Tag: IVES

May 11 Morning Edition

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, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee and James Mendrick for DuPage County Sheriff have entries.  Since I moved to Wheaton in 1978, I have encouraged Republican candidates and elected officials to have entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades.  This year, for the 12th year in a row, I will be seeking 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.  Being a $2,500 “Star” sponsor includes: “Media Print Advertisements, Social Media Promotion, Website Preference, Email Blasts, Event Posters/Flyers, Press Release, 10×10 Booth on July 3, Inclusion in Announcements on July 3, Premium Seating at Graf Park for July 3 Fireworks, Event Sponsor Banners,” and more.  Outstandingly, again this year Tim Whelan will coordinate Republican use of the 10×10 booth at the fireworks.  This year again, I will hand deliver a flyer 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. So far, outstandingly, Roger Claar has pledged $500, Chris Nybo $250, and Peter Breen, Grant Eckhoff, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, and Tim Whelan $100.  Last year, outstandingly, Chris Nybo contributed $250; Liam Brennan, Dave Diersen, and Phil Suess contributed $150; and Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Fred Bucholz, Mike Connelly, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives, Rich Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Mark Kirk, Brian Krajewski, Robert Lyon, James Mendrick, Deanne Mazzochi, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Tim Whelan, and Jim Zay contributed $100. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

NBC5
— After War of Words, Rauner and Emanuel to Stand Together for South Side Jobs Announcement – Emily Florez
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/After-War-of-Words-Rauner-and-Emanuel-to-Stand-Together-for-Jobs-Announcement-421984443.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Willing To Consider Reinstating “Head Tax” To Bail Out CPS – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: Should DuPage County consider a “Head Tax” on those in DuPage County who hate those who 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://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/11/chicago-public-schools-head-tax-budget-deficit-mayor-rahm-emanuel/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 4 pounds of marijuana delivered as police search home – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/253979055-story

 

WGN TV
— Conflicting narratives emerge about Comey’s firing – RANDI BELISOMO  (DIERSEN: What conflicting narratives exist about you?  Conflicting narratives exist about why I took my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  According to my Democrat GAO superiors, they did absolutely nothing to encourage me to take their “offer.”  According to me, they made it clear to me that they would kill me figuratively, if not literally, if I did not take their “offer.” They hinted that they might let me work another 6 years until I was 55 if I happily agreed to be constructively demoted and work for my subordinates who had far less work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses or b) be transferred to another work group where everything that I had learned auditing federal financial institutions for 9 years and earning a master’s degree that year from IIT in financial markets and trading WOULD GO TO WASTE. They made it clear to me that they would kill me figuratively, if not literally, if I did not take their “offer.”  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me.)
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/11/conflicting-narratives-emerge-about-comeys-firing/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Trump to sign executive order launching investigation of voter fraud, suppression – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-voter-fraud-20170511-story.html
— Madigan accuses Rauner of trying to ‘change history’ of government – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-michael-madigan-interview-20170510-story.html
— Illinois Democrats want independent probe following Comey firing; Republicans want answers – Katherine Skiba  (DIERSEN: What adverse actions did your employers take against you and who came to your defense? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs did NOT come to my defense a) when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) when my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974, and c) when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-james-comey-illinois-delegation-met-0511-20170510-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic lawmakers from Illinois joined in their party’s widespread condemnation of President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, and some state Republican members of Congress said they were looking for more answers after the surprise move. U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley of Chicago called Comey’s dismissal a “brazen decision taken straight out of the Nixon playbook,” referring to former President Richard Nixon’s 1973 firing of Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor probing his conduct during Watergate. Quigley is on the House Intelligence Committee, which is looking into whether Trump’s associates coordinated with Russians to tamper with the presidential election.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonably 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://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-immigrant-youth-summer-jobs-0510-biz-20170510-story.html
— Why half of Cook County renters pay more than they can afford in rent – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-affordable-rental-shortage-study-chicago-0511-20170510-story.html
— Seven North Side aldermen vow to add affordable housing to end ‘legacy of exclusion’ – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-aldermen-affordable-housing-met-0511-20170510-story.html
— Emanuel: Comey firing will put Republican agenda in ‘slow motion’ – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-trump-comey-met-20170511-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lisa Madigan, 19 other state AGs, seek independent Russia probe
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lisa-madigan-19-other-state-ags-seek-independent-russia-probe/
— Nobody fooled by Trump’s excuse for firing James Comey – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is the same as being fired.  QUESTION: What excuses did my Democrat GAO superiors have to fire me in 1997? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/nobody-fooled-by-trumps-excuse-for-firing-james-comey/
— Postal Service, citing losses, seeks higher stamp prices – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/postal-service-citing-losses-seeks-higher-stamp-prices/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Election commission good for Lake, not for DuPage? – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170511/lester-election-commission-good-for-lake-not-for-dupage
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A bill to merge the DuPage Election Commission with the DuPage County clerk’s office is being crafted by Republican state Rep. Chris Nybo of Elmhurst and Democratic state Sen. Don Harmon of Oak Park. Just four years ago, Harmon was the lead sponsor of a bill to do exactly the opposite in Lake County. His legislation creating a Lake County Election Commission was widely criticized by local officials and eventually overturned in court. This time, Nybo says, DuPage County Chair Dan Cronin and the county board back the change. The bill passed the Senate unanimously last week and is now in the House.)

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Americans deserve answers on Trump, Russia, and Comey – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What do you want answers on?  Russia has a far higher opinion of America and of its citizens than Democrats have of America and of its citizens.)
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170510/our-view-americans-deserve-answers-on-trump-russia-and-comey

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Area lawmakers react to FBI director’s firing
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170510/area-lawmakers-react-to-fbi-directors-firing

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Civic Federation urges budget with new revenues, borrowing – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/05/10/civic-federation-urges-budget-with-new-revenues-borrowing/a66xmzc/

 

MADISON RECORD
— New analysis of state pension systems shows number of retirees earning more than $100K nearly 17,000 – Ann Maher
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511114232-new-analysis-of-state-pension-systems-shows-number-of-retirees-earning-more-than-100k-nearly-17-000#new_tab

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DMV hiring embezzler for second state job enough to drive you crazy – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article149596629.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump expected to launch commission on ‘election integrity’ – ABC News
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/05/11/trump-expected-to-launch-commission-on-election-integrity

 

WSIL TV
— DeVos booed speaking at historically black university – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on making Blacks hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35394258/devos-booed-speaking-at-historically-black-university

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Even if Illinois lottery cheated, can anyone prove being harmed? – Pat Gauen  (DIERSEN: How much money have you lost gambling during the last day, week, month, year, 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, 50+ years?)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/pat-gauen/even-if-illinois-lottery-cheated-can-anyone-prove-being-harmed/article_ec2b58cc-3cb2-54d2-94ac-e2908484f25e.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Anti-Baby Bill Passes Senate! Contact Gov. Rauner! – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/anti-baby-bill-passes-senate-contact-gov-rauner/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The Sun-Times demands a budget  (DIERSEN: What do you critics/opponents demand?  My critics/opponents demand that I stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, accept blame for all of their problems, accept blame for all of your problems, accept blame for all of my problems, and accept blame for all of everyone’s problems.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/10/the-sun-times-demands-a-budget/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Conservatives Who Supported Trump Being Systematically Excluded From Trump Administration – Richard A. Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25656

 

GOPUSA
— Concealed Carry: Chicago: More of this might reduce crime
http://www.gopusa.com/chicago-more-of-this-might-reduce-crime/
— Far fewer refugees entering US despite travel ban setbacks
http://www.gopusa.com/far-fewer-refugees-entering-us-despite-travel-ban-setbacks/
— Comey’s Firing is Latest Weapon Against Trump Presidency
http://www.gopusa.com/comeys-firing-is-latest-weapon-against-trump-presidency/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— When awards lose their meaning  For Obama, honors are scripted to promote his liberal agenda – Cal Thomas  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, awards are given only for promoting planks in the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/10/obama-getting-awards-promotes-his-liberal-agenda/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Pocahontas “Insult”: Why Trump Should Keep Using It  Senator Warren is dishonest and opportunistic and voters should know it – DAVID HOGBERG
https://spectator.org/the-pocahontas-insult-why-trump-should-keep-using-it/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— DePaul forbids ‘Gay Lives Matter’ posters as students protest gay reporter’s talk on radical Islam – KATE HARDIMAN
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/32554/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Deputy AG Rosenstein doesn’t want all the blame for Comey canning – Anna Giaritelli  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, my critics/opponents will take credit for ending my a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster role, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, f) GAO employment, g) etc.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/deputy-ag-rosenstein-doesnt-want-all-the-blame-for-comey-canning-report/article/2622762

 

ABC NEWS
— WHITE HOUSE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE IN COMEY UP UNTIL LAST WEEK – RILEY BEGGIN  (DIERSEN: Which individuals have expressed confidence in you and how successful were your critics/opponents in destroying those individuals?  I should write a book about those individuals who expressed confidence in me, including the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and got me promoted to GS-13 in 1986, and how successful my critics/opponents were in destroying those individuals.)
http://abc30.com/news/white-house-expressed-confidence-in-comey-up-until-last-week/1977549/

 

CBS NEWS
— Fox News sends push alert: Most men just want a woman who’s nice – ANDREA PARK  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, women who hate Trump paint themselves as being NOT nice.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fox-news-sends-push-alert-most-men-just-want-a-woman-whos-nice/

 

CNBC
— Reporter arrested while trying to ask Trump health-care chief Tom Price questions about Obamacare replacement  The journalist was trying to ask Health Secretary Tom Price about a Republican Obamacare replacement bill. The reporter’s lawyer called the arrest “really bizarre.” Two leading GOP congressmen criticized Price’s department for a memo telling employees not to contact Congress without notifying the department first. – Dan Mangan  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I am not a reporter or a journalist and b) that I disrupt press conferences.  Needless-to-say, that is slander, and I should sue those who slander me. The aforesaid slanderers almost succeeded in keeping me out of Roskam’s press conference Thursday evening, May 4, 2017, at Sanguinetti’s fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton.)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/reporter-arrested-while-asking-health-chief-tom-price-questions.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/immigrant-daca-deportation.html
— Bethune-Cookman Graduates Greet Betsy DeVos With Turned Backs – ERICA L. GREEN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on making Blacks hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/betsy-devos-bethune-cookman-commencement.html
— The Census Won’t Collect L.G.B.T. Data. That’s a Problem. – PRAVEEN FERNANDES  (DIERSEN: From what I see, those who engage in LGBTQ activity are ever-increasingly given preference.  Because of that, their income, their net worth, and their domination over those who do not engage in LGBTQ activities is ever-increasing.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/the-census-wont-collect-lgbt-data-thats-a-problem.html
— The White House’s Justifications for Firing Comey – LINDA QIU  (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is the same as being fired.  QUESTION: What justifications did my Democrat GAO superiors have to fire me in 1997? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/fact-check-fbi-james-comey-sarah-huckabee-sanders.html

 

CHANNEL 45 NEWS
– Federal Employee Demoted & Forced To Resign After Being Told “You Are Too Nice To The Public.”
http://channel45news.com/2017/05/federal-employee-demoted-forced-to-resign-after-being-told-you-are-too-nice-to-the-public-4/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Six-Figure Payouts for Sick Leave Spur Outrage, Calls for Overhaul  For retiring college head, 1,250 unused sick days equals $266,060 payday – Kate King  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my Democrat coworkers and Democrat subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/six-figure-payouts-for-sick-leave-spur-outrage-calls-for-overhaul-1494408600

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE OF COMEY: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: White House cites Comey ‘atrocities’ – David Jackson (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is the same as being fired.  QUESTION: What atrocities did my Democrat GAO superiors have to fire me in 1997? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/10/comey-firing-russia-investigation-donald-trump/101502336/
— Trump’s ‘help wanted’ sign  Hundreds of vacancies in the federal government affect average Americans – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and vicious condemn a) all federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and b) all federal retirees like I have been for almost 20 years.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/09/president-trump-help-wanted-editorials-debates/101019046/
— White House: We’re finding the best people  When it comes to hiring, getting it right is better than doing it fast – Johnny DeStefano  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and vicious condemn a) all federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and b) all federal retirees like I have been for almost 20 years.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/09/white-house-finding-best-people-editorials-debates/101478916/
— The ins and outs of applying for Social Security benefits – Robert Powell  (DIERSEN: I applied for Social Security in 2010 when I was 62 years old. My Social Security is only $2,028 a year.  It is dramatically reduced because I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2017/05/10/ins-and-outs-applying-social-security-benefits/101054756/
— Survey: Just 1 in 4 say our higher education system functioning as it should – Greg Toppo  (DIERSEN: How much experience do you have with America’s higher education system?  I spent 5 years earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, 4 years earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, 4 years earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, 2 years earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, and 2 years completing courses at UIC 1966-1968.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/11/survey-higher-education-system/101523096/
— Parents: No empty nest for you. Student debt prompts many Millennials to move back home, survey finds – Adam Shell  (DIERSEN: After you earned your bachelor’s degree, did you move back in with your parents?  My father died suddenly in October of 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never attended high school; she had never been employed. My brother was 16 years old. I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in August of 1970, applied for a financial hardship draft deferment, moved back in with my mother and brother in our home in Crete, and helped pay our bills.  In September of 1972, I was able to buy a new town home in University Park.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2017/05/10/td-ameritrade-millennial-college-survey/101503580/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Who Says You Need Tax Breaks for Retirement Saving?  Auto-enrollment and payroll deduction can be more powerful ways to avert America’s retirement crisis. – Suzanne Woolley  (DIERSEN: 7% of my salary as a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 went into the Civil Service Retirement System.  My wife and I always put the maximum allowed into tax deferred savings accounts.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-11/tax-breaks-aren-t-the-only-way-to-get-people-to-save

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Announces 2016 Senior Hall of Fame Inductees – AP  (DIERSEN: What do you do that benefits seniors?  I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning and evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-05-11/illinois-announces-2016-senior-hall-of-fame-inductees

 

MILITARY TIMES
— VA bureaucracy continues to protect bad employees, hurt U.S. troops – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and U.S. Representative Phil Roe (R-TN)  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a “bad employee?” I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took the following adverse actions against me because I was a “bad employee” and NOT because in 1988 I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and NOT because I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/commentary-rubio-isakson-roe-va-legislation

May 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pay for news?  More than half of Americans say yes – AP  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at lease $1,000 a year. But because I do not charge anything for the emails, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the emails are worthless.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170503/281840053570951
— Pool: Most teenagers have taken social media break  For an adult to understand what it might be like … consider disconnecting from email – or your phone – for a couple of weeks. – Barbara Ortutay  (DIERSEN: I have put together a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email and sent it out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening to since 2015.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170503/281831463636359
— Heroin epidemic expands its grip on America – Steven Reinberg  (DIERSEN: Pot is a gateway drug. What do you say to those who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who hypocritically promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-heroin-epidemic-grows-white-males-health-0426-20170330-story.html
— More older women hitting the bottle hard – Steven Reinberg  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who hypocritically promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-more-older-women-drinking-hard-health-0426-20170331-story.html
— Getting treatment for problem drinking – Nara Schoenberg  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who hypocritically promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-alcohol-abuse-harm-reduction-health-0426-20170420-story.html
— Interns at these 25 companies make more than the median U.S. worker – Jena McGregor  (DIERSEN: If you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use against you what you did with your summers when you were young. I delivered newspapers and did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964.  I washed dishes during the summer of 1965.  I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966.  I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-glassdoor-high-paying-internships-20170502-story.html
— Memories a good trade for Take Your Child to Work Day challenges – Rob Manker  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn my wife and I for giving up trying to have children, for not adopting, and for not becoming foster parents.  Do you agree with those who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn those who give up trying to have children, who do not adopt, and who do not become foster parents?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-manker-column-st-0503-20170502-story.html
— Evanston High School Dist. 202 approves changes on transgender student access to locker rooms – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-eths-district-202-transgender-vote-tl-0504-20170504-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No trial balloons: Trump flips script with startling ideas – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-trial-balloons-trump-flips-script-with-startling-ideas/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why your tax bill could go up if homeowner’s exemption changes – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170503/why-your-tax-bill-could-go-up-if-homeowners-exemption-changes
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps are filled with 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170503/the-language-of-hatred-increasingly-normalized-by-trump

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner, Emanuel square off over future of the Thompson Center
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/252260335-story

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— UIS professors hit picket line; many classes called off – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170502/uis-professors-hit-picket-line-many-classes-called-off
— Courts shouldn’t have to force state to honor contracts – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170502/our-view-courts-shouldnt-have-to-force-state-to-honor-contracts

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Property tax freeze opposition is premature – Editorial
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-property-tax-freeze-opposition-is-premature/article_fd116146-95a2-5d31-8250-4709e1779f3e.html

 

DUPAGE WATCHDOG
— Donors to the “yes” campaign – Janet Shaw
http://dupagewatchdog.org/2017/05/donors-to-the-yes-campaign/

 

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— Local couple steals $200,000 from financial aid at COD – Kitt Fresa
http://codcourier.org/6035/news/local-couple-steals-200000-from-financial-aid-at-cod/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives counting on Rauner to stop abortion bill – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511110185-ives-counting-on-rauner-to-stop-abortion-bill

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Contact Kinzinger To Defund Planned Parenthood – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/contact-kinzinger-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— STUDENTS DESPISE OBAMA POLICIES…WHEN CREDITED TO TRUMP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/students-despise-obama-policieswhen-credited-to-trump.html
— THORNER: TRUMP’S TAX REFORMS AREN’T RADICAL, BUT THEY ARE BETTER, EXPERT SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/thorner-trumps-tax-reforms-arent-radical-but-they-are-better-expert-says.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— We Need To Expand E-Verify To Fight Illegal Immigration – Joanne Butler
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/03/we-need-to-expand-e-verify-to-fight-illegal-immigration/

 

JP MEDIA
— Former RNC Chair Michael Steele on Paul Ryan: ‘Amazing’ His Hair Isn’t Gray or Gone – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/05/02/former-rnc-chair-on-paul-ryan-amazing-his-hair-isnt-gray-or-gone/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Why Do We Vote Republican? What Trump Must Do to Avoid More Disastrous Budget Deals
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/05/01/its-time-for-trump-to-take-over-leadership-from-the-house-republicans/

 

MASS RESISTANCE
— VIDEO: How big corporations support the radical LGBT agenda – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qn_ssyCu8g

 

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY CENTER
— VIDEO: Defending Trump on Islam – Babette Francis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2K9pDnwUY

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s takeover of the GOP, one year later – W. James Antle III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-takeover-of-the-gop-one-year-later/article/2621948

 

THE HILL
— Minn. GOP chair apologizes for Facebook post calling Ellison ‘Muslim Goat Humper’ – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/331541-minnesota-gop-chair-apologizes-for-muslim-goat-humper-post
— Obama’s Wall Street payday triggers Dem angst – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/331676-obamas-wall-street-payday-triggers-dem-angst

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump Nominee Jovita Carranza Would Be 7th Latina US Treasurer – SUZANNE GAMBOA
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-nominee-jovita-carranza-would-be-7th-latina-us-treasurer-n754081

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s ‘good shutdown’ tweet sullies spending-plan agreement – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/03/trumps-good-shutdown-tweet-sullies-spending-plan-agreement/

 

CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
— GAO assigns spring cleaning  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/gao-assigns-spring-cleaning/article_92ad0062-2f86-11e7-b9c9-df4efce05ec7.html
— South Carolina’s Jim DeMint officially out as president of Heritage Foundation – Emma Dumain
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-s-jim-demint-officially-out-as-president-of/article_af4cd4a2-2f79-11e7-89a9-2f93f1528b1a.html

 

THE WEEK
— Trump’s fusillade on the press – Edward Morrissey  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the fusillades that have been thrown against me by activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  The aforesaid blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. If the aforesaid did not have me to blame, who would they blame?)
http://theweek.com/articles/696145/trumps-fusillade-press

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Military Needs Modern Ways to Attract and Manage Talent  A rigid, bureaucratic personnel system made sense in 1947. Now it’s dangerously out of date. – Leon Panetta and Jim Talent  (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want you in the military or in any other government job unless you promote a) dependency on government and on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) race and gender based preference giving, g) age discrimination, and h) hatred of those who 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-military-needs-modern-ways-to-attract-and-manage-talent-1493766438
— IRAs Mostly Serve People Who Need Them the Least  More people use IRAs to roll over 401(k) plans after changing jobs than to save for retirement – Lauren Weber  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have always been furious that my wife and I have always put the maximum allowed each year into IRA, 401(k), 403(b), etc. savings accounts and b) have always hinted/implied/argues/shouted that we have been able to do that because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, I avoided the draft, I have always been grossly overpaid, and my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iras-dont-do-what-they-are-supposed-to-do-study-finds-1493722800
— How Heritage Went Wrong  The think tank abandoned ideas for political muscle. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-heritage-went-wrong-1493767510
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about those who have lots of financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and who use their financial clout a) to promote those who pander to them, who glorify and praise them, who serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or who give them money and b) to destroy those like me WHO DO NOT pander to them, WHO DO NOT glorify or praise them, WHO DO NOT serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or WHO DO NOT give them money.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-praise-of-modern-medicis-1493766061
— College Enrollment Among High-School Grads Nears Record High – SARAH CHANEY  (DIERSEN: How hard were you pushed to be successful when you were in high school?  Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2017/05/01/u-s-college-enrollment-among-high-school-grads-nears-record-high/

 

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
— Trump’s first 100 days get a warm embrace from Ken Griffin – Imogen Rose-Smith
http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3713874/asset-management-macro/trumps-first-100-days-get-a-warm-embrace-from-ken-griffin.html

 

CHEAT SHEET
— 7 People You Should Never Take Financial Advice From – Sheiresa Ngo  (DIERSEN: I have offered my services as a consultant since 1998.  Statements that are defamatory “per se” include statements that claim that the plaintiff is incompetent in his job, trade, or profession. I should write a book about my slanderous critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone a) that I am incompetent as a consultant and b) that no one should seek my advice about anything or take my advice about anything.)
http://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/people-never-take-financial-advice.html/

 

THINK PROGRESS
— Trump campaign accuses CNN of censorship for refusing to run ad calling it ‘FAKE NEWS’  CNN says it’s under no obligation to run ads featuring false smears.  (DIERSEN: Unlike CNN, GOPUSA ILLINOIS does not “run ads.”)
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-cnn-fake-news-100-days-ad-48787f87aef7

May 2 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker the first Democrat to air TV ads in bid to take on Rauner – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-ad-met-0503-20170502-story.html
— Trump donor Gidwitz’s trustworthiness placed at heart of court case – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on destroying your credibility? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on destroying my credibility.  Of course, they include those who I have sued, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-gidwitz-lawsuit-attorney-fees-0503-chicago-inc-20170502-story.html
— Emanuel says Thompson Center sale tied to ‘L’ station – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-thompson-center-sale-met-20170502-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump and anti-GOP Eric Zorn says “Trump and GOP, not campus radicals, pose the real threat to freedom.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-trump-gop-real-threats-to-liberty-zorn-perspec-0503-20170502-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner fans and Madigan fans all so pleased while Illinois fails – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rauner-fans-and-madigan-fans-all-so-pleased-while-illinois-fails/
— Emanuel puts brakes on Rauner plan to sell Thompson Center – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-puts-brakes-on-rauner-plan-to-sell-thompson-center/
— Friends gave Rahm Emanuel sports tickets, covered travel expenses – Mitchell Armentrout and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/friends-gave-rahm-emanuel-sports-tickets-covered-travel-expenses/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot in Illinois.  If you push pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/why-there-is-an-urgent-need-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/
— Would this read better if Medill were accredited? – Neil Steinberg  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, to discredit me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted that I do not have a degree in journalism.  In my defense, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which, at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. Much of what I did for GAO is similar to what journalists do – interviewing, conducting surveys, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, and writing reports. Two of the GAO reports that I worked on are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf (FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-would-this-read-better-if-medill-were-accredited/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren, Roskam undecided on Obamacare repeal – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170502/hultgren-roskam-undecided-on-obamacare-repeal

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State gets new reminder of slipping finances – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170502/BLOGS02/170509957/as-illinois-budget-feud-continues-new-reminder-of-slipping-finances

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Vandalism at Ald. Joe Moreno’s office targets gentrification
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/252243761-story

 

CBS2
— Sen. Durbin On Recent Heart Procedure – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/02/sen-durbin-on-recent-heart-procedure/
— Vandals Target Alderman’s Office, Gentrification Of Neighborhood
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/02/vandals-target-aldermans-office-gentrification-of-neighborhood/
— Retired Police Officer Waits On Online Lottery Winnings – Dana Kozlov
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/01/retired-police-officer-waits-on-online-lottery-winnings/

 

NBC5
— Sale of Thompson Center Hits Snag – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/thompson-center-sale-chicago-421083384.html
— University of Illinois-Springfield Professors Go on Strike
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/university-of-illinois-springfield-professors-strike-421066964.html
— Sen. Durbin Undergoes Outpatient Procedure at Northwestern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Sen-Durbin-Undergoes-Outpatient-Procedure-at-Northwestern-421053954.html

 

ABC7
— SEN. DURBIN TREATED FOR IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT – APSEN. DURBIN TREATED FOR IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
http://abc7chicago.com/news/sen-durbin-treated-for-irregular-heartbeat/1945716/

 

DNA INFO
— G Whiz: Rauner Explainin’ About Talkin’ The Way He Does – David Matthews
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170502/downtown/g-whiz-rauner-explainin-about-talkin-way-he-does

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— A week before final exams, UIS professors go on strike
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170501/week-before-final-exams-uis-professors-go-on-strike

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that the Trump administration has “discriminatory public policy.”)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/civil-rights-group-discriminatory-public-policy-under-trump-administration/704856306

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Kinzinger Faces Challenges From Left And Right: How Safe Is He? – DAN KLEFSTAD (DIERSEN: What does Kinzinger think of those who share your demographics?)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/kinzinger-faces-challenges-left-and-right-how-safe-he

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Does Recreational Weed Have a Chance in Illinois?  The political tide has turned against marijuana in recent months. So why are two state lawmakers introducing a legalization bill now? – TATIANA WALK-MORRIS  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2017/Recreational-Marijuana/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Rauner seeks court guidance on what to do with illegally hired patronage workers in wake of special report – Jonathan Bilyk
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511110910-rauner-seeks-court-guidance-on-what-to-do-with-illegally-hired-patronage-workers-in-wake-of-special-report

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives strengthens push for Mautino ouster – Matt Smith
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511108479-ives-strengthens-push-for-mautino-ouster

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS HOUSE PASSES BILL TO ALLOW DISSOLUTION OF TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICTS – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-house-passes-bill-to-allow-dissolution-of-township-road-districts/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Republican Party: Hotel Scion Pritzker Using Inherited Wealth on Inherited Agenda  (DIERSEN: Should everyone involved in government, politics, news media, etc. be required to disclose exactly how they acquired their wealth?  For me, it was money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; auditing federal agencies 1980-1997; collecting a Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997; collecting Social Security since 2010; and inheriting from my mother $56,073 and half interest in 1286 Wood Street in Crete last year.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/02/question-of-the-day-2462/
— New Planned Parenthood TV ad targets Roskam
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/02/new-planned-parenthood-tv-ad-targets-roskam/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Popular homeschooling resource quietly promotes LGBT to children – Fr. Mark Hodges
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/popular-homeschooling-platform-quietly-promotes-lgbt-to-children

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION
— Federal Legislative Ratings  (FOR 2016: Hultgren-88, LaHood-84, Roskam-67, Shimkus-64, Bost-52, Kinzinger-44)
http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-federal-legislative-ratings/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Refuses To Run Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Ad That Calls Mainstream Media ‘Fake News’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/02/trump-camp-claims-cnn-refused-to-run-100-days-ad/
— Hillary: I Am Now ‘Part Of The Resistance’ – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/02/hillary-i-am-now-part-of-the-resistance-video/
— ‘It Was An Invasion’: How Hungary Managed To Erase Illegal Immigration In Just A Few Months – JACOB BOJESSON
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/30/exclusive-it-was-an-invasion-how-hungary-managed-to-erase-illegal-immigration-in-just-a-few-months/
— Al Franken Wonders Aloud If Steve Bannon Inspires Hate Crimes – Chuck Ross  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, all anti-Trumps will accuse all Trump supporters of inspiring hate crimes.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/02/al-franken-wonders-aloud-if-steve-bannon-inspires-hate-crimes-video/
— Immigrant Workers Stunned To Be Fired After Skipping Work For Protest – WILL RACKE
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/01/immigrant-workers-surprised-to-be-fired-after-missing-work-for-protest/
— DNC Chairman Claims ‘No Human Being Is Illegal’ – TED GOODMAN (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the DNC officially declare war on America?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/01/dnc-chairman-claims-no-human-being-is-illegal/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Promotes Attack on Christians Who ‘Shield’ Bill O’Reilly – Tim Graham
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2017/05/02/ny-times-promotes-attack-christians-who-shield-bill-oreilly

 

GOPUSA
— Austin, Texas: All day sit-in protest of ‘sanctuary cities’ bill ends in arrests
http://www.gopusa.com/all-day-sit-in-protest-of-sanctuary-cities-bill-ends-in-arrests/
— Which side are you on? Illegals are given “sanctuary” by liberals. Where is the sanctuary for American conservatives?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23780
— Legislatures tell universities ‘free speech’ or else
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23771

 

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: GOP Will Have ‘Hell to Pay’ as Dems Claim Victory on Spending
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/02/laura-ingraham-gop-paul-ryan-will-have-hell-pay-dems-claim-victory-spending

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Campaign Claims CNN Rejected 100 Days Ad – Jeffrey Rodach
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/trump-campaign-cnn-rejected/2017/05/02/id/787654/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Will the Second Civil War Turn Violent? – DENNIS PRAGER
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447253/violence-left-campus-streets

 

BREITBART
— Public Employees and the Shadow World of American Carnage – JOHN CARNEY  (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/02/public-employees-shadow-american-carnage/

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s quest to stop bad media coverage threatens our Constitution – JONATHAN TURLEY  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails?  Further, what do you say to those who read the emails, but fail/refuse to come to my defense?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/331524-trumps-quest-to-curb-freedom-of-the-press-is-at-odds

 

CNN
— Jim DeMint officially ousted at Heritage Foundation – Theodore Schleifer
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/jim-demint-ousted-heritage/

 

ABC NEWS
— Could libel laws change under President Trump? – LAUREN PEARLE and MEGHAN KENEALLY
http://abcnews.go.com/US/libel-laws-change-president-trump/story?id=47128197

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— GAO report says government not doing enough against fraud
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article148027214.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A week to publicly recognize the good work of federal employees – Tom Fox  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, just about everyone viciously demonizes, viciously denigrates, and viciously condemns federal employees and federal retirees. How would you react if you were a member of a group that is ever-increasingly viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/05/02/a-week-to-publicly-recognize-the-good-work-of-federal-employees/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The real reason Trump is so frustrated with Congress: He keeps on taking bullets for Republicans.”  Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/02/the-real-reason-trump-is-so-frustrated-with-congress-he-keeps-on-taking-bullets-for-republicans/
— Interns at these 25 companies make more than the median U.S. worker – Jena McGregor  (DIERSEN: What are/were you paid? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, IRS hired at the GS-7 level, currently $44,853/year. In 1972, IRS promoted me to GS-9, currently $54,864/year. In 1973, IRS promoted me to GS-11, currently $66,379/year. In 1974, IRS promoted me to GS-12, currently $79,563/year. My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/05/02/interns-at-these-25-companies-make-more-than-the-median-u-s-worker/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Summer is nearing, and workplaces everywhere are awaiting the arrival of this year’s interns to help out on extra projects and shoulder the seasonal load. But among certain companies, they’re likely doing more than getting coffee and making copies. Or at least, they’re being paid that way. According to a new report by the jobs site Glassdoor, the 25 best-paying companies for internships each pay their median summer worker more than $4,500 a month. That amount, if it was paid over the course of a full year, would be north of $54,000, exceeding the median annual pay for a U.S. worker, according to Glassdoor’s own local pay reports ($51,350), and the annual figure calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest weekly earnings data for full-time wage and salary workers ($44,460). Topping the list was Facebook, where the median pay for interns is $8,000 a month, according to the reports from the newest analysis. That’s $1,800 more than the $6,200 the social media giant reportedly paid interns when Glassdoor last issued its last highest paying internship report, in 2014. The next three were Microsoft (which pays a median $7,100 a month), ExxonMobil ($6,507) and Salesforce ($6,450).)
— Why did Trump win? New research by Democrats offers a worrisome answer. – Greg Sargent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/05/01/why-did-trump-win-new-research-by-democrats-offers-a-worrisome-answer/
— Kansas City Archdiocese boots Girl Scouts, calls group reflective of ‘troubling trends’ – Samantha Schmidt  (DIERSEN: To what extent have the Girl Scouts been taken over by 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?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/02/kansas-city-archdiocese-boots-girl-scouts-calls-group-reflective-of-troubling-trends/

 

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump administration continues to threaten a free press. Newest attacks by the president, Preibus erode U.S. moral authority.”
http://www.startribune.com/trump-administration-continues-to-threaten-a-free-press/421077723/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Professors Walk Picket Lines at U of Illinois-Springfield  Officials with the union that represents nearly 170 professors at the University of Illinois-Springfield say they’re going on strike starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-05-02/nearly-170-professors-to-strike-at-u-of-illinois-springfield

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Medill Drops Efforts at Accreditation in Blow to Watchdog Groups  Northwestern’s journalism school says process delivers little value; students loans not at risk – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, to discredit me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted that I do not have a degree in journalism.  In my defense, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which, at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. Much of what I did for GAO is similar to what journalists do – interviewing, conducting surveys, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, and writing reports. Two of the GAO reports that I worked on are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf (FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/medill-drops-efforts-at-accreditation-in-blow-to-watchdog-groups-1493748441
— Facebook’s Female Engineers Claim Gender Bias  Analysis found female engineers received 35% more rejections of their code than men – Deepa Seetharaman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-female-engineers-claim-gender-bias-1493737116

 

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
— How Soaring Benefit Costs Are Coming Back To Haunt Gov’t Workers – STEVEN MALANGA  (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time and ever-increasingly, government workers have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.  Because of that, governments have had to provide better salaries and better benefits to hire and to retain workers.)
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/how-soaring-benefit-costs-are-coming-back-to-haunt-govt-workers/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Zillow Launched A New Tool To Help Millennials Buy Their First Home – Jennifer Calfas  (DIERSEN: How old were you when you bought your first home?  I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.)
http://time.com/money/4763206/zillow-millennials-buy-homes/

 

FOX 11
— More than half not saving for retirement – Mark Leland  (DIERSEN: When did you start saving for your retirement?  Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that constructively, I started saving for my retirement in 1966 when I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office and earning BOTH full-time Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits AND Social Security credits.  However, my Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.)
http://fox11online.com/news/fox-11-investigates/fox11-investigates-finds-more-than-half-not-saving-for-retirement

 

NBC2
— Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani to Ivanka Trump: Don’t use my story – CNN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred.)
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/35322791/girls-who-code-founder-to-ivanka-trump-dont-use-my-story

 

NEWS & OBSERVER
— Why a Congress that’s protesting wasteful spending wants $77 million more for itself – KATE IRBY
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article148128104.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The legislative increase primarily goes to the Library of Congress, with $32 million more; the Capitol Police, with $18.3 million more and the Government Accountability Office, Congress’ auditing arm, with $13.5 million more.)

 

FED SMITH
— Pay Parity For Federal Employees and Military? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/02/pay-parity-federal-employees-military/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— House passes enhancement to Whistleblower Protections Act – Eric White  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I blew the whistle on patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  Because they benefited personally from one or more of the aforesaid, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates sided with me.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2017/05/enhancement-to-whistleblower-protections-act-passes-house/

 

INDEPENDENT
— Barack Obama’s former lawyers sue Donald Trump’s team over alleged intimidation of federal workers  United to Protect Democracy says its goal is ‘protecting the civil service from purges, intimidation or politicisation’ – Samuel Osborne (DIERSEN: Were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986. In Diersen v. GAO, all of the following made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation: the District Court Judge Amy J. St. Eve and the U.S. Attorney for GAO Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald who appointed the aforesaid, and the 7th Circuit Appellate Court Justices.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/barack-obama-lawyers-donald-trump-federal-workers-intimidation-united-to-protect-democracy-a7713696.html

 

SALON
— The next 100 days will be even worse: Right-wing bigots urge Trump to sign anti-LGBT order allowing broad discrimination  Conservatives have been pressuring Trump to take even more action targeting the LGBT community for months. – NICO LANG  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the less that you promote LGBTQ activity, the more that you are discriminated against.)
http://www.salon.com/2017/05/02/the-next-100-days-will-be-even-worse-right-wing-bigots-urge-trump-to-sign-anti-lgbt-order-allowing-broad-discrimination/

April 25 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Abortion bill clears Illinois House despite Rauner vow to veto – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/abortion-bill-clears-illinois-house-despite-rauner-vow-to-veto/
— Judge blocks Trump order on sanctuary city funding – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/us-judge-blocks-trump-order-to-cut-funding-to-sanctuary-cities/amp/
— Emanuel says Rauner’s word no good — on abortion, budget, energy – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-says-rauners-word-no-good-on-abortion-budget-energy/
— Cullerton will seek re-election, urges gov to start budget talks – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cullerton-will-seek-re-election-urges-gov-to-start-budget-talks/
— Democrats pull trigger on abortion, now Rauner has target on back – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/abortion-bill-clears-illinois-house-despite-rauner-vow-to-veto/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps harass Roskam.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/come-out-come-out-wherever-you-are-peter-roskam/
— Money woes for Illinois schools turn allies into foes – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/money-woes-for-illinois-schools-turn-allies-into-foes/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House advances controversial abortion proposal – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-abortion-law-rauner-democrats-met-0426-20170425-story.html
— Cullerton: Illinois Senate will vote on stopgap budget Rauner opposes – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-senate-president-john-cullerton-2018-met-0426-20170425-story.html
— Federal judge blocks Trump order to withhold sanctuary city money – Sudhin Thanawala
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-judge-blocks-order-sanctuary-money-20170425-story.html
— Sorry, Trump voters, you got scammed. You’re never getting your wall. – Paul Waldman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-mexico-border-wall-scam-20170425-story.html
— Women’s March on Springfield
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-womens-march-on-springfield-photos-20170425-photogallery.html
— Call it Denny Hastert’s legacy: End the statute of limitations on sex abuse crimes – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-sexual-abuse-statute-limitations-hastert-edit-20170425-story.html
— Illinois Democrats turn up heat on Rauner with bill that would expand taxpayer-funded abortions – Haley BeMiller and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-abortion-law-rauner-democrats-met-0426-20170425-story.html
— Bill would identify Illinois lawmakers who fail to file tax returns – Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-workers-late-tax-returns-bill-met-20170425-story.html
— Trump can climb down from the wall. He’s already succeeding without it. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-mexico-wall-budget-edit-0426-20170425-story.html
— GOP drops border wall demands as spending talks advance  GOP drops border wall demands as spending talks advance – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-border-wall-demands-spending-bill-20170425-story.html
— Trump races to show victories as 100-day mark nears – Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Sean Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-100-days-20170425-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “hail second Trump loss on border control.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170425/NEWS02/170429915/trumps-sanctuary-cities-order-blocked-by-federal-judge
— As women rally in Springfield, Rauner tours beer nut factory – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170425/BLOGS02/170429921/as-women-rally-in-springfield-rauner-tours-beer-nut-factory

 

ABC7
— JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ORDER TO CUT SANCTUARY CITY FUNDING – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-order-to-cut-sanctuary-city-funding/1916162/
— ILLINOIS HOUSE APPROVES PUBLIC FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS – Michelle Gallardo
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-house-approves-public-funding-for-abortions/1916140/

 

NBC5
— Emanuel Praises Judge’s Decision to Block Trump Order on Sanctuary City Funding – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Emanuel sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-sanctuary-cities-420424474.html
— Bill to Expand Abortion Coverage Passes Illinois House  House Bill 40 will now head to the Senate for consideration, despite Gov. Bruce Rauner’s pledge to veto the measure – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-lawmaker-seeks-abortion-bill-vote-as-women-march-on-capitol–420385633.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats Gather In Springfield To Promote Abortion
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/25/activists-gather-in-springfield-to-protect-abortion-rights/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Democratic Illinois House OKs public funding for abortions – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/250549798-story

 

WGN TV
— Man arrested in Illinois Prairie Path attack
http://wgntv.com/2017/04/25/man-arrested-in-illinois-prairie-path-attack/

 

WLS AM
— Emanuel on the Attack Against Rauner in Budget Battle – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/04/25/emanuel-on-the-attack-against-rauner-in-budget-battle/
— Congressman Roskam hopes for no government shutdown – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/04/25/congressman-roskam-hopes-for-no-government-shutdown/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Women’s march rally continues around Capitol – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170425/womens-march-rally-continues-around-capitol
— Illinois House narrowly OKs abortion-rights bill – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170425/illinois-house-narrowly-oks-abortion-rights-bill

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Poll: Trump approval even worse with millennials  48 percent align with Democratic Party – ELISSA NUNEZ
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/poll-trump-approval-even-worse-with-millennials/699429302

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Real estate broker Muzammil “Matt” Kader Lashkariya chosen as 50th Ward GOP committeeman – Matt Smith
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511108169-real-estate-broker-chosen-as-50th-ward-gop-committeeman

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Rauner’s campaign flush with cash, if not contributors
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511108201-rauner-s-campaign-flush-with-cash-if-not-contributors

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives mocks bill: Wants out of Illinois? It’ll cost you – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511107905-ives-mocks-bill-wants-out-of-illinois-it-ll-cost-you

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO ALDERMEN PROPOSE $33 PER EMPLOYEE ‘HEAD TAX’ ON CITY EMPLOYERS – Chris Lentino  (DIERSEN: I worked in Chicago during the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1997.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-aldermen-propose-33-per-employee-head-tax-on-city-employers/
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS PASSED 938 BILLS THAT BECAME LAW FROM 2015 TO 2017 – JUST 3% HAD A PRICE TAG – Brendan Bakala  (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion laws and regulations have cost American taxpayers many trillions of dollars.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-passed-938-bills-that-became-law-from-2015-to-2017-just-3-had-a-price-tag/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino implicated by Federal Special Master Report to the Federal Courts – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/auditor-general-frank-mautino-implicated-by-federal-special-master-report-to-the-federal-courts/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Shadowy Extremist Group Behind the Anti-Trump Riots – Edmund Kozak
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/04/the-shadowy-extremist-group-behind-the-anti-trump-riots/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— The Publius Forum Top 100 Conservative Websites – Warner Todd Huston  (DIERSEN: Critics/opponents of GOPUSA and of GOPUSA ILLINOIS hint/imply/argue/shout that the websites have little or “original content.” I should write a book about how websites unethically make work that others have done look like it was their work.)
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/04/24/publius-forum-top-100-conservative-websites/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Limbaugh Is ‘Not Happy’ About Trump ‘Caving’ On Border Wall – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/25/limbaugh-is-not-happy-about-trump-caving-on-border-wall/
— Conservative White House Gathering Leaves Some Jeering, Others Cheering – Betsy Rothstein
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/25/conservative-white-house-gathering-leaves-some-jeering-others-cheering/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago nearing 1,000 gunshot victims this year
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23422
— SF: BART Passengers Unprotected from Mob of Attackers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23444

 

BREITBART
— Speaker Paul Ryan’s Approval Rating Plummets as He Fails to Deliver for President Trump – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/25/speaker-paul-ryans-approval-rating-plummets-fails-deliver-president-trump/

 

THE BLAZE
— The number of millennials living with their parents is on a shocking rise – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management.  I accepted the first and only job offer that received because my father had died suddenly in October of 1969, my mother and brother needed financial support, and I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment.  I started working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights in August of 1970.  I lived with my mother and brother in Crete until September of 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/24/the-number-of-millennials-living-with-their-parents-is-on-a-shocking-rise/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Report: Ivy League Schools Did Not Disclose $246 Million in Taxpayer Funding, Violating Law  Senators ask watchdog to investigate –  Elizabeth Harrington  (DIERSEN: I have four college degrees, but my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that none of my degrees are from Ivy League schools.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/report-ivy-league-schools-not-disclose-246-million-taxpayer-funding-violating-law/

 

POLITICO
— The Media Bubble Is Worse Than You Think  We crunched the data on where journalists work and how fast it’s changing. The results should worry you. – JACK SHAFER and TUCKER DOHERTY
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/25/media-bubble-real-journalism-jobs-east-coast-215048

 

WASHINGTON POST
— UC-Berkeley readies police as Ann Coulter plans to speak in public plaza on campus – Susan Svrluga and William Wan  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being nasty, crude, rude, disgusting, vile, vicious, violent, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/04/25/uc-berkeley-readies-police-as-ann-coulter-plans-to-speak-in-public-plaza-on-campus/
— Trump is caving on border wall funding after showing his base that he tried – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/04/25/daily-202-trump-is-caving-on-border-wall-funding-after-showing-his-base-that-he-tried/58fea413e9b69b3a72331ec4/
— Federal employee pay, benefits ahead of private sector on average, CBO concludes – Eric Yoder  (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/25/federal-employee-pay-benefits-ahead-of-private-sector-on-average-cbo-concludes/

 

FORBES
— Why Are So Many Millennials Become Tamprenuers? – Larissa Faw  (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise entrepreneurs and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn wage earners. I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larissafaw/2017/04/25/why-are-so-many-millennials-become-tamprenuers/#1b6aff8b626e

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Chief of Staff Blames Democrats for Record-Slow Hiring Pace – Charles S. Clark
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/04/trump-chief-staff-blames-democrats-record-slow-hiring-pace/137258/

 

BBC
— Take time to find a job, students urged – Katherine Sellgren (DIERSEN: I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management.  I accepted the first and only job offer that received because my father had died suddenly in October of 1969, my mother and brother needed financial support, and I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment.  I started working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights in August of 1970.)
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39704603

 

DAILY MAIL
— White House invites conservative journalists to private Trump meeting and makes them hand over their cell phones – NIKKI SCHWAB
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4444656/Right-wing-scribes-told-meeting-quote-Trump.html

April 23 Evening Edition

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage voter registrations don’t add up, group alleges – Caitlin Nordahl  (DIERSEN: Are you a DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeeman like I have been since 1999?  If so, how much deadwood is on the election rolls in your precinct?)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511107328-dupage-voter-registrations-don-t-add-up-group-alleges
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County’s voter registration logs are incorrect and possibly illegal, a transparency organization alleged in a letter it sent to the state recently. The county is one of 24 in Illinois that has more registered voters than voting-age residents, Judicial Watch said, and if the problem isn’t fixed within 90 days, a lawsuit could follow. “Dirty election rolls can mean dirty elections,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.  “These 11 states face possible Judicial Watch lawsuits unless they follow the law and take reasonable steps to clean up their voting rolls of dead, moved, and non-citizen voters.” Judicial Watch compared data from the Election Assistance Commission and the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. It accused Illinois with not fulfilling requirements under the National Voter Registration and Help America Vote acts that charge states with ensuring voter rolls are up to date. States must have a program in place to remove registered voters who have died, moved or been convicted of a crime that removes their right to vote. Further, they must ensure that no non-citizens are registered to vote.)

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Parents arrested, accused of allowing teen son to smoke pot – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/250239247-story
(FROM THE ARTICLE: SPANISH FORK, Utah – A couple has been arrested after allegedly telling police they allow their 14-year-old son to smoke a joint or two of marijuana at night if he goes to class and makes good grades. The parents were arrested Tuesday after police served a search warrant at the home. Officers had been investigating drug activity at the house for months. Reports say the parents were booked into Utah County Jail while police investigate possible felony child endangerment and misdemeanor charges of contributing to delinquency of a minor, marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession. Police say the parents believe the marijuana helped their son concentrate in school.)

 

NBC5
— Wide-Ranging Issues Await Illinois Lawmakers’ Return to Springfield – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-return-to-springfield-420190904.html

 

CBS2
— 2018 Illinois Governor’s Race Is Already In a Class By Itself – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/23/2018-illinois-governors-race-is-already-in-a-class-by-itself/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Dems aim high with minimum wage proposals – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/250223060-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bill O’Reilly to return with new podcast episode Monday
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bill-oreilly-to-return-with-new-podcast-episode-monday/
— Abortion bill could be thorny issue for Rauner campaign – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/abortion-bill-could-be-thorny-issue-for-rauner-campaign/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jan Goldberg of Riverside promote abortion.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gov-bruce-rauner-caving-to-ultraconservatives-on-abortion/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-on-sanctuary-chicago-cops-not-immigration-officials/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump takes hard line on border wall as threat of government shutdown looms – Sean Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-border-wall-spending-bill-20170423-story.html
— Construction slated for permanent housing for homeless in La Grange – Annemarie Mannion
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/la-grange/news/ct-dlg-beds-plus-update-tl-0427-20170421-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Ecos donates $500,000 to Roosevelt, encourages immigrant dream – Anna Marie Kukec
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170422/ecos-donates-500000-to-roosevelt-encourages-immigrant-dream
— What would Paul Ryan’s tax cut mean for middle-class families? – Max Ehrenfreund
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170423/what-would-paul-ryanx2019s-tax-cut-mean-for-middle-class-families
— Family, Wheaton College community lean on faith after student’s death – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170423/family-wheaton-college-community-lean-on-faith-after-studentx2019s-death

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Civil town hall meetings good for democracy – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170423/our-view-civil-town-hall-meetings-good-for-democracy
— Lawmakers return to unresolved issues – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170423/lawmakers-return-to-unresolved-issues

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— ‘Dear Jane’: Let’s not profess to be quite so naive – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-04-23/jim-dey-dear-jane-lets-not-profess-be-quite-so-naive.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Kinzinger, constituents disagree on health care, agree on Trump’s tax returns at town hall – Adam Poulisse
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170422/kinzinger-constituents-disagree-on-health-care-agree-on-trumps-tax-returns-at-town-hall

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Poll: Trump, Democrats and GOP all unpopular – ELI WATKINS
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/poll-trump-democrats-and-gop-all-unpopular/697769206

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Representatives Ives, Wehrli discuss the Frank Mautino Hearing with ECWD – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/video-representatives-ives-wehrli-discuss-the-frank-mautino-hearing-with-ecwd/
— NIU’s Overpriced Dorm Rooms – Ripping off the students? – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/nius-overpriced-dorm-rooms-ripping-off-the-students/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “53 percent of Illinoisans disapprove of Trump, 64 percent say Rauner should act to protect the reproductive health care of all women in Illinois.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/23/poll-53-percent-of-illinoisans-disapprove-of-trump-64-percent-say-rauner-should-act-to-protect-the-reproductive-health-care-of-all-women-in-illinois/

 

NEWSMAX
— Sanders: Democratic Party’s Model Is ‘Failing’ – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/bernie-sanders-democrats-failing-grassroots/2017/04/23/id/785880/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Poll: 67% Of Americans Say The Democrats Are Out Of Touch With Their Concerns – DEREK DRAPLIN
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/23/poll-67-of-americans-say-the-democrats-are-out-of-touch-with-their-concerns/

 

THE HILL
— Top Trump officials push border wall as government shutdown looms – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/330128-top-trump-officials-talk-up-importance-of-border-wall-as-government

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s Fake War on the Fake News  The president puts on a big show of assaulting his “opposition” in the news media. But inside the White House, it’s a different story. – BEN SCHRECKINGER and HADAS GOLD
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/23/trump-loves-media-reporters-white-house-215043

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Dreamers’ Are Not Target of Immigrant Crackdown, Cabinets Officials Say – NOAH WEILAND
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/us/politics/cabinet-officials-seem-to-back-off-trump-vow-to-end-order-on-dreamers.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— TRAGIC: Cannabis workers, once facing legal peril, get the California seal of approval – Robin Abcarian
http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-marijuana-technician-20170423-story.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Indiana Supreme Court Set to Be All-White, All-GOP Appointed – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/indiana/articles/2017-04-23/indiana-supreme-court-set-to-be-all-white-all-gop-appointed
— Illinois Democrats Aim High With Minimum Wage Proposals  Illinois Democrats are pushing an ambitious minimum wage hike despite opposition from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-04-23/illinois-democrats-aim-high-with-minimum-wage-proposals

April 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— UC Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter threaten to sue university – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-berkeley-ann-coulter-lawsuit-threat-20170422-story.html
— A tea party of the left rises in Trump’s wake  But could new resistance turn on dems? – Lisa Mascaro  (DIERSEN: There is no such thing as a DINO (Democrat in Name Only), but many, if not most Republican elected officials and party leaders are RINOs (Republican in Name Only). They fail/refuse to defend/advance most if not virtually all of the Republican Party platform.  RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have always worked against Republicans like me.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/orlando-sentinel/20170423/281758449173155

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Even being seen with gang member sends 1,000s to jail – Mick Dumke  (DIERSEN: Who does not want to be seen with you?  Members of the following groups do not want to be seen with me: 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs-even-being-seen-with-gang-member-sends-1000s-to-jail/
— Fox News puts a premium on short skirts, high heels – Linda Chavez  (DIERSEN: What does/did your employer put a premium on?  I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.  The federal government puts a premium on being Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/fox-news-puts-a-premium-on-short-skirts-high-heels/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The longer we wait, the worse it will get – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170422/our-view-longer-we-wait-worse-it-will-get
— Let the show resume – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170422/statehouse-insider-let-show-resume
— Highest paid? A look at the stats – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Are/were you overpaid?  Do/did your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize/denigrate/condemn you as being overpaid?  In today’s dollars, GAO paid me $122,991 in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33. In my defense, I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170422/bernard-schoenburg-highest-paid-look-at-stats
— Next year’s governor’s race likely to be most expensive ever – Brian Robbins
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170422/next-years-governors-race-likely-to-be-most-expensive-ever

 

JOLIET HERALD NEWS
— Legalizing harmful marijuana not the answer – Robert C. Lemke, Joliet
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/04/21/letter-legalizing-harmful-marijuana-not-the-answer/ak8dtsm/

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— State-University Credit Downgrades the Tip of the Iceberg – Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/university-downgrades-tip-of-iceberg

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad.
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/04/21/our-view-earths-climate-is-bigger-than-politics/asfgzxx/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Why does Kyle McCarter want to rob local governments? – BILL HAINE
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article146260174.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois has too many units of local government – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-illinois-has-too-many-units-of-local-government/article_d06b5bd1-ac69-5992-aa2c-0688a632f416.html
— With labor’s help, Tari Kevin Renner outspends Lower 2-1 – Maria Nagle (DIERSEN: Are/were you a union member? I was a union member for almost 3 years 1966-1969 and almost 9 years 1971-1980.  All the cars that I have bought were made by union members – 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1972 Corvette, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1997 Chevy Cavalier, 2005 Corvette, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/with-labor-s-help-renner-outspends-lower/article_74bd4281-43c1-5e47-af0f-8283237faf14.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legislative maps before Supremes – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Of course, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use redistricting to harm you.  After my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes redrew my precinct lines, my new precinct is far less Republican than before and it takes me longer to walk to all of the homes in it.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-04-23/legislative-maps-supremes.html
— County’s budget projections don’t look good – Tom Kacich  (DIERSEN: What does your budget projection look like for the next year, 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, 35 years, 40 years, 45 years, and 50+ years?  Since 1997, my budget projection in today’s dollars is $72,135 less income per year because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-23/tom-kacich-countys-budget-projections-dont-look-good.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— GOP leader Chris Cleveland files ethics complaint over Chicago schools letter – Ruth de Jauregui
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511082481-gop-leader-files-ethics-complaint-over-chicago-schools-letter

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Two state reps (Ives and Wehrli) demand ouster of Auditor Mautino – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511107182-two-state-reps-demand-ouster-of-auditor-mautino
— New Aurora mayor Richard Irvin got in because no one got left out, he says – Karen Kidd
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511104830-new-aurora-mayor-got-in-because-no-one-got-left-out-he-says

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Reporter Dan Mihalopoulos cites contradiction in Pritzker gathering – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511105170-reporter-cites-contradiction-in-pritzker-gathering

 

VOICE OF AMERICA
— Rural Illinois Trump Supporters Distrust News Media  (DIERSEN: If you support Trump, anti-Trumps paint you as negatively as they can.)
http://www.voanews.com/a/rural-illinois-trump-supporters-distrust-news-media/3821540.html
— Trump Support Remains Strong in Rural Illinois – Greg Flakus  (DIERSEN: If you support Trump, anti-Trumps paint you as negatively as they can.)
http://www.voanews.com/a/trump-support-remains-strong-in-rural-illinois/3821550.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Outgoing Clark County Park Board’s Attempts To Quiet Voter’s Choice Fails – Lisa Thomas
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/outgoing-park-boards-attempts-to-quiet-voters-choice-fails/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— There’s Still No Substitute for Traditional Marriage – Micah Clark  (DIERSEN: Those who work against me promote LGBTQ activity and work against traditional marriage.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/theres-still-no-substitute-traditional-marriage/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— FOX SUPERSTAR TUCKER CARLSON CAN’T STOP RAVING ABOUT EYE-OPENING BOOK  ‘You’ll think twice before sending your children off to school’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/fox-superstar-tucker-carlson-cant-stop-raving-about-eye-opening-book/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s the book Fox News’ Tucker Carlson can’t stop raving about, and now you can get “No Campus for White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education Into Hateful Indoctrination” for $4.95 today. Carlson praised “No Campus For White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education Into Hateful Indoctrination,” saying, “Something’s wrong on college campuses. Most of us are dimly aware of that. In this bracing and sometimes horrifying book, Scott Greer pulls off the bandage to reveal the suppurating wound beneath. Higher education is rotting in this country. After reading Greer’s account, you’ll think twice before sending your children off to school.” “No Campus For White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education Into Hateful Indoctrination” promises to be the most talked about book of 2017, and today only you can get it for $4.95! White supremacy runs rampant in the Trump White House, cries the left. Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon is a white supremacist, according to Nancy Pelosi and many others. Bannon and Stephen Miller are closely associated with white nationalists, they say. And Trump supporters are “Nazis” who deserve to get beaten up.)

 

THE BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson has epic battle with illegal immigrant Julissa Arce who became Goldman Sachs executive – Justin Haskins  (DIERSEN: I side with Tucker Carlson.  Those who work against me side with Julissa Arce.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/22/watch-tucker-carlson-has-epic-battle-with-illegal-immigrant-who-became-goldman-sachs-executive/
— Russian government bans religious group, seizes property of hundreds of churches nationwide – Justin Haskins  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps would love to ban the following groups and to seize all property owned by members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/22/russian-government-bans-religious-group-seizes-property-of-hundreds-of-churches-nationwide/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— For Women, It’s Not Just the O’Reilly Problem – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps use O’Reilly to promote hatred against men, and especially hatred against men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, 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/2017/04/22/opinion/sunday/for-women-its-not-just-the-oreilly-problem.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: First Homes, After Many Steps – Ronda Kaysen  (DIERSEN: How old were you when you first bought real estate and what helped you do that?  When I was 24 years old in 1972, I bought a new town home in University Park.  Factors that helped me do that included my earning $54,864/year in today’s dollars working for IRS, my having worked for IRS for more than a year, my working for Firestone Stores part-time, my having worked for full-time fore Firestone Stores for 7 months 1970-1971, my having no debts, my owning a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir, my taking graduate business course at Loyola, my having a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, my having worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, and my not being draft bait. My critics/opponents stress that I never would have been able to do the aforesaid if I had not avoided the draft.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/realestate/first-time-home-buyers-who-did-it-on-their-own.html
— Is It Time to Break Up Google? – JONATHAN TAPLIN  (DIERSEN: If it wanted to, Google could brag that if it wanted to, it could destroy any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country in the world.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/opinion/sunday/is-it-time-to-break-up-google.html?ref=opinion

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Nearing 100 days, Trump’s approval at record lows but his base is holding – Dan Balz and Scott Clement  (DIERSEN: What do you do?  Who focuses on driving your approval rating down?  What do they use against you?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nearing-100-days-trumps-approval-at-record-lows-but-his-base-is-holding/2017/04/22/a513a466-26b4-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s election has mobilized a resistance like no other, but will Democrats’ answer to the tea party divide the ranks? – Lisa Mascaro (DIERSEN: There is no such thing as a DINO (Democrat in Name Only), but many, if not most Republican elected officials and party leaders are RINOs (Republican in Name Only). They fail/refuse to defend/advance most if not virtually all of the Republican Party platform.  RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have always worked against Republicans like me.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-tea-party-democrats-20170423-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Disapproval of President Donald Trump Grows in Latest WSJ/NBC News Poll  The president risks losing the political middle ground, as disapproval outweighs approval by 14 points and independents move away from him.” What do you do?  Who focuses on driving your approval rating down?  What do they use against you?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/disapproval-of-president-donald-trump-grows-in-latest-wsj-nbc-news-poll-1492952400

 

NEWS 24
— Judgmental society – Simon Mokhatla  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their operatives are EXTREMELY JUDGMENTAL. They DESPISE if not HATE virtually everything that I have said and done. They blame me for their problems.  They blame me for your problems.  They blame me for my problems.  They blame me for everyone’s problems.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for me, the following would not have any problems: Milton Township Precinct 9, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, 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, GAO, IRS, etc.)
http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/judgmental-society-20170422

 

THE ATLANTIC
— How Poverty Changes the Brain – TARA GARCÍA MATHEWSON (DIERSEN: How much money did your parents have when you were growing up?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich to explain why I got an ACT score of 24, graduated from high school in the upper 20% of my class, earned degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt, etc.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/can-brain-science-pull-families-out-of-poverty/523479/

 

FORBES
— Ten Things Never, Ever To Tell Your Recruiter – Liz Ryan  (DIERSEN: From what I see, recruiters disapprove of those who have the demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), ancestors have been in America for a long time, past or present union member, past or present government employee, childless, pet-less, only owned American-nameplate vehicles, not a graduate of an Ivy League university, etc.)
http://www3.forbes.com/leadership/ten-things-never-ever-to-tell-your-recruiter/

 

SALON
— Who’s the new drug czar? Here is what he means for marijuana  Trump taps Pennsylvania Congressman Marino to head up the Office of National Drug Control Policy – AL OLSON  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.)
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/23/who-is-the-new-drug-czar-here-is-what-he-means-for-marijuana_partner/
— What is “white supremacy”? – ANIS SHIVANI   (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My demographics are terrible, just ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes.  I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.  I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older (68), non-poor, a gun owner, 100% German American, and a draft avoider.  My ancestors have been in America since 1844. I was a union member for almost 12 years. I am a retired federal employee. I am childless and pet-less. I have only owned American-nameplate vehicles.)
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/23/what-is-white-supremacy-a-brief-history-of-a-term-and-a-movement-that-continues-to-haunt-america/

April 21 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Please join me in encouraging the 18 members of the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP in opposition to legalizing pot for recreational use in Illinois, SB 316 and HB 2353, and especially the 12 members of its Judicial & Public Safety Committee: Grant Eckhoff, Chair, Robert L. Larsen, Vice Chair, John Curran, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, James D. Healy, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Donald E. Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, and James F. Zay.  The next meeting of that committee is at 8:15 AM, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. I have asked that recommending passing a resolution in opposition to SB 316 and HB 2353 be put on the agenda for that meeting, that DuPage County States Attorney Robert Berlin speak at that meeting in favor of the resolution, and that the committee would vote at that meeting to recommend that the full board pass the resolution. Berlin has filed a witness slip with the State of Illinois in opposition to SB 316 and HB 2353 along with Anita Bedell, Peter Bensinger, Judy Kramer, Ralph Rivera, Kathleen Valente, Thomas Weitzel, myself, and others. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel’s latest campaign report adds $20,000 to his legal spending tally – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-legal-costs-story.html
— A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, no U.S. attorneys in place at Justice Department – Sari Horwitz  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/), the federal district court judge, the federal appellate court justices, the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO, and the U.S. Senator who appointed both the district court judge and the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO all made it extremely clear that they favor patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-us-attorneys-justice-department-20170418-story.html
— The case for importing skilled foreign workers: Trump’s Kenosha doctrine is good for America – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the “American education system” and those Democrats focus on churning out “good little Democrats” 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-visa-worker-program-trump-edit-0421-md-20170420-story.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: These visas are intended for use by employers when they can’t find a qualified U.S. worker to hire. Ideally, the American education system would churn out enough qualified graduates in the science/technology/engineering/math realm to fill every possible job slot. Why that’s not the case is a conversation for another day. But even if it were so, there’s reason to give employers opportunities to hire a certain number of exceptional foreigners who bring unique abilities to the table.)
— Cheers, jeers for Rep. Hultgren at forum: ‘I think he heard from us tonight’ – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-hultgren-forum-st-0420-20170419-story.html
— Naperville loses out to Deerfield as site of new Caterpillar HQ – Erin Hegarty  (DIERSEN: How strongly did the anti-Trumps in Naperville discourage Caterpillar from moving there?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-caterpillar-deerfield-not-naperville-st-0421-20170419-story.html
— Member of Decatur Seven elected to school board that once expelled him – Ted Gregory  (DIERSEN: What did you do with your free time when you were in high school?  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes.  I used the money that I earned/saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964.  I used the money that I earned/saved washing dishes to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-decatur-seven-school-board-member-met-20170421-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Courtney Carson threw a punch at a high school football game on a Friday night almost two decades ago and catapulted himself from profane, drug-dealing gangbanger to national symbol of racial intolerance. The punch sparked a 17-second melee that rolled through the crowd watching the game between rivals Eisenhower and MacArthur high schools. After untangling the mess, Decatur school board members, riding the popularity of zero tolerance, expelled Carson and five other instigators — all African-American teenagers — for two years. A seventh student was allowed to withdraw rather than face expulsion.)
— Lawsuit: Naperville cops allowed woman to touch, kiss boy in squad car – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-police-lawsuit-st-0421-20170420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use O’Reilly to promote hatred of men, and especially of men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, 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/columnists/schmich/ct-bill-oreilly-mary-schmich-20170420-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chance the Rapper among Time’s ‘most influential people’  (DIERSEN: Who are the most influential people in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, that is, who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who/what do the aforesaid use the influence and clout to promote and to destroy?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chance-the-rapper-among-times-most-influential-people/

 

ABC7
— WYOMING, MN POLICE SET UP (humorous) ‘TRAP’ AIMED AT POT SMOKERS ON 4/20
http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-set-up-trap-aimed-at-pot-smokers-on-4-20-/1896746/

 

DNA INFO
— Joe Walsh GOP Club Fundraiser Sparks Protest Plan By Democrats, Others – Alex Nitkin
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170420/gladstone-park/northwest-side-gop-club-joe-walsh-39th-ward-democrats-robert-murphy

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers hint/imply/argue/shout that virtually everyone in America is a stoner or wants to be a stoner.  If you want to destroy an individual, you encourage that individual to be a stoner.  If you want to destroy an organization, you encourage the members of that organization to be stoners. If you want to destroy a company, you encourage the employees of that company to be stoners. If you want to destroy a government, you encourage the officials and employees of that government to be stoners. If you want to destroy a county, you encourage the officials and citizens of that country to be stoners.  If you want to destroy a race, you encourage the members of that race to be stoners.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/a-new-high-poll-finds-record-support-for-pot-legalization/695487858

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— What Illinois needs is accountability, not apologists – Andy Manar
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170420/manar-what-illinois-needs-is-accountability-not-apologists

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use town halls to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans. Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170420/editorial-tone-aside-more-town-halls-please

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— State: Mautino pleads the 5th in campaign finance case – Greg Bishop
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/04/20/state-mautino-pleads-the-5th-in-campaign-finance-case/

 

TIMES
— Mautino lawyer points finger at rivals – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/mautino-lawyer-points-finger-at-rivals/article_7d817b23-7426-54af-8732-081d164d55a4.html

 

WSIU
— As Illinois budget crisis continues, people with addictions find tougher road to treatment – DURRIE BOUSCAREN (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments work the hardest to promote addictions in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  If you promote booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, you promote addictions.)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-budget-crisis-continues-people-addictions-find-tougher-road-treatment#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Representative Will Guzzardi pushes for $15 per hour minimum wage – Brandon Merano  (DIERSEN: When you first earned $15/hour in today’s dollars, what job requirements did you have to meet?  For me, they included a) being 18 years old and passing an employment test, b) having a high school diploma, c) having a driver’s license, d) passing a background check, e) passing a truck driving test, f) passing a physical examination, g) being available to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and full-time during the summers, h) owning a vehicle to make deliveries from, i) having a good driving record, j) etc.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35206048/il-representative-pushes-for-15-per-hour-minimum-wage

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Harlan Johnson promotes hatred of everyone who does not agree with him.
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170420/my-view-earth-day-and-e-cars

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Rauner targets hate crime – Alex Camp  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18574-rauner-targets-hate-crime.html

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— $1.286 BILLION TO BE COLLECTED IN KANE COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/04/1-286-billion-to-be-collected-in-kane-county-property-taxes-this-year/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MAUTINO PLEADS THE FIFTH IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE – Greg Bishop
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/mautino-pleads-the-fifth-in-campaign-finance-case/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPS. WEHRLI AND IVES CALL FOR AUDITOR GENERAL TO BE OUSTED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/reps-wehrli-and-ives-auditor-general-mautino-must-promptly-be-removed-from-office.html
— THORNER: IS TUCKER UP TO KEEPING O’REILLY’S #1 CABLE NEWS RATING?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/thorner-is-tucker-up-to-keeping-oreillys-1-cable-news-rating.html
— SKILLICORN SOUNDS ALARM ABOUT STATE’S LATE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO AREA SCHOOLS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/skillicorn-says-balanced-budget-needed-to-provide-education-certainty.html
— BATINICK: DEMOCRAT SPENDING PLAN IS GUARANTEED UNCERTAINTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/batinick-democrat-spending-plan-is-guaranteed-uncertainity.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner then and now on abortion  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you get elected to or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/rauner-then-and-now-on-abortion/
— Rauner says HB 40 is “divisive” and “we need to focus” on fixing other problems
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/21/rauner-says-hb-40-is-divisive-and-we-need-to-focus-on-fixing-other-problems/

 

GOPUSA
— Hypocrisy in the Anti-O’Reilly Army – Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News took Bill O’Reilly off the air after a heavy campaign to fire him led by CNN’s media unit and The New York Times. If all the charges of sexual harassment are true, his case is indefensible. That said, it’s time for his media critics to stand down. They are guilty of rank hypocrisy. These same media outlets despised the idea that Donald Trump would drag Bill Clinton’s sexual harassment lawsuits into the presidential campaign. On Jan. 8, 2016, the Times editorial staff sneered: “It is also a tired subject that few Americans want to hear more about. If Mr. Trump has not read enough, he can curl up with a copy of the Starr report.”  Bizarrely, the editorial noted that Hillary Clinton had told a New Hampshire town hall questioner a month earlier that Juanita Broaddrick’s tale of rape was not to be believed. Yet it was Trump who was denounced as sexist and beyond the pale. The Times said: “His aim is to dredge up an ancient scandal and tar Mrs. Clinton with it in a clearly sexist fashion. There should be no place for that kind of politics in this country.” That is, unless it’s the top draw at Fox News, in which case it’s suddenly America’s greatest concern. On April 2, 2017, the Times published a 3,148-word front-page article lamenting “O’Reilly Thrives as Settlements Add Up.” Reporters Emily Steel and Michael Schmidt declared that their investigation found five women who received payouts from either O’Reilly or Fox “in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations against him. The agreements totaled about $13 million.” As they noted, the lion’s share of that total came in a $9 million settlement from 2004. That was 13 years ago, but it didn’t qualify as a “tired subject” or some “ancient scandal.” CNN relentlessly pushed for O’Reilly’s dismissal, calling up advertisers and pressuring them to take commercials off their competition. Bashing O’Reilly dominated their Sunday show “Reliable Sources” for weeks and their “news” programming after their victory. But two days after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke in 1998, CNN aired a town hall meeting titled “Investigating the President: Media Madness?” Host Jeff Greenfield insisted that millions of Americans were “asking the press one question fraught with significance: What the hell are you people doing trying to find out what kind of sex the President of the United States might or might not be having?” Back then, it was “media madness” to investigate whether then-President Bill Clinton might be assaulting women in the workplace — the Oval Office. There was zero concern about a “culture of abuse” inside the White House. For good measure, CNN moved on to specials attacking special prosecutor Ken Starr for prudishly investigating where CNN and the rest of the press never wanted to go. It’s not only CNN and the Times that are displaying a different moral standard. Does no one find it just a wee bit ironic that disgraced Brian Williams is still doing a weeknight show on MSNBC, where he can lecture that O’Reilly was dispatched by “the power of the female consumer”? Women deserve a workplace where men don’t harass them for sex. But that’s what these sanctimonious liberal journalists care about. It just doesn’t matter how brutal the alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick was. What matters is that Bill O’Reilly had to go. Bill Clinton is laughing.)
— Facebook Gives Staff Green Light to Protest Trump on International Worker’s Day  (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook staff 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?  The percent must be extremely high.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23206
— Is Democracy in a Death Spiral? – Patrick J. Buchanan  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors USE DEMOCRACY TO GET RID OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS, AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  That is why 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 have bought a tremendous amount of firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23320

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ann Coulter rejects Berkeley reschedule offer  Reiterates that she will speak as planned – Victor Morton
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/20/ann-coulter-rejects-berkeley-reschedule-offer/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TREASOINOUS: Manual For Sanctuary City Advocates Lays Out How To Undermine Immigration Crackdown – Richard Pollock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/manual-for-sanctuary-city-advocates-lays-out-how-to-undermine-immigration-crackdown/

 

THE BLAZE
— College professor: Black people are ‘screwed’ because ‘white people are in charge’ – Jon Street  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/20/college-professor-black-people-are-screwed-because-white-people-are-in-charge/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Blaze promotes pot in America.  If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.
https://pro.agorafinancial.com/p/TEK_secretpot2_0217/LTEKT448/
— AG Jeff Sessions criticized for deriding the entire state of Hawaii over judge ruling – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: At what point do voters become responsible for the actions/inactions of those who they elect?  At what point does everyone in a political jurisdiction become responsible for the actions/inactions of those elected to lead that political jurisdiction?  Virtually everyone holds all those of German national origin responsible for WWI, WWII, and the Holocaust.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/20/ag-jeff-sessions-criticized-for-deriding-the-entire-state-of-hawaii-over-judge-ruling/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Elizabeth Warren promotes 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://ijr.com/2017/04/852879-elizabeth-warren-trump-turned-voters-anger-toward-people-not-color/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— LOIS LERNER SHOULD BE IN JAIL – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: One could argue that my Democrat superiors in the federal government should be in jail, but they would say that they only carried out orders from Democrat politicians. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/20/lois-lerner-should-be-in-jail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From Feb. 2010 until May 2012 the IRS showed Americans exactly what the weaponization of executive agencies looks like when the Obama administration directly targeted the tea party and other conservative 501(c)(4) groups for political reasons. Now over three years later, justice still has not been served. Luckily, Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Kevin Brady (R-Texas) are seeking closure for the American people to eliminate the corruption Obama left in our country. In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions this month, Roskam and Brady explain, “On April 9, 2014, the House Committee on Ways and Means voted to send a letter to the Department of Justice referring former IRS Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner for criminal prosecution… Despite this fact, and for what many believe were purely partisan reasons, the prior administration refused to review Ms. Lerner’s misconduct.” The congressmen are calling for an investigation once again to finally hold the IRS accountable for their actions.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Fox News dumped O’Reilly because major advertisers dumped O’Reilly.  Ever-increasingly, major advertisers make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/fears-of-revolt-by-consumers-felled-bill-oreilly.html
— Berkeley Reschedules Coulter, but She Vows to Speak on Original Date – THOMAS FULLER and STEPHANIE SAUL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/us/berkeley-reversing-decision-says-ann-coulter-can-speak-after-all.html
— Ann Coulter Rejects Berkeley’s Bid to Reschedule Speech – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/04/21/us/21reuters-california-coulter.html
— UC Berkeley Flip-Flops on Ann Coulter, Proposes May Date – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/21/us/ap-us-berkeley-ann-coulter.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are furious that Fox News did not get rid of O’Reilly sooner.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that they a) failed to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship sooner than they did in 2012, b) failed to end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership sooner than they did in 2011, c) failed to end my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service sooner than they did in 2010 and 2004, d) failed to end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership sooner than they did in 2007, and e) failed to end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest board membership sooner than they did in 2004. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat GAO superiors a) failed to force me to retire sooner than they did in 1997, b) failed to stop me from getting promoted to GS-13 in 1986, c) failed to keep me off audits of IRS for 3 years 1986-1988, and d) failed to force me to suffer a bigger pay cut than I did ($18,847 in today’s dollars) to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat IRS superiors a) failed to stop me from getting promoted to GS-12 in 1974, to GS-11 in 1973, and to GS-9 in 1972 and b) failed to stop me from getting hired in 1971. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) failed to force me to resign sooner than they did in 1969 and b) failed to stop me from getting hired in 1966.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/bill-oreilly-harassment-women.html
— I.R.S. Enlists Debt Collectors to Recover Overdue Taxes – JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and STACY COWLEY  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/dealbook/taxes-debt-collection-internal-revenue-service.html
— Bill O’Reilly Payout Could Be as High as $25 Million – EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/bill-oreilly-payout.html
— A Bronx Church’s O’Reilly Factor – JIM DWYER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/nyregion/a-bronx-churchs-oreilly-factor.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Farmers, Who Once Fed the World, Are Overtaken by New Powers – Jesse Newman and Jacob Bunge
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-farmers-who-once-fed-the-world-overtaken-by-new-world-powers-1492700574

 

USA TODAY
— Tesla’s Autopilot self-driving system slammed in lawsuit – Chris Woodyard
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/04/19/teslas-autopilot-self-driving-system-slammed-lawsuit/100670104/

 

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Penalties are high for Texas employers that can’t document immigrant workforce – David Hendricks
http://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Penalties-are-high-for-Texas-employers-that-11088058.php

 

KPCC
— Republican venture capitalist John Cox talks about joining the race for California Governor
https://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2017/04/20/56296/republican-venture-capitalist-john-cox-talks-about/

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-21/trump-s-buy-american-hire-american-edict-is-a-mistake

 

PBS
— How politically polarized media is driving our alternative realities
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politically-polarized-media-driving-alternative-realities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These days, where Americans get their news is as different as how they vote. Researchers have found that the proliferation of news sources on cable TV and the internet has upended the relationship between news outlets and their audiences. John Yang takes us to Arizona to examine how people pic their news sources and the impact that has on how they perceive the world around them.)

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say The Federal Government Should ‘Buy, Hire American’ Even If It Costs More
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2017/most_say_feds_should_buy_hire_american_even_if_it_costs_more

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 838 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $299,900
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448306_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $869,000
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

April 13 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park Township officials tout role in providing needed services – Steve Schering
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-park-township-meeting-tl-0420-20170413-story.html
— Cell tower near Eola Road to be rebuilt to 350 feet tall – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-eola-cell-tower-st-0414-20170413-story.html
— Student petition says too much pressure to succeed at Naperville North – Suzanne Baker  (DIERSEN: How much pressure were you under to succeed when you were in high school?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-203-naperville-north-petition-st-0414-20170413-story.html
— Chicago should annex adjoining suburbs – Edward McClelland
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-annex-chicago-suburbs-second-city-perspec-0414-jm-20170413-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “Veteran with green card” who “pleads for forgiveness, pardon from state.” Did you avoid the draft?  I did with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.  Ever since 1966, my Democrat critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-green-card-veteran-clemency-update–20170413-story.html
— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti and husband buy Wheaton home for $723,500 – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/elitestreet/ct-elite-street-wheaton-evelyn-pacino-sanguinetti-0416-biz-20170413-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage seeking cause of Election Night website glitch – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170413/news/170419446/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Foxx Files Lawsuit To Keep Markham’s Elected Mayor Out Of Office
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/13/roger-agpawa-markham-mayor-lawsuit-convicted-felon-oath-office/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Concussion, broken nose, lost teeth: UAL passenger’s injuries – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170413/NEWS10/170419935/concussion-broken-nose-lost-teeth-ual-passengers-injuries

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump privately signs anti-Planned Parenthood law – DAN MERICA
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-privately-signs-antiplanned-parenthood-law/691597478

 

WJBD RADIO
— President Trump reverses himself on four campaign positions – ABC News
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/04/13/president-trump-reverses-himself-on-four-campaign-positions

 

WSILTV
— Lawmakers refuse to talk about state budget
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35148357/lawmakers-refuse-to-talk-about-state-budget

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rauner’s makin’ the rounds instead of governin’ – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170413/our-view-rauners-makin-rounds-instead-of-governin

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Rauner, Wisconsin Senator Among Speakers Set For Lincoln Day Dinner in Palatine April 19 – Tom Robb  (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs are nasty.  While I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) those who I recruited to speak at TAPROOT events, b) those who attended TAPROOT events, c) where/when those events were held, and d) everything that I did as the TAPROOT chairman.)
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_97672202-206a-11e7-bac5-870ac4aa0e79.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Failure across the board – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, George Ryan would still be the Governor of Illinois and Illinois would not have any problems.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-04-13/failure-across-board.html

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Illinois residents deserve a pay raise – Editorial
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/editorials/other-view-illinois-residents-deserve-a-pay-raise/article_881d86f6-b3cd-5c3f-b898-81d66a5351bb.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Demos urges Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce to have greater voice  Village president to step down next month following April 4 election – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/04/12/demos-urges-glen-ellyn-chamber-of-commerce-to-have-greater-voice/aptaj5i/

 

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DeKalb promotes pot.  If you promote pot in DeKalb, you promote not only the destruction of DeKalb, but the destruction of NIU.)
http://northernstar.info/news/dekalb_county/council-oks-cannabis-ordinance/article_d899cbb0-2003-11e7-a44c-c3732402f3cd.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives wants answers at Mautino hearing – Vimbai Chikomo
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511104264-ives-wants-answers-at-mautino-hearing

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Am I blue? No, but I have a right to speak, radio host Dan Proft argues – Karen Kidd
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511101894-am-i-blue-no-but-i-have-a-right-to-speak-radio-host-argues
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The owner of a chain of Illinois news outlets — including this one — answered critics and defended the right of conservatives to have a voice in the largely blue state during a recent broadcast of a Chicago-based radio talk show that he co-hosts. “I’m the first newspaper publisher in, apparently, modern times who has a point of view,” Dan Proft, co-host of Illinois Rising, said. “And that is a problem, such a problem, that I’m a brazen propagandist engaged in mock journalism, according to Eric Zorn. I’m also something of a political operative, though Mr. Miner over at the Reader imagines I’d prefer a loftier description.” There’s a far more serious motive behind the name calling, Proft’s Illinois Rising co-host, Pat Hughes, said during the same broadcast. “Look at the irony,” Hughes said. “Eric Zorn is commenting on your newspaper from a newspaper. He’s making political commentary. And the fact that there’s other opinion leaders out there that can get out to readers in a way that’s more efficient, in a way that they’re interested in consuming the news, is a threat not just to their model economically but to the monopoly that they feel they have on thought. And from Zorn’s perspective — and I suspect Miner’s perspective — from left-leaning, liberal orthodoxy.” Proft, co-founder with Hughes of the Illinois Opportunity Project, is Liberty Principles PAC chairperson and treasurer, as well as a senior fellow at the Chicago-based conservative think tank Illinois Policy Institute. Illinois Rising is a presentation of the Illinois Policy Institute. Proft is a principal of Local Government Information Services, which owns this publication. Proft and Hughes were responding to a March 23 op-ed article in the Chicago Tribune in which Zorn referred to Proft’s Illinois news outlets as “mock journalism.” Zorn’s column was published a week before a similarly themed piece in the Chicago Reader by Michael Miner titled, “If your community news is slanted, Dan Proft may be to blame.” Zorn’s column wasn’t the first time the Tribune writer has targeted Proft. In July 2009, a few weeks after Proft announced his ultimately failed bid for the Republican nomination in the governor’s race, Zorn used his column to call Proft a “seethingly eloquent conservative attack dog.” The Tribune has allowed Proft space in its columns to voice his views as well. On July 11, 2016, it published Proft’s op-ed piece, “How to (really) achieve the ‘important conversation,’ ” about the sniper attack in Dallas a few days earlier that killed five police officers. Proft criticized the mainstream news media’s coverage of the incident, as well as other incidents in which police officers have been shot by black men, and urged less-biased, more-objective coverage. “There is plenty of intellectual room between ‘cops can do no wrong’ and ‘cops are all racists waging war against minorities,’ ” Proft wrote. “The reasoned room in between is occupied by most of the Americans who are not on television, radio or Twitter.” Proft cited the apparent hypocrisy of critics dismissing his news outlets as not being objective while their own work is published by companies with far less transparent political biases. “I’m transparent about my point of view,” Proft said. “That certainly informs the stories that we select to cover and the way that we cover them. And that’s the case for everybody in journalism. I hate to break it to those who think there’s this superhuman race of journalists who have no point of view. Every human being has a point of view, and it influences how they do their jobs. So, if we could just start from that agreed upon point, then maybe we could get somewhere. But they have an agenda.”)

 

WILL COUNTY NEWS
— Rauner attempted to bring union costs more in line with what Illinoisans can afford – Steve Balich
http://willcountynews.com/2017/04/13/rauner-attempted-to-bring-union-costs-more-in-line-with-what-illinoisans-can-afford/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois comptroller issues self, lawmakers paychecks despite appeal of circuit court’s ruling – Greg Bishop
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-comptroller-issues-self-lawmakers-paychecks-despite-appeal-of-circuit/article_d7aa8b74-1fb6-11e7-8053-ffb4274472ef.html
— Pew: Illinois’ pension funds invested in risky, alternative investments – Greg Bishop
http://ilnews.org/news/statewide/pew-illinois-pension-funds-invested-in-risky-alternative-investments/article_048ad320-1fcf-11e7-9ab4-b7c9e6e46794.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FAKE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF: 3 REASONS HB 156 FAILS TAXPAYERS – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/fake-property-tax-relief-3-reasons-hb-156-fails-taxpayers/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Denied report: Unofficial Rauner reelection “kickoff” to feature Dan Proft and Trump Wine
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/13/report-unofficial-rauner-reelection-kickoff-to-feature-dan-proft-and-trump-wine/
— After killing grand bargain, governor says a deal is “very close”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/13/after-killing-grand-bargain-governor-says-a-deal-is-very-close/
— Gov. Rauner says regulations to force wage hikes “not gonna happen”  (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/13/gov-rauner-says-regulations-to-force-wage-hikes-not-gonna-happen/
— Unofficial GOP site calls itself “official”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/13/unofficial-gop-site-calls-itself-official/

 

GOPUSA
— Lansing, MI Removes ‘Sanctuary City’ Terminology in Hope of Avoiding Federal Consequences
http://www.gopusa.com/lansing-mi-removes-sanctuary-city-terminology-in-hope-of-avoiding-federal-consequences/
— Proof: Obama IRS targeted conservatives to win in ’12
http://www.gopusa.com/proof-obama-irs-targeted-conservatives-to-win-in-12/
— The Insanity of the Left’s Child Gender-Confusion Agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/the-insanity-of-the-lefts-child-gender-confusion-agenda/

 

PJ MEDIA
— University of Minnesota Dorm Posts ‘White Privilege Checklist’ – TOM KNIGHTON  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/04/13/university-of-minnesota-dorm-posts-white-privilege-checklist/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRAGIC: States Push Forward On Marijuana Legalization Despite Federal Uncertainty – STEVE BIRR
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/13/states-push-forward-on-marijuana-legalization-despite-federal-uncertainty/
— Trump Is Resettling Syrian Refugees At A Much Quicker Pace Than Obama – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/12/trump-is-resettling-syrian-refugees-at-a-much-quicker-pace-than-obama/
— Media Twists Big Republican Special Election Win Into Foreboding Loss – PHILLIP STUCKY
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/12/media-twists-big-republican-special-election-win-into-forboding-loss/

 

TOWNHALL
— Conservative’s Speech Cancelled at Berkeley Over ‘Security Concerns’ – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/04/13/here-we-go-again-conservatives-speech-cancelled-at-berkeley-over-security-concerns-n2312756
— Academia Is Our Enemy So We Should Help It Commit Suicide – Kurt Schlichter  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, it seems like public schools focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/04/13/academia-is-our-enemy-so-we-should-help-it-commit-suicide-n2312479
— U.S. Responds to Death of Green Beret By Dropping Massive Bomb in Afghanistan – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/04/13/breaking-us-drops-mega-bomb-in-afghanistan-n2313158

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— FREE TUITION IS STILL NO GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: If you were offered a bad job, would you take it?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn all the jobs that I have had doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997 as being bad jobs and b) stress that they would never stoop to taking such bad jobs.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/13/free-tuition-is-still-no-guarantee-of-employment/

 

BARBWIRE
— UNMASKING THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: THE ENEMY MASQUERADING AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT – TAMI JACKSON
http://barbwire.com/2017/04/13/unmasking-the-human-rights-campaign-the-enemy-masquerading-as-an-angel-of-light/

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s federal job cuts could lead to more spending – TIMOTHY NOAH
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/donald-trump-federal-budget-job-cuts-237211

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Liberals have to avoid Trump Derangement Syndrome – Fareed Zakaria
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/liberals-have-to-avoid-trump-derangement-syndrome/2017/04/13/81ff4a7a-2083-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html
— GAO launches probe of Trump transition – Elise Viebeck  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/13/gao-launches-probe-of-trump-transition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The investigation will focus on four major areas of interest, a GAO official wrote: federal ethics guidelines that governed Trump’s transition; the financial operation behind the effort, including expenditures by the government; conflicts of interest and financial-disclosure rules; and how the transition arranged phone calls and other contact with heads of foreign governments.)
— Trump can start cutting the federal workforce right now – Lisa Rein  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If they have to cut, they will get rid of any remaining federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/13/trump-can-start-cutting-the-federal-workforce-right-now/

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: CATO sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.cato.org/blog/gao-weighs-countering-violent-extremism

 

FORBES
— Can The IRS Commissioner Peek At Trump’s Tax Return – Or Yours? – Kelly Phillips Erb  (DIERSEN: If you work for the federal government, you should assume that if your Democrat superiors want to see your tax return, they will.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2017/04/13/can-the-irs-commissioner-peek-at-trumps-tax-return-or-yours/#33bf0afc2db7

 

FED SMITH
— Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Peter Roskam (R-IL), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Tax Policy, Ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Review Lois Lerner Case – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: Yes, it has been almost 20 years, but it would be great if Roskam would ask Sessions to review the Diersen v. GAO case. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/04/13/lawmakers-ask-attorney-general-review-lois-lerner-case/

 

INDIA WEST
— Illinois Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Urges Homeland Security Chief to Combat ‘Racially-motivated Attacks’  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters as being haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/illinois-congressman-urges-homeland-security-chief-to-combat-racially-motivated/article_dd4f0e5a-1fe4-11e7-86f3-fbd27ce6a7e5.html

April 12 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Representative Ives, Senator Connelly, and many other elected officials speak at Milton Township Republican Central Committee meeting – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: Representative Jeanne Ives, Senator Mike Connelly, and many other elected officials spoke at the outstanding Milton Township Republican Central Committee meeting Wednesday evening, April 12, 2017, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.  Attendees included Austin, Bibbiano, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Eckhoff, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Amy Grant, Hopkins, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Keller, Kinzler, Krzyzewski, LeVan, Lewis, Marquardt, McGowen, Mendrick, Molitor, A. Murphy, Nathwani, Ryan, Shaw, Wehling, Whelan, Wiley, Wilson, and Zaruba.  I spoke in favor keeping the ban on video gambling in DuPage county; against the legalization of pot for recreational use in Illinois; and in favor of DuPage County candidates and elected officials donating to help sponsor entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade.)

 

NBC5
— Illinois Lawmakers Say Recreational Weed Could Help State Budget Crisis  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-Lawmaker-Says-Recreational-Weed-Could-Help-State-Budget-Crisis-419327964.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Two Illinois lawmakers want to legalize pot for tax revenue – Mike Flannery (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/248249940-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Legislators seek feedback on legalizing recreational marijuana – Andrea Salcedo  (DIERSEN: According to the state website, the hearing is at noon in the Bilandic Building in room C-600.  I had the honor today of being the first to file a witness slip in opposition.  If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legislators-seek-feedback-on-legalizing-recreational-marijuana/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The first hearing is scheduled for next Wednesday, April 19 at 10 a.m. at the Bilandic Building. A second forum will be held that night at a location to be announced, likely in one of their districts.)
— Two more aviation cops on leave after passenger-dragging incident – Mitch Dudek and Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/united-ceo-wont-let-police-on-airplane-in-that-situation-again/amp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Running for Illinois governor? Offer real solutions – Christine Radogno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-governor-democratic-candidates-radogno-perspec-0413-20170412-story.html
— Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub lauded for time and effort to recognize Lincoln – Kevin Beese
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/news/ct-dbr-straub-lincoln-honor-tl-0420-20170412-story.html
— Chicago State dean accused of taking $650,000 from national organization for personal gain – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-state-carmita-coleman-lawsuit-20170412-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Businesses urge DuPage County to lift video gambling ban – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: At DuPage County’s April 11, 2017 board meeting, four spoke in favor keeping ban: Anita Bedell, Kathy Gilroy, Bill Bryan, and myself.  In addition, I urged the board to pass a resolution in opposition to legalizing the sale of marijuana in Illinois for recreational use – SB 316 and HB 2353.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170412/news/170419598/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, several gambling opponents attended Tuesday’s county board meeting to urge officials to leave the ban in place. “This board has no duty to level the playing field for bars,” said Kathy Gilroy, an anti-gambling advocate from Villa Park. “This board has a duty to the welfare of county residents — not just liquor licensees desiring to make money from customers who lose their money in a slot machine.” Counties and municipalities that allow video gambling receive 5 percent of each machine’s profit. The state takes 25 percent, while establishment owners and the terminal operators evenly split the rest. County board member Robert Larsen said he believes it would be difficult to repeal DuPage’s ban. “I understand some private entities like the VFWs would like to have the revenue,” Larsen said. “But where that money comes from tends to be from folks who can least afford it. I just don’t think it’s a good way to raise money for these organizations.”)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why United won’t live down this screw-up anytime soon – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170412/ISSUE07/170419946/why-united-wont-live-down-this-screw-up-anytime-soon
— Schakowsky bill aims to prevent another United-style incident – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170412/BLOGS02/170419944/schakowsky-bill-aims-to-prevent-another-united-style-incident
— United CEO: We won’t do that again – JOHN PLETZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170412/NEWS10/170419954/united-ceo-we-wont-do-that-again

 

DNA INFO
— Legal Weed Hearing Set For Next Week, Touted As Help For State Budget Woes – Heather Cherone
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170412/edgewater/legal-weed-hearing-set-for-next-week-boosted-as-help-for-state-budget-woes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The first hearing on the topic is at noon April 19 in the Michael A. Bilandic Building, 160 N. LaSalle St. Gov. Bruce Rauner said the idea needed more study. “I think recreational marijuana is a very, very difficult subject,” Rauner said Tuesday during an appearance in Rock Island, saying Illinois should look at the impact that legalizing marijuana has had on the states that have already decriminalized the drug. “I am not in support of Illinois going there until we study the ramifications of what’s happening in other states,” Rauner said, according to WQAD-TV.)

 

TIMES
— Barickman proposes school funding fix – Derek Barichello
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/barickman-proposes-school-funding-fix/article_80ddef3b-58ed-5136-82fc-1811d84e2fdc.html

 

RIVER BENDER
— Governor Rauner delivers message of Republican values at St. Louis Regional Airport – Cory Davenport  (DIERSEN: In Illinois “Republican values” are spelled out in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/governor-rauner-delivers-message-of-republican-values-at-st-louis-regional-airport-19964.cfm#.WO60dYjyuM8

 

CHICAGO WIRE
— GOP goes virtual to counter Rauner protest – Carol Ostrow
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511102261-gop-goes-virtual-to-counter-rauner-protest

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Pritzker accused of long push for higher income taxes – Caitlin Nordahl  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511102247-pritzker-accused-of-long-push-for-higher-income-taxes

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Better Government Association offering free FOIA training April 24 in Naperville
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/better-government-association-offering-free-foia-training/
— Effingham County violates FOIA – State’s Attorney now involved – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/effingham-county-violates-foia-states-attorney-now-involved/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Empty Talking Heads Wasting Chances to Inform Voters About the Real Problem – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/04/empty-talking-heads-wasting-chances-to-inform-voters-about-the-real-problem/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRATS LINING UP TO CHALLENGE ROSKAM IN 2018
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/democrats-lining-up-to-challenge-roskam-in-2018.html
— THORNER: EPA’S COMPLETE FAILURE CALLS FOR DISSOLUTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/thorner-epas-complete-failure-calls-for-dissolution.html
— SPEAKING OUT ON THE DAY OF SILENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/speaking-out-on-the-day-of-silence.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker says he supports legalizing marijuana  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/12/pritzker-says-he-supports-legalizing-marijuana/
— ILGOP chairman “disturbed” by United Airlines incident
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/12/ilgop-chairman-disturbed-by-united-airlines-incident/
— Pro-legalization group wants “feedback” (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/12/pro-legalization-group-wants-feedback/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Loyalists Take Over State Republican Parties – Kerry Picket (DIERSEN: What about the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)? Who does Trump want the next IRP State Central Committee members to be in each of the 18 congressional districts in Illinois?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/12/trump-loyalists-take-over-state-republican-parties/
— Sessions Is ‘Surprised’ At Public Backlash To His Marijuana Rhetoric – STEVE BIRR  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/12/sessions-is-surprised-at-public-backlash-to-his-marijuana-rhetoric/

 

BREITBART
— Jeff Sessions: ‘The Border Is Not Open — Please Don’t Come’ – JEFF POOR (DIERSEN: One could argue that under Bush and under Obama, the border was open.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/04/12/jeff-sessions-border-not-open-please-dont-come/
— Swedish Journalist: Sweden Will Collapse Without Illegal Migrants – Chris Tomlinson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups argue the same thing about America: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/12/swedish-journo-sweden-collapse-without-illegal-migrants/

 

NEWSMAX
— Melania Trump Wins $2.9 million Damages From Daily Mail Publisher
http://www.newsmax.com/Europe/EU-Melania-Trump-Lawsuit/2017/04/12/id/783911/

 

GOPUSA
— Claremont College Allowed Ugly Protest of Pro-police Journalist  (DIERSEN: I am a pro-police journalist.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23003

 

THE BLAZE
— Transgenders in Wisconsin file lawsuit to force taxpayers to pay for gender reassignment surgeries – Sara Gonzales
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/12/transgenders-in-wisconsin-file-lawsuit-to-force-taxpayers-to-pay-for-gender-reassignment-surgeries/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Charging Bull’ sculptor says ‘Fearless Girl’ distorts his art. He’s fighting back. – Katie Mettler  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/12/charging-bull-sculptor-says-fearless-girl-distorts-his-art-hes-fighting-back/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— After transgender bathroom battle, North Carolina looks to ban same-sex marriage – Kurtis Lee
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-north-carolina-same-sex-marriage-ban-20170412-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Science of ‘I Was Just Following Orders’  New research on why seemingly good people do terrible things – Alison Gopnik (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are just following orders from those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-of-i-was-just-following-orders-1492008532

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Mulvaney wants to reward ‘good government employees’ with reorg plan – Carten Cordell (DIERSEN: According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, the only good federal employees were those who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/mulvaney-wants-to-reward-good-government-employees-with-reorg-plan

March 29 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Mayor Proposes Municipal ID for Residents, Regardless of Immigration Status or Gender  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Emanuel promotes illegal immigration and LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mayor-Proposes-Municipal-ID-for-Residents-Regardless-of-Immigration-Status-or-Gender-417510273.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Budget Could Plunge Nation’s Capital Into Recession.”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trumps-Budget-Could-Plunge-Nations-Capital-Into-Recession-417417303.html

 

CBS2
— Most Chicago Area Counties Among Illinois’ Healthiest, But Not Cook
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/29/most-chicago-area-counties-among-illinois-healthiest-but-not-cook/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sen. Connelly, Rep. Ives host Straight Talk Tour town hall
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-sen-connelly-rep-ives-host-straight-talk-t-2017-03-29-story.html
— Democrats counter Rauner with ‘Illinois comeback agenda’ – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-democrats-comeback-agenda-met-0330-20170329-story.html
— Taxpayers are losers in Lottery – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170329/281487866185939
— House GOP weighing another try at passing health care bill next week – Billy House, Sahil Kapur
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-health-care-bill-20170329-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Senate Democrats offer to work with Trump on health care — if he ends attack on Obamacare.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-health-care-20170329-story.html
— Downtown Aurora project gets help from DuPage County – Steve Lord and Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-arts-center-st-0330-20170329-story.html
— Naperville Tax March Rally on April 15
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/community/chi-ugc-article-naperville-tax-march-rally-2017-03-29-story.html
— Online privacy debate moves from Washington to Springfield – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-privacy-bill-0330-biz-20170329-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-White and/or anti-male demonize, denigrate, and condemn Bil O’Reilly
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-bill-oreilly-james-brown-dahleen-glanton-20170329-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Emanuel treasonously introduces ID plan for undocumented immigrants
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-met-0330-20170329-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-zzzzzz-20170329-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-sanctuary-cities-sessions-edit-0330-jm-20170329-story.html
— Should your boss get a peek at your DNA? – Arthur L. Caplan  (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and died suddenly of heart failure when he was 47 years old. That certainly did not encourage employers to hire me, to train me, to retain me, or to promote me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-dna-genetic-testing-employer-privacy-perspec-0330-jm-20170329-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How to clean up Illinois voter rolls and expand democracy – Editorial  (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls for your precinct?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/use-technology-to-clean-up-illinois-voter-rolls/
— Lottery firm hangs on after firing, getting millions more in fees – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/lottery-firm-hangs-on-after-firing-getting-millions-more-in-fees/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The price Chicago pays for segregation – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170328/BLOGS02/170329869/the-price-chicago-pays-for-segregation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote illegal/mass immigration.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170327/OPINION/170329881/the-midwests-impossible-stance-stagnant-yet-conflicted-on
— Illinois one of the worst states for retirees – JUDITH RUIZ-BRANCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170329/NEWS07/170329840/illinois-one-of-the-worst-states-for-retirees
— Illinois progressives offer their agenda – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170329/BLOGS02/170329839/illinois-progressives-offer-their-agenda
— Lottery manager still on job after firing – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170328/NEWS02/170329852/lottery-manager-still-on-job-after-firing
— What’s next on health care? Here’s what your rep says. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170329/BLOGS02/170329841/health-care-reform-next-steps-according-to-illinois-delegation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Americans dislike GOP’s, Trump’s plan on health care.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170329/NEWS03/170329842/americans-dislike-gops-trumps-plan-on-health-care-poll-finds

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lisle releases entire recording of controversial closed session – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170329/news/170328654/

 

WTTW
— Governor’s Race Heats Up, Emanuel Dodges Questions About Email – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/29/governor-s-race-heats-emanuel-dodges-questions-about-email

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Two Years After Rauner’s ‘Turnaround Agenda,’ Democrats Offer ‘Comeback Agenda’ – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/two-years-after-rauners-turnaround-agenda-democrats-offer-comeback-agenda#stream/0

 

WBEZ
— Illinois Democrats Respond To Rauner’s ‘Turnaround Agenda’ – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-democrats-respond-to-rauners-turnaround-agenda/bb3b44b4-fd06-428b-af0d-57601fd3a07c

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise the anti-White and anti-male Rep. Maxine Waters
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35024063/rep-maxine-waters-no-holds-barred-remarks-find-fans
— Census suggests counting LGBTQ, then “corrects” and deletes – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35022892/census-suggests-counting-lgbt-then-corrects-and-deletes

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner in $1 million ad campaign; adds to ‘stew of suspicion’ – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170329/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-in-1-million-ad-campaign-adds-to-stew-of-suspicion
— Democrats propose new agenda as ‘grand bargain’ stalls – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170329/democrats-propose-new-agenda-as-grand-bargain-stalls
— Senate approves bill to block further privatizing of prison medical care – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170329/senate-approves-bill-to-block-further-privatizing-of-prison-medical-care

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois taxpayers cough up millions in bonuses for poorly performing lottery firm – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170329/illinois-taxpayers-cough-up-millions-in-bonuses-for-poorly-performing-lottery-firm

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats Propose “Comeback Agenda” to Oppose Rauner – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/democrats-propose-comeback-agenda-oppose-rauner#stream/0

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Elect College of DuPage Clean Slate 2.0 – Deanne Mazzochi, Chairwoman, College of DuPage Board of Trustees, Frank Napolitano, Secretary, College of DuPage Board of Trustees
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/14/letter-elect-college-of-dupage-clean-slate-2-0/aryhasv/

 

  1. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
    — Southern Illinois University president seeking about $36 million in cuts due to state budget crisis – ERICA HUNZINGER
    http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/southern-illinois-university-president-seeking-about-36-million-cuts-due-state-budget-crisis#stream/0

 

FOX 2 NOW
— Illinois may name I-55 ‘Barack Obama Presidential Expressway’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois.  Would Democrats prohibit Republicans from driving on the expressway?)
http://fox2now.com/2017/03/29/illinois-may-name-i-55-barack-obama-presidential-expressway/

 

CHICAGOIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, anti-Trumps will call you a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/29/im_not_talking_to_bigots_cnn_pundit.php

 

CHICAGO READER
— If your community news is slanted, Dan Proft may be to blame – Michael Miner (DIERSEN: News from Republican Proft is slanted to the right as much as news from Democrat newspapers, television stations, etc. is slanted to the left.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/03/29/if-your-community-news-is-slanted-dan-proft-may-be-to-blame

 

SAGAMON SUN
— GOP says Dems’ five-point plan needs sharpening – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511099449-gop-says-dems-five-point-plan-needs-sharpening

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Naperville retired firefighters will collect an estimated $158,625,125 more in pensions than they contributed
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511099528-naperville-retired-firefighters-will-collect-an-estimated-158-625-125-more-in-pensions-than-they-saved
— Hinsdale retired firefighters will collect an estimated $29,749,354 more in pensions than they contributed
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511099523-hinsdale-retired-firefighters-will-collect-an-estimated-29-749-354-more-in-pensions-than-they-saved

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— DuPage college trustee allegedly urged to destroy public record
http://westcooknews.com/stories/511099354-dupage-college-trustee-allegedly-urged-to-destroy-public-record

 

WIRE POINTS
— To Grasp Illinois’ Fiscal Predicament, Take Off Six Zeroes – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/to-grasp-illinois-fiscal-predicament-take-off-six-zeroes-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALREADY AMONG THE NATION’S HIGHEST, DUPAGE PROPERTY TAX RATES TO INCREASE THIS YEAR – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/already-among-the-nations-highest-dupage-property-tax-rates-to-increase-this-year/
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION SHOWS $2 MILLION BEING SPENT ON BONUSES FOR THE STATE LOTTERY’S OUTGOING MANAGEMENT FIRM – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-tribune-investigation-shows-2-million-being-spent-on-bonuses-for-the-state-lotterys-outgoing-management-firm/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO GOP CALLS FOR HELP AGAINST DEM PROTESTORS THURSDAY NIGHT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/chicago-gop-calls-for-help-against-dem-protestors-thursday-night.html
— QUESTIONS CONTINUE ABOUT WILMETTE FRIENDS AND THE $5000 THRESHOLD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/complaint-filed-against-wilmette-friends.html
— WEST DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP RACE HEATS UP OVER TAXPAYER-FUNDED NEWSLETTER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/west-deerfield-township-race-heats-up-over-taxpayer-funded-newsletter.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois sets new voter registration record  (DIERSEN: How many illegals are registered to vote in Illinois?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/29/illinois-sets-new-voter-registration-record/
— Where do the candidates stand on marijuana?
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/29/where-do-the-candidates-stand-on-marijuana/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Christianity once saved the European continent from Islam – and it can do it again. – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/03/29/mcfarland-post-christian-europe-still-stands-a-chance

 

NEWSMAX
— No LGBTQ Category Included in Census Proposal for 2020 Count  (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, pot smoking, booze drinking, gambling, and other destructive activities hint/imply/argue/shout that virtually everyone engages in those destructive activities.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Census-LGBTQ/2017/03/29/id/781366/

 

GOPUSA
— Some Seattle Taxpayers Against Paying 55M in New Taxes for Homelessness
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22390

 

BARBWIRE
— IS A BORDER WALL CHRISTIAN? – BRYAN FISCHER
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/29/border-wall-christian/
— BECOMING SWEDEN: AMERICA’S ROAD TO SERFDOM – JAMES TENNANT
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/29/becoming-sweden-americas-road-serfdom/

 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— College admissions: the myth of meritocracy  Why the college admissions process isn’t as fair as many students believe. – Natasha Warikoo  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, Roosevelt in 1980, and IIT in 1992 should have admitted disadvantaged minorities, disadvantaged females, and disadvantaged veterans.)
http://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/EqualEd-Voices/2017/0329/College-admissions-the-myth-of-meritocracy

 

POLITICO
— Ivanka Trump will become a federal employee as part of unpaid White House role – NOLAN D. MCCASKILL (DIERSEN: Ivanka should be advised that federal employees are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/ivanka-trump-federal-employee-unpaid-236657

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee – RACHEL ABRAMS and MAGGIE HABERMAN  (DIERSEN: Ivanka should be advised that federal employees are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/politics/ivanka-trump-federal-employee-white-house.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies – Samantha Schmidt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/28/two-activists-who-filmed-undercover-videos-of-planned-parenthood-charged-with-15-felonies/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you hate Trump and/or hate those who are 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 your ancestors, Newsweek will print what you write.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-coalition-threatens-return-jim-crow-era-576295

 

DAILY PRINCETONIAN
— Supporting affirmative action  (DIERSEN: Those who support Affirmative Action support wasting the careers of and getting rid of those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2017/03/letter-to-the-editor-supporting-affirmative-action

 

SLATE
— Let the Scapegoating Commence!  House Republicans have begun their desperate and pathetic attempts to deflect blame for the AHCA debacle. – Jim Newell
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/03/the_pathetic_house_gop_attempts_to_deflect_blame_for_the_ahca_debacle.html