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June 17 Morning Edtion

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

 

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

 

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

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ bill backlog has state more than $1B behind in payments to schools – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-education-funding-budget-impasse-met-20170618-story.html
— Lashing out on Twitter, Trump acknowledges for first time he’s under investigation – AP  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors were always investigating me a) because I had not become a Democrat, b) because I had not painted myself as being a yes-man, c) because I had not helped my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) because I had complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and e) because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-investigation-20170616-story.html
— Appointment of Trump wedding planner to HUD post draws outcry – Barbara Demick (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have?  GAO audits IRS.  After working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, I transferred to GAO. During the first 6 years and the during the last 9 years of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, my Democrat superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS, that is, they wasted my knowledge of IRS. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, they would not have done that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-wedding-planner-hud-20170616-story.html
— Republican secrecy faces mounting criticism as senators work behind closed doors to repeal Obamacare – Noam N. Levey and Lisa Mascaro
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-health-care-bill-secrecy-20170616-story.html
— Senators, show your work: Fix Obamacare in the sunlight – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-obamacare-republican-senate-rush-edit-0619-md-20170618-story.html
— After sparing the dreamers, what next? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps love anything a) that encourages people to come to America illegally, b) that encourages people to stay in America illegally, and c) that encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  Anti-Trumps want dreamers to get preference in all aspects of American life. Soon, if not already, anti-Trump employers will crow a) that they hire, retain, and promote dreamers and b) that they refuse to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-daca-trump-immigration-reform-edit-0617-md-20170616-story.html
— What ‘tone down the rhetoric’ really means – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-ballfield-shooting-rhetoric-trump-page-perspec-0618-md-20170617-story.html
— Heated political discourse trickles down, and it should stop – Editorial  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they hate Trump and hate Trump’s supporters.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-editorial-civility-st-0618-20170617-story.html
— Naperville: Preservation and utility at core of historic Nichols Library debate – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-editorial-nichols-library-st-0618-20170616-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, Morton Arboretum promotes beer.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/lifestyles/ct-nvs-morton-beer-st-0623-20170622-story.html
— Will County hires former IDOT secretary Ann Schneider to push new freight plan – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-hires-schneider-st-0616-20170616-story.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

June 15 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

June 14 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

POLITICO

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

June 14 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

June 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— President Donald Trump tweets of James Comey’s testimony ‘total and complete vindication’
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-tweets-total-and-complete-vindication/2071570/

 

NBC5
— Chicago, Illinois Lawmakers React to Comey Testimony
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/local-comey-reaction-427333033.html

 

CBS2
— President Trump Fires Back At Comey’s Testimony With A Tweet – Susanna Song
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/09/president-trump-comey-testimony-tweet/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois still has no budget, but lawmakers approved almost 500 other bills – Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-bills-approved-met-20170607-story.html
— THE PROBLEM WITH APPEALS  Assessor Joseph Berrios encourages homeowners to file appeals. But the process makes the property tax system even less fair. – Jason Grotto  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the assessment, appeal history, and related litigation concerning 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/cook-county-property-tax-divide/appeals.html
— Will County seeks to help inmates with drug addictions – Susan DeMar Lafferty  (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote addictions have always worked against me. Should I write a book about them?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-help-addicted-inmates-st-0607-20170607-story.html
— AN ERA OF ERRORS  As assessor, James Houlihan knowingly sent out inaccurate property valuations. The future consequences could be costly. – Jason Grotto  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the assessment history, appeals, litigation, and other matters concerning my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/cook-county-property-tax-divide/houlihan.html
— Sen. Bernie Sanders to headline ‘People’s Summit’ at McCormick Place – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: What percent of those at this summit will be 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 – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bernie-sanders-chicago-20170609-story.html
— North Central student running for DuPage County Board District 5 seat – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-nvs-north-central-student-county-board-st-0609-20170607-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump Friday Twitter: Vindicates self, proclaims ‘Comey is a leaker!’  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) want you to know ONLY what they want you to know and b) would call me a leaker.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-friday-twitter-vindicates-self-says-comey-is-a-leaker/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The nature of the man is catching up to Donald Trump.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-nature-of-the-man-is-catching-up-to-donald-trump/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump says Comey’s testimony gives him ‘total vindication’ – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170609/news/306099973/
— Local lawmakers troubled by Comey testimony, president’s ‘behavior’ – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170608/local-lawmakers-troubled-by-comey-testimony-presidents-behavior
— Los Angeles releases draft marijuana business regulations – AP  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170608/news/306089836/
— Amazon unveils Romeoville facility, may hire 8,000 workers by next year – Anna Marie Kukec  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170608/amazon-unveils-romeoville-facility-may-hire-8000-workers-by-next-year–

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield’s congressional delegation reacts to James Comey’s testimony
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170608/springfields-congressional-delegation-reacts-to-james-comeys-testimony

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is process really broken? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-06-09/process-really-broken.html

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Follow the money, find the power – Jay Jamison  (DIERSEN: How much money do your critics/opponents give their operatives and their dupes?  Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like my critic/opponents have promised/given them lots of money, new homes, new cars, sweetheart jobs, sweetheart contracts, favorable legislation, and lots more.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/110409/commentary-follow-the-money-find-the-power

 

WSIL
— House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she has concerns about President Donald Trump’s “fitness for office” – and thinks he needs more sleep. – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35626389/the-latest-top-house-democrat-says-trump-is-sleep-deprived

 

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Ives blasts ‘union mugs’ she says attacked Phillips’ work site
http://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/511124253-ives-blasts-union-mugs-she-says-attacked-phillips-work-site

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Convert, Pay, or Die – William L. Gensert
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/06/convert_pay_or_die.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Convert, pay, or die is the set of choices Islam offers infidels.  Coincidentally, this is also what today’s progressives and the Democratic Party offer nonbelievers, climate “deniers,” white males, heterosexuals, patriots, blue-collar workers, farmers, miners, people without a college degree, the religiously devout, Republicans, and everybody else choosing not to buy into the party’s version of what America is and what the nation owes both its citizens and the world. Our country has collectively “slipped into madness.”  Hatred in the name of diversity and political unity has become a goal in itself – and it is ascendant in modern culture, all compelled by leftist ideology. No matter how many are killed, maimed, or merely terrified in the name of Allah, for progressives, the problem will always be Islamophobia, or an ignorant populace too uneducated to understand the inherent nuance of the “religion of peace.” Those who suggest enhanced screening for immigrants from Islamic nations or even a limited suspension, as President Trump proposed, are greeted with rioting in the streets, for to look askance at a man who expresses an explicit desire to kill in the name of Allah is tantamount to outright racism. Islamic men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years old commit more than 90% of terrorist attacks.  Yet singling out people who fit those criteria for extra scrutiny is profiling and therefore implicit racism deserving of nothing less than outright excommunication from polite society – along with, of course, the total dissolution of one’s life, career, and safety.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump shores up evangelical support but alienates gays – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/8/donald-trump-shores-up-evangelical-support-but-ali/

 

LIFEZETTE
— American Teenagers Compete with Immigrants for Jobs  Studies find low-skilled migrants, both legal and illegal, disrupt labor market for U.S. youth – Margaret Menge
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/american-teenagers-compete-with-immigrants-for-jobs/

 

ABC NEWS
— McCain says his confusing questions resulted from tiredness – AP  (DIERSEN: McCain has lots more free time than I do. What do you do with your free time? I have very little free time because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/mccain-confusing-questions-resulted-tiredness-47921934
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 80-year-old Arizona Republican joked that maybe he shouldn’t have stayed up late watching the Arizona Diamondbacks playing a night game out West.)

 

CBS NEWS
— Colorado uses pot taxes to fund pot busts – AP  (DIERSEN: To promote legal use of pot is to promote illegal use of pot.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-uses-pot-taxes-to-fund-pot-busts/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Stand Up for Your Identity, Hillary Clinton Tells Graduates in Brooklyn – ANNIE CORREAL (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, union member for almost 12 years, federal government employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 20 years, childless, pet-less, only owned American-nameplate vehicles, not a graduate of an Ivy League university, etc.  I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate my demographics.  They would love it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/nyregion/hillary-clinton-commencement-address-medgar-evers-college-brooklyn.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Smoke weed to relax? You may want to reconsider. – Christopher Ingraham  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like a) they smoke weed and/or b) they want to smoke weed legally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/09/smoke-weed-to-relax-you-may-want-to-reconsider/

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Where did all the starter homes go? – Paul Davidson  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were filled with envy. They were furious when I bought a) a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old, b) a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, and c) a  one bedroom condo in that building in 1976.  They were furious when my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and when we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/09/home-building-slowed-cities-try-tame-growth/102109754/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Anti-Shariah Rallies This Weekend Worry Muslim Leaders  Anti-Shariah rallies across the country this weekend worry Muslim leaders. – AP (DIERSEN: To promote Islam is to promote Shariah Law.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2017-06-09/anti-sharia-rallies-this-weekend-worry-muslim-leaders

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harvard Admits It Can’t Teach Everyone  The university dumps students for sharing foul memes. Who’ll re-educate them now? – Naomi Schaefer Riley  (DIERSEN: According to this article, “It makes you wonder what these kids wrote in their application essays.”  Constructively, in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors charged me with lying in my Loyola and DePaul applications. They argued that the real reason why I wanted to take graduate business and accounting courses was to get a job in the private sector.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-admits-it-cant-teach-everyone-1496960896

 

FORTUNE
— Only 3% Of Fortune 500 Companies Share Full Diversity Data – Grace Donnelly  (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been to use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger.  It is called patronage.)
http://fortune.com/2017/06/07/fortune-500-diversity/

June 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan’s Democrats to roll out stories of state budget woe at hearing Thursday – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-budget-hearing-20170608-story.html
— Judge orders state to make ‘substantial’ dent in $2 billion backlog owed to Medicaid – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-medicaid-decision-met-0608-20170607-story.html
— Aurora leaders come together to stress water safety – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-water-safety-st-0608-20170607-story.html
— Chicago attorney Eric Hargan faces hearing for top Health and Human Services post – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-eric-hargan-hhs-nominee-met-0607-20170607-story.html
— As Comey’s career soared, his University of Chicago ties remained strong – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-comey-chicago-law-school-20170607-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Muslims shouldn’t be accused of tolerating extremism.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-muslims-stop-terrorist-attacks-20170608-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— S&P warns of junk status with no budget by July 1 – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sp-warns-of-junk-status-with-no-budget-by-july-1/
— Do Illinois’ ‘core priorities’ for payment match yours? – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: Of course, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. in Illinois that hate state employees and hate state retirees do not want their salaries or their pensions to be any kind of priority.  In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, which government employees and retirees are hated the most – school, municipal, township/ward, state, county, or federal?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/do-illinois-core-priorities-for-payment-match-yours/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  The comptroller refers to this first-in-line category as its “core priority” payments. Core priority payments total about $1.85 billion each month, representing about 90 percent of the state’s average monthly revenues, Schoeben explained. The largest chunk of that — $593 million — is the state’s monthly contribution to its five public retirement systems that pay the pensions of state workers, teachers, university employees, judges and legislators. Next largest is the state payroll, at $370 million a month, which pays the salaries of 63,000 state employees who keep the government operating.)
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: ‘I expect loyalty’ – AP  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) expect loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/comey-to-say-trump-asked-for-loyalty-told-him-to-let-flynn-probe-go/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF COMEY AND TRUMP: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: ‘I need loyalty, I expect loyalty’ – AP  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) expect loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170607/news/306079896/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Want to kill startups in Illinois? Pass this ‘privilege’ tax. – Maura O’Hara
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170608/OPINION/170609892
— Judge to Illinois comptroller: State must pay Medicaid providers more – KRISTEN SCHORSCH  (DIERSEN: Of course, because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension and Social Security, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want those payments to be delayed, cut back, and/or eliminated. They hint/imply/argue/shout that those payments are “too generous” and that I have “enough money.”)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170607/NEWS03/170609889/illinois-comptroller-must-pay-medicaid-providers-more
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of nonprofits and attorneys sought to make the state abide by previous court orders that require paying Medicaid providers. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow agreed, noting that state Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who pays the state’s bills, has made other payments in full, including to the state payroll and pensions. . .In May, Mendoza told Crain’s editorial board that if insurers won, she would lose what little discretion she has to decide who gets paid first. Now, she prioritizes payments for agencies that care for the most vulnerable populations, including children and people with disabilities.)

 

WGN TV
— The Border War: How Illinois is losing out to surrounding states – BEN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/06/06/the-border-war-how-illinois-is-losing-out-to-surrounding-states/

 

DNA INFO
— Automatic Voter Registration Will Add Thousands To Rolls, Official Says – Tanveer Ali  (DIERSEN: What percent of these new voters 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 – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170608/downtown/automatic-voter-registration-gov-bruce-rauner-chicago-board-of-election-commissioners

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— 7 ways Springfield-area teens can volunteer this summer – Anna Gegen  (DIERSEN: When you were young, did you do volunteer work?  I did not. Instead, I selfishly earned money for cars and for college doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, and working as a security guard. Consequently, I selfishly graduated from NIU debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.sj-r.com/entertainmentlife/20170607/7-ways-springfield-area-teens-can-volunteer-this-summer

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Consolidation bill offers hope for smaller government – Editorial
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/06/07/our-view-consolidation-bill-offers-hope-for-smaller-government/a538re5/

 

THE SOUTHERN
— Before Senate panel, HUD Secretary Carson says Cairo is a “dying community” with limited options – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/before-senate-panel-hud-secretary-carson-says-cairo-is-a/article_254df3da-d7d3-5048-b9ab-ede5ad6bd2d9.html

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Illinois pols win, local services lose, under tax freeze plan – Pat Gauen
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/gauen-illinois-pols-win-local-services-lose-under-tax-freeze/article_d874f230-caae-5bd0-bb9a-8b0823183da1.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— When Women Are Paid Less Than Men – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with evidence that showed that GAO paid its male employees less than it paid its female employees who had comparable work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-when-women-are-paid-less-men#stream/0

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Federal judge: State can’t keep skimping on Medicaid while fully funding worker pay, debt obligations – Jonathan Bilyk
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511124771-federal-judge-state-can-t-keep-skimping-on-medicaid-while-fully-funding-worker-pay-debt-obligations

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Chicago business owners say high property taxes, minimum wage killing jobs
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/chicago-business-owners-say-high-property-taxes-minimum-wage-killing/article_c58d65a8-4bc9-11e7-954d-6740ea6bf4db.html

 

RUSS STEWART
— GA-6 OUTCOME WILL BE HARBINGER FOR ROSKAM IN 2018
http://www.russstewart.com/russ-analysis.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GA-6 is not quite IL-6 — at least not yet. That could change on 6/20, when voters in Georgia’s 6th congressional district elect a new U.S. Representative in a contest where the lines are clearly demarcated: Trump vs. anti-Trump. IL-6 is occupied by Peter Roskam (R). Both districts are historically Republican, GA-6 being in Atlanta’s western suburbs and IL-6 being in Chicago’s western suburbs (mostly DuPage Co.). Both are upscale, with high median income and low minority population. But both went for Clinton over Trump by 50-48% in 2016. The Democrats, in their 2011 remap, packed every possible Republican into IL-6, including Barrington and west Lake Co. (Lake Zurich), and Roskam won with 59% in 2016, spending $3.3 million. He should have a safe seat. But Roskam is a party-line Republican, and backed the repeal/reform of parts of the Affordable Care Act. Three Democratic women are running, and all will trumpet the anti-Trump line. Watch GA-6 on 6/20.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives calls on voters who want to save Illinois to oust Dems – Giovanni Whaley
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511123877-ives-calls-on-voters-who-want-to-save-illinois-to-oust-dems

 

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad – Fatima Hussein and Justin L. Mack
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/06/05/indianapolis-muslims-call-out-creators-local-billboard-insults-prophet-muhammad/370969001/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Rauner travels around the state trying to create phony headlines.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/08/rauner-travels-around-the-state-trying-to-create-phony-headlines/

 

GOPUSA
— Feds drop bombshell: Up to 100 Muslim girls may have had their genitals cut in Michigan
http://www.gopusa.com/feds-drop-bombshell-up-to-100-muslim-girls-may-have-had-their-genitals-cut-in-michigan/
— Europe can pay for its own defense
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25498?omhide=true

 

BREITBART
— DOJ: Drug Overdose Now Leading Cause of Death for Americans Under 50 – ALEX CLARK (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/07/doj-drug-overdose-now-leading-cause-of-death-for-americans-under-50/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Laurie Higgins warns about pro-LGBT rules in IL – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/06/07/higgins-warns-about-pro-lgbt-rules-in-il
— Historical’ run of LGBT Pride Month at an end? – Chad Groening and Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2017/06/06/historical-run-of-lgbt-pride-month-at-an-end

 

POLITICO
— Comey blasts White House for ‘lies, plain and simple’  The fired FBI director accuses Trump and his aides of defaming him after his ouster. – JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/james-comey-trump-russia-testimony-239294

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Broadening ‘Buy American’ Is The Path To Prosperity – James P. Hoffa, Dennis Williams, and Robert Martinez  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) oppose “Buy American,” b) promote foreign countries and promote their citizens, c) promote hatred of unions, current union members, and past union members, and d) promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/broadening-buy-american-is-path-to-prosperity_us_5937f50ee4b06bff911d7c47

 

NBC NEWS
— Comey Testimony: Trump Faces Cost of Listening to Bad Advice – KEN DILANIAN  (DIERSEN: Whose advice do your critics/opponents listen to?)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/comey-testimony-trump-faces-cost-listening-bad-advice-n769541

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— South Bend proposes work for panhandlers (DIERSEN: This promotes the argument that government is the “employer of last resort” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employer_of_last_resort), that is, the argument that if you are or were a government employee, it is a) because you failed to get a real job in the private sector and b) because you are stupid, lazy, bad, deficient, a loser, and even worse things.)
http://cbs4indy.com/2017/06/08/northern-indiana-city-proposes-work-for-panhandlers/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook’s Role in European Elections Under Scrutiny – MARK SCOTT  (DIERSEN: To what extent has Facebook influence elections in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/technology/facebook-britain-election-europe.html
— James Comey and the Fear of Being Alone With Donald Trump – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I do not want to be “alone with” my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes.  They are moral relativists who believe that their end (using me, misleading me, manipulating me, demonizing me, punishing me, and/or destroying me) justifies their means (twisting, exaggerating, distorting, and/or fabricating what I say or do). They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/opinion/james-comey-donald-trump.html
— Comey Says Trump Pressured Him to ‘Lift the Cloud’ of Inquiry – MATT APUZZO and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians pressured my superiors to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/politics/james-comey-statement-testimony.html
— How Student Loan Forgiveness Changed Graduates’ Paths – CAITLIN DICKERSON  (DIERSEN: Did you “take on low-paying public service jobs?”  I did.  I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/student-loan-forgiveness.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The program has been praised for enticing college graduates to take on low-paying public service jobs, and criticized as perversely enticing students to take on large amounts of debt.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Trump demanded ‘loyalty,’ asked for end to Flynn investigation, Comey to testify – David S. Cloud, Joseph Tanfani and David Lauter (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) demand loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-demanded-loyalty-asked-for-end-1496859119-htmlstory.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Comey hearing: Former FBI director says Trump administration ‘told lies’ when they explained his firing – Devlin Barrett and Ellen Nakashima  (DIERSEN: If my Democrat superiors in the federal government would be honest about why they took adverse actions against me, they would say a) I have always been a Republican and I refused to become a Democrat, b) I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/comey-testimony-trump-senate-hearing/2017/06/07/afadf87c-4bd0-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html
— The $833 billion albatross around the necks of women with college degrees – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout a) that men, and especially White men, have always gotten preference big time and b) that is why women have more college debt then men.  In my defense, few women wanted or would take the “bad” jobs that I had when I was young doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, and working as a security guard.  With the money that I earned/saved doing those “bad” jobs that few women wanted or would take, I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/24/the-833-billion-albatross-around-the-necks-of-women-with-college-degrees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The burden of student debt is having an outsize impact on women who now hold nearly two thirds of the $1.3 trillion in outstanding education loans, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Association of University Women. “It’s important to understand all of the challenges facing women in the United States, and in terms of their economic well-being, student debt is a big one,” said Kevin Miller, senior researcher at the AAUW.)
— House passes bill to allow some border and customs job applicants to skip polygraph test – Maria Sacchetti  (DIERSEN: Outrageously, ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the federal government has lowered it hiring standards.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/house-passes-bill-to-allow-some-border-and-customs-job-applicants-to-skip-polygraph-test/2017/06/07/59b2a9b8-4b99-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fired FBI Chief Comey: White House Comments ‘Defame Me and More Importantly the FBI’
http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/ex-fbi-director-james-comey-testimony-mike-flynn-russia-trump
— Atoning for America’s ‘Original Sin’ – Edward Rothstein  (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that your ancestors were responsible for slavery, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.  In my defense, all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/atoning-for-americas-original-sin-at-james-madisons-montpelier-1496869382
— The ‘Independent’ Mr. Comey  His prepared testimony shows why he deserved to be fired. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois side with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-independent-mr-comey-1496878266

 

NEW YORK POST
— Christie: Trump’s demand for loyalty was just a good ol’ New York chat – Gabrielle Fonrouge  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents a) demand loyalty, b) promote patronage, c) reward their operatives and their dupes, and d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They disapprove of, if not hate, the fact that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://nypost.com/2017/06/08/christie-trumps-demand-for-loyalty-was-just-a-good-ol-new-york-chat/

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: President may pay a price for firing – Kevin Johnson  (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  They not only knew that I would file a lawsuit, they wanted me to file a lawsuit. They wanted to be able to point to the lawsuit to help them hire, retain, and promote Democrats, minorities, females, and younger people.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/07/james-comey-testimony-embodies-trump-greatest-miscalculation-firing/102556822/
— We have six kids: Here’s how we put them all through college – Tamara Holmes  (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay for your college education?  I did not.  My outstanding parents never attended college.  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.  My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/08/we-have-six-kids-heres-how-we-put-them-all-through-college/102357920/

 

TIME
— Poll: 61% of Americans Think President Trump Fired James Comey to Protect Himself – Aric Jenkins  (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois side with my Democrat GAO superiors.)
http://time.com/4810257/donald-trump-james-comey-firing-poll/

 

FED SMITH
— 2.1% COLA in 2018? – Ralph R. Smith  (DIERSEN: COLAs have always been less than inflation. Based on what I have had to spend money on (taxes, food, medical, utilities, insurance, home maintenance, etc.), COLAs have always been far less than inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/07/2-1-cola-2018/

June 2 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel to Rauner: Education funding bill ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-school-funding-met-0603-20170602-story.html
— Illinois’ insane credit-rating slide is accelerating under Rauner – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-bond-rating-rauner-ringless-voicemail-zorn-perspec-0604-ml-20170602-column.html
— State lawmakers vote to hang up on landline phones – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-legislature-approves-att-landline-end-0602-biz-20170601-story.html
— Kathy Griffin predicts career is over, says Trump ‘broke me’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-kathy-griffin-trump-photo-fallout-20170602-story.html
— Former Illinois senator Nolan wants money from pay increases he missed – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-former-lawmaker-pay-raise-lawsuit-met-0603-20170602-story.html
— Chicago Tribune: 170 years of bringing you the news – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-tribune-170-years-edit-20170602-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm slams Trump on Paris pullout, joins pledge to meet climate goals – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-slams-trump-on-paris-pullout-joins-pledge-to-meet-climate-goals/
— Kathy Griffin not ‘laying down’ for Donald Trump, fears career is over – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/kathy-griffin-not-laying-down-for-donald-trump-fears-career-is-over/
— NIU president’s alleged ethical lapses too serious to overlook – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/niu-presidents-alleged-ethical-lapses-too-serious-to-overlook/
— Chris Kennedy sends message to minority communities on property taxes – Laura Washington
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chris-kennedy-sends-message-to-minority-communities-on-property-taxes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Schakowsky to stand in for Roskam at town-hall meeting in Palatine
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170602/schakowsky-to-stand-in-for-roskam-at-town-hall-meeting-in-palatine

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How Rauner blew his chance to put Madigan on the hot seat – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE11/170609967/in-rauner-madigan-showdown-the-governor-whiffed
— I blame Rauner for the state’s budget failure – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/BLOGS10/170609952/rauner-puts-2018-re-election-ahead-of-a-state-budget-compromise
— Where is Emanuel in the budget fight? – MARK GUARINO
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170602/ISSUE01/170609965/chicago-mayor-emanuel-missing-in-illinois-budget-fight

 

NBC5
— It’s Groundhog Day for Illinois Lawmakers – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Web-chicago-deep-dish-its-groundhog-day-over-budget-stalemate-426014334.html

 

CBS2
— Protesters Blast Trump Pullout Of Paris Accord – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/02/protesters-blast-trump-pullout-of-paris-accord/
— Key Lawmakers Believe A State Budget Agreement Is Still Possible – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/02/at-issue-lawmakers-budget-agreement-possible/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hillary Clinton says “Trump unleashed ‘dangerous’ level of hate.”
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/258369038-story

 

WLS AM
— Rauner vows to fight steps to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/02/rauner-vows-to-fight-steps-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/

 

WTTW
— Rauner Says Elected School Board Bill is ‘Political Spin’ – Matt Masterson
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/02/rauner-says-elected-school-board-bill-political-spin

 

DNA INFO
— Stabbing, Fights Rock DePaul After Anti-Feminist Speaker Canceled – Ted Cox
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170601/lincoln-park/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-depaul-stabbing-protest-rally

 

WBEZ
— Cullerton Calls On GOP To Break With Rauner To End Budget Fight
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/cullerton-blasts-rauner-house-gop/c3114fc6-851e-4f1d-aa86-a7e89e776329

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Rauner expects Illinois’ credit problems to get worse with no budget  Credit rating services reduced state’s bond rating to step above junk – Ryan Jaster
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/rauner-expects-illinois-credit-problems-to-get-worse-with-no-budget/730259807

 

PROJECT 6
— Patronage play: Chicago mayors have appointed 28 aldermen in the past 28 years
https://thesecretsix.com/2017/05/31/patronage-play-chicago-mayors-have-appointed-28-aldermen-in-the-past-28-years/

 

WIRE POINTS
— VIdeo: Terrific, Emotional Speech By Rep. Jeanne Ives On ‘Union Thugs’ Vandalizing Construction Site of a State Rep. They Don’t Like – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/video-terrific-emotional-speech-by-rep-jeanne-ives-on-union-thugs-vandalizing-construction-site-of-state-rep-they-dont-like-wp-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Senator suggests racism may be behind tough questioning on borrowing bill – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/senator-suggests-racism-may-be-behind-tough-questioning-on-borrowing/article_37728e56-46fb-11e7-953e-bf6bd128b9bd.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Backlash: Appropriate Only When the Liberals and Media Say It Is – Jody Patterson
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/backlash-appropriate-only-when-the-liberals-and-media-say-it-is/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says Illinois is on “a good path to change the system”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/02/rauner-says-illinois-is-on-a-good-path-to-change-the-system/

 

GOPUSA
— Making California a Sanctuary for the Deserving  (DIERSEN: How soon will California leave America and join up with Mexico?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=25232

 

P.J. MEDIA
— Alien Invasion: Thousands of Foreigners Registered to Vote (and Voting) in Virginia – J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS
https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2017/05/30/alien-invasion-thousands-of-foreigners-registered-to-vote-and-voting-in-virginia/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— At the New York Times, a Public Execution  The paper fires its public editor for resisting the Resistance. – KYLE SMITH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448196/new-york-times-public-editor-liz-spayd-fired-media-bias

 

NEWSWEEK
— CAR SCAMS: CROOKED DEALERS ROLLING BACK ODOMETERS COST BUYERS $1 BILLION A YEAR – JOSH SAUL
http://www.newsweek.com/georgia-odometer-scam-latest-case-crooks-rolling-back-miles-crime-costs-buyers-619796

June 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner responds to state lawmakers failing to pass state budget – Sarah Schulte and Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-responds-to-state-lawmakers-failing-to-pass-state-budget/2060305/

 

NBC5
— Blown Deadline: What’s Next For Budgetless Illinois? – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Blown-Deadline-Whats-Next-For-Budgetless-Illinois-425803984.html
— President Trump to Visit Wisconsin, Appear at Walker Fundraiser
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/president-donald-trump-to-visit-wisconsin-appear-at-scott-walker-fundraiser-425793704.html
— First Negative Campaign Ad of Illinois Governor’s Race Set to Air – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/First-Negative-Campaign-Ad-of-Illinois-Governors-Race-Set-to-Air-425746283.html

 

CBS2
— Gov. Rauner Not Surprised At Bond Rating Drop – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/01/gov-rauner-not-surprised-at-bond-rating-drop/

 

CLTV
— Rauner not ruling out signing stopgap budget
http://cltv.com/2017/06/01/rauner-not-ruling-out-signing-stopgap-budget/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago-area Republican congressmen (Roskam, Hultgren, and Kinzinger) recommended U.S. attorney candidates to Trump – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-us-attorney-selection-politics-met-0602-20170601-story.html
— How Rauner stopped a tax hike from landing on his desk – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-spring-session-tax-hike-met-0602-20170601-story.html
— Illinois cut near junk by Moody’s and S&P, lowest ever for a U.S. state – Elizabeth Campbell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-bond-rating-20170601-story.html
— Facing questions about Blagojevich wiretaps, Pritzker airs ad attacking Rauner – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-bruce-rauner-attack-ad-met-0602-20170601-story.html
— Why Rauner should sign the minimum wage bill: It’s good for business – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-minimum-wage-robert-reed-0604-biz-20170601-column.html
— ‘Ridiculous’: Lake County legislators vent on lack of state budget, leadership flaws – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-state-budget-react-st-0602-20170601-story.html
— Don’t dare applaud Illinois lawmakers – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-credit-downgrade-budget-edit-0602-md-20170601-story.html
— Emanuel’s latest possible tax hike: 911 phone fees – Bill Ruthhart and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-phone-fee-increase-met-0602-20170601-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner won’t sign ed funding reform bill with $300 million for CPS – Tina Sfondeles, Lauren FitzPatrick and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-wont-sign-ed-funding-reform-bill-with-300-million-for-cps/
— Let’s understand why Illinois has the highest property taxes – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lets-understand-why-illinois-has-the-highest-property-taxes/
— Chicago phone tax could rise by 28 percent to save pension fund – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-phone-tax-could-rise-by-28-percent-to-save-pension-fund/
— Something is robbing our young people of happiness – Mona Charen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/something-is-robbing-our-young-people-of-happiness/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Robert Reich demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/seven-reasons-trumps-corporate-tax-cut-is-completely-nuts/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam speaks on tax reform, AHCA and Trump
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170601/NEWS02/170609988/roskam-speaks-on-tax-reform-ahca-and-trump
— Illinois’ credit rating slashed to a cut above junk – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170601/BLOGS02/170609991/illinois-credit-rating-slashed-to-a-cut-above-junk

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rauner should sign automatic motor-voter bill – Editorial  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who favors the bill?  ANSWER: 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.)
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170601/our-view-gov-bruce-rauner-should-sign-automatic-motor-voter-bill

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Adjourned – for now: Local lawmakers expect to be called back to work  Lack of movement on budget comes as surprise to some, but not to others – PAM EGGEMEIER
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/06/01/adjourned-for-now-local-lawmakers-expect-to-be-called-back-to-work/as39ctx/

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADKINE: Ever-increasingly, those who run Chicago treasonously a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/06/01/illinois_launches_know_your_rights.php

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Officials Wage War Against Hate – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-officials-wage-war-against-hate#stream/0

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Gov. Rauner has failed Illinois taxpayers again
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-gov-rauner-has-failed-illinois-once-again

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Analysis: State taxpayers spending $108K per Northeastern Illinois U. graduate
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511122061-analysis-state-taxpayers-spending-108k-per-northeastern-illinois-u-graduate

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives argues workers’ comp bill should make things better, not worse – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511122731-ives-argues-workers-comp-bill-should-make-things-better-not-worse

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Rauner, GOP bemoan budget breakdown, blame bickering Democrats – Hoang Tran
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511122412-rauner-gop-bemoan-budget-breakdown-blame-bickering-democrats

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Madigan, Cullerton will hit the pension lottery – Austin Berg
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/berg-madigan-cullerton-will-hit-the-pension-lottery/article_5954c49c-46d5-11e7-9367-ebafae44f9da.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Senate Doubles Bets on Slots
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/01/illinois-senate-doubles-bets-on-slots/
— McSweeney Goes After Questionable State Leases
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/01/mcsweeney-goes-after-questionable-state-leases/
— McConchie Calls Out Madigan for Refusal to Allow Budget Vote
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/06/01/mcconchie-calls-out-madigan-for-refusal-to-allow-budget-vote/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 1.8 MILLION ILLINOISANS ARE DEPENDENT ON FOOD STAMPS – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-8-million-illinoisans-are-dependent-on-food-stamps/#new_tab

 

CAPITOL FAX
— In response to budget meltdown, Pritzker airs new ad, Biss slams Madigan and Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/01/in-response-to-budget-meltdown-pritzker-airs-new-ad-biss-slams-madigan-and-rauner/

 

AMERICAN INTEREST
— Congress Should Hire More People
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/06/01/congress-should-hire-more-people/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Notably, the staffs of three support agencies – the Congressional Research Service, the Government Accountability Office, and the Congressional Budget Office, have lost 45 percent of their combined staffs from 1975 to 2015.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Cullerton wanted budget on Rauner’s desk – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-lawmakers-adjourn-without-passing-budget/2017/06/01/2c7aff98-4682-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Talking Taxes: What’s Your Fair Share?  Breaking down the U.S. tax code, how it works and who’s paying what – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/talking-taxes-whats-your-fair-share-1496309401

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Cable News Watchers Now Turning To CNN, Not Fox News
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2017/cable_news_watchers_now_turning_to_cnn_not_fox_news
— Most Think America’s Best Days Are Behind Us
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/america_s_best_days
— Most Think Americans Should Be Proud of U.S. History
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2017/most_think_americans_should_be_proud_of_u_s_history

June 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Six things Illinois lawmakers approved last night – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-illinois-budget-20170601-story.html
— Pritzker, wealth can’t save you from yourself – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-jb-pritzker-illinois-politics-kass-met-0601-20170531-column.html
— Lawmakers demonstrate once again why Illinois is getting poached – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-madigan-rauner-reynolds-edit-0601-jm-20170531-story.html
— Should school board elections move to November? – Chuck Fieldman and Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-dob-cullerton-schools-elections-tl-0601-20170531-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Peter F. McGivern of Wheaton viciously demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.  Of course, McGivern does/would viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn me too.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-the-founding-fathers-risked-everything-for-america-would-trump-20170531-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Trump, on the other hand, never served in the military (bone spurs won him a deferment but, strangely, didn’t stop him from playing football, tennis and squash in high school at the New York Military Academy). He never served in local government, on a library board or water commission, church council, or the PTA. There’s no evidence at all that Trump ever cared for anything other than Donald Trump. When asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos about sacrifices Trump had made for his country, Trump replied, “I’ve … built great structures. I’ve had tremendous success.” That’s greed, not sacrifice.)
— America’s recurring German problem – Victor Davis Hanson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with anti-Trump countries like Germany.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-america-s-recurring-german-problem-20170601-story.html
— Democrats view vets as strong candidates in bid to retake House – AP  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I am not a veteran and that I avoided the draft with student draft deferments 1966-1970, with a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971, and with a draft lottery number over 100.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–democrats-veterans-20170529-story.html
— DIERSEN: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump thinks you’re stupid.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-fake-news-sources-russia-huppke-20170531-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF SHELDON: Head of DCFS resigns amid controversy – David Jackson, Gary Marx and Duaa Eldeib
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sheldon-resigns-met-20170531-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Blago wiretaps show Pritzker looking for political appointment – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a government job?  If so, how did you get it?  I got my Post Office job in 1966 by having a high school diploma, by passing the Post Office employment examination, by applying, by passing a physical examination, and by passing a background check. I got my IRS job in 1971 by having a bachelor’s degree in management, by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination, by applying, and by passing a background check.  I got my GAO job in 1980 by having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, by having an MBA, by passing the CPA examination, by applying, and by passing a background check.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/blago-wiretaps-show-pritzker-looking-for-political-appointment/
— Illinois state lawmakers end spring session with no budget deal – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-wont-take-up-budget-bills-on-last-day-of-session/
— By the numbers: The price and pain of no budget in Illinois – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/by-the-numbers-the-price-and-pain-of-no-budget-in-illinois/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— S&P cuts Illinois bond rating – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170601/BLOGS02/170609991/sp-cuts-illinois-bond-rating
— Caterpillar turns to students for fresh ideas – CLAIRE BUSHEY  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that federal employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran WANTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNBMENT TO GET RID OF ITS EMPLOYEES WHO WERE Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170527/ISSUE01/170529905

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Plan to save historic Wheaton mansion crumbles – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/plan-to-save-historic-wheaton-mansion-crumbles
— Arrest video shows dazed, disoriented Tiger Woods – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/arrest-video-shows-dazed-disoriented-tiger-woods
— ‘Cojones’ at the capitol – Kerry Lester  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republican men as being sexists.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170601/lester-no-fly-zones-for-drones-over-cook-county-property
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “If we really want to change something, you really have to get the cojones over there to stand up to Gov. Rauner,” Democratic state Sen. Melinda Bush admonished her Republican counterparts in the dwindling hours of the legislative session, where members of both parties got increasingly testy with one another. Bush, of Grayslake, made the comments after the chamber passed a two-year property tax freeze that had only three Republican votes. Most suburban GOP lawmakers didn’t vote on the bill at all, with Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno of Lemont and Sens. Mike Connelly of Wheaton, Chris Nybo of Elmhurst and Tom Rooney of Rolling Meadows all voting “present.”)
— The confusing challenge that faces Springfield, in a word – compromise – Jim Slusher (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, in Illinois, “compromise” has been surrender to the Democrats, to the Libertarians, to the Greens, and to the RINOs.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170601/the-confusing-challenge-that-faces-springfield-in-a-word—compromise

 

ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers fail to pass state budget for 3rd consecutive year – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-fail-to-pass-state-budget-for-3rd-consecutive-year/2060305/

 

NBC5
— Wiretaps Show Pritzker Talked Political Appointment With Blagojevich  Pritzker’s ties to Blagojevich previously surfaced in December, when the Illinois Republican Party launched robocalls featuring yet another Blagojevich recording from 2008. (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a government job?  If so, how did you get it?  I got my Post Office job in 1966 by having a high school diploma, by passing the Post Office employment examination, by applying, by passing a physical examination, and by passing a background check. I got my IRS job in 1971 by having a bachelor’s degree in management, by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination, by applying, and by passing a background check.  I got my GAO job in 1980 by having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, by having an MBA, by passing the CPA examination, by applying, and by passing a background check.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-sought-political-office-from-Blagojevich-425595744.html

 

CBS2
— DCFS Chief Resigning In Wake Of Missteps In Semaj Crosby Case
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/31/dcfs-chief-resigning-in-wake-of-missteps-in-semaj-crosby-case/

 

WGN TV
— House says it won’t vote on; Rauner says lawmakers ‘derelict’ on budget – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/31/house-says-it-wont-vote-on-rauner-says-lawmakers-derelict-on-budget/

 

WGN RADIO
— What has Governor Rauner accomplished in his first term? – PETER ZIMMERMAN  (DIERSEN: What have you accomplished?  Since 2000, I have put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Since 2004, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning.  Since 2015, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every evening too.  Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 271,500 articles. Between 2005 and 2012, while I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, I assured that the organization held a breakfast meeting the third Saturday of each month, except August when it held a picnic, and December when it held a Christmas party.)
http://wgnradio.com/2017/05/31/what-are-governor-rauners-accomplishments-in-his-first-term/

 

WTTW
— No Budget Vote on Deadline Day; Gridlock Extends into June – Amanda Vinicky and Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/31/no-budget-vote-deadline-day-gridlock-extends-june

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois still without a budget  With no budget in hand, Rauner calls on lawmakers for ‘tragic failure’ – AP
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/video-rauner-calls-on-lawmakers-for-tragic-failure/article_927b330c-98fd-5960-8996-8e9c67cbff72.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Raising state’s minimum wage to $15 now up to Rauner – Brian Robbins  (DIERSEN: If jobs that do not require any education, any job skills, or any work experience should pay at least $15/hour, a) jobs that require a high school diploma should pay at least $25/hour, b) jobs that require a bachelor’s degree should pay at least $35/hour, c) jobs that require a master’s degree should pay at least $45/hour,  d) jobs that require a professional certification should pay at least $55/hour, and e) jobs that require a professional license should pay at least $65/hour.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170531/raising-states-minimum-wage-to-15-now-up-to-rauner

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats and RINOs a) treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, b) treasonously encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) treasonously encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article153734924.html

 

ICIRR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats and RINOs a) treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, b) treasonously encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) treasonously encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.
http://www.icirr.org/news-events/news/details/2096/terms.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trust lacking in Illinois failure to OK budget by deadline – AP  (DIERSEN: Who discourages others from trusting you? In Illinois, Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. discourage others from trusting me.  How should I react to that?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/trust-lacking-in-illinois-failure-to-ok-budget-by-deadline/article_aad0d71e-cb6a-5344-922c-f4e878867c0a.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— White House seeks to wall off Russia questions  President hired outside counsel last week – KEVIN LIPTAK  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders want to wall me off from asking questions.  They do not want me to know about, to promote, to attend, or to report on their press conferences, events, or other activities.  The aforesaid pander to the Democrat news media in Illinois.  How should I react to that?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/white-house-seeks-to-wall-off-russia-questions/728095069

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Says Lawmakers ‘Derelict’ on Budget – AP
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-says-lawmakers-derelict-budget#stream/0

 

TIMES
— Kinzinger calls for civil tone because angry debates are ‘burden’ – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/kinzinger-calls-for-civil-tone-because-angry-debates-are-burden/article_979f72e2-f2e8-50b0-84b8-27b1c40475fd.html

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— OEIG report says president ‘mismanaged’ NIU – Shane Nicholson
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/05/31/oeig-report-says-president-mismanaged-niu/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pols Point Fingers While Illinois Continues Slide – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/pols-point-fingers-while-illinois-continues-slide#stream/0
— Republican Lawmakers Defy Rauner on 911 Services – TOM LISI
http://nprillinois.org/post/republican-lawmakers-defy-rauner-911-services#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner to call the Dems back to Springfield to enact a balanced budget w/property tax & other true reforms – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/06/gov-rauner-to-call-the-dems-back-to-springfield-to-enact-a-balanced-budget-wproperty-tax-other-true-reforms/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Ives: Bill lauded in the House falls short of promised property tax relief – Cheyenne Dickerson
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511121041-ives-bill-lauded-in-the-house-falls-short-of-promised-property-tax-relief

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives slams school funding measure as repeat disguised as reform – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511122392-ives-slams-school-funding-measure-as-repeat-disguised-as-reform

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Chicago bail-out masked as public safety fees on your phone – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/06/chicago-bail-out-masked-as-public-safety-fees-on-your-phone/

 

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— Tax Hike Bill Illustrates Who Democrats Serve – Matthew Besler
http://illinoisopportunity.org/tax-hike-bill-illustrates-who-democrats-serve/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Senate Approves Transgender Birth Certificates — Contact Gov. Rauner! – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/illinois-senate-approves-transgender-birth-certificates-contact-gov-rauner/
— DCFS’ Leftist Social Experiment on Children – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/dcfs-evil-leftist-social-experiment-children/
— Ben and Jerry’s Proves Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Is Not Marriage – Dr. Michael L. Brown
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/ben-jerrys-proves-sex-marriage-not-marriage/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Trib reporter denies Pritzker story was a Rauner leak
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/01/trib-reporter-denies-pritzker-story-was-a-rauner-leak/
— “Team Rauner will never give up on this fight for reform”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/01/team-rauner-will-never-give-up-on-this-fight-for-reform/

 

GOPUSA
— Health care scare tactics: Disingenuous Democrats
http://www.gopusa.com/health-care-scare-tactics-disingenuous-democrats/
— Trump Budget Revives American Work Ethic (DIERSEN: During 22 of the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I took job-related college courses.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-budget-revives-american-work-ethic/

 

BREITBART
— Rasmussen: Over Half Think Leaking Classified Information to Media Is an ‘Act of Treason’ – Katie McHugh  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. have always accused me of leaking information. Of course, I should sue them for slander.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/31/rasmussen-over-half-think-leaking-classified-information-to-media-is-an-act-of-treason/
— White House Releases Select Ethics Waivers for Administration Staff – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/31/white-house-releases-select-ethics-waivers-for-administration-staff/

 

THE BLAZE
— Tesla’s Elon Musk makes threat against Trump administration if US leaves the Paris Accord – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/31/teslas-elon-musk-makes-threat-against-trump-administration-if-it-leaves-the-paris-accord/

 

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Administrators at DePaul University told the school’s College Republicans group this week they are banned from circulating a pro-life poster  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will “administrators at DePaul University” rescind my 1980 master’s degree in accounting because I am “too conservative?”)

http://umslspaces.com/administrators-at-depaul-university-told-the-schools-college-republicans-gro/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Players Want Margaret Court Arena Renamed Over Remarks on Gays – BEN ROTHENBERG  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, your name will be taken off everything if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/sports/tennis/margaret-court-gay-marriage-australia.html
— Twitter Fails E.U. Standard on Removing Hate Speech Online – MARK SCOTT  (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, all speech that does not promote the Democrat Party platform is hate speech.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/technology/twitter-facebook-google-europe-hate-speech.html
— New York Times Will Offer Employee Buyouts and Eliminate Public Editor Role – DANIEL VICTOR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/business/media/new-york-times-buyouts.html
— Twitter Makes the News a Little Dumber – JIM KERSTETTER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/technology/daily-report-twitter-makes-the-news-a-little-dumber.html
— How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation – Farhad Manjoo
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/technology/how-twitter-is-being-gamed-to-feed-misinformation.html
— Endangered Children: The Womb Is No Protection From Toxic Chemicals – FREDERICA PERERA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/toxic-chemicals-pregnancy-fetus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats treasonously encourage people to a) come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/nyregion/immigrant-legal-services-new-york.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Where the Teacher’s Pet Sleeps in a Dog Bed – ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/nyregion/school-comfort-dog-program.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why Key State Polls Were Wrong About Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/upshot/a-2016-review-why-key-state-polls-were-wrong-about-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Steady Jobs, With Pay and Hours That Are Anything But – PATRICIA COHEN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/business/economy/volatile-income-economy-jobs.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— CNN allowed its brand name to merge with Kathy Griffin. It paid the price. – Erik Wemple  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who does not want the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. to allow its brand name to merge with Dave Diersen?  ANSWER: Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/05/31/cnn-allowed-its-brand-name-to-merge-with-kathy-griffin-it-paid-the-price/

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— Lawsuit forces Maryland Democrats to acknowledge the obvious: Redistricting was motivated by politics – John Fritze
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-redistricting-case-20170601-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Opioid Makers Sued for Stoking Addition – Jeanne Whalen  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those who stoke addiction to booze, gambling, pot, and other vices should be sued.  Needless-to-say, elected officials who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices should be thrown out of office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ohio-sues-five-drug-firms-saying-they-fueled-opioid-crisis-1496248317
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-yorks-mayor-junks-due-process-1496269854
— Why Do the Young Reject Capitalism?  At the same time, they celebrate entrepreneurs and free enterprise. It’s a curious disconnect. – Warren Stephens  (DIERSEN: Democrat teachers a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn capitalism and b) glorify and praise socialism, communism, and dictatorship.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-the-young-reject-capitalism-1496270135
— Though Outnumbered, Female CEOs Earn More Than Male Chiefs – Joann Lublin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-ceos-dont-get-paid-less-than-men-in-big-business-they-make-more-1496223001
— You’re Getting a Master’s in What? – Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: What did you get your master’s degree in?  I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youre-getting-a-masters-in-what-1496235600
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Debt, Regrets Mar College for Many – Douglas Belkin  (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971.  If I had not been taking graduate business classes, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976, if I had not been taking graduate accounting classes, and if I had not passed the CPA examination in 1979, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980.  If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, if I had not passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, if I had not become a licensed CPA in 1981, and if I had not earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 and GAO would have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rush-to-college-might-be-a-mistake-1496289603

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Is chronic sleep deprivation impairing President Trump’s brain, performance? – Jayne O’Donnell  (DIERSEN: How much sleep do you need/get?  I get far less sleep because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/31/chronic-sleep-deprivation-impairing-trump-brain-performance/102344570/
— Kathy Griffin’s sickening Donald Trump stunt united us – Dave Berg
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/31/kathy-griffin-beheads-trump-beclowns-herself-dave-berg-column/102330054/
— Millennials are stressing about their finances – Charisse Jones  (DIERSEN: Earning credits toward a pension reduces financial stress.  I earned credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/06/01/study-millennials-stressing-their-finances/102346080/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Drains Swamp by Granting Ethics Waivers to Many White House Staffers – Margaret Hartmann  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that while I worked for IRS 1971-1972, I got permission from IRS to work part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/trump-drains-swamp-by-granting-ethics-waivers-to-staffers.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— White House Waivers Let Trump Appointees Work With Past Clients – Bill Allison  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that while I worked for IRS 1971-1972, I got permission from IRS to work part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-01/white-house-waivers-let-trump-appointees-work-with-past-clients

 

FED SMITH
— From COLA to Diet COLA: What the Budget Proposal Means for Your Retirement – Randy Silvey  (DIERSEN: COLAs have always been far less than inflation.  The purchasing power of my Civil Service Retirement System pension today is far less than it was in 1997. The purchasing power of my Social Security is far less today than it was in 2010.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/31/cola-diet-cola-budget-proposal-means-retirement/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Trump Budget’s Assault on Federal Workers – Sen. Ben Cardin  (DIERSEN: According to this article, Trump’s budget shows the “disdain he has for federal employees.” Given that, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout at Trump and at his supporters a) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and b) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 20 years.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2017/05/trump-budgets-assault-federal-workers/138304/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A budget is supposed to reflect the president’s priorities and the values our country holds dear. Unfortunately, the budget President Trump recently sent to Congress shows how much disdain he has for federal employees and the taxpayers they help and support every day. Civil servants perform countless tasks that assist, defend and protect Americans. They are saving lives, empowering small businesses, keeping America safe from harm, and otherwise ensuring a safe and prosperous future for our country, children and families. Many of our federal employees perform jobs that no one else can do, often in places no one else would work.)
— Keeping Employees Engaged During Periods of Uncertainty – Allison Abbe  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was in a “period of uncertainty.”  To keep GAO’s employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran “engaged,” the Democrats who ran GAO promised to get rid of agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2017/05/keeping-employees-engaged-during-periods-uncertainty/138270/

May 31 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois budget deadline looms, lawmakers did not work overnight – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-budget-deadline-looms-lawmakers-did-not-work-overnight/2058529/
— Protesters stage overnight sit-in over budget outside Gov. Rauner’s office – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-stage-overnight-sit-in-over-budget-outside-governors-office/2056593/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Dem Chris Kennedy Touts ‘Radical Change’ Agenda  Kennedy added that, if elected, if he can’t balance Illinois’ budget in his first term as governor, he won’t seek re-election – Charlie Wojciechowski
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicago-Dem-Chris-Kennedy-Touts-Radical-Change-Agenda-425363284.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Budget protesters in Springfield demand lawmakers ‘tax the rich’ – AP  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, anyone who is not on welfare is rich.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/257850517-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— White House has names for new U.S. Attorneys in Illinois – Jon Seidel and Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-duckworth-escalate-battle-over-federal-appointments/

— As clock ticks, future of Illinois state budget up in air – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/future-of-budget-up-in-air-ahead-of-last-scheduled-day/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT POAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Lawmakers begin last scheduled day without budget plan, just like last year – Monique Garcia, Kim Geiger and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-budget-met-0531-20170530-story.html
— Will flaying Trump bring us to normalcy? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-america-kass-met-0531-20170530-column.html
— U.S. home prices rising 2 times faster than wages – Josh Boak
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-home-prices-20170530-story.html
— Trump misspells press ‘covfefe,’ and Twitter takes notice – Brian de los Santos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-tweet-covfefe-20170530-story.html
— Emanuel praises CPS chief a week after union’s no-confidence vote – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-forrest-claypool-20170531-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— RACIST: Growing pot industry offers breaks to entice minorities – AP  (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a demographic, you push pot on that demographic.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170531/news/305319975/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Where rising assessments are boosting property tax bills most – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/where-rising-assessments-are-boosting-property-tax-bills-most
— Kane may resort to layoffs to address midyear budget deficit – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170531/kane-may-resort-to-layoffs-to-address-midyear-budget-deficit
— Local TV news continues sharp drop in ratings – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170530/feder-local-tv-news-continues-sharp-drop-in-ratings
— The value of independent thinking in Springfield – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170530/editorial-the-value-of-independent-thinking-in-springfield
— While other controversies rage, work on border wall moves forward – Byron York
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170531/while-other-controversies-rage-work-on-border-wall-moves-forward

 

WTTW
— Protesters Demand Budget as Legislators Edge Closer to Adjourning – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/30/protesters-demand-budget-legislators-edge-closer-adjourning

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Budget issue tests House Dems – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-31/budget-issue-tests-house-dems.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— House Dem On Budget: ‘We Can’t Do It On Our Own’ – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/house-dem-budget-we-cant-do-it-our-own#stream/0

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans want Rauner to “sign smart voter registration bill.”
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-gov-rauner-sign-smart-voter-registraton-bill/article_e7eb1984-a5bb-5a46-bc3c-37d305b51ae9.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives argues wage theft bill would put business owners behind bars – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511121775-ives-argues-wage-theft-bill-would-put-business-owners-behind-bars
— Ives works to defeat bill allowing noncitizens to become Illinois pharmacists – Giovanni Whaley
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511119274-ives-works-to-defeat-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-pharmacists
— Ives wants Chicago as testing ground before raising minimum wage statewide – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511121797-ives-wants-chicago-as-testing-ground-before-raising-minimum-wage-statewide

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Illinois: Saturated in Vice – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/illinois-saturated-in-vice/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Political Bias or Sloppiness? – Gary Krasner
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/05/30/political-bias-sloppiness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On CNN’s State of the Union, with Dana Bash, on May 28, 2017, the topic of Sanctuary Cities was discussed with Sanctuary City Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago. The definition of a “sanctuary city” is one which allows illegal aliens to reside within its jurisdiction, flouting state and federal immigration laws. And the operative word is “illegal.” But, the word “immigration” was spoken 8 times, without the prefix “illegal”. “Immigrant” was used spoken 4 times, with the prefix “illegal” zero times, but “undocumented” used only once.)

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Keeping Your Anger in Check – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have failed in their efforts to make me angry.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/31/keeping-anger-check/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— LIBERAL UNIVERSITIES INDOCTRINATE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY EVEN ARRIVE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/05/30/study-liberal-universities-indoctrinate-students-before-they-even-arrive-for-the-fall-semester/

 

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Purges Social Workers And Foster Families Who Don’t ‘Facilitate’ Transgenderism  Illinois’s child welfare agency has proclaimed staff must ‘affirm’ gender ideology and ‘facilitate’ LGBT identities for kids—or be fired. – Mary Hasson
https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/30/illinois-purges-social-workers-foster-families-dont-facilitate-transgenderism/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP BUDGET FIXES OUR BROKEN CULTURE – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-budget-fixes-our-broken-culture/
— FREE TRADE MUST BE FAIR TO AMERICAN WORKERS – Ken Blackwell
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/free-trade-must-be-fair-to-american-workers/

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s impatience with GOP grows – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/335715-trumps-impatience-with-gop-grows
— Trump faces shrinking talent pool for new hires – JONATHAN EASLEY AND JORDAN FABIAN  (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://thehill.com/homenews/administration/335711-trump-faces-shrinking-talent-pool-for-new-hires

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Trump Weighs Shake-Up, He Faces Recruiting Challenge – PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/trump-dubke-white-house-staff-changes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have no problem with poor people using illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/opinion/scott-walker-drug-test-medicaid.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump to personally take over his battles with the press – Marisa Schultz and Bob Fredericks
http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/trump-to-personally-take-over-his-battles-with-the-press/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Just one drink can harm – Sumathi Reddy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/just-one-drink-raises-the-risk-of-breast-cancer-1496055603

 

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Budget Crisis Is About to Get Even Harder to Resolve – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-31/illinois-budget-crisis-is-about-to-get-even-harder-to-resolve

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— D.C.-Area Lawmakers Vow to Fight Proposed Federal Retirement Benefit Cuts  Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, Va., said: “We cannot balance the federal budget on the backs of our federal workers.” – Erich Wagner
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/05/dc-area-lawmakers-vow-fight-proposed-federal-retirement-benefit-cuts/138266/

 

BENZINGA
— Civil Servants Push Back At Trump, GOP Characterizations Of Career Feds As Lazy, Entitled Sloths Nursed On Taxpayer Dollars – Mark Fritz
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/futures/17/05/9524780/civil-servants-push-back-at-trump-gop-characterizations-of-career-feds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump have hammered away at what they characterize as slackers with too many benefits and too much time on their hands, and, frankly, civil servants are sick of it. “Contrary to what you may have heard in a recent congressional hearing, my members are barely holding on to a middle-class standard of living,” Pam Sturm, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 822 IRS workers in St. Louis, said in a statement. “They struggle to pay for housing, utilities, rising health-care costs, tuition and care for children or elderly parents,” Sturm said. She said 65 percent of her members are Grade 5 to Grade 8, which means their starting salary is $33,000. The highest salary for Grade 8 employees is $58,962.)

 

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Endangered GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Hides out on Roof While Avoiding Angry Constituents. Instead of engaging with constituents, Issa cowers and lashes out at reporters.”
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/darrell-issa-hides-out-roof-while-avoiding-angry-constituents