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June 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS! So far, $1,950 has been pledged, but $550 more is needed. Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has pledged $500 and Judge Jeff MacKay has pledged $250. Bob Berlin, Dan Cronin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, and Darlene Ruscitti have each made $100 pledges. Of course, I have promised the Wheaton Park District, the organizer of the parade and fireworks, that I will cover any fundraising shortfall.

As a $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands in the parade. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the Republican entries in the parade, the Republican sponsors, and the amount that they contributed. The flyers will be printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics and I plan on delivering them on Thursday, June 21. Please phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326.

So far, Republican entries in the parade are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, and Joseph Cantore. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s legal team dealt setback in defamation suit – Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers (DIERSEN: According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation), “There are several things a person must prove to establish that libel has taken place. In the United States, a person must prove that 1) the statement was false, 2) caused harm, and 3) was made without adequate research into the truthfulness of the statement. These steps are for an ordinary citizen. For a celebrity or public official, a person must prove the first three steps, and that the statement was made with the intent to do harm or with reckless disregard for the truth, which is usually specifically referred to as “actual malice.”)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180615/281779924837124
— Almost nothing is known about dozens of concealed carry shootings in Illinois. Why? – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, Jennifer Smith Richards
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-concealed-carry-shootings-20180523-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: University of Chicago to stop requiring ACT and SAT scores for prospective undergraduates – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: According to this article, students who are NOT low-income and NOT minority have an unfair advantage. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have always had many unfair advantages. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-chicago-sat-act-20180614-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing number, including DePaul University, have opted to stop requiring the SAT and ACT in their admissions process, saying the tests place an unfair cost and burden on low-income and minority students, and ultimately hinder efforts to broaden diversity on campus. But the trend has escaped the nation’s most selective universities.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Aurora promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/lifestyles/ct-abn-ent-pride-aurora-0615-story.html
— CPS workers to undergo fresh background checks before start of next school year – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-school-background-check-changes-20180614-story.html
— After performance, Stormy Daniels seemingly storms out of Chicago strip club – Morgan Greene
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-stormy-daniels-chicago-20180615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House GOP unveils bill for young immigrants, $25B for border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/gop-leaders-sell-immigration-bills-with-trumps-blessing/
— After shooting fiancée, ex-cop was hired, promoted by medical examiner – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-medical-examiner-anthony-finnelly-ex-cop-shot-fiancee/
— Cicero town president pulled into primary rival’s election suit against Madigan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cicero-town-president-pulled-into-primary-rivals-election-suit-against-madigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecution – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. How long would a pro-Trump sign last in your front yard?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/trump-backer-to-sign-thieves-just-pay-up-to-avoid-prosecution
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last week, with a high-stakes summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the horizon and plenty of news coverage in the Daily Herald and elsewhere about an “Impeach Trump” yard sign in Elgin, Ernest Lasse decided that someone ought to show some support for the president. Lasse installed in front of his Mount Prospect home a roughly 15-square-foot plywood sign reading “TRUMP” in big red letters, surrounded by the words “Make America Great Again.” Not being naive, Lasse knew the sign wouldn’t be popular with everyone. He set up a camera in his front window to capture video of anyone who would do the sign harm. Sure enough, footage shows that a pair of young men came along about 9:30 p.m. Friday and stole the sign from the yard. Lasse found pieces of it the next morning on the bank of nearby Weller Creek. Police were called, reports were written and charges are possible. But before he pursues a formal complaint, Lasse has an offer he hopes the vandals can’t refuse.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180614/naperville-church-preparing-for-parkland-gun-control-bus-tour

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans attack Dems for sex harassment—even as they worship Trump.”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/republicans-attack-dems-for-sex-harassment-even-as-they-worship-trump
— Stormy Daniels storms out of Chicago strip club amid dispute: ‘I got fired,’ she says as weekend shows appear canceled The porn star left her performance early Thursday during the first of five planned shows at the Admiral. The strip club plans to sue her. – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/stormy-daniels-storms-out-of-chicago-strip-club-amid-dispute-i-got-fired-she-says-as-weekend-shows-appear-canceled

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ROSKAM breaks from Trump on BORDER policy – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. To get more votes in my precinct for Roskam in the 2018 general election, will anti-Trumps want me to stress to the voters in my precinct the ways in which Roskam breaks with Trump? Anti-Trumps stress to Roskam that in the 2018 primary, of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, a) only 90 (18%) voted for Roskam, b) only 112 (22%) cast Republican ballots, c) only 207 (41%) are registered Republicans, d) 23 (5%) changed their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and e) 21 (4%) changed from unaffiliated to Democrat. They stress that there is no elected or appointed Democrat Precinct Committeeman in my precinct. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Roskam has gotten far fewer votes in my precinct because of me, because of my GOPUSA Illinois emails, and because of my support for Trump.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/15/roskam-breaks-from-trump-on-border-policy-koch-group-targets-durbin-new-bill-targets-cps-abuse-280333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) broke from the Trump administration on Thursday and called on the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to reverse a zero tolerance policy that separates children from their parents at the border. Roskam’s comments come amid a national debate that grew more acrimonious on Thursday after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the practice, citing the Bible: “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order. If you cross the Southwest border unlawfully, then the Department of Homeland Security will arrest you and the Department of Justice will prosecute you. Having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution.” At a contentious White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended that stance, saying: “I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law. That is actually repeated a number of times throughout the Bible.” Roskam joins other Republicans, including Speaker Paul Ryan, to raise concerns with the policy. Roskam’s statement on Thursday called for a full reversal. “The events unfolding at our nation’s borders are heartbreaking. Being forcibly separated from a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and I cannot fathom the pain these families are enduring. Every day these children spend apart from their parents, confused, scared, and alone, inflicts additional and unnecessary trauma,” Roskam said in a statement. “While I believe we have a responsibility to secure our borders, I also believe that how we treat strangers reflects the moral values this country was founded on. Dragging children away from their parents ought not be a part of the solution.” Roskam has been under intense pressure by both constituents and donors to come up with a resolution on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Roskam’s suburban district has the largest DACA population of any Illinois member, according to the Illinois Business Immigration Commission. He’s faced regular protests in his district, including from advocates who have called for him to fix DACA.)

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Shia Kapos takes over Illinois Playbook (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeed in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, who do they want to replace me with? Of course, most importantly, they want someone who they can manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/06/14/robservations-shia-kapos-takes-illinois-playbook/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shia Kapos, the longtime and well-connected chronicler of Chicago’s movers and shakers, is replacing Natasha Korecki as writer of Politico’s Illinois Playbook. Korecki, who’s been writing the daily newsletter on politics and government since 2015, was promoted to national correspondent for Politico. “I’ll still be here for a couple of weeks before handing over the baton,” Korecki reported. Kapos, a former columnist for the Sun-Times and Crain’s Chicago Business, has been blogging — Taking Names at ShiaKapos.com — and covering corporate governance for Acuris. “I’ve loved writing about big shareholders for Acuris, but I really enjoy digging in to Chicago news,” Kapos said. “Writing the Illinois Playbook is a dream come true. I have big shoes to fill as Natasha has become the premiere political writer in Illinois — and soon the Midwest. I think together we’ll be kicking ass and taking names.”)

 

JOHN BIVER
— THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR: WINTER IS COMING
https://johnbiver.com/race-chicago-mayor-winter-coming/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AN APOLOGY TO ILLINOIS REVIEW READERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/an-apology-to-illinois-review-readers-.html
— ILLINOIS HOME VALUE ARMAGEDDON Crime, pensions and taxes are driving down the value of your home.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-home-value-armageddon.html
— AMERICANS THINK THE NEWS INDUSTRY IS “HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/americans-think-the-news-industry-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction.html

 

GOPUSA
— What will the media do if Trump isn’t the second coming of Hitler?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47959

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional Republicans break from Trump on zero-tolerance border policy – S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/14/trump-administrations-zero-tolerance-border-policy/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP Responds to IG Report: ‘Not the FBI Our Country Needs’ – Todd Beamon
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/justice-department-trey-gowdy-house-oversight-committee-inspector-general/2018/06/14/id/866229/

 

DAILY CALLER
— IG REVELATIONS ON AGENT/JOURNO GIFT-GIVING COULD BE FEDERAL CRIMES – Kevin Daley
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/14/agent-journalist-gifts-could-be-federal-crimes/

 

DAILY TORCH
— Did an Obama Executive Order force the government to hire unqualified applicants? – Natalia Castro (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/06/did-an-obama-executive-order-force-the-government-to-hire-unqualified-applicants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Employees should be hired based on their ability to complete the tasks they have been assigned and nothing else. Yet under the Obama administration, hiring practices for the federal government were moved away from merit to fulfill goals irrelevant to the positions. Policies intended to simplify the federal government application process had the consequence of increasing politicization in the federal workforce and overburdening human resource offices. In May 2010, former President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process. This memorandum directed agencies to simplify their application process to “eliminate any requirement that applicants respond to essay-style questions” and allowed individuals to submit resumes and cover letters or complete “simple, plain language” instead. The result was a flood of new applications. According to Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning, the goal was not just to increase hiring in the federal government but to increase political hiring. Manning notes, “The 2010 memorandum was always intended to give Obama supporters an easier path to enter the civil service. By overwhelming human resource departments with applications, it accomplished just that.” This was the first of several presidential orders to reshape the federal workforce.)

 

BLAZE
— IG Report: Do you support Trump? Then you’re a lazy pieces of shit,” according to (at least one) FBI employee – Breck Dumas (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were always very careful to not put anything in writing that could get them in trouble.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/15/ig-report-do-you-support-trump-then-youre-a-lazy-pos-according-to-at-least-one-fbi-employee

 

POLITICO
— Trump Ordered Troops to the Border, But They’re Doing Busywork In this ramshackle town, National Guard soldiers are doing everything from shoveling manure to changing tires. What they’re not doing: Watching the border. – BRYAN BENDER (DIERSEN: Talk about waste. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 after having 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. Outrageously wastefully, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/14/trump-ordered-troops-to-the-border-but-theyre-doing-busywork-218821

 

REUTERS
— Rocky road ahead for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants bill in U.S. House – Susan Cornwell, Amanda Becker
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-congress/rocky-road-ahead-for-dreamer-immigrants-bill-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN1JA27K

 

ABC NEWS
— RNC Chairwoman clarifies tweet viewed as threat to anti-Trump GOPers – JOHN VERHOVEK
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-chairwoman-clarifies-tweet-viewed-threat-anti-trump/story?id=55896450

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “conservative religious leaders” to act as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/trump-immigration-religion.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps use children brought into America illegally to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/insider/brownsville-walmart-migrant-shelter.html
— How the I.R.S. Could Punish Trump and His Foundation – Jesse Drucker (DIERSEN: How has IRS punished you? My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/trump-foundation-irs-attorney-general.html
— Facebook’s New Political Algorithms Increase Tension With Publishers – Ben Sisario (DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, news is reported by people who want to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/media/mark-thompson-facebook-algorithm.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most recent salvo came on Thursday, when Mark Thompson, the chief executive of The New York Times Company, accused Facebook of unintentionally “supporting the enemies of quality journalism” by using algorithms that can mischaracterize news as partisan political content. Mr. Thompson was speaking at a panel discussion in New York, which also included Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of global news partnerships. Ms. Brown defended a policy Facebook recently introduced in response to criticism over how its ad network was able to be manipulated during elections. Ms. Brown cited the importance of safeguarding elections and said the problems with political ads were “something we are deeply concerned about. We hear you.”)
— In Name of Free Speech, States Crack Down on Campus Protests – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/politics/campus-speech-protests.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says he would oppose immigration bill cobbled together by House GOP, dealing a blow to leaders rallying support for it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/15/trump-says-he-would-oppose-immigration-bill-cobbled-together-by-house-gop-dealing-a-blow-to-leaders-rallying-support-for-it/
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) are anti-federal employee and b) anti-federal retiree.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/06/15/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

BALTIMORE POST
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – JOE DAVIDSON
http://thebaltimorepost.com/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This Is No Time to Go to Pot Legalizing marijuana encourages use of harder drugs and sets back the cause of social justice. – Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Sabet
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-no-time-to-go-to-pot-1529018027
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-security-needs-immigrants-1529018058
— Insubordination and Bias at FBI The inspector general report is careful in its conclusions, but damning on the facts. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/insubordination-and-bias-at-fbi-1529018176
— In Harvard Affirmative Action Suit, Filings to Provide Rare Look at Admissions Process Lawsuit alleges Harvard intentionally discriminates against Asian-Americans – Melissa Korn and Nicole Hong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-filings-to-shine-light-on-how-harvard-employs-affirmative-action-in-admissions-1528905750
— University of Chicago Drops SAT, ACT Requirement for Admissions Prestigious university joins movement to de-emphasize test scores, saying it ‘levels the playing field’ – Tawnell D. Hobbs (DIERSEN: According to this article, “Some students are good testers, some students are not.” Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have had an unfair advantage because I am a good tester. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-chicago-drops-sat-act-requirement-for-admissions-1529009194

 

ARIZONA DAILY SUN & TUCSON
— GOP brass wants rep out after immigration remark – Howard Fischer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, America is becoming anti-White and Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about that.)
https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gop-brass-wants-rep-out-after-immigration-remark/article_20ac9769-12c2-5787-8617-23568e3d77ed.html
https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-gop-chair-calls-on-prescott-legislator-to-resign-over/article_e53cc5e9-cd22-55d0-88f0-4a239bae3d16.html

June 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic women will lead ‘in this time of trial for all of us,’ Durbin says
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-tuesday-20180611-story.html
— Shocked by Trump aggression against reporters and sources? The blueprint was made by Obama – Margaret Sullivan (DIERSEN: I have been a reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. Should I write a book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who have worked the most aggressively against me?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-media-trump-reporters-sources-obama-0611-20180608-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Make Chicago its own state? Suburban lawmakers say it won’t happen – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they want to drive out of Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies 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.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180611/make-chicago-its-own-state-suburban-lawmakers-say-it-wont-happen

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The $190,000 question: Who will raise salaries for junior lawyers? – CLAIRE BUSHEY (DIERSEN: What salary did you start at and what was your salary eight years into your career? In today’s dollars, I started at IRS at $45,703 and eight years later, my salary was $91,880. My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, 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.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180612/NEWS04/180619985
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Winston & Strawn plans to boost first-year lawyer salaries by $10,000, making it the first Chicago firm to pay $190,000. The move invites the question of whether others will follow. Winston is following the lead of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy. The New York firm bumped salaries for its junior lawyers on June 4, setting a new pay scale starting at $190,000 and going to $330,000 for lawyers eight years into their careers. Several others besides Winston have raised salaries too.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Protesters visit Rauner’s house to demand $15 minimum wage – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (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. Because I could do the aforesaid, anybody could do the aforesaid, or more, because according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am lazy, I am stupid, and I am even worse things.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180611/protesters-visit-rauners-house-to-demand-15-minimum-wage

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Small step toward transparency – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-12/editorial-small-step-toward-transparency.html
— Population drop is complicated – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois focus on a) attracting to Illinois members of Group A and b) driving out of Illinois members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-11/editorial-population-drop-complicated.html

 

WAND
— Poor People’s Campaign advocates march in Springfield – Tristan Hardy (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. Because I could do the aforesaid, anybody could do the aforesaid, or more, because according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am lazy, I am stupid, and I am even worse things.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38400691/poor-peoples-campaign-advocates-march-in-springfield

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— How Much Is A School Teacher Worth? – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/how-much-school-teacher-worth#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— It could get easier for older job applicants to prove age discrimination
http://www.chicagonow.com/windy-city-legal-geek/2018/06/it-could-get-easier-for-older-job-applicants-to-prove-age-discrimination/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Roskam champions bill to limit IRS asset seizures – Robert Hadley
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511453195-roskam-champions-bill-to-limit-irs-asset-seizures

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Professional complaints filed against Cullerton, Madigan and others – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me like many complaints had been filed against me by my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran, but none ever were. Virtually all of the employees who my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, disabled, veteran, and/or employees who they wanted to get rid of.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/professional-complaints-filed-against-cullerton-madigan-and-others/article_5188bf24-6dae-11e8-8edb-eb12f10093aa.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A victims’ rights activist who was the first to publicly name a state legislator for alleged abuse of power has now filed a complaint against a slew of other state lawmakers who are also lawyers, claiming misconduct, malfeasance and other violations of professional standards. Denise Rotheimer said Monday she filed a complaint with Illinois’ Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission against several high-ranking lawmakers, including state Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, and House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago. Rotheimer also filed complaints against lawmakers who are attorneys on the Legislative Ethics Commission and against the special legislative inspector general. The ARDC was established by the Illinois Supreme Court to “promote and protect the integrity of the legal profession.” The Illinois Supreme Court has the authority to disbar attorneys. The complaints stem from the nearly three year vacancy for the legislative inspector general position. The inspector general is responsible for investigating allegations of lawmaker wrongdoing. While the post was vacant, complaints forwarded to the office sat untouched.)

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— MSNBC Actually Asks if Trump’s Old Age Versus Kim Jong Un’s Young Age Gives U.S. a Disadvantage – TRE GOINS-PHILLIPS (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination.)
https://ijr.com/2018/06/1102159-msnbc-journalist-trump-age-north-korea/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP forced to act on Dreamer legislation – Susan Ferrechio (DIERSEN: Of course, this will result in many millions more Dreamers being brought into America illegally. Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers hint/imply/argue/shout that they can/will/do give tremendous preference to Dreamers over citizens of America.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/gop-forced-to-act-on-dreamer-legislation

 

BREITBART
— ‘Moderates’ Reject Amnesty Compromise, Deny Border Upgrades – Neil Monro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/11/moderates-block-amnesty-compromise-deny-border-upgrades/

 

BLAZE
— Robert De Niro says ‘F*** Trump’ at Tonys; Parkland drama students give surprise performance – Dave Urbanski
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/11/robert-de-niro-says-f-trump-at-tonys-parkland-drama-students-give-surprise-performance

 

CHRISTIAN NEWS
— CrossFit Researcher Fired for Tweeting ‘Celebrating Pride Is a Sin’ – Heather Clark
https://christiannews.net/2018/06/11/crossfit-researcher-fired-for-tweeting-celebrating-pride-is-a-sin/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Dozens of layoffs at DePaul given ‘Lifetime Censorship Award’ as enrollment plunges – GREG PIPER (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will DePaul officially declare war against those who 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.thecollegefix.com/post/45753/
— Public university hides results of hate-crime investigation, including suspects’ race – GRACE CURTIS
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/45549/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A public university in Maryland is refusing to provide any information about two students investigated for allegedly harassing and assaulting Jewish fraternity members, claiming it would violate federal law. The fraternity itself refuses to say anything about the alleged assailants, suggesting that they do not fit the stereotype of white nationalists or neo-Nazis.)

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats test liberal messages in midterm House elections – BILL BARROW and THOMAS BEAUMONT (DIERSEN: From what I see, the Democrat message is and will increasingly be: “To punish Trump, Vote for Democrats.”
https://apnews.com/8fbd51f595f44fca81e94ec2b97be3f8/Democrats-test-liberal-messages-in-midterm-House-elections

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Even a Whiff of Disloyalty to Trump Can Imperil a G.O.P. Incumbent – Alan Blinder and Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/alabama-republican-roby-trump.html
— Trump Administration Challenges University of Michigan Anti-Bullying Rules – Anemona Hartocollis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/speech-lawsuit-trump-administration-michigan.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/trump-border-migrants-separation.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— John Cox says Trump will campaign for him in California governor’s race – SEEMA MEHTA
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-john-cox-says-president-trump-will-stump-1528781633-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Backs Ohio Voter Purge Decision by conservative justices could open the door for more states to adopt such rules – Jess Bravin (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there on the voter rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-upholds-ohio-rules-for-canceling-voter-registration-1528728340
— Sessions Rules Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Can’t Always Win Asylum Decision represents attorney general’s latest effort to curtail loopholes in immigration law – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sessions-rules-immigrant-victims-of-domestic-violence-cant-always-seek-asylum-1528754063
— The Words That Can Signal You’re Depressed People who are experiencing depression use different words than people who are not – Elizabeth Bernstein (DIERSEN: Members of Group A focus making members of Group B feel depressed. I should write a book about members of Group A. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B 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.wsj.com/articles/the-words-that-can-signal-youre-depressed-1528724000

 

USA TODAY
— Voting decision is a victory for ballot integrity – Pete Hutchison
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/11/supreme-court-voting-decision-victory-ohio-editorials-debates/35940941/

 

HERALD AND NEWS
— News fatigue: Many Americans feel worn out, but interesting trends show – JENNIFER RUBIN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you read ONLY what they put out or bless. Some are so extreme that they do not want me drive traffic to their websites.)
https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/news-fatigue-many-americans-feel-worn-out-but-interesting-trends/article_e08d8cbe-e195-5112-9c9f-296b6fef3c99.html

 

WTVA
— REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS INCREASINGLY REALLY DO OCCUPY DIFFERENT WORLDS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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 and Republicans are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wtva.com/content/national/485221391.html

 

HR DRIVE
— Does an ‘experience range’ read as age discrimination? – Riia O’Donnell (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do 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, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)

https://www.hrdive.com/news/does-an-experience-range-read-as-age-discrimination/524956/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An employee can continue with his claim that an upper limit on work experience may amount to age discrimination, a federal district court judge determined, denying a motion for summary judgment filed by STMicroelectronics, Inc. Charles Owen worked for STM as a temp in 2008 for about one year, filling in for an employee who was on assignment in China. In 2013, he was asked to return to STM to fill a second vacancy. Upon his return, he learned the position he had filled in 2008 was now vacant and applied for the job. The job posting specified that the company desired about 10 years of experience. Owen met all the criteria for the opening but was told by the person to whom he was reporting at the time that they didn’t want “someone with so much experience that they would be inflexible.” Owen was in his 60s, and the job ultimately went to a 36-year-old candidate. Owen sued, and the judge refused to dismiss his claim, saying that “a reasonable juror could find [the supervisor’s] comment about experience and inflexibility to be indicative of age discrimination.”)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs oppose anything that discourages illegal immigration. Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat or to be a RINO is to be anti-American and to be anti-White.
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/06/11/the-census-bureaus-very-costly-question-choice/

June 3 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Peter Roskam, Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Amy Grant, Peter Breen, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, James Mendrick, Paul Hinds, Gwen Henry, Grant Eckhoff, Chris Zaruba, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay. The deadline for parade entries is June 11, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326. Thanks. – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker pumps $25 million into campaign fund, gives million to Madigan committee
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/02/pritzker-pumps-25-million-into-campaign-fund-gives-million-to-madigan-committee/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— An ERA memo – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: To vote for the ERA is to flush Phyllis Schlafly and all her supporters, including me, down the toilet.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chance-the-rapper-joining-st-sabina-peace-rally/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wow! Sneed was surprised not to see a mention of legendary conservative maven Phyllis Schlafly when Illinois permitted ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment last week. In all due respect, Schlafly must have been turning over in her grave. Who was Schlafly? Dubbed the first lady of the conservative movement, Schlafly was credited by some historians as the reason the ERA failed to pass in Illinois! The ERA Amendment lost steam in the late 1970s because of the work of Schlafly’s “volunteer brigades,” who were known to cajole legislators with apple pies. As the nation’s most famous anti-feminist during the rebirth of the Women’s Liberation Movement decades — she was also the president of the Illinois Federation of Republican Women from 1956 to 1964. She wore her hair up, she did not burn her bra, and you just knew she wore a girdle. For a journalist in the late ’60s and ’70s, Schlafly’s name was in your Rolodex. When Schlafly died in 2016, at the age of 92, her New York Times obit described her as being one of the most polarizing figures in American public life, a self-described housewife with “a moral ferocity reminiscent of the ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation.” She was a remarkable woman who, thank goodness, did not get the last word in the ongoing fight for a woman’s equal rights.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-lies-disinformation/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning young people into Trump haters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–ap-poll-young-americans-empowered-20180530-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy America discourage immigrants from speaking, reading, and writing English. My ancestors, who immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s, would have been much more successful if they had dumped the German language sooner than they did. My outstanding parents never attended college. My mother never attended high school. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–bilingual-in-america-20180526-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Barr and Bee on Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-persec-page-rosanne-barr-samantha-bee-donald-trump-0603-20180601-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-roseanne-tv-show-canceled-st-0601-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Democrats do everything that they can to blame gun violence on Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-picnic-for-peace-st-0603-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Town halls a victim of Democrats’ violent fringe – Gregory Moffett, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180603/town-halls-a-victim-of-democrats-violent-fringe
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: How college courses for veterans aim to aid transition to civilian life – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, there should be college courses for government employees to “aid transition to civilian life.” Overwhelmingly, non-government employers, and everyone else for that matter, a) view government work experience as being completely worthless and b) view government employees as being lazy, stupid, overpaid, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180602/how-college-courses-for-veterans-aim-to-aid-transition-to-civilian-life
–FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you think of Republican DINKs (dual income, no kids)? I should write a book about those who despise/hate Republican DINKs. Those who despise/hate Republican DINKs include my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180602/constable-chinese-orphan-brings-love-and-challenges-to-empty-nesters-
— These American workers are still being paid like it’s the 1980s – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: What is the prevailing wage for those who have education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses comparable to what you have? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had 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 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license (licensed CPA) when I was 32.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180603/these-american-workers-are-still-being-paid-like-its-the-1980s

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Townships defend their services, tax support – DEREK BEIGH and RYAN VOYLES (DIERSEN: I remain neutral on township government notwithstanding the many adverse actions that township officials and township employees have taken against me. Should I write a book about those adverse actions and about those township officials and employees who took those adverse actions against me? Some of them talk and act like they want me to. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I am sure that the Township Officials of Illinois organization (https://www.toi.org/) does not want its members to use their government and political clout a) to destroy those who do not glorify and praise them, b) to destroy those who do not pander to them, and c) to destroy those who do not give them money.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/townships-defend-their-services-tax-support/article_7ec6562f-5308-5628-99e8-561bde1e75a8.html
— State budget a relief, but much more to do – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-state-budget-a-relief-but-much-more-to-do/article_6c745058-e6c3-5ccc-9668-f678ddf0a540.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner may have given up on big shake-up – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to give up on? My critics/opponents want me to give up on defending/promoting a) Donald Trump, b) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents want me to give up my opposition to promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-03/tom-kacich-rauner-may-have-given-big-shake.html
— Victory lap in Springfield – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-03/editorial-victory-lap-springfield.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— With agreement, an easier budget vote this time around – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180602/bernard-schoenburg-with-agreement-easier-budget-vote-this-time-around

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Hearing set on Deerfield’s semi-automatic weapons ban – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article212440799.html

 

WAND
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38333572/lawmakers-looking-for-opioid-alternatives

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— State budget first step to rebuilding Illinois – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-state-budget-first-step-to-rebuilding-illinois/article_d231a937-5e8d-53e7-ad18-7b0a0129244e.html

 

ABC NEWS
— Google blames Wikipedia for linking California GOP to Nazism – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/google-blames-wikipedia-linking-california-gop-nazism-55576162

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Never Mind the News Media: Politicians Test Direct-to-Voter Messaging – Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about politicians who do NOT want you to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? They want you to known only want they tell you, no more and no less. They do NOT want me to know about their events or their other activities. They do NOT want me to promote their events or their other activities. They do NOT want me to attend their events. They do not want me to report on their events or their other activities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/bernie-sanders-town-hall.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These media methods have obvious appeal: Politicians can appear accessible but remain insulated from the press. They are also not altogether new. President Trump eschewed traditional television advertising during the 2016 campaign and can now overshadow even his own party’s message at the drop of a tweet. And many politicians have long made a practice of ducking reporters. Yet several factors have converged to elevate the practice: Fake news and false information about politics have proliferated; the public’s trust in the mainstream media is low; and social media platforms make unfiltered messaging easier than ever. As a result, there is a new urgency among politicians to deliver talking points directly. Some two-thirds of Americans get at least some of their news on social media, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. “Bernie and others are trying to find other ways that they can more directly connect with people,” said Guy Cecil, the chairman of Priorities USA, a Democratic “super PAC.” Many politicians blame the news media for the shift, claiming dishonest coverage has left them no other choice.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Did your mother stay home and raise you. My mother did. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) that gave me a tremendous unfair advantage in life and b) that proved that my parents were undeservedly filthy rich. In my defense, my outstanding parents never attended college. My mother never attended high school. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45, and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/technology/government-mom.html
— Thinking About Retirement? Consider Working a Little Longer – Jeff Sommer (DIERSEN: What if I had NOT succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats in 1997 when I was 49 years old? What if I had NOT taken their early retirement “offer?” I would NOT have again been eligible to retire for 6 years, that is, until I was 55 years old in 2003. If I had NOT taken their early retirement “offer,” my Democrat GAO superiors had promised to make my next 6 years a living hell. Who would have come to my defense? Based on how they and their staffs have treated me since 1997, no Illinois Republican U.S. Senator and no Illinois U.S. Representative would have come to my defense. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if Illinois Republican U.S. Senators and Illinois U.S. Representatives or their staffs had come to my defense, I would still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my Illinois Republican U.S. Senators and my Illinois U.S. Representatives and their staffs a) have dumped me, b) have thrown me under the bus, and c) have flushed me down the toilet.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/business/thinking-about-retirement-consider-working-a-little-longer.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 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 crow about their successes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/opinion/sunday/sex-gender-christian-campuses.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups crow about their success in destroying California: 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.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/opinion/sunday/california-progressive-politics.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mexico crows about its success in destroying America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/opinion/sunday/the-mexican-revival-of-small-town-america.html
— Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? California City Is First in U.S. to Try Long plagued by poverty and desperation, Stockton, Calif., is testing universal basic income as a means of improving the lives of its residents. – Peter S. Goodman (DIERSEN: How much “free cash” would it take to get you to stop working – $15,000/year, $20,000/year, $25,000/year, $30,000/year, $35,000/year, $40,000/year, $45,000/year, $50,000/year, or more?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/business/stockton-basic-income.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and anti-White demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are not anti-men and anti-White.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/opinion/sunday/tradwives-women-alt-right.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The Times’ recommendations for Tuesday’s California primary – Editorial (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, John Cox did not succumb to my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes a) who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me, b) who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems, and c) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and even worse things.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-endorsement-recap-20180603-story.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise illegals, if you do not pander to illegals, and if you do not give money to illegals, Democrats call you a racist and even worse things. Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they are going to use illegals to get rid of 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.
http://www.newsweek.com/republicans-are-battling-be-most-anti-immigrant-candidate-their-primaries-954548

 

FED SMITH
— Executive Order on Firing Policies Leaves Federal Employees Contemplating Job Security – Mathew B. Tully, Esq. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Democrats run the federal government. 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.fedsmith.com/2018/06/03/executive-order-firing-policies-leaves-federal-employees-contemplating-job-security/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Even More Optimistic About Economic Opportunity in U.S. (DIERSEN: When were you born? I was born in 1948. If I was trying to get a job now, I would be extremely pessimistic. Ever-increasing, employers make it clear that they do not want to hire, retain, or promote those who share my demographics. The only thing that is better now is that I would not be “draft bait.” I was “draft bait” until early 1971. Employers do not want hire those who are “draft bait.”)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/may_2018/americans_even_more_optimistic_about_economic_opportunity_in_u_s

May 6 Evening Edition

JEANNE IVES
— Ives, McSweeney Endorse Shaw For ILGOP Chairman
https://mailchi.mp/619817ea37f1/ives-mcsweeney-endorse-shaw-for-ilgop-chairman
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: “Mark Shaw has a record as a commonsense conservative who is unafraid to stand up for our party platform and take on the political ruling class in Illinois,” said Ives. “He will work with all members of our party to win races so we can pull this state back from the brink of financial disaster. The current chair has demonstrated neither the willingness or ability to advance our party in such a direction.” “Simply put, Chairman Schneider has failed as our state party chairman. Under his leadership dozens of Democrats went unchallenged in state legislative seats, he alienated the conservative ILGOP base in the gubernatorial race by choosing sides in a primary, and under Schneider’s leadership a man who proudly associates with the Nazi party is on the ballot as a Republican. His tenure has been an unmitigated disgrace,” Ives continued. After the disastrous 2017 legislative year, during which 15 legislative Republicans joined Democrats to enact the largest permanent tax increase in the history of the state, McSweeney said, “if we cannot agree on no new taxes as Republicans, then we cannot agree on anything. Tim Schneider failed to unite our party against a massive tax increase.” McSweeney went on to say, “Mark Shaw is a solid conservative who will work to expand the Republican Party. Tim Schneider, Chairman of the Illinois Rauner Party, is an inept insider who has badly damaged the party of Lincoln and Reagan.” Both legislators have served in the Illinois General Assembly since 2013 and have led on issues of tax cuts, government accountability and spending reform. Ives plans to attend the ILGOP State Central Committee meeting on May 19th in Springfield where the election for state party chairman is scheduled to take place.)

 

NBC5
— President Trump, VP Pence Move Indiana Rally Site
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/president-donald-trump-vice-president-mike-pence-indiana-visit-481871701.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Five Illinois counties declare ‘sanctuary’ status for gun owners – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/five-illinois-counties-declare-sanctuary-status-for-gun-owners
— 34% of young adults not sure if Earth is round
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/34-of-young-adults-not-sure-if-earth-is-round

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois counties declare ‘sanctuary’ status for gun owners – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-gun-sanctuary-counties-20180506-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Stormy Daniels plays Stormy Daniels on latest ‘SNL’ mockery of Trump scandals – Darel Jevens
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/stormy-daniels-plays-stormy-daniels-on-latest-snl-mockery-of-trump-scandals/

— My mother’s dream was for me to become a journalist – Linda Yu
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/linda-yu-mothers-dream-become-journalist/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s northern Indiana rally moving to larger venue – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180506/news/305069938/
— Schools try ticketing, education to get students to stop vaping on campus Ticketing, education being attempted to get students to stop doing it on premises – Chacour Koop (DIERSEN: What percent of vaping students a) want to smoke pot or b) smoke pot?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180506/schools-try-ticketing-education-to-get-students-to-stop-vaping-on-campus

BLOOMINTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner, Pritzker at odds over legalizing pot – RYAN VOYLES
http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/rauner-pritzker-at-odds-over-legalizing-pot/article_22d59cd7-35e7-5586-8328-ac38b5b2f918.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Barickman helps lead fight vs. governor slush fund – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180506/word-on-street-barickman-helps-lead-fight-vs-governor-slush-fund

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois companies disclose CEO-to-worker pay difference
http://www.bnd.com/news/business/article210584319.html

 

97.1 TALK RADIO
— Jeanne Ives Marc Cox Morning Show Podcast
https://971talk.radio.com/media/audio-channel/jeanne-ivesmp3-1

 

SHARON BRANNIGAN
— Palos Township May 2018 Meeting
https://mailchi.mp/01a6b56d8978/may-2018-township-update?e=5bf5816ff2

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Real Estate Tax Bills Coming Monday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/06/real-estate-tax-bills-coming-monday/
— Bill Passes State Senate Mandates 8th Graders Must Have “Comprehensive Knowledge” of “Roles and Contributions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/06/bill-passes-state-senate-mandating-teachers-include-roles-contributions-folks-identifying-lgbt/
— Kentucky Immigrant’s Take on Township Government
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/05/kentucky-immigrants-take-township-government/
— Governor Names Official Bicentennial Tequila
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/05/governor-names-official-bicentennial-tequila/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Bickus: ‘The state is so corrupt. I’m stepping out on a leap of faith’ – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511406882-candidate-bickus-the-state-is-so-corrupt-i-m-stepping-out-on-a-leap-of-faith

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Big Government Poses a Threat to Faith in God – Micah Clark
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/big-government-poses-a-threat-to-faith-in-god/

 

BREITBART
— Rosie O’Donnell Made Several Illegally Over-Sized Campaign Donations to Democrats – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/06/rosie-odonnell-made-several-illegally-sized-campaign-donations-democrats/

 

NEW YORK POST
— ‘I can’t afford an apartment’: Congressmen sleeping in offices cry poverty – Marisa Schultz
https://nypost.com/2018/05/01/these-politicians-are-sleeping-in-their-dc-offices-to-save-money/

 

MERCURY NEWS
— California Democratic governor candidates vow to hire equal numbers of men and women if elected – Casey Tolan (DIERSEN: Because all the jobs that I had with the federal government were universally viewed as being bad jobs, my superiors had a very hard time hiring and retaining qualified women and qualified minorities. They could always get better jobs in the private sector.)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/06/california-governor-democrats-gender-equity-hiring-pledge/

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— California Republican activists favor John Cox for governor but remain divided – ALEXEI KOSEFF
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article210584474.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— John McCain reveals he regrets choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate and wishes he went with Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman instead
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5697057/John-McCain-reveals-regrets-choosing-Sarah-Palin-running-mate.html

April 22 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Observations on March 20, 2018 primary election results for Diersen’s DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton: Of the precinct’s:
– 504 registered voters, 207 (41%) are Republican, 137 (27%) are Democrat, and 160 (32%) are unaffiliated.
– 504 registered voters, 219 (43%) voted and 285 (57%) did not vote.
– 207 registered Republicans, 112 (54%) voted and 95 (46%) did not vote.
– 137 registered Democrats, 107 (78%) voted and 30 (22%) did not vote.
– 160 unaffiliated registered voters, 0 (0%) voted.
– 504 registered voters, 23 (5%) changed their affiliation from Republican to Democrat.
– 504 registered voters, 21 (4%) changed from unaffiliated to Democrat.
– 504 registered voters, 16 (3%) changed from unaffiliated to Republican.
– 504 registered voters, 2 (.04%) changed their affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
– 504 registered voters, at least 20 (4%) no longer live in the precinct. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

WGN RADIO
— The possible lasting effects of the Financial Disclosure Reports – Rick Pearson
http://wgnradio.com/2018/04/22/the-possible-lasting-effects-of-the-financial-disclosure-reports/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rick Pearson talks with NPR Illinois Springfield correspondent, Brian Mackey, about the Financial Disclosure Reports and how the money candidates spend can impact voting. Brian and Rick also take a look at the latest entry in the race for Governor by Sam McCann and what this means for Bruce Rauner.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sean Hannity fuels the far right’s paranoia – Daniel Pupo, Orland Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/sean-hannity-fuels-far-right-paranoia-letters/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Lisle Township considering spending $2.6 million on new assessor’s office building – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-lisle-township-assessor-building-st-0422-story.html
— Are lower tax rates linked to higher home appreciation? – Kenneth R. Harney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0422-kenneth-harney-20180417-story.html
— Aurora eyes $1 million grant for job training program – Steve Lord (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. I spent lots of my time and my money a) earning a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from III in 1997, g) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-jobtraining-st-0423-story.html
— Free food for thought: Campus food pantries proliferate – AP (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for tuition, books, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and room and board at NIU 1969-1970 (three semesters at University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) and then a summer session at Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/ ) came from my part-time Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1969 that paid $15.85-$16.91 an hour in today’s dollars and my part-time jobs working on a Chrysler automobile assembly line in Belvidere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Assembly_Plant) and as a security guard at the University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–college-hunger-20180418-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Nathan Etter to encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-gay-teacher-st-0420-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-central-walkout-day-st-0422-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Nathan Etter to encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180421/editorial-taking-full-advantage-of-a-teaching-moment

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Automatic voter registration big step forward – Editorial (DIERSEN: What about registered voters who do not vote? Of the 207 register Republicans in my precinct, 95 (46%) did not vote in the March 20, 2018 primary. Of the 137 register Democrats in my precinct, 30 (22%) did not vote in the primary. None of the 160 registered unaffiliated voters in my precinct voted in the primary.)
http://www.whig.com/20180421/automatic-voter-registration-big-step-forward#/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Peoria Recovery Project reaches toward addiction solutions – Kelsey Watznauer (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other addictive vices? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other addictive vices. Of course, they work extremely hard against me.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180421/peoria-recovery-project-reaches-toward-addiction-solutions/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Who will pay and how much? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to pay more taxes. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-22/editorial-who-will-pay-and-how-much.html
— Nursing home decisions weigh heavily on board – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-04-22/tom-kacich-nursing-home-decisions-weigh-heavily-board.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Money Will Direct Governor’s Race
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263878#.WtxYUsuKSM8
— Keeping Track of Employees for Governor – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263882#.WtxX5cuKSM8

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Weirdness in the Gubernatorial Race Just Beginning – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/weirdness-gubernatorial-race-beginning

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Reaching for a solution to addiction problems – Andrew Harvey (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other addictive vices? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other addictive vices. Of course, they work extremely hard against me.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/reaching-for-a-solution-to-addiction-problems/1132671254

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Touts Value of Trip to Germany
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/rauner-touts-value-trip-germany/

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Pritzker ‘glad’ to see McCann amplify Rauner’s negatives – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who focuses on amplifying the negatives of others? What demographics do they paint as being negative? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes both paint and amplify the following demographics as being negative: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, ancestors having been in America for a long time, retired federal employee, former union member, American nameplate car owner, childless, pet-less, not living in the municipality that you grew up in, etc.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/pritzker-glad-to-see-mccann-amplify-rauners-negatives/1132912544

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Threatens to Make DNC Lawsuit Backfire — He Wants to Countersue for Servers, Emails – SAM DORMAN (DIERSEN: When it serves their purposes, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being litigious because of all the lawsuits that I have filed. One thing that I learned from filing all those lawsuits is that plaintiffs should always get strong restraining orders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restraining_order) against defendants. I should write a book a) about the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed and b) about what they have done, are doing, and will forever do to destroy me.)
https://ijr.com/2018/04/1087241-trump-threatens-dnc-lawsuit-backfire/

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Identity Theft: Illegal Aliens’ Stock and Trade – BOB DANE
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/04/16/identity-theft-illegal-aliens-stock-trade/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Liberal Media Target Hannity; Attack Backfires – Jeffrey Lord (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have attacked me for my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like. Each chapter in the book would include the article, its author, who attacked me, how they attacked me, and why. Of course, the aforesaid attackers continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2018/04/21/liberal-media-target-hannity-attack-backfires

 

THE HILL
— Trump struggles to get new IRS team in place – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: I am one of the very few Republicans who has worked for IRS. I am one of the extremely few Republicans who has worked for GAO on audits of IRS. I worked IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I worked GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $96,403-$102,830.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/384220-trump-struggles-to-get-new-irs-team-in-place

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The new normal: We will have no idea how much Trump made in 2017 – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/04/17/the-new-normal-we-will-have-no-idea-how-much-trump-made-in-2017/

 

BLOOMBERG
— To Save Democracy, This Economist Wants to Kill Its Core Principle Dambisa Moyo’s Edge of Chaos makes an argument for weighted voting—giving more voting power to the educated, and taking it away for others. – PETER COY (DIERSEN: How informed are the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Why do they vote? To vote for Democrats is to vote to get rid of 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.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-19/dambisa-moyo-edge-of-chaos-review
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As is often the case, though, Moyo’s solutions aren’t as persuasive as her diagnosis. If you think about it, even devoted democrats draw the line somewhere on ballot box access: The right to vote is generally denied to prisoners, children, noncitizens, and people judged mentally incompetent. But imagine the envy and anger that would be unleashed if voting power were based on profession or education. Who would decide how to divide the public into first-, second-, and third-class citizens? Would biology professors be certified as “highly qualified” but high school history teachers ranked “standard qualified”? What about journalists vs. carpenters vs. actors vs. the unemployed? And how much of the public would be consigned to the lowest tier of “unqualified” voters—would it be 1 percent or 10 percent or more? A civics test seems a more defensible way to implement weighted voting, but not really. It implicitly equates knowledge with good judgment, which experience tells us isn’t a sound equation. As the conservative writer William F. Buckley Jr. once said, “I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.” In the end, Moyo comes across as a well-meaning meritocrat. Democracy has its flaws, all right, but elitism isn’t the way to cure them.)

 

INDIANA GAZETTE
— Another election problem: no tax return – Harry Shirley, Brush Valley (DIERSEN: One could argue that if candidates should disclose their tax returns, than voters should too. What percent of voters vote for a candidate because that candidate promises to use government to give preference to those who share that voter’s demographics? What percent of voters vote for a candidate because that candidate promises to use government to get rid of those 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.indianagazette.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/another-election-problem-no-tax-return/article_c3b2ed78-8bd2-5769-b20d-1759135ca586.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These tax returns disclose all income and who pays them so the voter can tell if the governor or presidential candidate was later making decisions that would benefit the voter or increase the candidate’s income.)

 

ALBANY TIMES UNION
— Pulitzer winners flee journalism Industry’s decline prompts many to find other careers – AP
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Pulitzer-winners-flee-journalism-12854366.php

 

WAMU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Emily Nakano, a high school senior from Illinois, to call for “stricter gun laws.”
https://wamu.org/story/18/04/21/a-new-generations-political-awakening/

 

GEEK WIRE
— Certifying online journalists: A bad idea whose time has come? – FRANK CATALANO (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have since 2000 hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am NOT a journalist. They dismiss/belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the fact a) that much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325 and b) that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Instead, they stress a) that I do not have a degree in journalism, b) that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, c) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free and do not contain any advertising or pictures, and d) that certain people who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois shout that I am NOT a journalist. Inconsistently, outrageously, many of the aforesaid at the same time hint/imply/argue/shout that I AM A JOURNALIST, AND THEREFORE, I SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO: a) be a Republican Precinct Committeeman, b) be a Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), or Illinois Republican Party (IRP) officer, and c) attend MTRCC, DCRCC, or IRP events that are closed to journalists.)
/www.geekwire.com/2018/certifying-online-journalists-bad-idea-whose-time-come/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Part of the difficulty in any kind of certification is the notoriously independent nature of many attracted to the craft of journalism. Another is that even professional journalism organizations may be hard-pressed to agree on specifics of any credential, or be able to manage it when their membership ranks are in decline due to deep staffing cuts within traditional media organizations. “Professional journalists do, at nearly unanimous numbers, adhere to the professional standards of organizations like SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists ) and NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) and RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association), whether they have a certification that says so or not,” said Caley Cook, journalism lecturer at the University of Washington and an investigative and feature reporter. “I don’t think it hurts, really, to get a journalistic certification, but I don’t think an average news consumer is going to take one look at that and say, well I trust you now.” Those doubts are shared by SPJ Washington board member Daniel Person. “When you look at the sites/pages/accounts that are disseminating false information, there are all sorts of red flags suggesting that it’s not a reputable source: goofy URLs, lack of citation, bad grammar, etc.,” Person, a former Seattle Weekly editor, said. “Yet people seem willing to blow past these caution signs so long as the ‘news’ they are reporting confirms their worldview … If people are willing to share a story from SpicyAmericaNewz.Ru, what’s to say they’ll check the reporter’s credentials beforehand?” While there may be a place for some kind of voluntary certification for journalism newbies or freelancers who don’t belong to a professional media organization, Cook thinks a better solution lies beyond the outflow end of the story pipe. “When normal people truly don’t consider the source of their information or how it was gathered, we have a greater problem than certification of journalists could solve,” Cook said. Instead, she points to the oft-cited need for better media literacy, “what makes information reliable, how to question the source of information, media industrialization and consolidation, etc,” she said “I think you’d find this would have a far greater impact on the perception of ‘fake news’ than if you put that onus on the journalists.”)

 

GUARDIAN
— Trump attacks New York Times journalist over Michael Cohen article – Lauren Gambino (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have attacked me for my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like. Each chapter in the book would include the article, its author, who attacked me, how they attacked me, and why. Of course, the aforesaid attackers continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/21/donald-trump-attacks-new-york-times-journalist-over-michael-cohen-article

April 20 Morning Edition

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner pays $35K to firm of Pat Brady, ex-GOP Chairman, Ives critic (DIERSEN: Pat Brady is anti-conservative, so therefore, he is anti-Republican. If you hire an anti-conservative, you are an anti-conservative. If you hire an anti-Republican, you are an anti-Republican.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511395512-rauner-pays-35k-to-firm-of-brady-ex-gop-chairman-ives-critic
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Brady acted as a defacto spokesman for Rauner during the primary, making regular media appearances where he would attack Ives, though he was never formally identified as such. He dubbed Ives and her supporters “haters” for opposing Rauner’s policy positions as governor. “There is no room in the Republican Party for racist, bigoted, homophobic candidates like her,” Brady said in February, after Ives ran a television ad criticizing Rauner’s support of taxpayer-funded abortions, “Sanctuary State” legislation and allowing Illinoisans to change the biological sex on their birth certificates.” Brady said Ives was too “extreme” and could not win a statewide election. In 2016, Brady actively opposed President Donald Trump, saying a vote for him is “a vote for Hillary Clinton.” “(Trump) gets creamed by Hillary Clinton,” Brady said. “I don’t care what anybody says, there’s absolutely no way that if he goes against Hillary Clinton, that he’s going to prevail.” Brady served as Illinois GOP Chairman from 2009 to 2013 before he was forced to resign after trying to change the party platform to support gay marriage. He was later hired by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to lobby for gay marriage in Illinois. Next Generation Strategies, Brady’s lobbying firm, counts A T & T, SAS software, Deloitte Consulting, prison health care provider Corizon Health and the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines as clients.)
— Edgar County Watchdogs gathering evidence for FOIA lawsuit against Rauner administration – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511394348-watchdog-group-gathering-evidence-for-foia-lawsuit-against-rauner-administration

 

TRUTHOUT
— DHS Begins Compiling Lists of Journalists (DIERSEN: I should publish a list of Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a journalist, and c) who fail/refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. The aforesaid a) do not want me to know about their events or their other activities, b) do not want me to promote their events or their other activities, c) do not want me to attend their events, and d) do not want me to report on their events or their other activities. They pander to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois. They seek to curry favor with Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois by harming me. They 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 focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://mailchi.mp/truthout/edge-of-dystopia-4867

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner administration calls effort to get Illinois out of voter database ‘troubling’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-crosscheck-20180420-story.html
— McSweeney calls on Gov. Rauner to get Trump to help with the state-run Quincy veterans home – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-crosscheck-20180420-story.html
— Rauner’s point person on Quincy veterans home Legionnaires’ crisis makes $20K monthly – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct–quincy-legionnaires-adviser-pay-20180419-story.html
— South Side Obama center activists removed after disrupting Plan Commission meeting – Lolly Bowean
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obamacenter/ct-met-cba-activists-plan-commission-20180419-story.html
— The Madigan machine is hurting progressive reforms. I should know. I ran against it. – Candance Chow (DIERSEN: I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) Treasurer office in 2004. I should write a book about those who campaigned against me and against my promise to get MTRCC to start using budgets.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-madigan-dual-role-problem-0420-20180418-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites hint/imply/argue/shout/ that law enforcement is racist.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-addictions-opioids-race-cocaine-drugs-0419-20180418-story.html
— Second lawsuit seeks to halt Deerfield’s assault weapons ban – Karen Berkowitz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/news/ct-dfr-assault-weapons-ban-second-lawsuit-tl-0426-story.html
— Walkouts on ‘Weed Day’? Chicago students, administrators balance gun reform rallies against 4/20 – Vikki Ortiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-school-walkouts-on-weed-day-0418-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites hint/imply/argue/shout that all Whites are racists and should be gotten rid of.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-toilets-discrimination-20180418-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-central-walkout-st-0420-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-students-expected-to-take-part-in-national-anti-violence-rally-today/
— Illinois to start program to boost retirement savings – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked full-time for the federal government 1971-1997, I was required to put 7% of my salary into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). While I worked part-time for the federal government 1966-1969, I was not required or allowed to do that. However, subsequently, I could and did put 7% of my part-time salary plus interest into the CSRS to get full-time CSRS credit. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that and that in 1993 when I was 45 years old, I had the “option” to get a $25,000 buyout and take early retirement.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/?post_type=cst_article&p=1045484

 

DAILY HERALD
— Gingrich, Dean talk bipartisan cooperation at Judson forum – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Bipartisanship is when Democrats and RINOs cooperate to destroy Republicans.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180419/gingrich-dean-talk-bipartisan-cooperation-at-judson-forum

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Is McCann part of Senate GOP caucus? Depends who you ask – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180419/is-mccann-part-of-senate-gop-caucus-depends-who-you-ask

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner has two election foes – Editorial (DIERSEN: Will anti-conservatives and anti-Republicans like Pat Brady work harder and harder and harder to reelect Rauner if Rauner takes more and more and more anti-conservative and anti-Republican actions?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-20/editorial-rauner-has-two-election-foes.html

 

HERALD NEWS
— Madigan should resign – Margo McDermed, state representative 37th District
http://www.theherald-news.com/2018/04/16/madigan-should-resign/a30qejs/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Madison County GOP chooses new party chairman – KELSEY LANDIS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article209320579.html
— Trump administration vows to fight injunction – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article209376999.html
— Illinois plan: Replace armed school officers with therapists – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/article209349999.html
— Joke or mistake? Local state rep tells colleagues she hopes ‘we’ll all get raises.’ – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article209351364.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— Is Illinois ready for a potential influx of stoned drivers? – Ashley Mizuo (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those who smoke pot should not be allowed to drive vehicles.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/04/19/is-illinois-ready-for-a-potential-influx-of-stoned-drivers

 

FORD COUNTY RECORD
— McCall re-elected chairman of Ford County Republican Party – Will Brumleve
http://www.paxtonrecord.net/news/2018-04-19/mccall-re-elected-chairman-ford-county-republican-party.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— Marion County Democratic and Republican Parties Reorganize Party Chairmen Remain the Same for the Coming Two Years
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/04/19/marion-county-democratic-and-republican-parties-reorganize-
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Ben Stratemeyer won a contested race over Judy Shaefer 1,104 to 352, while Democrat Dan Stover won by acclamation. Stratemeyer feels the local Republican party is in good shape. “Our organization is strong, we have a lot of volunteers, and our slate is full. We basically have all incumbents except for one office, so we’re in very good shape heading into the fall. I do anticipate a very successful election of the local candidates in Marion County,” said Stratemeyer. Shaefer was unanimously elected as 1st Vice Chair after several others declined the nomination. Debby Smith beat Wayne Walker 11-8 to be party secretary and Wayne Putnum beat Bill Smith to be party treasurer. The Republican’s selected Bob Winchester over Chapin Rose as their Congressional District Representative on the State Republican Central Committee.)

 

WIRE POINTS
— Second domino falls in Illinois: North Chicago revenues garnished for pensions – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/second-domino-falls-in-illinois-north-chicago-revenues-garnished-for-pensions-wirepoints-original/

 

WEST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Harlan says his conservatism may have kept him from GOP committeeman seat in 17th District – Carrie Bradon (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative,” that is, that I support too many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://westcentralreporter.com/stories/511395469-harlan-says-his-conservatism-may-have-kept-him-from-gop-committeeman-seat-in-17th-district
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Democrats make their decision during the midterm elections while Republicans only allow just the elected precinct committeemen to vote on their state central committeeman,” Harlan told the West Central Reporter. “This results in what is called the ‘good ol boy club’ and it is extremely difficult to overcome an incumbent in this situation because they are typically hand-picked.” Harlan said his dedication to conservatism and unwillingness to sway from his values may have had a roile in his not being selected. “I am an unapologetic conservative that the establishment does not want to have in the executive committee,” Harlan said. While this election may be over, Harlan is not giving up on his passion for true political reform. “I am never opposed to running if no one else steps forward,” Harland said. “I believe that we should always provide an option for others to vote on. American democracy is best served when all people have an opportunity to have their voices heard.”)

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Appeals court: College of DuPage wrong to fire scandal-plagued president without chance to contest accusations – Scott Holland (DIERSEN: If my Democrat GAO superiors had honestly stated why in 1997, when I was 49 years old, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” they would have stated that it was retaliation for my becoming in 1988, when I was 40 years old, an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511395563-appeals-court-college-of-dupage-wrong-to-fire-scandal-plagued-president-without-chance-to-contest-accusations

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Big trouble for Rauner: Pro-life Sen. Sam McCann enters Illinois Governor’s race
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/04/19/sam-mccann-enters-governors-race/

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— McCann: Rauner is a “pathological liar” – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/mccann-rauner-is-a-pathological-liar/1130961443
— Rauner’s veterans home project manager gets pay raise – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: What pay raises have you gotten? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were furious a) when the Post Office hired me in 1966, IRS hired me in 1971, and GAO hired me in 1980; b) when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986; c) when I got step increases; and d) when I got COLAs. They were overjoyed a) when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) when my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/rauners-veterans-home-project-manager-gets-pay-raise/1130974314

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Rocky Mountain High Brings State to New Lows – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/rocky-mountain-high-brings-state-to-new-lows/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Taking a sick day (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and/or condemn the fact a) that I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000, b) that those emails have gone out each and every morning since 2004, c) that those emails have also gone out each and every evening since 2015, d) that those emails go out free of charge and without any advertising, and e) that since 2004, those emails have included links to 299,650 articles and information on many upcoming events? Needless-to-say, neither I nor anyone else could have done the aforesaid if they were a pot smokers.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/20/taking-a-sick-day/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judges warn of Trump ‘tyranny’ in defending sanctuary cities – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What do you say to judges who side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/19/trump-loses-appeal-punish-sanctuary-cities/

 

BREITBART
— Zuckerberg’s Investor Group Pushes for Pre-Election Amnesty – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/04/19/zuckerberg-lobby-joins-pre-election-amnesty-push/

 

NEWSMAX
— Dems Bringing in More Cash Than House GOP – Joe Crowe
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrats-fundraising-gop-house/2018/04/19/id/855518/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some Republicans are doing well, however, including Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va. Both have brought in more than $1 million in districts that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won in 2016, Politico reported.)
— Jeb Bush: ‘Bad Behavior’ in Politics Has Consequences – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/republican-partisanship-politicization-ethics/2018/04/19/id/855610/

 

DAILY CALLER
— SPLC Pulls Controversial ‘Anti-Muslim Extremist’ List After Legal Threats – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: SPLC is anti-Trump supporters, 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/19/splc-maajid-nawaz-muslim-extremist/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: ‘Openly gay’ 3-year-old goes viral on social media – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/openly-gay-3-year-old-goes-viral-on-social-media

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Comey Memo: Trump Floated Idea Of Jailing Journalists To Make Them ‘Talk’ The president wanted to stop leaks pouring from the White House. – Nick Visser (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be jailed? My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. If they succeeded in jailing me, who would come to my defense? My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that if anyone had come to my defense, I would still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. My critics/opponents stress those who could/should have come to my defense, but did not.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-jail-journalists-james-comey-memos_us_5ad96befe4b029ebe0229019

 

NBC NEWS
— Syracuse University fraternity suspended after ‘extremely racist’ video apologizes Kent Syverud, Syracuse’s chancellor, said of the video purportedly showing members of Theta Tau: “I am appalled and shaken by this.” – Erik Ortiz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint Trump supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/syracuse-university-suspends-fraternity-after-extremely-racist-video-surfaces-n867401
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The videos, Syverud said in a letter to the campus, includes “words and behaviors that are extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities. I am appalled and shaken by this and deeply concerned for all members of our community.” Earlier Wednesday, Syracuse students demonstrated in front of the chancellor’s building and the Theta Tau fraternity to demand the release of the videos after they were removed from Facebook. Later, The Daily Orange, an independently run school newspaper, shared a copy of a six-minute video from a new member ceremony last month. In it, the brothers take part in a performance that includes one person reciting an oath: “I solemnly swear to always have hatred in my heart,” he says, then referring to blacks, Hispanics and Jews in derogatory terms. He then mimics performing oral sex on another person. Participants laugh and cheer throughout. Theta Tau updated its website Thursday to apologize for the video and explain why it was done. The fraternity said that each semester, new members are given a chance to write a skit to roast the active brothers. One skit was meant as a parody in order to roast a brother who is a conservative Republican. The new members pretended to be racist conservative character. “It was a satirical sketch of an uneducated, racist, homophobic, misogynist, sexist, ableist and intolerant person. The young man playing the part of this character nor the young man being roasted do not hold any of the horrible views espoused as a part of that sketch,” Theta Tau said. The fraternity added that it has a diverse membership, but that “many bright lines were obviously crossed.” The group added that it would “maintain a dialogue” with fellow students.)

 

MERCURY NEWS
— Comey memos: Trump was concerned about Flynn’s ‘judgment’ – AP (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns your judgment? The following demonize, denigrate, and condemn my judgment: those who 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 and/or those who are anti-Trump supporters, 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. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/19/comey-memos-trump-was-concerned-about-flynns-judgment/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote the ERA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/opinion/a-rebuke-to-trump-a-century-in-the-making.html
— Cars That Will Get Your Grad Down the Road of Life – Tom Voelk (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to buy you cars? I did not. I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 years old in 1964 with money that I had earned and saved delivering newspapers and doing yard work. I bought a new Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17 years old in 1966 with money that I had earned and saved washing dishes part-time. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19 years old in 1967 with money that I had earned and saved delivering mail part-time. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20 years old in 1968 with money that I had earned delivering mail part-time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/business/cars-graduates.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The only thing more tearful than the goodbyes of dropping a freshman off at college are the four years of tuition, rent, food and books that follow. The College Board pegs the average annual cost, over all, at in-state institutions at $25,290. If your student is turning the tassel this spring, congratulations. Your checkbook deserves a well-earned breather. It might have to endure one last flogging, though. Should that sheepskin result in a job (and let’s hope so!) a vehicle may be needed. Or maybe you have a high school graduate who will be commuting to college, or one diving straight into the working world. Sending them off with a solid automobile is a terrific — albeit extravagant — graduation gift. Even if it’s simply a hefty down payment to get them started, think of it as a final investment. One that means that maybe they’ll come back only to visit, not to move back in.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Fraternity says oath pledging to hate blacks, Hispanics and Jews was satire — of a Republican – Avi Selk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/04/20/fraternity-says-oath-pledging-to-hate-blacks-hispanics-and-jews-was-satire-of-a-republican/
— Mulvaney defends pay freeze even for feds he knows are underpaid – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being overpaid? I should write a book about those who since 1966 have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most as being overpaid. I would report what on they did to qualify themselves 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.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/04/20/mulvaney-defends-pay-freeze-even-for-feds-he-knows-are-underpaid/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney told a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing Wednesday that an “analysis of the way that we paid federal workers seemed to indicate that we overpay at the lower levels and underpay at the upper levels.” But he defended the freeze proposed in Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget plan, saying, “We’re going to freeze everybody, and then put a bunch of money in this pot to try to give us the flexibility necessary to reward the people that were really performing well.” Some employees “might be really good at their jobs,” he added, “and some of the might not be, yet we . . . come close to paying them pretty much the same. ” Mulvaney indicated that the General Schedule (GS), the federal pay system for 70 percent of federal employees, has outlived its usefulness. It was created in 1949 and “hasn’t really been dramatically overhauled since then,” he said. “And it’s led to a situation where we pay entry level more than we probably should, but we don’t pay the really advanced, experienced people as much as we should.”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thousands-of-students-expected-to-walk-out-on-columbine-anniversary-1524216600
— Racial-Profiling Rule Reversal Only one Senate Democrat voted to repeal a car dealer con.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/racial-profiling-rule-reversal-1524179354

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pot pushers crow about their success in destroying America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/20/marijuana-industry-growth-president-trump/520541002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/04/18/420-bringing-massive-marijuana-party-denver-nations-largest-public-light-up/521371002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/04/18/420-specials-deals-pot/522904002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/19/weed-lore-420-marijuana-tradition-backstory/521051002/
— Couples in retirement face average health care costs of $280,000, Fidelity estimates – Adam Shell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/04/20/retiree-couples-face-medical-bills-280000-dollars/534438002/

 

PEW TRUSTS
— Amid DACA Uncertainty, States Open Professions to ‘Dreamers’ – Matt Vasilogambros (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old.)
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/04/20/amid-daca-uncertainty-states-open-professions-to-dreamers

 

DAILY BEAST
— Syracuse Frat: Racist Video Was Satirical ‘Roast’ of Republican Brother
https://www.thedailybeast.com/syracuse-frat-racist-video-was-satirical-roast-of-republican-brother

 

IRISH TIMES
— Trump worried about leaks and loyalty, say Comey memos (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents worry about leaks and loyalty.)
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/trump-worried-about-leaks-and-loyalty-say-comey-memos-1.3468131

March 13 Evening Edition

ABC NEWS
— Illinois governor vetoes bill to license gun stores – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/illinois-governor-vetoes-bill-license-gun-stores-53725363

 

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner vetoes bill to license gun dealers – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: The power to license an activity is the power to manipulate, dominate, if not end, that activity. Of course, my critics/opponents want journalists to be licensed. Of course, if/when they succeed in doing that, they will grant the first license to Rich Miller and refuse to grant me a license. They will stress that I do not have a degree in journalism, that no one pays me for what I do, that my website and my emails do not contain any advertising, that no one pays to visit my website, that no one pays me to get my emails, that “conservative” and/or “Republican” leaders have treated me like I am not a journalist, for example, when they refuse to keep my email address on their press advisory and press release lists, etc. Will they require journalists like me who state that they are conservative and/or Republican to be approved by conservative and/or Republican leaders before they can use Facebook, publish websites, post things on websites, end out emails, etc.?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-vetoes-bill-to-license-gun-dealers/3210228/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Vetoes Gun Dealer Licensing Bill – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-to-veto-gun-dealer-licensing-act-476675013.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Vetoes Gun Dealer Licensing Legislation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/13/rauner-veto-gun-dealer-licensing/
— Rauner Guns Veto Sparks Tough Talk From Chicago’s Mayor Governor Rauner rejected the latest move to license gun dealers. That sparked tough talk from Chicago’s Mayor and Police Chief. Derrick Blakley has the story.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3826985-rauner-guns-veto-sparks-tough-talk-from-chicagos-mayor/
— Chicago Area Students Prepare For National Walkout (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run education in America use their students as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/13/national-student-walkout/

 

WGN RADIO
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives makes her case for being the Republican candidate for governor – JEFF CARLIN
http://wgnradio.com/2018/03/13/state-rep-jeanne-ives-makes-her-case-for-being-the-republican-candidate-for-governor/

 

WLS AM
— Rauner vetoes gun dealer licensing bill – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/13/rauner-vetoes-gun-dealer-licensing-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner vetoes gun store licensing bill, saying it would ‘do little to improve public safety’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-gun-licensing-20180313-story.html
— After Gov. Rauner’s veto of gun sellers bill, what comes next? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-rauner-veto-gun-shops-20180313-story.html
— How low can politicians go? Rauner’s attack ads show the way – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Who would Rauner and his supporters say that you are a lackey of? Who would Rauner and his supporters say that I am a lackey of? He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Would they say that I am a lackey of the Civil Service Retirement System?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-ives-lies-20180313-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Syndicated conservative columnist Scott Reeder wrote that Rauner’s central accusation, that Ives is a “lackey” of Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, “is a lie, wrapped in a prevarication, enveloped with deception, packaged in falsehood and bound up with a fabrication.” Opinion editor Jim Slusher of the Daily Herald called that same claim “utterly laughable” and “perhaps the most ludicrous of the accusations being posited this campaign cycle.” “Hyperbole and exaggeration are commonplace in political ads, but this … struck us as not just over the top but over the moon,” wrote PolitiFact Illinois in an extended examination of the gobs of mud Rauner is hurling at Ives. They “turn credibility and rational argument inside out. That is why we give them our lowest possible credibility rating, Pants on Fire!” At issue here are three 30-second commercials that fall under Rauner’s rubric “Jeanne Ives: Madigan’s Favorite Republican.” Let’s unpack:)
— No good reason for Sen. Warren to avoid a DNA test – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-elizabeth-warren-cherokee-kass-0314-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner: Policy, not primary, triggered veto of gun dealer licensing measure – Tina Sfondeles and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/despite-growing-pressure-gov-rauner-to-veto-gun-dealer-licensing-measure/
— Bruce Rauner, rattled by Ives, sides with the NRA against Illinois – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-bruce-rauner-rattled-by-ives-sides-with-the-nra-against-illinois/
— Pritzker tries to link Kennedy to gov; Kennedy sticks to family in dueling ads – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/pritzker-tries-to-link-kennedy-to-gov-kennedy-sticks-to-family-in-dueling-ads/
— GOP-linked Illinois Manufacturers Association helps ‘friends’ in Democratic County Board races – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/illinois-manufacturers-association-700000-super-pac-cook-county-board-primary-races-john-fritchey-robert-boykin/
— Chicago students march against gun violence — to the polls – Alexandra Arriaga (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run education in America use their students as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-students-march-against-gun-violence-to-the-polls/
— Study: False stories travel 6x faster on Twitter and 3 whoppers led the way – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/study-false-stories-travel-6-times-faster-on-twitter-fake-news/
— Many schools endorse anti-gun walkout — and then there’s Northbrook . . . – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/many-schools-endorse-anti-gun-walkout-and-then-theres-northbrook/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Second lawsuit argues Dundee Township park president Frank J. Scarpelli Jr. committed fraud, breached duty – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180313/second-lawsuit-argues-dundee-township-park-president-committed-fraud-breached-duty

 

WTTW
— 2018 Governor’s Race Forum: Republican Jeanne Ives – Paul Caine
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/13/2018-governor-s-race-forum-republican-jeanne-ives

 

WBEZ
— Illinois Has Issues: Gov Candidates Talk Income And Property Taxes – Daniel Tucker
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/illinois-has-issues-gov-candidates-talk-income-and-property-taxes/d0204bb3-d798-49ad-bf7c-6b1e6c5dabe7

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner vetoes gun store licensing bill – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180313/gov-rauner-vetoes-gun-store-licensing-bill

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Turnout for UI student elections doesn’t bode well for primary – Adalberto Toledo
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-12/turnout-ui-student-elections-doesnt-bode-well-primary.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois firearm retailers applaud governor’s veto of gun control measure – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/southern-illinois-firearm-retailers-applaud-governor-s-veto-of-gun/article_9a0f34c6-d778-5e18-a1a5-1c2ebf580f43.html

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Gun shop owner pleased with Rauner’s veto – Keith Stewart
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/gun-shop-owner-pleased-with-rauner-s-veto/article_5b375525-7b52-55c5-a4ba-6c7657a6c0e6.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County sheriff candidates address gun control, school security – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/12/dupage-county-sheriff-candidates-address-gun-control-school-security/a3try2g/


— Glen Ellyn village leaders vote to increase home-rule sales tax Increase to take effect July 1 – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/12/glen-ellyn-village-leaders-vote-to-increase-home-rule-sales-tax/a6gd9qr/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A referendum will be put on next week’s ballot questioning if voters think the elected office of the Peoria County Auditor should be eliminated. (DIERSEN: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-county-board-proposing-referendum-on-next-weeks-primary-election-ballot/1035295715
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Currently there are no professional requirements to the county’s auditor. If this referendum passes, the Auditor will be appointed for 5 years by the board. Additionally if appointed the candidate must hold a number of credentials including a bachelor’s degree, professional certification (CPA, CGAP or CIA) and be a Peoria county resident. “The county board has got a draft ordinance that they would move to adopt if the referendum is successful and that has requirements for a selection process which they would appoint similar to how they appoint the supervisor assessments,” said county administrator Scott Sorrel.)
— San Diego’s Republican mayor says that San Diego police work to protect everyone regardless of immigration status, an apparent dig at Trump’s approach to immigration enforcement.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/the-latest-trump-says-ca-defiance-on-immigration-must-stop/1039057027

 

WJBD RADIO
— New Study Says Illinois Has Highest Overall Effective State and Local Tax Rate  Rate Is 38-Percent above the U.S. Average For The Median U.S. Household Income
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/13/new-study-says-illinois-has-highest-overall-effective-state-and-local-tax-rate-

 

WQAD
— Local republican Bill Bloom: Illinois gubernatorial primary getting too personal – JONATHAN KETZ
http://wqad.com/2018/03/13/local-republican-illinois-gubernatorial-primary-getting-too-personal/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Dems Say They’ll Try To Override Rauner’s Veto On Gun Legislation
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/dems-say-theyll-try-override-rauners-veto-gun-legislation

 

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— New Website to Access DuPage County Election Results
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2018/57075/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Makes Her Closing Argument to GOP Primary Voters with New TV Ads
https://mailchi.mp/850c8defc9ed/ives-makes-her-closing-argument-to-gop-primary-voters-with-new-tv-ads

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Must Be Worried about His Polls – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/13/rauner-must-worried-polls/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Towns Want More Independence From State – MARY HANSEN
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-towns-want-more-independence-state#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— With few options, local towns take loans, sell property to pay growing pension tab – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/with-few-options-local-towns-take-loans-sell-property-to/article_4596dcd8-23d9-11e8-85d8-2bace81f736f.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Wheaton-Warrenville CUSD200 – Laws? What Laws? – SCHOOL Districts using “Lease” to avoid the legal requirement for referendum to build new school. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/cusd-200-laws-what-laws-school-districts-using-lease-to-avoid-the-legal-requirement-for-referendum-to-build-new-school/
— Governor Rauner named in OEIG Ethics complaint – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/governor-rauner-named-in-oeig-ethics-complaint/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A Better Way to Respond to School Violence – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/a-better-way-to-respond-to-school-violence-2/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— What would a fall campaign look like between Jeanne Ives and Daniel Biss?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/question-of-the-day-2637/
— Rauner veto react
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/rauner-veto-react/
— Ives launches two new ads
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/ives-launches-two-new-ads/
— Edgar County Watchdogs files OEIG complaint
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/edgar-county-watchdogs-files-oeig-complaint/
— Rauner says he’s been an NRA member “for many years,” claims politics played no role in veto
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/13/rauner-says-hes-been-nra-member-for-many-years-says-politics-played-no-role-in-veto/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Vatican hires pro-gay law firm to shut down Catholic website critical of Pope Francis – Michael Hichborn
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-hires-pro-gay-law-firm-to-shut-down-catholic-website-critical-of-po

 

GOPUSA
— Hillary: Trump won ‘backwards’ voters who ‘didn’t like black people’ (DIERSEN: While 211 voted for Hillary in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump. While 93 voted for Kasich in the primary, only 21 voted for Trump.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41289
— Apple protests highlight growing concerns about smartphone addiction
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41282

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Hillary Reminds America Why She Lost In case we’d forgotten – Editorial
http://www.weeklystandard.com/editorial-hillary-reminds-america-why-she-lost/article/2011909

 

NEWSMAX
— Axios: Most Vulnerable House Republicans Rebuff Trump’s Help
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/vulnerable-gop-trump-campaign/2018/03/13/id/848332/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WE DON’T NEED STRONGER GUN LAWS. WE NEED STRONGER COMMUNITIES. – Raynard Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/we-dont-need-stronger-gun-laws-we-need-stronger-communities/

 

BLAZE
— Hillary Clinton insults millions of Americans again — here’s what she said – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: What do Hillary supporters think of you? In my precinct, 211 voted for Hillary, that is about one in each residence on average.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/12/hillary-clinton-insults-millions-of-americans-again-heres-what-she-said
— Hillary trashes Middle Americans as racist and sexist, Glenn Beck calls her ‘tragically sad’
https://www.theblaze.com/video/hillary-trashes-middle-americans-as-racist-and-sexist-glenn-fires-back-that-is-not-who-we-are

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Hillary in India: Trump voters ‘didn’t like black people getting rights, don’t like women getting jobs’ – Samantha Chang (DIERSEN: While 211 voted for Hillary in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump. While 93 voted for Kasich in the primary, only 21 voted for Trump.)
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/13/hillary-in-india-trump-voters-didnt-like-black-people-getting-rights-dont-like-women-getting-jobs-612928

 

THE HILL
— Only 2 vulnerable House Republicans want Trump’s help with campaign: report – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378074-only-2-vulnerable-house-republicans-say-they-would-accept-trumps-help-with
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We have not requested the president’s assistance and we don’t plan on requesting his assistance,” a spokesman for Illinois Rep. Pete Roskam (R) said.)
— VA chief under investigation for allegedly having staffer run errand with him at Home Depot: report – JACQUELINE THOMSEN (DIERSEN: In 1997, GAO was not unionized. In 1997, to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” they made it clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would constructively if not literally demote me to GS-12, to GS-11, to GS-10, to GS-9, to GS-8, to GS-7, to GS-6, to GS-5, to GS-4, etc.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/378238-va-chief-had-security-staffer-shop-with-him-at-home-depot-bring

 

REUTERS
— New Jersey governor proposes tax hikes, legal marijuana in first budget – Hilary Russ
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-budget/new-jersey-governor-proposes-tax-hikes-legal-marijuana-in-first-budget-idUSKCN1GP2ND

 

WASHINGTON POST
— To attract GOP moderates, House immigration bill could become more generous for DACA recipients – Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: “GOP moderates” work against those who 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.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/13/to-attract-gop-moderates-house-immigration-bill-could-become-more-generous-for-daca-recipients/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Exhaustion of American Liberalism White guilt gave us a mock politics based on the pretense of moral authority. – Shelby Steele
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-exhaustion-of-american-liberalism-1488751826

 

WASHINGTONIAN
— 10 Ways to Lose a Job in the Trump Administration, Ranked – AMANDA WHITING
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/13/10-ways-to-lose-a-job-in-trump-administration-ranked/

 

NEW YORKER
— Rex Tillerson Gets Fired the Day After He Criticized Russia – John Cassidy (DIERSEN: In 1997, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” they acted like my Black subordinate had threatened to quit if GAO did not get rid of me. My Democrat GAO superiors gave him my preferred corner office.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/rex-tillerson-gets-fired-the-day-after-he-criticized-russia

March 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jeanne Ives takes last punches against Gov. Rauner ahead of primary election – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jeanne-ives-takes-last-punches-against-gov-rauner-ahead-of-primary-election/3206967/
— Erika Harold speaks out about controversial gay foster parenting comment – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/erika-harold-speaks-out-about-controversial-gay-foster-parenting-comment/3206793/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Leaders Call on Rauner to Sign Gun Dealer Licensing Act – Sandra Torres and Kye Martin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rahm-emanuel-eddie-johnson-gun-dealer-licensing-act-rauner-476530283.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel: Rauner ‘Can Run, But He Cannot Hide’ On Gun Dealer Licensing “This is not a time for hemming and hawing. It’s not a time to sleep on it. This has been in the works for 15 years. Yes or no? Licensing gun shops or not?” the mayor said.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/12/rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-gun-dealer-licensing/
— Will Rauner Move Forward With Gun Legislation? CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley takes a look at pending gun legislation, and the Governor’s response.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3826217-will-rauner-move-forward-with-gun-legislation/

 

WGN TV
— Rauner faces Republican challenger Ives in primary – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/12/gov-rauner-faces-republican-challenger-ives-in-primary/

 

WLS
— Emanuel pressures Rauner to sign gun dealer licensing bill – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/12/emanuel-pressures-rauner-to-sign-gun-dealer-licensing-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner wants to ban bump stocks, doesn’t commit on gun retailer licensing – Kim Geiger, John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-guns-20180312-story.html
— Newman trying to turn progressive energy into votes against the Lipinski brand – John Byrne and Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-congress-20180312-story.html
— Stormy Daniels offers to pay Trump $130,000 to end secret agreement that bought her silence – Beth Reinhard
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-stormy-daniels-trump-20180312-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner repeatedly dodges questions on signing gun control bill – Mitch Dudek and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/gov-rauner-repeatedly-dodges-questions-on-signing-gun-control-bill/
— Cook County Board 11th District Republican candidate: Carl Segvich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/carl-segvich-gop-candidate-cook-county-commissioner-11th-district-2018-primary/
— Family becomes fodder in Dem gov race as Kennedy questions Pritzker’s upbringing – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/family-becomes-fodder-in-dem-gov-race-as-kennedy-questions-pritzkers-upbringing/
— It’s time to draw the line on gerrymandered political districts in Illinois – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/put-an-end-to-gerrymandered-political-districts-in-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Parents of special needs U-46 graduates organizing own prom – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/parents-of-special-needs-u-46-graduates-organizing-own-prom

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gov. Rauner mum on gun-control measures – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180312/BLOGS02/180319992/gov-bruce-rauner-wont-say-if-he-will-sign-illinois-gun-control-bill
— State Street retailers bet armed guards will make a safer strip. But there are risks. – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180309/ISSUE01/180309854/state-street-retailers-bet-armed-guards-will-make-a-safer-strip-but
— Berrios dumped by much of Democratic machine – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180312/BLOGS02/180319990/berrios-dumped-by-much-of-democratic-machine

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board candidate downplays political scrutiny as ‘fiction’ Grand jury testimony against Orville Brettman says otherwise – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/12/mchenry-county-board-candidate-downplays-political-scrutiny-as-fiction/aramk8r/

 

STATE LINE
— Illinois Lottery to Help Find Cure for Multiple Sclerosis (DIERSEN: Are you a warrior, and if so, for what, and for how long? I became a warrior against reverse discrimination in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged my employer GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1998, my attorney Walter T. Charlton filed Diersen v. GAO in Washington, DC SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ In 1998, I became a director and the treasurer for Adversity.Net SEE: http://www.adversity.net/)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-lottery-to-help-find-cure-for-multiple-sclerosis/1034042749
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I became an MS warrior in 2007,” said Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, who suffers from MS. “With the help of my neurologist and my family, I have been fortunate not to let MS define me.”)

 

WJBD
— Trump not retreating on gun control: White House
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/03/12/trump-not-retreating-on-gun-control-white-house

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— New Trier GOP disses Gov. Rauner, issues “no endorsement”
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511360472-new-trier-gop-disses-gov-rauner-issues-no-endorsement

 

FAMILY PAC
— ENDORSEMENTS
https://mailchi.mp/026a6c85a94d/family-pac-endorsements

 

FAMILY PAC FEDERAL
— ENDORSEMENTS
https://mailchi.mp/1aa4d6d5b029/family-pac-federal-endorsements

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chapter Seven: Arrogance
https://mailchi.mp/400cbe57a4a3/rauner-record-revealed-arrogance

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— IL Rising An Inside Look At Diana Rauner’s Political Influence
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511360598-il-rising-an-inside-look-at-diana-rauner-s-political-influence

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner expresses support for Erika Harold, but dodges most questions
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/rauner-expresses-support-for-erika-harold-but-dodges-most-questions/
— Today’s dodge word: “Comprehensive”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/todays-dodge-word-comprehensive/
— Trover looks back and warns: A big lead can evaporate quickly
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/trover-looks-back-and-warns-a-big-lead-can-evaporate-quickly/
— The Circular Firing Squad sometimes encircles itself
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/the-circular-firing-squad-sometimes-encircles-itself/
— Rauner mailer says he’s “tall enough to stand up to Madigan”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/rauner-mailer-says-hes-tall-enough-to-stand-up-to-madigan/
— Kennedy’s “Florida tax” idea
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/kennedys-florida-tax-idea/
— Kennedy again goes after Pritzker’s family upbringing
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/kennedy-again-goes-after-pritzkers-family-upbringing/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ILLEGALS CHARGED FOR VOTING IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Felony for ‘misrepresenting citizenship’ – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/illegals-charged-for-voting-in-presidential-election/
— TRUMP CHANGES MIND ABOUT RAISING AGE LIMIT ON GUNS Pushes forward with arming teachers, improve background checks (DIERSEN: Of those who commit gun violence, what are their most common demographics in terms of age, race, gender, national origin, income, net worth, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, religion, education, citizenship, military status, length of time they have been in America, length of time their ancestors have been in America, etc.?)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/trump-changes-mind-about-raising-age-limit-on-guns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump is pushing forward with a plan to arm teachers and improve background checks for gun purchases, but has retreated from his promise to raise the age limit to buy certain kinds of weapons, a move many see as caving to the National Rifle Assn. Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday that there is “not much political support (to put it mildly)” for raising the age limit from 18 to 21 to purchase powerful rifles like the one used to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month.)

 

BEARING ARMS
— Illinois Bill Requires Lawful Gun Owners To Transfer, Turn In Firearms – Tom Knighton (DIERSEN: Anyone who supports this is not a Republican.)
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/03/12/illinois-bill-requires-lawful-gun-owners-transfer-turn-firearms/

 

TOWNHALL
— Obama Gatekeeper Valerie Jarrett: Louis Farrahkan and the Koch Brothers Are the Same Thing – Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: It would be interesting to learn who my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes equate me with.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/03/12/farrakhans-latest-defender-obama-gatekeeper-valerie-jarrett-n2459434

 

BLAZE
— City of Baltimore to spend taxpayer money on lawyers for illegal immigrants – Mike Ciandella (DIERSEN: Anyone who supports this is not a Republican. Foreign countries are responsible for their citizens.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/12/city-of-baltimore-to-spend-taxpayer-money-on-lawyers-for-illegal-immigrants

 

GOPUSA
— Rally: Media bashing Trump upsets establishment sycophants (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who say that they are conservative and/or Republican, but a) who glorify and praise, pander to, serve as operatives or dupes for, and/or give money to Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media and b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.gopusa.com/media-bashing-trump-upsets-establishment-sycophants/
— Suspect in deadly crash bonds out of jail as sheriff’s dept. refuses to honor ICE detainer
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41209
— California Has Become a Disgraceful State
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41252

 

THE HILL
— Howard Dean: Trump’s Cabinet full of ‘incompetent doofuses’ – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: What if Trump offered Dean a job?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/377950-howard-dean-trumps-cabinet-full-of-incompetent-doofuses
— Proposed U.S. Journalist Protection Act has more drawbacks than benefits – ALEXANDRA ELLERBECK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT a journalist when it serves their purposes and b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I AM a journalist when it serves their purposes. When they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT a journalist, they stress that I do not have a degree in journalism, that I am not employed by the Democrat news media in Illinois, that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that neither GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails nor www.gopillinois.com contain any advertising, that no one pays to receive GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and that no one pays to visit www.gopillinois.com. In my defense, I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, and much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do. Further, I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, and what GOPUSA state editors do, is what journalists do.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/376948-proposed-us-journalist-protection-act-has-more-drawbacks-than
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill has bigger drawbacks. Any law to protect journalists as a special class needs to define who is a journalist, and this leaves an opening for the government to start making judgement calls about who is not a journalist. While the definition adopted in the bill is fairly broad, and would encompass freelancers and all kinds of media, there are still concerns about defining who is and who is not a reporter. This is especially true because 31 of the 44 attacks documented on the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker occurred during protests. As more livestreamers and citizen journalists show up at protests, it can be tricky, even for press freedom groups, to determine who to count as a journalist. The government is often far more conservative. In December, federal prosecutors tried photojournalist and livestreamer Alexei Wood on chargers of riot, conspiracy, and destruction of property. Even though Wood’s video footage from the day shows that he took no part in any vandalism, the prosecution tried to make the entire case about whether he was a journalist or not. The definitional issue exists with other legislation to protect reporters. A shield bill, for instance, would also require the government to define journalists. This was one of the major areas of debate in 2013 when there was serious energy to put in place a bill protecting journalists from federal subpoenas that would require them to divulge their sources. In the end legislation is always about weighing the costs versus the benefits. In the context of an attorney general who claims to have 27 open leak investigations and wants to make it easier to subpoena reporters, a shield law would at least have immediate concrete benefits to weigh against potential drawbacks. The Journalist Protection Act is an effort in the right direction, and there is an argument that it could serve as a useful global model. The diagnosis of increased hostility bleeding into physical threats is spot on, given what we’ve seen in the data. However, Swalwell’s proposed legislation would not offer journalists any material benefit, even as it would allow the federal government to define who is and who is not a journalist. In the current climate, that may not be a worthwhile tradeoff.)

 

PROPUBLICA
— The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Weaken Civil Service Ramps Up at the VA Firings surged at the Veterans Affairs Department last year in the wake of a new law. Now the president wants to replicate that legislation across the federal government. – Isaac Arnsdorf (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. 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.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-the-trump-administration-campaign-to-weaken-civil-service-ramps-up

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s VA Is Purging Civil Servants A bipartisan law was supposed to make it easier to fire bad actors at the Department of Veterans Affairs. But it’s targeting the wrong people. – ISAAC ARNSDORF (DIERSEN: I should write a book about GAO’s success during the 1980s and 1990s in purging its non-veteran White male employees 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.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/12/trump-is-trying-to-fix-the-vabut-its-backfiring-217348

WASHINGTON POST
— Pundit Mona Charen blew up CPAC. Even she was stunned by the vitriol that ensued. – Manuel Roig-Franzia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pundit-mona-charen-blew-up-cpac-even-she-was-stunned-by-the-vitriol-that-ensued/2018/03/12/e85f6150-1db3-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— House Democratic Leaders Rally to Defend Their Illinois Heretic – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/house-democratic-leaders-rally-to-defend-a-chicago-heretic.html

 

POT PUSHERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/medical-cannabis-101-tickets-43673966008

February 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Fans removed from Blackhawks game for remarks aimed at black player – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/sports/fans-removed-from-blackhawks-game-for-remarks-aimed-at-black-player-/3103928/

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats get thousands to rally for gun control as young activists call for action on school shootings
http://wgntv.com/2018/02/18/thousands-rally-for-gun-control-as-young-activists-call-for-action-on-school-shootings/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Florida suspect’s red flags weren’t enough to stop gun buy – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-florida-school-shooting-nikolas-cruz-20180218-story.html
— Trump vents frustration over Russia probe, rails against FBI – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-probe-fbi-20180218-story.html
— Distraction, drinking among causes for high traffic death toll – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-met-traffic-deaths-getting-around-20180215-story.html
— Ban the racist jerks who embarrassed the Blackhawks and Chicago from all future sporting events – David Haugh
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-spt-blackhawks-racism-haugh-20180218-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Facebook to verify ads with postcards after Russian meddling – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/facebook-to-verify-ads-with-postcards-after-russian-meddling/
— The enemy is at our gates. What is the president doing about it? – NEIL STEINBERG (DIERSEN: In 2016, the Russians had great success in cranking out votes for Clinton and for Duckworth in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in my precinct.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-russian-interference-election-benedict-arnold/

 

DAILY HERALD
— NHL condemns fans chanting racial taunt against black player at Blackhawks game – John Dietz
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20180218/nhl-condemns-fans-chanting-racial-taunt-against-black-player-at-blackhawks-game

 

WGN RADIO
— Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 2/18/18 (DIERSEN: Guests include Bill Brady.)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/02/18/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-2-18-18/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Basic responsibilities in a democracy – Andy Shaw (DIERSEN: Bradley Tusk says “Politicians respond to the people who vote.” But how should politicians respond to voters who want them to get rid of 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?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180217/andy-shaw-basic-responsibilities-in-democracy
— Fact-checking article off the mark – Rob Bjerk, Riverton (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180217/letter-fact-checking-article-off-mark

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois’ budget blues – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-02-18/illinois-budget-blues.html
— Impasse and arrogance in Springfield – RAY ELLIOTT
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2018-02-18/ray-elliottvoices-impasse-and-arrogance-springfield.html

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Michael Madigan could survive sexual harassment scandal Analysts don’t expect Democrats to oust speaker – Jim Niedelman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) the reasons that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes gave for ousting me as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member in 2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, GAO employee in 1997, etc. and b) why people who state that they are conservative and/or Republican did not come to my defense.)
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/michael-madigan-could-survive-sexual-harassment-scandal/977587349

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who promotes Duckworth? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and counties 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 longer than their ancestors.
http://rockrivertimes.com/2018/02/18/duckworth-still-breaking-down-barriers-and-she-likes-it/

 

SOUTHERN
— SIU president: Plenty to worry about in governor’s budget proposal – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/siu-president-plenty-to-worry-about-in-governor-s-budget/article_1a837af8-c32e-505b-9351-c16ba2c115dd.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Survivors of deadly school shooting lash out at Trump – JASON DEAREN, TERRY SPENCER and ALLEN G. BREED (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who lash out at me. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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 and/or they 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-draft-avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/calls-for-gun-control-grow-louder-after-florida-shooting/979688550

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Says FBI Missed ‘Signals’ Of Florida School Shooting Because Of Russia Probe – AMY HELD
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-says-fbi-missed-signals-florida-school-shooting-because-russia-probe#stream/0
— Small Business Owners More Optimistic, Survey Says (DIERSEN: Are you more optimistic? I am not. From what I see, ever-increasingly, the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton a) are dumping those who share my demographics and b) pandering to 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/small-business-owners-more-optimistic-survey-says#stream/0

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— New Video Exposes Rauner as the Greatest Enemy Inside the Perimeter of the ILGOP Ever
https://mailchi.mp/d1247e44b8ed/new-video-exposes-rauner-as-the-greatest-enemy-inside-the-perimeter-of-the-ilgop-ever
— National Political Journalist John Miller: Dynamics in Illinois GOP Primary Favorable to a Challenger
https://mailchi.mp/1d0870efe1eb/national-political-journalist-dynamics-in-illinois-gop-primary-favorable-to-the-challenger

 

PJ MEDIA
— Top Illinois Dem Caught Up in Sexual Harassment Scandal – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/top-illinois-dem-caught-up-in-sexual-harassment-scandal/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHRISTIANS: IT’S TIME TO BOYCOTT CPAC – Curt Shuler, Oregon
http://mobile.wnd.com/2018/02/christians-its-time-to-boycott-cpac/

 

BREITBART
— Rush Limbaugh: I’ll Support ‘Amnesty’ for Illegal Immigrants If They ‘Can’t Vote for 15 to 25 Years’ – PAM KEY
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/02/18/rush-limbaugh-ill-support-amnesty-illegal-immigrants-cant-vote-15-25-years/

 

NEWSMAX
— In Massive Tweetstorm, Trump Rails Against Russia Probe, Slams FBI
https://www.newsmax.com/headline/donald-trump-tweetstorm-fbi-russia/2018/02/18/id/844033/
Shooter’s Host Family: ‘We Had a Monster Living Under Our Roof, We Didn’t Know’ – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/headline/nikolas-cruz-host-family-didnt-know-monster/2018/02/18/id/844017/

 

CBS NEWS
— ICE cracking down on employers hiring undocumented workers
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ice-cracking-down-on-employers-hiring-undocumented-workers/

 

FORBES
— The Racial Wealth Gap: Addressing America’s Most Pressing Epidemic – Brian Thompson (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianthompson1/2018/02/18/the-racial-wealth-gap-addressing-americas-most-pressing-epidemic/#7c6aba4a7a48

 

SPORTS HANDLE
— New Illinois Sports Betting Bill Includes MLB, NBA’s ‘Integrity Fee’ – Brett Smiley
https://sportshandle.com/illinois-sports-betting-bill-sb3432-napoleon-harris-integrity-fee/

 

NEWSWEEK
— RUSH LIMBAUGH THINKS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS SHOULD GET CITIZENSHIP BUT NOT VOTE FOR 15-25 YEARS – HARRIET SINCLAIR
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rush-limbaugh-dreamers-immigration-810364
— POOR? BLUE COLLAR? FEAR IMMIGRANTS? THE TRUMP BASE ISN’T WHO YOU THINK IT IS – JOHN DEAN
http://www.newsweek.com/poor-blue-collar-fear-immigrants-trump-base-isnt-who-you-think-it-810316

 

SALON
— Rush Limbaugh admits his immigration fears are about voting, not security – CHARLIE MAY (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, immigrants need/demand massive government assistance. Not only do immigrants overwhelmingly vote for Democrats because Democrats promise to give them massive government assistance, they and/or their supporters ever-increasingly make it clear that they 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.salon.com/2018/02/18/rush-limbaugh-admits-his-immigration-fears-are-about-voting-not-security/

February 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s GOP ditches fiscal conservatism as budget deal clips wings of deficit hawks – Sean Sullivan and Michelle Ye Hee Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-budget-deal-republicans-deficit-20180210-story.html
— To curb illegal immigration, find the root cause – Barbara Orze, Chicago (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-illegal-immigration-jobs-everify-20180209-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— J.B. Pritzker continues apology tour at Black Women of Illinois forum – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize for causing all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems. They especially want me to apologize for causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like caused Republican defeats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/j-b-pritzker-continues-apology-tour-at-black-women-of-illinois-forum/

 

DAILY HERALD
— 8 ways to prepare for big tax law changes this filing season – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180211/8-ways-to-prepare-for-big-tax-law-changes-this-filing-season

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— 101st hopeful discusses endorsement by Proft – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-11/tom-kacich-101st-hopeful-discusses-endorsement-proft.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois House candidate Dan Caulkins says he didn’t do anything special to earn the endorsement of radio host Dan Proft, his Liberty Principles Political Action Committee and, at last count, more than $105,000 in uncoordinated campaign support. “Their mission is to recruit good, solid conservatives for government. They feel the need, and they have the ability to support people that they believe are honest, hardworking and conservative, people who can go to Springfield and articulate a conservative message and who believe in limited government, lower taxes, reducing the regulations on business that will make Illinois prosperous again. I fill that bill,” said Caulkins, a former Decatur City Council member. At the time he was interviewed by Proft last summer, he said he didn’t know how much support he’d get or even if he’d be backed by the conservative group in the three-way Republican race in the 101st House District. The other candidates are Randy Keith of Monticello and Todd Henricks of Cerro Gordo. “I wasn’t the only candidate they interviewed in the 101st. After the interview they told me that there were other people they’d talk to before they made a decision. And they chose to support me,” he said. He said he’s running his own campaign independent of Liberty Principles.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County residents visit forum to meet 14th Congressional District candidates – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Diganvker v. Jhingan, e) Stella v. Vlakancic, f) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne, g) Kinzler v. Orozco, h) Zito v. Khouri, i) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, j) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Gavanes, k) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully, l) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, m) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, n) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, o) etc.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/02/10/mchenry-county-residents-visit-forum-to-meet-14th-congressional-district-candidates/ahzxjml/
— McHenry County won’t dismiss or reduce formerly criminal, low-level marijuana convictions – KATIE SMITH (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will. I thank my outstanding parents who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the MSL, and c) had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/02/08/mchenry-county-wont-dismiss-or-reduce-formerly-criminal-low-level-marijuana-convictions/a4mgn99/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Meet Gov. Rauner. He’s new here – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180210/statehouse-insider-meet-gov-rauner-hes-new-here
— Rauner’s Valentine’s Day gift to state could be balanced budget proposal – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180210/our-view-rauners-valentines-day-gift-to-state-could-be-balanced-budget-proposal

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Reading tea leaves – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-reading-tea-leaves/article_c3486eda-fafd-5ade-be6e-65d2857111ef.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bloomington Pantagraph publishes a letter from someone who hates those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/letters/gop-supports-bigotry-of-trump/article_4bdb4831-bd59-504f-a849-892aa236c1c1.html

 

SOUTHERN
— At Lincoln Luncheon, Republican candidates celebrate conservatism, debate its finer points – ISAAC SMITH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/at-lincoln-luncheon-republican-candidates-celebrate-conservatism-debate-its-finer/article_c63d8bb3-8cd7-50fb-8b58-096df2674cbe.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— ‘Trump Bump’ spurs new wave of journalists – ROGER RUTHHART (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I do not have a degree in journalism. In my defense, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years as an analyst, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. Much of what GAO analysts do very similar to what journalist do.)
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/trump-bump-spurs-new-wave-of-journalists/article_2c605085-abc2-5e28-963e-a7cecb3abb7e.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kankakee School District 111 administration, four boys basketball players and coaches traveled to Crete-Monee High School to make amends after a postgame altercation that occurred Feb. 2. – John Dykstra
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/meeting-helps-khs-students-mend-bridges/article_983d493d-ee15-5fdf-b23c-313c0e333d95.html

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— The Downsides of Upside-Down Favorability – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/downsides-upside-down-favorability

 

97.1 TALK
— Rauner Has The Cash – Jeanne Ives Has The Character Annie Talks with Jeanne Ives about the vast differences between her and Bruce Rauner’s policies. – Annie Frey Show
http://www.971talk.com/blogs/annie-frey-show/weekender/rauner-has-cash-jeanne-ives-has-character

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Over 1 million meals will be packed at North Central College (DIERSEN: Soon, because of the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will need assistance from government and from charities.)
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2018/02/10/1-million-meals-will-packed-north-central-college-feb-17-18/82414

 

FOX NEWS
— As Trump derides Dems for using DACA, a battle for Hispanic votes reignites – Joseph Weber (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Which politicians battle for votes from those who share your demographics? I should write a book about politicians who battle for votes from members of Group A by demonizing, denigrating, and condemning members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/10/as-trump-derides-dems-for-using-daca-battle-for-hispanic-votes-reignites.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Missouri mainstream media desperate to ignore bad news – Brian E. Birdnow (DIERSEN: The mainstream media promotes news that it can spin to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, or Green party platforms, and ignores the rest.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/02/missouri_mainstream_media_desperate_to_ignore_bad_news.html

 

BLAZE
— San Francisco is experiencing a ‘mass exodus.’ The city’s liberal policies are to blame. – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/10/san-francisco-is-experiencing-a-mass-exodus-the-citys-liberal-policies-are-to-blame

 

TOWNHALL
— The True Biblical Response to Illegal Immigration and DREAMers – Arthur Schaper (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes a) for foreign countries and/or b) for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2018/02/11/the-true-biblical-response-to-illegal-immigration-and-dreamers-n2446547

 

THE HILL
— GOP praises, Dems question tax-cut boost in paychecks – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: How much has your take-home increased? IRS boosted my Civil Service Retirement System pension take-home by $91.11 a month or by $1,093.22 a year by reducing federal income tax withheld from $462.45 a month to $371.34 a month.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/372968-gop-praises-dems-question-tax-cut-boost-in-paychecks

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump, Saying ‘Mere Allegation’ Ruins Lives, Appears to Doubt #MeToo Movement – MARK LANDLER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/us/politics/trump-porter-me-too-movement.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “People’s lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation,” he wrote. “Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused — life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “G.O.P. Squirms as Trump Veers Off Script With Abuse Remarks.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/us/politics/tax-cuts-election-message-trump.html
— Liberals Wanted Fiscal Stimulus. Conservatives Delivered It. Left-leaning economists hate the timing and the composition. But the expansionary fiscal policy they sought is on the way. – Neil Irwin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/upshot/liberals-wanted-fiscal-stimulus-conservatives-delivered-it.html
— The Republicans Have Become the Party of Debt – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/republicans-deficit-debt.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-male promote out-of-wedlock birth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/single-mothers-poverty.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Trump does not care about women’s safety.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/opinion/trump-porter-abuse-women.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pennsylvania GOP Lawmakers Submit New Map in Gerrymandering Case State’s Supreme Court had overturned current congressional districts as unfair to Democrats – Scott Calvert and Brent Kendall (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015 and why they did it?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pennsylvania-gop-lawmakers-to-submit-new-map-in-gerrymandering-case-1518202728