERSEN: 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/2017/03/26/us/cringeworthyraceterms.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blames everyone else for failure of healthcare plan – Marisa Schultz  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame everyone else for their problems, but they especially blame me.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/26/trump-blames-everyone-else-for-failure-of-healthcare-plan/

 

PADUCAH SUN
— Retirement dreams fizzle amid insurance uncertainty – AP  (DIERSEN: Have your retirement dreams fizzled?  According to OPM, “The basic Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuity cannot exceed 80 percent of your high-3 average salary, excluding your unused sick leave. Generally, you reach the 80 percent limitation when you have 41 years and 11 months of service, not including accumulated sick leave.”  If my GAO superiors had not succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I would have had 42 years of service in 2010 when I was 62 years old.  In today’s dollars, my CSRS pension would be $98,393/year instead of the $50,856/year that it is now, or $47,537/year (48%) more.)
http://www.paducahsun.com/business/032617_PS_BIZ_BC-US–On-the-Money-Health-Overhaul-Early-Retirement-1st-Ld-Writethru–2445883

 

FED SMITH
— Hatch Act Protects Freedom of Political Speech on Social Media… to a Point – Mathew B. Tully, Esq.  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  The more Republican that a federal employee is, the harder that the Democrats who run the federal government work to waste that employee’s career and to get rid of that employee.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/26/hatch-act-protects-freedom-political-speech-social-media-point/

 

SLATE
— Will Reince Priebus Become the Fall Guy for Trumpcare’s Failure? – Daniel Politi (DIERSEN: When things go wrong, those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout determine who the fall guys will be.  Since 1978, those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have done everything that they can to make me their fall guy.)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/25/will_reince_priebus_become_the_fall_guy_for_trumpcare_failure.html

March 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Supporter’s Husband Faces Deportation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/24/trump-supporters-husband-faces-deportation/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 18 Chicago city workers topped $100K in OT in 2016 – Fran Spielman and Mick Dumke
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs-18-chicago-city-workers-topped-100k-in-ot-in-2016/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-seniors-safety-shouldnt-depend-on-state-paying-its-bills/
— Security, parking, garbage irk Ivanka Trump’s DC neighbors – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/security-parking-garbage-irk-ivanka-trumps-dc-neighbors/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach – Cindy Carcamo and Ben Brazil
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-me-trump-rally-20170325-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Violence erupted at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach on Saturday when an anti-Trump protester allegedly doused the female organizer of the event with pepper spray and was immediately set upon by a group of Trump supporters. After spraying the march organizer, the man, wearing a black mask, was tackled by a group of flag-waving Trump supporters, who started punching and kicking him, according to witnesses at the scene.)
— Former Evanston city worker alleges millions in undeposited cash, checks – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-whistle-blower-tl-0330-20170324-story.html
— Will you have enough? Only 18% very confident about their retirement savings – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: Are the operatives and the dupes who work for your critics/opponents “confident about their retirement savings?”  All the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents appear to have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. They talk and act like they will do just about anything for money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-retirement-savings-worry-study-marksjarvis-0326-biz-20170324-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-biss-democrats-governor-income-tax-zorne-perspec-0326-jm-20170324-column.html
— Yes, Illinois has a budget problem, but legalizing marijuana won’t fix it – Stephen Petersen, Downers Grove
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-yes-illinois-has-a-budget-problem-but-legalizing-marijuana-won-t-fix-it-20170324-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER:  Do state Sen. Heather Steans and state Rep. Kelly Cassidy have no shame? The thought of legalizing marijuana for the purpose of raising revenue from the manufacture and sale of marijuana is yet one more example of stealing from the futures of our children to pay for lawmakers’ pet projects today. I have two children in high school and one in middle school. They are good kids, get good grades, and are active in scouts and the community. I hear stories from them of what some of the other students are up to at Downers Grove North. I read about the heroin epidemic and grieve for the families that have recently lost children. My children tell me they just say no, and I believe them. But I also know what I was up to when I was in high school, and there but by the grace of God go I. I know that Illinois has a budget problem and have been told by Democrats for many years that there is literally nowhere to cut. I have also seen with my own eyes much of the graft in city and state contracting. The Democrats’ positioning is that there are no options but to raise taxes. These lawmakers want to raise taxes through drug use, and I find that despicable. For whatever reason, there has been no grand bargain on expanded gambling for expanded revenue, and that’s got to hurt. Prostitution is still illegal in Illinois, however not rare. My heart goes out to the young ladies and their families whose revenue potentials will be eyed next. Democratic leadership has already spent more money for today than our kids and grandkids could possibly pay back in their lifetimes, so that must make the politicians proud. Their idea of promoting and taxing drug use is a good one to keep money flowing in, but bodes poorly for future generations. By the time the bill comes due these two legislators will be living on their fat, taxpayer-provided pensions, so what do they care? What if there are no public taxpayers left in Illinois to pay it? Steans and Cassidy must think carefully about what they’re doing. And in the meantime, try not to string out the kids for their comfort.)
— Group disappointed to have no ‘impact’ on Roskam’s health care views – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-roskam-meeting-constituents-health-care-st-0326-20170325-story.html
— Schneider credits public engagement for Trumpcare defeat – Luke Hammill  (DIERSEN: What do you say “Republicans” who paint themselves as being anti-Trump?  Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-brad-schneider-grayslake-event-st-0327-20170325-story.html
— New Naperville policy forces Day of Prayer event out of council chambers – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-national-day-of-prayer-st-0326-20170325-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Indoor shooting range, gun store planned for Naperville site – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-shooting-range-gunshop-st-0326-20170324-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— The Mendoza line on legislators pay – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170325/discuss/170329166/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What if money, name and connections aren’t enough to take on Rauner? – RICH MILLER  (DIERSEN: Will the anti-Rauners engage in negative campaigning?  I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who since 2000 have worked harder against me than they have ever worked against any Democrat.  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/ISSUE01/170329890/what-if-money-name-and-connections-arent-enough-to-take-on-rauner
— Illinois’ stack of unpaid medical bills now reaches $3.5 billion – BRIGID SWEENEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/NEWS03/170329904/illinois-unpaid-medical-bills-reach-3-5-billion

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Emboldened Democrats look ahead to next fight – ASHLEY KILLOUGH  (DIERSEN: How hard are anti-Trumps working in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/emboldened-democrats-look-ahead-to-next-fight/680602551

 

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING: Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against pot crackdown – AP  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you are NOT a Republican. If you got elected to or appointed to a government or to a political position as a Republican, and you promote pot, you should immediately resign so that you can be replaced with a Republican.  If you promote pot, you are a Democrat, a Libertarian, or a Green.  You are anti-Republican, anti-conservative, anti-religious, and anti-American.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34995922/colorado-weighs-strategy-for-guarding-against-pot-crackdown
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Colorado is considering an unusual strategy to protect its nascent marijuana industry from a potential federal crackdown, even at the expense of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax collections. A bill pending in the Legislature would allow pot growers and retailers to reclassify their recreational pot as medical pot if a change in federal law or enforcement occurs. It’s the boldest attempt yet by a U.S. marijuana state to avoid federal intervention in its weed market. The bill would allow Colorado’s 500 or so licensed recreational pot growers to instantly reclassify their weed. A switch would cost the state more than $100 million a year because Colorado taxes medical pot much more lightly than recreational weed – 2.9 percent versus 17.9 percent. The measure says licensed growers could immediately become medical licensees “based on a business need due to a change in local, state or federal law or enforcement policy.” The change wouldn’t take recreational marijuana off the books, but it wouldn’t entirely safeguard it either. What it could do is help growers protect their inventory in case federal authorities start seizing recreational pot. The provision is getting a lot of attention in the marijuana industry following recent comments from members of President Donald Trump’s administration. White House spokesman Sean Spicer has said there’s a “big difference” between medical and recreational pot. Sponsors of the bill call it a possible exit strategy for the new pot industry. It’s hard to say how many businesses would be affected, or if medical pot would flood the market, because some businesses hold licenses to both grow and sell marijuana in Colorado. The state had about 827,000 marijuana plants growing in the retail system in June, the latest available data. More than half were for the recreational market. “If there is a change in federal law, then I think all of our businesses want to stay in business somehow. They’ve made major investments,” said Sen. Tim Neville, a suburban Denver Republican who sponsored the bill. If federal authorities start seizing recreational pot, Colorado’s recreational marijuana entrepreneurs “need to be able to convert that product into the medical side so they can sell it,” Neville said. His bill passed a committee in the Republican Senate 4-1 last week.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Senators seek visitor logs from White House, Mar-a-Lago – AP  (DIERSEN: I should the seek the visitor logs for all those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work the hardest against me.  They talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new car, a new home, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Just kidding, but not completely.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/senators-seek-visitor-logs-from-white-house-mar-a-lago/article_a2fc2615-9860-5dfa-a803-dbc3d64131d3.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Lawmakers Relieved to Know They Will Get Paychecks – TONY ARNOLD  (DIERSEN: When has your income dropped and by how much in today’s dollars?  In 1997, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $72,135 (59%), from $122,991 down to $50,856, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  In 1980, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $18,847 (21%), from $90,173 down to $71,326, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/lawmakers-relieved-know-they-will-get-paychecks#stream/0

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Elgin incumbent decries new teachers’ contract – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511092730-elgin-incumbent-decries-new-teachers-contract

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Anti-abortion group voices outrage over House bill – Glenn Minnis
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511093696-anti-abortion-group-voices-outrage-over-house-bill

 

NAPERVILLE CITY COUNCIL WATCHDOG
— National Guard Not Needed In Downtown Naperville
http://citycouncilwatchdog.com/category/naperville-city-council

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Iroquois County Board Member threatens Watchdog with violence – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/03/video-iroquois-county-board-member-threatens-watchdog-with-violence/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— POLL RESULTS SHOW ONLY 1/3 OF ILLINOISANS SAY THEY’VE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE BUDGET IMPASSE – Hilary Gowins  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes depend on the State of Illinois for income and/or for assistance of some kind. They despise if not hate federal employees and federal retirees.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/poll-results-show-only-13-of-illinoisans-say-theyve-been-affected-by-the-budget-impasse/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WEYERMULLER FILES ELECTION BOARD COMPLAINT AGAINST “WILMETTE FRIENDS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/weyermuller-files-election-board-complaint-against-wilmette-friends.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP cave on Obamacare repeal is the biggest broken promise in political history – PHILIP KLEIN
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-cave-on-obamacare-repeal-is-the-biggest-broken-promise-in-political-history/article/2618413

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— De Blasio blames ‘dynamic of hatred’ created by Trump for racist murder – Rick Moran  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled anti-Trumps promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.  For their self-defense, how soon will Trump supporters buy more firearms and more ammunition?)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/03/de_blasio_blames_dynamic_of_hatred_created_by_trump_for_racist_murder.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Are We the Next Europe? – Pam Jablonski
https://townhall.com/notebook/pamjablonski/2017/03/25/are-we-the-next-europe-n2303462

 

BLAZE
— Trump was misled by Paul Ryan on health care bill, says Newt Gingrich – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/25/trump-was-misled-by-paul-ryan-on-health-care-bill-says-newt-gingrich/

 

DAILY WIRE
— At What Age Do Millennials Consider Themselves Adults? The Answer Will Stun You. – AARON BANDLER  (DIERSEN: At what age were you an adult, that is, at what age did you start paying all your own bills?  For me, it was age 21 in 1970, when I started working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights.  I paid not only all my own bills, I helped pay my mother’s and brother’s bills. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969 and I had applied for and I eventually got a financial hardship draft deferment.  I was able to buy a new town home in University Park when I was 24 in 1972.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14747/what-age-do-millennials-consider-themselves-adults-aaron-bandler
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new report has found that millennials don’t consider themselves adults until they reach the age of 30. Yes, you read that correctly. According to The Wrap, research compiled by David Poltrack, CBS’ chief research officer and their ratings expert, as well as Nielsen Catalina Solutions, found that millennials consider themselves adults at age 30 because that’s when they typically are completely responsible for themselves – they no longer reside with their parents and pay entirely for their own bills.)
— ‘Dear White People’ Posters Appear on Campus Ripping White Students – ELLIOTT HAMILTON  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps are anti-White.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14764/dear-white-people-posters-appear-campus-ripping-elliott-hamilton
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the signs, which were shared exclusively with Campus Reform, contained racially-charged language that peddled prejudiced and racist views toward white people. For example, one sign read, “Dear white people, there is no such thing as being ‘colorblind.’ You are perpetuating racism and white supremacy.” Another sign read, “Dear white people, black people can’t be racist. Prejudice, yes, but not racist. Racism describes a system of disadvantage based on race. Black people can’t be racist since we don’t stand to benefit from such a system.” Another sign peddled white stereotypes while insinuating all white people place black people in a box: “Dear white people, are you tired of your hum drum, Wonderbread existence of accidental racism and wishing you could sip on Henny out yo crunk cup without a bitch giving you the side-eye? Course you are.”)

 

THE HILL
— For Democrats, no clear leader – JONATHAN EASLEY  (DIERSEN: Who leads conservatives in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  What have they done during the last week, month, and year that shows their opposition to promotion of dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, further erosion of the First and Second Amendments, etc.?)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/324903-for-democrats-no-clear-leader

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Becomes Ensnared in Fiery G.O.P. Civil War – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN  (DIERSEN: I am on the losing side of that civil war.  I am on the side that supports the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Party Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  The other side talks, writes, and acts like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs who are hell bent on destroying the Republican party in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/politics/trump-health-care-defeat-gop-civil-war.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Ivanka Trump’s Secret Service detail roiling her D.C. neighbors – Paul Schwartzman and Peter Jamison
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/ivanka-trumps-secret-service-detail-roiling-her-dc-neighbors/2017/03/24/6a1860a2-1018-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html

March 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE BILL FAILS, PULLED FROM FLOOR BEFORE VOTE – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republican-health-care-bill-pulled-before-vote/1816393/
— RAUNER VETOES OVERHAUL OF CHICAGO CITY PENSION SYSTEM – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-vetoes-overhaul-of-chicago-city-pension-system/1817272/
— DISGUSTING: DISTRICT COURT SAYS MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUSINESSES CAN DONATE TO CAMPAIGNS
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/district-court-says-medical-marijuana-businesses-can-donate-to-campaigns/1817440/
— SENATE VOTES TO KILL PRIVACY RULES GUARDING YOUR ONLINE INFO – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-votes-to-kill-privacy-rules-guarding-your-online-info/1816631/

 

NBC5
— No Repeal for ‘Obamacare’ in Humiliating Defeat for Trump  Democrats could hardly contain their satisfaction – Erica Werner and Alan Fram
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/House-Health-Care-Vote-AHCA-Trump-Demand-417007763.html

 

CBS2
— Ryan, Trump Pull Health Care Bill, Canceling Vote – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/24/ryan-trump-pull-health-care-bill-canceling-vote/
— Gov. Rauner Wants Democrats, Officials To Support Pension Legislation – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/24/gov-rauner-wants-democrats-officials-to-support-pension-legislation/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— State police use Narcan to save OD victim at Thompson Center
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/243752267-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hultgren: Republicans must ‘figure out a different way forward’ on health care – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-vote-republican-health-overhaul-20170324-story.html
— Speaker Ryan falls short in first test of Trump presidency – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-speaker-ryan-health-bill-test-20170324-story.html
— Black officials to Rauner: We don’t want Paul Vallas at Chicago State – Grace Wong
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-state-vallas-met-0325-20170325-story.html
— Lien filed on Elgin councilman’s house because of unpaid taxes – Mike Danahey and Janelle Walker  (DIERSEN: I filed many liens while I worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-prigge-lien-st-0322-20170323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elgin’s mayor is calling out a member of the Elgin City Council for a federal tax lien filed three years ago against his home in Kane County. The Internal Revenue Service in 2014 filed a $15,103 lien against the northeast side home in Elgin where Council member John Prigge resides.)
— 120-year-old mansion could be casualty of Wheaton housing plan – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-wheaton-mansion-met-20170324-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigrants-mchenry-detention-center-met-20170323-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Ivanka Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-ivanka-trump-women-huppke-work-advice-0326-biz-20170323-column.html
— DIERSEWN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for all the problems that Blacks have had, that Blacks are having, and that Blacks will have.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-congressional-black-caucus-trump-cbc-obama-perspec-0326-jm-20170324-story.html
— Why health care can’t be fixed – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-obamacare-republican-health-care-failure-perspec-0326-20170324-column.html
— ‘Me, me, me! Did I mention me?’ The greed of Illinois’ pay-us-first legislators – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-lawmaker-pay-mendoza-edit-0326-20170324-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Retreat and regret: Trump, GOP suffer bitter health care defeat – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-house-doesnt-have-votes-to-repeal-obamacare-ny-times/
— Rauner vetoes bill to shore up Chicago municipal workers pensions – Sam Charles and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-vetoes-bill-to-bail-out-chicago-municipal-workers-pensions/

 

DIALY HERALD
— Attorney general: Lisle didn’t fully comply with directive – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170324/news/170329323/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois congressmen Davis disappointed in canceled vote – Paul Swiech
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/central-illinois-congressmen-disappointed-in-canceled-vote/article_b4ed90ad-d59a-5d75-aa83-89dd9b9f5569.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Sen. Dick Durbin says health care is a right – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: What else is a right – housing, food, clothes, transportation, etc.?  Democrats shout that Republicans are rich, so therefore, Republicans should give government more money so that government can provide the aforesaid rights to those in need.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170324/sen-dick-durbin-says-health-care-is-right

 

WSIL
— Speaker Ryan falls short in first test of Trump presidency – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34992958/ryan-falls-short-in-first-test-of-trump-presidency

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump unhappy Jared Kushner took a powder on the ski slopes as health care bill floundered  Senior advisor on vacation with family – KATE BENNETT  (DIERSEN: How much time and money have you spent on vacations?  My wife and I have spent extremely little time and money on vacations since 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in cutting my income by $72,135 (59%) a year in today’s dollars.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-unhappy-jared-kushner-on-ski-slopes-as-health-care-bill-floundered/680226635

 

CHICAGOIST
— Buzzkill: Gov. Rauner ‘Not A Believer’ That Legalized Marijuana Would Help State’s Woes – STEPHEN GOSSETT
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/24/gov_rauner_is_not_jazzed_about_lega.php

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Illinois’ Roskam felt rug pulled out on health care bill – Glenn Minnis
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511097352-illinois-roskam-felt-rug-pulled-out-on-health-care-bill

 

GOPUSA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: UNACCETABLE: Total sanctuary cities and counties estimated to be about 600.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22195

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Major Defeat for Trump, Push to Repeal Health Law Fails – ROBERT PEAR, THOMAS KAPLAN and MAGGIE HABERMANMAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/politics/health-care-affordable-care-act.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Residents of Chicago are running for the exits – AP
http://nypost.com/2017/03/24/chicago-loses-residents-at-rapid-rate-amid-surge-in-violence/

 

FED SMITH
— EPA Investigating Employee Covert Activity – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/24/epa-investigating-employee-covert-activity/

March 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner not a fan of legalizing marijuana – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-chicago-city-council-member-calls-colleague-chump-alderman-takes-it-back-20170323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Responding to recently introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana in Illinois, Gov. Bruce Rauner had a less than enthusiastic response but said he’d be willing to study it. “I’m not a believer that legalizing more drugs will help our society so I’m not philosophically enthusiastic about it, but I’m also open to what actually works to make life better to people,” Rauner told the “Roe Conn Show” on WGN-AM 720 on Thursday. “I’m hearing some pretty bad stories. Now, I haven’t studied it. I think we should do a thoughtful analysis of what’s happening in these other states. I’m hearing a lot of trouble,” he said. “My friends in Colorado have told me some pretty terrible things about addiction problems and behavior problems, etc. over there in Denver.” To sum it up, Rauner said, “I just believe we’re conducting a massive human experiment as we legalize these drugs.”  One Democrat running for the right to take on Rauner next year endorsed the legislation. “Legalizing recreational marijuana is a social justice issue,” said Ald. Ameya Pawar in a statement. “It will reduce the amount we spend as a society arresting and jailing people for low-level nonviolent offenses, when our criminal justice system should be focused on reducing violence,” he said.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with big color pictures unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps treasonously glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigrants-mchenry-detention-center-met-20170323-story.html
— Health care workers protest efforts to overhaul Obamacare – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-health-care-rally-met-20170323-story.html
— Can budget deal ever get done with Rauner, Madigan at the table? – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-speaker-madigan-illinois-budget-met-20170324-story.html
— American democracy: Not so decadent after all – Charles Krauthammer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-health-care-congress-immigration-krauthammer-perspec-0324-20170323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The media. Trump is right. It is the opposition party. Indeed, furiously so, often indulging in appalling overkill. It’s sometimes embarrassing to read the front pages of the major newspapers, festooned as they are with anti-Trump editorializing masquerading as news. Nonetheless, if you take the view from 30,000 feet, better this than a press acquiescing on bended knee, where it spent most of the Obama years in a slavish Pravda-like thrall. Every democracy needs an opposition press. We damn well have one now. Taken together — and suspending judgment on which side is right on any particular issue — it is deeply encouraging that the sinews of institutional resistance to a potentially threatening executive remain quite resilient. James Madison’s genius was to understand that the best bulwark against tyranny was not virtue — virtue helps, but should never be relied upon — but ambition counteracting ambition, faction counteracting faction. You see it even in the confirmation process for Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s supremely qualified and measured Supreme Court nominee. He’s a slam dunk, yet some factions have scraped together a campaign to block him. Their ads are plaintive and pathetic. Yet I find them warmly reassuring. What a country — where even the vacuous have a voice. The anti-Trump opposition flatters itself as “the resistance.” As if this is Vichy France. It’s not. It’s 21st century America. And the good news is that the checks and balances are working just fine.)
— Study finds white working class increasingly dying ‘deaths of despair’ – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are ant-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TO DIE A DEATH OF DISPAIR.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-white-working-class-deaths-of-despair-20170324-story.html
— With the help of the interior secretary, Washington steps in it again – John Kass  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What do you say to those who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn those who do not own dogs?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-interior-department-dog-days-kass-0324-20170323-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Donald Trump: Touts how health bill defunds Planned Parenthood – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-touts-how-health-bill-defunds-planned-parenthood/
— Chicagoans take triple hit on old Wrigley factory -Tim Novak
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/the-watchdogs-chicagoans-take-triple-hit-on-old-wrigley-factory/amp/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Budget, property taxes key issues in calm COD board race – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/170329421/
— Worried about getting old? Poll sees optimism grow with age – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/303229915/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170324/discuss/170329426/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why I broke up with Facebook – Justin Massa  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Groupings could include past and present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders, c) Illinois Republican Party leaders, d) City of Wheaton leaders and employees, e) Milton Township leaders and employees, f) State of Illinois leaders and employees, g) activists, h) major donors, and i) political consultants.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/OPINION/170329955

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Thumbs Down: To the never-ending Mendoza-Rauner blame game – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What do say to those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170323/thumbs-down-to-never-ending-mendoza-rauner-blame-game

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Thousands of Trump University students want their money back  3,700 file claims on Trump’s lawsuit settlement  (DIERSEN: Should I ask for my money back from IIT, DePaul, Loyola, and NIU?  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had a very opinion of my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, my 1976 MBA from Loyola, and my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. They stressed that none of the aforesaid universities were Ivy League.  In addition, they had a very low opinion of my 1997 Forsenic Accountant certification, my 1996 Financial Services Auditor certification, my 1994 Government Financial Manager certification, my 1990 Fraud Examiner certification, my 1981 CPA license, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor certification, and my 1979 CPA certification.  They would not have had such low opinions if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/thousands-of-trump-university-students-want-their-money-back/679835423

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Who Should Make Cuts? – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: In the federal government, when cuts have to be made, employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran are cut.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=239765#.WNUCzRHxZZI

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— Rauner speaks at Logan County Republican Party’s 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner – Jessica Lema  (DIERSEN: How successful was your Republican county party organization’s 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner?)
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20170323/rauner-speaks-at-logan-county-republican-partys-2017-lincoln-day-dinner

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Local Students Speak Out About Trump Administration – Esther Kwon
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/local-students-speak-out-about-trump-administration

 

STATE LINE
— Rick Perry: Texas A&M’s student body election was ‘stolen’  Lead vote getter was disqualified – EMANUELLA GRINBERG AND TONY MARCO
http://www.mystateline.com/news/national/rick-perry-texas-am-election-stolen/679609673

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: Democrats say they want to see department cuts only to criticize them – Greg Bishop and Dan McCaleb  (DIERSEN: In the federal government, when cuts have to be made, employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran are cut.)
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-democrats-say-they-want-to-see-department-cuts-only/article_fad6ed8e-0fe1-11e7-9c8e-9f3072b92cd1.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— EACH ILLINOIS HOUSEHOLD ON THE HOOK FOR $56K IN GOVERNMENT-WORKER RETIREMENT DEBT – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/each-illinois-household-on-the-hook-for-56k-in-government-worker-retirement-debt/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner says his Colorado friends are telling him “pretty terrible things” about legal weed
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/24/rauner-says-his-colorado-friends-are-telling-him-pretty-terrible-things-about-legal-weed/
— Leader Radogno: “No Governor’s spokesman, even Goldberg speaks for the Senate caucus”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/24/leader-radogno-no-governors-spokesman-even-goldberg-speaks-for-the-senate-caucus/

 

GOPUSA
— Girl Gets Savagely Assaulted; School District Concerned about Backlash Against Attackers and Other Illegals  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ever-increasingly put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22261
— Ramming with vehicles marks the new, go-to method of choice of today’s terrorists
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22244

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ryan unmasks himself as biggest threat to GOP, Trump presidency – Ralph Z. Hallow
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/23/paul-ryan-unmasks-himself-biggest-threat-gop-trump/

 

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
—  IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WON’T COME; AFTER ILLEGAL ALIENS ALLEGEDLY COMMIT BRUTAL CRIME, MARYLAND LAWMAKERS CONSIDER SANCTUARY; MALIBU GIVES SANCTUARY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS (JUST AS LONG AS THEY DON’T TRY TO USE THE BEACH); JUDICIARY WAGES WAR ON TRUMP, JEOPARDIZES NATIONAL SECURITY; NORTH CAROLINA COMMITTEE PASSES ANTI-SANCTUARY ENFORCEMENT BILL
http://view.fairmail.fairus.org/

 

THE HILL
— Your pension could be at the center of America’s next financial crisis – JEFF REEVES
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/325564-the-pension-crisis-will-be-americas-next-financial-crisis

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Natasha Korecki reports on what Rich Miller has behind his $500/year paywall at https://capitolfax.com/.  Dave Diersen does not have any paywalls at https://gopillinois.com.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes. One could argue that Miller should publish the identities of all his $500 paywall subscribers.  No one pays me for what I do for your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.  No one calls my tunes.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/03/politico-illinois-playbook-lawmakers-paid-as-state-bleeds-16-shots-16-counts-health-care-vote-local-impact-219394

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— SUPREME COURT BOLSTERS RIGHTS OF LEARNING-DISABLED STUDENTS – AP
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2017/03/23/supreme-court-learning-disabled-students/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/election-fraud-voter-ids.html
— Politicians who aren’t real leaders, but play leaders on TV – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: In Illinois, you should not seek or hold a government or a political office as a Republican if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
— Rep. Nunes Is a Lapdog in a Watchdog Role – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have always wanted GAO to be a lapdog instead of a watchdog.  Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/opinion/rep-nunes-is-a-lapdog-in-a-watchdog-role.html
— Americans Agree on Paid Family Leave, but Not on Who Should Pay – Claire Cain Miller  (DIERSEN: Those pay the “marriage penalty” pay for paid family leave and for many other such benefits.  My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978.  Virtually none of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes have ever paid one penny of marriage penalty.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/upshot/americans-agree-on-paid-leave-but-not-on-who-should-pay.html
— The Trump Elite. Like the Old Elite, but Worse! – David Brooks  (DIERSEN: Who are the elites in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who do they glorify and praise and why and who do they demonize, denigrate, and condemn and why?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/the-trump-elite-like-the-old-elite-but-worse.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Schumer Says He Will Lead Filibuster Of Gorsuch Nomination – Robert Barnes, Ed O’Keefe and Ann E. Marimow  (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in harming you in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  I should write a book about those who have taken the lead in harming me in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-to-focus-today-on-testimony-from-friends-foes/2017/03/23/14d21116-0fc7-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF CHAO: Elaine Chao understands ‘being on the outside.’ Why that helps her connect with Trump – Susan Page (DIERSEN: Far too many who want to be on the inside glorify and praise, pander to, serve as an operative for, serve as a dupe for, and/or give money to those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/23/exclusive-transportation-secretary-elaine-chao-uses-past-connect-outsider-president/99447410/

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— What It’s Like When Your Federal Agency Disappears  The latest White House budget calls for the elimination of 19 small federal agencies. Pacific Standard talks to a researcher who lived through that with his own office on the Hill, 28 years ago. – Francie Diep  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about how that agency has virtually disappeared.)
https://psmag.com/what-its-like-when-your-federal-agency-disappears-2c66a95749e8#.9sq7rt7f8

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hawaii Republicans, Down to Five Members in the State Legislature, Try to Regroup  Former Hawaii house minority leader Beth Fukumoto’s decision to join the Democratic Party prompts state GOP officials to re-examine priorities – IAN LOVETT  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, you should not seek or hold a government or a political office as a Republican if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hawaii-republicans-down-to-five-members-in-the-state-legislature-try-to-regroup-hawaii-republicans-down-to-five-members-in-the-state-legislature-try-to-regroup-1490287409
— States Move to Strengthen Laws in Response to Rise in Hate Crimes – JOSEPH DE AVILA and JON KAMP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn members of the following groups as being haters who should be gotten rid of: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-move-to-strengthen-laws-in-response-to-rise-in-hate-crimes-1490301718
— A Seminary Snubs a Presbyterian Pastor  Princeton rescinds an honor to Tim Keller over his traditional theological views. – CASE THORP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, religions act as arms of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-seminary-snubs-a-presbyterian-pastor-1490309996
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This unfortunate outcome was not surprising to anyone who has watched seminaries throughout the country embrace and elevate radical “identity theology.” Identity politics have been dividing Americans for decades. Now identity theologies are splitting Christian denominations, colleges and seminaries in similar fashion. Entire theologies have developed from one’s self-orientation in an attempt to denounce patriarchy, sexism, racism and homophobia. Feminist theology and black-liberation theology produced womanist theology. Now queer theology asks, in the words of Marcella Althaus-Reid, “What can sexual stories from fetishism and sadomasochism tell us about our relationship with God, Jesus and Mary?”)
— Amazon Defeats IRS in Tax-Court Case – RICHARD RUBIN and  LAURA STEVENS  (DIERSEN: I won a split-decision against IRS in Tax Court in 1978 when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-defeats-irs-in-tax-court-case-1490298524
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Are you a glaring counter-example?  I am.  Anti-Trumps justify their call for illegal immigration and for mass immigration by shouting that citizens of America will not take bad jobs. I am a glaring counter-example.  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fewer-immigrants-higher-prices-lower-profits-1490279355
— Cash Handouts for Everyone  Support for a universal income comes from technophiles like Elon Musk, libertarians like Charles Murray and labor leader Andy Stern. Marc Levinson reviews “Basic Income” by Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght. – MARC LEVINSON  (DIERSEN: If America offered universal income, at what level of that income would you stop working – $20,000/year, $30,000/year, $40,000/year, $50,000/year, $60,000/year, $70,000/year, $80,000/year, $90,000/year, $100,000+/year?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cash-handouts-for-everyone-1490309807

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Wall Is 30 Feet of Scary Politics for Builders – Thomas Black  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose the wall?  ANSWER: 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 longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-24/trump-s-wall-is-30-feet-of-political-trouble-for-edgy-companies

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Ivanka Trump: A White House force, just not an ’employee’ – JULIE BYKOWICZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress I was just a low level federal employee for almost 30 years.  They stress that the federal government never paid me more than $122,991 in today’s dollars and they shout that I was overpaid.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/government-news/2017/03/ivanka-trump-a-white-house-force-just-not-an-employee/

 

SALON
— The Breitbart fear: Federal employees are scared they’ll be targeted by conservative media  Executive branch staffers right-wing hit jobs will cost them their careers – MATTHEW ROZSA
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/23/the-breitbart-fear-federal-employees-are-scared-theyll-be-targeted-by-conservative-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has already left the State Department in chaos with his massive layoffs and marginalization of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Now it appears that, because of Trump’s past habit of getting his information from right-wing news outlets, many government staffers across the executive branch are afraid that conservative media hit pieces against them will cost them their careers. The belief that executive branch staffers are insufficiently loyal to Trump and are secretly working to promote the policies of President Barack Obama has inspired a wave of attack articles from right-wing sites like Breitbart and the Conservative Review, according to Politico. Breitbart has even published a list of so-called “Obama loyalist bureaucrats” that it urged Trump to “either fire immediately or remove from their current positions.” Breitbart’s former CEO, Steve Bannon, is currently Trump’s chief strategist.)

March 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bills to legalize marijuana introduced in General Assembly – Sam Charles  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to MTRCC’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  For a sample of such a resolution, SEE: http://archive.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/resolution-opposing-legalization-marijuana.pdf  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of Milton Township to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representative Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly and Nybo; Illinois Representatives Breen and Ives; DuPage County officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Redick, Ruscitti, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bills-to-legalize-marijuana-introduced-in-general-assembly/
— Girl who was gang raped on Facebook Live getting online threats – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/girl-who-was-gang-raped-on-facebook-live-getting-online-threats/
— Call for Vallas to lead CSU is divisive  The stereotype — that when things go wrong, a white person has to step in to fix it — persists because too often, black people are OK with letting white people come to their rescue. – Mary Mitchell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-call-for-vallas-to-lead-csu-is-divisive/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Of 10 largest metro areas in U.S., only Chicago’s loses residents  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/of-10-largest-metro-areas-in-u-s-only-chicagos-loses-residents/
— DIERSEN HEDLINE: S.E. Cupp demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/under-trump-is-the-very-idea-of-truth-going-extinct/
— The ‘unkindest cuts’ may actually be kind – John Stossel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-unkindest-cuts-may-actually-be-kind/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago area leads U.S. in population loss, sees drop for 2nd year in a row – Marwa Eltagouri and Grace Wong  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
— Number of shootings down, but gun violence more spread out in Aurora – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/crime/ct-abn-aurora-shootings-spread-2016-st-0306-20170321-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: When politicians take sanctuary in flouting laws they dislike- Victor Davis Hanson  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Democrats want to comply only with those laws that promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201703221030–tms–vdhansonctnvh-a20170323-20170323-column.html
— Islamic State claims responsibility for London car, knife attack that left four dead – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-uk-parliament-attack-20170323-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago metro area loses population for second year in a row – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/BLOGS02/170329938
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: The horrifying health stats on Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods – BRIGID SWEENEY (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/NEWS03/170329937

 

DAILY HERALD
— Surplus state, federal computers provided to needy families – AP (DIERSEN: Since the 1980s, I have spent lots of money on computers.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/303239975
— Subdivision plan would demolish historic building on Loretto Convent site – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/business/170329496/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Part time? Legislators say not – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170322/bernard-schoenburg-part-time-legislators-say-not

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 board candidates split in support of referendum – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/20/district-200-board-candidates-split-in-support-of-referendum/acyw76f/
— Wheaton gives developer green light to raze buildings on Loretto Convent property – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/21/wheaton-gives-developer-green-light-to-raze-buildings-on-loretto-convent-property/asxu5du/

 

NORTH COOK COUNTY
— “A lot of hootin’, yellin’ and screaming:” New Trier School Board member slams “White Privilege” seminar supporters’ behavior at Feb meeting
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511096624-a-lot-of-hootin-yellin-and-screaming-new-trier-school-board-member-slams-white-privilege-seminar-supporters-behavior-at-feb-meeting

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Did Rauner ‘Pull Votes’ Off The Grand Bargain? – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/did-rauner-pull-votes-grand-bargain#stream/0
— Illinois Issues: When Women Are Paid Less Then Men – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented the jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees mare than it paid me – females who had significantly less job-related work experience, job-related education, job-related professional certifications, and no professional license.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-when-women-are-paid-less-then-men#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A True Story About the Southern Poverty Law Center – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Southern Poverty Center. They stress that while I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, I always welcomed LaBarbera to speak at TAPROOT events.  They stress that I include in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails links to articles LaBarbera writes. They stress that I, like LaBarbera, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity. Again, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Southern Poverty Center.  Because I refuse to blacklist LaBarbera, they blacklist me.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/true-story-southern-poverty-law-center/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She told me that the only reason IFI had been included on the hate groups list was that in 2005, IFI’s former executive director Peter LaBarbera had posted a very short article by someone not affiliated with IFI (i.e., Paul Cameron) for which LaBarbera had written an even shorter introduction.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MAKING ILLINOIS A SHELTER STATE FOR ABORTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/making-illinois-a-shelter-state-for-abortion-video.html

 

GOPUSA
— A Nation of Law, Not Politics, with Gorsuch – Star Parker  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Democrats comply only with those laws that promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/a-nation-of-law-not-politics-with-gorsuch/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHAT TO DO ABOUT OBAMACARE AND THE UNINSURABLE? FREE MARKETS AND CHARITY! – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being undeservedly filthy rich, and that therefore, Republicans should pay for the uninsurable.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/what-to-do-about-obamacare-and-the-uninsurable-free-markets-and-charity/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Congress Can Make Regulators Accountable – HENRY I. MILLER & JEFF STIER  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians always held my superiors and my supervisors accountable a) for hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) for making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445992/regulatory-reform-congress-trump-priorities-food-drug-administration

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Obama Admin Loyalists, Government Insiders Sabotage Trump White House  Former admin planted series of landmines to subvert Trump team –  Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/politics/obama-admin-loyalists-government-insiders-sabotage-trump-white-house/
— Warren Angered that Cabinet Nominee Considers President His Boss – Bill McMorris  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the bosses that I had while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Some of them disapproved of the orders that they were given to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/warren-angered-trump-cabinet-nominee-considers-president-boss/

 

POLITICO
— Billionaire J.B. Pritzker running for Illinois governor passed bad check in 1986 – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1986?  I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/illinois-billionaire-j-b-pritzker-passed-bad-checks-236401

 

REUTERS
— Immigration provision cut from Obamacare rollback, angering conservatives – Julia Edwards Ainsley and Yasmeen Abutaleb
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-immigration-idUSKBN16S2RX

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps formally declare war on America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/president-trumps-reckless-shame-game.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Gorsuch says he wouldn’t be swayed by Trump or his advisers – Mark Moore  (DIERSEN: Who are you swayed by?  Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are swayed by whoever has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/22/gorsuch-says-he-wouldnt-be-swayed-by-trump-or-his-advisers/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/immigrant-students-american-future-article-1.3005587

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Islamic State-linked news site Amaq carried a statement calling the attacker a “soldier” of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. –  Karla Adam and Brian Murphy  (DIERSEN: How soon will soldiers of the caliphate kill people in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britain-police-say-attacker-acted-alone-but-have-arrested-7-in-sweeps/2017/03/23/178100f4-0f98-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Sen. Al Franken brands Gorsuch a partisan and ‘absurd’ – Evan Halper  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes brand you as being?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress as negatively as they can that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, and that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (68), non-poor, a gun owner, 100% German American, a draft avoider, a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, a federal employee for almost 30 years, a federal retiree for over 19 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, and even worse things.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-al-franken-brands-gorsuch-a-partisan-1490130187-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— You’re more likely to trust news from a trusted Facebook friend – Mike Snider  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on making others distrust you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always focused on making everyone distrust me.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/03/21/study-sharer-digital-news-outweighs-news-source/99447836/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Death Rates Rise for Wide Swath of White Adults, Study Finds  Increases in ‘deaths of despair’—from drugs, alcohol-related liver diseases and suicide – Betsy McKay (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Whites are overjoyed about this.  What do you say to Whites who paint themselves as being anti-White?  They do it either because a) they want to curry favor with anti-Whites, b) they fear anti-Whites, and/or c) they are racists.  I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a racist because a) they want to curry favor with anti-Whites, b) they fear anti-Whites, and/or c) they are racists.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/death-rates-rise-for-wide-swath-of-white-adults-1490240740

 

FORBES
— Three Commandments for Online Activism – Laura Brickman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabrickman/2017/03/22/three-commandments-for-online-activism/#4a0f130f2f4d

March 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA FOR ADULTS  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/1813610/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago lawmakers introduce bills calling for marijuana legalization, taxation  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/243312958-story

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Lawmakers consider ending marijuana prohibition – Courtney Cruse  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to MTRCC’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of Milton Township to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representative Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly and Nybo; Illinois Representatives Breen and Ives; DuPage County officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Redick, Ruscitti, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34974887/illinois-lawmakers-consider-ending-marijuana-prohibition
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to regulate and tax legal marijuana use for adults. Legislation introduced in the House and Senate Wednesday would allow adults 21 and older to purchase marijuana legally from a business licensed by the state. The Senate bill, SB 316, is sponsored by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Heather Steans (D-Chicago), while the House version, HB 2353, was presented by Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago). “Marijuana prohibition is a quagmire that creates far more problems than it prevents,” Cassidy said. “Several states have adopted sensible alternatives to prohibition, and it is time for Illinois to develop its own exit strategy.” Each bill would make it legal to possess, grow, and purchase limited amounts of marijuana. The state would license and regulate businesses to cultivate, process, test, and sell marijuana to adults, and it would create and enforce strict health and safety regulations, such as testing and labeling requirements and restrictions on marketing. “Right now, all the money being spent on marijuana is going into the pockets of criminals and cartels,” Steans said. “In a regulated system, the money would go into the cash registers of licensed, taxpaying businesses. It would generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year in new revenue for our state.”  The bills propose taxing marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce at the wholesale level, and retail sales would be subject to the state’s standard 6.25% sales tax. Based on current usage rates and the market price of marijuana being sold for adults’ use in Colorado, the Marijuana Policy Project estimates regulated marijuana sales could generate between $349 million and $699 million per year in new revenue for Illinois.)

 

CBS2
— Bruce Rauner: Terror Attack In Illinois ‘Just A Matter Of Time’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/22/bruce-rauner-terror-attack-in-illinois-just-a-matter-of-time/

 

NBC5
— Trump to Deliver Commencement Address at Liberty University  President George H.W. Bush was the last president to deliver the Virginia-based university’s keynote address in 1990  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1990?  I worked for GAO on audits federal financial industry regulators.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-to-Deliver-Commencement-Address-at-Liberty-University-416825033.html
— Labor Nominee Says He Won’t Let Politics Influence Hiring  Senate Democrats want to know how he would enforce worker protections in an agency the president wants cut by 20 percent – Laurie Kellman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always promoted patronage and political affiliation discrimination. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/US-Labor-Nominee-Acosta-Says-Hell-Advocate-for-Workers-416810563.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers propose legalizing recreational marijuana – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-marijuana-legalization-proposal-met-20170322-story.html
— Most Illinois House Republicans follow party on health care – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-obamacare-repeal-met-0323-20170322-story.html
— GOP health care plan, facing conservative revolt, lacks the votes for House passage – Mike Debonis, Juliet Eilperin, David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-health-care-bill-house-20170322-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools chief fires back at Gov. Rauner – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-board-education-met-0323-20170323-story.html
— Aurora mayoral candidates announce more endorsements – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-endorse-st-0322-20170321-story.html
— Chicago lawyer fights Army veteran’s deportation order – Manya Brachear Pashman  (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 veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-green-card-veteran-ruling-met-20170322-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Obamacare replacement bill could harm disabled Illinoisans.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-replacement-disabilities-0323-biz-20170322-story.html
— Neil Gorsuch earns his Supreme Court seat – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-neil-gorsuch-hearing-edit-0323-20170322-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP briefing leaves Trump ‘somewhat’ vindicated, Dems outraged – Julie Pace and Deb Riechmann
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-lawmaker-trump-communications-may-have-been-monitored/
—  Reince Priebus Getting Trumped? – Michael
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-getting-trumped/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren questions GOP health plan hours before crucial vote – Randall Hultgren
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329579/
— Endorsement: Yes to merge Lisle, Naperville township road districts
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/discuss/170329699/
— Rauner wants to replace prison guards in watchtowers with cameras – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329583/
— Police: Schaumburg man posted anti-Semitic fliers at University of Chicago – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170321/news/170329667/
— TRAGIC: Why video gambling will likely remain legal in St. Charles regardless of April election – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329627/
— IMRF: Simple resolution could end pensions for elected DuPage forest officials – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.  My knowing that I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329542/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forest preserve commissioners are paid $50,000 a year; the president is paid $75,000. The elected officials also are eligible to receive medical and dental insurance through the district. Commissioner Tim Whelan is questioning whether it’s a good idea to end the practice of offering pensions. He said the pension is an incentive for commissioners “to put in the time to benefit the taxpayers.” Whelan is one of five commissioners enrolled in IMRF. The others are Redick, Marsha Murphy, Linda Painter and Al Murphy. Redick, Painter and Marsha Murphy already are eligible for an IMRF pension — and will receive it regardless of whether the district does away with the perk. Whelan and Al Murphy are not yet vested.)
— District 200 asking voters for funds for improvements – Jeff Schuler  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that I should support the tax increase because I am UNDERSERVEDLY FILTHY RICH a) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health insurance subsidy are far too generous, b) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, f) because my parents had enough money to send me to a parochial grade school, g) because my ancestors have in America since the 1840s, h) because I was born a White male, i) because I do not give money to a church, j) because etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329606/
— Why two lines on Naperville property taxes will decrease – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329544/
— Ethics accusation in Geneva mayor race goes to court – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329532/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New shots at Ryancare from Hultgren, Rauner – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329948/gop-obamacare-replacement-takes-flak-from-hultgren-rauner
— Here’s what’s at stake for Chicago under Trump’s budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329959/heres-whats-at-stake-for-chicago-under-trumps-budget

 

WSIL TV
— Republicans rebelling against health care risk Trump’s wrath – AP  (DIERSEN: What have you rebelled against?  I have always rebelled against the promotion of dependency on government and on charity, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, erosion of the First and Second Amendments, and other bad things.  Consequently, I have always incurred the wrath of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote the aforesaid bad things.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34976205/republicans-rebelling-against-health-care-risk-trumps-wrath

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Frerichs Wants “Clarity” on Medical Marijuana from Trump Administration – JEFF BOSSERT
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/frerichs-wants-clarity-medical-marijuana-trump-administration#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump to deliver Liberty University commencement address  Trump spoke at university in January 2016 – DAN MERICA
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-to-deliver-liberty-university-commencement-address/678050703
— Anti-Trumps say “Grieving father: ‘I don’t play Trump songs anymore’  Man says he feels betrayed by new health care bill.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/weird/grieving-father-i-dont-play-trump-songs-anymore/677949436

 

CHICAGO READER
— Potheads rejoice: Illinois lawmakers move to legalize recreational weed – Lee V. Gaines  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like a) they smoke pot and/or b) they want to smoke pot legally.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/03/22/potheads-rejoice-illinois-lawmakers-move-to-legalize-recreational-weed

 

CHICAGOIST
— 8 Arrested At Downtown Protest Against Trump’s Proposed HUD Cuts
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/eight_arrested_at_downtown_protest.php#photo-1
— IL Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Legalize Marijuana Sales To Adults – STEPHEN GOSSETT  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/bills_to_legalize_marijuana.php

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Recent Votes at Naperville City Council Meeting
http://www.nctv17.com/recent-votes-at-naperville-city-council-meeting/
— District 203 Abates Tax Levy
http://www.nctv17.com/district-203-abates-tax-levy/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives honors hero to homeless veterans Robert Adams – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096601-ives-honors-hero-to-homeless-veterans

 

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— COD tuition freeze leaves room for anxiety – Lucas Koprowski
http://codcourier.org/5812/opinion/cod-tuition-freeze-leaves-room-for-anxiety/
— College of DuPage board of trustees places a freeze on tuition for the third straight year – Vandy Manyeh
http://codcourier.org/5805/news/college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-places-a-freeze-on-tuition-for-the-third-straight-year/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The yearn to return to 1950s-era culture – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they hate the 1950s and like they hate all those Whites and men like me who were alive during the 1950s.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/22/inside-the-beltway-the-yearn-to-return-to-1950s-er/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Admin Makes Fight Against Sanctuary Cities Personal, Releases List ‘Naming and Shaming’ Them – PARKER LEE
http://ijr.com/2017/03/829898-trump-admin-makes-fight-sanctuary-cities-personal-releases-list-naming-shaming/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams His Own Supreme Court Nominee: ‘I’ll Criticize Judges’ – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Slams-Neil-Gorsuch/2017/03/22/id/780112/

 

BREITBART
— Illegal Aliens Found Carrying Half Ton of Pot into U.S. – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/03/22/illegal-aliens-found-carrying-half-ton-pot-u-s/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Naperville Makes Effort to Educate On Crime Victim Rights – Allison Thibault
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chicago-suburb-makes-effort-to-educate-on-crime-victim-rights/
— Chelsea Clinton To Receive Lifetime Impact Award For Some Reason – CHUCK ROSS  (DIERSEN: Were you born with a silver spoon in your mouth?  Have you always been privileged?  I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chelsea-clinton-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-for-some-reason/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Clinton’s other achievements include being born to one of the most skilled politicians in American history, growing up in the White House, landing a $600,000 contract with MSNBC, marrying a hedge fund millionaire, and tweeting constantly about President Trump.)

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HIGH SCHOOL ‘MUSLIM PRAYER ROOM’ CHALLENGED  Texas attorney general takes notice but ACLU ‘nowhere to be found’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/high-school-muslim-prayer-room-challenged/

 

POLITICO
— Federal staffers panicked by conservative media attacks  A spate of stories in Breitbart and other outlets have singled out individual career employees, questioning their loyalty to Trump. – NAHAL TOOSI and ANDREW RESTUCCIA
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/government-employees-conservative-media-236321

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Leanna Powell blasts those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, etc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seeing-through-white-privilege-to-cope-with-race-religion_us_58d28e8ce4b062043ad4aeac

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: Most people don’t know President Lincoln was a Republican – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/22/trump-most-people-dont-know-president-lincoln-was-a-republican/
— Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show – Drew Harwell and Amy Brittain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-asked-for-60-million-extra-for-trump-era-travel-and-protection-documents-show/2017/03/22/0967e7b6-0a85-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AT&T Pulling Ads From Google Over ‘Hate’ Videos  Latest company to act over concerns ads were placed on YouTube videos supporting terrorism – JACK NICAS
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-pulling-ads-from-google-over-hate-videos-1490206824

 

WBAA
— Inside The Wealthy Family That Has Been Funding Steve Bannon’s Plan For Years  (DIERSEN: Where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automobile assembly line and working as a security guard in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://wbaa.org/post/inside-wealthy-family-has-been-funding-steve-bannons-plan-years#stream/0

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Understanding risks as Congress, President review feds’ pay, benefits – Randy Silvey
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/03/understanding-risks-congress-new-president-review-federal-pay-benefits/
— Why some lawmakers are making recruitment calls to get new talent into the VA – Nicole Ogrysko  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/hearingsoversight/2017/03/lawmakers-making-recruitment-calls-get-new-talent-va/

 

MILITARY TIMES
— Human resources problems causing hiring, retention headaches for VA – Leo Shane III  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/va-human-resources-problems-recruiting