May 8 Morning Edition

NBC5
— OUTSTANDING: Texas Governor Signs Ban on So-Called ‘Sanctuary Cities’  The term “sanctuary cities” has no legal definition, but Republicans want local police to help federal immigration agents crack down on criminal suspects in the U.S. illegally – Paul J. Weber  (DIERSEN: When will Rauner ban sanctuary cities in Illinois?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Governor-Abbott-Signs-into-Law-Sanctuary-Cities-Ban-421570813.html

 

NEWSMAX
— OUTSTANDING: Texas Governor Signs Ban on ‘Sanctuary Cities’ (DIERSEN: When will Rauner ban sanctuary cities in Illinois?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Sanctuary-Cities-Texas/2017/05/07/id/788653/
— George Will Signs as a Contributor With MSNBC, NBC News
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/george-will-msnbc-nbc-news-contributor/2017/05/08/id/788734/

 

ABC7
— OBAMA RECEIVES PROFILE IN COURAGE AWARD FROM KENNEDYS – AP  (DIERSEN: While there are no DINOs (Democrat In Name Only), there are far too many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who are RINOs (Republican In Name Only), Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/obama-receives-profile-in-courage-award-from-kennedys/1966343/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Older Americans facing serious debt – Anya Kamenetz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/savingsgame/tca-older-americans-facing-serious-debt-20170428-story.html
— Financial literacy blind spots: Debt and retirement – Jill Schlesinger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201704261932–tms–retiresmctnrs-a20170426-20170426-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— WGN TV boss heads list of most powerful women in Chicago journalism – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170508/feder-wgn-tv-boss-heads-list-of-most-powerful-women-in-chicago-journalism
— Warehouse victory – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170508/lester-trumps-relaxed-school-lunch-rules-welcomed—for-now
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two suburban lawmakers have persuaded Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza to freeze lease payments for a controversial warehouse being used by the state. Republican state Rep. David McSweeney of Barrington Hills and state Sen. Tom Cullerton, a Democrat from Villa Park, wrote to Mendoza after learning the state is leasing a former furniture warehouse in Springfield for $2.4 million over five years when it could have been purchased for around $750,000. McSweeney calls it “clearly wasteful spending” and “the last thing taxpayers’ money should be used for.”)
— Millennials’ jobs aren’t robot-proof, either – Danielle Paquette
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170507/study-millennialsx2019-jobs-arenx2019t-robot-proof-either
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Giving it to you straight on drug culture – Mick Zawislak
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170508/studentx2019s-class-assignment-has-broader-message-on-drug-use-in-suburbs
— Documentary puts viewers in shoes of suburban drug users – Mick Zawislak
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170508/documentary-puts-viewers-in-shoes-of-suburban-drug-users

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Sinclair buying Tribune Media – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170508/NEWS06/170509853/sinclair-buying-tribune-media

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who wants to be a billionaire (in 1916)? – George Will
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170507/george-will-who-wants-to-be-billionaire-in-1916

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Puerto Illinois? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-08/puerto-illinois.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Without Pritzker’s wealth, Kennedy keeps pace – Rich Miller
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-without-pritzker-s-wealth-kennedy-keeps-pace/article_dfda720e-5618-55f6-9276-2c3c97f43518.html

 

TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Rauner says he will push to make impact less dire.”
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/rauner-says-he-will-push-to-make-impact-less-dire/article_7f1480e8-e4f7-542f-8df4-9f2c4e816fa0.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Push to pin health care vote on vulnerable Republicans begins – RYAN NOBLES  (DIERSEN: To get reelected in 2018, how many “Republicans” in Illinois will become anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?  In Illinois, if you get elected as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/push-to-pin-health-care-vote-on-vulnerable-republicans-begins/709032612

 

WSIL TV
— White House: Republicans to be rewarded for health care vote – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35365808/white-house-republicans-to-be-rewarded-for-health-care-vote

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Real Problem with Chicago’s Shrinking Population  Recent Census numbers aren’t as bad as they sound—except for one major factor. Since 1980, Chicago has lost about a third of its black population. – DAVID MENDELL
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2017/Chicagos-Population-Problem/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Here’s Something You Don’t Hear Much About: The 175 People Suing CNN For Racial Discrimination – JOSEPH CURL
http://www.dailywire.com/news/16140/heres-something-you-dont-hear-much-about-175-joseph-curl

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— VIDEO: Rauner ducks Kelly’s questions on Trump, Sanctuary States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aC11YUwYrc
(FROM THE POSTING: William J. Kelly, former statewide Republican candidate and host of the “Citizen Kelly Show” on AM 1590 WCGO, had a few questions for Gov. Rauner that he refused to answer. “If Gov. Rauner refuses to answer my questions as a reporter, then I might have to move my questions to a different arena,” Kelly said. Gov. Rauner refused to answer Kelly’s questions Saturday on Pres. Trump, the warehouse scandals involving Frank Vala, the man he appointed to the Board of Procurement, and his position on the Illinois Senate’s TRUST Act/Sanctuary State legislation.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Carlinville Published Forged Meeting Minutes – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/05/carlinville-published-forged-meeting-minutes/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: ARIZONA DOCTOR JUMPSTARTS 2018 SENATOR FLAKE CHALLENGE IN CHICAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/thorner-arizona-doctor-jumpstarts-2018-senator-flake-challenge-in-chicago.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Biss hit on Madigan, corporate ties
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/08/biss-hit-on-madigan-corporate-ties/
— Drury on the trail  (DIERSEN: According to a report, Drury was Quinn’s Pot Czar.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/01/drury-on-the-trail/

 

GOPUSA
— Obama Lectures Congress on Courage at Award Performance – UPI (DIERSEN: While there are no DINOs (Democrat In Name Only), there are far too many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who are RINOs (Republican In Name Only), Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants.)
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-lectures-congress-on-courage-at-award-performance/
— French Voters Choose Globalism
http://www.gopusa.com/french-voters-choose-globalism/

 

FOX NEWS
— Butler University tones down anti-Trump course description
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/05/butler-university-tones-down-anti-trump-course-description.html

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— LGBT advocates rip Trump pick Dr. Mark Green over Christian values – Michael F. Haverluck  (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ activity is to oppose Christian values.)
https://www.onenewsnow.com/church/2017/05/07/lgbt-advocates-rip-trump-pick-green-over-christian-values

 

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— It Takes 79 Solar Workers To Produce Same Amount Of Electric Power As One Coal Worker – Brian Thomas
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/it-takes-79-solar-workers-to-produce-same-amount-of-electric-power-as-one-coal-worker

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Everyone On Every Side is Lying About the GOP Health Care Bill – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/05/07/everyone-every-side-lying-gop-health-care-bill/

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Italian TV reporter assaulted while covering arrival of refugees – Michael Dorstewitz
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/05/07/italian-tv-reporter-assaulted-live-tv-covering-arrival-refugees-487096

 

YAHOO NEWS
— U.S. federal staff being forced to watch Fox News instead of CNN, leaked email suggests – Narjas Zatat  (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes watch Fox News, it is for opposition research only; they are more than happy with CNN.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-federal-staff-being-forced-162245314.html

 

AOL NEWS
— Resolution calling for Trump impeachment probe passes in L.A. – Lindsey Granger
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/07/resolution-calling-for-trump-impeachment-probe-passes-in-l-a/22074311/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Life and Combat for Republicans at Berkeley – THOMAS FULLER  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  If I had been active in Republican politics while I was in school, 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.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/us/republicans-at-berkeley-college.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On this famously liberal campus, it is easy to dismiss Berkeley Republicans as an oxymoron. Being a Republican at the University of California, Berkeley, is hard, conservative students say, a crucible of ideological combat. Some said they had been mocked, spat on and punched. Founded in the 1960s, the Berkeley College Republicans have remained a small and tightknit club, today numbering a few dozen active members. But Republican alumni have gone on to prominent jobs: Michael Anton is a senior national security official in the Trump administration. Alex Marlow is editor in chief of Breitbart News. Claire Chiara, a graduating senior and past president of the Berkeley College Republicans, was one of the youngest delegates to the Republican National Convention last year. The College Republicans made national headlines in recent weeks when the group invited Ann Coulter, the right-wing writer and provocateur, to speak. In February, anarchist protesters had violently broken up a planned speech on campus by the right-wing journalist Milo Yiannopoulos, and the university’s administration and the club haggled over a date and a “protectable” venue for Ms. Coulter; she ended up not coming. Berkeley’s Republicans have turned the tables on liberals at the campus, championing free speech and putting a conservative claim on one of the university’s proudest liberal legacies. Last month, the group and another conservative student organization sued administrators for what they said was discrimination against conservative speakers. They have co-opted the language of the left, portraying themselves as fighting intolerance. Not all Berkeley Republicans agree with their tactics — some describe it as unnecessarily provocative.)
— Ad Buyers Have a Say in Whether Real News Survives – Jim Rutenberg  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. QUESTION: What distinguishes GOPUSA ILLINOIS from other news sources?  ANSWER: Advertisers do not call the tunes at GOPUSA ILLINOIS.  Dave Diersen and only Dave Diersen provides all the time and all the money needed a) to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to maintain www.gopillinois.com.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/business/media/ad-buyers-have-say-in-survival-of-news.html
— Lawsuit Presses the Issue of Lower Pay for Female Law Partners – ELIZABETH OLSON
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/business/dealbook/law-firm-pay-gender-bias.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The “Sammies” — therapy for feds’ during tough times under Trump – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. From what I saw working for the federal government for almost 30 years, the more of the following that you did, the faster and higher that you get promoted: a) be a Democrat, b) promote the Democrat Party platform, c) help your superiors retain and promote their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger, and d) help your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/08/the-sammies-therapy-for-feds-during-tough-times-under-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal employees could use some good news. With President Trump’s proposed budget cuts for many agencies and the planned elimination of 19 small agencies looming, the potential loss of thousands of jobs leaves feds anxious. So, the annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalists announcement comes at an appropriate time. While specific federal employees are nominated for the awards, they also point to the impressive work done by the workforce generally. Twenty-six finalists, including teams, will be acknowledged at a breakfast Tuesday in the Dirksen Senate Office Building as part of Public Service Recognition Week. The medal winners in seven categories, including federal employee of the year and the new “promising innovations” group, will be honored at a gala in September. “The federal innovators recognized for this years’ Service to America Medals represent the passion and hard work demonstrated every day by government workers throughout the country,” said Max Stier, president and chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, the nonpartisan good government group that sponsors the awards. “Federal leaders must create a climate where talented people will want to serve in government and tap into the desire of young people to make a difference for our country. That starts by celebrating the many outstanding contributions that our nation’s civil servants are making for society.” But does that climate exist under Trump?)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sinclair Broadcast to Buy Tribune Media for $3.9 Billion  Deal unites two of the nation’s biggest operators of local television stations, may pave way for more industry mergers – Joe Flint and  Austen Hufford
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sinclair-broadcast-to-buy-tribune-media-for-3-9-billion-1494250624
— What to Consider Before Retiring in a College Town – Glenn Ruffenach  (DIERSEN: If you live in a college town, how much influence does that college(s) have on your town?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-consider-before-retiring-in-a-college-town-1493996579

 

USA TODAY
— Refugee admissions plummet under Trump – Alan Gomez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/04/refugee-admissions-donald-trump-migrants/101036264/

 

TIME
— Butler University Responds to Backlash Over Its President Trump ‘Resistance’ Class – Aric Jenkins
http://time.com/4769764/butler-university-donald-trump-class-indiana/

 

CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
— Overly generous Uncle Sam – Editorial (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/overly-generous-uncle-sam/article_9c2a4586-3108-11e7-b42c-c71a42f26e18.html

 

FED SMITH
— Trump Calls on Federal Employees to Help Make Government More Efficient – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: GAO audits federal agencies. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years.  Democrats run GAO.  My Democrat GAO superiors did NOT want me to help them “Make Government More Efficient.”  They wanted to get rid of me so that a Democrat who was minority, female, and/or younger than me could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/08/trump-calls-federal-employees-help-make-government-more-efficient/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Don’t like government? Count on our under-celebrated public servants to fix it – Robert J. Shea  (DIERSEN: GAO audits federal agencies. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years.  Democrats run GAO.  My Democrat GAO superiors did NOT want me to help them “fix” the federal government.  They wanted to get rid of me so that a Democrat who was minority, female, and/or younger than me could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/dont-like-government-count-on-our-under-celebrated-public-servants-to-fix-it-commentary

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— The nobility of public service is making a comeback – Tony Reardon  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. From what I saw working for the federal government for almost 30 years, the more of the following that you did, the faster and higher that you get promoted: a) be a Democrat, b) promote the Democrat Party platform, c) help your superiors retain and promote their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger, and d) help your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/05/the-nobility-of-public-service-is-making-a-comeback/

 

BEACHWOOD REPORTER
— The Unbearable Whiteness Of Cycling – Kevin Hylton  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, instead of cycling, I have a) increasingly spent time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) increasingly put on weight, and c) come down with type 2 diabetes.)
http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/sports/the_unbearable_whiteness_of_cy.php

May 5 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Protesters target local GOP after Health Care bill passes House – TOM NEGOVAN  (DIERSEN: Congressman Peter Roskam spoke at Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti’s outstanding fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton yesterday evening.  This WGN TV posting includes clips on protesters at the fundraiser and Roskam’s answers to reporters’ questions during a press conference that I attended as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor just before he spoke at the fundraiser. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) did not want me to know that Roskam was going to speak at the fundraiser or that Roskam would hold a press conference just before he spoke at the fundraiser. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes did not want me to attend the press conference. They almost succeeded in stopping me from attending the press conference, but outstandingly, Roskam granted my appeal and allowed me to attend the press conference. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and elsewhere have always have done everything that they can to turn Roskam and other activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. against me. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/04/protesters-target-local-gop-after-health-care-bill-passes-house/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois congressional delegation went right along party lines in the American Health Care bill vote. Every Chicago-area Democrat voted against the American Health Care Act. Every Republican voted for it. 6th District Congressman Peter Roskam returned from Washington this afternoon and has protesters gathered outside his office by evening. In a statement, Gov Bruce Rauner said, “The bill that passed in the U.S. House today continues to be of deep concern to our administration.” He’s concerned about the impact on Medicaid. Chicago’s mayor thinks backers of the AHCA need to worry about the senate. “I think the senate is going to look at this and say this is a non-starter and that it’s not going to happen,” he said. The bill, which passed with just one vote to spare after six weeks of work, is expected to be a much tougher sell in the senate.)

 

ABC7
— GOP HEALTH CARE PLAN PASSES HOUSE, MOVES TO SENATE – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/gop-health-care-plan-passes-house-moves-to-senate/1953069/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hultgren, Roskam, Kinzinger avoid being Trumpcare fall guy – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-hultgren-roskam-kinzinger-avoid-being-trumpcare-fall-guy/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner touts ‘self-made’ fortune, hits Pritzker’s ‘inherited wealth’ – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Should everyone involved in government, politics, news media, etc. be required to disclose exactly how they acquired their wealth?  For me, it was money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; auditing federal agencies 1980-1997; collecting a Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997; collecting Social Security since 2010; and inheriting from my mother $56,073 and half interest in 1286 Wood Street in Crete last year.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-billionaire-met-0505-story.html
— Residents hope new trustees help University Park get back on track – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: I while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I delivered mail in what is now University Park. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.  I lived in it full-time 1972-1974 and weekends 1974-1976. I rented it out 1976-1984 and I sold it in 1984. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout THAT I AM A RACIST would never even consider working in or living in University Park.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-university-park-dispute-st-0505-20170504-story.html
— America’s rich get richer as the poor get replaced by robots – Vincent Del Giudice and Wei Lu  (DIERSEN: Can/will robots do what you do/did?  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-wealth-gap-robots-20170426-story.html
— Cinco de Mayo in Trump era leaves Mexican-Americans torn – RUSSELL CONTRERAS and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who are in America illegally are citizens of Mexico?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–cinco-de-mayo-ambivalence-20170505-story.html
— Good health requires good health care, not morality police – Mary Schmich  (DIERSEN: To some extent, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, promote gambling, promote pot, and/or promote other things that harm your physical, mental, and/or financial health.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-health-care-mary-schmich-0505-20170504-column.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Dick Duchossois, 95, still driving force behind Arlington Park – David Haugh (DIERSEN: How much longer do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes predict that you will live? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always treated me like they predicted that I would die long before I might retaliate against them. They base that on my father having type 1 diabetes from age 14 and his sudden death caused by heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  More recently, they base their predictions on my being 68 years old, my having type 2 diabetes, my being overweight, and my not getting enough exercise. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to cause me stress and to make me angry.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-haugh-dick-duchossois-spt-0505-20170504-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Expansion could house more low-income seniors in Naperville – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: Are you a low-income senior?  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I would be a low-income senior if I a) had NOT been born with a silver spoon in my mouth, b) had NOT been always privileged, c) had NOT been born a healthy White male, d) had NOT avoided the draft, e) had NOT been an overpaid federal employee, f) had NOT gotten married, g) had NOT given up trying to have children, h) had adopted, i) had become a foster parent, and/or j) had given as much money to churches and to charities as they do.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170504/expansion-could-house-more-low-income-seniors-in-naperville

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— These two are the only local CEOs paid $20 million-plus last year – JOE CAHILL  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who rail against the compensation that government employees and government retirees get, but say nothing about the outrageous compensation that private sector employees get.  Ever-increasingly, those who rail against the compensation that government employees and government retirees get sound like they are being paid lots of money by private sector CEOs to do that.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170505/ISSUE10/170509888
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In general, CEOs at public companies around Chicago got smaller raises than counterparts elsewhere last year. A median pay hike of 3.6 percent trailed the 5.5 percent increase for CEOs at companies in the Russell 3000 Index. But don’t feel sorry for our CEOs—their 2016 median pay of $5.4 million was well above the $4.1 million median for the Russell 3000. Higher median pay reflects Chicago’s significant concentration of large companies with multiple business lines and worldwide operations, says John Roe, head of ISS Analytics. “There are some very large, very complex corporations there,” Roe says. “That tends to result in higher pay packages.”)

 

THE SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Edgar sides with Mike Madigan against Bruce Rauner, that is, Edgar sides with Democrats against Republicans.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-gov-edgar-speaker-madigan-is-not-the-big-problem/article_1c0f61ff-03fa-516e-b0a0-641c561debf3.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State senator Michael Hastings, D-Tinley Park, wants to ensure election systems are secure – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170504/state-senator-wants-to-ensure-election-systems-are-secure

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Trump Tax Plan Impact on Illinoisans – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=243160#.WQxTThFSRZI

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Democrats hit Rauner on spending for new warehouse space – SAP
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/democrats-hit-rauner-on-spending-for-new-warehouse-space/article_977cd612-30da-11e7-b974-bb55a114f9fa.html

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Protesters line up in NYC, hoping for chance to boo Trump.”  In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, what do anti-Trumps do to promote hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35347979/protesters-line-up-in-nyc-hoping-for-chance-to-boo-trump

 

WSIU
— Illinois Elections Board Offers More Information on Hacking Incident
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-elections-board-offers-more-information-hacking-incident#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— The ironies and contradictions of the New York Times event on Chicago gun violence – Maya Dukmasova
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/05/04/the-ironies-and-contradictions-of-the-new-york-times-event-on-chicago-gun-violence

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Former Fox News Pundit Who Accused Exec of Sexual Assault Returns to Chicago  Tamara Holder, a lawyer whose accusations led to the firing of a Fox News exec, wants to restart her civil rights practice here. – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/April-2017/Tamara-Holder/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago can’t carry state on its big shoulders, data suggest – Caitlin Nordahl  (DIERSEN: Which counties besides DuPage send more money to the State of Illinois each year than it gets back?)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511109450-chicago-can-t-carry-state-on-its-big-shoulders-data-suggest

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Editor Matt Dietrich gets the boot from Reboot Illinois – Robert Feder  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a reporter or a journalist because GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails do not contain enough “original content.”  I should write a book about “reporters” and about “journalists” who focus in misleading everyone into believing that what they publish is their “original” work.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/05/04/editor-matt-dietrich-gets-boot-reboot-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The elimination of Dietrich’s position coincided with the ouster of Madeleine Doubek as publisher, and Cathy Rockwell as vice president of revenue strategy. All three moves were believed to be tied to changes in the operation of Reboot Illinois, including the elimination of original content in favor of news aggregation and links to other sites.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Reapportionment the Best Reason to Re-Elect Bruce Rauner – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/05/05/the-best-reason-to-re-elect-bruce-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TREASONOUS: SENATE MOVES TOWARD MAKING ILLINOIS A SANCTUARY STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/senate-moves-toward-making-illinois-a-sanctuary-state.html
— THE SOLUTION TO ILLINOIS’ PENSION CRISIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/the-solution-to-illinois-pension-crisis.html
— STUNNING 2016 ELECTION MAP RELEASED—DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE SCARED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/stunning-2016-election-map-releaseddemocrats-should-be-scared.html
— 100 YEARS OF COMMUNISM’S BLOODY LEGACY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/100-years-of-communisms-bloody-legacy.html
— THE AMERICAN FLAG: A SYMBOL OF HATE SPEECH ON CAMPUSES?  (DIERSEN: Since September 11, 2001, an American flag has flown each and every day at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/the-american-flag-a-symbol-of-hate-speech-on-campuses.html
— IF THERE IS NO GOD, MURDER ISN’T WRONG
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/if-there-is-no-god-murder-isnt-wrong.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Edgar implies that Rauner is incompetent  (DIERSEN: I have offered my services as a consultant since 1998. Statements that are defamatory “per se” include statements that claim that the plaintiff is incompetent in his job, trade, or profession. I should write a book about my slanderous critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone a) that I am incompetent as a consultant and b) that no one should seek my advice about anything or take my advice about anything.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/05/edgar-implies-that-rauner-is-incompetent/

 

THE FEDERALIST
— No, The American Founders Were Not Libertarians  A closer look at the Founders’ thought about government shows their political philosophy that culminated in the Constitution was anything but libertarian. – Jonathan Ashbach  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Libertarians who falsely claim to be Republican?  They use libertarian arguments to promote booze, to promote gambling, to promote pot, and to promote other vices.)
https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/02/no-american-founders-not-libertarians/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Encourage Someone – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What do you encourage people to do? I encourage people to not do things that harm them physically, financially, etc.  I discourage booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/05/encourage-someone/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s ‘Hire American’ Agenda Has Tech Firms Moving to Mexico – R Williams (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want to get rid of their employees who are American and replace them with employees who are citizens of foreign countries.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Donald-Trump-Hire-American-Mexico-visa/2017/05/04/id/788128/
— Anti-Semitic Incidents Jump 86 Percent in First Quarter – Jason Devaney  (DIERSEN: There must be more people coming to America who are anti-Semitic.  What percent of recent immigrants are anti-Semitic?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/anti-semitic-incidents-jump-first-quarter/2017/05/04/id/788226/

 

TPM
— No, Reince Priebus Did Not Screw Up That Football Analogy – MATT SHUHAM
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reince-priebus-punt-into-end-zone-health-care

 

GOPUSA
— Fourth man accuses Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of paying him for sex
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23893
— How Berkeley Birthed the Right – Patrick J. Buchanan  (DIERSEN: My supervisor during my last 4 years at GAO graduated from Berkeley and she was my supervisor’s supervisor for the 4 years before that.)
http://www.gopusa.com/how-berkeley-birthed-the-right/

 

EUREK ALERT
— ER visits related to marijuana use at a Colorado hospital quadruple after legalization
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/aaop-evr042617.php

 

ANDY MARTIN
— Obama author and expert Andy Martin says the new biography of President Barack Obama by liberal icon David Garrow will trigger a massive new inquiry into whether Obama was/is gay
https://contrariancommentary.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/obama-author-and-expert-andy-martin-says-the-new-biography-of-president-barack-obama-by-liberal-icon-david-garrow-will-trigger-a-massive-new-inquiry-into-whether-obama-wasis-gay/
http://contrariancommentary.blogspot.com/2017/05/obama-author-and-expert-andy-martin.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Mark Levin: Health care bill is an ‘itsy bitsy’ step in right direction, but it’s not repeal – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/04/health-care-bill-is-an-itsy-bitsy-step-in-right-direction-but-its-not-repeal-mark-levin/

 

POLITICO
— The House Republicans who could lose their jobs over Obamacare repeal – KEVIN ROBILLARD
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/house-republicans-election-fate-obamacare-repeal-237998
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois (Clinton: 50 percent, Roskam: 60 percent in 2016)  On Thursday morning, Democrat Kelly Mazeski, a breast cancer survivor, entered the contest — one of a slew of candidates with pre-existing conditions or personal experience with the travails of the health care system whom Democrats expect to see run this cycle. Roskam comes from an increasingly diverse district in the western suburbs of Chicago that has trended Democratic at the presidential level. He faced tough races in the past, though redistricting shifted his district into more safely Republican territory six years ago. “It’s time the people of Illinois’ 6th District hold Peter Roskam accountable for voting to make Americans pay more and get less for their health care,” Mazeski said in announcing her bid.)
— ‘The White House just couldn’t let this go’  The inside story of how Trump and the Republicans got Obamacare repeal through the House. – RACHAEL BADE and JOSH DAWSEY
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/05/donald-trump-obamacare-repeal-timeline-238016

 

BEFORE IT’S NEWS
— Federal Judge Protects Dirty State Judge Who Ejects Reporters: A Call for Qualified Immunity (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who have a) stopped me from learning about, b) barred me from asking questions at, c) barred me from attending, and/or d) ejected me, your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, from their press conferences and other events.)
http://beforeitsnews.com/blogging-citizen-journalism/2017/05/federal-judge-protects-dirty-state-judge-who-ejects-reporters-a-call-for-qualified-immunity-2566079.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Cop in Jordan Edwards Shooting Was Ordered to Anger Management for Past Behavior – SAFIA SAMEE ALI  (DIERSEN: I should write an article about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who should be “ordered to anger management” and b) who focus on trying to make me angry.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cop-jordan-edwards-shooting-was-ordered-anger-management-past-behavior-n754996

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Anti-Trumps say in the hardcopy version of the article “Wealthy People Benefit, the Poor Much Less So.”  Are/were you wealthy?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as not only being wealthy, but as being undeservedly disgustingly filthy rich.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/upshot/who-wins-and-who-loses-in-the-latest-gop-health-care-bill.html
— Trump’s Order on Religious Liberty Pleases a Few, but Lets Down Many Conservatives – LAURIE GOODSTEIN and MICHAEL D. SHEARM  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/us/politics/religious-organizations-executive-order-trump.html
— In House Health Vote, Reince Priebus Sees a Much-Needed Reprieve – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/us/politics/reince-priebus-health-care.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fox News Besieged by New Bias Lawsuit and Federal Inquiry – EMILY STEEL and NIRAJ CHOKSHI
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/business/media/fox-news-lawsuit-gender-discrimination-sky-takeover.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Late-night hosts blast Republican health-care bill: ‘Those ramifications are disastrous’ – Emily Yahr
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/05/05/late-night-hosts-blast-republican-health-care-bill-those-ramifications-are-disastrous/

 

USA TODAY
— Religious conservatives mixed on Trump’s order targeting birth control, church involvement in politics – David Jackson and Maureen Groppe (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/donald-trump-religious-liberty-johnson-amendment/101277724/
— Donald Trump’s malignant narcissism is toxic: Psychologist  Mental health professionals have a ‘duty to warn’ about a leader who may be unfit to serve. – John Gartner (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  They are disciples of Saul Alinsky. They can and they will say that anyone who does not defend and advance the Democrat Party platform is mentally ill.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/04/trump-malignant-narcissistic-disorder-psychiatry-column/101243584/
— Prince Philip jokes about his pending retirement – while still on the job – Maria Puente  (DIERSEN: How much longer do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes predict that you will live? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always treated me like they predicted that I would die long before I might retaliate against them. They base that on my father having type 1 diabetes from age 14 and his sudden death caused by heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  More recently, they base their predictions on my being 68 years old, my having type 2 diabetes, my being overweight, and my not getting enough exercise. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to cause me stress and to make me angry.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/05/04/prince-philip-jokes-about-his-pending-retirement-while-still-on-the-job/101292296/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Can anyone in Britain really imagine Prince Philip retired and puttering around the palace? In fact, the 95-year-old Duke of Edinburgh was joking about the big-news-that-wasn’t-big news on Thursday at — where else? — an official engagement with his wife of nearly 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II (who’s already vowed she’s never going to retire). Philip, who turns 96 in June, was at his customary place behind the queen as they attended the Order of Merit service at the Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace in London. His quick sense of humor seemed to be fully intact. When a well-wisher expressed sadness at his decision to “stand down,” Philip joked back: “I can’t stand up much longer.”)
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s call to ‘Buy American’ isn’t boosting sales of U.S. goods – Charisse Jones  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being anti-American. They hate a) General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, c) those who own vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, d) unions, e) past, present, and future union members, and/or f) past, present, and future government employees and retirees.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/05/05/trumps-buy-american-doesnt-boost-sales-us-made-goods/100846314/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Don’t Trust Polls, See Anti-Trump Bias  (DIERSEN: The last two audits that I worked on for GAO involved major surveys.  The reports are at
http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf (FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2017/voters_don_t_trust_polls_see_anti_trump_bias

 

ENTREPRENEUR
— 10 Ways to Become a Super-Likable Person – DEEP PATEL (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, to be likable, a) you should glorify and praise my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, b) you should pander to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, c) you should serve as an operative or as a dupe for my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and/or d) give money to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/293343

April 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— TRUMP: ‘I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER’ – CNN  (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican working for the federal government, it is not easy.  Democrats run the federal government.  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.  If you are a Republican who is involved in Republican politics to defend and advance the Republican Party platform like I am, it is not easy.  Far too many “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who are hell-bent on destroying the Republican Party in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, in Wheaton, in etc.  Most commonly, these anti-Republicans reject the party’s traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.  Most commonly, they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, booze, gambling, and other vices, weakening of the Second Amendment, and race and gender based preference giving.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-i-thought-it-would-be-easier/1929034/

 

NBC5
— Political Headlines From Illinois – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-deep-dish-nbc-5-420780703.html

 

CBS2
— Crete: Rural Residents On Proposed Train-Truck Depot: Not In Our Back Yard – Roseanne Tellez
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/28/rural-residents-on-proposed-train-truck-depot-not-in-our-back-yard/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Stand up to campus radicals – Mona Charen  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries side with campus radicals? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/a-road-map-for-dealing-with-campus-radicals/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Newly minted Cook County judge who refused traffic court duty quits bench – Steve Schmadeke  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS.  The Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office in 1980 did not want me to transfer from IRS to GAO. They thought that their forcing me to take an $18,847 (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO would keep me at IRS, but they were wrong. They knew that I wanted to be assigned to audits of IRS so that I could use my knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. So to get me to go back to IRS, they succeeded in keeping me off IRS audits until the end of 1985 when the GAO manager who had hired me finally succeeded in a) getting me assigned to audits of IRS and b) promoting me to GS-13, currently $94,610. But then, in 1987, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office succeeded in forcing him to retire. At the end of 1988,  they threw me off audits of IRS and during 1989, they did everything that they could to get rid of me.  Were it not for Henry Hyde’s intervention, they might very well have succeeded.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-judge-cooke-resigns-traffic-court-met-20170428-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new Cook County judge who for months defied orders from his supervisors to work in traffic court has resigned, according to an Illinois Supreme Court spokesman.  Richard Cooke stepped down from his $194,000-a-year post two days after a committee of 17 Cook County presiding judges voted to refer his “non-compliance with reporting to a judicial assignment” to the state agency that investigates allegations of judicial misconduct. The resignation was “effective at the end of business on Tuesday,” Chris Bonjean, a state Supreme Court spokesman, wrote in an email to the Tribune on Friday. The committee acted about a week after the Tribune began asking questions about the judge. On the same day it referred Cooke, the body also assigned Judge Jessica O’Brien, a small-claims court judge who was recently indicted on federal mortgage fraud charges, to administrative duties. His resignation means the Judicial Inquiry Board no longer has any authority over Cooke, 50, who ran unopposed in a Northwest Side subcircuit after lending his campaign an unprecedented $660,000. If the inquiry board had filed charges, Cooke could have been sanctioned or even removed from the bench.)
— Employment history of Matteson trustee’s son spurs debate on nepotism – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-matteson-family-hiring-st-0420-20170428-story.html
— Decades-old felony conviction raises questions on Waukegan school board member’s eligibility – Emily K. Coleman  (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what decades-old things would your critics/opponents bring up?  My critics/opponents side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government. They would bring up a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-waukegan-district-60-felony-st-0427-20170428-story.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “plan May Day rallies buoyed by Trump opposition.” Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/immigrants-plan-may-day-rallies-buoyed-by-trump-opposition/article_a2de3563-fb50-57a0-8435-642cab5e56fe.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Bambenek named to community college board – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-28/bambenek-named-community-college-board.html

 

NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— New GOP club forms in area – BRIAN NADIG
http://nadignewspapers.com/2017/04/28/new-gop-club-forms-in-area/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— South Side home values fall, as property taxes continue rising
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511109293-south-side-home-values-fall-as-property-taxes-continue-rising

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Biss another higher tax touter, Illinois GOP says – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511107051-biss-another-higher-tax-touter-illinois-gop-says

 

NRA ILA
— Illinois: Senate Passes Legislation that will Close Gun Stores
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20170427/illinois-senate-passes-legislation-that-will-close-gun-stores

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Health Hazards of Homosexuality: An Important New Book from MassResistance (Part 1) – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/health-hazards-homosexuality-important-new-book-massresistance-part-1/
— What is ‘Antifa’? And Why Is The Media So Reluctant To Expose It? – Chris Pandolfo
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/antifa-media-reluctant-expose/

 

GOPUSA
— The Left-Wing Takeover of Fox News  (DIERSEN: To what extent has the left-wing taken over a) your Republican township/ward political organization, b) your Republican county party organization, c) the Illinois Republican Party, and d) the RNC?  To what extent do the leaders of the aforesaid organizations promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, booze, gambling, and other vices, weakening of the Second Amendment, and race and gender based preference giving?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23623
— Liberal Thought Police Getting Scarier  (DIERSEN: Liberal Thought Police want you to hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23585

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— IRS Tax Fraud Prevention Program Costs Taxpayers $18.2 Million, But Doesn’t Work – Ali Meyer (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/irs-tax-fraud-prevention-program-costs-taxpayers-18-2-million-doesnt-work/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s 100-Days Vows: Hits, Misses, Unfinished Business – AP  (DIERSEN Today is the 4,498th consecutive day in a row that I have send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS morning email. Today will be the 848th consecutive day in a row that I have also send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS evening email. Of course, the aforesaid is slighted, belittled, dismissed, badmouthed, demonized, denigrated, and condemned by my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes many of whom read the emails for reasons other than to get information a) to defend and advance the Republican Party platform and b) to help elect and reelect Republican candidates.)
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/29/us/politics/ap-us-trump-100-promises.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Mexico, ‘It’s Easy to Kill a Journalist’ – AZAM AHMED  (DIERSEN: Are you a journalist? I am; I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.  If you are a journalist, how do those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois treat you? I should write a book about those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, their operatives, and their dupes and how they have tried to kill me figuratively if not literally.  The aforesaid 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, and/or d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and/or they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/world/americas/veracruz-mexico-reporters-killed.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The reasons for such killings are often varied: cartel assassins annoyed at aggressive coverage, corrupt public officials targeting critics to silence them, random violence and even reporters crossing over into the criminal worlds they cover. But according to government data, public servants like mayors and police officers have threatened journalists more often than drug cartels, petty criminals or anyone else in recent years, imperiling investigations and raising questions about the government’s commitment to exposing the culprits. Cases include journalists tortured or killed at the behest of mayors, reporters beaten by armed men in their newsrooms on the order of local officials, and police officers threatening to kill journalists for covering the news. But of the more than 800 serious cases of harassment, assault or homicide committed against journalists in the past six years, the federal office created to prosecute crimes against the freedom of expression has convicted suspects in only two.)
— As College Deadlines Near, Families Wonder What They Can Pay – RON LIEBER  (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay for your bachelor’s degree?  I did not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school; she was a housewife and homemaker.  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, worked in the office of a chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, never earned more than $40,000 a year in today’s dollars, did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. I paid for my bachelor’s degree and for new cars with money that I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assemble line, and working as a security guard.  My outstanding parents provided me with room and board during my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/your-money/paying-for-college/as-college-deadlines-near-families-wonder-what-they-can-pay.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Wants to Change Your Tax Deductions  President’s tax plan could create winners and losers – Laura Saunders  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious a) that I took job-related graduate business, accounting, and finance courses while I worked for IRS and for GAO and b) that I deducted those courses. Extremely few of my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates took job-related graduate courses. Instead, to keep their jobs and to get promoted, they helped their superiors get rid of IRS and GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that is, they helped their superiors achieve their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-wants-to-change-your-tax-deductions-1493380423
— Anxiety Disorder: Is There an Escape?  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on promoting anxiety.)
https://www.wsj.com/video/anxiety-disorder-is-there-an-escape/2F0C0AFA-B508-4ED6-9AC3-7064F1800079.html
— My Escape From Anxiety – Andrea Petersen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on promoting anxiety.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-escape-from-anxiety-1493391641
— Inequality Isn’t the Real Issue  Research suggests that people care most about fair chances, not the distribution of wealth – Christina Starmans,  Mark Sheskin and Paul Bloom (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor Democrats, poor minorities, poor females, poor younger people, and/or poor veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inequality-isnt-the-real-issue-1493385246
— America’s Most Anti-Reform Institution? The Media  Spending cuts are unendurable, but when the crisis comes, will the press point a finger at itself? – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What does the media promote?  ANSWER: The media a) promotes dependency on government and on charity, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal immigration, and even worse things and b) promotes hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-most-anti-reform-institution-the-media-1493417511
— Let’s Take Exception to the Term ‘American Exceptionalism’ – Juliana Geran Pilon  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-American.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-take-exception-to-the-term-american-exceptionalism-1493417562
— Trump Has Been Lucky in His Enemies  Cursing pols, screeching students and intolerant abortion advocates have become the face of the left. – Peggy Noonan  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-has-been-lucky-in-his-enemies-1493331572

 

WUNC
— Help Wanted: The Trump Administration (Still) Has Some Openings To Fill – BRIAN NAYLOR (DIERSEN: Do you paint yourself as being a loyalist?  If so, loyal to who/what?)
http://wunc.org/post/help-wanted-trump-administration-still-has-some-openings-fill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Squabbling among the well known factions within the White House is another likely cause of delays, as is the reported insistence of the president that only loyalists who supported his campaign be named to top positions in his administration.)

 

NPR
— Young voters distrust presidency, say they won’t run for office  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  They have made it very clear that they can and that they will viciously destroy anyone in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who runs for a government office or for a political office without their permission or direction.)
http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/04/29/71311/young-voters-distrust-presidency-say-they-won-t-ru/

April 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— HOUSE LAWYER ACCUSES PROSECUTORS OF STEALING FOR SCHOCK INDICTMENT – Chuck Goudie
http://abc7chicago.com/news/house-lawyer-accuses-prosecutors-of-stealing-for-schock-indictment-/1926152/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Party drug gives new hope to those suffering from depression – Sylvia Perez  (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes suffer from depression.  They are depressed because they have not yet succeeded in destroying all individuals, destroying all organizations, destroying all companies, destroying all governments, and destroying all countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/health/251258654-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump taps Skokie’s Jovita Carranza to be Treasurer of the U.S. – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-taps-skokies-jovita-carranza-to-be-treasurer-of-the-u-s/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump to address NRA, raise money for key Congress race – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-national-rifle-association-20170428-story.html
— Wisconsin Republicans push college free speech bill that would punish hecklers – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-college-free-speech-bill-20170427-story.html
— Illinois House sends Rauner city pension bill, but he’s likely to veto again – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-pensions-illinois-house-vote-met-0428-20170427-story.html
— City fires head of security at O’Hare, Midway for not disclosing why he lost Tollway job – Ray Long and John Byrne  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why did Diersen lose his GAO job in 1997? ANSWER: He opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.  He failed/refused to help his superiors get rid of their employees because of their political affiliation, race, gender, or age.  In 1988, when he was 40 years old, he became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aviation-jeffrey-redding-met-20170427-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban mayors band together against property tax freeze – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170427/news/304279888
— Elgin Community College officers accuse now-departed police chief of discrimination – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170427/ecc-officers-accuse-now-departed-police-chief-of-discrimination
— Dist. 203 celebrating bilingualism with first Dual-Language Fair – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: If I had wasted my time learning a second language, I may very well have not been able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 24, etc., b) graduate from high school when I was 17 and the in the upper 20% of my class, c) get a score of 24 on the ACT test, d) get accepted by UIC when I was 17, e) earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU when I was 21 and master’s degrees from Loyola when I was 27, from DePaul when I was 31, and from IIT when I was 48, f) buy a new town home when I was 24 and condos when I was 25 and 27, g) get married and buy a home with my wife in Wheaton when I was 29, h) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, i) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, j) earn additional job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, k) become a licensed CPA when I was 33, and l) have a new home built in Wheaton with my wife when I was 35.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170428/dist-203-celebrating-bilingualism-with-first-dual-language-fair

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How much do Illinois companies pay in state taxes? – JUDITH RUIZ-BRANCH  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.  Should everyone be required to publicly disclose how much federal income tax, state income tax, and real estate tax that they paid during each of that last 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50+ years adjusted for inflation?  Some argue that the more tax that you pay, the more that you are a contributing member of society.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170428/NEWS02/170429866

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Holocaust survivors’ daughter tells parents’ story at memorial service – Brian Robbins  (DIERSEN: Democrats are a) nasty, b) moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, and c) disciples of Saul Alinsky.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat always stressed to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Jewish that I was 100% German national origin and that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors had immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father world have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170427/holocaust-survivors-daughter-tells-parents-story-at-memorial-service

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hundreds Rally at Capitol for Higher Education Funding – Jaclyn Driscoll  (DIERSEN: To call for higher education funding is to call for higher taxes on Republicans.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/hundreds-rally-at-capitol-for-higher-education-funding-04-28-2017

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— The key to saving for retirement: Start now – Guy Boulton  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that constructively, I started saving for my retirement when I was 18 years old in 1966 and started working for the Park Forest Post Office and started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
http://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/top-workplaces/2017/04/28/top-workplaces-key-saving-retirement-start-now/100496270/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump hopes to rally base at NRA appearance  No new policy proposals planned – KEVIN LIPTAK
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-hopes-to-rally-base-at-nra-appearance/701207962
— Trump: ‘I thought it would be easier’  President says he misses driving – DAN BERMAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-i-thought-it-would-be-easier/701033350

 

SAGAMON NEWS
— GOP video portrays Dem candidates as Madigan ‘puppets’ – Caitlin Nordahl  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) want all individuals (including me), all organizations (including the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter), all companies, and all governments to serve as their puppets and b) focus on destroying all individuals, all organizations, all companies, and all governments that refuse to serve as their puppets.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511106536-gop-video-portrays-dem-candidates-as-madigan-puppets

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— Become a Team Rauner intern! We need your help. From knocking on doors to working with our strategy team, Team Rauner needs your help for the summer! Sign up below if you’re interested in becoming a Team Rauner intern and someone from our team will reach out to you.  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say to Team Rauner about you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would tell Team Rauner to a) focus on stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and failing that, focus on stopping everyone from reading the emails and b) blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the problems that the team has, that they have, and that everyone has.)
https://www.brucerauner.com/intern-application/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DuPage chairman: Consolidate government to reduce costs
http://ilnews.org/news/statewide/dupage-chairman-consolidate-government-to-reduce-costs/article_f67752c0-2b92-11e7-a984-03bab79963cc.html
— Bill moving through Springfield gives Equal Pay laws teeth; Opponents cry foul – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented the jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were female who had less job-related work experience, less job related education, and/or fewer professional certifications and/or licenses higher salaries than it paid its employees who were male.)
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/bill-moving-through-springfield-gives-equal-pay-laws-teeth-opponents/article_3efae20c-2b78-11e7-977a-1b98c625c868.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Budget fury boils over in Springfield town hall  AARP hosts ‘Enough is Enough’ event – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: “Reach a budget” is code for increasing taxes on Republicans.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/budget-fury-boils-over-in-town-hall/700889764

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— 150 Nationwide Protests of Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinics and Facilities to Take Place THIS Friday and Saturday!
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/150-nationwide-protests-planned-parenthood-abortion-clinics-facilities-take-place-friday-saturday/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FEDERAL INVESTIGATION EXPOSES MADIGAN PATRONAGE – Austin Berg  (DIERSEN: Do you OPPOSE patronage?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes PROMOTE patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. 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.illinoispolicy.org/federal-investigation-exposes-madigan-patronage/

 

CHURCH MILITANT
— PRO-LIFERS PROTEST PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S CHICAGO GALA – BRADLEY ELI
http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/pro-lifers-protest-planned-parenthoods-chicago-gala

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— VIDEO: DIANA RAUNER COMMITS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S “ESSENTIAL SERVICES”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/video-diana-rauner-commits-to-planned-parenthoods-essential-services-.html
— SCHEME TO SNEAK POT, TOBACCO INTO COOK COUNTY JAIL GETS PERPETRATORS LOCKED UP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/scheme-to-sneak-pot-tobacco-into-cook-county-jail-gets-perpetrators-locked-up.html
— WHERE ARE THE MODERATE MUSLIMS?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/where-are-the-moderate-muslims.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— “Rauner-funded Republican Party”  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Everyone involved in government, in politics, in journalism, in etc. should be required to disclose the sources and amounts of their income. I get a $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and $2,028/year Social Security. In addition, my wife and I get a $17,288/year health, dental, and vision federal insurance subsidy because I am a federal retiree.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/28/rauner-funded-republican-party/
— ALEC’s constitutional convention resolution awaits approval of full House
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/26/alecs-constitutional-convention-resolution-awaits-approval-of-full-house/

 

GOPUSA
— OUTSTANDING: Texas House Passes Sanctuary City Bill that Threatens Officials with Jail Time
http://www.gopusa.com/texas-house-passes-sanctuary-city-bill-that-threatens-non-compliant-officials-with-jail-time/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Ann Coulter Mocks Berkeley Police Concerned About Violence: ‘Call a Cop!’ – DEBRA HEINE  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want police departments to surrender their municipalities to the anti-Trumps.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/04/27/ann-coulter-mocks-berkeley-police-concerned-about-violence-call-a-cop/

 

HOT AIR
— Poll: 73% of Republicans say the media is abusing its First Amendment freedom of the press  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout that you are not a reporter or a journalist unless you promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms. I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party who shout that I am not a reporter or a journalist.)
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/04/27/poll-73-republicans-say-media-abusing-first-amendment-freedom-press/

 

BREITBART
— Warren: I’m ‘Troubled’ by Obama Getting $400K from Wall Street – IAN HANCHETT  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Wall Street is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/04/27/warren-im-troubled-by-obama-getting-400k-from-wall-street/

 

THE BLAZE
— Sean Hannity delivers scathing monologue announcing he may sue ‘liberal fascist’ news outlets – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are somewhat restrained because they know about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/27/sean-hannity-delivers-scathing-monologue-announcing-he-may-sue-liberal-fascist-news-outlets/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Political Violence from the Left Comes to Campus — Again – MONA CHAREN
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447154/berkeley-riots-campus-administrators-cowardice-nothing-new
— It’s Time to Crush Campus Censorship – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446999/free-speech-campus-censorship-congress-must-punish-universities-indulging-student-mob
— ESPN Layoffs Should Be a Wake-Up Call about Politicizing Sports – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/447060/espn-layoffs-stick-sports
— The Political-Knowledge Gender Gap – KATE O’BEIRNE
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447156/kate-obeirne-women-politics-knowledge-19th-amendment
— California Is Seceding from the Constitution – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447149/california-constitution-citizens-rights-systematically-violated

 

THE HILL
— Democrats struggle with abortion litmus test – LISA HAGEN  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who a) falsely claim to be Republican and b) focus on destroying Republicans like me who support the right to life planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/330992-dems-struggle-with-abortion-litmus-test
— House Dems to Senate: Reject Army nominee over LGBT record – REBECCA KHEEL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats will get rid of you.)
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/330871-house-dems-to-senate-reject-army-secretary-nominee-over-lgbt-record

 

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s First 100 Days Mostly Lags Predecessors.”
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trumps-first-100-days-mostly-lags-predecessors

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Study: Americans more likely to vote for highly religious candidates – David Briggs  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that they are religious, but they a) promote dependency on government and on charity, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal immigration, and even worse things and b) promote hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/study-americans-more-likely-to-vote-for-highly-religious_us_59027b23e4b084f59b49f79c

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Poised Mexico Sees Trump Anew: a ‘Bluffer’ at the Poker Table – KIRK SEMPLE and ELISABETH MALKIN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/americas/mexico-trump-nafta-trade.html
— Republicans’ Fiscal Discipline Wilts in Face of Trump’s Tax Plan – BINYAMIN APPELBAUM, ALAN RAPPEPORT and NICHOLAS FANDOS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/us/politics/deficit-tax-cuts-republicans.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Representative Peter Roskam, the Illinois Republican who is chairman of the Tax Policy Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, warned that his party should resist taking the easy route and passing temporary tax cuts in favor of making deeper changes to the tax code. “The best thing to do is to create a tax policy that’s permanent, and permanent means paid for,” Mr. Roskam told MSNBC on Wednesday. “So that’s the new fault line that is developing.”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump to Address NRA, Breaking Decadeslong Presidential Precedent  Group sees president’s speech Friday ushering in new era for gun rights, but courts must still weigh in – Joe Palazzolo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-address-nra-breaking-decadeslong-presidential-precedent-1493332053
— The Truth About Muhammad Ali and the Draft  His refusal to serve wasn’t motivated by conscience, but by fear of being killed by the Nation of Islam. – Paul Beston  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Democrats are nasty.  Because I avoided the draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and with a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a being privileged, a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or 4-F.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-muhammad-ali-and-the-draft-1493330969
— Rent or Buy? More Young People Are Choosing Homeownership  The number of new homeowners outstripped that of new renters for the first time in a decade – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rent-or-buy-more-young-people-are-choosing-homeownership-1493326484

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who have more money than others for living longer.  Why do some people have more money than others? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have more money than others because I was born healthy White male, because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, because I have always been privileged, because my parents were filthy rich, because I avoided the draft, because I have always been overpaid, because I got married, because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, because we did not become foster parents, because I do not give money to a church, because etc.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-24/the-rich-are-living-longer-and-taking-more-from-taxpayers

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF TRUMP: 100 days into Trump presidency, Americans are united on this: They’re divided – Rick Hampson  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want to unite all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries AGAINST all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/28/100-days-trump-presidency-americans-united-divided-health-care-twitter-wall-immigration/100925102/
— VA whistle-blowers leery of Trump order creating office to protect them – Donovan Slack (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.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/27/va-whistle-blowers-leery-of-trump-order-veterans-affairs-accountability/100977198/
— President Trump’s tax plan could slash Trump’s taxes – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/27/how-trumps-tax-plan-will-affect-donald-trump/100980078/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TREASONOUS: Those who promote illegal immigration “Plan May Day Rallies Buoyed by Trump Opposition.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2017-04-28/immigrants-plan-may-day-rallies-buoyed-by-trump-opposition

 

HUMAN RIGHTS
— An Open Letter to Illinois School Districts and Higher Learning Institutions Regarding Preventative Strategies to Address Acts of Discrimination and Bigotry – Bruce Rauner  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.scribd.com/document/346634864/Open-Letter-from-Gov-Bruce-Rauner

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 324 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $389,900
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448309_zpid/

April 20 Evening Edition

WGN TV
— Opponents of legalized pot say their voices aren’t being heard – GAYNOR HALL  (DIERSEN: Those who oppose legalization of pot who attended the hearing included Peter Bensinger, Kathy Gilroy, Judy Kreamer, Ralph Rivera, Thomas Weitzel, and myself. If you promote pot, feel free to unsubscribe to this email. If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, please speak out against legalizing pot. Further, please join me in encouraging the 18 members of the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP in opposition to legalizing pot for recreational use in Illinois, SB 316 and HB 2353, and especially the 12 members of its Judicial & Public Safety Committee: Grant Eckhoff, Chair, Robert L. Larsen, Vice Chair, John Curran, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, James D. Healy, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Donald E. Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, and James F. Zay.)
http://wgntv.com/2017/04/20/opponents-of-legalized-pot-say-their-voices-arent-being-heard/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But some opponents are upset they didn’t get to testify yesterday.  The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police is against legalization. Riverside Chief Tom Weitzel says it would normalize drug use. “I had signed up on behalf of Illinois chiefs to speak and I was under the impression that I could speak about our position,” he said.  “I think it’s important to have the chiefs perspective officers are the ones doing the enforcement. … The proponents are well organized. They have the ear because it’s all about dollars.” Sponsors of the bills in the state house and senate say they have no intention of bringing this to the floor this legislative session.  They say they will hold several more hearings to get public input in Springfield and Chicago.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Embattled Illinois auditor general’s campaign spending under scrutiny at hearing – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-auditor-general-elections-board-met-0421-20170420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A troubled anti-Rauner/Trump insults Rauner and Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-performance-artists-st-0421-20170420-story.html
— Rauner has his finger to the political winds on abortion – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: In Illinois, when you get elected or appointed as a Republican to a government office or to a political office, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform.  If you fail/refuse to defend and advance the IRP platform, you should immediately resign.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-rauner-abortion-funding-medicaid-perspec-0421-jm-20170420-column.html
— Standard & Poor’s downgrades NEIU, SIU and University of Illinois – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sp-credit-downgrades-illinois-universities-20170420-story.html
— Humble-bragging Emanuel damns Priebus with faint praise – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-time-100-rahm-epstein-chance-0421-chicago-inc-20170420-story.html
— Roskam sends clear message on town halls: ‘My opinion has not changed’ – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-roskam-town-hall-st-0421-20170420-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s dinner guests include Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, Kid Rock – Catherine Lucey
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trumps-dinner-guests-include-sarah-palin-ted-nugent-kid-rock/amp/
— Aaron Schock asks judge to dismiss criminal indictment – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: All the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed asked for the lawsuits to be dismissed, but none of them were.  However, they did succeed in getting judges to deny me my 7th Amendment rights by making summary judgments.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/aaron-schock-asks-judge-to-dismiss-criminal-indictment/
— Another flap over crowd size in Washington – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/patriots-hit-back-at-new-york-times-over-white-house-tweet/
— If Chicago’s schools close early, the blame lies 200 miles away – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/if-chicagos-schools-close-early-the-blame-lies-200-miles-away/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— HB40, aka the abortion bill, is a flank attack on Republicans – CHRIS IVERSON  (DIERSEN: If you promote abortion, you are not religious, conservative, or Republican.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170420/OPINION/170429979/hb40-is-a-flank-attack-on-republicans-chris-iverson
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois net pension debt tops $119 billion – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170420/BLOGS02/170429982/illinois-net-pension-debt-tops-119-billion

 

DAILY HERALD
— Former Naperville school board member Suzyn Price to challenge Roskam – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170420/former-naperville-school-board-member-to-challenge-roskam
— Hultgren, league prove town halls can be effective – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170420/editorial-hultgren-league-prove-town-halls-can-be-effective

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Students Delve Into Dangers Of Drugs – LAUREN BARRY
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_a649efbe-253a-11e7-bed2-13946186731f.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Putting election spending into perspective – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170419/our-view-putting-election-spending-into-perspective
— Aaron Schock asks court to toss corruption case – (DIERSEN: All the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed asked for the lawsuits to be dismissed, but none of them were.  However, they did succeed in getting judges to deny me my 7th Amendment rights by making summary judgments.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170420/aaron-schock-asks-court-to-toss-corruption-case

 

WSIL TV
— Busy year for protests could cost Washington millions – AP  (DIERSEN: Should protestors pay a “protest tax?” Overwhelmingly, protestors are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35198433/busy-year-for-protests-could-cost-washington-millions

 

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— NIU hosting town hall to address Rep. Adam Kinzinger – DREW ZIMMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/04/20/niu-hosting-town-hall-to-address-rep-adam-kinzinger/a2dw5hs/

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— No decision made regarding Mautino campaign spending – Kevin Solari
http://www.newstrib.com/free/no-decision-made-regarding-mautino-campaign-spending/article_0f64a812-25eb-11e7-a578-f367926c9b1a.html

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Governor honors volunteers – TONY REID  (DIERSEN: What volunteer work do you do?  I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 268,000 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://herald-review.com/business/local/governor-honors-volunteers/article_7a8e98fd-a8ff-5c4a-88d1-4b4bab99922a.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says he’ll “recruit hundreds of companies” to Illinois if “right to work” lawsuit succeeds
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/rauner-says-hell-recruit-hundreds-of-companies-to-illinois-if-right-to-work-lawsuit-succeeds/
— Mautino is no-show for state hearing
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/mautino-is-no-show-for-state-hearing/

 

WHITE HOUSE
— Buy American, Hire American  On Tuesday, April 18th, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at strengthening and enforcing his “Buy American, Hire American” agenda.  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout “buy foreign, hire foreign.”  What do you say to those who buy foreign vehicles to shout a) that they hate GM, Ford, and Chrysler, b) that they hate those who own/owned vehicles made by GM, Ford, or Chrysler, c) that they hate unions, and d) that they hate past, present, and future union members?)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/04/20/buy-american-hire-american

 

LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Governor Rauner is Right to Veto Bill Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Abortions – TOM CIESIELKA
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/04/19/illinois-governor-rauner-is-right-to-veto-bill-forcing-taxpayers-to-fund-abortions/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Bill O’Reilly Responds To Being Let Go By Fox News – Christian Datoc  (DIERSEN: I responded to being forced by my Democrat GAO superiors to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 with a lawsuit. SEE: Diersen v. GAO at
https://gopillinois.com/documents/  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) side with Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs against me and b) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and even worse things.  If you are one of my critics/opponents, one of their operatives, or one of their dupes, please feel free to unsubscribe to this email.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/19/bill-oreilly-responds-to-being-let-go-by-fox-news/
— TREASONOUS: Taxpayer-Funded College Hosts Sharia-Loving Commencement Speaker With Ties To Terror Group – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/taxpayer-funded-college-hosts-radical-commencement-speaker-with-ties-to-terror-group/
— Chuck Todd: Bill O’Reilly Wasn’t A ‘Traditional Conservative’ Or A ‘Real Journalist’ – Christian Datoc  (DIERSEN: If you agree with Chuck Dodd, please unsubscribe from this email immediately.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/chuck-todd-bill-oreilly-wasnt-a-traditional-conservative-or-a-real-journalist-audio/
— ICE Is Overworked And Losing Track Of Immigrants Who Pose National Security Threats – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/ice-is-overworked-and-losing-track-of-illegal-immigrants-who-pose-national-security-threats/
— University Students Want Free Tuition For Blacks As Reparations For Slavery – David Krayden  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/university-students-want-free-tuition-for-blacks-as-reparations-for-slavery/

 

FOX NEWS
— IRS anti-fraud program plagued by delays, costing taxpayers millions – Adam Shaw  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal investigation Division for 3 years.  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years.  I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/20/irs-anti-fraud-program-plagued-by-delays-costing-taxpayers-millions.html

 

GOPUSA
— Has America Raised a Generation of Snowflakes and Bums?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23305
— ‘Communism for Kids’ published by MIT
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23144
— Socialist Venezuelan Government Illegally Seizes GM Factory  (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are full of hatred against GM, against those own/owned GM vehicles, against unions, and against past/present union members are overjoyed about this.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23309
— Was it Suicide? American Flag Crashes to the Floor as DNC’s Perez Speaks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23271
— What’s worse? Facebook or viewers?
http://www.gopusa.com/whats-worse-facebook-or-viewers/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BUREAUCRAT PENSIONS AND AMERICA’S BRAZILIAN FUTURE – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: Because from the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, viciously condemned, and viciously hated, to attract and retain employees, governments have had to provide more generous pensions. Therefore, those who demonize, denigrate, condemn, and hate government employees created today’s government pension problems. Should I write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of government employees and of government retirees?)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/20/bureaucrat-pensions-and-americas-brazilian-future/
— MEDIA CAUGHT FAKING ANOTHER ‘HATE CRIME’
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/20/media-caught-faking-another-hate-crime/

 

BREITBART
— Young White America Is Dying of Despair – John Carney  (DIERSEN: Democrats want to get rid of Whites, and especially Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/economics/2017/04/19/young-white-america-dying-despair/
— France: Over Half of Women Afraid to Use Public Transport as Assaults, Robbery Common – VIRGINIA HALE  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to be like France.)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/20/france-60-women-fear-public-transport/
— Fabio Buying a Gun After More than $200,000 in Gold Coins, Watches, Stolen from Home – AWR HAWKINS  (DIERSEN: If you break into someone’s home, you should expect to leave that home in a body bag.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/04/20/fabio-buying-a-gun-after-more-than-200000-in-gold-coins-watches-stolen-from-home/

 

POLITICO
— How Berkeley became a hotbed of violence in the Trump era  A speech by conservative Ann Coulter sparks new fears of unrest. – DAVID SIDERS  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/california-berkeley-coulter-protests-237424

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump slams Canada as “disgrace” on dairy policy, while signing memo on foreign steel
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-slams-canada-as-disgrace-on-dairy-policy-while-signing-memo-on-foreign-steel/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Fearless Girl’ ignites debate about art, Wall Street and the lack of female executives – Renae Merle  (DIERSEN: The Fearless Girl statute promotes hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Cinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fearless-girl-ignites-debate-about-art-wall-street-and-the-lack-of-female-executives/2017/04/20/47ec6d52-239b-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html
— Berkeley reverses decision to cancel speech by conservative pundit Ann Coulter – William Wan and Susan Svrluga
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/19/berkeley-cancels-ann-coulter-speech-over-fears-of-more-violent-protests/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say: “The GOP has a new plan to destroy Obamacare. It’s even crueler than the last one.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/04/20/the-gop-has-a-new-plan-to-destroy-obamacare-its-even-crueler-than-the-last-one/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “No, Mr. President, you can’t do what you want.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-mr-president-you-cant-do-what-you-want/2017/04/19/374c8ece-2534-11e7-bb9d-8cd6118e1409_story.html
— Working-class whites can’t handle their status as ‘the new minority’ – Jonathan Capehart  (DIERSEN: Are you a minority, that is, are the majority of those in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, state and America anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?  Based on the aforesaid, I am a minority in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/04/20/working-class-whites-cant-handle-their-status-as-the-new-minority/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bill O’Reilly to Exit Fox News With Payout of About $25 Million  Network parted ways with host in wake of sexual-harassment scandal – Joe Flint
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-oreilly-to-exit-fox-news-with-payout-of-about-25-million-1492710660

 

DAILY UNION
— Teen substance use right in plain sight – Alexa Zoellner
http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_0e16b4b8-25d8-11e7-bfc5-47710662cb41.html

 

FOX 2 DETROIT
— Facebook murder suspect details gambling debts, girlfriend trouble in videos – AP
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/us-and-world-news/249217763-story

 

THE BLAZE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Blaze promotes pot in America. If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.
http://www.theblaze.com/

April 12 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

April 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner’s ‘superstar’ team runs into political reality.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-superstars-met-20170401-story.html
— Emanuel, Trump aide to talk infrastructure in D.C. – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-infrastructure-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s budget would hit rural towns especially hard.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-budget-rural-towns-20170402-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “White working class mortality rates rising” and ask “will Trump do anything?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-white-working-class-mortality-trump-20170331-story.html
— For the love of Mike. IT’S JUST LUNCH! – Joanne Cleaver  (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the harder that anti-Trumps try to destroy you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-mike-pence-trump-lunch-women-wife-sexism-billy-graham-perspec-0403-jm-20170331-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  So Vice President Mike Pence has a policy of not dining alone with a woman who is not his wife, and of not attending events that serve alcohol without her. The fact that this policy is kicking up controversy proves the point: Men in power are in an impossible situation. They are supposed to be committed, in word and deed, to promoting women, which involves getting to know those worth promoting. Of course, we might not even be debating this hornet’s nest if current and prior presidents had lived by the same rules.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Public money goes to lottery private firm’s secretive advisory board – Matthew Walberg, Joe Mahr and Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-illinois-lottery-advisory-board-met-20170402-story.html
— COD to Host ‘Facts, Fluff and How to Tell the Difference’ Panel Discussion April 5  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, “fake news” is editorials a) that are written to promote the Democrat Party platform and/or to elect or reelect Democrat candidates and b) that are unethically made to look like news articles.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-cod-to-host-facts-fluff-and-how-to-tell-the-2017-03-21-story.html
http://www.cod.edu/news-events/news/17_january/17_philosophypaneldiscussion.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: College of DuPage will host “Facts, Fluff and How to Tell the Difference” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, in the Health and Science Center, Room 1234, on the College’s Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd. This event is free and open to the public. Presented by the College of DuPage Philosophy and Religious Studies program, this panel discussion will feature COD faculty discussing terms like “alternative facts” and “fake news,” as well as the nature of truth and how people determine what constitutes factual information. Light refreshments will be served during the discussion. For more information, please contact Jonathan Parsons at parsonsj@cod.edu.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republican men as being haters, racists, sexists, and bigots.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-higher-a-black-woman-goes-the-more-she-is-put-down/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Election: Tuesday’s hot races in DuPage County – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170403/news/170409835/
— Election: Tuesday’s hot races in Lake County – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170403/news/170409833/
— Election: Tuesday’s hot races in Cook County – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170403/news/170409836/
— Election: Tuesday’s hot races in the Fox Valley – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170403/news/170409834/
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: An election without candidates  Rise of uncontested races illustrates the need to consolidate local governments  (DIERSEN: From what I see, if those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do not ask you to run, your chances of being elected are severely diminished.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170402/discuss/170409849/
— Low unemployment rate? Many still seek jobs – Jim Kendall  (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be offered a job: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170402/business/170409844/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Reasonable people could work this out. We don’t seem to have any. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170331/ISSUE05/170339971

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Education Secretary Defends Gov. Rauner’s Higher Education Budget Proposal – DUSTY RHODES
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/education-secretary-defends-gov-rauners-higher-education-budget-proposal

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner blasts Rauner.
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/miller-rauner-could-chip-in-or-get-out-of-the/article_1afb80db-7e16-5c8c-9fcf-e2f0b238dd18.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who treasonously side with foreign countries and with citizens of foreign countries who are in America illegally AGAINST America and AGAINST America’s citizens?
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170402/participants-at-peoria-rally-speak-out-for-immigrants-and-refugees

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to law enforcement officials who treasonously side with foreign countries and with citizens of foreign countries who are in America illegally AGAINST America and AGAINST America’s citizens?
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/03/31/local-police-chiefs-united-on-immigration-stance/asb3ab9/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gambling is a vice.  The Champaign/Urbana News Gazette promotes vice.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/2017-04-02/winner-served-gambling-not-only-thing-cafes-menus.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he doesn’t regret any tweets – ALLIE MALLOY  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to regret?  My critics/opponents want me to regret my not glorifying and praising them, my not pandering to them, my not giving them money, my not serving as one of their operatives, my not serving as one of their dupes, and/or my suing them.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-says-he-doesnt-regret-any-tweets/684695176

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner’s duct-tape TV ads obscure his lack of accomplishment  Governor should support Senate leaders’ bargain – RICH MILLER
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/03/31/rich-miller-rauners-duct-tape-tv-ads-obscure-his-lack-of-accomplishment/cuihcd/

 

TIMES
— Journalism essential in era of PR – David Giuliani  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, journalists and newspapers a) promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green platform and b) help elect Democrat candidates and reelect Democrat candidates.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/as-it-is-journalism-essential-in-era-of-pr/article_f27a0bab-2ad8-5cc6-a71f-dd194fb14d73.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The other day, one of my sources suggested I get a job in corporate public relations. That’s where the money is, he told me. While he may be right, he’s overlooking the reason journalists do what they do. Journalists believe in finding truth, or reporting it as close as objectively possible. They also believe in holding government accountable to its citizens, among many other responsibilities. There is a gratification in being able to inform readers of something they didn’t know or news they can use in their everyday lives. Landing a position in corporate or government PR is a lot more lucrative than working at a newspaper or a TV station. It’s been that way for a long time. It’s a good job, and many of those folks are helpful in communicating to news outlets. But PR and marketing positions have drawbacks. One of them in particular is that many PR folks must toe the company line. It’s hard to get to objective truth when there’s a built-in bias. What news outlets can’t do is let government and other institutions become less accountable to the public. The official line can’t become the only line. The news release from a government agency or corporate entity shouldn’t be treated as gospel. Many newspapers are hungry for stories to fill their pages. Enterprising groups, including the conservative Illinois Policy Institute, sense that desperation. A few years ago, the institute formed the neutral-sounding Illinois News Network, which offers stories with a conservative bent to newspapers around the state. The Illinois News Network is nothing to scoff at. Recently, it hired a big player in northern Illinois’ media world as its news director — Dan McCaleb, editorial director of Shaw Media, which runs a bunch of papers in the suburbs. (Full disclosure: I worked for the institute for five months after working for a Shaw Media weekly.) Another conservative group is distributing supposedly local newspapers that favor Gov. Bruce Rauner and other Republicans. Starved Rock Country has its own version, the Illinois Valley Times. I have yet to find one writer in that paper who has burned any shoe leather anywhere near here. Many of its writers hail from the Philippines. Covering La Salle County from across the world is no substitute for reporters on the ground holding the powers that be accountable. I’ll do what I can to avoid ending up as a PR flack for corporate types. The work of a journalist is too essential.)

 

DUPAGE WATCHDOG
— Now they’re paid for… now they’re not – Janet Shaw
http://dupagewatchdog.org/2017/04/now-theyre-paid-for-now-theyre-not/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rauner grateful for House GOP support of pension reform bill – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511100486-rauner-grateful-for-house-gop-support-of-pension-reform-bill

 

BGA
— ILLINOIS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION A BILLION-DOLLAR-A-YEAR BUREAUCRATIC BOONDOGGLE – Andy Shaw
http://www.bettergov.org/news/andy-shaw-illinois-school-administration-a-billion-dollar-a-year-bureaucratic-boondoggle

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to universities that treasonously side with foreign countries and with citizens of foreign countries who are in America illegally AGAINST America and AGAINST America’s citizens?
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2017/4/3/university-files-updated-joint-amicus-brief-opposi/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— U Of I: Coping With Cuts Or Peddling Propaganda?
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/u-of-i-coping-with-cuts-or-pedaling-propaganda

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump judge says Trump campaign rhetoric ‘plausible’ call to violence.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/3/trump-campaign-speech-ruled-plausible-cause-violen/
— Convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh wins standing ovation at Chicago conference – Valerie Richardson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise terrorists.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/2/rasmea-odeh-convicted-terrorist-wins-standing-ovat/

 

GOPUSA
— Los Angeles arrests drop by 25% as crime spikes
http://www.gopusa.com/los-angeles-arrests-drop-by-25-as-crime-spikes/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Positive accomplishments of Trump – Jack Hellner
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/04/the_positive_accomplishments_of_trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A recent AP story asserts that Roger Claar, the mayor of Bolingbrook, Illinois, is having trouble because he backed Trump. Democrats lost over 1,000 seats since 2010. How many front-page stories point out their losses because they backed Obama and his policies?)
— How Progressives Hijacked the Constitution to Push Equality of Result – Paul Pauker  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/04/how_progressives_hijacked_the_constitution_to_push_equality_of_result.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Rare Adolf Hitler propaganda pictures show dictator posing with kids, baby deer – Maryse Godden  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors came from what is now Germany.  In my defense, I have always stressed that they all came to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. More recently I stress that according to DNA Ancestry at
http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/02/rare-adolf-hitler-propaganda-pictures-show-dictator-posing-with-kids-baby-deer.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SO MUCH FOR JOHNSON’S ‘GREAT SOCIETY’ – Ben Kinchlow
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/so-much-for-johnsons-great-society/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— THE NEED FOR CAMPUS ‘SAFE SPACES’  For conservative and moderate students. – Jack Kerwick  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, schools are filled with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266292/need-campus-safe-spaces-jack-kerwick

 

BREITBART
— Tina Fey Blasts White Female Trump Voters: ‘You Can’t Look Away’ – DANIEL NUSSBAUM
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/04/02/tina-fey-blasts-white-women-voted-trump-cant-look-away/
— Montana Democrats Vote Against Bill Banning Sharia Law, Call It ‘Repugnant’ – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/31/montana-democrats-vote-against-bill-banning-sharia-law-call-it-repugnant/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatives gun for a debt ceiling win under Trump – PETE KASPEROWICZ
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conservatives-gun-for-a-debt-ceiling-win-under-trump/article/2619039

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Pushes Outside Law Firms to Become More Diverse – ELLEN ROSEN  (DIERSEN: Federal Democrat politicians push federal agencies to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats and especially those who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/02/business/dealbook/facebook-pushes-outside-law-firms-to-become-more-diverse.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Neil Gorsuch got where he is because of a form of affirmative action – Richard L. Hasen  (DIERSEN: Who helped your career and what happened to them? In 1975, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.  In 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/03/neil-gorsuch-got-where-he-is-because-of-a-form-of-affirmative-action/

 

FORBES
— GOP Centrists, Not Freedom Caucus, Are Blocking Deal To Replace Obamacare – Avik Roy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/04/02/gop-centrists-not-freedom-caucus-are-blocking-deal-to-replace-obamacare/#7ae1bf88533e

 

THE ATLANTIC
— How Mike Pence’s Marriage Became Fodder for the Culture Wars  Outrage over the vice president’s approach to marriage reveals how deeply gender divides American culture. – Emma Green
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/pence-wife-billy-graham-rule/521298/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— ‘The fear is real’ Congress could enact Trump-level budget cuts – Jory Heckman
http://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2017/04/fear-real-congress-could-enact-trump-level-budget-cuts/

 

FED SMITH
— Why Do Current Federal Employees Get a Higher Raise Than Federal Retirees? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/04/03/current-federal-employees-get-higher-raise-federal-retirees/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Nazis were portrayed as hairy monkeys preying on innocent women in lurid porn photos in American ‘Operation Sauerkraut’ propaganda campaign – ALLAN HALL  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors came from what is now Germany.  In my defense, I have always stressed that they all came to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. More recently I stress that according to DNA Ancestry at
http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4375046/Nazis-portrayed-monkeys-American-propaganda-campaign.html

April 1 Morning Edition

CBS2
— OUTSTANDING: Spicer: “No Question” Trump Would Pull Funds Over Sanctuary Status
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/31/spicer-no-question-trump-would-pull-funds-over-sanctuary-status/

 

WGN TV
— Trump’s presence could be felt in suburban election – TAHMAN BRADLEY  (DIERSEN: Do you live in one of the 11 counties in Illinois that voted for Clinton?  If you are a Trump supporter, what adverse actions have the anti-Trumps taken against you? What adverse actions are they taking against you?  What adverse actions have they threatened to take against you?)
http://wgntv.com/2017/03/31/trumps-pressence-could-be-felt-in-suburban-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Next Tuesday, suburban voters head to the polls. In Bolingbrook, a small municipal contest could be early test of how President Donald Trump will impact local elections. For 31 years, Roger Claar has served as Bolingbrook mayor.  He’s on the ballot again Tuesday. But he’s facing a serious challenge from Jacqueline Traynere. Claar hosted for Trump last fall.   The big money event was held at the village-owned Bolingbrook Golf Club, or as some residents call it, “Rog Mahal.” “You’re bringing in somebody who talks negatively about the minorities in our community, who disrespects the message on the Statue of Liberty, who just spews hate,” Traynere said. Bolingbrook voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton and Traynere is pounding Claar for backing Trump. Today, Claar hit back. “She’s an opportunist. She’s running because of the Trump fundraiser,” he said. “I doubt she would have run otherwise.  I’ve had many people tell me, ‘I was disappointed, but I’ve forgiven you.’” The race has also turned personal. Traynere claims the mayor was unprofessional and rude to her when raised questions about violence against women. “I do believe that we have a domestic violence issue that’s pretty high profile in our community,” she said. “He requested the meeting to tell me to sit down and shut up. This is the kind of mayor that we have in this community. If he doesn’t like what you have to say he tells you to sit down and shut up. He’s a bully.” The mayor told WGN News he doesn’t recall the conversation. “I don’t bully. I’m a bully for Bolingbrook. I stand up for Bolingbrook,” he said. Traynere has also made Bolingbrook’s debt an issue in the campaign. “Two years ago, we only owed $180 million. As of June of last year, we owed $316 million,” she said. Mayor Claar admits the village is adding debt, but he says it’s being used for crucial infrastructure investments. He says Traynere  may serve on the Will County Board, but she has no municipal experience. “She’s saying nothing about what she’s going to do except for saying hate me and called me a bully. Now, is that a good platform? I guess we’ll see Tuesday.” Mayor Claar says he does not regret the Trump fundraiser.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Sean Spicer goes after Chicago, sanctuary cities and crime – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sean-spicer-goes-after-chicago-sanctuary-cities-and-crime/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump’s sorry search for scapegoats – Gene Lyons  (DIERSEN: All of my critics/opponents a) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and b) are big time scapegoaters. They blame others for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems. They have their nasty operatives and their nasty dupes a) treat those rudely in public, b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those in public, c) insult those in public, and/or d) slander those in public a) who do not glorify and praise them, b) who do not pander to them, c) who do not give them money, d) who do not serve as one of their operatives, and/or e) who do not serve as one of their dupes. I should write a book about the big time scapegoaters in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trumps-desperate-quest-for-someone-to-blame/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan political fliers sound false alarm about ‘TRUMPLAND’ – Dan Moran
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-moran-waukegan-trumpland-fliers-st-0401-20170331-column.html
— History about to be made in Aurora mayoral election – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-election-st-0402-20170331-story.html
— Stevenson wrestler Dylan Geick: ‘I am not alone’ as a gay high school athlete – Mike Clark
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnshire/sports/ct-lns-wrestling-dylan-geick-lgbt-st-0401-20170331-story.html
— Every president has obligations to America’s allies. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Countries that are America’s allies do not illegally send millions of their citizens into America illegally.  They do not illegally keep millions of their citizens in America illegally.  They do not illegally sent mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. Such countries want to destroy America.  Such countries are enemies of America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-world-war-stalin-communism-trump-germany-edit-0402-jm-20170331-story.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Whiteside County Republicans told to support their governor  IDNR director, state legislators rally the troops at Lincoln Day Dinner –  PAM EGGEMEIER (DIERSEN: What motivates you to support activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders?  For me, it is what they have done, what they are doing, and what they promise to do to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/03/31/whiteside-county-republicans-told-to-support-their-governor/ay7a0sk/

 

STATE LINE
— Ford CEO Fields gets 19% pay hike  Ford reports $10.4B in pre-tax profits for 2016 – CHRIS ISIDORE
http://www.mystateline.com/news/business/ford-ceo-fields-gets-19-pay-hike/683889424

 

WJBD RADIO
— OUTRAGEOUS: Illinois Among 16 States Urging Court to Continue to Block Travel Ban – AP
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/03/31/illinois-among-16-states-urging-court-to-continue-to-block-travel-ban

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Gov. Rauner Pushing For Economic Development
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/gov-rauner-pushing-for-economic-development

 

BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN
— Sanguinetti visits Dimmick School to highlight shared services
http://www.bcrnews.com/2017/03/23/sanguinetti-visits-dimmick-school-to-highlight-shared-services/a2a9mt9/

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— VERY SAD: STUDENTS TO STAY HOME, FARMWORKERS TO MARCH FOR CESAR CHAVEZ – AP
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170331/AP/303319863

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Some raise concerns over former teachers union members seeking Downers Grove school board seats – Glenn Minnis  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with hatred against unions and against union members.  They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511100056-some-raise-concerns-over-former-teachers-union-members-seeking-downers-grove-school-board-seats

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Momentum Building To Defund Planned Parenthood – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/momentum-building-defund-planned-parenthood/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat Party Chair Gives Deranged and Vulgar Speech Denying Trump Was Elected – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/04/democrat_party_chair_gives_deranged_and_vulgar_speech_denying_trump_was_elected.html

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— 7 FACTS DEMOCRATS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE THEY OPPOSE NEIL GORSUCH
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/03/31/7-facts-democrats-should-consider-before-they-oppose-neil-gorsuch/

 

THE HILL
— Sanders defends Trump voters: I don’t think they’re racists, sexists or homophobes – BROOKE SEIPEL
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/326820-sanders-defends-trump-voters-i-dont-think-theyre-racists
— Trump takes risk with Freedom Caucus attack – SCOTT WONG  (DIERSEN: Who attacks you? I should write a book about past and present Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois officials and others who have treated me rudely in public, who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me in public, who have insulted me in public, and who have slandered me in public. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/326798-trump-takes-risk-with-freedom-caucus-attack

 

POLITICO
— Bannon earned more than half a million dollars from entities tied to GOP donors  White House disclosures give more insight into holdings of Trump family and top aides. – JOSH GERSTEIN and DARREN SAMUELSOHN (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.  Everyone involved in government, politics, media, etc. should be required to disclose the amounts and sources of all their income during at least the last 10 years.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/white-house-staff-financial-disclosures-236765

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Ends Bar Association’s Role in Vetting Judges – ADAM LIPTAK  (DIERSEN: Who does not want others to evaluate you? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were furious a) that universities that they could not control gave me job-related degrees – NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997; b) that professional associations that they could not control gave me professional certifications – CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997; c) that the State of Illinois that they could not control at the time licensed me as a CPA in 1981; and d) that the members of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter who they could not control elected me to serve on the organization’s Executive Committee 1983-1996.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/politics/white-house-american-bar-association-judges.html
— For April Ryan, Clashes With the White House Bring a New Kind of Prominence – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM  (DIERSEN: Who treats you rudely in public? Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you in public? Who insults you in public? Who slanders you in public?  I should write a book about past and present Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois officials and others who have treated me rudely in public, who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me in public, who have insulted me in public, and who have slandered me in public. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/business/media/april-ryan-white-house-spicer-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICE: By the time April D. Ryan left the White House briefing room on Tuesday, she was already making headlines: on live television, President Trump’s press secretary, Sean M. Spicer, had cut off her questions to chastise her for what he deemed an inappropriate shake of her head. In Ms. Ryan’s basement office in the West Wing, the phone started to ring. Her fans, it seemed, were having none of it. “I was appalled at the way Sean Spicer was treating you with such disrespect,” said a pained-sounding woman named Pam, who said she had listened to Ms. Ryan, the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, for years. “I have people come at me in all sorts of ways,” Ms. Ryan told Pam, nodding. “I thank you so much.” Hanging up, Ms. Ryan, whose workspace is about the size of a telephone booth, checked her Twitter account. After Mr. Spicer’s harangue, she had tweeted a single word — “Lawd!!!!” — which was rapidly going viral. (By week’s end, it would be retweeted more than 6,000 times.) Somebody had replied with a video of Melissa McCarthy imitating Mr. Spicer on “Saturday Night Live” by shoving a lectern at a reporter. Ms. Ryan howled with delight. “I love Melissa McCarthy!” she said. One of the few black journalists in the White House press corps, Ms. Ryan has covered presidents and clashed with press secretaries for 20 years. But her encounters with the Trump administration are propelling the 49-year-old, Baltimore-bred journalist to a new level of prominence — and into a contentious debate over this White House’s attitudes toward gender and race. First there was Mr. Trump’s bizarre request, at a February news conference, that Ms. Ryan arrange a meeting between him and the Congressional Black Caucus. “Are they friends of yours?” the president asked, apparently oblivious to the racial undertones of posing such a query to a black journalist. Then came Tuesday, when Mr. Spicer laced into Ms. Ryan after she asked how the administration planned to revamp its image in light of reports about suspicious ties with Russia. “It seems like you’re hellbent on trying to make sure that whatever image you want to tell about this White House stays,” Mr. Spicer shot back from the lectern, after accusing Ms. Ryan of harboring an “agenda.” When Ms. Ryan tried to clarify, he interrupted. “You’re asking me a question and I’m going to answer it,” he said, adding in a tone: “I’m sorry, please stop shaking your head again.” Mr. Spicer is belligerent on the best of days. But his tone toward Ms. Ryan struck some viewers — including Hillary Clinton — as pointed and condescending, particularly because it was directed toward a black woman. “April Ryan, a respected journalist with unrivaled integrity, was doing her job just this afternoon in the White House press room, when she was patronized and cut off trying to ask a question,” Mrs. Clinton told a women’s group in California. (Mrs. Clinton, who has sat for interviews with Ms. Ryan, saw the exchange on Twitter that day and added the line to her speech.) The hashtag #BlackWomenatWork trended on Twitter, linking Ms. Ryan with Representative Maxine Waters of California, whose hairstyle was mocked by the Fox News host Bill O’Reilly (he later apologized). Whoopi Goldberg expressed her disgust on “The View.” John Dingell, the former Democratic representative from Michigan, wrote on Twitter: “If the WH doesn’t want talented journalists like @AprilDRyan to shake their heads, perhaps they should stop acting like some damn children.” For Ms. Ryan, the attention is energizing, and a bit unsettling. She posted supportive comments from fans and celebrities on her Twitter feed, but also some of the racist replies that she says are a byproduct of her job. When a Florida radio host requested a photo with her at the White House — “I just love the way you don’t take no for an answer” — Ms. Ryan politely declined. “It’s going to look like I’m gloating,” she said. “Look, I’m a black woman in a white male dominated town,” Ms. Ryan said later, when asked if she felt treated differently. But she said her primary goal was to remain focused on her work. “I like Sean Spicer,” Ms. Ryan said. “I don’t want this to hurt him.” She paused. “I don’t want it to hurt me, either.”)

 

NEW YORK POST
— Hate-crime hysteria has a serious cost – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Whites viciously demonize Whites, viciously denigrate Whites, and viciously condemn Whites as being haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites make it clear that they want to get rid of Whites once and for all.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/31/hate-crime-hysteria-has-a-serious-cost/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Wisconsin Democrats Are Still Paying for Their Anti-Walker Protests  Six years after the statehouse protests in Madison, the state is red—and getting redder. – EMILY JASHINSKY  (DIERSEN: What are you still paying for? I am still paying for my not glorifying and praising my critics/opponents, my not pandering to them, my not giving them money, my not serving as one of their operatives, my not serving as one of their dupes, and my filing lawsuits against them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wisconsin-democrats-are-still-paying-for-their-anti-walker-protests-1491001436
— Mistakes, He’s Made a Few Too Many –  PEGGY NOONAN  (DIERSEN: According to your current critics/opponents, what mistakes have you made?  My current critics/opponents would say that my mistakes include my not glorifying and praising them, my not pandering to them, my not giving them money, my not serving as one of their operatives, my not serving as one of their dupes, and my filing lawsuits against them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mistakes-hes-made-a-few-too-many-1490916097
— Ivy League Universities Get More Selective – Melissa Korn  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not having a degree from an Ivy League university.  In my defense, I have a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading, a master’s degree from DePaul in accounting, an MBA from Loyola, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. In my defense, I am a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, Licensed CPA, and Certified Internal Auditor. My nasty disgusting vicious failed critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should disclose what degrees, certifications, and licenses, if any, that they have.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivy-league-universities-get-more-selective-1490961758

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are overjoyed that “American Jobs Are Headed to Mexico Once Again.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-31/jobs-departing-u-s-for-mexico-again-as-trump-s-threats-ignored

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote pot in Illinois want to further destroy Illinois.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/04/01/surprise-a-recreational-marijuana-bill-was-just-in.aspx

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are overjoyed that “Jobs Moving To Mexico.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/jobs-moving-mexico-under-trump-despite-potus-american-first-push-2518855

 

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are overjoyed that jobs move to Mexico.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/trumps-twitter-tantrums-fail-to-stop-mexico-bound-jobs

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Whites viciously demonize Whites, viciously denigrate Whites, and viciously condemn Whites as being haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites make it clear that they want to get rid of Whites once and for all.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/01/diversity-doesnt-make-racism-magically-disappear

March 16 Morning Edition

WTTW
— Roskam Predicts Passage of Health Care Law – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/15/key-illinois-republican-predicts-passage-health-care-law

— Rauner Wants Power to Chop State Budget, But Won’t Say What He’d Cut – Amanda Vinicky  (DIERSEN: Rauner should cut everything in the state budget that promotes a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) destruction of the traditional family, that is, LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) illegal immigration, f) booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, g) erosion of the First and Second Amendments, h) race based preference giving, i) gender based pretence giving, j) age discrimination, k) patronage, l) political affiliation discrimination, and m) hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/15/rauner-wants-power-chop-state-budget-won-t-say-what-he-d-cut
— Poll: Voters Not Happy With Rauner, Madigan or Other State Leaders – Amanda Vinicky  (DIERSEN: What are your name ID, disapproval, approval, and aren’t sure ratings in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Those who want to a) drive my name ID down, b) drive my disapproval rating up, c) drive my approval rating down, and d) drive my aren’t sure rating up succeeded in ending a) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) my service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster in 2010 and 2004, d) my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, and e) my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois crow that their operatives and their dupes can and will destroy any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that might support me. What do say to my critics/opponents, to their operatives, to their dupes, and to those who cower to the aforesaid?)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/15/poll-voters-not-happy-rauner-madigan-or-other-state-leaders
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno’s disapproval is 26 percent, approval is 27 percent and 45 percent aren’t sure. House Republican Leader Jim Durkin’s disapproval is 36 percent, approval is 31 percent and 29 percent aren’t sure.)
— Governor Piles on with Pension Plan as CPS Fix – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/15/governor-piles-pension-plan-cps-fix
— Illinois Eyes Expanded Trade With Cuba – Alex Ruppenthal  (DIERSDEN: QUESTION: What does Cuba want in exchange for expanding trade with Illinois?  ANSWER: Get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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. The Democrats and RINOs who run Illinois not only have no problem with getting rid of the aforesaid, they are doing everything that they can to get rid of the aforesaid.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/13/illinois-eyes-expanded-trade-cuba

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Congress members weigh ACA repeal, feedback – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-congress-illinois-aca-repeal-met-0316-20170315-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promise that if elected, a) they will use government to take more and more and more money away from Republicans and b) they will give that money to Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trumpcare-poor-americans-20170316-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House legislators debate spending $1.5M for web translator – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that would support this bill shout that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  The aforesaid do everything that they can to discourage immigrants from learning, speaking, reading, and writing English.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pols-debate-spending-1-5m-for-web-translator-available-for-free/

 

DAILY HERALD
— As Wheeling village president runs again, financial woes resurface – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170316/news/170319200/
— Glen Ellyn school officials, referendum campaign under fire after email release – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170316/news/170319199/
— My DNA makes St. Patrick’s Day celebration go flat – Burt Constables  (DIERSEN: According to my DNA report, I am 11% Irish.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170316/news/170319202/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND MAP: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, in front page top of fold editorials unethically made to look like news articles, anti-Trumps glorify and praise immigrants.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170316/news/170319201/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, in front page editorials unethically made to look like news articles, anti-Christians, anti-conservatives, and anti-Republicans promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170316/news/170319203/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Wanna live in a dorm? – ALBY GALLUN  (DIERSEN: What did you live in while you earned your bachelor’s degree?  I lived in the University Plaza Dormitory (
https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970 and in Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb during the summer of 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as having always been filthy rich.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170316/CRED03/170319914/wanna-live-in-a-dorm

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Shimkus waiting for guidance to select U.S. attorneys, others – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170315/bernard-schoenburg-shimkus-waiting-for-guidance-to-select-us-attorneys-others

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— UI launches financial-aid program targeting Illinois residents – Julie Wurth (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your bachelor’s degree?  Thanks to my outstanding parents who provided me with room and board in their home in Crete while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969, I was able to pay for my college expenses and graduate from NIU debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE with money that I earned a) cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966, b) delivering mail 1966-1969, and c) working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard during 1970.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-15/ui-launches-financial-aid-program-targeting-illinois-residents.html

 

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— TRAGIC: Automatic voter registration moves to Illinois Senate floor – AP
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article138585133.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump rails against court ruling blocking travel ban  Ruling ‘unprecedented judicial overreach,’ he says – JEREMY DIAMOND
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-rails-against-court-ruling-blocking-travel-ban/672627348

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Bruce Rauner’s Approval Numbers Are In Freefall  His latest numbers are brutal, even compared to last year. Any silver lining for him? Madigan’s even more unpopular. – WHET MOSER  (DIERSEN: What are your approval numbers in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  From what I see, those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois can have a tremendous impact on your approval numbers.  Most people, if not virtually all people, base their opinions of people on what those who have the most clout say about them and treat them, especially what the say about them and how they treat them in public. For example, if the mayor of a municipality treats someone rudely during his state of the city address, many people, if not virtually all people in that municipality will then treat that person rudely. For example, if a township trustee treats someone rudely during his speech at a political meeting, many members, if not virtually all the members of that political organization will then treat that member rudely. For example, if a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee treats someone rudely during that organization’s annual conventions, many members, if not virtually all the members of that organization will then treat that member rudely.  Who treats you rudely?  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have treated me rudely since 2000. They would love it. They know that my policy has been to forgive those who trespass against me.  They have taken advantage of that policy and they are gambling that I will not abandon that policy.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2017/Bruce-Rauners-Approval-Numbers-Are-In-Freefall/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Rosemont, Orland Park mayoral pay ranks among tops in the… world?
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511093076-rosemont-orland-park-mayoral-pay-ranks-among-tops-in-the-world

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Cook County government employees paid double the state average, reform group says – Dawn Geske
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511091997-cook-county-government-employees-paid-double-the-state-average-reform-group-says

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Lisle Woman Accused of Forging Petitions for Seat on COD Board of Trustees
http://www.dupageco.org/States_Attorney/States_Attorney_News/2017/54759/
— Employment Opportunity: 18th Judicial Circuit Court  Title: Court Interpreter (Spanish)
http://www.dupageco.org/Courts/Jobs/54761/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— WalletHub: Illinoisans pay highest state, local taxes in country
https://ilnews.org/12570/wallethub-illinoisans-pay-highest-state-local-taxes-country/
— School funding reform proposal called ‘central planning on steroids’
https://ilnews.org/12568/school-funding-reform-proposal-called-central-planning-steroids/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Policy Institute among groups opposing “dark money” reform bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/16/illinois-policy-institute-among-groups-opposing-dark-money-reform-bill/

 

GOPUSA
— Va. voter rolls reveal more illegals helped Hillary
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21942

 

DAILY CALLER
— Obama Is Ranked Twelfth Best President? Please. – Justin Coffey  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who talk and act like they prefer Democrats like Obama over Republicans like Trump. The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs. The aforesaid should not be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/16/obama-is-ranked-twelfth-best-president-please/
— Trump Says He Found Out He Was Being ‘Wiretapped’ After Reading New York Times Article – Kaitlan Collins  (DIERSEN: How strongly do your critics/opponents want to destroy you?  Are they motivated enough to wiretap you?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/15/trump-says-he-found-out-he-was-being-wiretapped-after-reading-new-york-times-article/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s taxes: Another exploding cigar for the left – Monica Showalter
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/03/trumps_taxes_another_exploding_cigar_for_the_left.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHEN OBAMA COMPARED SLAVES TO IMMIGRANTS, HE GOT APPLAUSE; CARSON GETS CALLED ‘UNCLE TOM’ – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/when-obama-compared-slaves-to-immigrants-he-got-applause-carson-gets-called-uncle-tom/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— New York About to Eliminate Test Meant to See if Teachers Can Read Because RAAAACISM! – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/03/15/new-york-eliminate-test-meant-see-teachers-can-read-raaaacism/

 

ROLL CALL
— Trump Will Need Democratic Cooperation to Replace US Attorneys  Judiciary Committee process, plus scarce floor time, could leave career lawyers in charge – Niels Lesniewski
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-will-need-democratic-cooperation-replace-u-s-attorneys

 

CNN
— CBO report: 24 million fewer insured by 2026 under GOP health care bill – MJ Lee and Tami Luhby  (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I have subsidized health care insurance (we pay 25% and the federal government pays 75%) for life. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been beyond furious about that. My non-Democrat critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Further, my non-Democrat critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes lack what it takes to be a wage earner for any length of time. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/cbo-report-health-care/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesting at Lunchtime: Defying Trump Becomes a Washington, D.C. Lifestyle – KATIE ROGERS  (DIERSEN: What percent of those in Washington D.C. are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/washington-dc-protests-trump.html
— Trump, Easing Emissions Rule, Vows to Expand Auto Jobs – BILL VLASIC  (DIERSEN: What do you say to anti-Trumps who are full of hatred against a) General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, c) people who own/owned vehicles made by General Motors, Ford or Chrysler, d) unions, and/or e) past and present union members?  One or more of the aforesaid is true about virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.  They stress a) that all the vehicles that I own/owned were made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler and b) that I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/business/trump-auto-industry-emissions-rules.html
— Legalizing Discrimination in Europe – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America. How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run America require all women to wear head scarves?  How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run America require everyone in America to be a Muslim?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/opinion/legalizing-discrimination-in-europe.html
— Why I’m Moving Home – J. D. VANCE (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants you to move back to your home town? ANSWER: For me, it is those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage county who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.  The aforesaid stress that I have only lived in Wheaton only since 1978, that I have never attended any schools in Wheaton, that I have never been a member of any church in Wheaton, that I have never worked in Wheaton, that I have never sent any children to schools in Wheaton, that I have never owned any dogs, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/opinion/why-im-moving-home.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— What Trump cut in his budget  Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor – Kim Soffen and Denise Lu  (DIERSEN: What about the legislative branch budget?  What about GAO’s budget? What does Trump think of GAO? GAO has had tremendous success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-presidential-budget-2018-proposal/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-federal-budget-2018-massive-cuts-to-the-arts-science-and-the-poor/2017/03/15/0a0a0094-09a1-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Wall Street bonuses rise 1% to average $138,210 – Joseph Spector  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who shout that government employees are overpaid?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/03/15/wall-street-bonuses/99219432/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average salary, including bonuses, was $388,000 in 2015, the latest data available.)
— How ‘nobody’ Pulitzer-winning reporter got Trump’s tax return – David Andreatta
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/15/trump-tax-return-new-york-journalist/99212888/
— Trump sends mixed message on marijuana, but pot industry pushes ahead – Trevor Hughes  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in America, you push the destruction of America.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/09/marijuana-industry-uncertain-about-trump/98948484/
— 58 tech firms sign brief against new Trump travel ban – Elizabeth Weise  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, tech firms make it clear that they are anti-American and anti-White.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/03/15/58-tech-firms-sign-brief-against-new-trump-travel-ban/99192276/
— GM announces 900 jobs as Trump visits Detroit – Brent Snavely  (DIERSEN: What do you say to anti-Trumps who are full of hatred against a) General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, c) people who own/owned vehicles made by General Motors, Ford or Chrysler, d) unions, and/or e) past and present union members?  One or more of the aforesaid is true about virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. They stress a) that all the vehicles that I own/owned were made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler and b) that I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/03/15/gm-announces-900-jobs-trump-visits-detroit/99203428/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/08/trump-already-made-america-great-again-alicia-shepard-column/98830612/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps shout that cheap labor is one of their top priorities.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cost-of-tough-immigration-rules-1489570211
— Trump’s Auto Stimulus Act  Rolling back Obama’s mileage standards would help auto workers. Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-auto-stimulus-act-1489621028

 

CNBC
— 58% of high-performance employees say they need more quiet work spaces – William Belk  (DIERSEN: When GAO moved into new space in the new 200 West Adams building in the Loop in 1990, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate were beyond furious that I got an office, and not only that, a preferred corner office.  They stressed that I would not have gotten an office if I had not been promoted in to GS-13 in 1986 and that I would not have gotten a preferred corner office if the almost 9 years that I had worked for IRS and the almost 3 years that I had worked for the Post Office did not count for seniority purposes.)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/15/58-of-high-performance-employees-say-they-need-more-quiet-work-spaces.html

 

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC OPINION
— Lawmakers announce bills to curb ‘illegal alien invasion’ – Jim Hook
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/local/2017/03/15/lawmakers-announce-bills-curb-illegal-alien-invasion/99212946/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Business of News: Fake News is a Golden Opportunity For Journalists – Tim Gallagher  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my qualifications to serve as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. They belittle and badmouth the experience that I gained working as an analyst for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.  Much of GAO analysts do is very similar to what journalists do.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-fake-news-is-a-golden-opportunity-for-journalists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fake news is the best thing that has ever happened to real journalism. I mean the kind of journalism that requires serious work. If you’ve ever spoken to a high school class or a civic group, then you know that the average citizen knows as much about gathering and reporting news as they know about brain surgery. The public does not understand how reporters and editors sift through potential stories, make decisions about what to cover (with disinterest for the partisan viewpoints), and then begin the process of accumulating information, discarding some of it, challenging “proof” that sources offer, and finally choosing the words that will tell the story. The public knows nothing of the editing process—how a good editor can approach a news article submitted by a reporter with skepticism. How—finally—a copy editor reads the article one more time and summarizes the 800 words into six-to-10 words that fit in the headline space.)

 

FORBES
— How To Become A Highly Paid Freelance Consultant – Abdullahi Muhammed  (DIERSEN: Are you a freelance consultant?  I have been a freelance consultant since 1998.  What has harmed your success as a freelance consultant?  For me, it has been the words and actions of my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They demonize, denigrate, and condemn the experience that I gained a) working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991, b) working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, c) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, d) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, and Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, and g) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading 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.  Many of those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my experience the most were defendants in lawsuits that I filed. Should I sue them again?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abdullahimuhammed/2017/03/15/how-to-become-a-highly-paid-freelance-consultant/#2f0a5a11124a

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— More Than 40% of Americans Are Wrong About Their Retirement Preparedness. Are You Among Them? – Walter Updegrave  (DIERSEN: Sadly, virtually all of the operatives and virtually all of the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. Have my critics/opponents promised to take care of them in their retirement?)
http://time.com/money/4699560/retirement-preparedness-40-get-it-wrong/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Wary federal workforce hunkers down for Trump budget – Carten Cordell
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/wary-federal-workforce-hunkers-down-for-trump-budget

 

FED SMITH
— Trump’s Budget Proposes Significant Cuts to Federal Agencies – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: What about the legislative branch budget?  What about GAO’s budget? What does Trump think of GAO? GAO has had tremendous success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/16/trumps-budget-proposes-significant-cuts-to-federal-agencies/

March 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— It’s do-over duty in Springfield: Rauner and the GOP must repair or replace the broken compromise – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-springfield-rauner-madigan-cullerton-bargain-budget-edit-0307-jm-20170306-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Charities eager for Caterpiller’s arrival – Robert Reed  (DIERSEN: Because Democrats run Cook County and especially Chicago, if Caterpiller moves to Cook County and especially to Chicago, it will come under tremendous pressure from Democrats who have tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout to give lots of money to charities that promote dependency on charities, dependency on government, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal immigration, mass immigration, vices including booze, pot, and gambling, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things. Caterpiller may very will be forced to get rid of all its non-Democrat employees and especially its non-Democrat employees who are Protestant, conservative, 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. Caterpiller may very will be forced to viciously condemn not only Trump and his supporters, but to viciously condemn all non-Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-cat-charity-giving-robert-reed-0307-biz-20170306-column.html
— Is the American elite really elite? – Victor Davis Hanson  (DIERSEN: Who are the elites in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Elites have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. Those who work against me the hardest hint/imply/argue/shout that they are operatives or dupes for the elites in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  From what I see, elites focus on destroying those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-war-media-elites-20170307-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chance the Rapper’s charity includes two Rahm Emanuel allies – Lauren FitzPatrick, Fran Spielman, Dan Mihalopoulos and Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chance-the-rapper-plans-cps-funding-announcement-monday-at-2-pm/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps stress that a White male “Synagogue hate crime suspect” . . . “graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in 2003 and went on to the University of Iowa. He later received a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul University.”  My nastier critics/opponents, their nastier operatives, and their nastier dupes will stress that I “received a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul University” in 1980.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/synagogue-hate-crime-suspect-was-educated-suburban-accountant/

 

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push medical pot. Pot pushers hint/imply/argue/shout that because pot is a medicine, it must be good for you. Pot pushers want everyone in America to be a stoner, that is, pot pushers want to destroy America.
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/03/06/state-treasurer-seeks-clarity-to-protect-med-pot-patients/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Trump’s immigration policies could cost Chicago – Christina Le Beau  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America. That is a big reason why Trump won and why Clinton lost. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for long time?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170307/NEWS02/170309909
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But immigration analysts say the economic benefits of curbing immigration are overblown. Economists, in general, have found immigration adds more to the economy than it takes away. That means that in cities like Chicago, where population declines and workforce shortages are offset by immigrants, policies advocated by the new administration not only aren’t likely to help—they could actually hurt.)

 

MADISON RECORD
— Are reporters informing the public well enough amidst state’s financial crisis? – Amanda Robert (DIERSEN: Diersen has been sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out since 2000, every morning since 2004, and also every evening since 2015. Virtually every one of those emails has included a link to at least one article about the “state’s financial crisis.”  But sadly, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, and they have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy anyone who reads the emails or encourages others to read the emails. Ives and I are both members of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), but sadly, few MTRCC members read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and many of them read the emails only to get information to harm me.)
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511087491-are-reporters-informing-the-public-well-enough-amidst-state-s-financial-crisis
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives says that when she tries to inform the public through town hall meetings, less than a dozen people show up. “I have three town halls scheduled this month and if I am lucky, maybe 100 people will show up even after having sent media alerts out, posting on Facebook and e-mail, and sending out district-wide robo calls,” she said. Ives explains that most people are too busy, or have given in to the idea that “nothing will change” or “all politicians are corrupt.” “I find most people have little understanding of the issues that created our budget crisis, the possible solutions and their implications, and the truth that Illinois is way outside the norm in terms of financial stability compared to other states,” Ives said. “To steal from an old saying, you can offer the information, but people can still refuse to take it in.” In a state like Illinois, with its history of complicated financial struggles and political battles, what is the responsibility of media that is supposed to serve as watchdog? Are reporters telling all of the stories that need to be told, monitoring the conduct of government officials and alerting citizens when they have acted irresponsibly or improperly? Diana Rickert, vice president of communications at the Illinois Policy Institute, who previously worked as a journalist, contends that most citizens are aware of the culture of corruption and political machines. They realize that they pay immense property taxes and face massive public pension debt, now up to $130 billion in their state. She says the media should not be complicit in the financial crisis or give public officials a free pass, particularly as Illinois saw record outmigration in the past year and lost more than 1 million people in the past decade. “The very best journalists are skeptical of government and question everything they say, and journalists owe it to their readers to do this,” Rickert said. “Journalists should not be a publicity arm for local, state or federal government, or trade tough stories for access.” Stephanie Craft, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois, points out that the financial situation in Illinois serves as an example of polarization that is occurring across the country. She says the media has the responsibility of identifying things the public should know, and then getting public officials, business leaders or others in power to talk about them. She says that role becomes more crucial when “you have two sides that are dug in,” like Illinois party leaders over the state’s budget. “If they aren’t talking to each other, it makes it tricky for journalists, but also more of a priority for them to step in and try to get information from those sides that might be harder to get otherwise,” Craft said. “I feel like, as a citizen of Illinois, not only are the two sides not talking to each other, but they’re not talking to anyone. “If there weren’t journalists pressing for answers, there would just be a whole lot of silence.” Craft adds that citizens, as well as public officials, share in that responsibility. Citizens need to seek out a variety of sources of information and demand a certain level of performance from the media and public officials, she says, while public officials need to consider the importance of the media and not see its work as something negative. She contends that the current level of trust in several different institutions, especially the media, is low. She says that puts reporters in a difficult position, because while they are trying to obtain information and present it in an understandable way, they are also fighting criticism about how they do their jobs. Craft also says that when facing a public that may not trust them, reporters should consider being more explicit about their sources and methods. For example, she says, they should mention the people they tried to interview, even if they didn’t talk to them, and the parts of the story they don’t know, but are still trying to figure out. “I think more of that might help, as a byproduct, educate people about the journalism news gathering process and help them understand better the news that they’re reading,” Craft said. Craft adds that even in the current environment, where more people can quickly participate in creating and sharing the news through cell phone photos and video, and social media, reporters should appreciate that they are the only group committing a significant amount of time and resources to uncovering and disseminating information. “There is a role that an institutional kind of press can play in being that entity that can try to hold those in power to account in a way that is harder, not impossible, but harder for a general mass of online people to do,” she said.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rauner, Mendoza feud reaches St. Clair County court – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170306/rauner-mendoza-feud-reaches-st-clair-county-court

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, universities give preference to citizens of foreign countries, that is, ever-increasingly, universities discriminate against citizens of America.
http://qctimes.com/news/local/education/western-joins-in-you-are-welcome-here/article_61ac64b8-6534-5c1f-b35d-a0c0fd7d8f12.html

 

WSIL TV
— Poll: Americans divided on admitting refugees – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats want refugees because they vote for Democrats and because they want cheap labor.  RINOs want refugees because they want cheap labor.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34681673/poll-americans-divided-on-admitting-refugees

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHO’S ON THE APRIL 4 BALLOT? KANE COUNTY MUNICIPAL RACES AT A GLANCE
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/03/whos-on-the-april-4-ballot-kane-county-municipal-races-at-a-glance/

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Women’s Strike: Chicago’s Weekly Trump Protest Will Show Support For Wednesday’s Global Event  Organizers for “Resist Trump Tuesday” have planned their demonstration to be a lead-in to “A Day Without a Woman” protest. – Joe Vince  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on making women hate men.)
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/womens-strike-chicagos-weekly-trump-protest-will-show-support-wednesdays-global

 

CHICAGOIST
— Prank Signs Advertising ‘Future Internment Camp’ Pop Up At Chicago Sites – STEPHEN GOSSETT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America. That is a big reason why Trump won and why Clinton lost. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say members of the following groups are NOT WANTED: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for long time?)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/06/signs_advertising_future_internment.php

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illini Republicans’ affirmative-action bake sale cooks up controversy – Ben Zigterman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not shout that minorities and women should get preference, that is, that Whites and men should be discriminated against, Democrats, Democrat plants, and RINOs viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you as being a racist, a sexist, and even worse things.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-07/illini-republicans-affirmative-action-bake-sale-cooks-controversy.html

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Illini Republicans new logo continues debate over the Chief likeness – Jessica Bursztynsky
http://dailyillini.com/news/2017/03/06/illini-republicans-new-logo-continues-debate-chief-likeness/#photo

 

THE MAROON
— College Republicans Travel to CPAC  According to attendees, the convention was noticeably more unified than last year’s. – Lauren Pankin (DIERSEN: If I had been active in Republican politics while I was in high school, the Post Office would not have offered me a job in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was in college, IRS would not have offered me a job in 1971 and GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980.)
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2017/3/6/college-republicans-travel-cpac/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Which county governments have highest and lowest average salaries?
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/03/06/which-county-governments-have-the-highest-and-lowest-average-salaries/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— INTEREST ON ILLINOIS’ PENSION DEBT IS $9.1B PER YEAR  A golden rule of finance is this: Debt that can’t be paid won’t be paid. – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/interest-on-illinois-pension-debt-is-9-1b-per-year/?linkId=35169292

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Mendoza: “Rauner is trying to drive our State into bankruptcy”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/07/mendoza-rauner-is-trying-to-drive-our-state-into-bankruptcy/
— Playing with fire . . . Remember, it was Gov. Rauner who reached out to Chance with that congratulatory tweet on Grammy night. It was Rauner who agreed to a sitdown with the guy. It was Rauner who exchanged private phone numbers with him last Friday and then talked again to Chance over the weekend. This wasn’t some scheme hatched at the Grammy’s to entrap the governor. The governor did this on his own.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/07/playing-with-fire/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— CAN POLITICIANS SAVE THE WELFARE STATE BY URGING – OR EVEN SUBSIDIZING – MORE BABY-MAKING? – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_penalty) big time ever since we got married in 1978.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/03/07/can-politicians-save-the-welfare-state-by-urging-or-even-subsidizing-more-baby-making/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Facebook Labels ConservativeHQ “Malicious” Blocks Pro-Trump Content  (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, who will come to my defense?  My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, and they have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy anyone who reads the emails or encourages others to read the emails.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25232
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is no secret that the Wall Street – Washington – Silicon Valley Axis hates Donald Trump and the millions of “deplorable” Americans who elected him to stop the globalist destruction of our country and to end the PC culture that liberals use to enforce their worldview on the rest of America. We have long shared the view of then-Senator Jeff Sessions that “prominent amnesty advocates, including [Facebook CEO] Mark Zuckerberg and top Obama administration officials, have argued that amnesty is a civil right. Mr. Zuckerberg’s motivation is not elusive. He heads a lobbying group representing many of his industry’s wealthiest CEOs, and their companies wish to extract generous guest-worker programs from Congress. Similar efforts are underway from other CEOs seeking new workers for everything from manufacturing to construction to restaurant jobs. Presumably, Mr. Zuckerberg believes it is more advantageous to frame the group’s lobbying as a civil-rights crusade than as a corporate crusade for lower-cost foreign labor.” So, it should surprise no one that California’s Far Left tech oligarchs have begun to surreptitiously use their control of social media platforms and media to undermine support for President Trump and his agenda by blocking pro-Trump content to starve conservative online media outlets of viewers and advertising dollars. Our problems with Facebook censorship began when we made attacking globalism a major editorial effort in the final crucial weeks before the election and we suddenly discovered that our pro-Trump or anti-Hillary Clinton articles posted to Facebook were being taken down or the links were being disabled. The message “Warning: This Message Contains Blocked Content. Your message couldn’t be sent because it includes content that other people on Facebook have reported as abusive” would pop up when CHQ readers tried to post or distribute CHQ content through Facebook. Inquiries to Facebook produced the excuse that “community objections” were to blame and after a lag of hours or days the links would be restored. In responses that sounded like they were written by Lois Lerner, we were assured that the problem had nothing to do with ConservativeHQ’s name or the conservative content of our articles, but the problem continued to grow. After much back-and-forth, the next excuse offered was that ConservativeHQ’s landing page had too many ads and redirects, and that we should “Avoid ad creative that baits people to click on it, such as overly cropped ad images or ad copy that may be shocking or sexual.”  This was patent nonsense.)

 

GOPUSA
— The Obama Administration engaged in eight years of political payback and heavy-handed bullying that specifically targeted their “political enemies.”  (DIERSEN: Who considers you to be their enemy?  Activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should be required a) to identify who their enemies are and b) to provide the evidence on which they base their hatred of their enemies.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=21548http://www.gopusa.com/

 

FEDERALIST
— Why It’s ‘Devastatingly Selfish’ For Strikers To Hijack International Women’s Day  Women’s strikers’ decision to hijack this day shows just how far out of touch they are with the more serious problems facing hundreds of millions of women worldwide. – Kelsey Harkness
https://thefederalist.com/2017/03/07/devastatingly-selfish-strikers-hijack-international-womens-day/

 

BERNARD GOLDBERG
— The Beltway Conspiracy to Break Trump – PATRICK BUCHANAN
http://bernardgoldberg.com/the-beltway-conspiracy-to-break-trump/

 

THE HILL
— Left-leaning groups are sending a stern message to Democrats who consider backing President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court: Do it and risk a primary challenge in 2018. – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: My “Republican” critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs. They have always made it clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes vicious destroy anyone who supports me.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/322629-liberals-threaten-to-primary-over-gorsuch
— Americans divided on removing individual mandate: poll – MALLORY SHELBOURNE  (DIERSEN: Sadly, virtually all the operatives and all the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. I certainly hope that my critics/opponents provide their operatives and their dupes with free healthcare insurance.  Sadly, as my critics/opponents know full well, people who have severe financial, health, and/or other problems are far more likely to be willing do anything to get money, including doing things that are unfair, outrageous, rude, crude, disgusting, revolting, despicable, unethical, immoral, illegal, and even worse things.)
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/322656-half-of-americans-against-removing-individual-mandate-poll
— Trump: Reports of White House infighting are ‘fake news’ – JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/322676-trump-reports-of-white-house-infighting-are-fake-news

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Obama Leaves Office And Gun Sales Collapse – Mike Weisser (DIERSEN: Those who voted for Obama make it clear that they want to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for long time.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-leaves-office-and-gun-sales-collapse_us_58bde674e4b09ab537d62891

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk and act like they will get rid of you if you do not become a Muslim.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/opinion/president-trumps-muslim-ban-lite.html
— The Hard Truth About Refugees  Refugees bring with them problems that liberals would do well to recognize. Failing to do so opens the political door to right-wing xenophobes. – JAMES TRAUB  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise refugees and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/opinion/the-hard-truth-about-refugees.html
— Since Trump, Quiet Upstate Road Becomes a Busy Exit From U.S. – RICK ROJAS  (DIERSEN: Who wants to leave America?  ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/nyregion/champlain-ny-canada-migrants.html
— Sean Spicer Meets the Press. No Cameras Allowed, Again. – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM  (DIERSEN: I should wear a body camera to better document insults, threats, etc. against me by my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes count on me to continue my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/business/sean-spicer-press-briefing-off-camera.html
— White Supremacists Step Up Recruiting on Campus – TAMARA BEST  (DIERSEN: If you are White, ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.  That is a big reason why Trump won and Clinton lost.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/hate-groups-campus-recruiting.html

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook begins flagging ‘disputed’ (fake) news – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn all the articles linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being fake.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/03/06/facebook-begins-flagging-disputed-fake-news/98804948/
— Some secrets should be leaked – Gabriel Schoenfeld  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want all the skeletons in their closets to be kept secret.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/28/some-leaks-are-necessary-flynn-fbi-russia-gabriel-schoenfeld-column/98453310/
— Hitler’s bad trip: Was Nazi Germany amped up on drugs? – Matt McCarthy  (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy America want Americans to be “amped up on drugs.”)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/03/07/blitzed-drugs-in-the-third-reich-norman-ohler-book-review/98530622/
— Women teachers strike causes D.C. suburb to call off school Wednesday – Heidi M Przybyla
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/06/women-teachers-strike–alexandria-trumps-backyard/98816126/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: Your odds of facing an IRS audit are 1-in-143 – Kevin McCoy  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/03/06/your-odds-facing-irs-audit-1–143/98808612/
— Supreme Court: Racism can upend jury verdicts – Richard Wolf (DIERSEN: Anti-Whites shout a) that all Whites are racist and b) that minorities can never be racist.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/06/surpeme-court-jury-deliberations-racism-mexican/95015868/

 

SUN HERALD
— Can Ronna Romney McDaniel unite a fractured Republican Party? – KATIE GLUECK  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want McDaniel to banish from the Republican Party those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for long time.)
http://www.sunherald.com/news/politics-government/article136770448.html

 

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— To fight anti-“sanctuary” bill, Democrats may highlight “sanctuary industries” – JULIÁN AGUILAR  (DIERSEN: How many sanctuary industries operate in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  How much money do politicians in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois take from these industries to not enforce immigration laws, that is, to screw Americans?)
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/03/07/house-democrats-all-options-table-fight-immigration-proposals/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Is Prepared—for Zombies  The state readies for an undead apocalypse while its financial situation grows worse. – GERALD SKONING
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-is-preparedfor-zombies-1488847032
— What Employees Want – Lori Goler and Juliet de Baubigny  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted GAO to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-tech-employees-want-1488856262
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, a) anti-Whites glorify and praise minorities, b) anti-men glorify and praise women, and c) anti-Americans glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-got-immigrant-talent-1488847644
— Supreme Court Says Jury Secrecy Not Guaranteed If Racial Bias Exists – JESS BRAVIN  (DIERSEN: Anti-Whites shout a) that all Whites are racist and b) that minorities can never be racist.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-says-jury-deliberations-can-be-reviewed-for-racist-statements-1488838703
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook, Rushing Into Live Video, Wasn’t Ready for Its Dark Side  Nearly a year after Facebook Live’s rollout, the company is wrestling with how to censor violent live streaming; two months in ‘lockdown’ – DEEPA SEETHARAMAN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-rush-to-live-video-facebook-moved-fast-and-broke-things-1488821247

 

FORTUNE
— Here’s What a Day Without Women Will Actually Look Like – Madeline Farber (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on making women hate men.)
http://fortune.com/2017/03/06/day-without-a-woman-strike-march-8/

 

FORBES
— Be Bold For Change: Tackling Sexism Head On This International Women’s Day – Margie Warrell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on making women hate men.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2017/03/06/be-bold-for-change-tackling-sexism-head-this-international-womens-day/

 

FED SMITH
— What Does It Take to be a Thrift Savings Plan Millionaire? – Lyn Alden (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors a) knew how much my Civil Service Retirement System pension would be, b) knew when my wife and I paid off our mortgage, c) knew how much money we had saved for our retirement, and d) knew much more about our finances. They used that information to paint us as being filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids). My Democrat superiors were moral relativists who believed that their end justifies their means.  They used their knowledge of our wealth a) to justify their wasting my career and b) to justify their forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/06/what-does-it-take-to-be-a-tsp-millionaire/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thanks to the slow but steady march of inflation year after year, a million dollars isn’t what it used to be. Still, it’s a target that few people achieve in their lifetimes, and it can go a long way to a comfortable retirement. FedSmith regularly keeps track of the number of TSP millionaires, federal employees that have accumulated more than $1 million in their TSP account. The number fluctuates each year, having grown from about 200 in early 2012 to well past 3,000 today, thanks to the eight-year bull market we’ve all enjoyed. But what does it take to get to that level? For starters, here’s a chart that shows how much wealth you can build based on your monthly saving amount (vertical axis) and annualized rate of return (horizontal axis) in 25 years: . . . The chart is inflation-adjusted to 2.5% per year. Values over $1 million are highlighted in green. This chart applies broadly to a variety of investment types, but when looking specifically at the TSP, there are two main constraints: Assuming a buy-and-hold strategy, TSP rates of return are limited, roughly, by the maximum rate of return of the C fund, S fund, and I fund, the three equity funds available for investment. This caps TSP long-term returns at around 10% per year or less, based on historical performance of the best of these indices. This will be lower for a more balanced portfolio that includes some fixed-income investments with the G fund or F fund. You can only contribute up to $18,000 per year, with another 5% from agency-matching. If you earn $120,000 per year, for example, the maximum you can save per year in your TSP is $24,000, or $2,000 per month on that chart. Depending on how the markets perform over the next two and a half decades, it may be possible for federal employees that max out their TSP contributions each and every year to hit a million in inflation-adjusted value (or about $1.8 million in face value) during that timeline. For most federal investors, however, it will take longer than that. John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, currently expects about 4% annual returns over the next 10 years from the US stock market, due to the high valuations of the market currently. A report in 2016 by McKinsey & Company estimates 4-6.5% annual returns for US markets over the next 20 years. Nobody can know for sure what returns will be going forward, but due to how highly valued the markets are currently (based on metrics like the Shiller PE ratio), the chance of reaching or exceeding the historical 9-10% rate of return is arguably not very likely going forward. Here are three examples for how a TSP account may grow over a federal career:)

 

DAILY KOS
— New poll shows Illinois’ Republican governor winning just 32 percent of the vote – David Nir
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/6/1640767/-New-poll-shows-Illinois-Republican-governor-winning-just-32-percent-of-the-vote

 

GUARDIAN
— Outrage as Ben Carson calls slaves ‘immigrants’ – AFP
https://guardian.ng/news/outrage-as-ben-carson-calls-slaves-immigrants/