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February 28 Morning Edition

C-SPAN
— WATCH CPAC LIVE: Conservative Political Action Conference
https://www.c-span.org/networks/?channel=c-span-3

 

WGN RADIO
— Illinois State Senate GOP leader Bill Brady on the Governor’s budget address – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
https://wgnradio.com/2019/02/27/illinois-state-senate-gop-leader-bill-brady-on-the-budget-address/

 

ABC7
— Mayoral race shows change has arrived, political expert says – Ravi Baichwal (DIERSEN: As Democrats gain power, the future is bleak for individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries in Chicago, Illinois, America, and the world that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayoral-race-shows-change-has-arrived-political-expert-says/5160143/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And perhaps no community more than Chicago’s LGBTQ members celebrated as intensely with Tuesday’s outcome – the advent of a pair of African American women now vying for Chicago’s top spot. It brought a smile to the face of Rick Garcia. He started Equality Illinois a generation ago, seeking simple non-discrimination laws to protect the LGBTQ community. “All of the hard work, of many people over decades, came to fruition because both of these candidates,” he said. “One is lesbian and one has a strong record on LGBTQ rights. We haven’t seen that in a long time. There’s always somebody there who isn’t just with the community.” That undeniable political muscle was on display especially as you look the vote totals in wards 44, 46, 48 and 49 where the LGBTQ community is well represented, and had higher than average voter turnout — signaling again that they — with the African-American community — ought to have outsized roles in determining whether Toni Preckwinkle or Lori Lightfoot becomes the next mayor of Chicago.)
— DuPage County sheriff initiates plan to take more guns off the street – John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/dupage-county-sheriffs-plan-to-take-guns-off-the-street/5159842/

 

NBC5
— A Lori Lightfoot Victory Could Mean Broader Acceptance For LGBTQ Community (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes get rid of you.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/A-Lori-Lightfoot-Victory-Could-Mean-Broader-Acceptance-For-LGBTQ-Community-506460431.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville mayoral challenger questions intent of incumbent’s opposition research – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190227/naperville-mayoral-challenger-questions-intent-of-incumbents-opposition-research
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MAZZOCHI: Mazzochi defends timing of her departure from COD board – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190227/mazzochi-defends-timing-of-her-departure-from-cod-board
— Why I must explain myself as a reporter like I explained my dad the farmer – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190228/constable-why-i-must-explain-myself-as-a-reporter-like-i-explained-my-dad-the-farmer

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s how much more south suburban homeowners pay in taxes Property tax rates in the south suburbs are about twice what they are in western and north suburbs. We looked at comparably priced homes in several locations to see what that means in the dollars a homeowner pays. – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: How much value has your home lost? How much have your real estate taxes gone up?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/heres-how-much-more-south-suburban-homeowners-pay-taxes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A home in south suburban Flossmoor sold last week for about 50 percent below what the sellers paid for it in 2006, a common enough story in Chicago’s slowly rising real estate market. Here’s what’s not so common: In that same stretch of 12 years, the home’s property tax bill went up by 40 percent. The dollar amounts are different—the sale price of the house on Braeburn Avenue went down by more than $500,000, while the taxes went up $6,700 between the 2006 and 2018 tax bills. But the criss-cross paths of prices and property taxes, with one going down while the other goes up, is a painful truth of the Chicago housing market that is most acute in the south Cook County suburbs. Tax rates in south Cook County municipalities are, on average, about twice those in western and northern towns. “The taxes are outrageous,” said Felicia Johnson, the D’aprile Properties agent who represented the buyers. “They’re absolutely the reason it was on the market so long. It’s a beautiful house. It’s gorgeous.”)

 

WBEZ
— Illinois Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Grills Cohen About Potential Trump Crimes – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-congressman-grills-cohen-about-potential-trump-crimes/e7ef7fa5-fac1-43eb-910c-42d3a1e9bcb2

 

HERALD NEWS
— Bolingbrook officials releases photos of attack on mayor’s home, property – FELIX SARVER
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/02/27/bolingbrook-officials-releases-photos-of-attack-on-mayors-home-property/ah2yrzq/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Lawmaker pushes for ‘non-discriminatory’ textbooks that highlight LGBT contributions – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes get rid of you.)
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190227/lawmaker-pushes-for-non-discriminatory-textbooks-that-highlight-lgbt-contributions

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board member becomes 3rd person to file civil suit over ‘defamatory’ campaign flyers – KATIE SMITH (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents know all about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/27/mchenry-county-board-member-becomes-3rd-person-to-file-civil-suit-over-defamatory-campaign-flyers/avvgcjb/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— I am voting for Jim Langfelder – Rosanna Pulido, Springfield
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190226/letter-i-am-voting-for-jim-langfelder
— Stormy Daniels to appear in Springfield
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190227/stormy-daniels-to-appear-in-springfield

— Walmart is getting rid of greeters, worrying those with disabilities – AP (DIERSEN: What has caused you to worry? During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. That worried me because my Democrat GAO superiors a) had forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, b) had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) had gotten rid of my mentor in 1987 who had hired me, gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986, d) had not promoted me beyond GS-13, e) had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190227/walmart-is-getting-rid-of-greeters-worrying-those-with-disabilities

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Progressive Income Tax Ads Start in Illinois – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=280224#.XHfJVJh_OM8
— Local Opposition to Graduated Income Tax – Doug Jenkins
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=280303#.XHfKDJh_OM8

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Rodney Davis weighs in on Cohen testimony
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/rep-rodney-davis-weighs-in-on-cohen-testimony

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— New Americans Grapple With Identity And Country In ‘The Good Immigrant’ Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs shout at immigrants, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that they have used, are using, and will use immigrants to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/writers-who-are-first-or-second-generation-immigrants-share-stories#stream/0

— An Illinois Law Aims To Help Homeless Students — Is It Enough? – LEE V. GAINES
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/illinois-law-aims-help-homeless-students-it-enough#stream/0

 

WGLT
— Davis, LaHood Vote Against Gun Background Checks Bill – RYAN DENHAM & BRAKKTON BOOKER
http://www.wglt.org/post/davis-lahood-vote-against-gun-background-checks-bill#stream/0

 

WGEM
— Illinois State Rifle Association to host town hall on gun rights
https://wgem.com/2019/02/27/illinois-state-rifle-association-to-host-town-hall-on-gun-rights/

 

WBAY
— More kids using vape pens to smoke pot, police warn – Sarah Thomsen
https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Investigators-urge-parents-to-be-aware-of-vape-pens-being-used-to-smoke-pot-506459781.html

 

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Watchdogs & Analysts: Pritzker’s “Structurally Out Of Balance” Budget May Threaten Illinois’ Credit Rating
https://illinois.gop/%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bf-watchdogs-analysts-pritzkers-structurally-balance-budget-may-threaten-illinois-credit-rating/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOW MUCH WILL PRITZKER’S ‘FAIR TAX’ COST YOUR FAMILY? – Orphe Divounguy
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-much-will-pritzkers-fair-tax-cost-your-family/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Calculate your ‘fair share’ under a progressive income tax
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/28/calculate-your-%e2%80%98fair-share%e2%80%99-under-a-progressive-income-tax/

 

GOPUSA
— Prostitutes demand meeting with Kamala Harris, question her commitment to decriminalization
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=65819

 

FOX NEWS
— CPAC 2019 events begin
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6008315968001/#sp=show-clips
— At CPAC, conservatives warn of ‘radical’ Dems embracing socialism, Trump impeachment – Alex Pappas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meadows-jordan-at-cpac-warn-of-radical-dems-embracing-socialism-trump-impeachment
— Michael Cohen hearing becomes platform for Dems to float sensational Trump theories – Alex Pappas (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the platforms that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Illinois Center Right Coalition gave operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michael-cohen-hearing-becomes-platform-for-dems-to-float-sensational-trump-theories

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love the Trump – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/27/cpac-learns-love-donald-trump/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mike Lee blasts GOP and Democrats for ‘shifting away’ from Constitution at CPAC – Daniel Jativa
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mike-lee-blasts-gop-and-democrats-for-shifting-away-from-constitution-at-cpac


— Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s report from the border: More drugs, more human trafficking – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rep-adam-kinzingers-report-from-the-border-more-drugs-more-human-trafficking

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— How the asylum invasion allows the cartels to flood us with criminals – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/asylum-invasion-allows-cartels-flood-us-criminals/

 

BREITBART
— Watch Live: Breitbart News Daily with Alex Marlow Live from CPAC 2019 – Amanda House
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/02/28/watch-live-breitbart-news-daily-with-alex-marlow-live-from-cpac-2019/
— Facebook Whistleblower: Staff ‘Deboost’ Unwanted Content – and I Saw Same Code Used on Conservatives – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/27/facebook-whistleblower-staff-deboost-unwanted-content-and-i-saw-same-code-used-on-conservatives/
— Facebook Whistleblower Never Saw ‘Deboost’ Code Applied to Far-Left Publishers – Charlie Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/27/facebook-whistleblower-never-saw-deboost-code-applied-to-far-left-publishers-like-young-turks/
— University of Wisconsin Hosts Event Comparing Migrant Crisis to Nazi Era – Alana Mastrangelo
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/27/university-of-wisconsin-hosts-event-comparing-migrant-crisis-to-nazi-era/
— Financial Blacklisting: Chase Bank Withdraws Service from Independent and Conservative Figures – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/27/financial-blacklisting-chase-bank-withdraws-service-from-independent-and-conservative-figures/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SMOLLETT LIES EXPOSE A CULTURE OF LYING TO — AND ABOUT — THE POLICE – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/smollett-lies-expose-a-culture-of-lying-to-and-about-the-police/

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— CPAC To Counter Leftward Drift Of Today’s Political Agenda
https://www.oann.com/cpac-to-counter-leftward-drift-of-todays-political-agenda/

 

TALKING POINTS MEMO
— After Three Hours, One GOP Rep. Broke Ranks And Asked Cohen A Real Question – Kate Riga (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do many, if not most, if not virtually all people do? ANSWER: They find out who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. Then, a) they glorify and praise the aforesaid, b) they pander to the aforesaid, c) they serve as operatives and as dupes for the aforesaid, and d) they give money to the aforesaid. I should write a book about the aforesaid, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/after-three-hours-one-republican-broke-ranks-asked-cohen-real-question
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amash also asked more about how Cohen says that Trump speaks in “code,” basically relaying his desires and marching orders through implication rather than directness.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Left’s Next Target: Noncitizen Voting – JEFF DUNCAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/noncitizen-voting-the-lefts-next-target/

 

ROLL CALL
— Democrats to reintroduce Dream Act on March 12 with TPS and DED protections – Lindsey McPherson (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/democrats-to-reintroduce-dream-act-with-tps-and-ded-protections-march-12

 

UPI
— Cohen calls Trump ‘con man,’ tells House he regrets ‘misplaced loyalty’ – Nicholas Sakelaris and Danielle Haynes (DIERSEN: It would be very interesting if any of the operatives or dupes who work for my critics/opponents would turn on my critics/opponents like Cohen has turned on Trump. Those operatives and dupes a) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) ended my Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, d) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, e) ended American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, and f) ended my GAO employment in 1997. They almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me in 2006. They succeeded in defeating my bid to serve as MTRCC Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.upi.com/Cohen-blasts-Trump-in-blunt-House-testimony-Im-ashamed-of-my-misplaced-loyalty/6461551267664/

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— CPAC 2019: Conservatives rally the base against AOC and Democratic socialism – DAVID LIGHTMAN
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article226806334.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Why the pay gap for black women isn’t shrinking fast enough As we celebrate strides African-American women have made, particularly during Black History Month, the wage gap still holds many of these women back. – Renee Morad
https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/why-pay-gap-black-women-isn-t-shrinking-fast-enough-ncna977236

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “The ominous history surrounding President Trump’s Fourth of July rally White nationalists have long used the holiday to advance their dreams of a white country.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/28/dark-side-president-trumps-fourth-july-rally/
— FEBRUARY 15, 2019 FLASHBACK: When the next Democratic president grabs ‘emergency’ powers, blame Trump By going along with his phony emergency declaration, Republicans are giving permission to the next White House occupant — of either party — to do the same. – Rick Wilson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that “the next Democratic president” will use emergency declarations to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/15/when-next-democratic-president-grabs-emergency-powers-blame-trump/
— Pentagon says it will delay, but not cancel, other projects to fund Trump’s wall – Erica Werner and Paul Sonne
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pentagon-says-trumps-wall-demands-wont-cancel-other-construction-projects/2019/02/27/ce38f9d8-3ad3-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html
— White House bans four journalists from covering Trump-Kim dinner – Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, their operatives, and their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who have banned me from and/or thrown me out of their events. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-bans-four-journalists-from-covering-trump-kim-dinner-because-of-shouted-questions/2019/02/27/36e1d26c-3a8d-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html

— Republican focus on discrediting Cohen leaves little time to defend Trump – Rachael Bade (DIERSEN: Who discredits you? Who defends you? I should write a book about those who have focused the most on discrediting me. The book would be lengthy and include past and present officers, members, and employees of the City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, federal government, 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 Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, and Post Office. They include past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, and defendants in lawsuits that I have filed who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. If I were to write a book about those who have defended me, it would be very short. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes viciously destroy those who defend me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-focus-on-discrediting-cohen-leaves-little-time-to-defend-trump/2019/02/27/33d8f67c-3ace-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— CNN didn’t disclose Democratic Party ties of questioners in Sanders town hall – Ruth Brown (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. Are you a Republican? I am. What ties do you have to the Republican Party? To discredit me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that I am only a Republican Precinct Committeeman, b) that I am NOT a chairman of any Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) committee, c) that I am NOT a MTRCC officer, d) that I am NOT a DuPage County Republican Central Committee officer, e) that I am NOT the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member for the 6th Congressional District, f) that I am NOT an IRP officer, and g) that I am NOT the IRP National Committeeman. To discredit me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that those who hold the aforesaid offices and everyone else in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois despise me if not hate me.)
https://nypost.com/2019/02/27/cnn-didnt-disclose-democratic-party-ties-of-questioners-in-sanders-town-hall/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Limit on state and local tax deduction will hit 11 million taxpayers, Treasury finds – Jim Puzzanghera
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/wires/business/limit-on-state-and-local-tax-deduction-will-hit-11-million-taxpayers-treasury-finds/

 

USA TODAY
— Just two cities are in recession. Who’s unhappy? Elmira, New York and Danville, Illinois – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/25/recession-elmira-new-york-danville-illinois-struggle-amid-us-boom/2920710002/#
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/26/cannabis-may-coming-mall-near-you-such-products-go-upscale/2873136002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Employers Resume Fight for More H-2B Visas for Foreign Workers Businesses say crash of government web portal for permit applications underscores need to raise visa caps – Louise Radnofsky and Lalita Clozel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-employers-resume-fight-for-more-h-2b-visas-for-foreign-workers-11551307841
— A Day of Jarring Images for President Trump TV viewers could choose between Trump as a peace-seeker with North Korea’s leader—or a con man as portrayed by his former lawyer Michael Cohen – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Every time that I am in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall, I have to suppress “jarring images” of nasty vicious operatives and of nasty vicious dupes who work for my critics/opponents who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails from the podium in that room.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-day-of-jarring-images-of-president-trump-11551305650
— Trump: Democrats Did a ‘Terrible Thing’ by Scheduling Cohen Hearing During Summit – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-democrats-did-a-terrible-thing-by-scheduling-cohen-hearing-during-summit-11551345832
— Inside the Investigation That Led to Prostitution Charges Against Robert Kraft How a tip on suitcases led authorities to a monthslong investigation that uncovered a network of spas that were allegedly fronts for prostitution – Andrew Beaton (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, how many spas are fronts for prostitution?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-investigation-that-led-to-prostitution-charges-against-robert-kraft-11551272401
— Pressure grows in competitive market for workers to figure out future career paths on their own time and dime – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 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 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/employees-pushed-to-keep-learning-new-skills-as-workplace-evolves-11551279600
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lifelong learning has become a mantra in American corporations as employees face pressure to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving workplace. Employers, politicians and educators are hammering the message that people need to continuously upgrade their skills because of advancing technologies. Even companies that invest in employee training expect workers to figure out their future career path, and some want workers to retrain themselves on their own time and dime. “We’ve put huge emphasis on shifting responsibility to the individual,” said Tim Munden, who oversees employee training as chief learning officer at Unilever PLC, which provides employees with resources such as online classes. “There’s no way on earth we can send people to enough training courses to make the shift we need to adapt to the world around us. People need to take that on themselves.” Employers say the self-starter model offers better odds that people will take initiative to keep themselves employable by absorbing skills they’re actually interested in. But self-directed learning can be a heavy lift for workers in an economy where the signals are difficult even for experts to parse, said Andy Van Kleunen, chief executive of the National Skills Coalition.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Base Wants Immigration Compromise His backers are the likeliest to support a wall-for-DACA deal.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-base-wants-immigration-compromise-11551312588

 

CBS ALBANY
— You Paid For It: Pricey cars gathering dust – Greg Floyd
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/you-paid-for-it-government-vehicles-sitting-unused
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some ritzy rides that you are paying for are sitting idle. A handful of taxpayer funded cars have normally been provided to some senior members of the NYS Senate. This year there is a twist – the Democrats who are now in control of the Senate don’t want the cars. We found the five expensive cars tucked away deep under the Empire State Plaza, covered in dust. There are two top of the line Ford Taurus Limiteds, and one 2017 Ford Explorer Limited, the priciest of the Explorers. There is a 2017 Chevy Tahoe Premier, again a top of the line vehicle. There is also one other older Tahoe. These cars were all purchased when Republicans controlled the Senate, but now the Democrats have grounded these cars. Democratic Senator David Carlucci says just because something has been done a certain way for years, that doesn’t mean the practice has to continue. Even many rank and file Republicans say they have concerns about the purchase of the pricey cars.)

 

MAC STRATEGIES GROUP
— Media Training (DIERSEN: Based on how they have treated me and how they have treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, far too many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican need a tremendous amount of media training. Far too many of them blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Far too many of them a) do NOT keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists, b) do NOT want me to know about their press conferences and other events and activities, c) do NOT want me to promote their events and other activities, d) do NOT want me to attend their press conferences and other events, e) do NOT want me to ask questions at their press conferences and other events, f) do NOT want me to speak with other reporters or anyone else at their press conferences and other events, and g) do NOT want me to report on their press conferences and other events and activities. Far too many of them blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000. Far too many of them hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT a legitimate reporter or journalist. Far too many of them talk and/or act like they have been advised that the more that you demonize, denigrate, and condemn Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, the money and votes that you will get.)
http://www.macstrategiesgroup.com/our-services
(FROM A RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Working with the media is an integral part of any communications and advocacy program. Relationships with reporters shouldn’t be viewed as combative, but instead, interdependent. The media can help amplify your message and communicate to a wider-reaching audience, while media professionals are often times seeking an expert source for information. Our media training team (featured in the picture here), includes Emmy and Peabody-award winning former journalists, regularly prepares clients for press conferences, editorial board appearances and live interviews to help them feel more comfortable when speaking with reporters and answering questions on the record.)

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— GAO growing cyber staff even if Congress doesn’t revive Tech Assessment office – Jory Heckman
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2019/02/gao-growing-cyber-staff-even-if-congress-doesnt-revive-tech-assessment-office/

 

DAILY MAIL
— ‘Have you taken a trip to the Hanoi Hilton yet?’ Meghan McCain trolls Trump after president mocks ‘Da Nang Dick’ Blumenthal saying ‘I have now spent more time in Vietnam than him’ – even though both men avoided the war – ARIEL ZILBER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most for my seeking and getting a) four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and b) a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. Most of them were my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government. But some are/were religious, conservative, and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6753589/Meghan-McCain-trolls-Trump-president-mocks-Da-Nang-Dick-Blumenthal-Vietnam-claims.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meghan McCain, co-host of The View and daughter of late Senator John McCain, hit out at President Trump on Wednesday. She reacted to Trump’s tweet in which he mocked Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. Trump has repeatedly referred to Blumenthal as ‘Da Nang Dick’ over the Democratic senator’s false claims that he served in Vietnam. ‘I have now spent more time in Vietnam than Da Nang Dick Blumenthal,’ Trump tweeted on Wednesday. Meghan McCain replied: ‘Have you taken a trip to the Hanoi Hilton yet?’ The Hanoi Hilton is where her father was held captive by the North Vietnamese after his plane was shot down during the war. Trump has slammed Blumenthal for his claims about serving in Vietnam – even though Trump himself received multiple deferments and avoided service.)

February 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump wooing Pritzker: Calls him ‘friend’ at White House, taps him for panel – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-wooing-jb-pritzker-calls-him-friend-white-house-taps-him-for-panel/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DeVos overhaul could make campus sex misconduct harder to prove. Will that protect the accused or silence accusers? – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want members of the following groups to be presumed to be guilty as charged: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-campus-sex-assault-title-ix-guidelines-devos-20190123-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Library officials called short-sighted in Vernon Hills – Rick Kambic (DIERSEN: Who calls you short-sighted? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes call me short-sighted. They want me to see everything their way.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/vernon-hills/news/ct-vhr-vernon-hills-library-project-tl-0228-story.html

 

ABC7
— Man plans to spend retirement at the Holiday Inn because it’s cheaper (DIERSEN: My 88-year-old aunt is paying $252 per day at an assisted living facility.)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/man-plans-holiday-inn-retirement-because-its-cheaper/5157421/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Robison wrote on Facebook that the average cost of nursing home care is about $188 per day. A long-term stay with a senior discount at Holiday Inn, on the other hand, is $59.23 per day. “That leaves $128.77 a day for lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service, laundry, gratuities and special TV movies,” he wrote. “Plus, they provide a spa, swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc.” The benefits of Holiday Inn, Robison added, also include free toothpaste, razors, shampoo and soap. An additional $5 a day in tips will “have the entire staff scrambling to help you” as well, he wrote. “They treat you like a customer, not a patient,” he said. Holiday Inn also provides a spa, swimming pool, gym, lounge and washer-dryers, but the amenities don’t stop there. The location where Robison checked out reservations has a city bus stop right in front, where seniors can ride for free. In addition, guests can “take the airport shuttle bus” to eat at one of the restaurants at the local airport for “a change of scenery,” he wrote. From there, they can take a flight to another Holiday Inn as well, he mused. “You’re not stuck in one place forever — you can move from Inn or Inn, or even from city to city,” he wrote. The competition to find a comfortable room isn’t as steep either, Robison wrote. “It takes months to get into decent nursing homes,” he wrote. “Holiday Inn will take your reservation today.” The maintenance is virtually nonexistent, Robison figured. “TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem,” Robison wrote. “They fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience.” Robison did not mention what kind of health he is in, but said staff like a security guard or maid could check to see if he is OK as well as call an ambulance or an undertaker, whichever is needed. “If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life,” he wrote, adding that he’d face his “golden age” with “a grin.” A representative for InterContinental Hotels Group, which Holiday Inn is a subsidiary of, did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.)

 

WTTW
— Illinois Senate Democratic, Republican Leaders on Budget Priorities – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2019/02/25/illinois-senate-democratic-republican-leaders-budget-priorities

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield mayoral candidates talk race – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats blame Republicans for all problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190225/springfield-mayoral-candidates-talk-race

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Central Illinois lawmaker Tim Butler proposes change to how state allocates presidential electoral votes – GRANT MORGAN
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/central-illinois-lawmaker-proposes-change-to-how-state-allocates-presidential/article_c0edde4a-b625-5662-9347-b921a84ede0a.html

 

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Thomas More Society says Illinois could become ‘Abortion Capital of America’ Conservative legal group outlines objections to reproductive rights proposal – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Pro-life-law-firm-says-Illinois-could-become-13642779.php

 

BUGLE
— Downers Grove Firefighters back Olsen for Mayor – Ryan Ostry (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, what endorsements would you seek? I would seek endorsements from organizations, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. that defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, and especially their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://buglenewspapers.com/downers-grove-firefighters-back-olsen-for-mayor

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to curry favor with women who hate men, men promote hatred of men.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/entertainment/article/Book-World-The-Trouble-With-Men-offers-an-13642885.php

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Dems block Senate GOP bill designed to protect infants who survive abortions – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/dems-block-senate-gop-bill-on-infants-surviving-abortions

 

WGEM
– Iowa business leaders seek federal fixes to immigration issues – AP
https://wgem.com/2019/02/25/business-leaders-seek-federal-fixes-to-immigration-issues/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Substitute teacher who opted out of Chicago Teachers Union saw no benefit in membership – Robert Hadley (DIERSEN: I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. Even though I was a Republican and a draft avoider, those unions defended me against my Democrat superiors.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511785422-substitute-teacher-who-opted-out-of-chicago-teachers-union-saw-no-benefit-in-membership

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pritzker pushes repeal of tax deduction cap critics say subsidizes high-tax states – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-pushes-repeal-of-tax-deduction-cap-critics-say-subsidizes/article_d3759688-394b-11e9-92ee-bb7daabda34d.html

 

GOPUSA
— Jorge Ramos, Univision, experience Socialism first hand
http://www.gopusa.com/jorge-ramos-univision-experience-socialism-first-hand/
— Microsoft workers protest nearly $480M military deal that provides jobs (DIERSEN: What percent of “Microsoft workers” are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/microsoft-workers-protest-nearly-480m-military-deal-that-provides-jobs/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats call Trump’s plan to fund border wall a ‘mockery of the federal budget process’ – Lauren Meier
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/25/dems-slam-trump-plan-use-defense-dollars-wall/
— Jorge Ramos, Univision anchorman and Trump campaign nemesis, detained in Venezuela Released after three hours over questions Maduro disliked; team’s equipment confiscated – Victor Morton (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Maduro-type activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/25/jorge-ramos-univision-anchorman-detained-venezuela/
— Left the intolerant ones – JACK LEBO, Haymarket, Va.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/25/letters-to-the-editor-left-the-intolerant-ones/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats block bill to ensure medical care for abortion survivors – Kimberly Leonard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/democrats-block-bill-to-ensure-medical-care-for-abortion-survivors
— George Washington University to host debate tournament excluding men – John Patrick
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/george-washington-university-to-host-debate-tournament-excluding-men
— Bernie Sanders scores early endorsement from Senate colleagues – Naomi Lim (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, what endorsements would you seek? I would seek endorsements from organizations, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. that defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, and especially their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bernie-sanders-scores-early-endorsement-from-senate-colleagues

 

TOWNHALL
— Left’s Latest Demand: Race-Based Reparations – Pat Buchanan (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://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2019/02/26/lefts-latest-demand-racebased-reparations-n2542192
— Why Do Blacks and Leftists Wish the Attack on Smollett Happened? – Dennis Prager
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2019/02/26/why-do-blacks-and-leftists-wish-the-attack-on-smollett-happened-n2542201
— Bernie’s Bolshevik Bona Fides – Robert Knight
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2019/02/26/bernies-bolshevik-bona-fides-n2542149
— Media Response to Trump’s Initiative To Defend Gay Human Rights Riddled With Hypocrisy – Christian Whiton
https://townhall.com/columnists/christianwhiton/2019/02/26/media-response-to-trumps-initiative-to-defend-gay-human-rights-riddled-with-hypocrisy-n2542204

 

NUMBERS USA
— Make E-Verify the Norm, Not the Exception – Dr. Mark Thies
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/op-ed-make-e-verify-norm-not-exception

 

SEAN HANNITY
— New Bill Would Make Illinois Most ‘Abortion-Friendly’ in the Nation, Permit ‘Self-Abortions’
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/report-new-bill-would-make-illinois-most-abortion-friendly-in-the-nation-permit-self-abortions/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Lesson Of Jussie Smollett Isn’t To Be More Skeptical Of Hate Crimes, But To Be More Credulous – Ian Schwartz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups commit hate crimes: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/25/tucker_carlson_lesson_of_jussie_smollett_isnt_to_be_more_skeptical_of_hate_crimes_but_to_be_more_credulous.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby — or Have You? – MICHAEL WALSH (DIERSEN: Were you draft bait? I was draft bait 1966-1971. Employers are extremely reluctant to hire, to retain, or to promote those who are draft bait. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970. During 1970 and 1971, potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved. Consequently, in August of 1970, I took the only job that was offered me, a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/youve-come-a-long-way-baby-or-have-you/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Anti-Trump congressman Kinzinger comes out in support of president’s emergency declaration – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/antitrump_congressmen_comes_out_in_support_of_presidents_emergency_declaration.html


— Harry Reid on Trump: ‘I just have trouble accepting him as a person’ – J. Marsolo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/harry_reid_on_trump_i_just_have_trouble_accepting_him_as_a_person.html

 

AMERICA GREATNESS
— Media Wolves and Their Sheep’s Clothing – Julie Kelly
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/25/media-wolves-and-their-sheeps-clothing/
— Why Do Blacks and Leftists Wish the Attack on Smollett Happened? – Dennis Prager
https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/25/why-do-blacks-and-leftists-wish-the-attack-on-smollett-happened/

 

BREITBART
— Study: Chicago’s Middle Class ‘Almost Gone,’ Majority Either Rich or Poor – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/25/study-chicagos-middle-class-almost-gone-majority-either-rich-or-poor/
— ‘Fund That Wall’ Demonstrators Speak Out at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/25/fund-wall-demonstrators-speak-1600-pennsylvania-ave/
— Former GOP Lawmakers Demand Congress Terminate Trump’s National Emergency at Border – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/25/former-gop-lawmakers-demand-congress-terminate-trumps-national-emergency-at-border/

 

BLAZE
— There is at least one tribe willing to accept Elizabeth Warren as a member It’s not likely one you’ve heard of – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: What is you ancestry? According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. To what extent would the leaders of the aforesaid groups accept me?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/there-is-at-least-one-tribe-willing-to-accept-elizabeth-warren-as-a-member

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHY DO BLACKS WISH ATTACK ON SMOLLETT HAPPENED? Dennis Prager asserts, ‘The left … is morally and psychologically impaired’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/why-do-blacks-wish-attack-on-smollett-happened/
— OCASIO-CORTEZ: ‘IS IT OK TO STILL HAVE CHILDREN?’ Limbaugh:’She is tremendously deficient in maturity development’ – JOE KOVACS
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/ocasio-cortez-is-it-ok-to-still-have-children/
— DEMS’ 2020 CENSUS GOAL: TURN PURPLE STATES BLUE Rich Logis has 3 options for party hoping illegals will be counted next year
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/dems-2020-census-goal-turn-purple-states-blue/

 

DAILY CALLER
— BORN-ALIVE SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT FAILS IN THE SENATE – Grace Carr
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/25/senate-born-alive-act-abortion/
— ROBIN ROBERTS: THERE WERE ‘RED FLAGS’ IN THE SMOLLETT CASE – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/25/gma-roberts-smollett-hate-crime/

 

LIBERTY HEADLINES
— ICE Raids Outrage Liberals, But Don’t Bother Legal Immigrants – Lionel Parrott
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/charlotte-ice-legal-immigrant/

 

CHRISTIAN TODAY
— Christian campaigners accuse Government of downgrading marriage and sidelining parents
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian-campaigners-accuse-government-of-downgrading-marriage-and-sidelining-parents/131875.htm

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Senate bill to stop infanticide of born-alive babies fails as Democrats oppose – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-senate-votes-53-44-to-end-infanticide-of-born-alive-babies-but-fai
— Are US bishops afraid of disciplining dissident Catholic political leaders? – Fr. Michael P. Orsi
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/are-us-bishops-afraid-of-disciplining-dissident-catholic-political-leaders
— Gay author with Vatican connections names who’s allegedly helping Pope homosexualize Church – Jeanne Smits
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-author-with-vatican-connections-names-whos-allegedly-helping-pope-homos
— Prominent journal retracts 2014 study hailed as proof gays suffer poor health due to social stigma – Doug Mainwaring (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, unless you promote LGBTQ activity, you will be barred from getting an education, barred from getting a job, barred from etc.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/prominent-journal-retracts-2014-study-hailed-as-proof-gays-suffer-poor-heal
— Southern Poverty Law Center forgets how much ‘hate’ Democrats have for unborn babies, Christianity – STEPHEN KOKX
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/far-left-law-centers-report-forgets-how-much-hate-democrats-have-for-unborn

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— ABC Gives Dictator Maduro Megaphone to Spread Lies, Bash America With Impunity – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/02/25/abc-gives-dictator-maduro-megaphone-spread-lies-bash-america

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Syracuse mum on rejecting conservative club for requiring members to praise the Constitution Conservatives are ‘inflammatory’ but socialists are not? – MAGGIE MALECKI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/syracuse-mum-on-rejecting-conservative-club-for-requiring-members-to-praise-the-constitution/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— UW-Madison compares migrant crisis to Nazi Germany – Victoria Snitsar
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11914

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Do Some People Wish the Attack on Smollett Happened? – DENNIS PRAGER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/jussie-smollett-case-left-believes-america-racist/

 

EPOCH NEWS
— Woman Assaults Man Wearing ‘MAGA’ Hat at Restaurant, Video Shows – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/woman-assaults-man-wearing-maga-hat-at-restaurant-video-shows_2815055.html

 

HILL REPORTER
— Trump Jr: You’d Be Shot If You Wore a MAGA Hat in Chicago – TODD NEIKIRK
https://hillreporter.com/trump-jr-youd-be-shot-if-you-wore-a-maga-hat-in-chicago-25643

 

THE HILL
— Drag queens hold protest at border, raise funds for LGBT asylum seekers – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/431462-drag-queens-hold-protest-at-border-to-protest-wall-and-raise-funds

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Soon, if not already, unless you promote LGBTQ activity, you will be barred from getting an education, barred from getting a job, barred from etc.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gop-lawmaker-backtracks-anti-gay-bill-after-daughter-publicly-shames-n975876

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Chicago, Seeking a New Mayor, Sees Many Black Residents Voting With Their Feet – Monica Davey
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/chicago-mayoral-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want America to give money to countries that illegally send their citizens to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/opinion/trump-central-america.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/opinion/trump-democrats-2020.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to curry favor with women who hate men, men promote hatred of men.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-trouble-with-men-offers-an-intimate-look-at-its-subject/2019/02/22/b569e4e4-3457-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that only bad people bristle.
https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-jorge-ramos-univision-captive-venezuela-20190225-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Venezuelan government briefly detained Jorge Ramos, the star Spanish-language television journalist, during an interview with the country’s embattled president, Nicolas Maduro. Ramos and the Univision News television crew accompanying him were subsequently released. The journalists were detained nearly three hours at Venezuela’s presidential palace after Maduro bristled over Ramos’ questions, a Univision News representative said late Monday. “They have now been released, but their equipment and interview material has been confiscated,” Univision News spokesman Jose Zamora said in an email to The Times. “They will be deported from Venezuela in the morning. It has been a clear attack against freedom of the press.”)

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— SHOULD THERE BE AN AGE CAP ON THE PRESIDENT? Some argue Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are too old to be president. Would an age maximum requirement be legal? – JARED KELLER (DIERSEN: How old are you? Do you promote age discrimination? All my critics/opponents, all their dupes, and all their operatives promote age discrimination big time a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://psmag.com/social-justice/should-there-be-an-age-cap-on-the-president

 

NWAH
— “Heaven Has Strict Laws, Hell Has Open Borders,” Local Church Marquee Reads – Kelly O’Neill
https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/-heaven-has-strict-laws-hell-has-open-borders-local-church-marquee-reads/1810386408

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— No One Listening? Maybe You’re the Problem Listeners typically shoulder the blame for disconnected conversations, distracted by screens and multitasking. But communication experts say talkers should examine their own actions, too. – Elizabeth Bernstein (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They stress those organizations, 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 that claim to be conservative and/or Republican a) that do NOT encourage me to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out, b) that do NOT encourage anyone to read the emails, c) that DISCOURAGE me from putting the emails together and sending them out, and/or d) that DISCOURAGE everyone from reading the emails. Organizations that they would cite would include the Illinois Conservative Union, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party. Many, if not virtually all, members of organizations only read what the officers of those organizations tell them to read.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-one-listening-maybe-youre-the-problem-11551105839
— Bernie Sanders Needs to Move Left He no longer stands out now that Democrats have all embraced his ideas. – Ted Rall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-needs-to-move-left-11551137743

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, companies a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-26/republicans-face-a-test-on-same-sex-marriage

 

FORBES
— This Demographic Will Drive Interior Design And Trends In Coming Years – Megy Karydes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/megykarydes/2019/02/25/this-demographic-will-drive-interior-design-and-trends-in-coming-years/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-tweet-spike-lee-racist-cnn-oscar-speech-1343583

 

MOTHER JONES
— Trump Just Lost Another Election In California The state Republican Party just picked a new leader. Pro-Trump diehards aren’t happy. – BRYAN SCHATZ
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/trump-just-lost-another-election-in-california/

 

REGISTER
— IBM so very, very sorry after jobs page casually asks hopefuls: Are you white, black… or yellow? Tech giants under fire? Hold my beer, says Big Blue as it spins up race slur recruitment websites – Katyanna Quach
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/26/ibm_racist_job_applications/

 

GUARDIAN
— Univision’s Jorge Ramos detained in Venezuela after Maduro interview, network says Anchor, who has reportedly been released, asked question embattled leader did not approve of, according to Univision executive – Joe Parkin Daniels (DIERSEN: If you want to demonize, denigrate, and condemn someone, you call them “combative.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would call me “combative.”)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/25/jorge-ramos-univision-detained-venezuela-maduro-interview
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Univision anchor Jorge Ramos has been detained in the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, the network announced on Monday evening. The Mexican-born journalist was interviewing Venezuela’s embattled president Nicolás Maduro when he and his crew were detained after asking a question the combative Maduro did not approve of, according to a tweet by the network’s US president, Daniel Coronell. The team’s equipment had also been confiscated, Coronell said. Coronell later said Ramos and his team had been released and he had spoken to the journalist. The equipment as well as the material that upset Maduro were confiscated. Reuters reported that Venezuela was going to deport the group. Ramos told Univision that the offending line of questioning came when he showed Maduro images taken on Ramos’ phone of Venezuelans eating out of the trash to prove people were living a humanitarian crisis. Ramos is arguably the best-known journalist in the Spanish-speaking world. He has gained particular notoriety for regularly locking horns with Donald Trump, who had him ejected from a press conference while on the campaign trail in 2015. The have since sparred over the US president’s proposed border wall among other contentious issues.)

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidate endorsements: What Democrat newspapers do – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com


(THE ARTICLE: To justify their endorsement of Democrat candidates, Democrat newspapers:

 

— Paint Republican candidates as being Trump-like, for example, they bristle, they get riled up, they are shortsighted, they argue an obscure point well past the point of usefulness, and they are combative;

 

— Downplay if not ignore strengths that Republican candidates have;

 

— Highlight if not stress weaknesses that Republican candidates have, for example, they have lost elections;

 

— Downplay if not ignore weaknesses that Democrat candidates have;

 

— Highlight if not stress strengths that Democrat candidates have, for example, they are unflappable, they get along;

 

— If a Republican candidate is White, male, and/or older, highlight that if not stress that;

 

— If a Democrat candidate is minority, female, and/or younger, highlight that if not stress that;

 

— If a Democrat candidate is White, male, and/or older, downplay if not ignore that; and

 

— If a Republican candidate is minority, female, and/or younger, downplay if not ignore that.)

February 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Nancy Pelosi clap at SOTU has social media talking (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who are nice to me in public, but do everything that they can behind my back to destroy me.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/nancy-pelosi-clap-at-sotu-has-social-media-talking/5123317/

 

WGN TV
— EPA finds high levels of cancer-causing chemicals near suburban Sterigenics plant – PATRICK ELWOOD
https://wgntv.com/2019/02/05/epa-finds-high-levels-of-cancer-causing-chemicals-near-suburban-sterigenics-plant/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: U.S. prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–border-wall-texas-20190204-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: ‘Affordable’ housing should make up 20% of new units in Naperville’s Fifth Avenue project, commission says – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-affordable-housing-commission-fifth-avenue-st-0206-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Using the standard set by the Illinois Housing Development Authority, an affordable sale price of a home is $133,083, which is based on 80 percent of the area median income ($63,328), or $50,662. Rental prices are based on 60 percent of area median income, which is $37,996, making the affordable rental price $950.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s moment of truth: A nod to ‘more women serving in Congress than ever’ – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/06/lgbtq-millennials-family-building-parenthood/2762221002/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Is $2.8 million too much for Maine Township to hold in reserve? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190206/is-28-million-too-much-for-maine-township-to-hold-in-reserve
— Online’s ‘walled gardens’ must stop assuming real news is free – David Chavern
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190206/onlines-walled-gardens-must-stop-assuming-real-news-is-free
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world’s best distribution platforms and could be an answer for journalism instead of a grave threat. As readers have shifted to digital sources, the two companies have taken a large majority of online advertising revenue. More important, the platforms now act as “regulators” of the news business — determining what information gets delivered to whom, and when. With the flick of an algorithmic finger, those two companies decide what news you see and whether a publisher lives or dies. The impact on journalism has been clear. Just within the past week, we have seen over 1,000 planned layoffs at Gannett, BuzzFeed and HuffPost, and no one thinks we are anywhere near the end. Facebook and Google’s answer so far has been to pledge to spend $300 million each over the next three years to help journalism. But that money will be dribbled across a huge news landscape, and much of it will undoubtedly be used to encourage further use of Facebook and Google products. But such investments amount to charity, and charity will never be the answer. What news publishers really need are active partners who are willing to embrace the idea that quality journalism sustains our civic society and that the answer to bad information is more good information. We can start with the fact that “free” isn’t a good business model for quality journalism. Facebook and Google flatly refuse to pay for news even though they license many other types of content. Both companies have deals to pay music publishers when copyrighted songs play on their platforms. And the companies also aggressively bid to stream live sports and entertainment content to run on Facebook Watch and YouTube. These deals are varied and often secret, but none of them are based on “free.” Why are the platforms so unwilling to pay news publishers for access to the quality journalism that users need and value? There’s no reason those who produce the news shouldn’t enjoy the same intellectual property protections as songwriters and producers (regulators in Europe are looking at replicating some of these safeguards for journalism).)

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Quad-Cities Chamber opposes plan to raise Illinois minimum wage to $15 – Sarah Ritter
https://qctimes.com/business/quad-cities-chamber-opposes-plan-to-raise-illinois-minimum-wage/article_f76ab94a-c623-50fc-bb6e-48e8cfbcf89d.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local Congress members’ reactions to Trump’s speech
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190205/local-congress-members-reactions-to-trumps-speech

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Lawmakers for Central Illinois praise, criticize Trump’s address – DEREK BEIGH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-for-central-illinois-praise-criticize-trump-s-address/article_1a4290ce-7077-594a-a4b5-79fe5204bba1.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Reaction to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190205/reaction-to-president-donald-trumps-state-of-union-address

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Kinzinger on shutdown: ‘We all saw how pointless it was’ Congressman, local rep air opinions leading up to State of Union address – CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/02/05/kinzinger-on-shutdown-we-all-saw-how-pointless-it-was/agg2rgk/

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Effort to raise tobacco purchase age to 21 moves to Illinois Senate floor, over GOP objections – REBECCA ANZEL
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/effort-to-raise-tobacco-purchase-age-to-moves-to-illinois/article_e204b6a5-ffeb-5920-a0f0-3666825c9ccb.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Rodney Davis statement on Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article225562530.html
— John Shimkus statement on Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article225562360.html
— Mike Bost statement on Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article225561930.html
— Dick Durbin statement on Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article225561670.html

 

BENTON NEWS
— Southern Illinoisans upset with gun laws: More than 400 turn out for legislative town hall in Marion – HOLLY KEE
http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/news/20190205/southern-illinoisans-upset-with-gun-laws–more-than-400-turn-out-for-legislative-town-hall-in-marion

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Clapping, Sleeping And Serenading: The State Of The Union’s Evocative Moments – MILES PARKS
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/clapping-sleeping-and-serenading-state-unions-evocative-moments#stream/0
— Here’s How Trump Tried To Win Women Over In His State Of The Union – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I should write a book about a) the most hate-filled women in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and b) their operatives and their dupes.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/heres-how-trump-tried-win-women-over-his-state-union#stream/0
— As Goes Journalism, So Goes the Community (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I am NOT a “credentialed journalist” a) because no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are free and do not contain pictures, c) because www.gopillinois.com contains no advertising or pictures, d) because I do not have a degree in journalism, e) because I am conservative, f) because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and g) because many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican treat me like I am not a “credentialed journalist.” In fact, the aforesaid viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as being a fraud and even worse things. The aforesaid glorify and praise, pander to, and give scoops to the Democrat news media, and especially to Rich Miller. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/attend-goes-journalism-so-goes-community#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The number of news reporters has been declining for years – in print and broadcast, and markets of all sizes. One need only look at the Illinois State House Press Corps, whose numbers have dwindled from several dozen full-time, year-round reporters to a handful of credentialed journalists today, or the decreased size of local media news staff, to see the trend in our area. What’s the impact on you – and the community? Research shows that fewer journalists mean less accountability of public officials. Add to that the current environment in which reporters do their work, which is more challenging than ever for a variety of reasons.)

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Abrams in Democratic State of the Union response: ‘Together, we are coming for America’ – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/democratic-response-offers-stacey-abrams-a-risky-moment-in-national-spotlight

 

WREX
— Local lawmakers weigh in on State of the Union Address
https://wrex.com/category/2019/02/05/local-lawmakers-weigh-in-on-state-of-the-union-address/

 

WFMY
— Female lawmakers wear suffragette white to State of the Union in support of their ‘hard-earned rights’ Suffragettes in the 20th century wore white as they protested for the right to vote. – Samantha Kubota
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-world/female-lawmakers-wear-suffragette-white-to-state-of-the-union-in-support-of-their-hard-earned-rights/507-a0cd0cef-4c83-4e9e-8fa7-c9e71e61db89

 

WIBC
— Christian University Cancels Ben Shapiro Speech for ‘Unity’ – Tony Katz
https://www.wibc.com/blogs/tony-katz/tony-katz-today/christian-university-cancels-ben-shapiro-speech-unity

 

WSIL TV
— State’s attorney Brandon Zanotti takes stand against gun law – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39913745/states-attorney-takes-stand-against-gun-law
— Lawmakers react to State of the Union – Elizabeth Taylor
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39913692/lawmakers-react-to-state-of-the-union

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— WAGE BILL tensions – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: If you had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars when you were young, what would you have done with that money? I did not start earning $15/hour in today’s dollars until I was 18 in September of 1966. I earned far less than $15/hour in today’s dollars when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; and cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. If had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars 1962-1966, I probably would have bought a new loaded 1966 Pontiac GTO in 1966 instead of the new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I bought.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/02/06/wage-bill-tensions-enyiain-the-hot-seat-mendoza-preckwinkle-tangle-over-sex-harassment-387787

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushes want Durbin to push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/06/durbin-falls-for-junk-science/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump vows victory on southern border wall: ‘I will get it built’ – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-vows-victory-on-southern-border-wall-i-will-get-it-built
— Stacey Abrams left it open for Americans to see: Democrats want open borders – Eddie Scarry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/stacey-abrams-left-it-open-for-americans-to-see-democrats-want-open-borders
— Ann Coulter pans Trump’s State of the Union speech: ‘Fire your speechwriter’ – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ann-coulter-pans-trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-fire-your-speechwriter
— In the room: Trump calls for bipartisanship — and gets cheers and grumpiness from both sides – Steven Nelson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/in-the-room-trump-calls-for-bipartisanship-and-gets-cheers-and-grumpiness-from-both-sides
— For Reagan’s birthday, commit to redefeating socialism – Michael Reagan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/for-reagans-birthday-commit-to-redefeating-socialism

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s push for more legal immigrants conflicts with policies – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: The more immigrants that are admitted legally, the more immigrants that will come illegally.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/6/donald-trumps-push-more-legal-immigrants-conflicts/
— Illegal immigrants sent to jail at a rate 4 times higher than U.S. citizens: study Backs Trump’s case for cutting crime – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: By being in America illegally, you shout your disrespect for a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/study-finds-high-rates-of-prison-jail-for-illegals/
— No mention of emergency declaration in Trump border wall pitch – David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/border-wall-emergency-declaration-missing-donald-t/
— Elizabeth Warren claimed ‘American Indian’ race on State Bar of Texas registration card – Victor Morton (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/elizabeth-warren-claimed-american-indian-race-stat/
— Covington Catholic teen begins legal battle against media, celebrities – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: A big reason why I did not sue Money Magazine for defamation in 1978 was my terrible demographics. I have never had “jury appeal.” In 1978, I was an IRS employee earning $89,178/year in today’s dollars who was White, male, Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, conservative, Republican, gun owner, draft avoider, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844. I had bought a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1976, a studio condo in that building in 1974, a new town home in University Park in 1972, a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, a new 1969 Dodge Charges SE in 1968, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966. I was taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/covington-catholic-teen-begins-legal-battle-agains/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attorneys for Covington junior Nick Sandmann made a splash this week when they sent letters to 54 news outlets, lawmakers, celebrities, media figures and Catholic institutions asking them to preserve information related to the episode and warning of a possible lawsuit. “There was a rush by the media to believe what it wanted to believe versus what actually happened,” attorney Todd McMurtry told The Cincinnati Enquirer. Libel and defamation cases are notoriously difficult to win, but Mr. McMurtry is working with famed attorney L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, who represented the family of 1996 murder victim JonBenet Ramsey as well as Richard Jewell, the falsely accused Olympic Park bomber. “I think the whole fighting-back part benefits Sandmann in some way, to restore his reputation in the court of public opinion as well as in the court of law,” said Clay Calvert, who teaches media law at the University of Florida.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Ann Coulter blasts Trump for ‘lamest, sappiest’ SOTU ever – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ann-coulter-blasts-trump-for-lamest-sappiest-most-intentionally-tear-jerking-sotu-ever
— Democrats unmoved by Trump’s State of the Union bid to break gridlock on border security – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-unmoved-by-trumps-state-of-the-union-bid-to-break-gridlock-on-border-security

 

NUMBERS USA
— Trump makes strong case for more fencing without offering amnesties or more foreign workers to get it – Roy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/trump-makes-strong-case-more-fencing-without-offering-amnesties-or-more-foreign-workers-get-it

 

DAILY CALLER
— ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ REFUSES TO APPLAUD MUCH OF ANYTHING AT SOTU — TWITTER TOOK NOTICE – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/05/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-refused-applaud-sotu/
— DEMOCRATS DIDN’T CLAP AS TRUMP TOUTED AMERICAN ENERGY BOOM IN SOTU – Michael Bastasch
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/05/democrats-energy-sotu-clap/

 

TOWNHALL
— Stacey Abrams SOTU Response Was Bizarre (And It’s Based on Lies) – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/02/06/stacey-abrams-sotu-response-was-bizarre-and-a-based-on-lies-n2540867

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s SOTU reveals the angry ladies of the left – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/trumps_sotu_reveals_the_angry_ladies_of_the_left.html
— Rapists, Pedophiles, and the Border Emergency – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/rapists_pedophiles_and_the_border_emergency.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Hispanics Set to Outnumber Blacks in 2020 – Selwyn Duke (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31414-white-electorate-dying-hispanics-set-to-outnumber-blacks-in-2020
— Illegals More Likely To Be Jailed Than Citizens, Legal Immigrants – R. Cort Kirkwood (DIERSEN: By being in America illegally, you shout your disrespect for a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/31413-report-busts-myth-illegals-more-likely-to-be-jailed-than-citizens-legal-immigrants

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— ‘Immoral’ Wall Talk is Just Code for Open Borders – Andrew I. Fillat and Henry I. Miller
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/05/immoral-wall-talk-is-just-code-for-open-borders/

 

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Radical New Democrats Big Spenders
http://americanfreepress.net/radical-new-democrats-big-spenders/

 

BREITBART
— Nearly 300K Criminal Illegal Aliens Arrested Over Two Years – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-yes-nearly-300k-criminal-illegal-aliens-arrested-over-two-years/
— Stacey Abrams Is Wrong, Democrat Plan Opens Border to All Child Traffickers – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-stacey-abrams-is-wrong-democrat-plan-opens-border-to-all-child-traffickers/
— Trump Is Right, Americans Are Killed Every Year by Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-trump-is-right-americans-are-killed-every-year-by-illegal-aliens/
— Illegal Aliens Up to 5X More Likely To Be in Prison Than Americans – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/study-illegal-aliens-up-to-5x-more-likely-to-be-in-prison-than-americans/
— Trump Slams Northam’s Abortion Comments at SOTU Preview – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/report-donald-trump-slams-northams-abortion-comments-at-sotu-preview/
— CBS Poll: 72 Percent of SOTU Viewers Approve of Trump’s Immigration Stance – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/cbs-poll-72-percent-approve-trump-immigration-stance/

 

GOPUSA
— Alien caravan reaches town on Texas border
http://www.gopusa.com/alien-caravan-reaches-town-on-texas-border/
— Conservative Black Female Star Parker Responds to the State of the Union
http://www.gopusa.com/conservative-black-female-responds-to-the-state-of-the-union/
— State of the Union? Kermit Gosnell could be governor of Virginia
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64665

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Catholic mom begs US bishops: ‘Stand up and lead us’ – Dorothy Cummings
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-mom-begs-us-bishops-stand-up-and-lead

 

CITY JOURNAL
— The Methuselah Annuity Public employees are living longer than expected, deepening the state pension crisis. – Steven Malanga (DIERSEN: Because of my Democrat GAO superiors, the Civil Service Retirement System has already given me $1,141,851 in today’s dollars, and I am only 70 years old.)
https://www.city-journal.org/state-pensions-mortality-rates

 

ROLL CALL
— Shelby: Trump SOTU didn’t move the needle on border security talks Senate Appropriations chairman was still looking ahead to meeting with experts on Wednesday – Niels Lesniewski
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/shelby-trump-sotu-didnt-move-needle-border-security-talks

 

THE HILL
— Trump veers between comity, confrontation at raucous State of the Union – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428654-trump-veers-between-comity-confrontation-at-raucous-state-of-the

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Mitch McConnell Attacks The Volunteer Backbone Of Elections The Senate Republican leader implied poll workers are lazy and corrupt. – Paul Blumenthal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear a) that they are moral relativists, b) that they believe that their end justifies their means, and c) that they have done, are doing, and will do ANYTHING to elect Democrats.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-for-the-people-act_us_5c5a0c73e4b09293b209343c

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The country is in desperate need of more volunteer poll workers, who spend 14- to 15-hour days making sure people can exercise their right to vote. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is claiming Democrats’ effort to get more federal workers to help is actually a corrupt scheme to steal elections. The Democrats’ proposal is part of a major voting rights, campaign finance and ethics reform bill that McConnell has railed against for weeks. Along with making Election Day a federal holiday, the For The People Act would give federal workers up to six days off to train and work the polls for elections. “This is the Democrat plan to restore democracy?” McConnell asked. “A brand-new week of paid vacation for every federal employee who would like to hover around while you cast your ballot?” McConnell’s implication is clear: working the polls is an easy job that presents the opportunity for corrupt interference.)

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “More than half will definitely vote against Trump.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/05/trump-poll-2020-elections-1146160

 

CNN
— Trump calls for rejection of ‘politics of revenge’ in speech that jabs Democrats – Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/politics/state-of-the-union-address/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Pelosi quiets Democrats booing Trump over caravan House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quieted down frustrated Democrats who were hissing over President Trump’s warnings about “caravans” of immigrants on the border. As the boos grew when Trump warned about “large organized caravans” who are “on the march to the United States,” Pelosi put up her hand, quickly silencing her colleagues.
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/pelosi-quiets-democrats-booing-trump-over-caravan-n967996
— Ocasio-Cortez says Trump seemed ‘unprepared’ for address
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/ocasio-cortez-says-trump-seemed-unprepared-address-n968116

 

UPI
— Mexico sends mixed signals about U.S. returning asylum seekers – Patrick Timmons
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/02/06/Mexico-sends-mixed-signals-about-US-returning-asylum-seekers/6731549396389/

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Trump boosts hopes of immigration hardliners by sticking to tough talk on wall – FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article225553295.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— State of the Union Fact Check: What Trump Got Right and Wrong President Trump appeared in front of a joint session of Congress for the annual address. Here is how his remarks stacked up against the facts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/us/politics/fact-check-state-of-the-union.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to destroy the traditional family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/style/the-edit-normal-unconventional-family.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat crow about their success in getting Americans who live along the border to be anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/border-wall-caravan-mexico.html
— The American Dream Is Alive and Well Most people in this country say that they are living it — but what they mean by the phrase might surprise you – Samuel Adrams (DIERSEN: Democrats oppose everything that is traditional. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote socialism, if not communism, if not dictatorship.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/opinion/american-dream.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The “traditional” factors (at least as I had understood them) were seen as less important. Only 16 percent said that to achieve the American dream, they believed it was essential to “become wealthy,” only 45 percent said it was essential “to have a better quality of life than your parents,” and just 49 percent said that “having a successful career” was key.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Virginia Governor, Digging In, May hire Detective to Rebut Photo – Alan Blinder, Jonathan Martin and Trip Gabriel (DIERSEN: What about that Corvette?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/us/politics/governor-ralph-northam.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump shows he’s playing to win with bold State of the Union address – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/02/06/trump-shows-hes-playing-to-win-with-bold-state-of-the-union-address/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump uses State of the Union to defiantly defend his immigration agenda, announce date of next summit with North Korea’s Kim – Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner and Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trumps-2019-state-of-the-union-address/2019/02/05/d2dd57f4-28a4-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html
— In Democratic response, Abrams rebukes Trump and highlights parties’ contrasts – Vanessa Williams and Sean Sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democratic-response-to-trump-address-carries-risk/2019/02/05/2cd16a48-2954-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/06/lgbtq-millennials-family-building-parenthood/2762221002/
— White people are experts at identity politics but complain when blacks, Latinos follow. Donald Trump has made Latinos his presidential piñata. Is it any surprise that they might stick together to fight back? – Ruben Navarrette Jr. (DIERSEN: Did your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, or any of the rest of your ancestors pick on the Irish, pick on the Italians, pick on the Blacks, and/or pick on the Latinos? My ancestors did not. The first of my ancestors immigrated in 1844 from what is now Germany. They all lived in northeast Illinois, they all were Missouri Synod Lutherans, and none of them ever made enough money to pick on anyone, even if they wanted to.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/04/identity-politics-trump-julian-castro-stacey-abrams-beto-orourke-column/2733935002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Third, pick up a history book. Identity politics is as old as America itself. It was there in the early 1900s when John F. Fitzgerald served as mayor of Boston, and in 1946 when “Honey Fitz” helped his grandson, John F. Kennedy, get elected to Congress — with the help of Irish-American voters. It was there in the 1930s when Fiorello H. La Guardia reigned as mayor of New York City with support from Italian-Americans. Picked-on minorities get angry, then active Notice a trend? Both the Irish and the Italians knew what it was like to be scapegoated and picked on? They got angry, then they got active. It’s the American way.)
— New SALT tax deduction cap could turn big refund into big tax bill – Susan Tompor
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2019/02/06/taxes-2019-new-tax-deduction-cap-turn-refund-into-bill/2772856002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘I Was Young’ Isn’t an Excuse: Business Leaders Need to Revisit Yearbooks High-profile executives and business owners should conduct ‘opposition analysis’ on themselves to see if damaging pre-digital images could come to light – Lauren Weber and Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents use against you from when you were young? Mine would stress a) that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, b) that I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, c) that I attended Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, d) that I was confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962, e) that I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, f) that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964, g) that I washed dishes 1964-1966, h) that I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, i) that I delivered mail 1966-1969, j) that I worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970, k) that I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, l) that I pumped gasoline 1971-1972, m) that I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and n) that I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. But they would stress the most that I avoided the draft.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-likely-to-panic-about-old-yearbook-pics-business-leaders-11549376319
— Trump Seeks to Reset Border-Wall Debate President stops short of emergency declaration in his renewed call for a wall on the southern U.S. border – Rebecca Ballhaus and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-trump-state-of-the-union-2019-11549390001
— Trump Preaches Unity, Though Immigration Intrudes The question hovering over the State of the Union speech is whether it is possible to step around the immigration fight to avoid another shutdown – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-preaches-unity-though-immigration-intrudes-11549425799
— Abrams Targets Trump’s Immigration Policy in Democratic Response Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate blames president for government shutdown, hits GOP legislative efforts – Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/abrams-target-trumps-immigration-policy-in-democratic-response-11549428188
— Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Amplify Income Inequality Message New proposals explicitly aim for wealth redistribution, going beyond traditional safety-net programs – Michelle Hackman (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that they want government a) to take more money away from those who have more money and b) to give that money to those who have less money? I should write a book about the aforesaid in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that government should take far more money away from those a) who own a home, own a vehicle, own etc., b) who are in line to get a pension or are getting a pension, c) who saved money for their retirement, d) who avoided the draft, e) who did not have children, f) who did not adopt, g) who did not become foster parents, h) who do not own a dog, and i) who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-presidential-hopefuls-amplify-income-inequality-message-11549449000
— Democrats Love Diversity, Except When It Comes to Thought Their candidates work to extinguish any original ideas they might have held. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-love-diversity-except-when-it-comes-to-thought-11549411119
— Ignore My Socialism, Please! The Democratic election calendar says it’s time to bash business and the rich. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ignore-my-socialism-please-11549410591

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Cites ‘Moral Duty’ to Build Wall, Blasts ‘Partisan’ Probes – Shannon Pettypiece
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/trump-immigration-state-of-the-union#gs.6DP3zuGZ
— Trump Calls for ‘Smart, Strategic’ Barrier Along Southern Border – Michaela Ross
https://about.bgov.com/news/trump-calls-for-smart-strategic-barrier-along-southern-border/

 

USA TODAY
— Fact check: What Trump said (and didn’t) during his State of the Union address
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-what-trump-said-during-his-state-union-address/2780510002/

 

NPR
— California Attorney General Vows To Sue If Trump Uses Emergency Powers To Build Wall – Meg Anderson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats talk and act like a) they are paid agents for foreign countries, b) they hate America, and c) they want to destroy America.)
http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=691822669

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs 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. Needless-to-say, that is treasonous.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/current/trumps-dangerous-scapegoating-of-immigrants-at-the-state-of-the-union
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-state-of-the-union-is-partisan-warfare-and-trumps-empty-rhetoric-didnt-change-that

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump throws down gauntlet to Democrats on abortion by demanding ban on termination ‘of children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb’ – EMILY GOODIN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6672821/Trump-throws-gauntlet-Democrats-demanding-late-term-abortion-ban.html


— Trump does NOT wait for his CUE from Pelosi to start the State of the Union, but does offer to ‘end years of political stalemate’ IF he gets his way, then slams the Democrats on immigration, demands abortion clampdown and condemns socialism – DAVID MARTOSKO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6672199/We-work-says-Trump-uses-State-Union-call-bipartisan-unity.html

February 5 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE

— State of the Union  Tonight, at 9 p.m. ET, President Donald J. Trump will deliver his second State of the Union Address

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu/

 

ABC7
— State of the Union 2019: What time is Trump’s address Tuesday? 8:00 PM CST
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-of-the-union-2019-when-to-watch-trumps-address-/5120653/

 

NBC5
— State of the Union Guests: Who Illinois Lawmakers Invited to Trump’s Speech Illinois Dems keep focus on shutdown with State of the Union guests; GOP invites first responders – Benjamin Conboy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/state-of-the-union-guests-illinois-lawmakers-invited-to-trump-speech-505375041.html
— ‘Not Welcome in Chicago’: Emanuel Slams Ricketts’ Racist Emails Splinter News published a cache of emails Monday that appear to show the billionaire evaluating conspiracy theories and passing along chain emails disparaging people of various minority backgrounds – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/joe-ricketts-emails-rahm-emanuel-chicago-505369001.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Atheist to give invocation before start of DuPage County Board meeting in March – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-atheist-invocation-dupage-board-meeting-st-0206-story.html
— State of the Union: Bitter partisanship on full display hours before Trump’s address – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-state-of-the-union-address-20190205-story.html
— Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s sin looks more like obliviousness than racism – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-northam-blackface-racism-obliviousness-0206-20190205-story.html
— Yes, the Illinois Exodus is ‘as serious as a heart attack.’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in driving Republicans out of your neighborhood, out of your precinct, out of your municipality, out of your township/ward, and out of your county? I should write a book about those who take the lead in driving Republicans out of my neighborhood, out of my precinct, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, and out of DuPage County. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-exodus-illinois-taxes-new-york-cuomo-20190205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater uses Northam to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-northam-virginia-governor-trump-yearbook-blackface-0206-20190205-story.html
— Why Republican senators might stop Trump’s wall — it’s really about them – Noah Feldman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-trump-wall-republican-gop-senators-power-0206-20190205-story.html
— Leading Chicago business group proposes raising income taxes and taxing retirement income to fix Illinois’ finances
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-finances-civic-committee-20190205-story.html
— Over 60 percent of voters – including half of Republicans – support Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax, poll shows – Christopher Ingraham
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-warren-wealth-tax-poll-20190205-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Civic Committee recommends cuts, taxes and long-term planning to fix fiscal mess – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/civic-committee-report-state-budget-cuts-income-sales-taxes-pension-reform-retirement-income/
— City should annex suburbs, McCarthy says. No thanks, suburbs say – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/annex-suburbs-mayoral-candidate-garry-mccarthy/
— Joe Ricketts slammed by Rahm, local Muslim group over leaked racist emails – Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-emanuel-obama-joe-ricketts-racist-emails-birther-fan-reaction-chicago-cubs/
— State of the Union depressing for people who always need more – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/state-union-materialism-phil-kadner/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use illegals and federal employees to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190205/7-year-old-immigrant-and-federal-workers-from-suburbs-head-to-state-of-the-union-

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— City’s most elite biz group backs a big tax hike for state pensions The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club says the time for delay has ended, and urges $6 billion in tax hikes with no cuts in pension benefits. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/citys-most-elite-biz-group-backs-big-tax-hike-state-pensions

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chicago business leaders: Illinois must cut budget, raise taxes – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190205/chicago-business-leaders-illinois-must-cut-budget-raise-taxes
— Supporters push for passage of Tobacco 21 law in Illinois – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190205/supporters-push-for-passage-of-tobacco-21-law-in-illinois

 

MADISON RECORD
— Parents beware: Punishing kids may be too provocative under parental bullying legislation – Brian Brueggemann
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511757351-parents-beware-punishing-kids-may-be-too-provocative-under-parental-bullying-legislation

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Montini students participate in March for Life
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/02/05/montini-students-participate-in-march-for-life/a5xnllb/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Congressman Rodney Davis hopes Trump’s address inspires bipartisanship (DIERSEN: Bipartisanship is code for Republicans surrendering to Democrats, to Libertarians, and to Greens.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/congressman-rodney-davis-hopes-trumps-address-inspires-bipartisanship

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois failing most categories in annual state of tobacco control report – Coty Diaz (DIERSEN: If a state cannot control tobacco, it certainly cannot control pot.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/illinois-failing-most-categories-in-annual-state-of-tobacco-control-report/1756890302

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Ralph Northam, Democrats and the insanity of a circular firing squad – Bob Abrams
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-board-tirade/2019/02/ralph-northam-democrats/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois House Democrats the only legislative caucus without leadership term limits – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote term limits. They stress how much better off a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition, e) American Association of Political Consultants, f) GAO, g) etc. are without me.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511750687-illinois-house-democrats-the-only-legislative-caucus-without-leadership-term-limits

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— TRAGIC: Bottom Will County school districts ranked by math test scores
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511754501-bottom-will-county-school-districts-ranked-by-math-test-scores

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Republican lawmaker files bill to cut most property tax levies by 10 percent before freezing them – Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/republican-lawmaker-files-bill-to-cut-most-property-tax-levies/article_bac5f4a6-2966-11e9-9392-17df691918d3.html
— Advocates say this is the year for Tobacco 21 in Illinois – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/advocates-say-this-is-the-year-for-tobacco-in-illinois/article_74dd8472-2975-11e9-8493-83af2a9bf1bf.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pilot-program-for-medical-marijuana-as-alternative-to-opioids-goes-into-effect/
— BIPARTISAN TOWNSHIP CONSOLIDATION BILL REINTRODUCED IN SPRINGFIELD – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/bipartisan-township-consolidation-bill-reintroduced-in-springfield/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Revival of “In God We Trust” in Schools – Timothy J. Dailey
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/the-revival-of-in-god-we-trust-mottos-in-schools-2/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Skillicorn mulls Underwood challenge
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/05/skillicorn-mulls-underwood-challenge/
— Pritzker starts talking like the state’s chief marketing officer
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/05/pritzker-starts-talking-like-the-states-chief-marketing-officer/
— Gun Dealer Licensing Act consequences? (DIERSEN: How many licensed gun dealers are there in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/05/gun-dealer-licensing-act-consequences/
— Less than a thousand exempt slots now under governor’s control
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/05/less-than-a-thousand-exempt-slots-now-under-governors-control/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Cheer up: Countdown is on for CPAC – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/inside-the-beltway-cheer-up-countdown-is-on-for-cp/
— GAO: Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago cost $4 million apiece – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/trumps-trips-mar-lago-cost-4-million-apiece-gao/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Capitol Hill’s Invisible GOP “Leaders” – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29620
— ‘DIABOLICAL’: GOV CUOMO BLAMES TRUMP AS CITIZENS FLEE NEW YORK FOR LOW TAX RED STATES – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/05/trump-tax-cuts-flee-new-york/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Gov Cuomo Blames Trump As Citizens Flee New York For Low Tax Red States – Chris White
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/gov-cuomo-blames-trump-as-citizens-flee-new-york-for-low-tax-red-states/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TED CRUZ SLAMS SENATE DEMS FOR HOLDING A ‘THEOLOGICAL COURT OF INQUISITION’ OVER TRUMP NOMINEES – Molly Prince and Tim Pearce
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/05/cory-booker-ted-cruz-neomi-rao/
— DEMOCRATS COPE WITH STATE OF THE UNION BY ACTING OUT – Charlie Kirk
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/05/kirk-state-union/

 

NEWSMAX
— Gary Cohn: Wealth Tax ‘Harmful’ to Economy
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/gary-cohn-wealth-tax-harmful/2019/02/05/id/901378/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The State of the Border – CHIP ROY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/border-status-losing-control-enforcement-solutions/

 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— US considers a tax on wealth, even as other nations back away – Laurent Belsie
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2019/0205/US-considers-a-tax-on-wealth-even-as-other-nations-back-away

 

THE HILL
— GAO: Trump’s early Mar-a-Lago trips cost $14 million – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/428537-gao-trumps-early-mar-a-lago-trips-cost-14-million

 

ABC NEWS
— GAO: Trump’s early trips to Mar-a-Lago cost nearly $14 million – Benjamin Siegel
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/trumps-early-trips-mar-lago-cost-14-million/story?id=60853784

 

CBS NEWS
— GAO: Trump’s first 4 trips to Mar-a-Lago cost taxpayers $13.6 million – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trips-to-mar-a-lago-cost-taxpayers-13-6m-watchdog-report/

 

REUTERS
— Senator Lindsey Graham warns of ‘war’ among Republicans over Trump border wall
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-graham/senator-warns-of-war-among-republicans-over-trump-border-wall-idUSKCN1PU00B

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Montana lawmaker proposes bill to protect press from assault (DIERSEN: Thugs who work for Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO candidates treat me like I am not a “working journalist” except when they treat me like I am a “working journalist” to stop me from attending their candidates’ events or to throw me out of their candidates’ events. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates and their thugs and a) their events that they unsuccessfully tried to stop me from attending, b) their events that they successfully stopped from attending, and c) their events that they threw me out of.)
https://www.apnews.com/a9227915711046e48a5d6c1a110162de
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Woods says his bill is critical to protect a free press. He proposes increasing the maximum penalty for misdemeanor assault from a $500 fine and six months in jail to up to a $5,000 fine and a year in jail if the victim is a working journalist. Woods says journalists should be protected because they are necessary to a functioning republic.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s State of the Union Address Unlikely to Bring Harmony – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html
— ‘It’s the Human Way’: Corruption Scandals Play Out in Big Cities Across U.S. – Richard Fausset, Monica Davey and Tim Arango
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/us/fbi-corruption-investigations.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Think you know which platform will beat Trump? Think again. – David Byler (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, to bring down Trump, Trump-haters bring down those who share Trump’s demographics – Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, married, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/04/think-you-know-which-platform-will-beat-trump-think-again/
— GAO: Trump’s travel to Mar-a-Lago alone probably cost taxpayers more than $64 million – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/05/trumps-travel-mar-a-lago-alone-likely-cost-taxpayers-more-than-million/

 

BLOOMBERG
— GAO: Mar-a-Lago on $1 Million a Day: Taxpayer Costs for Trump Trips – Jennifer Epstein
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-05/a-trump-mar-a-lago-trips-cost-u-s-3-4-million-gao-estimates

 

BARRONS
— Future Returns: Is Wealth Tax a Feasible Way to Narrow Income Inequality? – Fang Block
https://www.barrons.com/articles/future-returns-is-wealth-tax-a-feasible-way-to-narrow-income-inequality-01549404801

 

FORBES
— Ignore The Class Warriors, Wealth Creation Is Poverty’s Most Implacable Enemy – John Tamny
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2019/02/05/when-they-seek-wealth-taxes-to-fix-poverty-class-warriors-argue-with-themselves/#458b5fa53080

 

BOND BUYER
— Red ink means Illinois bill backlog at risk of rising
https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/red-ink-means-illinois-bill-backlog-at-risk-of-rising

 

GLOBE AND MAIL
— America’s rich are facing a reckoning. It’s about time – Lawrence Martin
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-americas-rich-are-facing-a-reckoning-its-about-time/

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Raise the Wage Act would hike salaries for 40 million – MARK GRUENBERG
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/raise-the-wage-act-would-hike-salaries-for-40-million/

February 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic bishops oppose marijuana legalization, but proponent says God put pot ‘on this planet for a reason’ – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: The Devil put pot on this planet. A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-catholic-bishops-marijuana-legalization-20190204-story.html
— Cubs family patriarch Joe Ricketts apologizes after racist emails are revealed: ‘I strongly believe that bigoted ideas are wrong’- Mark Gonzales
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-joe-ricketts-emails-20190204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-state-of-the-union-transcript-huppke-20190203-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic leaders: Legalizing recreational marijuana a bad idea – Peter Hancock
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/illinois-catholic-bishops-oppose-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-letter-conference/
— Illinois lawmakers sending pointed messages with their State of the Union guests – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: If any of my Republican U.S. Representatives and/or Republican U.S. Senators wanted to send a pointed message that they opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, they could have made me one of their State of the Union guests, especially 1998-2005 while Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-lawmakers-sending-pointed-messagesstate-of-union-guests-trump-pelosi/

 

WBBM
— OUTSTANDING: Durbin Urges Caution About Recreational Pot Law
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/durbin-urges-caution-about-recreational-pot-law

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois’ Catholic bishops urge rejecting marijuana legalization Public health and safety consequences cited in objection – PETER HANCOCK
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-catholic-bishops-urge-rejecting-marijuana-legalization/article_d59848bc-f568-57c3-bec9-45760a92e2ff.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois’ Catholic bishops urge lawmakers to oppose recreational-use marijuana – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190204/illinois-catholic-bishops-urge-lawmakers-to-oppose-recreational-use-marijuana
— How much further? – Michael J. Bahr, Springfield
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190204/letter-how-much-further
(FROM THE LETTER: How much further will Illinois go to become the “most progressive state” on abortion, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker has declared? The Illinois governor was certainly proud to take the lead as most progressive by funding abortions using taxpayer dollars. Yet Pritzker was quickly overshadowed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed a bill allowing abortions up to nine months and removing other legal protections for the unborn. For this, Cuomo earned thunderous applause from the state’s legislative body, and even New York Cardinal Dolan is afraid to excommunicate Cuomo. Then Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam defended the killing of a child after the child was born that would have been allowed by a bill proposed in his state’s legislature, but then clarified his statement to indicate that he was talking about children who had been born with severe abnormalities or for reasons of the mother’s mental health in the 40th week, as if that makes it acceptable to kill any child that has been born. What will Gov. Pritzker do to maintain IL as the “most progressive state”? Infanticide up to 2 years old, for any reason? Abortion has always been about killing the infants. That should be obvious to all who have been watching these states try to “one-up” each other to become the most progressive. The good people of Illinois must stand up against this evil.)

 

NBC5
— Ginsburg Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Cancer Surgery – Mark Sherman
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Ginsburg-Makes-1st-Public-Appearance-Since-Cancer-Surgery-505351321.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH SIX COLOR PHOTOS: State of the Union guests from the suburbs include 7-year-old girl, immigrant and federal workers (DIERSEN: If any of my Republican U.S. Representatives and/or Republican U.S. Senators wanted to send a pointed message that they opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, they could have made me one of their State of the Union guests, especially 1998-2005 while Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190205/state-of-the-union-guests-from-the-suburbs-include-7-year-old-girl-immigrant-and-federal-workers
— The Illinois House and its Madigan rules – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190203/editorial-the-illinois-house-and-its-madigan-rules

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats give money to promote Democrats.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/why-macarthur-foundation-grant-not-others
— Chicago Auto Show grabs the wheel After three decades of following Detroit, Chicago’s auto show will be first starting next year. Local convention biz could get a boost, but German luxury brands may take another pass. – H. LEE MURPHY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/chicago-auto-show-grabs-wheel

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Group again proposes removing lawmakers from Illinois redistricting – REBECCA ANZEL
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/group-again-proposes-removing-lawmakers-from-illinois-redistricting/article_be08b0fe-8215-57f6-a7d5-b644e8c47f03.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— For those with clout, employment rules differ – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-02-05/jim-dey-those-with-clout-employment-rules-differ.html

 

MADISON
— Single-parent families are root cause of many juvenile problems – Jerry Darda
https://madison.com/ct/opinion/mailbag/jerry-darda-single-parent-families-are-root-cause-of-many/article_002b3f78-c134-50f5-b9bd-2d9aad61948b.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP – AP (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If your critics/opponents think that you might run for a government office or for a political office, they will do everything that they can to destroy you.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-campaign-takes-steps-to-prevent-a-challenge-within-gop
— US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-prepares-to-start-building-portion-of-texas-border-wall
— Putting on elections in Illinois is getting more expensive – Rachel Droze
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/putting-on-elections-in-illinois-is-getting-more-expensive

 

WSIL TV
— Lawmakers address hot topics at town hall – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39905792/lawmakers-address-hot-topics-at-town-hall

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Rahm’s Failure, Solis’ FBI Wire Made Chicago GOP Relevant Again Chicago GOP Chairman Chris Cleveland Says Republicans Are ‘800-Pound Gorilla” In Mayoral Race, Looking To Endorse The “Lesser Of 13 Evils” – Mark Konko
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/rahms-failure-solis-fbi-wire-made-chicago-gop-relevant-again

 

LEXOLOGY
— Are Your Employment Policies for Illinois Employees 2019 Compliant? – Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (DIERSEN: Federal employment policies a) give preference to federal employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or veteran, and therefore, federal employment policies discriminate against federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-LGBTQ, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bb57f80a-fa7d-423d-a439-007c6e497215

 

WIREPOINTS
— Is The Sun-Times Violating Journalist’s Ethics Code On The Solis Affidavit? – Mark Glennon
https://www.wirepoints.com/is-the-sun-times-violating-journalists-ethics-code-on-the-solis-affidavit-quicktake/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Maine Township’s excessive reserves violate state law, Sweeney says – W.J. Kennedy
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511753217-maine-township-s-excessive-reserves-violate-state-law-sweeney-says

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-is-finally-enrolling-people-in-opioid-alternative-program/article_c249fe60-28ae-11e9-abf6-bf22b70decec.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— “God put it on this planet for a reason” (DIERSEN: The Devil put pot on this planet. A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/05/god-put-it-on-this-planet-for-a-reason/

 

GOPUSA
— Senate Democrats block bill that would prevent infanticide
http://www.gopusa.com/senate-democrats-block-bill-that-would-prevent-infanticide/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Study finds high rates of prison, jail for illegals Backs Trump’s case for cutting crime – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: To come to America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally, is to shout that you disrespect/despise/reject a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) Americans.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/study-finds-high-rates-of-prison-jail-for-illegals/
— Bob Menendez calls for FBI probe into illegal immigrant hiring at Trump golf clubs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/bob-menendez-calls-trump-national-golf-clubs-fbi-p/
— Trump’s backing fuels ‘resistance’ on issues Democrats traditionally support – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/donald-trumps-backing-fuels-resistance-issues-demo/
— Americans love paid family leave — until they learn what it costs them – Rachel Greszler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/americans-love-paid-family-leave-until-they-learn-/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— State of the Union to offer grand showcase for Trump border wall pitch – Steven Nelson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/state-of-the-union-to-offer-grand-showcase-for-trump-border-wall-pitch
— Democrats troll Trump with State of the Union guests who oppose him on everything from Kavanaugh to transgender troops – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-troll-trump-with-state-of-the-union-guests-who-oppose-him-on-everything-from-kavanaugh-to-transgender-troops

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Are the Party of Destruction – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/democrats_are_the_party_of_destruction.html
— Racist Lynch Mob-Leading Virginia Governor Getting His Just Deserts – Matthew Vadum
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/racist_lynch_mobleading_virginia_governor_getting_his_just_deserts.html
— Democrats have a free ride for human-traffickers in their immigration proposal – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/democrats_have_a_free_ride_for_human_traffickers_in_their_immigration_proposal.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— A State of the Union Address I’d Like to Hear – Ed Morrow
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/04/a-state-of-the-union-address-id-like-to-hear/

 

BREITBART
— Feds: Over 8.5K Anchor Babies Secure U.S. Citizenship Via ‘Birth Tourism’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/feds-over-8-5k-anchor-babies-secure-u-s-citizenship-via-birth-tourism/
— Trump Invites Bullied Student, Synagogue Shooting Survivors to State of the Union – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/trump-invites-bullied-student-synagogue-shooting-survivors-to-state-of-the-union/

 

BLAZE
— Bernie Sanders is being accused of racism and sexism over this announcement And it’s Democrats who are doing the accusing – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bernie-sanders-is-being-accused-of-racism-and-sexism-over-this-announcement
— A strange Super Bowl ad poured adulation on journalists — but here’s the salacious reason it aired And it cost Jeff Bezos millions – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/a-strange-super-bowl-ad-poured-adulation-on-journalists-but-heres-the-salacious-reason-it-aired

 

FOX NEWS
— Migrant caravan to reach US border day before Trump’s State of the Union – Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/world/migrant-caravan-to-reach-us-border-day-before-trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-as-health-issues-mound

 

TOWNHALL
— Another Caravan Is Scheduled to Arrive at the Border Just In Time For Trump’s State of the Union Address – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/02/04/another-caravan-is-scheduled-to-arrive-at-the-border-just-in-time-for-trumps-state-of-the-union-address-n2540782
— The Left’s Growing Record of Insanity – Robert Knight
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2019/02/05/the-lefts-growing-record-of-insanity-n2540781

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal District Judges Have Blocked Trump Actions 30 Times, a Record Rate – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/04/federal-district-judges-have-blocked-trump-actions-30-times-a-record-rate/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SOTU: LET DEMOCRATS’ OWN WORDS SINK IN Exclusive: Lt. Col. James Zumwalt offers Trump opponents’ quotes on illegal immigration
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/sotu-let-democrats-own-words-sink-in/

 

LIFE SITE
— U.S. bishop: pro-abortion politicians ‘should not’ receive Communion in my diocese – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-bishop-pro-abortion-politicians-should-not-receive-communion-in-my-dio

 

THE HILL
— Democrats: The party of illegal immigration – FORD O’CONNELL
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/428284-democrats-the-party-of-illegal-immigration
— Democrats seek to take on Trump at State of the Union – CRISTINA MARCOS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/428450-democrats-seek-to-take-on-trump-at-state-of-the-union

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Pick To Replace Brett Kavanaugh Could Face An Ugly Confirmation Fight D.C. Circuit Court nominee Neomi Rao wrote articles denouncing “special treatment for minority students” and blaming women for date rape. – Jennifer Bendery
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-neomi-rao-court-nominee-sexual-assault_us_5c58abebe4b00187b554355d

 

POLITICO
— Republicans defy Trump on national emergency Resistance from GOP senators could expose a split in the party and force the president to issue his first veto. – BURGESS EVERETT and MARIANNE LEVINE
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/04/national-emergency-gop-1145899

 

CNN
— Washington Post: Trump Organization fires at least 18 undocumented workers from golf courses – Eli Watkins
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/politics/trump-organization-undocumented-worker-purge/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— With Northam Picture, Obscure Publication (Big League Politics) Plays Big Role in Virginia Politics – Trip Gabriel and Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: With only the rarest of exceptions, everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and on www.gopillinois.com is already in the public realm. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout out of both sides of their crooked mouths both a) that no one reads my emails or visits my website and b) that everyone firsts learns of everything from my emails and from my website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/northam-fairfax-big-league-politics.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Big League Politics is a relatively new entry to the constellation of right-wing media outlets that sprung up during Donald Trump’s rise, and until the bombshell yearbook report, its readership had remained small. Patrick Howley, the editor in chief, said he received the photograph showing a pair of figures in blackface and Ku Klux Klan robes from a “concerned citizen,” declining to add more details. But one of Big League Politics’s owners, Noel Fritsch, described the source of the photograph as “some people who were classmates of Northam,” who brought it to light out of anger at the governor’s remarks early last week defending late-term abortions. In its mission statement, Big League Politics purports to be “not conservative” and “not liberal,” but it has trafficked in conspiracy theories favored by the far right, like the case of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staff member whose murder in Washington was falsely seized on by conservative commentators as linked to WikiLeaks.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s Options for Wall Shrink as Republicans Balk at National Emergency Declaration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-border-wall-republicans.html
— The Rise of the Robot Reporter – Jaclyn Peiser (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I am not a robot reporter and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not robot emails. Each and every link in the emails is there because I made a decision to put it there. Feel free to phone me at 630-653-0462 to discuss my decisions.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/business/media/artificial-intelligence-journalism-robots.html
— China’s Online Censorship Stifles Trade, Too When the Chinese government blocks foreign internet companies for political reasons, the United States should treat the tactic as the anticompetitive economic strategy that it is. – Tim Wu (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents could do it, they would censor most if not all the links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/opinion/china-censorship-internet.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are full of hatred use Northam to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/opinion/northam-blackface-racism.html
— Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/pacer-fees-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE: Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two A small group of well-educated professionals enjoys rising wages, while most workers toil in low-wage jobs with few chances to advance. – Eduardo Porter
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/business/economy/productivity-inequality-wages.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress braces for Trump diverting military construction money to build the wall – Erica Werner and Karoun Demirjian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-braces-for-trump-diverting-military-construction-money-to-build-the-wall/2019/02/04/18acb43c-28a5-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.html
— How the neocons captured Donald Trump The return of Elliott Abrams puts the movement back in the White House – Brian D’Haeseleer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/05/how-neocons-captured-donald-trump/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who does NOT want Trump to declare a national emergency? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/enterthefray/la-ol-trump-national-emergency-border-wall-20190204-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Border walls work, and Democrats know it. As our porous border continues creating and exacerbating humanitarian crises, it would be immoral not to secure our borders and build a wall – Matt Gaetz
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/04/border-walls-work-democrats-know-matt-gaetz-editorials-debates/2773062002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Trump Speech Nears, Democrats Dig In House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her party are taking hard line on immigration; president and GOP are similarly unwilling to compromise – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-trump-speech-nears-democrats-dig-in-11549291238
— Trump’s Re-Election Challenge Down in the polls, he needs a strong economy to have any chance to win a second term. – Editorial

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-re-election-challenge-11549326167
— What Feeds Big Government Isn’t Only Ideology – Alberto Mingardi
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-feeds-big-government-isnt-only-ideology-11549324944
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, that is, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-dreamer-11549325032
— Northam’s Medical School Shut Down Yearbook in 2013 After Confederate Images Appeared School says it will investigate yearbooks over time after emergence of blackface/KKK image on Virginia governor’s page in 1984 book – Jon Kamp and Scott Calvert (DIERSEN: In 1979, IRS’s Chicago District shut down its monthly newsletter after it reported that I, a lowly GS-12 Revenue Officer, had passed all four parts of the CPA examination on my first attempt while many highly-vaulted Revenue Agents had filed to do that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/northams-medical-school-to-probe-its-yearbooks-including-photos-11549315987

 

BLOOMBERG
— Democratic Voters Just Want Someone to Beat Trump, Poll Says – Terrence Dopp
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-04/democratic-voters-just-want-someone-to-beat-trump-poll-finds

 

FORBES
— More On Chicago Pension Underfunding – It’s The Demographics, Stupid – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/02/04/more-on-chicago-pension-underfunding-its-the-demographics-stupid/#83a0fe6ee1e0

 

LAW
— Mandatory Retirement Policies Fading, but Tensions Remain – Susan DeSantis (DIERSEN: Constructively, retirement is mandatory for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 as soon as they are eligible. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, when I was a lowly GS-13, I first became eligible for early retirement.)
https://www.law.com/2019/02/04/law-firms-ease-mandatory-retirement-policies-but-tensions-remain-292-39399/?slreturn=20190105070422

 

NEWSWEEK
— LAURA LOOMER TRESPASSES ON CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR MANSION IN ‘FIESTA’ IMMIGRATION PROTEST WEARING SOMBRERO – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/laura-loomer-trespasses-gavin-newsom-property-fiesta-racist-sombrero-1317334

 

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Economist warns inequality threatens civilization: Richest 26 people control $1.4 trillion – Norman Bailey
https://www.worldtribune.com/economist-warns-inequality-threatens-civilization-worlds-richest-26-people-control-1-4-trillion/

 

TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TREASONOUS: Democrats invite illegal immigrants to Trump state of the union address
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/democrats-invite-illegal-immigrants-to-donald-trump-speech-h5nxlxk5d

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, socialists use illegals to destroy America.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/05/bord-f05.html

January 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Caylor, Chirico answer wide range of questions in first Naperville mayoral candidate forum – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if recreational marijuana is legalized and municipalities can say NO to the selling and growing of marijuana within their boundaries, candidates for municipal offices should promise to vote NO on the selling and growing of marijuana in their municipalities.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-mayor-forum-chirico-rocky-st-0125-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recreational marijuana Chirico said he understands that cannabis has a medicinal value. “I have no question about that,” he said, but the question becomes how do officials make it safe. “Just broadly speaking, I think people getting arrested and incarcerated because they have pot is not a very smart policy,” Chirico said. “Alcohol has a far greater impact on society today than marijuana does.” “As a council and a community, we need to sit down and look at that and say what do we want,” Caylor said. “If we are going to do that, how do we manage that with a firm hand?”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville Township voters will be asked again to decide fate of road district office – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-township-road-merger-ballot-st-0125-story.html
— Hinsdale man loses appeal in age discrimination case that challenged experience caps in job ads – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: How much job experience do you have? I have almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I have almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325/year. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my work experience the most. They include a) Money Magazine, b) my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, c) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. members, employees, and officers, and d) past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-age-discrimination-ruling-kleber-carefusion-20190124-story.html
— Tax season Q&A: Is my refund coming? Can I call IRS hotline? Are auditors working? – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-shutdown-irs-tax-season-20190124-story.html
— Chicago Ford plant workers to get $7,600 profit-sharing checks – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: Government employees do not get profit-sharing checks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ford-chicago-workers-profit-sharing-20190124-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-maga-hats-trump-make-america-great-again-identity-0125-20190124-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What America needs is a party of reality – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: What if America had three political parties – a liberal party, a moderate party, and a conservative party?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democratic-party-shifts-left-elizabeth-warren-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Dems promote pot legalization plan during North Side town hall: ‘This is coming’ – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/democrats-promote-pot-legalization-marijuana-north-side-town-hall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Longtime chairman of the DuPage Democratic Party resigns – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: In 1978, my wife and I, life-long Republicans, moved to DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans had created there. Tragically, since then, far more Democrats than Republicans have moved to DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. When Democrats move in, prosperity and safety suffer.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190124/longtime-chairman-of-the-dupage-democratic-party-resigns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage Democrats also enjoyed their most successful election in November in what traditionally has been a Republican stronghold. There are now seven Democrats on the 18-member county board; the county is represented by Democrats in Congress; and the majority of state officials are Democrats.)
— FRONT PAGE: Why Lake County’s new sheriff is taking a stand on shutdown, immigration – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190125/why-lake-countys-new-sheriff-is-taking-a-stand-on-shutdown-immigration
— DIERSEN: A Trump-hater says “True-Republican candidate must emerge now to challenge President Trump – Ed Murnane
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190125/true-republican-candidate-must-emerge-now-to-challenge-president-trump

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Flights halted into New York’s LaGuardia as shutdown hits air-traffic staffing A lack of workers at an air-traffic control facility in the Washington area prompted the FAA to order a ground stop at one of the nation’s busiest transportation hubs. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/flights-halted-new-yorks-laguardia-shutdown-hits-air-traffic-staffing
— How did home prices do last year where you live? This interactive map shows the growth (or lack of it) in the median price of homes sold in individual city neighborhoods and most suburbs in Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will counties during 2018. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/how-did-home-prices-do-last-year-where-you-live

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://thesouthern.com/entertainment/movies/short-film-rejected-from-high-school-film-fest-for-lgbt/article_cb43ae95-a8f5-5e26-bfe4-34636188d980.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Shedd Aquarium offers free admission for federal employees
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/shedd-aquarium-offers-free-admission-for-federal-employees

 

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lawmakers introduce assault weapons ban – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39849715/lawmakers-introduce-assault-weapons-ban

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Food insecurity leads to federal investigations – OLIVIA WELSHANS (DIERSEN: Did you suffer food insecurity while you earned your bachelor’s degree? I did not thanks to my outstanding parents who provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. That enabled me to earn enough money working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office a) to pay for tuition and books at UIC and NIU, b) to pay for room and board at NIU 1969-1970, c) to pay for a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) to pay for a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and e) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/01/24/food-insecurity-leads-to-federal-investigations/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (IL-06) will host a district swearing-in ceremony and reception at 3 p.m. at the DuPage County Auditorium JTK Administration Building. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will deliver the keynote address and U.S. Judge Thomas Durkin will administer the oath of office. The public is invited (doors open at 2:45 p.m.). – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/25/47th-ward-spotlight-pritzkers-big-jim-personality-foxx-on-expunging-drug-cases-382100
— There was chatter at last week’s inauguration that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s management and media style can be compared to another governor—Republican Jim Thompson. “Thompson would walk down in the press room and have a few beers with us and try to get to know us casually,” recalled Thom Serafin, a public affairs strategist who worked as a reporter back in the day. “He was good at dealing with people. A lot like Bill Clinton. He’d look you in the eye. You’d feel like he’s really interested in what you have to say. That’s a gift Jim Thompson had, and I see it in J.B.” Pritzker so far seems willing to keep an open line of communication with media. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s ready to have a beer with us. Big Jim Thompson, as he was known, attended Pritzker’s swearing in. He had a knack for giving people responsibility “and then letting them do their jobs,” said James Prescott, a public affairs consultant who worked for Thompson from 1981-88 as a press aide. He attended the inauguration gala and brought along a commemorative coin from Thompson’s 1977 inauguration—the first of four. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the nastiest, rudest, and meanest politicians, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/25/47th-ward-spotlight-pritzkers-big-jim-personality-foxx-on-expunging-drug-cases-382100

 

SENATOR CHAPIN ROSE
— Rose Named Leadership Budget Negotiator for Senate Republicans
http://senchapinrose.com/News/1419/Rose-Named-Leadership-Budget-Negotiator-for-Senate-Republicans/news-detail/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
– Phone Activity of Bob Miller after GOP Primary Defeat by Andrew Gasser for Algonquin Township Road District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/24/phone-activity-of-bob-miller-aftyer-gop-primary-defeat-by-andrew-gasser/
— Illinois Red Dawn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/25/illinois-red-dawn/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE “GREEN NEW DEAL” IS A FISCAL FANTASY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/the-green-new-deal-is-a-fiscal-fantasy.html
— GOOGLE MANIPULATED YOUTUBE SEARCH RESULTS FOR ABORTION, MAXINE WATERS, DAVID HOGG
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/google-manipulated-youtube-search-results-for-abortion-maxine-waters-david-hogg.html
— WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/what-it-takes-to-become-a-millionaire.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Steans, Cassidy lay out legalization plan at public forum
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/25/steans-cassidy-lay-out-legalization-plan-at-public-forum/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— MAGA caps under fire as Trump-haters blame his supporters – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maga-caps-under-fire-as-trump-haters-blame-his-supporters

 

BREITBART
— Report Claims That Up to Fifty Percent of Facebook Users Could Be Fake – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/24/report-claims-that-up-to-fifty-percent-of-facebook-users-could-be-fake/
— Microsoft Teams with Establishment ‘NewsGuard’ to Create News Blacklist – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/23/microsoft-teams-with-establishment-newsguard-to-create-news-blacklist/
— Poll: Vast Majority of Voters Want Crackdown on Illegal Alien Crime – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: To be in America illegally is to shout that you a) disrespect the rule of law, b) disrespect America, and c) disrespect Americans.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/poll-vast-majority-of-voters-want-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-crime/
— More Democrats Break with Pelosi on Border Wall as Shutdown Continues – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/more-democrats-break-with-pelosi-on-border-wall-as-shutdown-continues/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicken Little: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the new Al Gore
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63955
— Service panel weighs requiring women to register for military draft
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64050
— Sean Spicer blames antics of ‘B-rate’ journalists for lack of White House press briefings (DIERSEN: If you asked my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes how they would rate me as a journalist, what grade would they give me and why?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64032

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Propaganda: The Bread and Butter of the Progressive Left – Jeffrey Folks
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/propaganda_the_bread_and_butter_of_the_progressive_left.html
— Fake News and the Narrative – John Kinsellagh
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/fake_news_and_the_narrative.html

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— To Democrats, America is a Sinkhole of Racism – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/to-democrats-america-is-a-sinkhole-of-racism/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Limbaugh: Trump and his supporters are in this fight for the long haul – David Limbaugh
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/limbaugh-trump-and-his-supporters-are-in-this-fight-for-the-long-haul/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 23: Trump and GOPers know without the wall, America soon may fall – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29555

 

TOWNHALL
— Covington Kid: Hated For The Color Of His Skin – Ilana Mercer
https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2019/01/25/covington-kid-hated-for-the-color-of-his-skin-n2540232
— Democrats Are Border Crisis Deniers – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2019/01/25/democrats-are-border-crisis-deniers-n2540229

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE DC DEATH MATCH: SHOULD THE U.S. LET IN EVERY MIGRANT CARAVAN? – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/24/migrant-caravans-from-central-america/
— HERE ARE ALL OF THE SHUTDOWN DEALS DEMOCRATS HAVE REJECTED – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/24/democrats-reject-shutdown-deals-trump/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Deported killer breaks through outdated border fence – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2019/01/24/deported-killer-breaks-through-outdated-border-fence

 

LIFEZETTE
— Media Attacks Against Religion Represent an ‘Ongoing Crisis,’ Says Dan Crenshaw Congressman lashes out at press for its “blunders” over Covington kids and Karen Pence — and their hostility toward faith – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/media-attacks-against-religion-represent-an-ongoing-crisis-says-dan-crenshaw/

 

POLITICO
— ‘Extraordinarily angry and very upset taxpayers’: IRS faces chaotic tax season amid shutdown There are already signs that some will be no-shows because they’re facing the prospect of working without pay. BRIAN FALER (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $67,638/year) IRS Revenue Officer, IRS put me in charge of all its Chicago office employees who answered taxpayer questions by telephone. Because of my performance on that assignment, IRS promoted me to GS-12 (currently $81,071/year.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/24/irs-tax-returns-government-shutdown-1121839

 

CNBC
— How long will it take to build the border wall? Years longer than Trump claims, experts say – PUBLISHED THU
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/experts-say-trumps-border-wall-will-take-longer-than-he-claims.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes Pelosi
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in invading America’s southwestern states.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/border-wall-democrats-trump.html
— Roger Stone Arrested in Mueller Investigation Into Trump Campaign – Mark Mazzetti and Eileen Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/roger-stone-arrested.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “Who Needs a Paycheck Anyway? The shutdown reveals the administration’s callous elitism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/shutdown-ross-kudlow-trump.html
— Your Loyalties Are Your Life – David Brooks (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those who do not give them blind loyalty. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have worked the hardest to destroy me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/josiah-royce-loyalty.html
— Why Trump Will Lose in 2020 The president is running hard on a strategy of riling up his base. But by doing that, he riles up the Democratic base, too, and that one is bigger. – Rachel Bitecofer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/trump-2020-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A anti-Trump says “Trump’s Wall of Shame It would stand as a lasting reminder of the white racial hostility surging through this moment in American history.” Anti-Trumps are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/trump-wall-shutdown.html
— U.S. to Begin Blocking Asylum Seekers From Entering Over Mexican Border – Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/politics/migrants-blocked-asylum-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, America-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/10/world/americas/crossing-us-mexico-border.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: The $238 Million Penthouse, and the Hedge Fund Billionaire Griffin Who May Rarely Live There – Nikita Stewart and David Gelles
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/238-million-penthouse-sale.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration to start sending asylum seekers to wait in Mexico – Andrew deGrandpre, Maria Sacchetti, Kevin Sieff and
David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-start-sending-asylum-seekers-back-to-mexico/2019/01/24/53961fb0-2022-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— Out of touch? Trump aides struggle with shutdown empathy – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have demonstrated the most hatred against federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years. They include a) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. members, employees, and officers and b) past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/commerce-chief-asks-why-furloughed-workers-using-food-banks/2019/01/24/20ad3470-1ff1-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “What happens when someone says no to Trump?” and says “Bluster, bombast, backing down.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bluster-bombast-backing-down-what-happens-when-someone-says-no-to-trump/2019/01/24/359df148-1f66-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says – Jeff Stein and Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: Soon, any such wealth tax would be on Americans with $40 million in assets, than $30 million, than $20 million, than $10 million, than $5 million, than $1 million, than etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/24/elizabeth-warren-propose-new-wealth-tax-very-rich-americans-economist-says/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will propose a new annual “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, according to an economist advising her on the plan, as Democratic leaders vie for increasingly aggressive solutions to the nation’s soaring wealth inequality. Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, two left-leaning economists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been advising Warren on a proposal to levy a 2 percent wealth tax on Americans with assets above $50 million, as well as a 3 percent wealth tax on those who have more than $1 billion, according to Saez.)

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FIVE COLOR PICTURES: In corruption-plagued Chicago, high-level shakedown charges loom over mayoral race, candidates – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/23/chicago-federal-political-corruption-scandal-mayor-election-alderman-ed-burke/2581411002/


— Patriotic or racist? Trump’s Make America Great Again hats have become a hot-button issue – KRISTEN JORDAN SHAMUS (DIERSEN: From what I see, as Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred of Trump supporters, a Chick-fil-A restaurant is one of few remaining places in the world where you can wear a MAGA hat and not worry about being harassed, insulted, threatened, beaten up, killed, etc. If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://amp.usatoday.com/story/2673398002
— Walmart hiring hundreds more truck drivers – and it’s paying nearly $90,000 – Ben Tobin (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $90,000 a year in today’s dollars (GS-12 Step 5)? I did in 1979 when I was 31 years old. By then, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/24/walmart-hiring-hundreds-more-truck-drivers-shortage-persists/2665704002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Law schools where too many graduates fail the bar exam may face tougher sanctions With tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, some law school grads are unable to pass the bar to become lawyers. Are their law schools to blame? – Anne Ryman and Jonathan Ellis and RJ Wolcott and Melanie Payne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were the most furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2019/01/24/law-schools-may-face-tougher-sanctions-if-too-many-graduates-fail-bar-exam/2665591002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Staffing Problems Halt Flights at LaGuardia, Other Airports Problems also reported at Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport
https://www.wsj.com/articles/air-controller-staffing-problems-halt-flights-at-laguardia-other-airports-11548430671
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Weed Versus Greed on Wall Street As potential profits in cannabis grow, big banks and blue-chip investors will lose their reticence about the pot business – Carol Ryan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/weed-versus-greed-on-wall-street-11548412203
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Black women to hate Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-women-voters-emerge-as-top-target-in-2020-democratic-race-11548338400
— The Facts About Facebook We need your information for operation and security, but you control whether we use it for advertising. – Mark Zuckerberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facts-about-facebook-11548374613
— Catholics Against Columbus In covering a mural, Notre Dame gives in to the far left’s assault on Western history. – Alejandro Bermudez
https://www.wsj.com/articles/catholics-against-columbus-11548376196

 

BLOOMBERG
— Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Would Cost Jeff Bezos $4.1 Billion in First Year – Devon Pendleton (DIERSEN: Real estate taxes are wealth taxes. The more of your wealth that you put into real estate, the more real estate tax that you pay. Needless-to-say, wealth taxes a) discourage everyone from earning income, b) discourage everyone from saving their income, and c) encourage everyone to spend their income on immediate pleasures.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-24/warren-wealth-tax-would-cost-bezos-4-1-billion-in-first-year

 

FORBES
— Baby Boomers: Six Resume Mistakes To Avoid – Robin Ryan (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my degrees and certifications the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my degrees and certifications are not job related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and are stale. They stress that my IRS superiors argued that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980 were not job-related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and were a distraction. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my degrees and certifications are stale. They stress that I earned a) my bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) my master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) my professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) my professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2019/01/24/baby-boomers-six-resume-mistakes-to-avoid/#32034baa6179
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mistake # 3 Left The College Graduation Year Off Or Fudged It Some job hunters removed the graduation date thinking employers can figure out their age. Omitting your year of college graduation was a concern for Lizzie Rahm, HR Senior Manager and Recruiter, Clark Nuber PS who noted that employers may wonder if you had ever finished your degree if they saw no graduation date. Another worry is that a third of all job applicants lie about their education (see the Career Builder study), and when I mention this to Ms. Rahm, she quickly stated that her organization does a background check on every single person they make a job offer to. So if you are lying about the year you earned a degree to appear younger, it will come out. And if you claimed to have a degree that you don’t, that will be in the background report too. The result of lying to this employer is they will terminate your job offer. “There are so many background check companies out there now,” cautions Rahm “that many employers are doing thorough background checks on new hires, so job hunters definitely need to use integrity in creating their resume.”)

 

JD SUPRA
— Courts Issue Conflicting Work Product Doctrine Opinions (DIERSEN: What “work products” do you produce? Since 2000, I have produced GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, those 6,253 emails have included links to 324,002 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/courts-issue-conflicting-work-product-63873/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Inside feds’ struggles to make ends meet – AP (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being overpaid by those who would never seek or take government jobs because government jobs do not pay enough. I should write a book about this. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid include a) Money Magazine, b) my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, and c) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2019/01/24/inside-feds-struggles-to-make-ends-meet/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE ‘LOVES AND RESPECTS’ FURLOUGHED GOVERNMENT WORKERS: THEY ARE ‘TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE’RE DOING’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-he-loves-and-respects-furloughed-government-workers-they-1304755

 

DAILY BEAST
— Mexico Just Made It Easier for New Migrant Caravan to Reach the U.S. Trump won’t be happy, but the country’s new government is giving migrants permits to stay, work, and travel—and many want to go to the United States. – Maya Averbuch
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mexico-just-made-it-easier-for-new-migrant-caravan-to-reach-the-us

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, sooner or later, all the citizens of all the countries in all the world will seek asylum in the United States. Those who want to take over the United States, and if not that, destroy the United States, want all those asylum seekers to get United States citizenship.
https://www.cato.org/blog/fences-made-crossings-deadlier-asylum-made-them-much-less-so

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump target Jim Acosta of CNN gets a book deal with a multimillion dollar reward in the cards for his hate-hate relationship with the president – GEOFF EARLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6629859/Trump-target-Jim-Acosta-CNN-gets-book-deal-multimillion-dollar-reward-cards.html

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $799,999
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

January 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TSA officer sells ‘Shutdown Sweets’ to make ends meet – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/government-shutdown-2019-tsa-officer-sells-shutdown-sweets-to-make-ends-meet/5053288/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker to Use Own Money to Increase Staff Pay Pritzker’s chief of staff, three deputy governors and their special assistants, deputy chiefs of staff and other high-level employees will receive the double salaries (DIERSEN: To get a government job, how big of a pay cut would you suffer? In 1980, to get a job working for GAO, I suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-to-Use-Own-Money-to-Increase-Staff-Pay-504224021.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago Candidate For Alderman Claims Incumbent Is Stealing Campaign Signs – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/10/chicago-alderman-campaign-signs-stealing/
— Harris Named First Gay Illinois State House Majority Leader
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/11/harris-named-first-gay-illinois-state-house-majority-leader/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/editorial-and-opinion/dennis-welsh-that-s-how-i-see-it/dennis-welsh-editorial-legal-weed-in-illinois-get-it-right-

 

WLS AM
— Connected to Chicago Special Guest Jim Durkin
http://www.wlsam.com/2019/01/11/connected-to-chicago-01-13-2019-special-guest-jim-durkin/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats now have it all, except excuses – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-pritzker-democrats-super-majorities-no-excuses-0113-20190110-story.html
— What will J.B. Pritzker do with his clout? – Editorial (DIERSEN: He will a) reward those who serve as his operatives and as his dupes and b) get rid of those who do not.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-rauner-illinois-exodus-budget-20181228-story.html
— Rauner’s kinda sorta endorsement of Vallas for mayor – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-audio-rauner-s-kinda-sorta-endorsement-of-vallas-for-mayor-20190111-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-suburban-teen-pride-parade-0111-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters focus on uniting members of the following groups against Trump: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-border-wall-trump-hispanics-blacks-immigrants-0113-20190111-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Declaring an emergency might backfire on Trump.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-national-emergency-wall-20190111-story.html
— ‘Make Chicago safe again.’ Garry McCarthy talks up policing chops in 2 new campaign ads – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-garry-mccarthy-tv-ads-chicago-mayor-20190111-story.html
— DuPage County Board chairman, county clerk at odds over election commission merger occurring before or after April election – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-clerk-election-commission-st-0113-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s notable visit to a Republican gathering – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-republican-gathering-springfield-impromtu-speech/
— Illinois residents will receive SNAP benefits despite government shutdown – Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-february-snap-benefits-food-stamps/
— Taxpayers covered millions in park gym costs Jesse White promised to pay for – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jesse-white-tumblers-foundation-secretary-state-chicago-park-district-recreation-center-funding-bga/
— Billionaire J.B. Pritzker to double key staff salaries out of his own pocket – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: To get a government job, how big of a pay cut would you suffer? In 1980, to get a job working for GAO, I suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-pritzker-increasing-staff-salaries/
— Food pantry offering free groceries to furloughed government workers – Stefano Esposito (DIERSEN: What about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lakeview-pantry-groceries-federal-workers-partial-government-shutdown/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Vote to dissolve DuPage’s election commission set for Tuesday, but clerk says it’s too soon – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190111/vote-to-dissolve-dupages-election-commission-set-for-tuesday-but-clerk-says-its-too-soon
— DuPage clerk: Dissolve election commission after April election – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190111/dupage-clerk-dissolve-election-commission-after-april-election
— Removing old tollway board is just the first step Job won’t be complete if new board simply reflects a change in allegiances – Editorial (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190111/editorial-removing-old-tollway-board-is-just-the-first-step
— DuPage board member Tim Elliott seeking to end health insurance perk – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190111/dupage-board-member-seeking-to-end-health-insurance-perk

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why U of I is insuring itself—literally—against a drop in Chinese students Proving you can insure just about anything, the University of Illinois has taken out a policy to mitigate the risk of a decline in Chinese student enrollment. – LYNNE MAREK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/why-u-i-insuring-itself-literally-against-drop-chinese-students

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes McHenry County township consolidation bill – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/11/breaking-gov-bruce-rauner-vetoes-mchenry-county-township-consolidation-bill/ag89tsq/

 

SOUTHERN
— Trump’s administration is riddled with vacancies
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/trump-s-administration-is-riddled-with-vacancies/video_b0d53749-3984-5c72-9076-7433e11fdb6b.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Opioid town hall: Stopping the opioid crisis at the southern border – Leandra Bernstein
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/opioid-town-hall-stopping-the-opioid-crisis-at-the-southern-border
— Nevada’s Reid calls Trump ‘amoral,’ wants a Romney 2020 run – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nevadas-reid-calls-trump-amoral-wants-a-romney-2020-run
— Sen. Duckworth issues statement on Trump border wall threat
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-duckworth-issues-statement-on-trump-border-wall-threat

 

WSPY
— Oberweis ‘Seriously Considering’ Run for 14th Congressional Seat in 2020 – Tyler Bachman
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/oberweis-seriously-considering-run-for-th-congressional-seat-in/article_36cc382a-15db-11e9-88e2-33f9dde76567.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Bleep ‘My way or the highway’ – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2019/01/bleep-my-way-or-the-highway/

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— State of DuPage County 2019 – Casey Krajewski
https://www.nctv17.com/news/state-of-dupage-county-2019/

 

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Vision 2020 Survey Deadline EXTENDED to January 20, 2019
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LBGPSVC

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP slates Lincoln Day Dinner for Feb. 22 – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511719314-dupage-gop-slates-lincoln-day-dinner-for-feb-22

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Outgoing Ives worries about transparency in school board-teacher negotiations – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511719232-outgoing-ives-worries-about-transparency-in-school-board-teacher-negotiations

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pritzker’s move to match state salary for top staff with his own money raises eyebrows, ethical questions – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-s-move-to-match-state-salary-for-top-staff/article_ac1fd942-15f4-11e9-8087-a30d61ffec34.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lawmakers work on plans to legalize recreational cannabis and sports betting – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmakers-work-on-plans-to-legalize-recreational-cannabis-and-sports/article_01b0ff56-1502-11e9-b5ac-1f9e3fa420a5.html
— Illinois Democrat wants to close Congressional sauna, other perks during shutdown – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-democrat-wants-to-close-congressional-sauna-other-perks-during/article_94725092-150c-11e9-a44b-27292eb16ec0.html
— Corruption charges prompt fresh debate in Springfield about conflicts of interest – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/burke-s-charges-bring-fresh-debate-in-springfield-about-conflicts/article_d5b430a4-150f-11e9-a492-2f27b792394a.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS RANKS 46TH IN FEDERAL DOLLARS RETURN. SO BLAME THE REPUBLICANS.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-ranks-46th-in-federal-dollars-return-so-blame-the-republicans.html
— MADIGAN TAPS OPENLY GAY STATE REP FOR NEW MAJORITY LEADER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/madigan-taps-openly-gay-state-rep-for-new-majority-leader-.html
— FORMER IL LAWMAKER FACES 12-COUNT FELONY INDICTMENT FOR POSTING NUDE IMAGES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/former-il-lawmaker-faces-12-count-felony-indictment-for-posting-nude-images.html
— MORE US VOTERS SAY TOO LITTLE BEING DONE TO STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/more-us-voters-say-too-little-being-done-to-stop-illegal-immigration.html
— THORNER: FOOLISH ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS BOOSTED EARLY EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-foolish-illinois-lawmakers-boosted-early-efforts-to-eliminate-electoral-college.html
— REP. STEVE REICK LAUNCHES COFFEE & CONVERSATION TOUR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/rep-steve-reick-launches-coffee-conversation-tour.html

 

CAPITOL FAX

— State Sen. Oberweis giving “serious thought” to challenging US Rep. Underwood
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/11/state-sen-oberweis-giving-serious-thought-to-challenging-us-rep-underwood/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans are lining up to challenge Underwood. Matt Quigley, a 32-year-old Navy veteran and Republican from Naperville, already has announced his intention to run in 2020. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican who has run for Congress, Senate and governor before, also is considering a bid. He said, “We’re giving it serious thought, yes.” “I don’t believe that Underwood represents the views of the majority of the people in the 14th Congressional District,” said the dairy magnate, who said he would make a decision in 30 to 60 days. “I believe I would be much closer to those views.” Underwood beat a sitting Republican congressman by 5 points last November. She’s no slouch. And Oberweis will be a 74-year-old “career politician” (or, at least, “career candidate”) by 2020 with a whole lot of votes under his belt. Even so, Gov. Bruce Rauner won the 14th CD by almost 8 points. The only statewide Democrats who won it were Jesse White (+23) and Susana Mendoza (+2). Other possibles include state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee), which could be why he’s been holding so many press conferences lately. Plenty of rumors about a few others.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner vetoes McHenry County township consolidation bill.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/11/rauner-is-rauner-to-the-end/
— Pritzker to double top staff pay out of his own pocket (DIERSEN: To get a government job, how big of a pay cut would you suffer? In 1980, to get a job working for GAO, I suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/11/pritzker-to-double-top-staff-pay-out-of-his-own-pocket/

 

GOPUSA
— Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62297
— Psychedelic mushrooms next in already mile high Denver?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62181
— Army struggles to reach generation of snowflakes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62336

 

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Daily Signal raises alarm over anti-conservative House rules – Dustin Howard
https://www.myheritage.org/news/daily-signal-raises-alarm-over-anti-conservative-house-rules/

 

NEWSMAX
— Calif. Liberalism Takes America if Trump Loses on Wall – Michael Reagan
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/cbs-cnn-msnbc-npr/2019/01/11/id/897830/

 

BREITBART
— San Diego-Based KUSI: CNN Disinvited Our Journalist Because We Reported Border Wall ‘Does Work’ – Robert Kraychik (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all those who have disinvited me a) because I support the Illinois Republican Party platform, Republican Party platform, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, b) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, c) because I refuse to pander to them, d) because I refuse to give them money, and/or e) because I have sued them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/01/11/kusi-cnn-disinvited-journalist-because-reported-wall-does-work/
— Flashback: Establishment Spent $1 Billion on ‘Virtual Fence’ to Avoid Building Border Fence – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/10/flashback-establishment-spent-1-billion-virtual-fence-avoid-building-border-fence/
— Michelle Malkin: ‘So-Called Worker Shortage’ Is a ‘Manufactured Crisis’ – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/11/michelle-malkin-so-called-worker-shortage-manufactured-crisis/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Dems losing border wall battle to Trump – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/01/11/opinion-dems-losing-border-wall-battle-to-trump

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress approves back pay — eventually — for furloughed federal employees – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/11/congress-approves-back-pay-eventually-for-furloughed-federal-employees/
— Why is Congress so dumb? We lawmakers dumped our in-house experts. Now lobbyists do the thinking for us. – Bill Pascrell Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/01/11/feature/why-is-congress-so-dumb/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our decay as an institution began in 1995, when conservatives, led by Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), carried out a full-scale war on government. Gingrich began by slashing the congressional workforce by one-third. He aimed particular ire at Congress’s brain, firing 1 of every 3 staffers at the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Research Service and the Congressional Budget Office. He defunded the Office of Technology Assessment, a tech-focused think tank. Social scientists have called those moves Congress’s self-lobotomy, and the cuts remain largely unreversed.)
— Now on Craigslist, Facebook: Household items from furloughed workers trying to make ends meet – Taylor Telford
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/10/now-craigslist-facebook-household-items-furloughed-workers-trying-make-ends-meet/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Illinois’ incoming governor will use own wealth to double some staff salaries – MIKE RIOPELL
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-illinois-governor-staff-salaries-20190111-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Criminal Records for Obsolete Crimes When pot is made legal, old convictions should be expunged. – Ted Rall (DIERSEN: If you do/did sell pot or smoke pot illegally, you do not respect the rule of law.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/criminal-records-for-obsolete-crimes-11547078695

 

ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
— Shutdown is reminding everyone of the good things government does – Paul Waldman
https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-shutdown-government-good-workers-20190111-story.html

 

WEALTHY RETIREMENT
— Retire Early: One of the Worst Financial Decisions You Can Make – Steve McDonald (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made it very clear to me that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would get rid of me long before I would be eligible for regular retirement 6 years later in 2003.)
https://wealthyretirement.com/slap-in-the-face/drawbacks-financial-independence-retire-early-thinking/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What in the name of God are you supposed to do for the next 50 or 60 years if you retire in your 30s? I’m ahead of myself here, but this just sounds so incredibly immature and badly thought out that I kind of lost control for a second. Let’s skip over the fact that living a life of “carefree bliss” – that’s what one successful FIRE advocate called it – is absurd. I say that because every person I have ever known who left the real world too early – either because of an inheritance or because they built the resources on their own to allow them to do that – went back to work out of self-preservation or looked like hell a few years into their “bliss.” For the vast majority, it doesn’t work. People need a challenge. They need structure. They need a reason to get up in the morning other than kayaking and rock climbing.)

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— ‘There’s all this stress.’ Federal workers navigate longest shutdown ‘I still really love being a federal employee,’ one furloughed metro Atlantan says – Jennifer Brett Kelly Yamanouchi,
https://www.ajc.com/news/all-this-stress-federal-workers-navigate-longest-ever-shutdown/QV2otyqJSUZkU5IFoslweI/

 

GUARDIAN
— ‘Barely above water’: US shutdown hits black federal workers hardest – Jamiles Lartey (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 Blavk 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.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/11/governmnet-shutdown-black-federal-workers-trump-border-wall

December 31 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Police Reviewing Surveillance From Saturday Mob Attacks Along Mag Mile – Jeremy Ross
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/30/police-reviewing-surveillance-from-saturday-mob-attacks-along-mag-mile/
— North Riverside Park Mall Closes After Juveniles Cause Disturbance, 2 Arrested
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/30/north-riverside-park-mall-closes-after-juveniles-cause-disturbance-2-arrested/

 

NBC5
— Prices Rise as the Minimum Wage Increases in Several States New minimum wage requirements will take effect in 20 states and nearly two dozen cities around the start of the new year – David A. Lieb
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Minimum-Wage-Increase-Several-States-US-503695231.html

 

ABC7
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes step toward 2020 presidential run – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-takes-big-move-toward-2020-presidential-run/4994770/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal government shutdown enters second week with no resolution in sight – Mike DeBonis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-government-shutdown-20181230-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181230/news/312309936/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181230/legal-marijuana-industry-toasts-banner-year

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/mcchrystal-i-think-trump-is-immoral-dishonest/video_cdd4bc30-d493-58c2-9a56-e38deb398232.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois farmers face uncertainty despite record harvests – AP
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/12/30/illinois-farmers-face-uncertainty-despite-record-harvests/acoacic/

 

WPSD
— Illinois Equal Pay Act amendment extends protections to African Americans – Logan Gay (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger higher salaries than it paid its employees who were Republican, White, and/or older who had more work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses.)
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2018/12/28/illinois-equal-pay-act-amendment-extends-protections-to-african-americans/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner developed a reputation in Springfield that his word just wasn’t good – Scott Reeder
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511712140-reeder-rauner-developed-a-reputation-in-springfield-that-his-word-just-wasn-t-good

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State must pay $845 million more to pension systems next year, report finds – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-must-pay-million-more-to-pension-systems-next-year/article_ef7c5b6a-0aba-11e9-8d33-f745b66a248a.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Fake news’ a real problem long before Trump era, media watchdogs say – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/30/donald-trumps-fake-news-call-often-real/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— UNVEILING THE LEFT’S GLOBALIST AGENDA Christine Williams reveals the real culprit behind illegal immigration.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272391/unveiling-lefts-globalist-agenda-frontpagemagcom
— DEMOCRATS’ SANCTUARY STATE CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM Police officer Ronil Singh, legal immigrant, falls to criminal who “doesn’t belong here.” – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272402/democrats-sanctuary-state-claims-another-victim-lloyd-billingsley

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP: AMERICA NEEDS ‘SLIGHTLY LARGER VERSION’ OF WALL PROTECTING OBAMA’S HOUSE – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/30/trump-larger-version-wall-obama-house/

 

TOWNHALL
— A Look Back at the Demise of the Mainstream News Media in 2018 – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/12/31/a-look-back-at-the-demise-of-the-mainstream-news-media-in-2018-n2538275

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat House Poised To Attack Gun Rights – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29394-democrat-house-poised-attack-gun-rights

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— CNN Attacks The Military – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/cnn-attacks-the-military/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Lets Illegal Immigrant ‘Journalist’ Condemn Standard Descriptions as Dangerous – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/12/30/ny-times-lets-illegal-immigrant-journalist-condemn-standard

 

PJ MEDIA
— Store Clerk Loses His Mind When Man Wearing Trump Gear Walks In (DIERSEN: What would anti-Trumps and Trump-haters do to you if you wore Trump gear?)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/watch-store-clerk-loses-his-mind-when-man-wearing-trump-gear-walks-into-store/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Democrats Commit Self-Sabotage by Dumping on Whites and Christians – Carol M. Swain (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republicans” who dump on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Are these “Republican” dumpers really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-commit-self-sabotage-by-dumping-on-whites-and-christians_2750760.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— AP Poll: Veterans’ support for Trump strong – EMILY SWANSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT
https://www.apnews.com/8d3610f4fc2f4dafb87ac4479b721de1

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic – Adam Nagourney and Robert Gebeloff
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/orange-county-republicans-democrats-demographics.html
— Too Old to Be a Freshman in Congress? Donna Shalala Doesn’t Care – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/us/politics/donna-shalala-congress.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Dozens of journalists were murdered in 2018. This is a crisis of press freedom. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have charged me with disseminating “false” or “fake” news. Should I sue my critics/opponents? According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is “false” or “fake,” except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/dozens-of-journalists-were-murdered-in-2018-this-is-a-crisis-of-press-freedom/2018/12/30/eab8ad2e-092d-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Saudi Arabia, the same campaign against dissent that led to Mr. Khashoggi’s murder left 16 journalists imprisoned in December, according to the CPJ account, including four women who reported on women’s rights. Egypt had the dishonorable distinction of imprisoning the most people — 19 — on charges of disseminating “false” or “fake” news. The growing number of journalists jailed or attacked on that pretext is one illustration of the deleterious influence that President Trump has had on press freedom globally. His labeling of the U.S. media as the “enemy of the people” and charges of “fake news” have been imitated by regimes around the world. At the same time, his refusal to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Mr. Khashoggi’s murder, despite a CIA finding that he likely ordered it, has, as CPJ put it, “signaled that countries that do enough business with the United States are free to murder journalists without consequence.” It won’t be a surprise if 2019 produces another large body count.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shutdown Enters a New Week as House Democrats Ponder Next Move As talks break down over border wall, Democrats could pass short- or long-term funding bills – Kristina Peterson and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutdown-enters-a-new-week-as-house-democrats-ponder-next-move-11546198295


— If Democrats Were Shrewd . . . They’d divide and conquer, splitting Trump and his populist base from more conventional Republicans. – Bobby Jindal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-democrats-were-shrewd-11546199954
— Retraining Programs Fall Short for Some Workers The goal was to help displaced workers gain skills in new industries. But studies show people are earning less or failing to find work – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Between 1992 and 1997, I paid for my own “retraining.” In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators. Between 1992 and 1997, I took graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997 earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retraining-programs-fall-short-for-some-workers-11546088401

 

BLOOMBERG
— Washington Parses Trump’s Wall Semantics in Search for Compromise – Anna Edgerton
https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-parses-trump-wall-semantics-162921177.html

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS provides safe harbors related to the SALT deduction – Michael Cohn
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-provides-safe-harbors-for-businesses-related-to-the-salt-deduction

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— One sixth of world’s people want to flee their home countries
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/31/pers-d31.html

December 20 Morning Edition

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter was the fourth person Gov. Bruce Rauner approached to run for governor. The Chicago attorney who also serves as an Illinois RNC National Committeeman told POLITICO it wasn’t so gauche as to be an outright ask. “I would have described it as more of an aside in a strategy conversation focused more on how he could win (rather) than an offer,” Porter said of their telephone call. Rauner also approached state Sen. Karen McConnaughay, Cubs owner Todd Ricketts and then-GOP attorney general candidate Erika Harold. Rauner “was in to win,” Porter said. “He was never a quitter. To the contrary. He was always focused on finding the best path to winning. And if that meant he should fall on his sword, then he was willing to do that — and give millions of his money away to boot. I think Rauner’s comments on this have been misunderstood.” Porter’s referring to political watchers who say Rauner’s courting of others was a desperate act by a candidate who thought he’d lose. But Porter says Rauner just wanted to be assured of a win. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/20/rauners-4th-pick-polls-show-its-mendoza-v-preckwinkle-cubs-shout-out-at-44th-ward-forum-367406
— PROGRAMMING NOTE: Illinois Playbook will not publish from Dec. 24 to Jan 1. It will be back in your inbox Jan. 2. (DIERSEN: We are in a 12-hour news cycle. Ever-increasingly, people are busy, and they do not have time to read news and commentary articles that are more than 12 hours old. Overwhelmingly, since 2015, news and commentary articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have been less than 12 hours old. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning and each and every evening since 2015. They went out every morning 2005-2015. Those emails have included links to more than 320,600 news and commentary articles.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/20/rauners-4th-pick-polls-show-its-mendoza-v-preckwinkle-cubs-shout-out-at-44th-ward-forum-367406

 

ABC7
— With Senate passage, bill to prevent shutdown goes to House – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/with-senate-passage-bill-to-prevent-shutdown-goes-to-house/4935197/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More than 500 priests accused of sexual abuse not yet publicly identified by Catholic church, Illinois attorney general finds – Elvia Malagon
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-attorney-general-catholic-priest-abuse-20181219-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-ice-protest-portage-st-1220-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, LGBTQ promoters promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-barrington-rainbow-flag-theft-20181219-story.html
— It was always about the wall – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201812191031–tms–vdhansonctnvh-a20181220-20181220-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PHOTOS OF MADIGAN AND CUPICH: State AG: Church underreported number of priests with sex misconduct allegations – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-attorney-general-says-catholic-church-seriously-underreported-number-priests-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PHOTOS OF MADIGAN AND CUPICH: Lisa Madigan: 500 more sex allegations against Illinois priests ‘have not been adequately investigated’ – Michelle Boorstein
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181219/lisa-madigan-500-more-sex-allegations-against-illinois-priests-have-not-been-adequately-investigated

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AG: Catholic Church withheld names of more than 500 Illinois priests accused of abuse – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181219/ag-catholic-church-withheld-names-of-more-than-500-illinois-priests-accused-of-abuse
— Short-term senator gets committee leadership pay – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181219/bernard-schoenburg-short-term-senator-gets-committee-leadership-pay
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Republican state senator appointed to the legislature to fill a 45-day gap is getting not only his base pay, but $1,270 extra to be minority spokesperson on a committee that hasn’t met since months before he took office and has no meetings planned. Sen. YADAV “NICK” NATHWANI of Glen Ellyn was sworn in Nov. 26 after being appointed to the vacancy left with the resignation of former Sen. CHRIS NYBO, R-Elmhurst, who lost the Nov. 6 election to Democrat SUZY GLOWIAK of Western Springs in the 24th Senate District. In addition to filling out Nybo’s term, Nathwani is listed as minority spokesman of the Senate’s financial institutions committee. That committee hasn’t met since May 23. Nathwani will be out of office when Glowiak is sworn in on Jan. 9. Base pay for legislators is $67,836 annually, and committee chairs and minority spokespeople get an extra $10,327 annually. For his 45 days, Nathwani will thus get about $8,360 in base pay and about $1,270 in pay for his committee position. I asked JASON GERWIG, spokesman for Senate GOP Leader BILL BRADY, R-Bloomington, if it was right for Brady to name Nathwani to the leadership post for such a short stint in the Senate and when the committee is apparently not meeting. “Unfortunately, we don’t control the scheduling process of when committees meet,” Gerwig responded. “Maybe if we get a fair map that’ll change someday.” Gerwig noted that Nathwani served the last three days of the veto session and will be there for session on Jan. 7 and 8, before the swearing in on Jan. 9 of the new General Assembly. A message left for at Nathwani’s Senate office went unanswered. He is chief financial officer of Professional Paving & Concrete Co. in Glen Ellyn, a Milton Township trustee and vice-chair of the Milton Township GOP. Nathwani came on my radar due to a something published on the Chicago Tribune website headlined: “From the community: New Senator seeks input from residents.” The author of the piece, which quotes Nathwani encouraging constituents to “reach out to me during this time to discuss the state and local issues important to them,” was listed only as “Community Contributor tbryers.” That would be TIM BRYERS of Elmhurst, who is on the Senate GOP communications staff. He said he is a community contributor to the Tribune, and said in this case, he posted a news release. He said other communications people, as well as representatives of local community groups, use that and similar sites to get out community information. The Trib website says that community contributors are registered users of TribLocal.com and Chicagotribune.com who have photos, articles, announcements and local events to share. The site is not for advertisers. Bryers also said that with many newspapers having fewer reporters than in the past, such openings for outside digital content allows information to get to the public. The Tribune used to have two reporters based in Springfield and there was one in recent years, but since MONIQUE GARCIA left in August to join a public affairs firm, nobody from the Trib is based in the capital city. MARISA KOLLIAS, spokeswoman for the Tribune, had no comment on the status of the Springfield opening, but did say the Tribune “is committed to state government coverage.” As to having a news release from a state staffer published on the Trib website as community news, Kollias had no comment.)

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— How to Properly Use Internships to Find Employees – Daniel B. Kline (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $32,978/year) Intern, that is, to suffer a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://jg-tc.com/business/investment/personal-finance/how-to-properly-use-internships-to-find-employees/article_bfd5f85b-d90a-5388-9b5a-59eff7f7c2a1.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/piece-pot-money-and-weed-illinois#stream/0
— Judge Who Invalidated Obamacare Has Been A ‘Go-To Judge’ For Republicans, Critics Say
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/judge-who-invalidated-obamacare-has-been-go-judge-republicans-critics-say#stream/0

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Bolingbrook Hate Crime Convict Back In Will County’s Jail Rachel Tuszynski of Bolingbrook is back in the Will County Jail again. -John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/woman-guilty-hate-crime-mayor-claars-house-jail-again

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Land of Lincoln is losing 313 residents per day to other states. – Bryce Hill and Robert Teresi
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-worsens-for-5th-straight-year/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “Trans” Madness: De-Sexing the World – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-madness-de-sexing-the-world/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The 2018 Golden Horseshoe Award for Best elected statewide official goes to Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/18/question-of-the-day-golden-horseshoe-awards-78/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although her office doesn’t have any specific duties outside of being 2nd in line and doing what the governor wants, Sanguinetti and her staff have done a lot on the issue of local government consolidation, reducing LLC fees (she took the lead on that before Rauner), rural education and healthcare, and aggressively working to fight against and recommend the best policies that help those suffering from opioids. She may not get most attention due to the position or administration, but the Lt. Gov has done good work she can be proud of during her 4 years of service. Sanguinetti only received one nomination, but it was so strong that it convinced me.)
— Richard Porter was fourth person Rauner asked to run in his place
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/20/richard-porter-was-fourth-person-rauner-asked-to-run-in-his-place/
— AG Madigan finds 500 additional allegations of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and clergy
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/20/ag-madigan-finds-500-additional-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse-by-catholic-priests-and-clergy/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— It was always about the wall – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/19/for-democrats-a-successful-border-wall-means-bad-p/
— Trump’s push on prison reform called ‘goodwill’ to minorities President scores win that eluded Barack Obama in reducing long mandatory minimum sentences – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/19/first-step-act-prison-reform-called-trump-goodwill/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration Is Making U.S. Poorer and Dirtier – Pedro Gonzalez

Immigration Is Making U.S. Poorer and Dirtier


(FROM THE ARTICLE: As a matter of fact, immigration is making our country poorer—save for those who profit from cheap labor—for one simple reason: we are absorbing masses of poor people who remain concentrated in lower-skilled, low-paying jobs. Many of those poor, whether they arrive illegally or by chain migration, happen to be minorities, and in particular Latinos. Latinos experience the third-highest rate of poverty behind blacks and Native Americans—but as the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, they constitute a greater number of poor than blacks and Native Americans combined (10.8 million, 9 million, 700,000, respectively), according to the Center for American Progress. So, yes, immigration is bringing in disproportionate numbers of poor people and making America poorer.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why We’re Divided – Jeffrey Folks
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/why_were_divided.html

 

NEWSMAX
— White House Rips Asylum Ruling as ‘Judicial Activism’ – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/asylum-liberal-activism-immigration-law-open-borders/2018/12/19/id/895209/

 

BREITBART
— Gutless President in Wall-Less Country – Ann Coulter
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/coulter-gutless-president-in-wall-less-country/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul Ryan promotes open borders, that is, Paul Ryan promotes the end of America.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/paul-ryan-immigration-rules-should-offer-jobs-to-anyone/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retiring Paul Ryan today lamented his failure to deliver a global supply of migrant labor to businesses and investors — regardless of ordinary Americans’ desire for decent wages. Ryan’s failure was ensured by Donald Trump’s 2016 election — and so Trump’s “Hire American” policy is now allowing Americans’ wages to rise amid a shortage of blue-collar workers and protests by business leaders. Ryan’s lament came as his final efforts to outsource more Americans jobs to foreign workers were discarded in the confused negotiations over Congress’s failure to pass a 2019 budget for the Department of Homeland Security. That defeat for Ryan was missed by media coverage over funding for the border wall.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— LAURA INGRAHAM, JIM JORDAN CRITICIZE TRUMP, REPUBLICANS ON BORDER WALL RETREAT – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/laura-ingraham-jim-jordan-border-wall/
— TUCKER ADDRESSES AND CLARIFIES IMMIGRATION COMMENT BACKLASH – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/tucker-dershowitz-immigration-backlash-tijuana/
— CNN’S 2014 JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR RESIGNS AFTER ADMITTING TO FALSIFYING STORIES – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/cnn-journalist-der-spiegel-resigns/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-life law firm asks Illinois Supreme Court to stop taxpayer funding of abortion
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-law-firm-asks-illinois-supreme-court-to-stop-taxpayer-funding-of-a

 

PJ MEDIA
— Merry Christmas, Mexico! Here’s Five Billion Dollars! – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/trending/merry-christmas-mexico-heres-five-billion-dollars/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow about their successes.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/christian-college-group-formally-endorses-lgbt-protections-in-federal-law/

 

THE HILL
— White House slams judge’s ruling on Trump asylum policy: ‘The latest example of judicial activism’ – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422207-white-house-slams-judges-ruling-on-trump-asylum-policy-the-latest

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Paul Ryan Played Dumb On Donald Trump All The Way To The End The departing GOP House speaker leaves a legacy of willful ignorance. – Hayley Miller
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-donald-trump-legacy_us_5c17d212e4b05d7e5d84cf99

 

POLITICO
— Ryan’s legacy can’t escape Trump The retiring House speaker touted a series of accomplishments in his farewell address, but Trump will loom over his tenure. – RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/19/paul-ryan-legacy-trump-congress-1070782
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Indeed, when Trump won the presidential election, the hard-line Freedom Caucus stood at the ready to push Ryan out of office for jabbing Trump on the campaign trail. The only reason Trump kept him around was because Vice President Mike Pence and other pro-Ryan Republicans argued in favor of having a true legislative tactician and wonk shepherding his priorities through a convoluted Congress. Had Ryan forcefully criticized Trump during his presidency, the leader of the party might have come after him, Ryan’s allies say. “That’s the toughest job in American politics,” said former Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), an Illinois Republican who lost in the midterm election.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Catholic Church in Illinois Withheld Names of at Least 500 Priests Accused of Abuse, Attorney General Says – Laurie Goodstein and Monica Davey
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/illinois-attorney-general-catholic-church-priest-abuse.html
— Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Bill That Would Avert Shutdown – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/government-shutdown-threat.html
— ‘The Effects Cannot Be Overstated’: When Tech Invaded Media Jim Rutenberg reflects on the convergence of technology with media, and how that has changed his consumption habits and coverage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/technology/personaltech/media-tech-effects.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration reaches deal that will force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as cases are processed, DHS’s Nielsen says – Nick Miroff and Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-to-face-questions-from-lawmakers/2018/12/20/f7d2ffea-0460-11e9-8186-4ec26a485713_story.html

 

THE WIRE
— Caravans – the New Face of Migration to the US, With No End in Sight Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants have become a symbol of US President Donald Trump’s tough policies on immigration. – Reuters
https://thewire.in/world/caravans-the-new-face-of-migration-to-the-us-with-no-end-in-sight

 

FLORIDA WATCHDOG
— Proposed 2019 E-Verify bills likely to revive bitter feud among Republicans – John Haughey (DIERSEN: Obviously, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that oppose E-Verify illegally benefit from illegally employing illegals.)
https://www.watchdog.org/florida/proposed-e-verify-bills-likely-to-revive-bitter-feud-among/article_a593c45c-03b2-11e9-84b3-f7729c3b20b8.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Women Who Love Trump His approval among female Republicans is 93%—higher than among GOP men. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-who-love-trump-11545264804
— The Lamest Lame Duck Trump’s shutdown folly has cost the GOP any last-ditch victories. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lamest-lame-duck-11545265379
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps and those who want cheap labor argue for open borders for Hispanic women.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-is-better-not-to-have-a-daughter-here-latin-americas-violence-turns-against-women-11545237843

 

BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have in the workplace.
https://www.business.com/articles/workplace-culture-gender-equality/

 

INC.
— The Top 50 Best Places to Live in America Right Now. Quality of life, affordability, and ease of living were all taken into account. – Betsy Mikel (DIERSEN: Wheaton is ranked 27th.)
https://www.inc.com/betsy-mikel/the-top-50-best-places-to-live-in-america-right-now-spoiler-not-a-single-big-city-made-list.html
http://time.com/money/collection/2018-best-places-to-live/5361480/wheaton-illinois/

December 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: How Chicago became a key hub in El Chapo’s massive U.S. drug operation: Chicago twin testifies in historic trial – Jeff Coen
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-el-chapo-trial-chicago-drug-dealer-testifies-20181217-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Some who are anti-religious promote devil worship.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-satanic-temple-statue-springfield-dupage-meeting-prayer-1219-20181218-story.html
— Get used to it, America: We’re no longer No. 1 – Noah Smith (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans and America-haters vote for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-china-economy-growing-fast-trade-war-trump-1219-20181218-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Voters to choose in contested races for districts 203 and 204, College of DuPage boards – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-candidate-filing-last-day-st-1219-story.html
— Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel, offers bumpy rides to VIPs – AP (DIERSEN: Have you driven in “soul-destroying traffic?” I did 1966-1968 when I commuted to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC, first in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-elon-musk-boring-tunnel-debuts-20181218-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur’s answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The political war for your right to health care – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: If I sought a government or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/affordable-care-act-obamacare-medicare-for-all/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Rules Committee: Where thousands of Illinois bills go to die – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181219/rules-committee-where-thousands-of-illinois-bills-go-to-die
— Lawlor re-emerges after rehab stint and quitting politics – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181218/lawlor-re-emerges-after-rehab-stint-and-quitting-politics
— Hot races taking shape in several DuPage school districts – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181218/hot-races-taking-shape-in-several-dupage-school-districts
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Warrenville 200 Of three board members with expiring terms, only Chris Crabtree, a former District 200 teacher who won her first term in 2015, is vying to keep her seat. Incumbents Jim Vroman and Jim Gambiani did not file to seek re-election. But newcomers Susan Booton of Wheaton, Dave Long of Winfield, Harold Lonks of Winfield and Mary Yeboah of Wheaton all entered the race, setting a field of five candidates for three seats. . .College of DuPage Four candidates are seeking two 6-year terms on the College of DuPage board. Incumbents Alan Bennett and Joe Wozniak are not seeking re-election, leaving newcomers Annette Corrigan of Wheaton, Marc Incrocci of Darien, Dan Bailey of Wheaton and Maureen Dunne of Naperville to compete for the seats.)

 

WBBM 780
— Illinois Opponents Of Gas Tax Hike Invoke ‘Yellow Vest’ Imagery – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/illinois-opponents-gas-tax-hike-invoke-yellow-vest-imagery

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Nearly 187,000 use automatic voter registration – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Did you register for the draft? I did in 1966 when I was 18 years old. I was classified 1-A notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181218/nearly-187000-use-automatic-voter-registration

 

HERALD NEWS
— Townships, what are they good for? Government bodies provide services despite some negative headlines – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2018/12/17/townships-what-are-they-good-for/amykuv2/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Their numbers growing, Latinos gain clout in new Congress – AP (DIERSEN: How much clout do those who share your demographics have a) in the world, b) in America, c) in Illinois, d) in your county, e) in your township/ward, f) in your municipality, and in your precinct? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in my precinct are overjoyed that those who share my demographics are doomed. I should write a book about those who share my demographics who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics to curry favor with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Their-numbers-growing-Latinos-gain-clout-in-new-13467581.php

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Abortion Foes Take Public Funding Fight Back To Illinois Supreme Court – BRIAN MACKEY
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/abortion-foes-take-public-funding-fight-back-illinois-supreme-court#stream/0

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Republicans raise alarm over apparent attempt to sideline Madigan’s 19-year-old challenger Krupa – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: What had you done by the time you were 19 years old that demonstrated your potential? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, by the time I turned 19 years old in 1967, I had demonstrated nothing. They would stress that I had done yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivered mail since 1966. They would stress that I had requested and obtained draft deferments. They would not stress that UIC had accepted me in 1966, that I had bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, or that I had bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511684787-republicans-raise-alarm-over-apparent-attempt-to-sideline-madigan-s-19-year-old-challenger-krupa

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Federal government shutdown could affect 6,200 employees in Illinois – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee in Illinois 1966-1969 and 1071-1997.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/federal-government-shutdown-could-affect-employees-in-illinois/article_4ea98834-02f9-11e9-8c89-73b300f53810.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Free Exercise of Religion on Display in the Capitol
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-free-exercise-of-religion-on-display-in-the-state-capitol-spotlight-125/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Spiritual Warfare: Standing Strong – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/spiritual-warfare-standing-strong/
— Religious Freedom is on Display in State Government
https://illinoisfamily.org/video/religious-freedom-is-on-display-in-state-government/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Fight for change, but don’t succumb to cynicism in the meantime (DIERSEN: What change do you fight for? I fight for getting the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to back candidates who can and will defend and advance a) the IRP platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks, b) the Republican Party platform, including its illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, and c) the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. Previously, I fought for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right Coalition to do the aforesaid.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/18/fight-for-change-but-dont-succumb-to-cynicism-in-the-meantime/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— VERY TROUBLING: Trump businesses shun E-Verify system, hire illegal immigrants Only 5 out of 565 companies sign up for service – Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-times-daily/20181207/281479277493400
— Democrats say wealthier households need tax break Plan to roll back state and local limits – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: According to anti-Republicans, you are wealthy if you itemize your deductions and you pay more than $10,000 a year in SALT taxes.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-times-weekly/20181210/281517932200391

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— BOYCOTT-HIT CHICK-FIL-A FLYING HIGH IN FAST-FOOD RANKINGS ‘They are doing in 6 days what other chains can’t do in 7’ (DIERSEN: Should I write a book a) about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) about why they are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/boycott-hit-chick-fil-a-flying-high-in-fast-food-rankings/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hall of shame: Advertisers sign up for boycott of Tucker Carlson for telling the truth on illegal immigration – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: Should I write a book a) about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) about why they are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/hall_of_shame_advertisers_sign_up_for_boycott_of_tucker_carlson_for_telling_the_truth_on_illegal_immigration.html

 

TPM
— Fox News Slams Carlson Boycott: We Won’t Be Silenced By ‘Agenda Driven Intimidation’ – Nicole Lafond (DIERSEN: Should I write a book a) about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) about why they are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fox-responds-carlson-wont-be-silenced-agenda-intimidation

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— IHOP Boycotts Tucker Carlson But Not Saudi Arabia – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/ihop-boycotts-tucker-carlson-but-not-saudi-arabia/

 

BREITBART
— State Department Pledges $10 Billion to Develop Central America, Southern Mexico – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/12/18/state-department-pledges-10-billion-to-develop-central-america-southern-mexico/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Many Border Migrants ‘Are Not Legitimate Asylum Seekers’ – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/12/many-border-migrants-are-not-legitimate-asylum-seekers-says-homan/

 

ROLL CALL
— Here Are the House Members Who Have Skipped Votes This Lame-Duck Session Most of the absentees are members who lost re-election, ran for another office or are retiring – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/members-whove-skipping-votes-lame-duck-session
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Peter Roskam, R-Ill., who lost his re-election bid, missed 10.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed. – Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia and Nicholas Confessore
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html
— FRONT PAGE: Addicted to Vaped Nicotine, Teenagers Have No Clear Path to Quitting – Jan Hoffman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/health/vaping-nicotine-teenagers.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘A Feudal Regime’: How Gangs Extort Mexico Extortion is becoming more pervasive across Mexico and Central America, where organized crime groups are regulators of a corrupt underground ecosystem – Santiago Pérez (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps use this to justify granting mass asylum requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-feudal-regime-how-gangs-extort-mexico-11545215400
— Teen Vaping Has Created Addicts With Few Treatment Options Concentrated doses of nicotine prompt higher rates of addiction than cigarettes. With few treatment options for teens, the FDA plans public hearings. – Betsy McKay
https://www.wsj.com/articles/surge-in-teen-vaping-gives-rise-to-nicotine-addiction-11545142195

 

BLOOMBERG
— Americans Earning Over $200,000 Are Flocking to These Neighborhoods Everyone knows wealth is concentrating. This is where the rich are going.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-18/these-are-the-neighborhoods-attracting-america-s-richest

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cook County, Illinois Cook County, which includes the county seat of Chicago, is home to the No. 1 and No. 7 fastest-growing concentrations of $200,000-plus households. No. 1 is, ironically, the area around where the Cabrini-Green public housing projects once stood. Cabrini-Green was notorious for violent crime, poverty and de facto racial segregation until its demolition beginning in the 1990s at the behest of the Chicago Housing Authority. Even back then, authorities fretted that redevelopment plans might displace low-income families. They were right to be worried. Two decades later, the area’s concentration of $200,000-plus households has skyrocketed from zero to 39 percent. For some of the longtime residents who remain, the neighborhood’s transformation has been isolating. . .About 20 miles to the north, Cook County has another top 10 neighborhood: the Glen, in the suburb of Glenview. Converted from what used to be Naval Air Station Glenview, the planned community has hundreds of families living in condos, town houses and single-family homes that go for as much as $2.5 million each, according to realtor Margaret Ludemann.)

 

USA TODAY
— ‘Unscrupulous politicians’ blamed for worst year on record for journalist killings – Kim Hjelmgaard (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians and others who have demonstrated the most hated of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/12/18/more-journalists-killed-2018-than-any-other-year-record-driven-unscrupulous-politicians/2346797002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The hatred of journalists that is voiced, and sometimes very openly proclaimed, by unscrupulous politicians, religious leaders and businessmen has tragic consequences on the ground and has been reflected in this disturbing increase in violations against journalists,” said Reporters Without Borders’ Secretary-General Christophe Deloire. “Amplified by social networks, which bear heavy responsibility in this regard, these expressions of hatred legitimize violence, thereby undermining journalism, and democracy itself, a bit more every day,” he said.)
— Retail workers tested positive for drugs at the highest rate last year, Quest study shows – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/19/drug-testing-workplace-retail-had-highest-rate-positives-tests/2315373002/

 

AUSTIN STATESMAN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Texas marijuana advocates set sights on 2019 legislative session – Bob Sechler (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who does not want Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member Bob Grogan to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, like IRP SCC member Ron Smith appointed me to in 2008? ANSWER: Those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or Second Amendment planks in the 2016 IRP Platform. Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.statesman.com/news/20181213/texas-marijuana-advocates-set-sights-on-2019-legislative-session
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2018 platform of the state’s Republican Party is among their evidence. It includes a plank calling for civil, instead of criminal, penalties for possessing small amounts of pot, as well as one calling for expansion of the Compassionate Use Act “to allow doctors to determine the appropriate use of cannabis to certified patients.” In addition, Gov. Greg Abbott for the first time recently voiced support for reducing penalties for some pot possession — albeit not all the way to a mere civil offense. Abbott, a Republican, said during his successful re-election campaign against Democrat Lupe Valdez that he’s open “to talking to the Legislature about … reducing the penalty for possession of 2 ounces or less from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class C misdemeanor” because he doesn’t want to see “jails stockpiled with people who have possession of a small amount of marijuana.”)

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— A LEGISLATIVE BATTLE LOOMS OVER ARIZONA’S REPRESSIVE LGBT EDUCATION LAWS It is one of seven states with laws that prohibit the promotion of homosexuality and that expressly forbid teachers of health and sexuality education from discussing LGBT issues in a positive light—if at all. – RIKER PASTERKIEWICZ & SABIA PRESCOTT (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who does not want Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member Bob Grogan to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, like IRP SCC member Ron Smith appointed me to in 2008? ANSWER: Those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or Second Amendment planks in the 2016 IRP Platform. Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://psmag.com/education/the-education-legislation-battle-coming-to-arizona

 

NEW YORKER
— The Search for Anti-Conservative Bias on Google – Sue Halpern
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-search-for-anti-conservative-bias-on-google

 

CATO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.cato.org/blog/new-cato-report-border-wall-wont-stop-drug-smuggling-marijuana-legalization-has

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Socialist workers say “HEY TRUMP, DON’T HOLD US HOSTAGE FOR THE RACIST WALL.”
https://socialistworker.org/2018/12/19/hey-trump-dont-hold-us-hostage-for-the-racist-wall